An Zhi's voice was not loud, but it made Granny Li and Jiang Ping feel deafening, and they were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat.

The two of them looked up at the other people who were already sitting at the table, and couldn't help but sigh, thinking that they were the unruly people, but they didn't expect it......

"Miss...... I...... We. Granny Li couldn't say anything nervously, and looked at Xia Yan tremblingly, "We didn't mean to, we just ...... Just ......"

"Ahem." Xia Yan coughed a few times in embarrassment, in fact, she was also shocked by An Zhi's words.

In this family, it is true to absolutely obey her orders, but there is no such thing as the death of those who do not obey, at most it is to drive the unruly people out of the house.

If Xia Yan was asked to kill someone, she really didn't have the guts.

But at this time, it was Xia Yan Liwei's time, and she didn't want to spoil the tense atmosphere that had been so hard to have, so she could only continue with a cold face: "I don't want to hear anything from you. Remembering your first offense, I will not pursue it this time. If there is a next time, you will bear the consequences. Alright, let's sit down and eat. ”

"Yes." Granny Li and Jiang Ping, who were reprimanded, didn't dare to say anything more at this time, so they hurriedly found a vacant seat and sat down separately.

Xia Yan looked at the anxious and panicked appearance of the two, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although she also wants to popularize with these people what is equality and what is employment relationship, but for thousands of years, the idea of servitude in people's hearts has been deeply ingrained, and it cannot be changed in a while.

"Okay, everyone is finally seated, let's start today's hot pot feast." Saying that, Xia Yan took An Zhi, Tinglan, and Sister-in-law He mysteriously towards the kitchen.

After a while, each of the four walked in with a small lit carbon basin.

After they divided the charcoal basin into two portions and placed them on the two dining tables, everyone looked at them curiously.

"Yan'er, is it possible that the hot pot is to roast things and eat them?" Liang Dawei couldn't guess the purpose of the two carbon basins in front of him after looking at it for a long time, so he couldn't help but guess, "There's nothing new to bake and eat." ”

"Old horseman, you are so stupid, since this thing is called hot pot, of course there is a pot." Xu Changping glanced at David Liang impatiently, and pursed his lips disdainfully, "What are you guessing blindly, quietly waiting for Yan'er to get all the things." ”

For Xu Changping and David Liang's daily bickering, Xia Yan has long been used to it. She didn't answer David Liang's question, but walked out with a smile and the three of them.

Sure enough, as Xu Changping guessed, it didn't take long for four iron pots the size of each pot filled with milky white soup to be placed on the table.

"Old horseman, I guessed right." Xu Changping looked at David Liang triumphantly, "I guess it's for cooking." ”

"Hmph, old things, they all have pots, they must be boiled and eaten, and you still need to guess." David Liang glanced at Xu Changping, "What's fresh about this cooking?" ”

"Master Liang, you're right, it's true that cooking and eating is not fresh, but this way of eating while cooking, I guess you haven't tried it yet." Xia Yan sat the pot on the charcoal basin and patiently explained to everyone, "This hot pot is when relatives and friends get together, everyone puts their favorite things into a pot, and eats while shabu-shabu, and the food is still steaming when eating, and I am no longer afraid that the rice will be cold before I eat it." ”

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Xia Yan smiled mysteriously and said: "Yan'er also has a secret recipe, which guarantees that everyone will never forget this taste after eating it." ”

As she was talking, the three sisters-in-law He had already brought the ingredients up, just waiting for Xia Yan to demonstrate how to eat in person.

I saw her pick up the chopsticks with a smile, pick up a few slices of mutton as thin as cicada wings, gently put them in the pot and pause for a moment, picked up the cooked mutton slices again, dipped them in the sauce prepared in advance, and carefully put them into the plate in front of Yan, "Mother, you taste it first." ”

"Yan'er, you should give it to Mr. Xu first." Yan Shi frowned, "One day as a teacher and a father for life, you should treat him like your father." ”

"It doesn't matter." Before Xia Yan could speak, Xu Changping hurriedly said, "This first bite, Mrs. Xia can eat it." ”

"Yes, mother, you eat first, and then I'll give it to Master."

Seeing that no one else was dissatisfied, Yan nodded, and slowly picked up the mutton from the plate and ate it into his mouth.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xia Yan hurriedly soaked some more and put them into the dishes of Xu Changping and Liang Dawei respectively.

The two of them were not as reserved as Yan's, and as soon as the meat slice arrived on the plate, they couldn't wait to pick it all up and eat it in one bite.

"Good! The old man has never eaten such tender mutton in his life, well, really good. Saying that, David Liang followed Xia Yan's example, picked up all the remaining mutton on the plate, and soaked it by himself.

"Old horseman, slow down, no one will rob you." Xu Changping took a step slower, and couldn't catch the mutton, so he could only yell, "You are so reckless that you don't deserve to eat this delicate mutton, hurry back and eat your barbecue pieces." ”

"Bah, old thing, if it weren't for my quick hands, I would have been the only one to stare at at this time." David Liang's mouth was stuffed with mutton and he muttered, "I think it's you who should go back and eat barbecue." ”

It's no wonder that these two people are so excited, it can only be said that in this world, the practice of meat is still in the simple stir-frying, boiling and roasting.

Other meats are good to say, because mutton itself has a bad smell, but there is no cumin that can suppress this taste, and there are not many people who like to eat it.

Only by thoroughly roasting on the fire can the smell be slightly reduced.

But the consequence of this is that the meat becomes difficult to chew, and ordinary people really can't eat it, so in this world, there are not many people who eat mutton, and mutton is cheaper than pork.

Xia Yan looked at the two of them who could argue all the time, smiled slightly, and beckoned to An Zhi Tinglan, and after a while, they brought a few large plates of meat slices and put them on the table.

"Okay, don't grab it, there's still a lot of meat, make sure everyone eats enough." She pointed to the other things on the table, "Don't just eat meat, don't you have a lot of vegetables?" ”

Only then did everyone notice that there was not only hot pot and mutton on the table, but also several large plates of cabbage, radish, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Under Xia Yan's guidance, the others also began to pick up chopsticks, and Si Swen ate them.

Maybe it was the bickering between Xu Changping and David Liang that made people less restrained, or maybe it was because so many people ate vegetables in one pot, which could have eliminated the mustard between people, in short, it didn't take long for the atmosphere on the table to gradually become lively.

I saw Little Tiger Father and Liang David holding wine glasses, hooking their shoulders and hugging each other, singing loudly, Yan also muttered and laughed with Little Tiger Niang and Li Zheng's daughter-in-law, and Xu Changping, No. 1 and Li Zheng, who were sitting next to each other, chanted poems inexplicably.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was getting better, everyone seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness just now, and everyone was smiling.

But there are only two exceptions, that is Mu Fan, who has not yet recovered from his grief, and Zhang Xiaohu, who doesn't know who to talk to and looks embarrassed.

Zhang Xiaohu really wanted to go and sit at the next table, and the only people at this table who were about the same age as him were Xia Yan and Mu Fan.

But Xia Yan was busy greeting guests, but Mu Fan was ...... Hey, forget it, I can only say that it's really uncomfortable to sit next to an iceberg.

From time to time, he peeked at Lin Zhou at the other table, and felt a chill on Lin Zhou's back, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps.

"Xiaohu, you go to that table." Seeing this scene, Xia Yan gently patted Xiaohu, "I'll sit here with you." ”

"Okay, big sister, you're such a nice person!" Xiaohu got up excitedly and saluted Xia Yan, and happily sat down beside Lin Zhou.

"Mu Gongzi, are you unhappy again?" Xia Yan sat beside Mu Fan and looked at him with a smile, "Do you want me to surprise you again?" ”

Surprisingly, Mu Fan was indifferent to her inquiry, just sat quietly, did not speak, did not eat, like a puppet, motionless.

Seeing that Mu Fan didn't answer, she didn't continue to ask, but took out a small bottle from her arms with a wicked smile, sprinkled it on the good mutton a few times, and put the chopsticks to his mouth, "Mu Gongzi, come, I'll feed you, ah......"

The puppet-like Mu Fan heard Xia Yan's voice, obediently opened his mouth, and ate the mutton with red powder that she had fed to his mouth.

"Huh?" Xia Yan stared at Mu Fan with a wicked smile and observed for a long time, but seeing that he didn't react, he couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that I let it go?" ”

Then she took some more mutton and sprinkled more red powder and fed it to Mu Fan, but he still didn't respond.

Just when Xia Yan was strange, Liang David's voice suddenly sounded, "Yan'er, you have opened a small stove for the young master again." Say, what did you give him food? ”

"Master Liang, Yan'er didn't open a small stove for him, everyone can eat this thing." She pouted, "Look, aren't there two pots on the table?" ”

"Yes, isn't this because I'm afraid that one pot won't be enough to eat, so I'm prepared separately?" David Liang glanced at the pot that hadn't been touched yet, "I'm still thinking about bringing this pot back when it's over, and I'll eat it tomorrow." ”

"Of course it's not what you think, if you want to eat, Yan'er will make it for you tomorrow."

As he spoke, Xia Yan took out a bowl of bright red sauce and poured all the remaining sauce into the pot.

Suddenly, the milky white soup base turned a blood-red color.

"This ...... It looks quite tempting. Looking at the red soup base he saw for the first time, Liang Dawei swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and without waiting for Xia Yan to say anything, he put a lump of mutton in it.

As soon as he put the cooked meat in his mouth, David Liang shouted: "Ah, my tongue hurts, water, water!" ”

"Take it quickly...... Although...... Hiss...... Ha...... ...... hissed, "David Liang, whose tongue was numb, couldn't speak clearly at this time.

Seeing the water brought by Xia Yan, he hurriedly drank it.

After a while, Liang Dawei's tongue regained sensation, and he asked with a red face, "Yan'er, have you poisoned this pot?" ”