The general's wife knows medicine

Dongyuan is the alley behind East Street, where people living are ordinary businessmen and some people with slightly better financial conditions.

The three of them found out where Mr. Fu lived after asking around.

Mr. Fu lives in the third house in Dongyuan. There are two big red lanterns at the door of his house and couplets posted on the door.

The first line reads: I have studied for ten years, but I have no regrets despite the hardships of the hottest and coldest days of summer. The second line reads: I will remember my achievements once they are achieved, and I have experienced both hardship and happiness. The horizontal scroll reads: I have lofty ambitions.

Tang Peipei went forward and knocked on the door. A child about seven or eight years old opened the door. Seeing three strangers standing outside the door, he asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Tang Peipei asked with a smile: "Is this Mr. Fu's home? We are here to study."

The child said, "Mr. Fu doesn't recruit college students." After saying this, he did not forget to glance at Yang Tingzhen.

I thought to myself, this guy looks to be in his twenties. Isn't it too late for him to start studying now?

Tang Peipei saw his expression and knew that he had misunderstood, so she said, "It's not him who came to learn, it's the two boys in the family who came to learn."

The child knew he had misunderstood, and said awkwardly, "Oh, so, if Mr. Fu wants to recruit students, he has to let them come on their own. Mr. Fu will first look at the chemistry and then the qualifications."

Tang Peipei nodded, "Okay, then may I ask if Mr. Fu is available at all times?"

The child said, "Yes, the master is here every day."

Tang Peipei thanked them and left Dongyuan with the other two.

"Sister, why don't you ask to meet Mr. Fu and get to know him first?" Lu Xinyu asked curiously.

Yang Tingzhen said: "Mr. Fu will have no problem with his knowledge and character, so you can send your children to him without any worries."

Tang Peipei actually thought the same way.

"Are you so sure?" Lu Xinyu looked unconvinced.

"Of course I'm sure. Mr. Fu was the fifth place winner of the imperial examination. Although his knowledge is not the best, it is not bad either. Moreover, he is one of the few civil servants in the court who is willing to speak for the military generals. If the officialdom were not complicated, I don't think he would resign and go home to teach and educate people." Yang Tingzhen thought, perhaps his resignation was related to the military generals in the court.

When Mr. Fu resigned, it was the year when Yang Tingzhen and Mu Jintang went to Qianzhou for business. When they came back, they heard that Mr. Fu had resigned, but he was not very clear about the specific reason.

After hearing what Yang Tingzhen said, Tang Peipei began to have some understanding of Mr. Fu.

I think he was a person who didn't know how to adapt, and didn't want to be in the same boat with those officials. He was also simple-minded, so he simply resigned and left all the right and wrong things behind. He taught and educated people, and at the same time, he devoted his different thoughts to it.

After Tang Peipei and Lu Xinyu finished their work, they said goodbye to Yang Tingzhen and went back.

Before going back, Tang Peipei went to the market, which was located in the middle of several streets. Tang Peipei bought pork and vegetables. Now the family didn't grow any vegetables, so they bought them to eat. Usually, Tang's mother would go to the village to see who had vegetables and then buy them home.

Most of them are cabbage and radishes, and some potatoes, all of which are stored in the cellar and are not very fresh.

Today, Tang Peipei came to the market and saw some people buying young cucumbers, so she bought a few and prepared to go home and make smashed cucumbers.

"Buying so many vegetables?" Tang's mother smiled and took the things from Tang Peipei's hand.

"Today I saw tender cucumbers at the market, so I bought a few. I also bought some onions and pork. Don't we have cabbage at home? Let's make dumplings tonight." She thought that she hadn't eaten cabbage and pork dumplings for a long time, and it would be even better if there were mushrooms. Mushroom and pork dumplings were her favorite.

"Dumplings? Can you roll out dumpling wrappers?" Tang's mother only knew how to make wontons, but she didn't know how to roll out dumpling wrappers.

Tang Peipei said happily: "Yes, I will roll it. I saw Aunt Zhao roll it before."

She had seen Aunt Zhao rolling dumplings there. Her grandfather in her previous life loved eating dumplings and also loved to roll the dumpling wrappers himself, so she learned from her grandfather.

Tang Peipei went straight to the kitchen, took out the flour, mixed the dough, and kneaded it all in one go.

Looking at Tang Peipei's familiar technique, Tang's mother was dumbfounded. Her daughter was undoubtedly very talented in cooking.

Thinking back to when she was in Tangjia Village, she was never allowed to do anything except studying and embroidering since she was a child.

Now, in just a year and a half, not only has he earned enough money to support his family, but his dishes have also become more and more delicious.

However, Tang Peipei felt that she did not have enough ingredients and was not able to use her full strength at all. She could only eat it with difficulty.

Tang Peipei kneaded the dough, divided it into many small doughs, and rolled them into dumpling skins one by one.

Tang's mother chopped the meat and vegetables into stuffing, and Tang Peipei seasoned the ingredients so that the stuffing smelled fragrant.

Lu Xinyu was drooling as she watched from the side. She asked, "Sister, how long will it take before I can eat?"

Seeing her anxious look, Tang Peipei said with a smile: "If you are in a hurry, learn how to make dumplings from me. You make the dumplings while I roll them. It will be faster."

In fact, Lu Xinyu had learned how to make dumplings from Tang Peipei in her previous life, so she got the hang of it quickly and was able to make them quickly and beautifully.

Seeing that the dumplings were almost ready to be cooked in a pot, Tang's mother started to light the fire and boil water.

Tang Peipei put the dumplings into the pot one by one, and put them on a plate after they floated up.

"Mom, is there any seaweed at home?" Tang Peipei asked.

Tang's mother said, "There are still some left. I'll go get them."

Tang Peipei cooked the remaining dumplings and took them out of the pot.

Throw the seaweed directly into the noodle soup, beat a few eggs to make seaweed egg soup, and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

"Sister, today's seaweed soup is even better." Lu Zidong ran around outside all day. When he got home, he blew on the hot seaweed soup twice and started drinking it.

"You drink so fast, aren't you afraid of burning your mouth?" Liu Yeling said from the side.

"It's not hot, not hot, just right. Mom, you should drink it too, it's delicious." He put down the soup bowl, picked up the dumpling in front of him, and took a bite. This time he grimaced because of the heat, but he was reluctant to spit out the dumpling in his mouth, and fanned his mouth with his hand.

"See, I told you to eat it well, but now you're really scalded." Liu Yeling said this and quickly went to the kitchen to scoop a bowl of cold water.

Lu Zidong took it and drank two sips. His mouth finally felt a lot better, but it was still a little numb.

Lu Gang said: "Hurry up and check if your mouth is burned."

Lu Zidong smiled and said, "No, no." Then he picked up another dumpling.

I learned my lesson this time and ate it in small bites.

Tang Peipei made soup dumplings, and there was some soup in the dough. When Lu Zidong took a bite, Tang Peipei didn't have time to stop him. Fortunately, he didn't get burned.

Tang Peipei said apologetically: "It's all my fault. I should have told you in advance that there is still soup in the dumplings. You have to eat slowly."

After hearing what Tang Peipei said, everyone was curious about the soup in the dumplings.

Everyone took a small bite and the taste was so delicious that no one had ever tasted it before.

"Peipei's cooking skills are getting better and better. He can even think of such special food. Our cooking seems so ordinary." Liu Yeling praised.

Tang Peipei was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "When I have the chance to find all the spices mentioned in the book in the future, I will definitely make something more delicious for everyone."

Lu Lifeng said, "What kind of spices does Peipei want to find? I'll go to Suzhou this time and look for them. If I find any, I'll bring them back to you."

Tang Peipei said happily: "Yes, uncle, you can go to Suzhou and have a look. Maybe there really is one there. After all, the land there is vast and the resources are abundant."

After returning to her room at night, Tang Peipei wanted to write a list and ask Lu Lifeng to help find it, but in the end there was still nothing.

She felt that there were some things she still needed to see for herself.