On the square table, there is a Tai Chi pot, which was refined by Xue Wu herself, this pot is naturally not a magic weapon, but just a small practice.

There is a Tai Chi line in the middle of the pot, which divides the pot into two, half is spicy red oil soup base, half is three fresh mushroom soup base, and there are bowls and saucers around the table, which contain all kinds of fresh ingredients that have been processed.

Because the square table was not large, Xue Wu put a few more shelves next to it, and ingredients were placed on each layer of the shelf.

That's right, what she invited Ye Diao's family to eat today was the national delicacy of hot pot.

If the chili pepper is to be auctioned, then the interests of the Ye family, a partner, will naturally be damaged, so she plans to take out the hot pot recipe as compensation.

In a collaborative way, of course.

Let's not talk about business first, let's talk about eating.

Xue Wu used chopsticks to put the ingredients into the pot, and replied: "This is called hot pot, this side is spicy flavor, here is clear soup, whether you like spicy food or can't eat spicy food, both flavors can be taken care of, so this is also called mandarin duck pot." ”

While she was talking, Ye Diao's family had already sat down at the table.

Ye Diao is worthy of being the president of the ancient version, and as soon as he heard her words, he smelled a business opportunity, "Hot pot...... That's a wonderful way. Xiaoxian, is it possible that you plan to open a hot pot restaurant? ”

Xue Wu: "Let's talk while eating." ”

She asked the three of them about their tastes, and each of them mixed a saucer.

In fact, hot pot was not new in ancient times, and even in the early days, there was a way to eat meat and vegetables with shabu, and there is a special name - antique soup, which is named after the "coo" sound made when the food is put into boiling water.

During the Warring States Period, there was hot pot, when people took clay pots as pots, to the Song Dynasty, the way to eat hot pot has been very common among the people, in the Southern Song Dynasty Lin Hong's "Mountain Family Qing Offering" recipe, there is an introduction to eating hot pot with friends.

It was also given a very beautiful name - Diaxia Offering.

It is said that there was a person named Lin Hong in the Southern Song Dynasty, he liked to travel everywhere, once he visited Wuyi Mountain, by the way to visit a friend of his own, but encountered heavy snow, caught a rabbit, the friend said that you can slice the rabbit meat into thin slices, cooked in a pot and dipped in sauce to eat.

Lin Hong did the same, the rabbit meat slices in the hot soup repeatedly dialed, after the meat slices were scalded, the color was like clouds, then this delicacy was named "Dial Xia Offering", and made a poem: "The waves are clear and the river is snowy, and the wind shines on the sunset." ”

Since then, this dish has spread among the people.

Later, the hot pot was passed on to the Mongolian generation, and there was the well-known mutton shabu.

These can be regarded as the germ of hot pot, but it was not until later generations that hot pot became a system, and the tastes were also diverse, according to the taste, there were spicy, light, seafood, etc., according to the ingredients, there were seafood hot pot, fish hot pot, beef hot pot, chicken hot pot, mutton hot pot and so on.

It's like the sea is gone.

In short, there is nothing that cannot be shabu-shabu.

Today, Xue Wu prepared more than N ingredients, meat covered chickens, ducks, fish, cattle, sheep, pigs, etc., vegetables such as coriander, cabbage, leeks, callus white, cucumbers, spinach, lettuce, etc., as well as various mushrooms, meatballs, tofu, egg dumplings, shrimp slippery, fritters, etc., there are no less than forty or fifty kinds.

This is still on the surface, and if you finish eating, you can always replenish it from the kitchen.

The balls that Xue Wu had placed in the pot earlier had already floated, and she used chopsticks to clip one for Ye Mao, "The balls are hollow, so when you eat them, bite into a small hole first, so as not to be burned by the soup inside." I don't care about Brother Ye and sister-in-law, you are free to do whatever you want. ”

Ye Diao had already seen it, rolled up his sleeves and frantically put his favorite dishes into the pot, while not forgetting to fish the cooked ones into his bowl.

Qin likes to eat vegetables, so he put a chopstick spinach in the three fresh pots.

The spinach is easily cooked, and it can be eaten with a few tosses in the bubbling soup, and when dipped in a saucer, it tastes tender and crispy, and tastes great.

The bottom of this pot is hand-adjusted by Xue Wu, whether it is a spicy pot or a three-fresh pot, the taste is absolutely amazing.

For a while, a few people at the table didn't care about talking and buried their heads in eating.

As the host, Xue Wu still had to take care of the guests, picked up a pot of fruit wine that had been iced on the low table next to her, and poured a glass by herself.

"If it's spicy, drink some fruit wine."

Ye Diao is a man, he has no love for fruit wine, and prefers to drink the stronger wine, "Xiaoxian, don't you have wine?" ”

Qin glared at him: "What kind of wine are you drinking, when you get drunk, you have to carry you back to our mother and son?" ”

Ye Diao immediately wilted, and didn't dare to mention drinking again, so he ate meat honestly.

After eating five or six minutes full, Xue Wu slowed down and opened the conversation: "Brother Ye, I invited you here this time because I want to discuss something with you." ”

"Xiaoxian, you say."

Xue Wu put shrimp slips into the pot and said, "I got the news that the second prince already knows about the chili pepper, and he wants to know the source of the chili pepper from me." For this reason, he specially wrote a letter to Zhang Tingshi and asked Zhang Tingshi to do this. ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Tingshi's father and daughter wanted to invite her to come over to enjoy the flowers and plan to marry her.

As for how she got the news, then there is no need to tell them.

Ye Diao frowned when he heard this, and ate several pieces of mutton to suppress his shock.

"Xiaoxian, I'll tell you the truth, in fact, since we cooperated, there have been many people who have come to inquire about chili peppers, but those people are nothing in front of my Ye family. But the second prince is different, if he really has his eyes on chili, it will be a big trouble. ”

Xue Wu smiled, "I have a way to completely dispel the plans of those people, including the second prince." ”

Ye Diao's eyes lit up, "Oh? What's the idea? ”

"Put the peppers up for auction, and when the time comes, the one with the highest price wins. I just don't know if you agree, after all, once the chili pepper is auctioned, it will not be the only one who sells spicy dishes in the future. ”

Ye Diao pondered for a while, and quickly made a decision: "I naturally have no reason to disagree, after all, I am guilty, if only my family holds the chili pepper in my hand, it is too eye-catching, and now it has attracted the attention of the second prince, who knows what will happen in a while?" Maybe the one above will let our Ye family pay tribute to the chili pepper. ”

Xue Wu nodded, "I think so too, so I still take this opportunity to sell the chili peppers." The second prince didn't want to, so he would pay for the auction. If he spends a lot of money, then it won't be a big deal to let him buy it back. ”

Ye Diao: "Yes, and even if other people buy the chili peppers back, they don't know the recipes, and it is impossible to make the same dishes as our Yingxian Building." ”

Now that the opinions have reached a consensus, Xue Wu took out a plan for the chili auction that she had written in advance.