"How can a piece of fried chicken be worth fifty taels of silver? Even if the Shen family doesn't have such a problem, it is still appropriate to give Master fried chicken." Chu Yue muttered, but did not force it anymore, but carefully folded the silver note. OK, put it in your cuff.
Doctor Zhu on the side looked at Zhang Zheng, "Master, are you still going to Shen's Mansion tomorrow?"
Zhang Zheng leaned back and said, "I won't go tomorrow. I'll go back to Mrs. Shen for a follow-up consultation in seven days. With this girl here, I feel relaxed and at ease."
"Master, I'm relieved."
Zhang Zheng nodded seriously, "Well, it is indeed more worry-free than you."
After hearing this, Doctor Zhu leaned into Zhang Zheng's ear with some embarrassment, "Master, after all, I am also this girl's senior brother. Can you please save some face?"
"Sure, I think you're a lot older now, so I have to leave some for you."
Listening to Zhang Zheng's perfunctory tone, he would have wanted to walk home if the carriage hadn't been running towards Banpo Village.
Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage arrived at the door of the house. Chu Yue jumped off the carriage, helped Zhang Zheng down, and waved to the carriage, "Brother, walk slowly."
"Hey, okay."
Doctor Zhu waved to the two of them, and the carriage drove him away.
Seeing the master and apprentice enter the house, Yun Cuihe hurriedly asked, "Yueyue, have you and Dr. Zhang eaten? There is some food left in the pot for you."
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Mom, we just came back after eating at Shen's Mansion. Just keep what's in the pot for tonight."
"Okay, then I'm going to take it out of the pot." After Yun Cuihe said that, he went to the kitchen.
Hearing that Chu Yue came home, Xiaozhu ran out of the house happily with a rope, "Sister, would you like to play with me on the flower rope? My mother just taught me how to do it this morning."
Hearing Xiaozhu's name to Yun Cuihe, Chu Yue was stunned for a moment, then walked towards her with a smile.
"OK."
She played with Xiaozhu in the yard for a while, then pulled Yun Cuihe aside and put the fifty taels of silver notes in her sleeve into her hand.
"Mom, all the money for building our house a few days ago came from you. You don't have much money left, right? These fifty taels of silver are the medical fees I got today. You can use it to supplement the family income."
"So many?" Yun Cuihe was a little surprised.
Chu Yue whispered, "It's not because Master took action. If it weren't for him, how would I dare to ask for such a high medical fee?"
She is a novice doctor, so she has some confidence only by following her master.
"Then should this money be given to Dr. Zhang?"
Chu Yue lowered her voice again, "Master refuses to take it. It's not like his old mother doesn't know, but she just cares about a bite to eat."
Yun Cuihe took the bank note in her hand and sighed, "Oh, I'm not doing well in my life. Even if I want to stutter, I don't know where to go to fix it."
Chu Yue said with relief, "Don't worry, mother. After all, master didn't ask for anything. In the next month, I have to go to town every day to perform acupuncture on Mrs. Shen. Tomorrow morning, mother will kill a chicken and marinate it. I’ll do it when I get back at noon.”
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Yun Cuihe responded and went to put the money in the house.
Chu Yue just turned around and saw Lu Tiesheng approaching the entrance of the courtyard.
"Master is here."
"Why."
Lu Tiesheng entered the yard, looked at the chicken coop and the well, and then went to the house where the mule was tied.
"You have raised this mule well."
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Fortunately, we still have some food at home, otherwise there would be nothing we can do."
Lu Tiesheng hummed, and after a while he asked again, "Whose carriage is this?"
"It's the carriage of the Shen family in the town. Mrs. Shen was seriously ill, so Dr. Zhu came to ask Master to see the doctor." Chu Yue answered truthfully.
Lu Tiesheng understood, "It's a good thing to get to know more wealthy people, but don't be blinded by the wealth in front of you. You are a smart child and you should understand what I said."
Chu Yue knew that he said this to warn himself and out of good intentions, so he nodded seriously.
"My granddaughter-in-law remembers it."
After putting the money away, Yun Cuihe left the room and hurriedly moved a chair out of the main room, "Dad, come and sit in the room."
Lu Tiesheng waved his hand, turned and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard, "No need, I just have nothing to do and walk around. If you are busy, I will go to the boss's house to take a look."
Chu Yue glanced at Lu Tiesheng's back and looked at Yun Cuihe with a smile, "Mom, does your posture look like that of a patrolling official in the town?"
Yun Cuihe laughed out loud, "Girl, you are actually making fun of your father."
"It just looks like him. Look at his demeanor, he looks like an official."
"Hahahaha, you still said that."
Lu Xinghe, who was reading in the room, listened to the laughter outside, raised his head and looked out the window. When he saw the little girl's bright smile, the corners of his lips unconsciously rose.
After chatting with Yun Cuihe for a while, Chu Yue hurriedly ran to the kitchen, thinking of the rice she had soaked early in the morning. She stretched out her hand and twisted it. Seeing that the rice broke into pieces when twisted, she drained the water out of the bowl, and then Get a stone mortar, divide the rice into three parts, and mash them all into powder.
Xiaozhu moved a short stool and stood beside the stove. He folded his hands on the stove and supported his chin. His little head followed the stone mortar in Chu Yue's hand up and down, looking confused.
"Sister, what are you doing?" she asked, tilting her head.
Chu Yue looked at her with a smile, "I want to try making pastries by myself, but I don't know if I can do it yet."
The little one on the side burst into laughter and said, "Sister, I can definitely do it."
After pounding the rice, she took out all the remaining red dates from the basket. After washing them, she stuffed one into Xiaozhu's mouth. She removed the core and cut the rest into dices with a knife.
Chu Yue took a small square drawer from the house, placed the cleaned oak leaves in the drawer, first sprinkled with a layer of broken rice flour, then sprinkled with a thin layer of chopped dates, and then sprinkled with Layer the brown sugar, repeat it twice, then sprinkle the remaining broken rice flour evenly on top and put it in the pot to steam.
Rice cakes with red dates and brown sugar are especially fragrant when steamed.
The number of little heads in the kitchen also changed from one to three. Lu Xingan squatted behind the stove to light the fire, while Lu Xingping and Xiaozhu stood by the stove and played with flower ropes.
After a while, the rice cake was steamed.
Chu Yue poured the rice cake out of the drawer, cut it into small pieces with a knife and put it on a plate.
"Come and try it."
Lu Xingping, who couldn't wait for a long time, first took a piece and put it in a small bowl in front of Xiaozhu to let it cool. Then he took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, grinning when it was hot.
Seeing this, Chu Yue quickly poured him a glass of cold water.
"Slow down, that's enough."
She took two small plates, filled Zhang Zheng and Lu Xinghe with three to five yuan each, made two cups of green plum tea and sent them to their respective rooms. Then she took the remaining rice cakes to the courtyard and Yun Cuihe eats together.
"Don't tell me, the rice cake I steamed by myself is not bad, it's really delicious." Yun Cuihe said while eating.
Chu Yue nodded and looked around, "I just don't know where the osmanthus is. If I can get some osmanthus, I can try to make some osmanthus cake."
