Chapter 49: Hot Pot
After dinner, Ruan and Gu Hui sat around the stone table in the courtyard, and the wind of early autumn blew away the dryness of late summer.
Song Ruan Ruan took the basket and went to the fine mud field to harvest vegetables, and then harvested some vegetables to hide people's eyes, and then came to the front yard.
"Ruan Ruan, the lady Ruan you said should be anorexic, when will you take me to see it."
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gu Hui said what she thought, not noticing Ruan's slightly moving eyes at all.
Song Ruan Ruan took a sip of tea and shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not going to work, the last time I went to see Mrs. Ruan, I could eat some food with oil foam, it seems that it is slowly getting better, and you don't have a place to play when you go." β
"Huh?" Gu Hui was a little disappointed, thinking that she could add some experience to herself.
"Ruan Ruan, the Mrs. Ruan you are talking about is Mrs. Ruan in the south of the city?" Ruan tried his best to make his tone sound the same as usual, but he still couldn't hide it from Song Ruan Ruan.
"Exactly, I heard that Mrs. Ruan's husband also has an elder brother, and the family is in charge of most of the grain and cloth in the town, even in the county, which shows the size of the family business."
Song Ruan Ruan pretended not to know, full of naΓ―ve answers.
Ruan's breath stagnated, and when he thought of something, the light in his eyes slowly dimmed, and then he excused himself to go back to the room.
Gu Hui, who was slowing down, looked at Ruan's back, "Aunt seems to have something on her mind." β
Song Ruanruan, who heard the words, did not speak, and covered the thoughtfulness in his eyes with a teacup.
Early in the morning of the second day, Song Ruan Ruan took the burden prepared by Ruan for Tiewa, carried the vegetables on his back, and rushed to the town again on Song Da Niu's ox cart.
There seems to be some happy event in today's Ruan Mansion, and Song Ruan Ruan inquired and found out that it was the day when Ruan Yuanzheng's only lone seedling returned home from Qingyun Academy in the county.
"Miss Song, it's so good that you're here, our master has tasted your cooking skills last time and I've never forgotten it, and I wanted to invite you to take charge of it today, but I didn't expect you to come."
The older guy over there was about to go out to invite Song Ruanruan, but he didn't expect to meet him at the door, and he almost jumped up happily, pulling Song Ruan Ruan and wanting to go inside.
Song Ruan Ruan showed a wry smile, "Brother Wu, don't worry, tell me slowly, I haven't taken the basket yet." β
Wu Xing reacted at this time, patted his head, and then ran to the door to bring Song Ruanruan's things.
"Let me tell you, today's dish is very important, in the past, I always invited the chef of Zuixianglou to come back to make it, but since the last time the master ate the dish you made, he changed his mind, you can take advantage of the opportunity, this reward is not low!"
Song Ruan Ruan nodded, "Then your young master has taboos, how is the taste?" β
"My young master doesn't like garlic alone, and there are no taboos for others, the taste, I like spicy ones, that's all."
That's it!
Song Ruan Ruan came to the kitchen, all the ingredients were ready, looked at the beef and mutton and all kinds of vegetables on the table, and suddenly had a plan.
"Aunt Liu, is there a smaller iron pot and a matching stove here?"
Aunt Liu, who was named, was stunned for a moment, and thought for a few seconds before saying, "Yes!" Last time, the young master specially sent someone to build it on a whim, although it was good-looking, it never came in handy, so I will go and get it. β
I didn't expect it to be there, Song Ruan Ruan was secretly happy in her heart, looking at all kinds of spices on the stove, and there were also big ingredients for pepper and star anise, and she was even more excited in her heart.
Thinking of the wonderful taste that I hadn't eaten for a long time, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva just thinking about it.
The vegetarian dishes have been washed and put aside, Song Ruan Ruan took them off one by one and put them in a bowl, posing for a good-looking appearance, and then carefully sliced the beef and mutton, not thin or thick.
After doing this, I sat down in the kitchen leisurely, and everyone was stunned, why did they stop?
Before he could ask about it, Wu Xing, who was waiting in the front yard, ran over again to see how the kitchen was prepared, and when he saw Song Ruan Ruan with a leisurely face, he almost fell to the ground.
"My aunt, why haven't you started yet, it's time now, and the young master will arrive in half an hour, how can you be in time now!"
Wu Xing cried with a sad face, tears almost came out, it was less than half an hour, how could he be in time, it seemed that he could only report to the master to go to the restaurant to book a table.
Looking at Wu Xing's appearance of a dead wife, Song Ruan Ruan sneered and blinked slyly.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure your young master has an unforgettable lunch."
The corners of Wu Xing's mouth twitched and he didn't refute, he didn't have anything to eat when he went home, can he not forget it, but the old man is afraid that it will be difficult to explain.
Song Ruan Ruan knew that he didn't believe it when he saw his expression, and he didn't sell it, so he tied his apron and started to move when he walked to the stove.
Heat the oil and add the chili peppers, and it's all in one go.
Wu Xing's footsteps paused, and in the end, he couldn't help but not go to Ruan Yuanzheng, and only watched Song Ruan Ruan's operation fixedly.
The chili pepper bursts out of the fragrance, and the peppercorns star anise and other large ingredients are added in turn, and then the sauce and an appropriate amount of salt are added, and finally the water is added to cover the lid.
The other pot continued, first adding a chicken, then the seasoning, then simmering over high heat, then simmering, and the aroma spread throughout the kitchen in a short time.
"It's coming, the young master is back, and the old master orders the food to be served!" The smaller little guy Wu Kai was sweating profusely, and when he saw that everyone was gathered around, he stomped his feet in a hurry.
Song Ruan Ruan opened the red oil pot, the soup base was almost there, and he didn't look back.
"Go and talk to your master, today's dishes are different, let's eat in the flower hall."
Wu Kai was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly, and ran towards the front yard again.
"Eating in the flower hall? What else did she say? Ruan Yuanzheng was a little stunned, looked at Wu Kai below and asked.
Wu Kai tilted his head and thought for a while before shaking his head, "No, but the dishes are all fresh, and they are not cooked." β
Now the whole hall was curious.
"Father, in that case, let's go to the flower hall, I've never heard of eating without cooking, and I'm really looking forward to it."
The young man sitting at the bottom of the fifteen or sixteen had a happy face, and there was no breath of a gentleman on his body, which was the result of the careful teaching of Ruan Yuanzheng and his wife.
Mrs. Ruan also smiled and agreed, and the last group of people went to the flower hall, where Song Ruan Ruan was already ready.
On the stove was a pot of red and bright oil soup, and on both sides were washed and cut vegetables.
Under Song Ruanruan's introduction, the interest in the eyes of the three became stronger and stronger.
"Ruan Ruan, you are really too smart, you can also think of such an interesting way to eat."
Mrs. Ruan looked at Song Ruan Ruan's gaze even more eagerly, and Song Ruan Ruan was embarrassed to look at it.
"Madame praised it, I just saw it in a miscellaneous book, so I tried to do it, but I didn't expect it to be really made up by me."
"Miss Song is humble, if she doesn't care, she won't be able to study it on a whim," it was Ruan Yuanzheng's son Ruan Xiuzhu who spoke.
"That's it, how about Ruan Ruan stay and eat with us, you just said that eating hot pot is to be lively, what do you say, master?" The latter sentence is looking at Ruan Yuanzheng.