Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 377: Yunnan: Pig's Feet Stewed with Aconite
Fang Yan noticed Chen Kaige's expression and knew that he was in a bad mood at the moment, so he turned around and said to him:
"It's thanks to you guys coming here today, otherwise our yard would have been ruined if we had renovated it the way I did it."

"I must treat you two to a good meal tonight."

As soon as Fangyan's words came out, Chen Kaige's embarrassment was greatly relieved.

Fang Chen also said to Chen Kaige at this moment:
"Sister-in-law looks really professional. Look at the pictures... I guess it would be the same if you hired a designer."

Chen Kaige smiled and scratched his head, then said:

"She is just like that. When she encounters something she is good at, she always wants to show off her skills to others."

"Sometimes I say it's useless to her."

To be honest, Sun Jialin is pretty good-looking, although she has a bit of a self-willed temper, but director Chen really liked her in his early years.

After breaking up with Sun Jialin, he found his second girlfriend, Hong Huang, who had a similar personality.

Everything is centered around oneself.

Those ten years or so seemed a bit miserable for him, but it was also what he asked for.

He seemed to have learned this self-centered way of dealing with things from his two wives.

Then he found a little woman.

In the end, I severely abused others and experienced the happiness of Sun Jialin and Hong Huang.

Thinking of this, Fangyan felt that his love history was a cycle. Either others abused him, or he abused others.

Finally, when I got older, I found an opponent who was equally matched with me, and I was able to settle down.

……

After Sun Jialin became the on-site supervisor of Fang Yan's home, she really has been directing the workers on site and asking them to carry out all her arrangements.

As soon as she sees something that is not in line with the rules, she will point it out immediately and ask people to correct it.

However, Fangyan can also see that according to her design, the damage to the courtyard building is indeed much smaller.

If we ignore Director Chen’s mood, Fangyan feels that he is still quite happy.

How great! Can ordinary people hire such a supervisor?

He is professional, responsible, and even has designer attributes.

It just so happened that the construction started today, so it can be said that Chen Kaige and his wife came at just the right time.

After a while, the eldest sister came back from the tailor shop outside. She was a little confused to see a strange woman directing the workers at home.

After hearing the explanation in dialect, I realized that it was Chen Kaige's wife.

The eldest sister was not someone who liked to meddle in other people's business. She thought that Sun Jialin was specially invited by Fangyan, so she didn't ask too much.

The cloth she brought over this morning was not enough, so she went again in the afternoon, bought some cloth and brought the rest over.

After explaining something, he returned from the tailor shop.

There was construction going on in the yard, so Fangyan and the others had no mood to review and immediately gathered around the site to chat.

After a while, even the cats and dogs in the yard came over to watch.

The scene was extremely lively for a while.

However, it was windy in the afternoon and several people felt a little cold after standing for a while.

Fangyan hurried over to bring hot tea to everyone, even the workers who were working, and their cigarettes were dispersed.

The scene returned to its previous bustling state.

Although the workers felt annoyed by Sun Jialin's supervision, the fact that there were tea and cigarettes did not seem to be a bad thing. They just had to do more work according to the drawings, which was still acceptable.

When the eldest sister was chatting, she accidentally asked Director Chen, "When are you going to give birth to the baby?" This made Director Chen quite embarrassed.

Sun Jialin, who was supervising in front, turned around and responded:

"The college entrance examination will be resumed this year, and we plan to focus on our studies first and think about having children after we finish college."

The eldest sister was surprised:
"After I finish college, that will be four years later."

Chen Kaige said:
"There's nothing we can do about it. Pregnancy is not allowed in college right now."

Sun Jialin said:
"That's secondary. I think we should pursue our own ideals in life first, and then talk about passing on our family line."

Chen Kaige nodded with a stiff smile.

"Oh oh..." The eldest sister keenly sensed that this topic could not be discussed any further, and quickly changed the subject:

"By the way, what do you like to eat? I'm going to the market now, so I can buy all the ingredients!"

When Brother Chen Kai mentioned food, he immediately became excited, as if he had already prepared the answer, and immediately named several dishes.

All of this was done on Fangyan’s wedding day.

I ate it at the beginning of the month, and the memory is still fresh in my mind.

After hearing this, the elder sister wrote it down and then went out on her bicycle with the dialect in her mouth.

Fang Yan and a few others were left here, with nothing to do, so Chen Kaige took the initiative to talk about the time when they were queue-jumping.

He had also worked in a production team in Yunnan in the past, and he was a good talker. So everyone listened to him for a while. Finally, he talked about a dish that people in Yunnan eat in winter: pig's feet stewed with aconite.

That was the first time Chen Kaige ate that dish.

It was the only time I ate it, and I still remember it vividly.

When he was eating, he hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so he didn't hesitate to eat this strange local dish. After eating it, he felt hot all over and his heart was pounding. Later, someone told him that aconite was poisonous.

However, he said that he only felt warm all over after eating it, and did not feel any problems. Only an educated youth from the production team next door ate pork trotters stewed with aconite for dinner. It was said that he drank cold water in the middle of the night and then got poisoned.

The person was rescued only after being sent to the township health center.

After hearing this, the younger brother asked curiously:
"What kind of explanation is this? It's been so long since I ate it, and I got poisoned after drinking cold water?"

Chen Kaige shook his head and said:
"I don't know either. Anyway, the locals say that after taking the aconite, you can't drink cold water for two days."

Having said this, he turned to look at Fang Yan and said:

"By the way, Brother Fang studied Chinese medicine, so he should know about this, right?"

"Yes, I know." Fang Yan nodded.

He has a lot to say about this. In his previous life, he was the one who ate aconite and then accidentally drank a sip of cold water, and experienced numb lips for the whole day.

Fang Yan said to them:

"According to traditional Chinese medicine, aconite is very pungent and hot, and it can open up the twelve meridians. It is the best medicine for supporting yang and rescuing adverse conditions. Not only can you not drink cold water for a period of time after taking it, but you can't even add cold water during the boiling process, otherwise it will become toxic."

"Another more scientific explanation is that raw aconite contains aconitine, which needs to be boiled for about three hours to destroy the highly toxic aconitine."

"If cold water is added midway, the aconitine that has been destroyed by the high temperature will undergo a reduction reaction and return from its destroyed non-toxic state to its highly toxic state."

In fact, to be more specific, when aconitine is heated in water, it can be hydrolyzed into a less toxic monoester alkaloid (hypaconitine). Further hydrolysis can produce aconitine with even less toxicity. However, when it comes into contact with cold water, part of it will turn back into highly toxic aconitine.

These are all the information that Fangyan had looked up in his previous life.

Fangyan concluded to them:
"So these experiences are definitely not superstition, they are all discovered by our ancestors at the cost of their lives."

After hearing Fang Yan's words, Fang Chen and Chen Kaige both nodded in sudden realization.

At this time, Sun Jialin, who had been supervising, suddenly turned around and asked:

"If you are poisoned, how can you save yourself?"

Fang Yan didn't expect that this person was also eavesdropping, so he responded with a smile:
"This is simple. You can use honey, about 120g, or two spoons of raw mung bean powder, about 40g, to drink."

"If there is a Chinese medicine clinic nearby, you can also take quick-boiled licorice water or Fangfeng water, about 60 grams will be enough."

Hearing this, Sun Jialin nodded, then smiled at Chen Kaige and said:

"Kai Ge, next time we have something to detoxify at home, I will make you a meal of pig's feet stewed with aconite."

After hearing this, Chen Kaige was startled and said quickly:
"No, no, that dish won't taste the same without Yunnan..."

"Besides, there are so many delicious foods, why do we have to eat something poisonous?"

At this time Fang Chen also echoed:
"That's right, safety first."

“This dish sounds scary.”

Seeing Chen Kaige like this, Sun Jialin said:

"I've often heard you talk about how delicious that dish is, and I thought you wanted to eat it."

Chen Kaige wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

"It's just reminiscing about the past."

Just at this time, my eldest sister also came back from the vegetable market with some vegetables.

Everyone took the opportunity to end the topic and returned to the kitchen to start working.

Chen Kaige did not stay outside with his wife, but instead ran to the kitchen to help.

Fangyan then realized that maybe Director Chen was not really bored at home, but felt a little depressed when getting along with his wife, so he ran away.

I’m curious about their dialects, but don’t the couple have any common topics?
So Fang Yan gossiped to Chen Kaige while cutting vegetables:

"By the way, were you and your wife introduced to each other by someone else, or were you in a free love relationship?"

"Of course it's free love!" Director Chen responded.

Fangyan asked curiously:
"What did you talk to her about?"

Director Chen said:
"Let's talk about poetry, movies, and philosophy."

Fangyan suddenly realized that this was Director Chen's unique skill in picking up girls.

At that time, Hong Huo was also taken down by him because of these discussions.

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Oh, that love story between the two is quite romantic."

"Well..." Chen Kaige shook his head and hesitated to speak, then looked outside and confirmed that his wife was not there, then he lowered his voice and said:

"That was before marriage. Women will pretend before marriage!"

"Now that we're married, everything is exposed."

"Not just my daughter, but also Fang Chen's...Yu'er? Or Yuqiong? Isn't that the same thing?"

The little brother who was called on the side was immediately embarrassed.

After finishing speaking, Chen Kaige paused again and said with some envy:

"Honestly, Brother Fang, you are so lucky to have met someone who is the same before and after marriage!"

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated.

(End of this chapter)