When the ingredients were cut, Xiaoguo did not stir-fry the vegetables immediately. After all, the bone broth would take a while. She could make use of this time to boil the Chinese medicine.
It would take two hours to brew the Chinese medicine. After dinner and a short break, the food would have been digested. Her brother could then drink the medicine and go to bed.
Xiaoguo brought the medicine stove to the courtyard, and lit the fire to start boiling the medicine. She kept watch over the heat. The fire could not be too strong or too low—the temperature had to be just right. At the same time, she had to make sure that it didn't get burnt.
Xiaoguo left the medicine to brew and returned to the kitchen to start making the batter for the carrot pancakes.
The carrots were chopped into shreds and mixed with white flour and salt. The mixture was evenly stirred to become a thick and gooey batter.
