In addition to fish and milk, there are also eels, snails and some river shrimps. These are the daily dishes of restaurant diners.

So Xu Qinyu made milk steamed buns with all the milk she sent, cut the fish into pieces and stewed it directly, and made a fish meat soup, minced the fish into a puree, added eggs, some pork belly puree, and mung beans that she made herself Starch, then add a little salt, and finally add the water of the ginger and scallions three times and stir vigorously in one direction, and finally steam in the hot water for half an hour and it will be cooked.

They can't finish eating these things in the past two days, and they can't put them down. There are many victims outside. If they want the victims to recover quickly, they need not only medical treatment, but also nutritional supplements. have done it every day to supplement nutrition for the victims outside the city and the doctor who rescued them. It will also help the victims recover quickly and get their household registration. open the door.

When Xu Qinyu was cooking, Brother Cheng, Xu Feng, the four children, and the big girl were all watching. It was obvious that they were willing to learn cooking skills from Xu Qinyu. He can't hold back, no matter if he stands or sits there for a long time, it looks like there are ants crawling on his body, and he doesn't seem to have the talent for cooking, so he doesn't force himself, thinking that he is running errands for the fourth sister-in-law Dried groceries are just a joy.

When Xu Qinyu was stewing the fish, she also asked Gong Geer to go to the county government to tell the county magistrate that she made court food, and after a while, the government servants carried it to the victims and doctors outside the town, and explained carefully Brother Gong, you must tell the magistrate of the county that the yamen servants have to cover their mouths and noses to distribute food to the victims, and let the victims eat their own meals, and they are not allowed to share with others, otherwise the disease will spread to each other.

The bowls and chopsticks after eating must also be washed with water and then scalded with hot water. Always eat things that are in hot water and clean.

The other thing is to clean all her pots outside the town after cooking, scald the pots with boiling water and send them back to her.

The county magistrate was still worried about the food for the victims outside the town, but seeing Miss Xu willing to help, he was very grateful, and asked Gong Geer to thank Xu Qinyu.

As soon as Xu Qinyu finished cooking, the yamen servant came to the door.

She kept some milk steamed buns, fish soup and a pot of stewed fish for herself, and let the government servants carry the rest to the donkey cart and send them outside the town.

The yamen servants swallowed their mouths when they smelled these scents, and thought that those disaster victims were also very lucky to be able to eat the court food made by Mrs. Xu herself. These yamen servants usually only come to Xuji for a month to satisfy their hunger. .

But the yamen servants also knew that it was made by Mrs. Xu for the victims, so they didn't dare to eat it, so they immediately sent it outside the town.

The soldiers guarding the entrance of the town could smell the fragrance from a distance. Looking back, they saw the servants of the county government driving two donkey carts. There were several large wooden basins and two large iron pots on the donkey carts.

When the yamen servants drove the donkey cart to the entrance of the town, they told the officers and soldiers that it was for the disaster victims outside the town. The officers and soldiers let them go out, and looked at the food in the wooden basin and iron pot.

The yamen servant parked the furnace cart under the wooden shed, and asked the victims to place the bowls a few feet away, so as not to have contact with the victims, and distributed the morning food.

The milk steamed buns made by Xu Qinyu this time are larger than those sold in restaurants on weekdays. One has to be as big as an adult's fist and two are big. It tastes very thick layer by layer, and a child can eat enough, but thinking that the victims have been hungry for a long time and have a big appetite, Xu Qinyu asked the yamen servant to give each adult a bowl of stewed fish cubes, and three milk Mantou, children are a bowl of fish soup plus two milk steamed buns.

In addition to these victims, the two Lang Zhong who stayed under the wooden shed were also listless, and now they smelled the fragrance and became more energetic, looking eagerly into the wooden basin and the cauldron.

The doctor in his twenties said in a low voice, "The smell is like Xu Ji's milk steamed buns and stewed fish. My mother-in-law went to Xu Ji to buy the stewed fish at the door, and Chaoshi also bought milk steamed buns. The taste is exactly the same. Really. It smells so good."

Milk steamed buns are the cheapest in Chaoshi, and his family is poor, otherwise he wouldn't take the risk for the twenty taels of silver.

The yamen servant also shouted into the distance, "Miss Xu said, these are the morning meals, and the evening meals will be delivered to you, so you don't need to save on rations, remember to finish eating, the sickness will heal quickly when you are full, come and serve yours quickly Let’s eat rice bowls, fish cubes are for adults, and fish soup is for children and seriously ill patients.”

The victims then hurried over to take away their rice bowls. They were still wearing the gauze masks distributed by the county magistrate, and these masks were soaked in water-throwing perfume.

The doctors said Huoxiang can cure diarrhea, and Miss Xu also said that it is best to soak some medicine in the gauze covering the mouth and nose, so the county magistrate asked two doctors outside the town to cook a lot of Huoxiang for the victims to drink. All soaked in the gauze cover.

Ordinary people in the city can also buy some Huoxiang and boil water for drinking.

The victims brought back their rice bowls, swallowed hard, and couldn't help it anymore. They bit the milk steamed buns, and then their eyes widened.

There are also those children who are as thin as bean sprouts, carefully huddled in the arms of their parents, "Mom, what kind of food is this, it smells so good, is it really for us to eat?"

The adults said with tears, "Yes, children, hurry up and eat." They fed their children fish and meat soup in mouthfuls.

The child didn't know how to describe the taste, so he just opened his mouth wide and said in surprise, "Mother, this is delicious, mother, this is delicious." Even when they were not fleeing famine, they had never eaten such delicious steamed buns.

These disaster victims had seen a lot of food, which was fine white flour steamed buns. Where did they eat such fine flour on the way to escape from famine, and it still had a milky smell, but they saved it for later eating, but they couldn’t stop after one bite. I don’t know. Before I knew it, the three steamed buns and the bowl of fish nuggets were all eaten cleanly, and I couldn't help but smack my mouth to savor the delicacy after eating it.

Some of the victims who wanted to run away even thought that if they could eat these things day and night, even if they died here, it would be worth it, so they would not run away.

These victims were also obedient. After eating, they brought water to boil and washed the dishes and chopsticks clean.

The water is also the well water carried out from the town for them.

The yamen servants also washed Xu Ji's wooden basin and iron pan, scalded them with hot water and sent them back.

Xu Qinyu also had dinner with the big guys at the restaurant and was making wine.

The surface soil of these wild grapes has been washed away, and the white frost on the top has not been washed. This is a natural fruit frost, which can make the wine ferment better.

Crush the grapes and put them in an oil-free and water-free wine jar, and then spread a layer of rock sugar.

In fact, when making wine, you also need to pay attention to the ratio of grapes to rock sugar, otherwise the taste of the wine will be different. If there is too much sugar, it will be too sweet, and if it is too little, it will be bitter or too sour.

Xu Qinyu has a natural sense of food, so she knows how much rock sugar these grapes should be served with.

The grapes in the wine jar should not be filled too full, otherwise the wine jar will overflow in the later stage of fermentation, and the mouth of the wine jar should not be sealed too tightly.

She brewed almost twenty altars of wine from these wild grapes, and consumed a lot of rock sugar, which almost used up all the sugar she had bought before.

She intends to make money from the wine, and won't sell it too cheaply. She keeps some in the restaurant and sells the rest in Raozhou City, where there are many wealthy businessmen and officials.

Of course, this amount of wine is definitely not enough to sell. She originally planned to let Gong Geer and the others continue to go to the mountain to help pick grapes today, make more wine, and make one or two hundred altars. Now it is definitely not possible to go to the mountain, just wait It’s the same when the victims get better and go out of the city. There are many wild grapes, no one eats them, and they won’t all be ripe in a while. Some hills will ripen more slowly due to lack of sunshine and rain.

In the evening, Xu Qinyu steamed the bean rice with the herring, the fish head was braised in brown sauce, and the fish bone was boiled into a thick and white fish soup, and a single fish was not wasted at all. didn’t add anything to the fish soup except some salt and chopped green onion, because didn’t even have tofu. Tofu is bought at noon on weekdays. Today, no one set up a stall and didn’t buy anything, but this fish soup tastes so delicious very.

Herring stewed rice is to slice the body of herring into slices, add shredded ginger and green onion, salt, Huadiao wine, soy sauce and a little five-spice powder and marinate for 2 quarters of an hour. When the bean rice starts to bubble and sticky, Spread the marinated fish fillets evenly on the bean rice, and simmer for a quarter of an hour before it is cooked.

She has cooked pork ribs stewed rice for her family, but she has not made fish slices stewed rice. The taste is not bad, and the fish fillets are fresh and tender.

The bean rice is cooked with soaked beans and stalked rice. The grains are distinct, absorbing the freshness and fat of the fish fillets, and the oil is shiny, not to mention how fragrant it is.

Today ran out of fish.

The stewed fish heads were sent to the yamen to improve the food for the yamen servants, while the stewed fish fillet rice and fish bone soup were sent outside the city.

The victims were completely relieved when they saw that they had been given evening food. After eating fish slice stewed rice and a bowl of fish bone soup, they all became dazed, wondering if they were dead, otherwise how could they have eaten such a meal? Wait until it's delicious, otherwise it's impossible to dream of such a delicious meal even in your daily dreams.

Even the two doctors who lived in the wooden shed at the entrance of the town, after eating delicious food for a day, they were not so sluggish, and they were full of energy. They made soup and medicine for the victims. Huoxiang or other decoctions for them to drink.

The next day, Xu Qinyu prepared eel porridge and fresh shrimp porridge for his meal.

The herring, milk, eel, and river prawns sent by Uncle He yesterday were all consumed, and there were still some big snails left. She asked Brother Cheng to lead Xu Feng and the others to smash out the snail meat, clean it, and make it The salt and pepper snail meat will satisfy everyone's greed.

There are no ingredients at night, and there are some live poultry and eggs left.

Xu Qinyu went to Tian Butcher at noon, and wanted to buy some bones from him. The meat-cut bones are cheap, and they can be used to make soup. In the evening, they can cook some bone soup noodles for the victims.

The butcher Tian knew that Miss Xu was cooking food for the victims, so Tonggu confiscated Miss Xu's money and said, "Miss Xu is kind-hearted. I don't have many bones. Miss Xu wait for half an hour. I'll go to other butchers to gather together, and when I have enough, I'll send all the bones to Xu Ji, so let's go back and rest, little lady."

These barrel bones were sold cheaply, and the butchers didn't charge any money.

Therefore, Mushi is a tube bone soup noodle, with a poached egg and a few amaranth nestled on it, which looks very appetizing.

When summer came, there were a lot of amaranths, which were sold cheaply, and Xu Qinyu asked Tian Butcher to buy them for her.

Xu Qinyu has been busy for two days, and the others are not idle either. They all help wash and choose vegetables and cut vegetables, and clean up the kitchen.

Xu Qinyu went back after finishing her evening meal at the restaurant. She went back to Osmanthus Lane first, and Brother Cheng and the others cleaned up the restaurant before going back.

When Brother Cheng and Brother Gong went back, they met some neighbors. Although everyone stayed at home, they occasionally opened the courtyard door and stood at the door to look outside. Naturally, Brother Cheng and Brother Gong covered their mouths and noses. return.

The neighbors near Osmanthus Lane knew the two brothers, and did not forget to say hello to them, "Why is brother Cheng'er and Gong'er still running outside?"

The two and a half elders scratched their heads and said, "We just came back from the restaurant, and the restaurant still has some ingredients. The fourth sister-in-law thought that the disaster victims outside the city might not have rations, and said that if they eat better, they will get better soon, wait. The diarrhea of ​​the victims is cured, and the people of Yuanbao Town can resume their lives earlier, so the four sisters-in-law have been cooking food in the restaurant for the past two days to deliver food to the victims and Langzhong outside the city."

When the neighbors heard this, they all looked at each other in dismay. Later, they thought that Mrs. Xu had a good heart, or else they wouldn't care about them selling cheap fish for them to eat.

These neighborhood neighbors just wanted to help out, but they couldn't let the little lady Xu take care of it all by herself.

So they send whatever they have at home, a bundle of firewood, two handfuls of vegetables, and two handfuls of rice.

This matter also spread to several nearby alleys, and everyone also sent some things within their means, and some people who were a little richer sent some chickens and ducks or two catties of meat to Xuji Restaurant, and some white noodles, stems and rice. .

Not only that, but the wealthy businessmen on the East Street and West Street, who often used to eat in Xu Ji, also heard about it, and they felt that the little lady Xu was righteous, and also sent a lot of ingredients and rice grains to Xu Ji.

But this is only two or three days later, Xu Qinyu is not short of ingredients, and even more. She planned to give the rest of the rice and grain to them after the victims were all healed. At least they had a ration, and the days to come would be better.

In the next few days, Xu Qinyu became even more tricky to cook food for these victims.

Of the wild mushrooms she picked from the mountains, some were kept for her family to eat, and the rest were ordinary mushrooms that were unlikely to be poisonous. She used them to stew the mushroom chicken soup with the chicken. She was also afraid that the victims would recognize the mushrooms. They will go to the mountains to pick them by themselves, and they will become bad if they accidentally pick poisonous ones.

Therefore, the mushrooms were torn to pieces, and stewed with chicken soup, it was a little soft and rotten. I couldn't tell what was wrong, but the taste was unparalleled. They were in a trance, forgetting that they were infected with the plague, and they were very likely to die soon.

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The disaster victims outside the city have been like this for two days. The two bosses found that they were fine and had not contracted diarrhea. They could not help crying with joy. They also knew that the preventive measures mentioned by the county magistrate were useful. Maybe the diarrhea this time The disease can really be controlled without burning the victims to death.

Seeing that the two Langzhong outside the town really did not contract diarrhea, the Langzhong and the people in the town were shocked.

In addition to hearing about the righteous deeds of Mrs. Xu from Xu Ji Restaurant, the old men were a little ashamed and decided to go outside the town to help treat patients with diarrhea.

With the participation of a few old men, after taking precautions, the patient was diagnosed with the pulse, and the prescription was re-distributed to the seriously ill patient.

These patients were drawn under a forest. The summer in the southwest would not be very hot. There was a forest to cover the sun, and there was no sunshine. These disaster victims and diarrhea patients just ate and slept, slept and ate. Don't worry. In addition, with the increase in the number of teachers, they took good medicine, listened to the county magistrate's words and took precautions, covered their mouths and noses, and washed their hands frequently, so there were about 20 diarrhea patients in the past, and there were seven or eight more in the past two days. It should have been infected originally, but it took two days for the symptoms to appear, and the rest were gone.

There were about a hundred people in this group of victims, and after another two or three days, there were still only the twenty-seven patients with diarrheal diseases.

Because such a diarrheal disease appears among the victims, it is not one to ten, ten to a hundred, almost none of them can escape, and all of them have to contract the diarrheal disease and die.

The victims also knew that they should be saved, and their mentality became better and better.

In the past three or two days, several diarrhea patients with mild symptoms have completely recovered, making these victims happy and seeing hope.

Only a few patients with diarrhea were particularly serious, including the woman Xu Qinyu first met, who was carried on her back by a man. She was almost in a semi-conscious state, with a lifeless expression on her face. The things were also forced into her mouth by her man, and she basically had soup and water to eat every day.

After eating like this for a few days, the woman was more awake, and was able to eat some milk steamed buns, bean rice and dishes. In addition, a teenage girl was also very ill, but the family never gave up. When came back, could only drink some soup and water at first. After was able to eat hard food, ate it extremely brutally and devoured it. The condition gradually improved, and even Lang Zhong was a little surprised.

Others don't know, but they are motivated by such delicious food, and they don't want to wait to die.

Therefore, several seriously ill patients are gradually improving. Only one is too old to hold on, and even after drinking the soup for a few days, he finds that he has died in the morning. The family did not cry, and even thought that the old father in the family could eat such a delicious meal before he died. It was not a loss in this life. According to the instructions of the county magistrate, he picked up some firewood and gave the old man's body to him. After it was burned, grabbed some ashes and put them in a jar. planned to find a place to bury them later, and then find a place to bury the old father.

Seeing that the patients were getting better day by day, not only the staff members wept with joy, but even the soldiers guarding the town entrance were a little excited.

Even so, the victims and these men did not dare to relax. They covered their mouths and noses every day, washed their hands and bathed with boiled water frequently, and soaked their clothes in scalding hot water every day. They are scalded with hot water every day.

After half a month, all the diarrhea diseases were cured except for the old man who did not survive.

When the county magistrate heard about it, he burst into tears of joy, and even he wanted to kowtow to Mrs. Xu, because this not only shows that the plague can be controlled in this way, but also when another plague is encountered in the future, even if it is other plagues that are more difficult to cure , at least you can use these methods to prevent more people from contracting the disease, and you don't have to wait for the entire village, the town, the entire city to die, and there is a possibility of surviving.

The sick were cured, and the woods where they lived were sprinkled with strong wine and burned.

Now that the victims have recovered, Xu Qinyu asked the county magistrate to distribute the extra ingredients to the victims so that they can cook for themselves.

Now that the diarrhea is cured, the county magistrate still can't easily arrange where the victims go, so they can only let them live outside the town temporarily, because they have had diarrhea and need to tell the prefect, so the county magistrate specially wrote a letter to hurry up Send it to the prefect's mansion in Raozhou City.

The prefect of Raozhou City is already fifty, and his hair is mixed with white hair, but his complexion is ruddy, and his body is still relatively strong.

The prefect's surname is Zhu, and his name is Wenyi. Half a month ago, he received a letter from the magistrate of Yuanbao Town, knowing that there were disaster victims in Yuanbao Town, and even diarrhea among the victims.

The plague is a major event, even if he has the decision-making power, he still needs to submit a letter to the imperial court, so he wrote a note and prepared it to be sent to the capital quickly.

It's just that at the end, wish the eunuch the final calculation. It will take two or three days to rush from Raozhou City to the capital, and it will take two to three days for the court to deliver the letter to him. Such a round trip will only take six days, the county magistrate told He said that diarrhea can be cured in about half a month as long as the source of infection is prevented and treated by a doctor.

I wish the prefect knew what the secret letter sent by the court would be, so that he would kill all the victims in one go, and completely eliminate the source of the plague.

Zhu Taishou stayed up all night, thought for a long time, and decided to trust the county magistrate of Yuanbao Town once. This county magistrate Yang is a good official who cares about the people. Give him a chance to see if he can cure the diarrhea among the victims. If it can really be cured, this protection method is a great charity for the people, and it can better deal with the source of plague in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Taishou's notebook was sent to the capital five days ago, so as to buy time for the illness.

Before waiting for the secret letter from the capital, the prefect Zhu received a letter from the county magistrate Yang. The letter was sent by Xu Kongmu. The letter said that the victims had recovered. , only 27 people contracted diarrhea, and none of the others contracted disease. After half a month of treatment, only one seriously ill patient with diarrhea died, and the rest were all cured.

After reading the letter, Zhu Taishou said three good words in succession, his expression was very excited, and he asked Xu Kongmu, "Who came up with the method of covering mouth and nose, washing hands with strong alcohol, washing hands frequently after eating cooked food?"

Xu Kongmu had already obtained the county magistrate's words, even if he knew that it was Mrs. Xu's tribute, he would only say, "It's Master Yang. He accidentally saw it in a travel book before, and the specific villain didn't know."

Taishou Zhu said with a smile: "Master Yang is a good official who loves the people, and when the court finds out, he will definitely reward you heavily."

In fact, not only were there victims near Yuanbao Town, but there were also victims in the other three villages under the jurisdiction of Raozhou City. After receiving the letter from County Magistrate Yang half a month ago, he immediately sent someone to the village to check the victims' pulse. It turned out that there were diarrhea patients. At this moment, the three villages are completely sealed off, and the people in the village are being treated and prevented according to these methods.

However, the victims of Yuanbao Town did not enter the town, so the impact was not great. It was only necessary to treat these victims. There are more people in the two villages, and it will definitely take longer.

Seeing that the patients in Yuanbao Town have been completely cured now, the prefect Zhu is still relieved. These days he has not been able to eat or drink well. I am afraid that if the cure is not controlled, the diarrhea may spread to the whole southwest. Fortunately, Yuan Baozhen's patients brought him hope.

Taishou Zhu told Xu Kongmu, "Go back and tell Master Yang that these disaster victims can temporarily live outside Yuanbao Town and build some tarpaulin sheds for them. There is also a water source nearby. If they don't have to worry about food, they can live first. Wait for the imperial court to send a letter before discussing."

Xu Kongmu nodded in response.

When he left, Prefect Zhu couldn't help but sigh.

The booklet he handed to the court also clearly stated the measures Yang County Magistrate said could prevent the spread of diarrheal diseases, but he was afraid that the man in the palace would not listen, so he insisted on asking him to kill all the victims. It has been heard that a few days ago, those victims who went to the capital suffered from diarrhea. None of the victims survived, and all of them were killed by the new emperor in the palace outside the city.

However, what happened to these victims was at least a month ago, and these methods have not yet appeared.

Now that the method has worked, wish the prefect wrote a letter to the court and sent it to the capital as soon as possible. just hope that the new emperor will be kinder when he sees this method, and think more about the people. The patients and disaster victims who appeared were killed.

The next day, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court came to Raozhou City together with Mixin.