The small river is murmuring, there are dark clouds, a few green leaves lining the flowers, the breeze is slightly blowing, and it is cloudy today.

Seeing such weather, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also happy, and finally they didn't have to endure the sun to exercise, and the two went to the yard to throw sandbags, real sandbags, a layer of fine linen cloth on the outside, filled with sand, slightly larger than quail eggs, and it was just right for small hands to grasp.

Xiao Hong stood aside, her eyes fixed on the sandbags flying in the air, afraid that the two little ancestors would throw each other in the face when they threw each other.

was playing happily, a man came over with a basket, gently put the basket on the ground, and said to Wang Juan: "Little lady, according to your instructions, the things have been bought, and they have been all around the circle, so buy these." ”

"Well, okay, you are busy, oh, go to Xiaobao's warehouse, get two big bones, pick the one with more meat, and go back to make soup for your baby."

Wang Juan took the sandbag in his hand, stopped, and said to the next person, the reward is naturally Zhang Xiaobao's own treasury things.

Waiting for the next person to thank him and leave, Zhang Xiaobao ran to the basket and watched with his feet pricked.

"What is this? Look at the familiar face. Zhang Xiaobao asked.

"Of course it's cooked, saltpeter, not very pure saltpeter, I specially asked people to buy it." Wang Juan explained.

"Saltpeter?" As soon as Zhang Xiaobao heard the name, he began to look around.

"What are you looking at? It's saltpeter. ”

"Look at charcoal and brimstone." Zhang Xiaobao said.

Wang Juan glanced at Zhang Xiaobao, and also walked over to look at the saltpeter, "What are you thinking?" I didn't say to be a fire yao. ”

"Why can't you buy so many cures?" Zhang Xiaobao is still looking for two other things.

"Stupid, Erniu's family has made the hot pot and sent it to the yard, I want to drink some soup, eat two pieces of tender meat, make ice with saltpeter, freeze the mutton, shave it into slices with a planer, roll it one by one, thinner than the cut, and it is convenient to eat."

Wang Juan stretched out his arm to the basket and took out a small piece of saltpeter, held it in his hand and looked at it, nodded, and thought it was good.

"Oh, you can eat hot pot, it's just cloudy, eat and sleep, that's what makes it comfortable, I don't expect a big piece of meat, and you can get some foam."

As soon as Zhang Xiaobao heard that the hot pot was there, it was naturally going to freeze the mutton, and instructed Xiaohong to take two basins, one large and one small, fill them with water respectively, put saltpeter into the big basin, and he continued to throw sandbags with Wang Juan.

Wait until the water in the small basin is also frozen, then order someone to send fresh mutton jelly, and some people naturally prepare other food, find a new planer, make charcoal, and let people go to Erniu's house, get a jar of water from the soaked mountain pepper seedlings, and wait for the mutton to be frozen and planed to eat.

Wang Juan was not idle, he asked someone to hang the soup of chicken and pig bones, and also got some dried seafood, which was cheap, first with warm water, and then used at the bottom of the pot for a while.

There were many times when it was almost noon, and the mutton was finally ready, but as for the beef, it was not easy to kill, it was easy to cause trouble, and it was not eaten for the time being.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were sweating, took a shower and sat at the table with Zhang Xiaobao's family, saying that they were sitting, but they were actually being held in their arms.

In the middle of the table is the hot pot, in the tube put red-hot coal, cover the inner circle is a hole in the pot lid, put an extra chimney on it, wait for the gurgling sound to come from there, the water will be boiled, pick up the chimney, lift the lid, and you can eat shabu-shabu.

Seasonings such as fermented bean curd, stinky tofu, leek flowers, soy sauce, aged vinegar, etc., are all packed in small plates and placed there, and whoever eats them will take it himself.

Zhang Xiaobao's parents, grandfather, and grandmother sat there according to the rules, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were held in Xiaohong's arms one by one.

Adults know that this is a hot pot that Xiaobao specially asked people to make for them, smelling the soup and seafood in the pot, I think it's not bad, but I don't know how it tastes.

"Mother, eat, I'll give you a piece of mutton." Zhang Xiaobao saw that everyone was sitting there watching, so he had to hold the chopsticks with great effort, tremblingly picked up a piece of mutton, stretched it out to the pot, and gently swayed there.

Xiaohong was afraid that the boiling soup would splash on the little boy, and wanted to reach out to block it, but she couldn't spare her hand, so she had to pull it back.

"Don't pull it, it's easy to burn, okay." Zhang Xiaobao admonished, moved twice, took out the meat that had changed color, and sent it to his mother's plate.

Zhang Wang's eyes turned red immediately, and he opened his mouth to eat the meat, and it was gone after a click, and he praised vigorously without even tasting any taste: "It's delicious, what my Baolang got out is good, my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and husband all eat it." ”

Now everyone started to make two spices according to their eating habits, one was to put the mountain pepper seedling water.

Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, and Xiaohong were watching from the sidelines, all swallowing saliva, Xiaohong couldn't eat together, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan couldn't eat such a big meat, they could only wait for everyone to be almost shabu-shabu, and there were bits and pieces in the pot before they could drink the soup.

"Xiaohong, don't hold us, let's stand and watch, and you can eat too."

Because it is a low table, everyone is sitting on a small bench, also called a stool, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are standing next to them, seeing Xiaohong watching there, they feel uncomfortable, and they don't let people in, just look at it.

Zhang Xiaobao broke free from Xiaohong's embrace and commanded.

Xiaohong dared to move her chopsticks and shook her head violently.

Wang Juan also broke free and said: "If you want to eat, you will eat, the more people there are, the more lively it is." ”

"Xiaohong, let's eat together, these **** take care of Xiaobao and Juan with all their hearts, and they should be rewarded for you." Zhang Wang's finally spoke, and Xiaohong thanked him and ate carefully.

Five people are eating, and there are two children left, Zhang Xiaobao took a look, refused Xiaohong's request to make him soup to drink, scooped down a little tofu with a spoon, scalded it in a pot, and sent it to Wang Juan's plate.

"Eat, eat duck blood later, these things can still be eaten."

Wang Juan was not polite, adjusted his own ingredients, inserted chopsticks on the tofu, dipped it, ate it in small bites, and stuck out his tongue after eating, "It's so spicy." ”

Zhang Xiaobao scalded some tofu for herself again, and there were already a few small red dots on the back of the little hand, and Xiaohong was frightened when she saw it, she hadn't found it just now.

Hurriedly took Zhang Xiaobao's hand to look at it, and the others also saw this situation and became nervous, only Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not have any expression.

"Xiaohong, you eat yours, don't worry about Xiaobao, it's nothing hot." Wang Juan spoke, she knew that she and Zhang Xiaobao belonged to the same kind of people, this was not the pain of the injury at all, it didn't matter, she believed that even if the skin on Zhang Xiaobao's hand was burned off, Zhang Xiaobao wanted to kill, and his hand would not shake like that.

"Well, yes, it's not hot at all, it's hot, I can eat it myself, I'm a monster." Zhang Xiaobao said with a smile, two small dimples appeared on his chubby face.

"What youkai? It's a fairy, don't listen to your father's nonsense, Xiaohong, since Xiaobao can do it himself, let him eat it himself, my son is not an ordinary person. ”

Zhang Wang's family was also a little distressed, but she still chose to support her son.

"It's all in the past, why do you mention him? Mother, I'll pull a shrimp for you to eat. ”

When Zhang's father saw that his wife was going to mention it again, he was afraid that he would be taught another lesson by his father, so he scalded three shrimps and pulled out the red meat for his father and mother and Zhang Wang's respectively.

"It's noon, why hasn't there been any news from the people sent by Sanshui County?"

Zhang Xiaobao used a spoon to scoop out some mutton deliberately crushed by his family in the pot, and put the soup and the green onions in it into the small bowl held by Wang Juan's hands, and the two of them drank it one by one, and suddenly thought of the matter in Sanshui County, and asked casually.

"It should be fine, what I'm most worried about is not over there, but which river will stop the boat, what if the boat hasn't arrived yet?" Wang Juan took a sip of soup and habitually looked around the table as he spoke.

"It's not in a hurry, I believe that those two rivers will definitely have a harvest, I know more about this Song liar's mentality, what are you looking for?" Zhang Xiaobao asked when he saw Wang Juan's movements.

"Vermicelli, I forgot, there's no here." Wang Juan used lip language this time.

"I haven't done this, but I know the general thing, when I was a child, there was a starch farm in the orphanage, and the water in the river was all white, so I knew that I would go in and see what people were doing.

Go back and let people use wheat to get it, isn't it just to get out the starch first, there are ten taels of silver to smash down, you can definitely get it out, and you can just make a little money, but unfortunately there is no hot sauce to eat today. ”

Zhang Xiaobao thought hard about it, after all, he didn't expect how the vermicelli was made, he didn't like to eat this thing very much, and it was okay to taste it occasionally, but he never cared about it.

"It's okay, one day let people make dough to eat, I will, when I was a child, there was a family in the courtyard that made this, and I often went to help knead the dough and play." Wang Juan saw Zhang Xiaobao's lips and said comfortingly.

The two of them were talking to each other, Xiaohong had already finished eating in a hurry, and she didn't dare to eat enough, so she ate two bites of each dish and put down her chopsticks.

Zhang Xiaobao also knew that Xiaohong had already made up her mind to eat a few bites, and when she saw that it was not good for her to stay on the side, he said to her: "Xiaohong, you go and see how Xiaoqi is doing, you must leave Song Liar here for a few days." ”

Xiaohong promised to leave, and the food and drink were still there.

If they don't talk about things that are not here, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan will let go, and they don't need to talk anymore, they will drink soup there, eat bits and pieces, and study the plans for the future.

The adults didn't make much noise, while eating, they looked at the two little ones, listening to the kind of words that only adults can say, and the smile on their faces never went down, and finally they didn't have to worry about whether the next generation would ruin the business.

The most depressed was Zhang's father, he always felt that the two children were abnormal, but seeing that the other three people he couldn't mess with were all taken for granted, he couldn't say anything.

After thinking about it, it's okay like this, and when Xiaobao grows up, he may be able to come back with a top prize, so he said to his son: "Xiaobao, are you willing to read and hyphenate with your father?" ”

"Yes, I'm learning, and my dad will have to worry more about it in the future." Zhang Xiaobao swallowed the soup, nodded, and said to his father.