Helian Mo didn't leave and said that he would continue to eat hot pot for dinner, Xia Chuxin followed the temptation to eat too much hot pot, so he said that there was ice wine in the house, so he had to perfunctory that when the prince and others came in a few days, he would prepare a richer hot pot, and asked him to contribute his iced wine when he poured it, so he finally invited Helian Mo away, of course, he still returned the same way.

As the saying goes, it's easy to invite God and it's hard to send God, but what can you do if this great god really comes uninvited?

The night was much cooler, and I was able to get a good night's sleep. Early in the morning, Liu Er came to report that the princess of Dingguo had summoned her and asked her to go to the Jinghua Courtyard immediately.

The eyelids jumped endlessly along the way, and Xia Chuxin had a premonition that something was going to happen, this old woman was looking for herself early in the morning, and there must be nothing good about it.

When you enter the Amazing Courtyard, you will be shocked by this magnificent courtyard with carved beams and paintings, and the peony flowers in the courtyard are blooming, exuding bursts of fragrant fragrance. This old princess will simply enjoy it.

Following the housekeeper into the middle hall, Princess Dingguo wore a weeping cloud bun and a water-inlaid treasure hairpin, and was sitting upright in the hall drinking fragrant tea.

Seeing Xia Chuxin coming in, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I heard that you installed a rain pavilion in the courtyard?" ”

Xia Chuxin replied "Yes", but he wondered in his heart that the news could spread fast enough.

"I didn't expect you to have some ideas. But it must have been learned from those lowly craftsmen. ”

Phew, you are only cheap, do you know that the working people are the most glorious? I thought like this in my heart, but my face was still docile.

"What new thing did you eat in the yard yesterday? The smell is so strong that Hongu smells it in the garden. Princess Dingguo asked.

Xia Chuxin was even more surprised, was this GPS installed on me or was it installed in the yard? However, for the preparation of this hot pot base, Xia Chuxin is definitely worthy of pride, because he is a loyal hot pot lover, he has consulted various experience materials and practiced learning, and now he is a good hot pot base.

"Back to the princess, I'll eat that hot pot."

"Hot pot? Is hot pot a kind of food? It sounds like a pot. ”

"Back to the princess, it is indeed a pot, that is, a way to eat by putting the stove and the pot on the table at the same time, which can be cooked and eaten."

"Hey, I thought it was something new, it's that antique soup, it's all a poor way to eat. But you don't smell too bad. Now you go with the housekeeper, prepare your hot pot, have dinner today, and when the master comes back, we will taste it and see if these vulgar meals can be elegant. The prince said that he would come to the mansion as a guest the day after tomorrow, and if your new thing was not bad, you would prepare the meal for the day. ”

Antique soup? It seems that this name was also called in ancient times, and it seems that this husband is mainly more knowledgeable than Helian Mo's house, but today he eats hot pot again? Do you want to eat hot pot the day after tomorrow? It's going to die.

Can I still eat this vulgar meal, can you just say that you can die if you want to eat it?

got the order, and was about to retire when he heard the princess of Dingguo say: "Your rain pavilion, cough cough, ask someone to build one in the courtyard of this palace, although it is not a profound thing, it is good to count it as your filial piety." ”

After kneeling and following the housekeeper all the way out, Xia Chuxin sighed a few times, thinking that this princess of Dingguo is a typical casserole boiled sheep's head, and the back of her head is sparse, and she is the one with an iron mouth. If you want to eat, you can say you want to eat, if you want to eat, you can say you want it, what is embarrassing, I won't laugh at you. Besides, even if I laugh at you, I don't dare to make a joke openly, and you can't see if it's right.

However, there is something cute about this old princess.

In addition to the housekeeper, the housekeeper suddenly burst into tears and said, "The second lady finally has a good life now, she doesn't have to suffer anymore, and the old slave is relieved." ”

Xia Chuxin hurriedly handed over the handkerchief and said, "Uncle housekeeper, you were the best for me in the past, and I will definitely take good care of you in the future." ”

Today's preparation is different from yesterday, yesterday I simply found some daily dishes, today is the order of the princess of Dingguo, the housekeeper personally went to prepare the materials, Xia Chuxin thought about all the things he could think of in this era, so that the housekeeper's face turned into a convulsion later.

First of all, the housekeeper should go to make some small copper pots with charcoal, three layers up and down, the upper layer holds the bottom of the pot, the middle layer holds the charcoal fire, and the lower layer receives the ashes. Single hot pot, maybe there are many visitors at that time, you should make a rotating hot pot! Yes, yes, without further ado, it's just that if this turntable wants to rotate, it needs an engine, and in this era, there is no electricity and no engine. Recall that what you learned was not returned to the teacher as soon as you graduated, and you were a student who spent a lot of youth and a lot of tuition to graduate.

By the way, there is no electricity to complete the power transmission through a manual device, just like the ancient spinning wheel, isn't it also through the hand-cranked rope to drive the main wheel to complete the movement and transmission of the shaft? When the problem of the engine is solved, it can drive the operation of the rollers, and through friction, the upper belt can be rotated in a cycle. Feasible, feasible. Hurriedly asked the girl to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, although the painting was far from good, but roughly drew a few sketches of the power device, and handed it to the housekeeper to prepare.

The housekeeper really couldn't understand the situation of this second lady who had only been around for more than ten years since she was born, and the only time she went out of the house was when she chased the man and beast some time ago and accidentally fell into the drainage canal on the edge of the city, where did she know about these wonderful things? Could it be that there is some hidden master in the house? Could it be the old Liu Tou of the flower house? Or is it the head of the Song Courtyard of the Guardhouse? It can't be the king chef of the dining room, right? I can't figure it out, but as a conscientious steward, obeying the master's orders is the first responsibility. Naturally, I couldn't understand these strange drawings, so I had to go to find some carpenters, blacksmiths, and coppersmiths as the second lady instructed.

After a busy afternoon, I finally prepared all the ingredients needed for the evening, but the equipment for the rotating hot pot was still in the hurry, so I could only use the old way to serve it, but the coppersmith in the courtyard rushed to make a super large nine-square grid copper pot.

Xia Chuxin stood at the door of the dining room and methodically commanded a group of girls to serve dishes and deliver food, and after a while, a large table of ingredients was already on the table. At this time, Xia Jingxiang and Princess Dingguo happened to enter the door, followed by Xia Duo and Xia Xin. Xia Chuxin leaned sideways and approached the housekeeper and asked, "Didn't you inform the second brother?" ”

The housekeeper looked cautious, for fear that others would hear it, and whispered: "The princess and the second son never eat at the same table, and the second lady should not participate in this." ”

Thinking of the scene they met in the palace that day, Xia Chuxin thought to himself that he was right, he was originally in a happy mood, but the two of them were like fighting cocks, and they were full without eating. He turned away and said no more about it.

Several people were full of surprise, Xia Jingxiang and Princess Dingguo took the lead in taking a seat, and then beckoned the three of them to sit together.

"Mrs. said that Chuxin prepared antique soup today, and this battle is not like ordinary antique soup." Xia Jing looked at the table of dishes and said.

Princess Dingguo also opened her eyes, exquisite plating, all kinds of dishes, it seems to be very different from those ordinary antique soups in the folk, when she was young, she often sneaked out of the palace, and ate antique soup once in a small restaurant, that is, shabu some ordinary pieces of meat, I didn't expect this little girl to have such a craft. It is also considered that the princess's mansion does not raise idlers.

"Ahem, it's a little more special than ordinary antique soup."

Looking at the duplicity of Princess Dingguo, Xia Chuxin smiled secretly in his heart, if you want to praise me, praise me as much as you want, how uncomfortable it is to hold back like this.

"All of this was prepared from the beginning?" Xia Jingxiang asked again.

Xia Chuxin smiled, a little shy, and said modestly: "It's all the help of the housekeeper and the masters of the dining room, how can I prepare so much by myself." ”

"Good, good, rewarded, rewarded, everybody's rewarded. Steward Liu, the people who prepared dinner today will each be rewarded with two dollars of silver. ”

The housekeeper hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "The old slave thanked the master and the princess on their behalf." ”

As he spoke, the bottom of the pot on the table boiled, and Xia Xin pointed to the pot and asked, "Why are the colors of these grids different?" Any explanation? ”

Xia Chuxin hurriedly explained: "Oh, the original intention is to reconcile the mouths, and in the afternoon, I prepared different flavors of pot bottoms, this is red spicy, this white beef bone soup, and this is fresh carp pot bottom, and finally this one, it is mushroom soup." Let's try it and see which one they like. ”

"Chuxin, you think really thoughtfully. Father and mother will taste it first. "Summer heart please.

The princess of Dingguo put a piece of mutton with chopsticks into the spicy lattice and put it in the mouth, and after a few tastings, she asked, "What is added to this soup?" It was so delicious. ”

When Xia Chuxin heard this, he replied: "Back to the princess, this spicy pot, I first used comfrey, star anise, cinnamon, tangerine peel, bay leaves, grass fruit, cloves, kaempfera, sand kernels, angelica, Chuanxiong, good ginger, grass coward, cumin, white cardamom, etc. ”

After hearing this, several people sighed, but everyone's eyes were completely fixed on the table, and even Xia Duo, who always had a black face on weekdays, was happy to eat. Especially the princess of Dingguo, where can I take care of the image after a few chopsticks are entered, the scooping of a large spoon of garlic and green onions, mutton and cod, and all kinds of dishes even have a heavy taste of blood sausage.

Several other people at the table looked at each other, when had they seen Princess Dingguo like this.

Noticing the surprised eyes of several people, Princess Dingguo stopped her chopsticks, coughed lightly, and said, "Master, are you making fun of me?" I'm just trying to taste the dinner the day after tomorrow, I don't worry about these things, in case I neglect His Royal Highness the Prince, then will there be a good life in our princess's mansion? ”

Xia Jingxiang said with a smile: "It's still Mrs. thoughtful." ”

Xia Xin couldn't help but chuckle, and then several people laughed. Seeing everyone like this, Princess Dingguo was a little embarrassed but said strongly: "Are you all full?" Let's go back when you're full, you have to taste it slowly, do you think this palace eats all for yourself? It's all for the Princess's Mansion. ”

Several people echoed: Yes, yes, yes. You're the boss, and everything you say is right.

Poofhahahaha。。。。。