That night, the head nurse helped Lin Dan find a house, just across the road from the hospital. It was a 20-meter walk across the road. It was very close. The two entered one of the rooms under the leadership of the landlord. The tenants were quarreling. More than a dozen people crowded the small kitchen. Men, women, adults, and children were very messy.
Before Lin Dan approached, he heard a sharp female voice from the kitchen: "Which son of a turtle stole the chicken I cooked on the stove? Will you die without this food? Believe it or not, I'll go back next time. Put rat poison in chicken soup and poison your grandchildren to death! Whoever eats my mother's food will have a rotten stomach, rotten heart and lungs, rotten face and rotten XX..."
The more the woman scolded the more unpleasant it sounded, Lin Dan frowned, thinking that this kind of house would definitely not be able to live in, one is that there are too many people and it is not safe; the other is that the kitchen is public, which will cause conflicts; the third is that the rooms are only separated by curtains , you may lose your property.
She was about to ask the landlord if there was any other house, but the head nurse spoke first: "Old Guo, this house is not good, it's too messy, is there a single room with a kitchen and toilet? This girl goes out alone and lives in a single room. safer."
"A single room is not at this price."
"It doesn't matter, how much money I will help the little girl make up for." The head nurse immediately took over the matter.
Lin Dan hurriedly rejected the head nurse's kindness, repeatedly saying that he was rich, and then repeatedly bowed and thanked, making the head nurse embarrassed, and then reluctantly retracted the foreword.
The landlord had heard about Lin Dan's situation before, but he was happy to help her. He rented a small single room of 10 square meters with a balcony to her for 80 yuan per day. The toilet still had to be used, and there was no kitchen. However, there is a small stove and a complete set of kitchen utensils on the balcony, which can be opened. The bed and bedding are also ready-made, and you can move in with a bag.
Lin Dan settled down that night, got up early the next morning to buy breakfast for Lin Shuanzhu, stared at him and went to the nearby vegetable market to buy vegetables after he finished the needle. Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, rice noodles, bowls and chopsticks, insulation buckets, these are all things that you have to buy. You can’t save them. Although it will cost a lot of money at one time, it will be much cheaper than eating boxed lunches in the long run.
She bought half a native chicken, cleaned it, and blanched it in boiling water to remove the bloody smell. After that, she added various seasonings and ginger pieces, and simmered it on the stove. It takes a long time for the stewed chicken to become soft and delicious, so this is reserved for the evening. At noon, she simply fried shredded pork with green peppers, three fresh tofu, and mushrooms and vegetables.
Although these three dishes are all ordinary home-cooked dishes, Lin Dan's cooking method is not simple at all. To cut the shredded pork finely, it must be marinated with cooking wine, starch, soy sauce and other seasonings. After grasping it with your hands, it is soft and delicious, and then stir-fry it with high heat. If the heat is not well controlled, the shredded pork will become old and woody and lose its original flavor. Sanxian tofu must be quickly added with bean paste, light soy sauce, mushrooms, ham slices, etc. while stir-frying, otherwise it will not be fresh and tender enough. The key to shiitake mushrooms and vegetables is also the heat. It is necessary to force out the umami in the shiitake mushrooms and keep the green vegetables crispy. There are also many ways.
The simpler the home-cooked dishes are, the more they can show the true skills of a chef. For some reason, these words appeared in Lin Dan's mind inexplicably. But she seemed to be accustomed to this feeling. She didn't think deeply at all. She just put the three dishes into the heat preservation bucket swiftly, turned the stove to a low heat, and continued to cook the chicken. Finally, she hurried to the hospital to deliver it to Lin Shuanzhu. Lunch.
Lin Shuanzhu was admitted to the city hospital for the first time. He didn't feel special when his granddaughter was there. Once his granddaughter left, he was full of discomfort. Seeing that the middle-aged woman and young man in the next bed had eaten the lunch brought by the nurse, he lay down, covered his head with the quilt, and pretended to be asleep.
The middle-aged woman looked at him pitifully and asked loudly, "Master, should I buy you a lunch?"
"Thank you, big sister, my granddaughter said in the morning that she will bring me meals." Lin Shuanzhu lifted the quilt and waved his hands again and again.
"Where has your granddaughter gone? It seems like I haven't seen her after the injection."
"She went back and made lunch for me, saying that the lunch box bought outside was expensive, and I couldn't afford it, so it was cheaper to make it myself."
Before the middle-aged woman could speak, her nurse said disdainfully, "You have to eat if you can't afford it. Your leg is broken. How can you recover if you don't eat something good? If you eat green vegetables and tofu every day, it will definitely be cheaper."
The middle-aged woman glared at the nurse, and was about to smooth things out when Lin Dan came in with a thermal bucket. He politely greeted the middle-aged woman and the young man, then brought hot water for Lin Shuanzhu to wash his hands, and then shook the bed up. Let Lin Shuanzhu lie down halfway, put the board in front of him again, then open the heat preservation bucket, and place the meals layer by layer.
In just an instant, the ward was occupied by a surprisingly strong aroma. The shredded pork was salty, the tofu was tender, and the vegetables were delicious. When you put it out, the color and appearance of the dishes were better than those in five-star hotels. Not bad.
The nurse became dumb in an instant, but the middle-aged woman and the young man sniffed greedily, stretched their necks, and stared at Lin Shuanzhu's dining table.
"Let's eat." Lin Dan handed the chopsticks to Lin Shuanzhu.
Lin Shuanzhu has never eaten anything good in his life, so naturally he doesn't know the level of his granddaughter's craftsmanship. The so-called cow chewing peony is just that.
The middle-aged woman was hooked by the fragrance and couldn't stand it. She snorted and asked, "Little girl, you made all these dishes yourself?" Can't you? It doesn't look like it at all! The vegetables are green and oily, and they don't look like they've been boiled at all; the shredded pork is dyed with a bright sauce color, and it is soft and tender when you poke it with a chopstick. The taste must be very good; the white and tender tofu is soaked in the bright red thick soup, Garnish with some green chopped green onion, it's simply fragrant!
Although these three dishes are all home-cooked dishes, they are top temptations in terms of color and aroma! The middle-aged women came from a very good family, and as soon as they smelled it, they knew that there was real kung fu hidden in these three dishes.
Before Lin Dan could answer, Lin Shuanzhu said proudly, "My family's Dan will cook at the age of four."
The middle-aged woman suddenly realized. The little girl is only thirteen years old this year. She cooks at the age of four. That is nine years of experience as a chef. No wonder! It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of their homes early, and this is indeed true.
"Master, you are blessed with such a granddaughter." The middle-aged woman secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at the lunch box she customized from the big hotel, and suddenly felt like chewing wax.
The young man also peeked at Lin Shuanzhu's dining table while eating. The little girl's cooking skills are really good. It's no wonder that she would rather cook by herself than go out to eat. It's not bad if the ones bought from outside can catch up with half of her craftsmanship.
After lunch, the doctor replaced Lin Shuanzhu with a bottle of potion. Lin Dan stayed aside and watched as the potion was finished. Then, he pressed the bell to call the nurse to pull out the needle. Then he went back to the rental house to get dinner. The chicken has been stewed, and there are still some cabbage, shallots and peppers left at noon, and they are all cut into filaments, and a three-flavored cabbage is cooked with pepper oil, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and other seasonings.
After entering the ward with the thermal insulation bucket, Lin Dan first got Lin Shuanzhu into a wheelchair half-supporting and half-holding, and sent him to the toilet to ask him to solve his physiological problems. It's good for Lin Shuanzhu to have one leg. As long as he helps him put the commode chair on the squatting pit, he can solve the big problem by himself, and he can carry him to the bed after he is done.
Seeing Lin Dan playing with an old man who weighed more than 100 pounds with ease, the middle-aged woman said in surprise, "Master, your granddaughter is really strong, and her hands and feet are too agile!"
Lin Shuanzhu sighed and said, "She helped the family gather firewood and do housework when she was four years old. Can't she have much strength? It's all hardships."
The middle-aged woman repeatedly praised, but Lin Dan didn't say a word. He brought hot water to help Lin Shuanzhu wipe his face and hands. When he was done, he opened the heat preservation bucket and brought out a bowl of rice and a plate of three-flavored cabbage. The rest of the bucket was full of Chicken soup, fragrantly strong.
The middle-aged woman was waiting for the nurse to bring her meals, and her saliva was uncontrollable, and it immediately started to flow. The young man surreptitiously looked at Lin Shuanzhu's dining table while letting the nurse feed him. The meal at noon is delicious enough, why don't you come at night
Lin Dan took out the two empty bowls that had been prepared, poured chicken soup one by one, scooped the chicken, and sent it to the table of the middle-aged woman and young man, and politely said: "Brother, Auntie, I stewed too much at noon. , if you can't finish eating it, you can also try it."
While saying sorry, the two couldn't wait to start eating. The chicken soup is golden yellow, with little oil stars floating, and the color is very beautiful; the chicken has long been stewed and completely separated from the bones. When you eat it into your mouth and suck a little, the meat will melt, and the marrow will ooze out. It is mixed in the delicious soup. In the soup, people can't wait to scream in the sky. How can there be such a fresh and beautiful soup in the world!
The middle-aged woman drank the soup in three or two mouthfuls, leaving only a pile of bones in the chicken. If it weren't for the fear of looking ugly, she could just suck out the marrow.
The young man had his hands in plaster and could only wait for the nurse to feed him, but the nurse was very meticulous. It took ten seconds to feed him one mouthful before feeding the second mouthful, making the young man wish he could just bury his head in the soup bowl. go suck. It is said that deliciousness is in the folk, and they finally believe this sentence.
Lin Shuanzhu also felt that today's chicken soup was very delicious, and couldn't help but praised it.
Lin Dan didn't explain too much, anyway, Lin Shuanzhu's mind is relatively simple, and he won't doubt others for no reason, otherwise he can't let Jiao Xiaoe abuse the original owner like that. After dinner, Lin Dan took out the dishwashing liquid that had been prepared, and washed the tableware and chopsticks with the hot water in the ward, and then guarded Lin Shuanzhu to make the last bottle of potion. If no one is watching, he will not ask the nurse to pull the needle after the potion is finished, fearing that blood will return.
There is a TV in the ward, and the young man is holding the remote control and constantly changing the channel, looking very bored. The middle-aged woman lay upright on the bed, her brows furrowed tightly, as if she was holding back something.
She had a car accident and suffered multiple fractures on her body. She couldn't move at all. Fortunately, her lumbar spine was not injured, and she would not be paralyzed after recovery. Her nurse went to buy food for her, but she never came back. If it wasn't for Lin Dan's chicken soup to fill her stomach, she would have starved to death on the hospital bed. Her husband, a business executive, is too busy to be by her side all the time. Her son is in the third year of high school this year, and he has to attend sprint classes of this kind during the holidays, but he can't come, so she can only lie down alone.
However, Lin Dan knew that her expression was more uncomfortable and embarrassing than resentment and loneliness.
Lin Dan's eyes rolled and he understood her situation. He immediately stood up, closed all the curtains around her hospital bed, and took out a flat bedpan from under her bed.