Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 655-No one told me that black plums can help relieve gas!
Professor Liu has always been a particular person.

The right environment for the right food is an important criterion for Michelin star ratings, and it is also the point that Professor Liu most agrees with.

Although she cannot renovate her own office, when there are particularly outstanding foods, she is very happy to make some modifications based on the existing basis.

I was in a hurry yesterday, so I could only light some agarwood casually. Although the fragrance was the same, the artistic conception was still a little worse.

When Professor Liu knew that Wang Fan would have to stay for two more days, he brought his most precious treasure over when he had no classes.

Although it is a treasure, the actual price is not expensive. After all, the most important thing is made by her herself, so the price will naturally be much cheaper.

Take out a green shallow bowl, pour some white powder into it, and then use a yellow copper ash press to flatten the incense ash in the shallow bowl.

Slowly place an ancient-style incense seal in the middle of the incense ash, then use an incense spoon to scoop out the incense powder from the homemade agarwood powder bottle, and place the incense powder along the hollow area in the middle of the incense seal.

Pick up a smaller ash press, smooth the incense ash, and finally gently tap the incense seal a few times with the ash press.

Pinch the handle on the incense seal and lift it gently, and the ochre incense powder will lie neatly on the white incense ash according to the shape of the hollow part on the incense seal.

"Only someone in your state of mind would have the time to do this. I can't do it myself."

Principal Chen had been standing at the door for a while, and only spoke when Professor Liu mentioned the incense seal.

Professor Liu snorted and said unhappily, "If what you're going to say next isn't particularly important, then you'd better get out now and don't disturb me from enjoying my leisure time."

Her words were quite rude, but Principal Chen didn't seem angry at all. Instead, he said with a broad smile, "Hey, it's not a big deal. I saw you when I was buying tea from Xiao Wang. I figured you'd burn some incense when you got home. I don't have the time and I don't know how to do it myself, so I figured I'd ask you to come over and do some incense. Let's be elegant for once."

Professor Liu didn't say anything, but just raised his chin towards the sofa on the side. Principal Chen's eyes lit up and he hurriedly picked up his things and walked to the sofa.

He hadn't even sat down to warm up when he saw Director Hao poking his head in. "Well, you don't mind having one more person, do you?"

Professor Liu didn't care. There was no difference between one person or two people, so he simply nodded.

Director Hao also hurried in and sat down next to the principal. Just as they were sitting down, another half face poked in...

Looking at the sofas and chairs filled with people, Professor Liu almost laughed out of anger.

"I'm asking, did you guys discuss this beforehand? Why are you all coming to me for fun? Principal Chen, were you the one who started this?"

Principal Chen immediately shook his head like a rattle. "I swear it's absolutely not true! I absolutely didn't discuss coming here with anyone today. I simply bought Xiao Wang's drink and thought it would taste even better with your incense burning technique, so I shamelessly came here."

Director Hao quickly followed suit, "Me too. I happened to see you do this before, Professor Liu, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to experience the elegance of our ancestors."

"Yes, that's what I thought too. I definitely haven't discussed it with anyone else."

"It was purely a coincidence. I didn't expect there would be so many people."

"I've been feeling a bit stressed out by teaching lately, so I thought I'd relax a bit by smelling the aroma you made, and savor the drink our ancestors drank. I definitely didn't discuss this with anyone else, as you know my character."

Professor Liu rubbed his brows, too lazy to argue with these old bones: "Forget it, forget it, let it be."

Light a stick of incense, then use the stick to ignite the incense ash, curls of green smoke rise, and instantly there is a bit of ancient charm.

The green smoke was not thick but condensed and did not disperse. Although there were many people in the office, it did not affect the fragrance of agarwood that filled the entire space.

"Pick the plums that are half yellow and smoke them to make black plums."

The drink Wang Fan prepared today was made from dried plums and mulberries recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica. He planned to use these few days to completely scrape out the excess oil and water stored by the teachers and students of the school during the New Year.

Slowly stew the black plums and mulberries until the soup changes from brown to red and the plum flesh melts. Then add osmanthus flowers and rock sugar and cook until the osmanthus fragrance comes out.

Different from Professor Liu's exquisite teacup, the directors and other professors, including President Chen, all had thermoses in their hands. They unscrewed the lids of their thermoses in unison and sniffed the floral and fruity aroma emanating from the thermoses with a look of enjoyment on their faces.

What a waste!

Professor Liu rolled her eyes. She really couldn't understand what kind of drink could be put into a thermos without the taste getting mixed.

Forget it, I don’t want to bother with them.

Professor Liu shook his head, picked up his teacup and took a deep breath.

Compared to yesterday's perilla drink, today's black plum and mulberry drink is brighter red in color, and the smell of the two is also very different.

The sweet and sour taste of black plums and the mellowness of mulberries are blended together with a strong sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. The aroma is extremely rich and it makes you feel like you are in the deep autumn when you smell it.

Take a sip, the taste is sour and sweet, the sourness is like goose feathers falling in the lake of the heart, and the sweetness is like snowflakes falling on the palm of your hand in winter. Neither taste is strong, but the taste buds cannot ignore it.

As soon as you take a bite, you can seem to feel the sour and sweet taste, which goes straight to your stomach without any loss, making your whole stomach feel warm.

The oil and water accumulated during the Spring Festival were once again washed away by this black plum and mulberry drink, and I felt a little more relaxed.

only……

Principal Chen's expression suddenly became tense.

He could clearly feel a warm current flowing slowly in his stomach.

This would have been a good thing, but as the warm current flowed, a "gurgling" feeling made him nervous in an instant.

That feeling is so familiar that it has a well-known name, called - smooth breathing!
Black plum tastes sour and astringent, and is neutral in nature. It enters the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of astringing the lungs and relieving coughs, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and soothing the liver and regulating qi.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that if the medicine is suitable for the symptoms, it will be effective. Principal Chen naturally had to eat greasy food during the Spring Festival. It is not difficult to understand that after taking such a good medicine, the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi would work.

"A fart is a foul smell that rolls around in the stomach and then, accidentally, rushes out. That's the definition of a fart."

Both are not difficult to understand, but when the two are combined together, and the fact that they are done in someone else's office, it is not very understandable behavior.

Principal Chen, who had originally looked relaxed, suddenly tensed up. He then grabbed his thermos cup, stood up from the sofa, and disappeared as fast as the wind as he opened the office door.

Director Hao was originally surprised and puzzled, but in the next moment, when he felt a string of bubbles in his stomach like bubbling under water, he seemed to understand why the principal walked away without saying a word and with a somewhat strange posture.

"I'm leaving now. Thank you, Professor Liu."

After hurriedly saying thank you, Director Hao quickly walked out of the office with a strange posture.

"Ok?"

A teacher who had come to rub the incense in her mouth tensed up and quickly left the office without a word. Professor Liu stared at the office, which had vanished in the blink of an eye, completely bewildered, completely confused about what these people were up to, until she, too, felt that strange stirring in her stomach...

On this day, students from Kainan University wore masks when going out.

On this day, there seemed to be a special smell in the air of Kainan University.

On this day, students appeared alone in every corner of Kainan University.

This is a day that all the teachers and students of Kainan University do not want to mention again.

……

"Boss, you really didn't mean it?"

Zhuo Qianqian looked at Wang Fan, who looked innocent, with suspicion on her face: "You really don't know that plums can help relieve gas?"

Wang Fan put two fingers together and swore, "I swear I really didn't know. I only knew it could relieve greasiness, but I didn't know it also had the function of relieving gas."

Zhuo Qianqian was about to continue interrogating, but the next second she ran to the bathroom with a resentful look on her face.

As someone who is close to the water and has the advantage of being the first to get caught, there is absolutely no possibility that she will not be caught.

Wang Fan now had the urge to run away overnight. He doubted whether the students would come to puncture his tires or smash his windows tonight. After all, he seemed to have installed a self-propelled propeller on everyone today.

But he really didn't mean it. He really dared to swear to God that he really didn't know it had this effect.

And most importantly, isn’t this effect a bit too incredible?

Can the "Jianwumei" produced in Longyan, Fujian be so arrogant?

"Qianqian, do you think it's too late for me to sneak away now?"

Zhuo Qianqian, who had just returned, touched her belly and after carefully savoring the feeling at the moment, she said, "Boss, you know what, my stomach feels much better after this push. It was a little bloated before. I think my classmates and seniors can still tell good from bad. They shouldn't make things difficult for you tomorrow. After all, it's kind of you to help them feel better."

Wang Fan shook his head repeatedly: "I didn't think so. I just wanted to help you get rid of the greasy feeling. Who knew it could also relieve your gas?"

When Zhuo Qianqian saw that Wang Fan didn't fall into her little trap, she knew that he basically really didn't know that black plums had this function.

"Don't worry, boss. What I just said is true. My stomach really feels much better. Besides, I think I've already had enough gas. Why don't you have something more potent tomorrow to promote intestinal peristalsis?"

Wang Fan felt that Zhuo Qianqian was smiling like a little devil at this moment, with the devil wings behind her and the small steel fork in her hand particularly conspicuous. "Forget it, I still want to live for two more years."

This night is destined to be sleepless.

……

Wang Fan didn't run away in the end. He felt that he couldn't just leave like that.

After all, if he left, his girlfriend would likely become a hostage.

He felt that he needed to make amends and mend the wounded hearts of these academic masters.

The main reason why my black plum and mulberry drink has such a strong effect is that these academic masters have never drunk this thing before and their bodies have no resistance to it. So as long as I make a familiar one, it will definitely not cause any adverse consequences.

So he prepared to make honey grapefruit tea.

The pomelo peel and pulp can be used to make pomelo tea, and the soft and thick white flesh can also be made into pink and chewy pomelo candy, so no pomelo will be wasted.

As for peeling the pomelo, it seems that all the top students in the school want to tear the pomelo as if it were their own.

"Boss Wang, thank you for your hospitality yesterday! I've never experienced anything so exciting in my life. I'll open this pomelo first as a token of my appreciation!"

“Hiss…hiss…”

Listening to the sound of tearing the pomelo peel again and again, Wang Fan felt a little cold on his neck. Without saying a word, he coughed lightly and began to use a knife to separate the white flesh and the pomelo peel.

Cut off the golden yellow pomelo peel and leave only a thin layer of white flesh. Roll it up and cut it into thin strips with a knife. Soak it in salt water.

After the student tore a pomelo apart, he took a quarter of the red-fleshed pomelo flesh and left. This was the reward Wang Fan promised to give him.

Wang Fan then began to complete the most difficult step in making honey pomelo tea - peeling the pulp.

These grapefruits are from old trees that are more than 30 years old. After peeling off the thin translucent skin, the crystal clear flesh like red agate is revealed.

How can it not be the most difficult step to resist the temptation of this fruit pulp that looks so delicious?

He broke the pulp into pieces, and while peeling it he calculated the time. When thirty minutes had passed, he poured the soaked pomelo peels into a bucket beside him.

After boiling for three minutes, use a colander to remove all the grapefruit peels and wash them in cold water. Then use a colander to scoop them back into the pot and continue boiling until three times.

Squeeze the water out of the pomelo peel and put it into a large casserole. Cover the entire bottom of the pot with the pomelo peel, pour the crystal clear pulp on top, add water and rock sugar, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over medium-low heat.

The rosy fruit gradually faded and turned a little yellow, the water in the pot began to become a little viscous, and the grapefruit peel became golden and translucent.

After turning off the fire, Wang Fan put this pot aside and turned to tinker with the next pot. After the temperature dropped to 60 degrees, he added honey and stirred it. His pot of honey grapefruit tea was ready.

Honey grapefruit tea is not a finished product. What he makes is equivalent to tea. Just rinse it with warm water and you can get a cup of fragrant finished tea.

Wang Fan scooped a spoonful of the final product and took a closer look. The sticky yet refreshing appearance made him very satisfied.

"This level of honey grapefruit tea should make those students forgive me, right?"

After making this pot of honey pomelo tea, he started making pomelo candy.

He washed the pomelo pulp with clean water and put it into a pot with cold water and boiled it over high heat. As soon as the water boiled, he took out the white pulp and washed it carefully with clean water.

Fortunately, Principal Chen was very humane and prepared a hot water pipe for him, otherwise the cleaning step alone would have cost him his life. After all, the normal temperature in the first month of the year is still very cold.

“Victory is just ahead!”

This is Wang Fan silently cheering himself up.

(End of this chapter)