When Li Mingyuan returned to his small courtyard happily, Yuxin and Qiuzhu were already waiting for him at the dinner table with their chins in tow.

"Ha Luha, two beauties, I'm back, let's eat hot pot today!" Seeing the two resentful girls under the light, Li Mingyuan was a little weak-hearted.

When Yuxin heard the voice, she greeted her with a happy face, "Brother Li, why have you bought vegetables for so long?" ”

Li Mingyuan coughed, "Well, there was a delay on the way, so I came back late." Why don't you eat it first! ”

Qiu Zhu glared at him angrily, "You think I don't want to, Sister Yuxin won't let me, saying that you are going to come back to make a hot pot, and my stomach is almost hungry!" ”

Hearing Qiu Zhu's words, Li Mingyuan was greatly moved and glanced at Yuxin, and his heart was warm. He didn't expect that what he said casually would make this stupid girl take as an order, not only obeying it himself, but also trying to make others obey it.

"Okay, don't complain, I'll let you taste what the world is delicious today!" Li Mingyuan proudly took out two cabbages from the vegetable basket, asked Yuxin to take out the cabbage to wash, and rolled up his sleeves and began to make the soup base of the hot pot.

Yuxin asked Qiuzhu to prepare a lot of seasonings, but it was still a lot worse, but it was already very good, and Li Mingyuan was just making a copycat version.

"Qiu Zhu, go get some firewood and charcoal!" Li Mingyuan ordered while adjusting the soup base.

"What do you want firewood and charcoal for?" Qiu Zhu looked puzzled.

"Nonsense, you can't cook it, let you eat it raw, can you eat it?" Li Mingyuan didn't have a good airway.

Zhilu said that he asked a very unintelligent question, and Qiu Zhu was also extremely embarrassed, and ran out of Lu with a low face to find firewood and charcoal.

Hot pot soup is the base of the pot, and the most commonly used is red soup, followed by white soup (including sauerkraut soup). Red soup is a spicy soup, made of thick soup with chili, bean paste, tempeh, mash juice, rock sugar, refined salt, rice wine, and a variety of spices.

The white soup is a soup made of old hens, fat ducks, pork bones, ham elbows, lean pork, green onions, ginger, wine, etc., which is generally used in conjunction with red soup, and is rarely used alone, even if it is used, it is often dipped in some seasonings to eat.

With the current conditions, not to mention the white soup, even the red soup is estimated to taste not very pure, but the food is fresh, and there will be a chance to slowly train those ingredients in the future.

After Li Mingyuan prepared the base soup and added warm water, Qiu Zhu also ran in with a few pieces of charcoal and firewood, gently put them on the ground, and then looked at Li Mingyuan with a curious expression.

"How do you cook soup in this pot? The base is uneven! Qiu Zhu pouted disdainfully.

"Really? Then keep your eyes open and the next time it's time to witness the miracle! Li Mingyuan said as he lit the firewood and stuffed it into the base, and then slowly added the charcoal, and it didn't take long for the base of the hot pot to spark, blooming with a warm flame.

"How? Handsome or not? Li Mingyuan put the lid on the pot and said proudly.

A trace of consternation flashed on Qiu Zhu's face, but he quickly wrinkled his cute nose and said, "If you want to cook soup, can't you just cook it in a pot?" Why are you making such a strange pot, and it's so troublesome? ”

Hearing this, Li Mingyuan smiled mysteriously, "I guessed you would say that, but this pot has its magic!" You'll know the way later! ”

"Hmph, so it's a mystery!" Qiu Zhu looked disdainful, but he couldn't help but peek at the hot pot, wanting to see what was magical.

It didn't take long for the jade heart of washing vegetables to come, Li Mingyuan turned the cabbage and beef, and then beckoned the two girls to sit down, and the three of them quietly watched the bottom soup slowly heat up until it boiled, and the atmosphere at this moment had a different kind of warmth, so that the three of them were reluctant to speak, for fear of affecting this special tranquility.

Slowly, as time passed, the fragrance emitted from the pot became stronger and stronger, and Qiu Zhu felt that his saliva was about to flow down, but he was too embarrassed to speak, so he had to endure it.

Watching the soup in the pot slowly boiling, and the various colors of ingredients swirling in the pot, Li Mingyuan swallowed his saliva fiercely, divided the beef and a small piece of cabbage to Yuxin and Qiuzhu, and signaled that the two of them could eat.

Under Li Mingyuan's demonstration, the two of them took a piece of beef and put it in the pot and gently soaked it, and then clamped it in a dish with seasonings, and after the beef cooled, they swallowed it in one bite and enjoyed it with their eyes closed.

"How? Is it delicious? Li Mingyuan looked forward to the evaluation of the two.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious!" The two girls had never eaten such tender and delicious beef, and nodded their heads in praise again and again.

Li Mingyuan smiled proudly, this hot pot is popular in the world, and it can't conquer the mouths of the two of you little girls.

In fact, eating hot pot is an atmosphere, and several people gather around a table, which is far more lively than everyone eating their own food. Eating hot pot can enhance feelings. Pick up each other's dishes, laugh at each other, laugh at each other. It really doesn't feel good.

A hot pot, the three of them were addicted, and Qiu Zhu shouted that he had to eat one meal a day in the future, but after hearing Li Mingyuan say that eating too much hot pot would make him fat, he didn't make a sound, and he said weakly for a long time, "Is it okay to eat one meal in three days?" It caused Li Mingyuan and Yuxin to laugh.

After eating the hot pot, Yuxin and Qiuzhu continued to play chess, while Li Mingyuan looked at the heavy snow flying in front of the window and fell into deep thought.

The heavy snow is a beautiful scenery for the rich, after the snow stops, they can wear leather jackets to enjoy the snow scene, but it is undoubtedly a disaster for the poor people, a heavy snow does not know how many poor people's lives will be buried, thinking of this, Li Mingyuan appeared in front of the descendants of the group of soldiers who died in battle, I don't know how they should spend tonight.

Maybe I should do something for them! Li Mingyuan muttered to himself in his heart.

"Brother Li, are you looking at the snow scene?" I don't know when, Yuxin walked up to him and said obediently.

Li Mingyuan looked at this innocent girl and smiled meaningfully. "yes, I've thought about something!"

Yuxin looked at Li Mingyuan, who was a little tired on her brows, and felt a little distressed in her heart, in her mind, Li Mingyuan was perfect. He shouldn't have a time to retreat and get tired.

"Yuxin, I need money, lots and lots of money!" Li Mingyuan said.

"Huh? For what? Brother Li, are you short of money? Yuxin was very puzzled when she heard this, so dignified, why did Brother Li mention this.

Li Mingyuan shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm short of money, it's those children who have to come out to sell vegetables on a snowy day to ask for money, they are really pitiful." The imperial court and Dahua are too unfair to them! ”