123 A Long-term Plan
Pan Dafu quickly asked, “What do you want to buy?”
“Chrysanthemum, dried mandarin peel, Cassia seeds, hawthorn, dragon Herbs, ophiopogon…”
Yu Niaoniao reported the names of many Chinese medicines in one breath. Then, she took out her purse and prepared to take out money.
Pan Dafu hurriedly waved his hand. “It’s not something especially expensive. How can I let Teacher take the money? Please wait a moment. I’ll get someone to buy it outside.”
With that, he shouted for his disciple to go to the medicinal shop immediately.
After sending his disciple away, Pan Dafu asked carefully.
“Teacher, why do you want to buy medicine? Are you sick? I know a doctor who’s very good at medicine. Do you want him to take a look at you?”
Yu Niaoniao smiled. “I’m not sick. I bought the medicine to make a drink.”
Hearing this, Pan Dafu became even more curious.
What kind of drink needed so much Chinese herbs?
Yu Niaoniao taught them a few dishes as usual.
It didn’t take long for his young disciple to return. He placed a few bulging paper packets on the table, his voice especially loud.
“Teacher! I’ve bought the herbs you wanted.”
Pan Dafu immediately turned his head and glared at him. “I told you not to call her teacher. You can’t remember, right?”
His little disciple didn’t argue. He just chuckled.
Yu Niaoniao opened the paper bag and took a look. After confirming that he had bought the right herbs, she immediately got someone to prepare a pot of boiling water. She placed the herbs into the water according to the ratio and slowly simmered them.
She said to her disciple, “Help me watch the fire. Don’t let it all evaporate.”
His little disciple was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. “Alright!”
In this day and age, the most common way to preach and answer questions was for a master to instruct his disciple to work. His disciple would learn as he worked.
In other words, the more work he did, the more opportunities he would have to learn.
Pan immediately rushed over and pushed his disciple out of the way.
“Let me! I’m patient. I know how to watch the fire.”
With that, he brought a stool over and sat down in front of the small stove. His tiger eyes were fixed on the small stove. From the looks of it, he planned to guard it tightly.
The little disciple who was pushed away did not dare to say anything. He was about to cry.
Yu Niaoniao could not stand it anymore and said to her disciple.
“Go get me a bottle of fruit vinegar.”
The so-called fruit vinegar was vinegar brewed from fruit.
This vinegar could be drunk directly. It was sweet in acid and could stimulate digestion.
The little disciple was afraid that his job would be snatched away again, so he quickly ran to the cellar.
Everyone in the kitchen was working methodically.
Yu Niaoniao was a little tired from drawing today, so she gave up on cooking personally.
She found a bag of melon seeds and leaned against the rocking chair. As she chewed on the melon seeds, she instructed everyone to cook.
It could be said to be quite leisurely.
When the dishes were ready, the kitchen hands filed out with trays and brought the dishes to the table of the Eagle Guards outside.
Yu Niaoniao stood up and carried a tray to the private room.
Xiao Juan was already sitting in the private room.
After Yu Niaoniao placed the dishes, he picked up his chopsticks and tasted a piece of fish. Then, he frowned.
“You didn’t cook this?”
Yu Niaoniao was eating with relish. When she heard this, she replied without looking up, “That’s right.”
She liked cooking, but that didn’t mean she had to cook every day.
No matter how much she liked it, she would be a little tired of doing it every day. She had to relax appropriately. Relaxing was the long-term solution.
Besides, the fat chef and his disciples were good at cooking. The dishes they cooked were delicious and not much worse than hers.
How good would it be to eat ready-made food? She didn’t have to do it herself.