Chapter 5 Pork Lung and Carrot Cough Soup

"It's easy to talk." Zhao Lizheng agreed readily, "Brother Nian is in poor health and needs to take good care of himself. You can make an appointment for the marriage first, and then we can have a banquet in a few days."

　　Ye Chenghe's house is not big, the curtains on the windows are drawn, and the light is very dim.

　　Ye Annian stood at the door and did not go further in. He had entered this room every day when he was at Ye's house because he had to help Ye Chenghe clean it up.

　　But at this moment, when he was standing at the door, he smelled a sour and rancid smell, which made him want to vomit.

　　It had only been one day, but Ye Chenghe had already made his house look like this.

　　He covered his mouth and nose in disgust, frowned, and didn't want to take a step forward.

　　"I feel relieved with Zhao Lizheng's words." Jiang Zhu smiled with crooked eyebrows, "That's just right. While Zhao Lizheng is here, An Nian and I will exchange birthday stickers, and the marriage will be settled."

　　After saying that, he took out the two birthday notes he had written last night from his arms, opened them in front of Zhao Lizheng and Ye Chenghe, showed them both, and then handed his own to Ye Anyian.

　　But it didn't matter whether Ye Chenghe saw it or not. He was illiterate and was just going through the motions.

　　Jiang Zhu took two steps and handed the birthday sticker to Ye Annian, but when he saw him standing alone at the door, covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves, frowning, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it over. .

　　"I smoked it with citrus peels to remove the odor and stop vomiting."

　　Ye Annian took it and put it under his nose and smelled it. Sure enough, the fragrance of oranges came to his nostrils, and there was no smell at all.

　　Seeing that his complexion improved a lot, Jiang Zhu handed over his birthday sticker and said, "There's nothing else to do. It does stink here. You can go outside and wait for me."

　　"Okay." Ye Anyian responded, turned around and went out.

　　Zhao Le couldn't bear the smoke anymore, so he told Zhao Lizheng and ran after Ye Anyian.

　　Jiang Zhu endured the sour smell in the room and set the wedding date in front of Zhao Lizheng and Ye Chenghe, just one month later.

　　The main reason was that he had just spent ten taels of silver and suddenly ran out of money. It cost a lot of money to do things, and he also had Ye Anyian's body. He wanted to save Ye Anyian's body as much as possible within this month. The disease is cured.

　　Even if the cough cannot be cured, at least the broken ear must be healed, and no one can drag the sick body with him to get married.

Now that he has decided to marry Ye Anyian, he will be responsible to others to the end.

　　Jiang Zhu made all the arrangements regarding the marriage, and Zhao Lizheng kept agreeing on it. The two sang and harmonized, and Ye Chenghe didn't have anything to do with it at all.

　　Occasionally, Ye Chenghe wanted to interrupt and say something, but Jiang Zhu looked over with a smile, and the coward stopped talking.

　　After the conversation, Jiang Zhu and Zhao Lizheng let out a sigh of relief.

　　It was really suffocating them both. The room in Zhao Chenghe's house was too smelly. The smell of wine and sweat mixed together went straight to his throat.

　　"Thank you very much Lizheng for your help today," Jiang Zhu gave Zhao Lizheng a few packets of the medicinal tea in his hand, "I prepared the salvia tea myself. It can activate blood circulation and stimulate the meridians, clear the mind and relieve troubles. Just drink a cup every day."

　　"Oh, thank you Dr. Jiang." Zhao Lizheng took the medicinal tea and thanked him repeatedly, "I haven't been able to help you at all, and I still accept such a valuable thing from you."

　　"It's not expensive, and I picked all the medicinal materials from the mountains."

　　"Hey, I'll accept it then. If you have anything to do in the future, just tell me, but don't be embarrassed."

　　"Yeah." Jiang Zhu smiled and nodded.

　　Ye Anian was still talking to Zhao Le in the courtyard of Ye's house when Wu Xianglian, who had been exhausted earlier, came over.

　　Yin and Yang said angrily: "If you ask me, if you two are not married, Brother Nian, you will live with that Jiang Langzhong. This is not appropriate!"

　　"If she regrets it tomorrow, do you still want your reputation? Besides, whose girl and brother do you think will never come back just because they are engaged?"

　　Ye Anian was engrossed in chatting with Zhao Le when Wu Xianglian interrupted him unexpectedly, and his face suddenly darkened.

　　"Whether my reputation is bad or not, you don't have to worry about it." He said coldly.

　　"Hey!" Wu Xianglian rolled her eyes at him, "You are so stubborn now, don't cry and beg to come back when you are kicked out! The old Ye family doesn't want such an embarrassing thing like you!"

　　"When you lie in the coffin, I won't be able to reconcile with An Nian." Jiang Zhu came over, put his arm around Ye An Nian's shoulders, and the two stood side by side.

　　"You're old enough, so you'd better keep your moral integrity. Otherwise, one day you'll suddenly get sick and the pain won't go away, and you'll have to beg me for medical treatment. Don't kowtow at my doorstep crying and begging."

　　"Bah! You...what are you talking about!" Wu Xianglian was so angry that she stamped her feet and spat, "What bad luck!"

　　Seeing her look like this, Zhao Le couldn't hold back and chuckled.

　　Wu Xianglian blushed with anger, but Zhao Le was the most beloved brother of the Li Zheng family, so she didn't dare to do anything.

　　"Le'er, go home." Zhao Lizheng called him.

　　"Come on, come on!" Zhao Le responded and greeted Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu, "Brother Nian, Doctor Jiang, my father told me to leave first!"

"Slow down." Ye Anyian said.

　　"We're going home too," Jiang Zhu said after Zhao Lizheng and the others left.

　　"Yes." Ye Annian responded, Jiang Zhu took his hand, and the two of them walked out of the door of Ye's house side by side.

　　In Ye's courtyard, Wu Xianglian stared at the backs of the two people resentfully, trembling with anger.

　　In the small west room of the Ye family, Ye Chenghe tightly clutched the bag of silver ingots in his hand, his eyes full of greed.

　　If he doesn't go home to live, he won't go home to live. Do you think he won't be able to handle that little bastard?

　　That bullshit doctor even found Zhao Lizheng and made him refuse even if he wanted to. He was so damn good at scheming!

　　He was cursing and hugging the bag of silver. As soon as he lay down, Gulu rolled into his dirty and smelly bed, reached out and grabbed the wine jar on the table, and became drunk and dreamy.

　　…

　　Seeing that it was almost noon, the two of them did not go home directly, but went to the home of Wu Chuan, the hunter in the village.

　　I heard that Wu Chuan and a hunter from a neighboring village hunted a large wild boar together, and each of them got half of the head.

　　Jiang Zhu took Ye Annian to Wu Chuan's house and bought some pork and pig lungs.

　　Ye Anyian's heart ached when he saw the half a tael of silver spent.

　　Back home, Ding Qiu and Fu Zai were collecting medicinal materials in the small courtyard.

　　When they heard the door ringing, two small hands, one big and one small, came to greet them holding hands.

　　"Brother!" Fu Zai was lame, but he didn't run slowly. He threw himself into Ye Anyian's arms like a small cannonball.

　　Ye Annian rubbed his soft hair: "You didn't cause trouble to Brother Ding Qiu, did you?"

　　Fu Zai shook his head: "I'm helping Brother Qiu sort the medicinal materials!"

　　The child raised his head with a proud look on his face, waiting to be praised.

　　Ye Anyian pursed his lips and praised: "Not bad."

　　The four of them entered the yard together, and Jiang Zhu asked Ding Qiu to go to the vegetable patch behind to pick up a few green onions and garlic seedlings, and then pull out two white radish stalks.

　　"Let's make fried pork with green onions and pork lung and radish soup." Jiang Zhu said.

　　In the main room, Jiang Zhu rolled up his sleeves, untied the pork and pig lungs tied with straw ropes, and began to clean them neatly.

　　Ye Anian wanted to help, but Jiang Zhu wouldn't let him do it: "This thing is too fishy, ​​just let me do it, but don't get your hands on it."

"Then...ahem, let me help you light the fire." Ye Anian said.

　　Ding Qiu and Fu Zai went to the vegetable field to pull onions and radishes. He was a big man and couldn't do nothing.

　　At this time, Fu Zai ran in with a vegetable basket on his short legs, and Ding Qiu followed behind with a blind stick.

　　In the basket were two large, juicy white radishes, as well as fresh green onions and garlic sprouts, which were so green and pleasing to look at.

　　"You can help me wash and chop the vegetables." Jiang Zhu took the vegetable basket from Fu Zai's hand and said to Ye Annian.

　　"Okay." Ye Anyian picked up the water ladle on the stove and went out to scoop out water to wash vegetables.

　　"Wait a minute," Jiang Zhu stopped him, "If your throat hurts, take a sip of loquat dew, otherwise you'll start coughing again soon."

　　"Um."

　　He coughed less in the past two days than before, and sometimes he forgot about it.

　　He took out the small medicine bottle and took a sip. A clear and sweet feeling passed through his throat, and the uncomfortable itching pain was immediately relieved a lot.

　　Picking up the water ladle again, Ye Annian went out to scoop out a basin of water and cleaned two white radishes, green onions and garlic sprouts.

　　In the courtyard, Ding Qiu and Fu Zai were playing throwing stones.

　　In the main room, Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu stood side by side in front of the chest of drawers, each busy with their own business.

　　Ye Anyian washed and sliced ​​the white radish, cut the shallots and garlic sprouts into sections, and placed them on three plates.

　　Jiang Zhu cleaned the wild boar meat and pig lungs and began to cut them into slices with a knife. For a while, the only sound in the hall was the "click-click" sound of the knife cutting on the chopping board.

　　Pork lungs, white radish, and almonds are used together to make pig lung radish soup, which has the functions of relieving cough, replenishing deficiency, nourishing the lungs, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.

　　Garlic sprouts and eggs are combined to make garlic sprouts scrambled eggs.

　　The pork was stir-fried with green onions. Ye Anian and Fu Zai were both too thin and needed to eat something rich in oil and water to replenish their fat.

　　After finishing all these things, Jiang Zhu asked Ye Anyian to go back to the house to rest, while he lit a fire and started cooking the pot and making soup.

　　In less than an hour, a delicious smell wafted out.

　　Jiang Zhu filled a large basin with pig lung and radish soup, put fried pork with green onions and scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts on two pointed plates, and called Ye Anian and the two children out to eat.

　　Ye Anyian had already set up the low table and small wooden piers. Fuzai and Ding Qiu washed their hands and went to get the dishes and chopsticks obediently.

　　Jiang Zhu started to put lunch on the table. Today's meal was really mouth-watering.

　　A plate of scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, a plate of fried pork with green onions, a large bowl of pork lung and radish soup, and the staple food is sweet potato rice.

The two little ones were very happy with it. The fried onion and the meat were so charred and fragrant. The meat was alternately fat and lean. The lean meat was chewy and the fat meat was chewy. The mouths of those who ate it were filled with oil.

　　The fried eggs with garlic sprouts are very fragrant, especially with rice.

　　Jiang Zhu served pig lung and radish soup to Ye Annian and the two little ones, then lowered his head to eat his own meal.

　　Ye Annian took the soup bowl and subconsciously wanted to say thank you, but was interrupted by Jiang Zhu: "Have a taste. Pig lung and radish soup is a medicinal diet for relieving coughs. It is good for your illness."

　　"That...okay." Ye Anyian swallowed the word "thank you" hard.

　　A spoonful of milky white soup entered his mouth, which really shocked him.

　　This soup is fragrant and slightly sweet, and it is refreshing in the mouth. It tastes really good.

　　He picked up a piece of radish and pig lung. The white radish was stewed soft and delicious. When you bite into it, the juice bursts in your mouth. The pig lung is soft and tender, and has a little chewing texture, which is particularly good. eat.

　　Jiang Zhu had been observing his expression. Seeing Ye Anyian's eyes light up, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

　　"how is the taste?"

　　"It's delicious." Ye Anian replied concisely.

　　But Jiang Zhu was very satisfied. He watched Ye Anyian drink the entire bowl of soup with a smile on his face: "If you like it, I'll make it for you tomorrow."