The medicine of rebirth

Chapter 246 Stewed Chicken Nuggets with Potatoes

Ning Chen looked at Su Banxi with a complicated expression, but before he could speak, he heard Su Banxi say: "Chenchen, let's go back! Let's pick the lotus seeds when they are ripe!" Now we still have to find a way Solve the Fang family's affairs, otherwise Ning Chen's mind is so heavy, she really can't really leave him alone in Tunjiawan.

Seemingly seeing what Su Banxi was thinking, Ning Chen grinned slightly, "Well, let's go back!" As for what Su Banxi was thinking in his mind, it was enough for him to know clearly, and he didn't have any polite thanks, because it was too formal , and if you say it, the atmosphere between the two will disappear.

But not speaking out does not mean that Ning Chen will not do anything.

Su Banxi likes him, and doing so many things for him is based on liking him, but he can't just sit back and enjoy it, and he doesn't do anything other than say he likes him. In the long run, he will really be cold-hearted Yes, besides, he is not such a person!
Some things and some words can only be understood but not said!
When taking Su Banxi and Ning Chen back together, old man Liu was talking to the Liu brothers, Su Shi and Su Wen also got involved, everyone's brows were raised high, seeing Su Banxi and Ning Chen coming back They all stabbed the people around them one after another, as if there was something they couldn't say.

Taking everyone's expressions into his eyes, Su Banxi didn't think that Lin Wa really spread all those ugly words, there must be something else.

"Grandpa Liu, what's the matter with you? Why are you all so sad, why can't you tell me what you have to say?" Su Banxi walked to Mrs. Zhao and looked at everyone with a smile and asked, with a slight smile in her eyes. It was warm but everyone stared into her eyes without resistance.

Old man Liu touched his chin and finally stood up on behalf of the public and said: "The thing is like this, didn't you tell the old man to dig a cellar in your home? I had already calculated the location and direction, but now I encountered I came across a slightly tricky problem, and the big guys couldn’t come up with any results after discussing it here, so I just wanted to wait for you to come back and ask what you mean, because your cellar is a little closer to the well, so if you don’t pay attention If you don’t, it’s easy to drain the water in your well, so you plan to change the location, but it seems that there is no good location.”

Hearing the cause of the matter, Su Banxi couldn't help raising her brows into a faint smile, she didn't take this matter to heart at all. For a modern person like her, although she can't fully believe in things like Feng Shui, she won't be too superstitious To this level, it's just that at this time, she won't be so stupid as to say such a thing.

"This is not a big problem. Continue to dig according to the blueprint you calculated, Grandpa Liu. I believe that Grandpa Liu will not be careless enough to dig the well in my house. Besides, if you are worried that the water in the well will flow into the cellar If so, you can move the cellar to the side, just a little distance from the well, and the well is more than ten meters deep, and if the temperature is right and the cellar is not far away, it can have a good effect of storing food and let the food rot It's not that fast."

Su Shi thought about it for a while and felt that this method is feasible. In fact, their family is not so feudal and old-fashioned, because there is an old man Su who often popularizes the knowledge in books for them, and often talks to them about some strange things in the mountains, so that their ability to accept It's not that weak, so for Su Banxi's strange arrival, they also went from being shocked and disbelieving at the beginning to accepting it calmly now.

"Then Mr. Liu will do as Xiaoxi said. If the well is broken, you can dig it again. What's more, the location and direction of the cellar will be considered by Mr. Liu. If it changes suddenly, I'm afraid it will cost Mr. Liu again." Zhou Zhang is tired." Su Shi's honest words coupled with his dark and honest face made Old Man Liu burst out laughing, patted his thigh, and made everyone look at him with some doubts.

In the end, it was Qi Shilang, a very curious cat, who poked his master's arm, looked at him eagerly and asked, "Master, what have you been thinking about, don't hide your smile by yourself, tell me what you want." Let's all listen to it!"

This time, old man Liu didn't slap his apprentice on the head. His eyes flickered and he looked at Su Banxi who was smiling and apparently didn't open his mouth to explain. Then he raised his chin slightly and said, "I'll listen to what this girl Xizi means. I understand, she wants us to expand the underground area of ​​the cellar, slightly bypassing the well, but wrapping the entire well in the middle, so that the underground edge of the well is almost all the cellar, so that we can take advantage of the cool temperature at the bottom of the well to let The food in the cellar is better stored, you ghost girl, you have a lot of eyes, and thanks to the old man, I have a good brain, otherwise few people present would understand the hidden meaning of your words!"

Although the old man Liu scolded Su Banxi for being a ghost girl with a lot of eyes, his eyes were full of praise, but after a little appreciation, he was unwilling to complain. Why is this little girl with a good brain not his apprentice? ,Why!

If Su Banxi was his apprentice, the design of her small shop alone would be amazing enough, not to mention the design drawings drawn by her own hands, the buildings outlined by a few lines, which seem simple but elegant. In the eyes of old man Liu, it is a peerless masterpiece. Although he had published many works in the past, they were not very satisfactory to him, because there was no feeling that people would be amazed and fall in love with them at a glance, but now this kind of I feel like I found it here at Su Banxi.

This courtyard looks very small, but only Su Banxi and old man Liu know how big this courtyard is after it is built, and how it makes people fall in love with it. If he is not busy with Su Banxi's affairs now, he really He really wanted to just buy a piece of land near Su Banxi's house in Tunjiawan, and build a small courtyard for himself just like Su Banxi's house, but now he has no skills to separate himself and is powerless!
But you can come and stay for a few days, make some tea, eat pastries and lie on the rocking chair, and look at the pagoda tree next to the fence, how pleasant it is!

Su Shi and the others all looked at Su Banxi who did not refute Old Man Liu's words, and then silently wondered whether he was really too stupid, or Su Banxi and Old Man Liu were so smart that The words sounded normal to them, but they seemed to have a different meaning in Old Liu's ears, making them unable to understand.

Su Banxi automatically filtered the excited words in front of Old Man Liu, and nodded his head to admit what Old Man Liu said: "I really think so, and in this way, the area of ​​food that can be stored in the cellar will be expanded many times. The perishable food harvested or bought in Jiawan can be placed in the cellar, and if the cellar area is large, the cellar can be divided into several parts to store different kinds of vegetables and fruits, and even a part can be separated In this way, even if the road is blocked by heavy snow in winter, there is no need to worry about running out of food at home, and there will be problems such as insufficient food!"

The Liu brothers, Shanming Qiuming and others were all stunned by Su Banxi's words. They stared blankly at Su Banxi, who was always talking softly but always smiling softly, and gradually formed a desire in their hearts. The urge to dig a cellar in my own home is just that some people who are not suitable for digging a cellar in their families just think about it. For example, the Liu brothers’ family is unlikely to be able to dig a cellar, because their two brothers’ homes are in Banpo On the other hand, digging the cellar is likely to dig their home too.

Seeing the flickering expressions on everyone's faces, Su Banxi continued: "Actually, you don't need to dig out a big cellar, as long as it is enough to store your own food, but if you want to dig a cellar, it's also the best." Don’t choose a place with soft soil to dig, and every time you go down to the cellar, you need to open the windproof floor of the cellar for a while to ventilate, so as not to faint from carbon dioxide poisoning inside, which will cause suffocation in severe cases Death, so be careful every time you enter the cellar."

Su Banxi wasn't joking. Because the cellar is underground, the lack of oxygen supply can easily cause the person who goes down to have a heavy feeling that they can't breathe. It's okay if it's a little bit. dead.

But it is obvious that everyone did not understand what Su Banxi meant by the carbon dioxide poisoning, but after understanding what she said later, Shan Ming was the first to stand up and ask: "Xizi, you mean that if you go down to the cellar Would you die without that oxygen?"

Su Banxi was silent for a moment and changed to a way that is easier for everyone to understand: "It can be said that everyone knows that if you cover your mouth and nose, you will feel a little hard to breathe, and you will feel dizzy after a long time. The symptoms of darkness, this is the adverse reaction of entering a cellar with insufficient oxygen. In fact, you don’t have to be so careful. I will teach you a way, that is, every time you go down to the cellar, you can light a candle in advance and tie it with a rope to fall down. It doesn’t take long, it only takes a moment to pull the rope up, if the candle is extinguished, it’s better to wait a while and go down, if the candle is still burning when you pull it out, you can go down!”

Everyone nodded to express their understanding, and after a few more words, everyone dispersed. The house was almost half built, but because of the cellar, they had to stop and solve the problem of the cellar before continuing to build the house. However, if the house is built and the cellar is dug again, I am afraid that it will be very troublesome to dismantle the green bricks that have been installed in advance!
When everyone continued to work again, Mrs. Zhao looked at Su Banxi worriedly and said, "Xiaoxi, don't you have to do this every time you go to the cellar? It's a bit troublesome, and you also know that many times you Dad and your brother don't have a good memory, it would be bad if it goes on like this!"

"You don't need to worry about this mother. Otherwise, what do you think I asked Grandpa Liu to dig the cellar around the well? One is because the temperature at the bottom of the well can indeed prolong the decay of the things in the cellar. It is because it is close to the well. For so many years, there will be some small holes on the side of the well. Although it cannot be directly connected to the cellar, it is also because of the existence of these small holes on the wall of the well. There is still no problem for a quarter and a half, and the small holes for the air are continuously replaced with new oxygen in the cellar, so there is no need to worry that my father and brother, who have bad memories, will faint in the cellar."

Su Banxi always considers various issues. The reason why she wants to make the house into a courtyard in the capital is not only because it is comfortable and beautiful, but also because the house looks not so good from the outside after it is built. All very different.

And this also greatly improved the privacy of their family. It wasn't that she was really narrow-minded, but that she was really worried about some people in the village, and her parents were bullied by others. Yes, but he's a man after all, and if a woman like Chen Xiuxiu did something right, it wouldn't be nice to hear the news, so for the sake of their family's tranquility, when she conceived the structure of the house, the capital courtyard was the first thing she thought of.

Now that I think about it, I made the right decision.

When everything was on the right track, Su Banxi also stayed in Tunjiawan to help. Jin Zhou Yewang wanted to urge her to come back, but he also knew in his heart that building a house for farmers was a big deal, and it was only natural that Su Banxi refused to come back, but it was all It's been almost half a month, and everyone came to ask them if the herbal food shop was closed, which made Jin Zhou so irritable that he wanted to go crazy. In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most auspicious day has been selected. If Su Banxi doesn't come back, Jin Zhou will tie him back.

This Su Banxi is simply too irritating.

But what Jin Zhou didn't expect was that even if Liu's brother Shan Ming and others accelerated the speed of digging cellars and building houses, they still caught up with the Mid-Autumn Festival, so everyone discussed privately and worked overtime to drive the house in It was built a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was unanimously agreed by everyone, because it is too embarrassing to eat the Su family's lunch and dinner and occasionally take out the sweet soup made by Su Banxi.

Because the house is not much worse, it really made them rush out a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Su Banxi was surprised at the speed of the pace. It was just because it was a big deal for the farmer to build a beam, so the Liu brothers Shan Ming and others rushed out first. When I got home, I said that I would come back tomorrow morning to get on the girder and it would be considered complete.

During the period, Aunt Zhu, Zhang Dongmei, Zhang Shi and others also rushed over to help cook. As for the pig's head that will be used to go up the beam, Mrs. Zhao has already prepared it and put it in the empty room covered with gray tiles. I don't know if it is from heaven. Seeing that the house of Su Banxi's family was about to be completed, it rained heavily that night, and the gray tiles that had just been built were washed very clearly, and the green bricks on the ground were faintly glowing with blue light and accumulated a lot Water, but it's better than the wet and muddy road. If you step on it, you'll swallow your shoes.

Mrs. Zhao got up early in the morning and steamed the snacks and pastries that they stayed up all night last night. The white smoke continued to hover high in the sky, making Mrs. Zhao staring at the smoke in a daze until Aunt Zhu's loud voice was pulled back. She just sorted out her thoughts, smiled and opened the newly painted door of her house, and invited the women and daughters-in-law who had come to help early, and first gave each of them a copper coin.

Aunt Zhu and the others didn't show any distaste. Anyway, they were just trying to please the Su family.

The Su family is quite authentic. During the working period, not only the wages are settled on the same day, but also lunch and dinner. Occasionally, Su Banxi will always prepare some delicious food for the children, or help them bring it, or give it to the children. Looking at minor illnesses and so on, the Su family built a house this time as a huge favor for the people in Tunjiawan. The life of the Su family will only get better and better in the future.

Putting away the envy in her eyes, Aunt Zhu rolled up her sleeves and started to help wash and cut vegetables, and the young daughters-in-law began to pick up and choose vegetables one after another, or lit the fire, or helped Mrs. Zhao clean the house, in short, they were very busy , and Su Banxi, Ning Chen and the others also got up early, because today is going to be on the girder, so it is considered a relatively busy time, so don't be lazy.

Because Su Banxi cooks delicious dishes and considers the nutrition in all dishes comprehensively, after much deliberation, Mrs. Zhao simply puts the heavy responsibility of cooking and stir-frying on Su Banxi's shoulders, as for the cakes, they will make them.

Because no one had built a house during Su Banxi's visit, so she didn't know what kind of cakes to make. In order to avoid Aunt Zhu and others thinking about it, Mrs. Zhao didn't let Su Banxi show her hands on the cakes. Instead, she waved her hand to ask Su Banxi to prepare the seasonings that should be used for the food, and Aunt Zhu was only puzzled for a moment before chatting happily with Mrs. Zhao.

Because most of the people who come here are men, even if there are young wives, they will eat at the same table with Su Banxi and others in the kitchen. Naturally, they can't cook those petty meals. I caught a glimpse of Mrs. Zhao in the corner. Looking at the chickens that had been clucking outside, she raised her eyebrows and asked Su Wen to slaughter three chickens for her, and then troubled her two daughter-in-laws to peel the potatoes for her.

Twisting her neck, Su Banxi took a deep breath and cut the potatoes into diamond-shaped pieces and piled them up in the large pot next to them for later use. The cleaned chicken was chopped into pieces of different sizes by Mrs. Zhao. Wash the chicken nuggets and blanch them in a pot of boiling water, then pick them up and set aside.

Put the oil in the pot and heat it up, put in red hot pepper, sliced ​​ginger, flattened garlic cloves, star anise, Chinese prickly ash, cinnamon until fragrant, pour in the chicken pieces and stir fry for a while, add seasoning coarse salt and a little sour vinegar, soy sauce, cooking wine Stir vigorously for a while, then add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil on high heat, and then switch to medium heat. During this period, Su Banxi stir-fried the chicken pieces two or three times. When the chicken is cooked to 5-[-]%, stir-fry the potato pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water, turn to high heat and cook for about [-] minutes, then change to medium heat.

Fearing that the potatoes and chicken nuggets would be fried three or four times at the bottom of the pot, the aroma gradually spread throughout the kitchen, causing Aunt Zhu and the others to twitch their noses, then laughed and said, "Sure enough, the dishes cooked by Xizi are delicious. Just smelling it makes me hungry!" Everyone in the kitchen echoed their laughter, and some even teased Aunt Zhu for rushing here without breakfast, and Aunt Zhu admitted without blushing. , and caused a lot of laughter.

There was a slight smile in the corners of Su Banxi's eyes. When the potatoes were cooked, the juice was collected and put out of the pot. The fragrant and faint white smoke formed a hazy layer on Su Banxi's eyelashes. It looked unreal from a distance, but Su Banxi was unaware of all this, and sprinkled the chopped green onion on the stewed chicken nuggets with potatoes, and instantly the fragrance became more euphemistic with a hint of shallot, which aroused everyone's stomach even more. Gluttonous!

(End of this chapter)