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For those who serve them, the mood of the masters comes first. If the master is unhappy, it will be their servants who will be unlucky in the end.

Chunjing, the big girl next to Li Yuanying, smiled and said to Li Yuanying: "Miss, the cook named Si Xiu in the kitchen has come up with some new tricks these days, do you want to try?"

There are many people serving Li Yuanying, but the main ones are the four maids around him, namely Chunjing, Xiajing, Qiujing, and Dongjing. Li Yuanying got this name himself, so it is easy to remember all the year round.

These four are all the sons of the Li family, and they grew up with Li Yuanying since they were young. Whether they are loyal or doing things, they are reassuring, especially in order for them to provide better protection for Li Yuanying. They also practiced martial arts since childhood. They all have real skills.

In addition, Chun Jing is in charge of meals, Xia Jing is in charge of needlework, Qiu Jing is in charge of the warehouse, and Dong Jing is in charge of Li Yuanying's health because of his talent in studying medicine.

These four people usually work together in a division of labor, and it can be said that they take care of the affairs around Li Yuanying properly. Most of Li Yuanying's affairs are usually resolved by them.

It can be said that although they are called masters and servants, their relationship is as deep as sisters.

At this time, Chunjing saw that Li Yuanying's mood had recovered, and he was also in the mood to eat. He was so happy. Li Yuanying was still very face-saving at this time, and asked: "What new tricks? He likes to tinker with these fresh ones. Okay, let the kitchen Bring things up."

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Sijing are not very old, so they have an innate liking for Si Xiu, a boy of about the same age, because Chun Jing is in charge of meals, and usually gets along with Si Xiu a lot, and seeing Li Yuanying at this time is in a good mood, He also wanted to say a few good words for Si Xiu.

"Miss asked him to come here at the time, wasn't it because of his fresh ideas from time to time, the kid usually knows how to work hard, and now the skill of making dim sum is much better than before, but this time what he made is not dim sum. of."

"Oh? What is that?"

Chunjing's words aroused Li Yuanying's curiosity, but this time he did not get the final answer.

Under Li Yuanying's curiosity, the food in the kitchen was finally brought in.

To Li Yuanying's surprise, this time the food was not served directly after it was ready, but some small plates with raw meat and vegetables on it. The high-quality small round pot is divided into upper and lower layers, and its purpose is obvious at a glance. The upper empty pot is used for storing food, and the lower layer is filled with uniform silver frost charcoal, which is obviously used for heating after ignition.

"This, it should be antique soup."

Li Yuanying asked hesitantly, a little uncertain.

The history of hot pot is very long, and it is not a unique invention of modern people. The practice of using a tripod to cook food in the Bronze Age was the prototype of hot pot. Later, as time went by, this method became more and more popular, and the variety became more and more There are many, because the food will make a "gudong" sound when it is put into boiling water, so it was commonly called "gudong soup" at first, and later it became a well-known "antique soup", which is a very popular dish in winter. Food that people welcome.

However, because this method requires special equipment and carbon, and there are more meat and vegetables in it, ordinary people are reluctant to spend this money at home, especially since greenhouse technology has not been promoted yet. Vegetables are still exclusive to the rich and powerful, and the vegetables that enter the market are expensive, and ordinary people can't afford them at all.

Therefore, the dish of antique soup is only popular in the upper class. Li Yuanying also ate it at home with his family in winter.

It's just that the pots used to cook food in the antique soup are still used to using pottery at this time, and the shape is also different from the ones I put on the table now. The effect in front of my eyes is a bit too delicate.

However, Li Yuanying is still satisfied with this appearance, this is her usual habit, Yan Kong is so upright.

Since he was not sure, Li Yuanying directly asked Si Xiu to come over and asked what was going on.

After letting others serve the hot pot that he was tossing about, Si Xiu waited for Li Yuanying to summon him, and after hearing the letter from Li Yuanying's room, he followed the visitor very quickly.

When he saw the real person Li Yuanying and was questioned by Li Yuanying, Si Xiu readily admitted that he had learned the cooking method of this pot from an antique soup. After seeing some fresh vegetables from the hot spring village in the kitchen, he wanted to Now that it's cold, I thought about trying some fresh dishes to warm up the lady.

After hearing what Si Xiu said, Li Yuanying also found it pleasing to the ear, so she asked Si Xiu to get up and introduce to her in detail what changes had been made, which opened her eyes.

Si Xiu pointed to the things on the table and introduced them to Li Yuanying one by one.

The first thing to talk about is also the place where Si Xiuxia has the most thoughts. Of course, the amphora with quite different shapes is placed on the table.

Different from pottery and copper pots that people commonly use nowadays, Si Xiu despised them for their bulky appearance and rigid style, so he thought of using iron to make a new one. After this idea, I went out many times, but I just couldn't find a blacksmith shop that could undertake this thing.

At this time, ironware was still a controlled product, and even the iron pots that were once taken for granted were valuable items that could only be bought at a high price of two taels of silver.

Moreover, at this time, the main business of the blacksmith shop was to make weapons and agricultural tools, which were not delicate work, so Si Xiu proposed the method of smashing iron sheets many times to form thin iron sheets, and then forging them into A strange looking pot-shaped utensil, I thought Si Xiu was looking for something to play with.

Forcibly thinning the original thick iron sheet is easy to say, but you know how much attention is put into it. Whether it is the heat or the auxiliary materials to be added in the middle, it is a secret technique of a family. It is already a high-end operation. This kind of craftsmanship has long been entered into the construction department under the Ministry of Industry, and has become a half-official family. How can it be used to open shops on the street?

Fortunately, Si Xiu finally dragged his own master away and found a reliable blacksmith. That person had nothing but a weird temper and poor vision. The apprentice he managed to teach turned to another blacksmith behind his back in a blink of an eye. , The business of my shop was hit hard. Now that I am old, I don't have any enterprising heart, just guarding my shop and my only grandson.

Master Wang was able to establish a relationship with this family because it turned out that when this family had the most difficult life, seeing the old and the young, he couldn't bear it, so he gave them a bite to eat, which was considered a kindness. It wasn't because of this fate, according to the old man's weird temperament, Si Xiu couldn't even get in the door of the shop.

It wasn't until Si Xiu entered the blacksmith's shop with his master's face that he realized why his master was hesitant to speak before.

This shop does not look very spacious, just because there are many iron utensils on both walls, small ones such as household scissors, iron pans, kitchen knives, etc., and large ones such as plows, rakes, etc. Hoes, swords, and guns are all in one place, and although there are many things in the room, they are not cluttered, which shows that the host also pays attention to keeping it clean.