Chapter 44: Copper Hot Pot
Jiang Anbei's birthday has arrived, and the weather is fine, but it is very cold. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info early in the morning, He Ming sent someone to pull a large cart of charcoal, and then distributed the charcoal to various free rooms. There are a lot of vacant houses here in Jianghexing, and some Jianghexing has never been in, and He Ming is taking care of them. Then each room was lifted into a table and moved into a chair.
Zhao Qingyi stood at the door of his room, watching He Ming lead a group of people busy, but he didn't see anything new. A cold wind blew, Zhao Qingyi shivered, and ran to the house to take care of the child.
In the middle of the morning, Zhao Guang's family came, Zhao Li was still holding the child, Zhao Qingyang was dressed brilliantly, and the group came first. The relatives in the back came one after another, and Jiang Hexing saw that many people were wearing clothes that were either big or small, and knew that they were probably borrowed, and it seemed that everything had not started yet. In the past, refugees from Zhangjiazhuang also came, and now almost all of them are high-ranking and valuable, and they are the largest interest group in Pingzhou. Even if it was an ordinary craftsman in the past, now he either has his own factory, making furniture and iron, or he is in charge of a large group of people and working for the Pingzhou army. In short, their arrival is really a world of difference compared to the poor relatives in Qingzhou.
He Ming was picking up customers at the gate, but for some reason there was a quarrel, and the door was full of people. Jiang Hexing also walked quickly to the door to see what was going on.
Several people surrounded He Ming and said loudly: "We just expressed our hearts, why don't you let us in, the gifts are valuable and our hearts." How the king treats us, you know best, now that we finally have the opportunity to express our hearts, how can you not let us in. ”
Jiang He walked behind He Ming, patted He Ming's shoulder and said, "You go in first to prepare, I'll come here." He Ming turned his head to see that it was Jiang Hexing, bowed, and turned his face into the courtyard.
Jiang Hexing looked at the upstarts at the door, one by one wearing mink coats and various precious hats, and it cost a lot of money to buy them. With all kinds of gifts in his hands, and excessive, he actually pulled the car, and there were a lot of expensive things in the car. Jiang Hexing smiled and looked at everyone and said: "We are all friends who have been in trouble for a long time, blame me for not making it clear before, I won't accept any gifts here in the future, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to be friends." Please forgive me for my difficulties, my door is always open to you, but I will not accept any gifts. If you have a gift, please put it in the place He Ming pointed out just now, and bring it back yourself, if you don't bring it back, I won't recognize you here. If you don't have a gift, please come in. ”
Everyone looked at each other, and at this time, a bald head flashed behind them. "And the king, and the king, I'm afraid you will have to accept my gift if you don't accept it."
Everyone saw that Wang Ke squeezed in from behind, and saw what gifts Wang Ke had to receive, Wang Ke went to Jianghexing and said: "He Wang, my gift is a four-wheeled carriage." Jiang Hexing said: "I have to accept this gift, Wang Ke, you kid doesn't wear a hat, be careful that it freezes you, hurry in." ”
Seeing that Wang Ke was invited in by Jiang Hexing empty-handed, he had to put the gift in a small room in the east, put it away, and then walked into the courtyard.
The guests are basically all there, those officials are basically not invited, what Jianghexing wants to create is a family banquet, and there are many officials, and it is all work in the end.
Wang Ke and a group of nouveau riche sat around a round table, and the room was very warm with charcoal burning around it, and everyone talked and bragged with each other. Some talked about how much money they earned this year, some talked about how much grain they received this year, and some talked about what kind of military exploits they had made. Wang Ke listen, in the future, the carriage will run all over Pingzhou, and you will know what I have done this year. After waiting for a long time, the food was still not served, and everyone was embarrassed to ask. At this moment, He Ming commanded the people, holding small brass basins and placing them on the tables. There was also a small charcoal brazier under the basin, also brass-colored, and this charcoal brazier was just sealed, leaving only a small opening. A chimney out of the brazier happened to be in the middle of the pot above, and in the charcoal brazier below, the charcoal fire was blazing, and a little spark came out of the chimney.
In the copper basin above, a pot of soup is beginning to bubble. Next to him, there are people serving all kinds of meat, mutton, beef, pork, and all kinds of fish, which are placed on the table.
When everyone saw it, they picked up their favorite meat and put it in the pot, and when they saw that it was almost cooked, they took it out and tasted it, and it was really delicious. At this time, when the wine was delivered, Wang Ke didn't care about anything, and drank happily with everyone.
In this room, Jiang Hexing and a group of "poor relatives" who came to Qingzhou were greeted by Zhao Guang, knowing and drinking one by one, and the relatives drank well, and their faces were full of brilliance. Jianghexing makes everyone settle down, as long as they come to Pingzhou, they are Pingzhou people, and Pingzhou people will be taken care of. Everyone was elated, less restrained, and the fist was ordered, so it was not lively. Maybe it was too hot on the side of the hot pot, and everyone took off their coats one after another, revealing their short shirts. Some people even sweated and stopped eating, shouting for fun.
Zhao Guang walked through the desktops with relatives, the faces of all relatives were extraordinary, Zhao Guang was even more happy, and it was nothing more than that. After Zhao Guang's relatives finished toasting, Zhao Guang was pulled by Zhao Li to hug the child. It's time for her to lead her to recognize her relatives, she has a lot of relatives, and after the uncle of Jiang Hexing drank it, the uncle's cup came over, and in the end she didn't know how many uncles she had drunk with and how many old watches had touched glasses.
Jiang Hexing finally felt that his feet were fluttering, but fortunately, his relatives finished toasting. Looking at the wine at this time, some were muddy, some were sour, Jiang Hexing mustered up the courage, and he had to take care of his upstarts in Zhangjiazhuang. In desperation, I drank a lot more.
In the end, Jiang Hexing felt that he might be drunk, so he told He Ming a few words, and went back to sleep by himself.
Maybe this is the best time, there are no rivers walking around, everyone is empty when the meat comes, and the wine is gone, and He Ming, who is harmful, urgently replenishes the wine and meat.
After eating until the evening, everyone left drunk, and a surprise appeared, and each person gave a copper hot pot. Although drunk, each brain still knows that this is a good thing, and it is only right to hold on to the hot pot and go home quickly.
A few days later, the price of wine and meat in Xianwu City has risen, and the queue of shops selling copper hot pot is half a mile, and everyone wants to eat hot pot at home, even if it is snowing.