Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 524: Will She Be Pregnant?

Of course, the reason for making sauerkraut tripe slices is actually to consider the issue of sales. Tripe wrapped chicken can usually only be sold to one person. If you eat it yourself, you won’t make any money.

But if you make it into sauerkraut belly slices, because you add other ingredients, you can divide it into three portions. You can eat one portion yourself, and sell the other two at a high price. Hualei is really smart in making money.

As for the liver, which is the best for nourishing blood, Hualei made a pot of wolfberry and red dates liver soup. Slice the liver and rinse it with clean water for a while, then soak it in water for about 25 minutes to remove the toxins scattered in the liver and blood, then blanch it and take it out.

Slice the ginger and tie the shallots into a knot, put them into the pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. When the water boils, add the washed wolfberries, red dates, and pork liver, continue to boil over high heat, and skim off the foam.

Then simmer for another quarter of an hour, and finally add some sesame oil and salt to season it before serving. This wolfberry, pork liver and red dates soup tastes very good, and it is especially good for nourishing the blood and liver. These days, I have been traveling every day, and my mouth is dry, so it is just right to moisten my lungs.

However, before Hualei could start eating, the housekeeper who liked to buy cooked food directly came again. Mrs. Chen, who had asked Hualei to buy food several times, also came.

After several contacts, Hua Lei also knew the other party's identity. She was the wife of Chen Lichun, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, and the wet nurse of Mrs. Chen.

It is said that Mrs. Chen's grandfather was the prince's tutor, who taught him morals. He could be said to be the best among the noble families.

Mrs. Chen has been married for three years, but has never been pregnant, so she followed her husband to Mobei this time.

Looking at the dishes that Hua Lei had placed on the table, Mrs. Chen ordered one of each. Then she hesitated for a moment and asked Hua Lei softly if she could have another pheasant to help her stew the food, as she would need it tomorrow morning.

Hua Lei was stunned for a moment. Was this to reserve food for tomorrow morning? Simmering the chicken in a pot is very troublesome and time-consuming. To simmer the chicken, you need to cut the chicken into pieces.

Add cooking wine, ginger slices, spices and other seasonings, and simmer over low heat for several hours to make the chicken tender and juicy, the soup rich and delicious.

Seeing Hualei hesitate, Mrs. Chen spoke softly to explain the situation. Her wife had caught a cold and was sick these past two days, so she should have eaten a light diet.

But for some reason, Mrs. Chen couldn't eat any light food. Instead, she ate a lot of the heavy-flavored pickled fish and cold noodles made by Hualei, so she continued to buy these heavy-flavored dishes such as stir-fried pork intestines and pickled cabbage belly slices.

However, as for stewing chicken, Mrs. Chen thinks that although pheasant is lean, it is still a game after all, and it should be delicious if it is made into soup.

So I wanted to reserve one, mainly because I thought Hualei was a good cook, and my wife liked the dishes she cooked. The maids I brought with me usually only cooked light meals.

My wife used to have a light taste. For some reason, she caught a cold and her taste suddenly changed. So she had no appetite for the dishes made by the maids and the women.

Hua Lei's heart was slightly moved when she heard this, and she nodded and agreed. After a pause, she called Chen Pozi, who had already turned around, and spoke softly.

"Aunt Chen, could it be that Madam Chen is pregnant? Generally, pregnant women may suddenly change their tastes."

"This..." Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Our wife's pulse was felt two days before she left Beijing, and she didn't... And the accompanying doctor didn't feel it either in the morning."

"Maybe it's still young and we haven't found out what's going on. It would be better to find a better doctor to check it out when we get to the next state. During this time, you should take care of yourself. But it's also possible that I guessed wrong." Hua Lei said softly.

"Thank you, ma'am, for your reminder. If that's the case, that would be great. Thank you, ma'am." Not knowing whether it was because Hua Lei had said something nice to remind her or for some other reason, Mrs. Chen took out ten taels of silver, put it on the table, asked the little maid behind her to carry the dishes, and left in a hurry.

Next, Hualei used wild boar meat to make a dish of pork with preserved vegetables and fried some vegetables. The dinner was finally ready.

After everyone finished their satisfying dinner, all the plates were empty, and Qinghe and the others cleared away the empty bowls and dishes.

Hua Lei thought, since she had promised to cook the stewed chicken, she should start preparing it early. However, Hua Lei did not treat herself badly and asked Sister He Hua to cook the remaining three pheasants in stewed chicken, so that she, Rong Jin, and Zhenzhu could eat them.

In addition, Hualei is preparing to stew roe deer legs for tomorrow morning. Wash the roe deer legs repeatedly with clean water, blanch them in a pot of cold water, add large pieces of green onion, ginger and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, and skim off the foam.

Take out the blanched leg meat and wash it with clean water. Put it back into the pot, add more water than the meat, add salt, onion, ginger, garlic, and pepper, and cook it slowly over low heat.

When eating, cut it into slices, then add mashed garlic, a small amount of vinegar, shallots, and sesame oil to the soy sauce, and dip it in it. Whether it is eaten with rice or steamed buns, it is original, delicious, and very delicious.

But thinking that someone might want to buy it, I asked Sister Lotus to stew some more. The remaining meat and ribs were salted by Hua Bud, but not too much salt, because they had to be eaten in a short time.

I had planned to set off the next day, but the rain, which had been coming and going, had turned into a downpour today. I couldn't see anything more than 20 feet away.

It was not possible to travel like this. I could hide in the carriage, but the guards and the driver could not. Although it was summer, being drenched in rain for a whole day would not be enough for even the strongest body.

Besides, it was not safe to travel in such a rainy day. So, after discussing it, they decided to wait a little longer. Hualei calculated the itinerary and realized that they were always ahead of the others. It should be no problem to stay for a few days.

So, the group continued to stay in this inn that was far from the village and the shop. Of course, some people continued to travel in the rain, while others stayed, but gradually, the inn became a little crowded.

Because it was raining heavily, Rong Jin did not go out, so the couple started playing Go in the room.

Zhenzhu sat on the side and watched, occasionally flipping through the notebook in her hand. Today, it was Jiang Yunqi's turn to patrol, so he was not here.

Because Rong Jin had seen Hua Lei play chess with others, he had some understanding of Hua Lei's chess style. In addition, he was also very good at chess himself, so it didn't take long for Hua Lei to start losing.