Without exception, the three of them set off, and at the same time, Li Jicai, who was anxiously waiting, was standing at the door of Suiyuanju, looking at it from time to time.

A table of banquets has been specially prepared in the store, waiting for her guests to arrive.

Today is the day she agreed with Xi Zien, and she believes that Xi Zien will definitely bring someone over.

She, I will see Qi Qingchu today.

It seems that I haven't seen him for a while, and I want to see him but I'm afraid to see him, I'm afraid that he will see through her mind, and I'm afraid that he won't see through her mind.

Sometimes fantasizing, sometimes disgusting, sometimes feeling a little contemptible, sometimes feeling unsightly.

When I watched him sit in his shop and eat, as long as I heard his voice and looked at his side face, it was as if a large and splendid flower bloomed in my heart, and I was excited.

But when he left, he felt as if part of his body had been pulled out, like a lively butterfly with its wings cut off, as if it was painful and uncomfortable.

In the cold winter of Layue, there is no better choice than eating hot pot.

The vegetables and meat in the market are very expensive, and Li Jicai rushed early in the morning to buy the freshest ones.

There are dozens of Chinese cabbages hidden in the cellar, and the potatoes harvested in the field are also well hidden, waiting for the right time to take them out and use them.

Don't worry about hot dishes and pots, only the hot pot base needs to be considered a little.

didn't think about whether to use the spicy pot bottom or the clear soup pot bottom, Xi Zien ate chili peppers, but Qi Qingchu couldn't eat chili peppers.

I simply chose the mandarin duck pot, which is spicy and clear soup.

The bottom of the spicy pot is made by Li Jicai, and the materials that need to be used are butter, rapeseed oil, sauce, chili, spirits, tempeh, rock sugar, green onions, ginger and garlic, and the spices left by Mrs. Fan include peppercorns, sand kernels, grass fruits, star anise, etc., Li Jicai found some cinnamon and white cardamom by himself.

Butter can't be bought in the market, so Li Jicai saves the beef that he usually cooks, and then uses the fat meat in it to boil oil, and the amount of boiled meat is relatively small, so he can only eat one or two meals.

The spices are soaked in water in advance, and the cardamom and grass fruits are also cut to make it easier to absorb the flavor.

Pour all the oil into the pot and heat it, then add the green onions, ginger and garlic, turn on low heat, boil until the surface is slightly yellow and charred, and then remove the green onions, ginger and garlic.

Add the sauce to the oil and simmer slowly over low heat, adding the chili peppers and other remaining ingredients in turn and continuing to boil.

Of course, after boiling almost, put the green onions, ginger and garlic that were fished out before and simmer for about a quarter of an hour, pour them all into the sea bowl, and then take them outdoors.

Because it is winter now, it is a natural refrigerator, which is convenient for the solidification of the hot pot base.

When the time comes, take a knife and cut a piece, then put it in the pot, add the broth, and then rinse the meat and vegetables.

In addition to eating hot pot, Li Jicai also prepared some other dishes, such as shallots mixed with tofu, preserved eggs, fried peanuts, braised pork, braised duck intestines, braised duck tongue, keel, spicy chicken feet and so on.

In addition to thinly sliced beef and mutton, Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, bean skin, potatoes, radish, and other things that are patched together are the ingredients needed for hot pot.

The number of vegetables in winter is very small, and the types are relatively monotonous, and the ancient times are not like modern times, there are no greenhouses to grow out-of-season vegetables, so it is relatively scarce, but it doesn't matter, Li Jicai will do his best to make the food on the table today abundant, let them eat happily, and resolve the crisis of living with fate.

In addition, alcoholic beverages are certainly essential.

In ancient times, in addition to tea, it was wine, and because of Xi Zien, there were many good wines in the store, all of which were carefully selected.

But considering that there may be a woman coming over today, Li Jicai prepared some good tea, and when the time comes, if he wants to drink some wine, he prepared green plum wine, chrysanthemum wine, pear blossom spring, and rose dew.

All in all, Li Jicai spent a lot of effort and a lot of money.

Yesterday, the painter Cao Jingcheng hesitated for a long time and did not paint the paintings on the wall and the gate, he was always a little unconfident in himself, afraid that the paintings would be ruined.

Li Jicai didn't force him, thinking that it would not be too late to continue painting after this extremely important dinner in the store had passed.

also let him prepare well, of course, Li Jicai himself was also very nervous, because he didn't know that a person like him was just a grass people, a noble lady, a famous lady, would he really forgive him?

Listening to Xi Zien's tone, it seems that he doesn't have a good impression of this Luo Lianfang, is there any contradiction between the two? If it is messed up, will the people from this government come to trouble again?

If he asked Qi Qingchu for help, would people ignore him?

What if people don't want to deal with him?

Well, he's almost annoyed by his own entanglement, and his head is full of cranky thoughts all day. Anxious and uneasy.

He went back and forth at the door no less than dozens of times, because he was worried that Li Jiye would not perform well, so he sent him out to walk Xiao Erhei.

In modern times, walking a dog is an extremely common thing, of course, you must hold the dog leash in your hand to avoid the dog hurting people or frightening others.

In ancient times, this was rare, and Li Jiye was also very strange, why did Li Jicai ask him to take Xiao Erhei out shopping and press the road, yes, this is his original words.

Very peculiar vocabulary, shopping on the road.

Li Jicai told him that dogs are very human, and if Xiao Erhei is kept at home, then he will also feel lonely.

Can dogs feel lonely too?

Li Jiye felt a little speechless, but considering that Xiao Erhei had followed them all the way to the present, he did have a deep relationship, not to mention that Li Jicai disliked him as an eyesore in the store, so it was okay to simply go out for a walk.

Isn't it just to invite someone to dinner if you say that there is something important today?

The gang and Cao Jingcheng were driven into the backyard by Li Jicai and were not allowed to come out.

Today's hospitality in the store is on his own, and Li Jicai doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

Li Jicai began to wait in the morning, and when it was noon, he didn't care about eating his own lunch, and kept looking at the door, lest he miss to greet the guests.

The inside of the house is spacious and bright, the weather outside today is good, the temperature has not risen, the snow in the corner of the wall has not melted, the gray sky, fortunately, there is no rain and snow, it is already grateful.

The decoration of the house has been renovated, and the tables, chairs and benches selected are also bright colors so that they are not lifeless.

Because there are no paintings on the wall, it is still a white wall for the time being, simple and simple.

Li Jicai stood up and looked outside for a while, sat in the store for a while and touched this and that, and sorted out the account books on the counter for a while, although Niu Runze had already sorted out well.

But Li Jicai was still very restless.

The mood of waiting for them to come is like waiting for his aunt to come, thinking of him and not wanting him to come, afraid of him coming and afraid that he will not come.

Finally, at about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, two carriages with the Xifu logo stopped at the door of Suiyuanju.

Li Jicai was sitting at the door at the time, looking at it, seeing someone get down from the carriage, he immediately threw the stool he was sitting on to the corner, and then nervously got up and straightened his clothes and stepped out of the door, standing next to him stiffly and pulling out a difficult smile on his face, welcoming the distinguished guests.

That's right, you're a guest.

Xi Zien was the first to jump down from the carriage, and when he saw Li Jicai, he excitedly wanted to say hello, but as if he suddenly thought of something, he immediately shrank his head again and covered his mouth.

Luo Lianfang was still behind, but she couldn't let him see her close to Li Jicai.

Li Jicai was a little suspicious, but he didn't ask.

Qi Qingchu came down behind Xi Zien, Li Jicai didn't deliberately look at it, but he still couldn't help but glance at it.

happened to look at Qi Qingchu, the other party's eyes were very deep, and he couldn't see any emotions, neither lukewarm, no sorrow or joy.

Li Jicai inexplicably felt that such a look was a little scary.

But then, I also felt a little gloomy.

She can't catch him, she has nothing to give him, there is nothing to attract him, he is nothing.

Nothing, that's all.

And behind Qi Qingchu, a woman dressed as a maid helped another gorgeously dressed woman get out of the carriage.

Not surprisingly, Li Jicai accepted the expressionlessness on his face when he looked up.

The appearance is very elegant, the demeanor is generous, and the temperament is outstanding, it looks like it is not different from what Xi Zien described at the beginning, and she is indeed a famous lady.

A bright red robe on his body does not feel gorgeous, but it complements each other very well.

The embellished and embroidered gold thread is very exquisite, and the white decorative fur at the neck does not look ordinary, and it is more flattering to the people who are out of the dust.

The eyebrows are picturesque, the pink and snowy, and the little vermilion between the lips makes people have the urge to kiss Fangze.

What a slim man.

Li Jicai looked at Luo Lianfang, and then at herself, from beginning to end.

The temperament is not as outstanding as others, the clothes are not as luxurious as others, the makeup is not applied, and the face is disgraced.

Others are jade hairpins, and he is an ordinary peach hairpin.

Even though he was wearing what he thought was the best blue dress today.

That's right, in this winter, he wore a thin cyan dress.

Frozen to death.

Before Xi Zien and the others came, Li Jicai was wrapped in a thick cotton jacket, but it was a little bulky and ugly, but it was warm enough.

The reason why Li Jicai took off his big padded jacket and only wore a thin cyan skirt was because he thought that when other celebrities went to any party, they all wore dresses out of politeness, and they were all extraordinarily thin, and the same was true for those ceremonies.

Therefore, in order to prove his sincerity, Li Jicai dressed very formally, clean and comfortable.

However, this did not seem so simple in Luo Lianfang's eyes.

Okay, wearing a thin skirt, who do you hook up with? Who do you want to show off in front of?

As a woman, most of her thoughts are sensitive and delicate, and Luo Lianfang intuitively felt that there was something wrong with Li Jicai's eyes when she looked at Qi Qingchu.

It's very strange to stop talking.

If it weren't for a special reason, then she would also be obsessed with Qi Qingchu.

Immediately, a deep displeasure in Luo Lianfang's heart emerged, and sure enough, it was correct to arrange someone to force this store to close.

Qi Qingchu is not something that everyone can think about, a stinky businessman, full of copper smell, and embarrassed to approach Qingchu? It's just a joke in the world.

In order to make up for his deliberate appearance, Xi Zien walked in front of Li Jicai with a haha, pretended that the two were not familiar with each other and said, "Alas, boss, are you closed?" Why don't you see that there are no customers in the store? Haha, haha. ”

To be honest, Xi Zien laughed so much that he felt embarrassed both times, but there was no way, he had to pretend.

When Qi Qingchu saw Xi Zien talking like this, the corners of her mouth curled, and she also had a little sullen smile in her heart, sometimes Xi Zien was so naïve, which made people feel inexplicably funny.

Li Jicai was at a loss when he heard this, which one is this singing? Why?

However, Li Jicai quickly reacted and said suddenly: "Oh, the store has been renovated recently, well, it is indeed not open to the public." ”

Luo Lianfang frowned, she intuitively felt that there was a problem between Li Jicai and Xi Zien.

But I heard that it was under renovation instead of going out of business, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange.

It stands to reason that the next person rewarded Li Jicai for selling all the tables, chairs and benches in the store, and everything was dismantled and sold, why hasn't the door been closed yet?

I originally wanted to say that I would accompany them for a while, and then when I got to the door of this store to see that this store was closed, I went back, and asked Qi Qingchu to send him back, and the two of them could talk for a while, and if they were alone, they would definitely make the two of them more intimate.

Luo Lianfang calculated well, but now that he heard him say that the door was not closed, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious, could it be that what the next person told him was a lie? When he goes back, he wants to rectify it well.

Luo Lianfang's face was gloomy, and she was about to drip water.

"It's cold outside, let's go in and sit." Qi Qingchu looked back at Luo Lianfang, and couldn't hear the voice of concern, but it made the faces of the two women present change.

Does Luo Lianfang want to go in?

And Li Jicai was thinking that he would treat her differently.

The three of them entered the door under the stiff welcome of Li Jicai.

It may be the reason for Luo Lianfang's resistance, it may be because he knows that Xi Zien is afraid of the cold, so he deliberately chose the nearest position by the door after entering.

Xi Zien wanted to say something, but endured it and held it back.

Li Jicai didn't care where they chose, because no matter where they chose to eat hot pot for a while, they wouldn't feel cold, maybe it would be a little better to sit outside, and the hot pot might taste a little choking.

Considering that they might not be able to accept the hot pot all of a sudden, Li Jicai first served a pot of hot tea, and then brought a pot of good wine.