As a result of the hangover, everyone can't get up from sleep.

When Hua Manxi rubbed her sore skull and got up from the bed, her stomach was already growling, she stretched a few lazy waists, washed up, and then went to the kitchen to cook some simple meals.

I ate too well last night, so much meat, Hua Manxi was worried that Uncle Zhao would have indigestion, so what I made this morning was coarse grain porridge, chopped pumpkin and sweet potatoes, cooked with millet to make it soft and glutinous, without sugar, and it also had its own sweetness.

Then I steamed a few vegetarian buns, all of which were filled with wild mushrooms and cabbage, which were light and delicious, and filling.

After breakfast, Hua Manxi returned to the small courtyard of the Hua family, his uncle's injury had healed, and Uncle Zhao also took the leg bone of his previous lame leg from scratch, and now he is not lame at all.

"Manxi, why did you come back? Does the proprietor know? "The eldest aunt is a sincere person, and when she sees Hua Manxi coming back, she is afraid of delaying the affairs of the Xu family.

"It's okay, the owner is in a good mood, I don't have to do anything except cook." Hua Manxi smiled slowly.

The eldest aunt was stunned for a moment, and an expression suddenly appeared on her face, which Hua Manxi naturally noticed.

"What's wrong, aunt?" Hua Manxi wondered.

"Manxi, it's not that my aunt wants to talk about you, it's just that I can see that Xu Gongzi, he looks at you differently than others, he likes you." The eldest aunt sighed, and then considered the words and said, "In my aunt's heart, you are naturally very good, the best in the world!" But that Xu Gongzi looks like this, if you want to come from an extraordinary background, you, you still don't want to be planted in it, it's a little Ding Xiucai who acts like that, if it is a powerful family, it is even more worrying, you are the heart of your aunt, your aunt is reluctant to let you be a concubine, how rich a family, this concubine can't do it. ”

Hua Manxi saw that her eldest aunt was so worried, and felt a little guilty, she did fall in love with Xu Gongzi, but being a concubine is her own bottom line, and she must not touch it, not to mention what is a lifetime and a couple in this era, at least, he will only be with him if he is marrying himself!

"Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely not be a concubine for others, even the concubine of the emperor." Hua Manxi solemnly raised three fingers and swore an oath.

"That's good, my aunt naturally believes in you, and I look like that Xu Gongzi-" The eldest aunt's heart is still half and a half, and she can't let it go.

"Ouch, aunt, this time, I just want you and my uncle to go to Xufu to help me, and let the godmother handle the wonton stall. My chili sauce sells very well, and now I can't collect the chili peppers, my godfather can't collect them, I want my uncle to follow my godfather to collect chili peppers, and Cousin Yang, if the carpentry can't make money, let him come back to help, uncle, you also go to Xufu to help me get this, otherwise I and Qiuqiu are too tired to get it. Hua Manxi quickly changed the topic.

"There's no problem with this, but after all, Xufu is someone's house, you are just a cook, is it appropriate for you to do this in Xufu? It's better to do it in your own home, although the place is a little smaller. "Uncle said.

"Don't worry about this, this chili sauce, the reason why Xu Gongzi agreed to let me make it in the house is because the two of us have already negotiated cooperation, that is, the wasteland in the mountain behind him, and now they are all used to grow chili peppers." Hua Manxi patted his chest and promised, "You can rest assured, just let your uncle call and pass the word to Cousin Yang." ”

The two were talking, but there was a heart-rending quarrel in the courtyard of the second uncle next door, followed by the sound of crackling and dropping things.

"Don't look at it, it's like this every day, your second aunt has been making trouble since she came back last time, but the one she married later is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she will come to trouble, and she used to do business in the past, but now she also picks up goods with your second uncle to sell them in the city, and your second uncle likes it very much." The eldest aunt sighed, "A good home, you have to toss like this, noisy every day, your uncle went to persuade at first, but now he is too lazy to go." ”

Hua Manxi hadn't told her uncle and aunt about the dirty things that her second aunt did, she was afraid that if she said it, she would be so angry that she would vomit blood.

They made a lot of trouble themselves, so naturally they didn't have the heart to get involved in their own affairs again, and she was happy to see it happen.

"And Sang Sang is also a sin, married to Wang Dazhuang, and later became pregnant, but Wang Dazhuang didn't say that this pregnancy was someone else's, and she was beaten off, she came to her mother's house to borrow money last time, and that look is really, only bones are left in the skin-" The eldest aunt was still babbling.

She deserves it! You can come up with any dirty means! Hua Manxi secretly complained in her heart, and quickly stopped the topic of her eldest aunt: "Uncle, you quickly ask your uncle to call Cousin Da Yang back, and Cousin Yang said that there is no news about the media?" Cousin Dayang is almost twenty years old! Not to mention that the relatives are really old. ”

When Cousin Da Yang marries and gives birth to a grandson, his aunt will be busy taking care of her grandson, so she won't worry about her all day long.

"Okay, okay, I'll let your uncle call you." The eldest aunt was also anxious when she mentioned this, and finally moved her body.

Uncle and aunt really called Hua Dayang back.

That night, Hua Manxi called Uncle Zhao to come to Hua's house, and invited his godfather and godmother to make a delicious meal, which was regarded as welcoming Hua Dayang home.

Li Qiuqiu also came over early to help.

The dishes were all bought when Uncle Hua went to the city to call Da Yang home, so the main dish was seafood.

With so many people, it is natural to eat hot pot to be lively, simple and fast!

Because he bought seafood, Li Qiuqiu brought some fresh beef over, so Hua Manxi decided to make a seafood pork rib pot base.

After washing and blanching the pork ribs first, then boil the oil, after the oil is hot, add ginger, onions, garlic, spices, peppercorns, bay leaves, etc., fry the fragrance, and then put in the ribs and stir-fry, fry the ribs until they change color, and then let in the cooking wine, mushrooms, squid pieces, continue to stir-fry together, and then put in water, stew the base until the fragrance comes out completely, and then you can make the bottom of the pot.

Hua Manxi took out the stove that Uncle Zhao brought back to make mutton shabu in the north, which is similar to a modern boiler, with a copper pipe in the middle and a charcoal fire underneath.

Hua Manxi put the bottom of the stewed pot on the charcoal stove and continued to cook, and then turned his head to adjust the dipping sauce.

The dipping sauce was mixed in two large bowls, one bowl was spicy, and the chili sauce was put to pick directly, and the other bowl was not spicy, and sesame paste was put in.

Uncle Zhao, Li Qiuqiu, Hua Manxi, Uncle Liu, all choose spicy dipping sauces, Uncle Hua, aunt, Aunt Liu and Da Yang are all not spicy.

After the dipping sauce was adjusted, the boiler was also boiling, and Hua Manxi brought all the things that Li Qiuqiu had washed and cut to the table.

Thin beef slices, squid, fish fillets, prawns, small abalone, and chicken, vegetarian dishes include mushrooms, soaked dried daylily, and Li Qiuqiu brought tofu skin from home, fried tofu puffs, as well as fresh tofu, potato chips, white radish slices, taro chips, various fresh vegetables, etc.

A few people gathered around a full table and ate very happily.

The boiling pot bottom with an attractive fragrance, a thick white and fragrant soup base, put the meat in the pot and soak it for a while, and then clip it out when it is fully cooked, and then dip it in the dipping sauce of spicy red oil, which is simply a collection of fragrant, fresh, tender, smooth, refreshing, crispy, and all kinds of flavors in one place.

Each ingredient has the same deliciousness, but it has its own unique taste, which is really addictive.

At the end of eating, the vegetables were gently soaked, absorbing the essence of the soup at the bottom of the pot, which was greasy and delicious.

"I didn't know that my sister's cooking was so delicious, but I really missed a lot of good things, my father and mother should have called it back! I heard in the city that the secret chili sauce was made in Jinyutang, and my master specially invited us to eat a bowl of seafood noodles, but I didn't know that this chili sauce was actually made by Manxi! Although Hua Dayang was an apprentice, he said that he had food and housing, but when there were no men, the master became harsh, and there was no meat to eat for several days.

"Haha, it's not too late to come back! Your sister-in-law is very capable, and she even earns the capital to marry your daughter-in-law, and she is worried that you can't find a daughter-in-law, so she asks people to introduce you everywhere. "Aunt Hua hasn't seen her eldest son for a long time, so she can't help but talk a lot.

"What's that? How can I use the money of Manxi to marry my daughter-in-law? I will make money myself, these years in the master's place, although there is no salary, but the craft is learned, in the future when the sister marries, I want to make a set of dowry to Manxi. Hua Da Yang smiled innocently.

"Okay, okay, that girl is waiting for your dowry." Hua Manxi smiled, and did not say no, the family talked and laughed, and arranged how to plant chili peppers, harvest chili peppers, make chili sauce, and deliver goods in the future.

In this way, the chili sauce workshop in Peach Blossom Village took shape.

Hua Manxi drew the drawings, and let Hua Dayang use wood to create some shelves that are convenient for drying and drying chili peppers, and the Xufu place is very large, and a special warehouse has been set out, and the finished product is placed, and the kitchen is made at the very edge of the yard, which is specially fried with chili sauce, so that it does not have to be mixed with the kitchen for cooking, and it is also convenient to operate in the future.

Uncle Liu and Hua Dayang were responsible for harvesting the chili peppers, and the chili peppers in Peach Blossom Village were almost harvested, so they could only go to the nearby villages to collect them, using Uncle Liu's mule cart.

The eldest uncle and aunt are responsible for picking the chili peppers, cleaning, drying, and crushing, while Li Qiuqiu and Hua Manxi are responsible for frying, and the fried chili peppers are loaded by the godmother Aunt Liu, and the delivery is escorted by Zhao Wu to Hua Manxi to be delivered, or the store picks it up.

The wonton stall Aunt Liu handed over to the eldest brother's daughter-in-law Qiaoyun, the eldest brother was going to take the sister-in-law to the academy, but the sister-in-law insisted on staying at home to be filial to the second elder, and the eldest brother Liu Boqing couldn't resist her, so he could only let her stay at home for a while, planning to take her to the city after the New Year.

Yang Qiaoyun's family was originally a pig raiser, literate and hyphenated, and she was even more smart and clever in doing things, the reason why she stayed at home was actually because she took a fancy to the recipe of this wonton, and Aunt Liu taught her, planning to open such a shop in the city in the future.