"It's a bit serious." Chu Yue said while checking He Haidong's physical condition on the bed, "Your father has signs of a cold. I'm afraid he will have trouble taking care of himself in the next period of time. He will need time to recover slowly."
"ah?"
He Zhi only felt that he was stupid.
"It's not life-threatening, right?"
Chu Yue shook her head, "If you handle it in time, your life will not be in danger."
He Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, but then a new worry came, "My father has difficulty taking care of himself, what about the kitchen of Huayulou?"
Chu Yue glanced at him.
"Doesn't your father have any disciples? Doesn't he still have you?"
"Me?" He Zhi smiled awkwardly, "I can't do it. I just worked in the kitchen with my dad for a month, and I still don't know how to do many things."
"Then we can only ask Huayulou to find a new chef."
After all, it was not something she should worry about. After Chu Yue said this, she said nothing more and took back her hand.
"Your father doesn't have any major problems for the time being. We'll grab some medicine later and move him home first."
"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?" He Zhi asked.
"The diet is light, and you should eat less of the big fish and meat."
"But my dad is good at this." This made He Zhi very sad. He turned to look at Chu Yue, "Doctor Chu, how long will it take for my dad to recover from this condition?"
"This is uncertain. It depends on the patient's recovery. If we cooperate with acupuncture, we can stop taking the medicine when summer comes." Chu Yue replied quietly.
He Zhi nodded, took the prescription written by Chu Yue and went downstairs to grab the medicine, then rented a carriage and took He Haidong home.
Looking at the father and son leaving, Lu Yufang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chu Yue.
"Yueyue, how did you quickly determine the cause of He Haidong's illness?"
This disease comes on quickly, and if it is not treated in time, it is possible to die directly.
Strictly speaking, Chu Yue was Lu Yufang's master. She would usually ask Chu Yue some questions after a busy day at the medical clinic.
After Chu Yue explained to her, he looked at her.
"You will get married next month. After you get married, will you still come to the hospital for consultation?"
Lu Yufang nodded hurriedly.
"I'm sure I'll get it. You've put so much effort into me. If I leave after we get married, wouldn't I be living up to your hard work?"
Besides, Xu Heng is going to Yuezhou to take the scientific examination next year. If he wins the imperial examination, he will have to go to the capital the year after that. From now on, most of his energy will be devoted to studying and taking the scientific examination. She can't stay together all the time. Stay at home.
Chu Yue smiled.
"You still have some conscience."
Lu Yufang held Chu Yue's arm and leaned her head on her shoulder, "But I'm a little scared when I think about getting married next month."
Chu Yue glanced at her.
"What are you afraid of?"
Lu Yufang lowered her eyes, "I can't tell, maybe I feel scared because everything is unknown."
Chu Yue reached out and patted the back of her hand.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. The Lu family and I have your backing."
Lu Yufang felt better when she thought of the confidence Chu Yue had given her.
She let go of Chu Yue's arm.
"There are no patients today. Do you have to go back early?"
Chu Yue looked at the sky outside the house.
"It's time to go back. I'll go home first. You should go back early when you're done. Pay attention to safety on the road."
She stood up, said goodbye to several people in the medical center, and led Ningdong home.
…
In the middle of the first lunar month, Yundabao brought vegetables to his family, including shepherd's purse, spring bamboo shoots, leeks and half of pork.
"Third sister, Zhuangzi killed a pig this morning and sold half of it. I sent you the other half. Do you still have meat at home?"
Yun Cuihe smiled and said, "The half that was delivered in the twelfth lunar month of last year was marinated and smoked into bacon. The rest was put in the cellar, but there is still some left."
There are many people in the family, and now they have enough food, so they don't deliberately restrain themselves and eat the food quickly.
Yun Dabao chuckled, "Then I came just in time?"
"Brother, do you have some leftover for yourself?" Yun Cuihe asked.
Yun Dabao unloaded half of the pork from the mule cart, "We can buy it if we want to eat it, but how can we take yours?"
"That won't work. If the eldest brother and the second brother don't eat, my parents still have to eat."
After Yun Cuihe finished speaking, she took a knife from the kitchen, cut five pounds of fat and thin pork belly from the half of the pork that Yun Dabao had moved, and put it back on the mule cart.
"Brother took the meat back and asked his two sisters-in-law to stew it for the whole family to eat."
"Look at this..." Yun Dabao looked a little embarrassed, "When you were in trouble in the past, our two brothers couldn't help you, but now the third sister often helps us two brothers. This is called How can we be embarrassed?"
"Why didn't the eldest and second brothers subsidize me in the past?" Yun Cuihe said while she and Aunt Song were sorting out the dishes that Yun Dabao had brought from the mule cart, "The eldest and second brothers have many children. It is not easy to support the family. In previous years, I didn’t have anything to send to my parents’ house during the Chinese New Year, but my eldest and second brothers sent me a lot of things. They tried their best to help me, and I knew it in my heart.”
"Big brother and second brother, don't feel sorry. They are just pieces of meat. How can it be compared to the friendship between us brothers and sisters?"
Yun Dabao was slightly startled, and after a moment, he shook his head helplessly.
"You... the eldest and second brothers couldn't bear to see you suffer in the past. However, due to my limited ability, I could only give you something to subsidize you from time to time. I never thought about asking you to give anything in return."
Yun Cuihe was deeply moved.
"I understand the intentions of the eldest and second brothers towards me."
At this moment, Chu Yue came out of the house and saw the half of pork placed on the wooden board. She quickly raised her head and asked, "Uncle, are you free to help us change the knife for the pork later?"
"No problem at all."
After Yun Dabao unloaded everything on the mule cart, he cut the pork into cuts according to Chu Yue's wishes, keeping the piglet steak intact.
Yun Cuihe looked confused.
"Yueyue, why did you leave such a big piece of pork chop? We can't stew it in that pot."
Chu Yue smiled mysteriously, "Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't use the pot?"
Yun Cuihe raised her eyebrows slightly.
"No need for a pot?"
"Mom will know then. I'll marinate the ribs first."
After Chu Yue finished speaking, she picked up the ribs and went to the kitchen.
There are a lot of people in the family, so I made such a big batch at once, and I can take some to the hospital to satisfy everyone's cravings.
Yun Cuihe looked in the direction of Chu Yue and shook her head helplessly.
"This girl is going to betray me."
Chu Yue used a knife to cut along the bone seam in the middle of the pork chop, and cut flowers on the top and bottom of the pork chop. Then she added bean paste, star anise, cinnamon, honey, Sichuan peppercorns, minced garlic and other seasonings and spread them evenly.
The pickled pork chops were placed in a basin, covered, and placed in a cellar filled with buckets of ice cubes.
These ice cubes in the cellar were still frozen when it snowed in winter. Chu Yue specially asked Hei Mu to go to the lake to pry them off and store them in the cellar. Some of them were made from well water at home that was left outside to freeze into ice.
Storing some ice cubes in the cellar can not only keep food fresh, but if it can be stored until summer, it can also reduce the heat. It kills two birds with one stone. This was an idea that suddenly came to her after she went to the provincial capital last year, so she prepared it before winter came. , people dug the cellar a little bigger.
Before, the family did not have this condition, so there was no trouble. Now that the family has this condition, it is necessary to take advantage of all the favorable factors.
