latelenovela Chapter 487 Qiuli Cream
Chapter 487 Qiuli Cream
Since Zhu Dahu and Zhu Erni came home, the house has become more lively.
As long as Mu'er and Ze'er don't have homework, the four of them will play together, sometimes playing hide-and-seek, sometimes catching insects.
The whole courtyard was filled with their laughter, because their arrival added more vitality to the courtyard.
Whenever the two children had something to eat, Xu Han was not stingy and would take out some food for the brother and sister to taste.
At the beginning, the brother and sister didn't dare to eat it. But after doing it more often and listening to their parents' instructions, they dared to take the food that Xu Han handed to them.
However, the brother and sister were well taught by their parents and would never snatch food from Ze'er and Mu'er. No matter what the food was, they would just taste it lightly, or they would eat only when Mu'er and Ze'er stopped eating.
Maybe they have been like this since they were young. Since they have a clear understanding of their own identities, they have such subconscious behavior. This scene made Xu Han feel sad.
All the housework was contracted out to the servants, so Xu Han no longer had to do housework and suddenly had more time to do other things.
Having just picked some fresh pears, Xu Han was thinking about making some autumn pear paste.
Autumn pear paste moisturizes the lungs and is very suitable for children to drink with water in the dry autumn. Sometimes when children have a cough, drinking some autumn pear paste water is also a very good choice.
Xu Han did it right away. She called Ma Pozi and they carried a basket of pears to the backyard together.
"Ma'am, have you washed all these pears?"
Xu Han replied while taking the water, "Yes, they are all washed. There are many people in our family, so I plan to make more autumn pear paste. When the weather is dry in autumn, the elderly and children can make a cup of autumn pear water to drink in the morning and evening. It is sweet and moisturizing to the lungs and relieve coughs."
"Hahaha, that's great, children are weak, so drinking more of this is good for their health.
I have seen other people drink this before, but it is too expensive and I couldn’t bear to buy it for my children.
We are making it ourselves today. We use our own ingredients and can drink it without worry. In the future, the two young masters can drink it whenever they want."
Xu Han smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you a can after it's done. You can drink a cup every morning and evening. It's good for the health of the elderly."
When Ma Po heard this, she refused repeatedly, saying, "No, no, just save these for the two young masters. We are too old to use them, and it would be a waste to give us such good things to drink. It would be a waste of such good things."
"How is it a waste? You older people need to drink this more. The weather is dry in autumn, so brewing a cup of autumn pear paste water in the morning and evening will prevent you from coughing.
Don't worry, we made a lot today, and those kids can't drink much autumn pear paste, so this much is enough for them."
Xu Han didn't wait for Ma Pozi to refuse again, and said, "Wash all the pears first. I'll go to Grandpa Zhao to ask for some medicinal herbs. We need to add some medicinal herbs to the autumn pear paste, so that the effect of the autumn pear paste will be better."
"Hey, go ahead, I can wash these myself. Don't worry."
After saying this, Mrs. Ma started to get busy, and Xu Han turned and went into the backyard.
When Grandpa Zhao heard that Xu Han was going to make autumn pear paste for the children, he immediately stood up and prepared the medicine.
To make autumn pear paste, you need to select fresh pears of the season. In addition, you need to add an appropriate amount of Chinese medicinal materials when making it, so as to ensure that the autumn pear paste has good efficacy.
Grandpa Zhao mixed the needed Fritillaria cirrhosa, licorice, monk fruit and loquat leaves in a certain proportion and handed them to Xu Han.
He also reminded, "In addition, when you cook it, cut some ginger and red dates and put them in to boil together. After all the pear shreds are boiled, filter them out and continue to boil."
"Okay, I understand, Grandpa Zhao."
Xu Han took the herbs handed to her by Grandpa Zhao and turned to go to the kitchen.
It just so happened that Mrs. Ma had already washed all the pears and was waiting in the kitchen for Xu Han to tell her what to do next.
Xu Han arranged, "Let's cut all the pears into thin strips first. The thinner the better, so that it will be faster when boiling."
Mrs. Ma smiled and said, "Okay, Madam, just leave these to me. I will make sure they are cut into very fine pieces."
Xu Han picked up the kitchen knife next to her, moved a chair over and sat down, saying, "I'll do it with you. We'll do more, and it'll be faster if two people cut together."
After a long time of contact, Ma Pozi also had a certain understanding of Xu Han. The new master was not the kind of person who was high and mighty, and did not look down on them as servants. She thought to herself, "Since the Madam wants to help, she really wants to help, and is definitely not being polite."
So Mrs. Ma stopped talking, and the two of them cut the pear into shreds together, chatting with each other.
Half an hour had passed by the time all the pears were cut.
Xu Han poured all the chopped pears into the pot and started to boil the pear juice.
During the cooking process, she put in the herbs that Grandpa Zhao had just prepared, and also did not forget to add ginger and red dates.
Pears are very watery. After being heated for a short while, the pear shreds slowly melted and a lot of pear juice came out of the pot.
Seeing that the pear juice was almost cooked, Xu Han took out a wooden basin and began to filter the pear juice with gauze.
Mrs. Ma was responsible for putting the pear juice into the gauze, while Xu Han was responsible for squeezing out the water from the pear juice in the gauze and filtering out the pear residue.
The filtered pear residue could not be used, so she put it all into a wooden basin and used it to feed the chickens, ducks and geese at home.
After filtering it twice until there was no residue in the pear juice, Xu Han poured the pear juice into the pot and continued to boil it.
After boiling for about another half an hour, the water in the pear juice had slowly evaporated, and the juice became thicker and the color became darker.
When the pear juice in the pot turns from small bubbles into big bubbles, the autumn pear paste is ready.
The prepared autumn pear paste must be put into the jar while it is hot, otherwise it will become more viscous after cooling down, and it will be difficult to pack at that time.
A large backpack of pears was used to make three full jars of autumn pear paste. Xu Han put the newly made autumn pear paste into the cupboard.
Then use warm water to soak the tools for making the autumn pear paste, so that when the servants come back for lunch, they can drink the autumn pear paste water.
As soon as she rinsed the utensils, Xu Han picked up a cup of autumn pear paste water and started drinking it, smacking her lips. It tasted quite good.