The so-called, the mountain family has nothing else to do on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the plum blossoms are inserted to celebrate the New Year.

But for the vast majority of laypeople in this world, the New Year is the most important, but it can't be so simple and perfunctory, and these people naturally include Pei Baoer.

Because Xiao Yan'er was recovering from a serious illness, she could only eat some light, and their family didn't have any magic chefs, so they couldn't cook a decent Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so she decided to eat a pot for the New Year!

Hot pot is not a unique food in modern times, at least in this time and space, Pei Baoer knows that some restaurants will specialize in making charcoal stove mutton in winter, and there are also ways to add some other vegetables and meat to it, but the side dishes are not as complete as in modern times.

This is Pei Baoer's second year in Taixing County, because of last year's painful experience, she wanted to buy a bunch of vegetables to come back to make a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and found that the price of vegetables and meat on this day had more than doubled compared with Twenty-nine.

So, on the morning of the twenty-ninth day of this year's Lunar New Year, Pei Baoer and Dani each went to the entrance of the vegetable market with a vegetable basket, and then returned with a full load, and the two of them each came back with two large baskets, and bought two extra-large ones with the uncle who sold bamboo baskets in the vegetable market. It was full of food, as if it was going to buy the next half month's rations all at once.

Liu Yun was stunned: "You guys, did you buy half of the vegetable market back?" ”

Before he could get closer, he smelled a smell of blood from a basket in Pei Bao'er's hand, and there was a slight sense of shame. At first glance, a large number of slippery stomach intestines were still covered with white flower fat, and he couldn't help but have a sour mouth in his stomach.

"How did you buy so much sewer? Haven't you tried it before, it's not delicious......"

Liu Yun, who has been cheated several times, feels that Pei Baoer is going to toss new dark cuisine again.

"Don't worry, last time, I didn't find all the spices, only star anise, cumin is not enough, we forgot to add cinnamon. This time, there happened to be a runner who brought some fresh dry goods back to sell, and I found bay leaves and cloves that are only available in the south, you smell the smell~ I heard that these are bought in the pharmacy in the south, and they are very cheap, but the price has more than tripled when it comes to us. ”

Pei Bao'er thought for a while, and then asked Liu Yun: "By the way, have you ever been to Suzhou and Hangzhou?" ”

Liu Yun's expression darkened and he shook his head. Although his home is in the south, he has been displaced since childhood. Later, he moved to Yangzhou, and was forced to learn the skills of serving nobles every day, where could he go around in other places. Later, he was taken to the capital, and he had no chance.

But under the New Year, it was boring to think about these old things, so he laughed a little: "I haven't been there, but the scenery of Yangzhou is excellent, and the bright moonlit night of the Twenty-four Bridge is indeed a rare beauty." However, in the summer, the heat in the south is unbearable, and many northerners are not used to it. ”

Liu Yun saw that Pei Baoer listened with great interest, thought about it, and talked to her about how to accompany the capital for summer vacation, there are not many people, but the city is exquisite, Yunyun, only hid who he was taken to accompany the capital, what he experienced during the period, etc. Not only Pei Baoer opened her eyes, but Dani also heard that the pork belly that was being washed in her hand slipped off her hand several times.

"So, the escort capital was actually built for the emperor's family to escape the summer?" Pei Baoer felt that this was a disguised Chengde summer resort.

Liu Yun said with a smile, "I can't say that, the capital was originally the capital of the previous dynasty." Since the founding of the country, the founder of our Dasheng has a long-term vision, thinking that today's capital is more suitable for defense than there, so he has set a new national capital. The original Lidu became Licheng, also known as the accompanying capital, the remaining part of the palace of the previous dynasty in the war, Emperor Taizu repaired and became the current palace. It is said that this practice of escaping the heat has only come to date in recent decades. ”

The rest of the words are a little difficult for him to say, Dani seems to understand whether he understands or not, but Pei Baoer can guess a thing or two.

Needless to say, the first generation of founding monarchs; Even if the second generation is not both civil and military, and has both ability and political integrity, most of them are also good kings of success; After the third generation, most of them will go downhill, the better ones will not do anything, the worse ones will be drunk every day, the villains will be far and virtuous, and it is even possible to do the trick of taking the ministers of civil and military affairs of the half dynasty and 100,000 troops on patrol and being served by the 10,000 iron horsemen of a barbarian pawn.

That's right, the Northern Tour Rebellion in the past few years of this dynasty was such a bloody plot, Pei Baoer was stunned when she heard it at the time, this is even worse than the change of Tumubao!

Generally speaking, after the fourth and fifth generations, if there is a knowledgeable and capable descendant to make some changes, he will become the king of Zhongxing and continue this dynasty for another two or three hundred years. Without such a person, the dynasty would have slowly decayed and decayed, and then died at the hands of a foreigner or a peasant revolt under tyranny.

History is mostly like this.

As far as Pei Baoer knows, the one who is now the emperor seems to be the fifth emperor of this dynasty, the previous old emperor is the reincarnation of Huizong, who loves dancing and writing and making ink, and the selection of officials is not judged by the current politics, but whether the handwriting on your roll is beautiful, whether the font is beautiful, and whether the poems and songs you make are moving. These are all gossips that Liu Yun told her intermittently before, and after listening to it, Pei Baoer has only one thought-

It's not easy for this country to be dead!

She thought about it, the current young emperor is a few years old, but the powerful regent is in the prime of life, but she is afraid that in the future, either you will die or I will live, and there will inevitably be a bloody storm. Fortunately, she is just an ordinary person, thousands of miles away from the capital. As long as there is no war, it is none of her business that someone in the capital forces the palace to usurp the throne.

The most important thing now is to have a good year first.

Although Pei Baoer's cooking skills are not good, she is better because she has relatively rich theoretical knowledge, while Dani is still less experienced, but she is better because she has a pair of skillful hands. The two complement each other in terms of cooking skills, so Pei Baoer is responsible for "guiding the country", and Dani is responsible for the actual operation of key links.

In fact, if you just eat the pot, there is not much to prepare, wash and cut the fresh vegetables, and then buy an old hen to boil the soup base. However, Pei Baoer saw that everyone was very tired recently, and they had lost a lot of weight in order to supply and take care of the sick little inkstone, so they wanted to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to have fun together and eat something fresh by the way. She misses the beef offal, braised beef tendon and other delicacies that she used to buy everywhere, and now she can only try to marinate pork intestines and pork belly by herself to relieve her longing.

"Prepare these things today, and tomorrow we will eat brine pot for Chinese New Year's Eve." This guarantee that you haven't eaten it, the longer you boil it, the more fragrant it will be~"

Xiao Yan'er is in good spirits now, but there are still some faint acne scabs on her face and body, and she is being forced by Pei Baoer to apply pearl cream to remove scars every day.

The ball he was playing with just rolled over, and when he heard Pei Baoer say this when he picked it up, he raised his head and asked curiously, "What is a brine pot?" ”

Pei Bao'er wanted to touch his big hairy head, but his hands were greasy, so she had to explain to him patiently: "The brine is the one you saw in the deli shop in the south of the city before, and the pot is to put a charcoal stove on the dining table, put a pot on it, and put everything in it to cook and eat." ”

She also instructed Liu Yun to take out the packet of tangerine peel, Sichuan pepper, fragrant leaves, southern ginger and other spices she brought back, go through it with water, prepare to boil the bottom of the pot out first and try it, if there is a mistake, you can also adjust the recipe, saving you from having to eat clear water hot pot for tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve.

Several people were talking and laughing and doing their own work, and from time to time there were childish words mixed in, and even Dani was shouting and screaming not to let Xiao Yan'er catch the pig's intestines.

At this time, Luo Niangzi, who worked in the shop, suddenly came to visit.

Pei Bao'er hurriedly washed her hands and welcomed her into the door with some surprise: "Huh? Luo Niangzi, didn't you start your vacation after the inventory was finished today? If you don't go home and get busy, why do you come to me? ”

Luo Niangzi looked serious, lowered her voice, said a few words to Pei Baoer at a very fast speed, nodded to everyone and went out.

"Ah Liang, I want to fire cannons~"

Xiao Yan'er was bored playing with the ball and began to be coquettish, but Pei Baoer said that she was not allowed to let it go during the day, and she could only play at night. It's just that Pei Baoer didn't coax him like usual today, but was a little dazed. Oh no, it doesn't seem to be in a daze, Xiao Yan'er thinks that the two lumps of meat on her Ah Liang's face are bulging one by one, like the fat cheeks of the big cat next door, which is very interesting.

Liu Yun guessed that there was an accident in the shop, so he came over and asked her.

"What's wrong? But what is the lawsuit? ”

Pei Baoer looked at him and sighed helplessly, it wasn't a lawsuit, but it had something to do with him.

Luo told her that she saw Lin Si coming over to inspect in the shop on the day she was doing, she didn't know this person, but she asked the shopkeeper Qin to find out that it was Mrs. Lin's cousin. Because Pei Baoer has a good relationship with her, and the two are the only two female employees in the shop, they have also talked a lot in their spare time, which is the reason why Pei Baoer took Mrs. Lin's boat at the beginning. Although she didn't say it very clearly, Luo knew that Pei Bao'er and that Lin Si were not very opposed, and suddenly sent him over to inspect the shop at this time, it was difficult to say what Mrs. Lin had in mind.

Luo is an ordinary woman, her husband died, she worries about how to raise a pair of children every day, and finally got this job, and she is very grateful to Pei Baoer, so she secretly came to her to talk to her.

"Pei Niangzi, to be honest, I'm not a fool, the things in the shop seem to be a little different from usual recently...... I don't know much about you, but you'd better be careful! ”

Liu Yun frowned again when he found out, and he felt ridiculous in his heart.

"This woman of the Lin family, could it be that she forced you to hand over the secret recipe to no avail, and came up with such a dirty way to blackmail us?"

Pei Bao'er huffed angrily: "It's not like this, why else?" This old witch is simply unreasonable, I said that I need a little time to think about it, and after only a few days, I rushed to get people back from the countryside! Simply, shamelessly! ”

The contract is clearly written in black and white, Mrs. Lin and Pei Baoer each account for eighty percent and twenty percent of the shares, the former is out of the shop, the latter is out of the product, the employment of guys, product procurement costs and other expenses from the public account, and the product formula is Pei Baoer's exclusive ownership, no need to hand over. The cooperation lasts for one year, and after one year, both parties can jointly decide whether to renew the contract, and unilaterally tear up the contract to pay the other party 100 taels of silver.

Therefore, Mrs. Lin can't come openly, so she can only engage in this kind of privacy method.

"Don't be afraid, if I don't go out, can he still break into our house?" Liu Yun comforted, "The law stipulates that trespassing on a private house without the permission of the owner can be regarded as banditry and killing. ”

The corners of Pei Bao'er's eyes twitched: "We are all powerless, how can we kill them?" ”

Looking at Xiao Yan'er, who was carefree and started playing ball again, she sighed heavily, "I'm afraid she has more than this trick." I really don't want to eat the wine on the fifth day of the new year, it's a proper Hongmen banquet! ”