Chapter 60: The First Attempt at Hot Pot
Time flies quickly, in the blink of an eye, it will be the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the fifth day of tomorrow, the day to welcome the God of Wealth, many business people will also choose to open the door on this day, a good omen to make a fortune.
Changlin and his family knew that the noodle restaurant would open for business tomorrow, and they finished their relatives early.
Li Miaomiao saw them coming, and hurriedly welcomed people into the house, "Brother Changlin, sister-in-law, are you done with the house?" Li Miaomiao knew that he didn't have many relatives, so he should be busy.
"We're done with everything that should go, it's not going to open tomorrow, our noodle shop has been closed for so long, we have to clean it up, so we want to come over early and go to town together." Brother Changlin said.
Li Miaomiao also had this intention, and after cleaning up a little, she took Zhu Shopkeeper and Xinxin to the town, Yanyan and Lei Lei were still in the old house, her two cheap aunts were there, and they stayed at home when they returned to their parents' house in the second year of junior high school.
They were all bitter and mean in the original memory, Li Miaomiao had also seen it once, and they only had one meal, and the meaning of openly and secretly wanting to bargain made Li Miaomiao very disgusted, so she never went to the old mansion again.
After explaining that Da Niu went to the old house to talk to the two children, a few people set off.
It hasn't snowed again in the past few days, but the weather is still extremely cold, and the snow on the road has been trampled into ice, which is not much better than a muddy road. It took almost an hour for the group to get to town.
Li Miaomiao arranged for Xinxin to boil water, and a few adults scrubbed it, and it took nearly an hour and a half to clean it up.
At this time, I felt warm and comfortable, Li Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh, she was really hungry and lazy, and she was a frozen idle.
Seeing that it was not early, several people were ready to go back to the village, but Shopkeeper Zhu did not go back, and Li Miaomiao was not reluctant.
When the two children were there when they returned home, Li Miaomiao began to cook dinner, and after eating, she simply washed up and rested, and she had to get up early tomorrow.
When she was the fifth son, Li Miaomiao was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, and had to endure sleepiness to get up and set off her own firecrackers to welcome the God of Wealth.
After everything was done, I lay in bed and felt that it was not long before it was dawn. Li Miaomiao hurriedly got up and prepared breakfast.
The three children didn't need to scream, they got up early, and even the girl Yanyan, who had just turned four, didn't have to take care of it, she got dressed and got out of bed, but she couldn't comb her hair, and came to Li Miaomiao with a sad face, "Sister, it's so troublesome to comb your hair, I can't always learn." ”
Li Miaomiao couldn't help but laugh, took the person in front of her, neatly sparse the two pill heads, and looked very festive. Very satisfied with her work, Li Miaomiao turned her eyes to the two little teenagers standing aside.
Although my sister didn't speak, the two of them understood the ill-intentioned expression. Lei Lei had wind on the soles of his feet, and ran away with a smoke. Xinxin listened to Li Miaomiao's words the most, and wanted to leave but had to stay. let Li Miaomiao succeed, and she pulled and dredged two pills on the top of her head.
Li Miaomiao sighed in her heart, if she could wear red clothes, these two children would go to that station, and they would be proper wealth boys.
Seeing Xinxin's appearance, Lei Lei was about to hold back his internal injuries when he held back his laughter. My sister's bad taste is really ......
Xinxin was extremely depressed and ate breakfast, and went out, Changlin and his family were already waiting in the carriage, and when they saw his dress, they couldn't help laughing, but they didn't expect the always serious child to dress up like this, it's quite cute.
When she arrived at the noodle restaurant, she was laughed by the shopkeeper Zhu again, Xinxin looked at Li Miaomiao pitifully, but she couldn't bear it, and finally pulled the person over and thinned her bun again, and Xinxin's face showed a smile again.
Li Miaomiao and Changlin went out to buy things, and many stores were open, and soon the purchases were complete.
On the first day of opening today, there are not many people on the street, so there are few people who come to eat, Li Miaomiao is not worried, anyway, it is just a good sign to open the door today.
After noon, there were almost no people, and the noodle shop closed.
"Shopkeeper Zhu will go back with us today." Li Miaomiao stopped the person who was about to leave.
Hearing her words, Shopkeeper Zhu turned around and politely refused, "Still no, I have to come to town tomorrow, so I won't have trouble running back and forth."
Li Miaomiao smiled slyly when she heard this, "Are you sure, I'm going to make a new meal today, oh, it's a pity that I can't eat it." ”
Shopkeeper Zhu really hit the trick, hesitated for a moment and agreed.
"That's right, it just so happens that my grandfather has long said that he wants to meet you, and he hasn't found a chance. It's a good day, and you're going to have to have two drinks."
"Then stop the carriage when you pass by my house, which pot of good wine will I bring", the shopkeeper Zhu continued.
Back at home, Li Miaomiao sent Lei Lei to invite Li Qingshan, the two exchanged a few polite words, and Changlin accompanied them to chat.
It's all about farming and the like, and Brother Changlin can also interject, Li Miaomiao didn't expect that Zhu Zhang, a scholar, also knew so much about farming, and occasionally talked about some knowledge, Changlin couldn't interject at all, so he came to the kitchen to see if there was anything he needed help with.
Li Miaomiao really found him some work, chopping big stick bones and cutting meat slices, she did these jobs with great effort, but Brother Changlin did it very easily.
After arranging Brother Changlin, she began to prepare her own things and boil the hot pot base. She hadn't done these things in her previous life, so she could only come with the taste in her impression.
When I purchased today, I prepared the raw materials I remembered, bean paste, ginger, garlic, Sichuan pepper, green onions, tangerine peel, cinnamon, dried chili, and butter refined for the New Year, I only know so much.
didn't know the proportion, Li Miaomiao had no choice but to come by feeling, and fry it one by one according to the steps she felt. After a while, the spicy smell filled the entire kitchen, and the three of them choked on tears.
The current work can be done by herself, Li Miaomiao drove the two out, covered her mouth and nose with a cloth catty, and slowly stir-fried. When the water is added and boiled, the choking smell slowly dissipates, leaving only the fragrance of the seasoning.
Li Miaomiao called the two back again, Brother Changlin cut the meat, and she and Sister-in-law Changlin prepared vegetarian dishes.
The big bone broth with hot pot ingredients boiled for an hour and a half, and when the lid of the pot was opened, the fragrance rushed straight to the nasal cavity.
There are many people in the family, and Li Miaomiao boiled two large pots, one pot of butter pot bottom, and one pot of mushroom pot bottom, or dried mushrooms she picked in the mountains, with bone broth, not to mention how fresh. Changlin, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
The pot couldn't be moved, so Li Miaomiao had to find her own stove, and asked Changlin to go home and get the stove and pot.
There was a stove in the main hall for three men to eat.
After tasting both soup bases, I decisively chose the spicy butter pot base. Li Miaomiao prepared seasonings for the three of them, served good meat dishes, and left them alone. They drank wine, ate pots, and sweated profusely to eat straight, and enjoyed it very much. Li Qingshan admires his granddaughter more and more.
There was also a stove in the kitchen, and they were women and children to eat, Sister-in-law Changlin, Aunt Changlin, the two children of his family, plus Li Miaomiao's sister and brother, and the four of them gathered in a big circle, but fortunately, the pot was big enough.
Li Miaomiao prepared a lot of New Year's goods for the New Year, and she didn't have any relatives to communicate with her, so she didn't move much, so she went most of them this time.
Pork, beef, and fish are all cut into thin slices by Changlingo, which is very convenient to eat, as well as chicken sausages, plus fungus, tofu, and green vegetables, everyone is in full swing and very satisfied.
I pity the mushroom soup that the pot was supposed to make at the bottom of the pot has become something spicy. Everyone can't be spicy, so let's drink two sips, not to mention how comfortable.
A group of people reluctantly put down the dishes and chopsticks when they ate until they were in the air.
Sister-in-law Changlin helped clean up before leaving, saving Li Miaomiao a lot of effort.