12dz Chapter 122 Anxious Guests
Chapter 122 Anxious Guests
After cutting the noodles, Zhu took a handful of long beans and a few cucumbers, cut the long beans into sections and blanched them in hot water, washed the cucumbers and cut them into shreds. She also went to the vegetable garden to pick two handfuls of coriander and pulled up two green onions. She could also try some soaked peanuts and peas at home.
Seeing the hot water in the pot, she wanted to use it again, so she went to the door and picked up two handfuls of purslane. This wild vegetable tastes good and is very suitable for putting in cold noodles.
Everything is ready, except cooking the noodles.
The lard in the pot is only half cooked, and it will take a while for it to be fully cooked, so there is no need to rush for lunch.
Not long after, Boss Zhou came back with his three children.
"It's so hot, I'm not going to work anymore. If I continue I'll get heatstroke." He didn't even want to put the shovel in his hand down and just threw it against the wall.
"Take the basin, let's go and take a bath in the river." Boss Zhou gave an order, and the three boys took towels and basins and ran to the river.
Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie were a little older, so they came to the river and jumped directly in, making a huge splash.
After splashing around in the river for a few times, she finally untied her hair and took off her shirt.
"Ah~ It's so cool~"
"It's so comfortable. I really want to stay here forever..."
"Haha, why don't you go out yet? Aren't you afraid that the bull eggs will bite you?"
Zhou Mingzhi smiled. He knew Xiaojie was most afraid of cow eggs because he had been bitten by them when he was a child.
As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years. It can be said that he was afraid, but the weather was too hot, so he jumped into the pool and forgot that he was afraid of cow eggs.
Boss Zhou arrived later with Zhou Mingyuan. Zhou Mingyuan was still young and needed an adult to accompany him. Boss Zhou brought the soap and used it to scrub his hair, which made him feel refreshed.
A few people came to the shadow of a tree. The water temperature here was lower, and they could feel many small fish swimming in the water.
At this time of year, not many people were washing clothes, and there were few pedestrians on the road. Even the dogs in the village were lying at the door with their tongues hanging out.
"Hurry up and wash it. The family has started to cook noodles. We will have cold noodles for lunch today with beans and cucumbers. We will pour some chicken mushroom oil on it later. It will be very fragrant."
Boss Zhou didn't take off his pants. He half-knelt in the water, untied his hair and started to scrub.
The weather has been hot these days, and I've been traveling and making adobe bricks. I don't know how many layers of dust have fallen on my head.
After soaking the soap, I rubbed it on my scalp. After a few times, I felt bubbles appearing. I rubbed it back and forth twice. After rinsing it with clean water, I felt as if my scalp had lost two pounds.
"Oh, it feels so good. Let me wash my hair first." He picked up the soap and rubbed it again. This time, more foam appeared on his head.
"Dad, you look like an old man with white hair. Take a look at yourself." Zhou Mingjie said with a smile.
Boss Zhou took a look through the water and saw that it was just an old man with white hair.
As the foam increased, he knew that his hair was completely clean this time.
He used the foam to scrub his entire body, making sure nothing was wasted.
After washing, he started to help Zhou Mingyuan wash, and the father and son came out of the river after they finished washing.
After washing, Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie swam in the river for a while before coming out of the water.
"I heard grandma calling, hurry up, the meal must be ready."
He wrung out the cloth, wiped it casually, put on his pants and ran home. Now the clean clothes were sticking to his body again.
Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi started eating with their bowls in hand. The cold noodles were added with various vegetables and spices, as well as crispy peanuts and peas. The best thing was the hot lard residue, which was so fragrant!
Boss Zhou also took out some chicken mushroom oil and asked whoever wanted to eat it to add it. After pouring two spoonfuls of chicken mushroom oil on the noodles, the cold noodles were taken to a higher level.
"Haha, do you believe that this bowl of cold noodles can be sold for ten more cents?" Boss Zhou said with a laugh.
"Can this be sold for ten cents?" Liu's eyes widened.
"Of course. You see we have plenty of ingredients here. There must be people rushing to buy it. The main reason is that this mushroom oil is hard to come by. Otherwise, I would definitely go to town to set up a stall."
After Boss Zhou explained the ins and outs of this, Liu's idea of setting up a stall in the town immediately gave up.
It is indeed like that. Even though ten cents sounds like a lot, this bowl of cold noodles is extremely expensive except for the vegetables, which are not very valuable. For example, the white flour and the chicken mushroom oil are extremely expensive.
"It tastes really good if you add some purslane in it. You can add more next time." Boss Zhou made another suggestion.
"Okay, big brother. I just had a flash of inspiration today and grabbed two handfuls. I'll put more next time." Zhu smiled and agreed after being recognized.
"I think it's good too. Let's dry some purslane and make it into dried vegetables. It's quite tasty when used to make salty soup." Old Mrs. Zhou said that the more she ate this wild vegetable, the more delicious it became.
"That's fine. Leave this task to me and Si Ya." Feng rushed to take over the job. She was responsible for the chicken grass, duck grass and rabbit grass at home. Digging more purslane was not a big deal for her.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." After saying that, Old Mrs. Zhou continued to eat the noodles in the bowl. She was tired and hot for most of the day, and it really felt worth it to be able to have such a meal.
Zhou Mingshu was helping a father and daughter get medicine at the counter. When she saw the windmill in the little girl's hand, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind, and she realized that she had forgotten something.
It’s this ‘wind’!
Looking down at the medicine bag in his hand again, Zhou Mingshu had a bold idea and decided to do it when he got home.
Before Chen and his family had finished their lunch, Baicaotang welcomed an anxious guest.
After meeting him, Mr. Chen realized that the visitor was Doctor Shen from Huairen Hall in the neighboring Shuiniu Town.
I brought back fifty bottles of mugwort ointment the day before yesterday, and they were all sold out in two days. What does this mean?
This shows that mugwort paste has a large market, is cheap and easy to use, is trusted by the people, and does not damage the reputation of the pharmacy. It is completely beneficial to the pharmacy.
He had accidentally heard a patient mention it before, but didn't take it seriously at the time.
Only as time went by, more and more people came to Huairen Hall to ask about the mugwort ointment, which attracted his attention.
After much inquiry, we found out that the source of the mugwort paste was Doctor Chen from Jinmiao Town.
After knowing the purpose of Doctor Shen's visit, Mr. Chen called Zhou Mingshu over.
When Doctor Shen saw that there was a little girl in front of him, he was so shocked that his beard almost stood up.
"Doctor Chen, are you sure?" The two grown men almost exchanged glances.
"Sure." Mr. Chen used a soothing look and a firm tone to push Doctor Shen back to his seat.
"Good good."
"Miss Zhou, I came here to buy another batch of mugwort cream. This cream sells quite well in my Shuiniu Town and many people like it. The 50 bottles that Doctor Chen gave me last time were sold out within two days. I believe more people will buy it later. If I want to wholesale more mugwort cream, do you have any discounts, Miss Zhou?"