bayedsolid Chapter 137 Astragalus and Goji Berry Stewed Chicken Soup
Chapter 137 Astragalus and Goji Berry Stewed Chicken Soup
She said nonchalantly, "It's okay, a minor problem, it won't burn. It's just too soft because it's wrapped in mud. It's normal for it to make a hole with a little pressure. Push the other one in too, and bake it slowly."
After Lin Lanshan blocked the stove opening with stones, the two went to the stream to wash their hands and then went home.
The chicken soup at home is still simmering on a low flame; it's time to add more firewood.
Lin Chunyi lifted the lid of the pot, stirred it with a spoon, and then saw the meat in the soup.
She said in surprise, "Wow, such a big pot! It saves us the trouble, but will our space be able to hold so many?"
A large iron pot, nearly full of golden and tender soup, and half a pot of chicken submerged in the soup.
It would take several soup bowls to hold all of this...
Lin Lanshan took the spoon from her sister's hand, scooped up half a spoonful of soup, blew on it, and drank it.
She smacked her lips with satisfaction, then exhaled a breath of hot air and said, "The doctor said this is to replenish qi and blood. You drink one bowl at a time, three times a day, and you'll finish it in a few days."
"Drinking the same thing three times a day, every single time. What's the difference between this and taking medicine?" Lin Chunyi looked at the pot full of soup and thought that she might get so sick of drinking chicken soup that she would feel like throwing up at the mere mention of chicken!
Lin Lanshan said very seriously, "There is a difference. Chicken soup is salty and fragrant, while medicine is bitter and smelly! Besides, I painstakingly brewed this myself, and you can drink it anytime you want. Why would you complain?"
Sister, look at you now, your living conditions are just too good. So many families don't even get to eat meat during holidays. We have so much meat and soup to eat, you should be content!
"..." He gave her a lecture.
Her sister's serious words made sense, but then she added, "Why don't you eat winter melon anymore?"
Lin Lanshan almost choked on her soup after hearing that sentence.
A few days ago, all the winter melons in our yard ripened, and we picked them all and put them in the cellar; it piled up huge. So they've been eating winter melon almost every day lately.
Winter melon soup, stir-fried winter melon, braised winter melon, stir-fried winter melon with meat, winter melon stewed with pork bones...
She's been driven crazy by winter melons, and now she feels like throwing up just hearing the word "winter melon"!
Sure enough, no matter how delicious something is, you'll get tired of it if you eat it every day or anytime.
Besides rice, steamed buns, and noodles!
When Lin Chunyi saw that her younger sister had stopped talking, she knew that she was lost in memories of being dominated by the winter melon.
So he joked, "What's wrong? Did you think of some fond memories?"
Lin Lanshan put down the spoon, put the lid on the pot, and said quite calmly:
"If we drink chicken soup today, we should drink bone broth tomorrow. We can't always stick to the same old ways; we must learn to be flexible!"
She said everything, good and bad.
Lin Chunyi chuckled and stopped teasing her. She added some firewood to the stove and continued simmering the chicken soup.
The two stayed in the kitchen for a long time, letting the chicken soup simmer in the pot for a full hour, until the bones were tender and soft, before finally removing the firewood.
Lin Lanshan lifted the pot lid, and a rich aroma and steam instantly filled the air, revealing a golden and glossy soup.
She tossed in a handful of goji berries, added some salt, and stirred it a few times. Then, using the residual heat of the pot, she let it simmer for the time it takes to brew half a cup of tea.
My sister's nourishing soup for the next few days: chicken soup with astragalus and goji berries, that's it!
She ladled out two bowls first, handing one to her sister. She then drank a few sips of the bright, rich chicken soup, gulping it down. "Mmm, it tastes amazing!"
After blowing on it, Lin Chunyi also took a few sips and said, "Too much salt was added; it's a little salty."
She said seriously, "It's okay, it'll be fine after a while."
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Lin Lanshan said very seriously, "Because everything can fade away slowly over time."
"..." Lin Chunyi was speechless. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. She silently started adding water to another pot and starting a fire.
Lin Lanshan chuckled a few times before asking, "Sister, isn't this joke funny? Why aren't you laughing?"
"I don't find it funny at all, and I'm giving you a cold look!" Lin Chunyi sat on a small wooden stool, added firewood to the stove, and then looked up at her with a cold gaze.
"Hahaha, sis, teach me! You have so much more sense of humor than I do! How do you manage to be so serious and funny all at the same time?"
Lin Chunyi looked at the fool in front of her who was laughing so hard he could barely breathe, sighed, and said speechlessly:
"I wasn't telling a joke, it's just that you have such a low threshold for laughter, you get itchy all over if you don't laugh for a while!"
Lin Lanshan is a "joker," always having something to laugh about.
From my sister's messy hair when she wakes up in the morning, to the rice grains stuck to the corners of her mouth at lunchtime, to the grimacing face she makes when she combs her hair at night...
Lin Lanshan is a cheerful person who makes herself happy, and she always has something to say that makes her laugh.
But Lin Chunyi was not satisfied, because Lin Lanshan's laughter was directed at her!
Although she couldn't help it, they eventually turned into two silly people who couldn't stop laughing for no reason...
At this moment, the water in the pot boiled, bubbling and gurgling.
"Lin Lanshan, why aren't you adding a ladle of boiling water to the chicken soup? I don't want to drink too much salty soup and then be forced to slowly fade away over time!"
"Hahaha, it's okay, I'll fade away with you, hahaha."
"Pfft, hahaha..."
Happiness is like this; something funny doesn't necessarily have to be a particular sentence or event.
Sometimes, it's more important because of a particular person!
The two sisters filled three soup bowls with the chicken soup that had been rehydrated and put them in the space, leaving two large bowls covered in the kitchen.
I went out to check on the beggar's chicken they had been roasting for over half an hour.
By this time, the sky had turned a grayish-brown color, and within a few steps, it became dark.
Lin Chunyi squatted on the ground, shining a flashlight on the grill. "Are we night owls? Why are we always out at night and hiding during the day lately?"
Lin Lanshan used a stick to scoop out the mud bales and replied, "Not night owls, just gluttons. Of course, the main reason is that we haven't had to work lately, we've been too idle..."
Okay, finally got it out! It choked me, leaving my face covered in ash, cough cough.
Two beggar's chickens were successfully taken out of the oven. Lin Chunyi then used a wooden stick to knock off the dried mud on them, revealing the dark green pumpkin leaves.
She put the two mud-removed beggar's chickens into her spatial storage, and then the two of them got up and went home.
The flashlight shone a beam of light in the darkness, and they followed the light.
The two walked and chatted.
"Thinking it's too easy? No problem, you won't have to complain for long. Starting tomorrow, we'll be chopping and gathering firewood, making charcoal, digging sweet potatoes, and planting autumn potatoes..."
"Ugh, stop talking! Let me be a human for one more night. We can talk about being a beast of burden tomorrow, tomorrow!!"
"Then cherish your last night of freedom. I'm going home to eat beggar's chicken!" Lin Chunyi suddenly ran off, flashlight in hand.
Leaving Lin Lanshan with a dark road ahead and a fading light...
Lin Lanshan immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly chased after her, "Sister, come back! I can't see the road!"
Wait for me! Oh my god, what's blocking my way?
She shouted and took off after him, almost tripping over a pebble on the ground...