Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

After copying the hot pot base ingredients, there is no need for fire in the stove.

Jiang Chen put the burning briquettes into the stove, and the temperature in the room quickly rose.

Luo Xue and Liu Yue both took off their heavy coats to make it easier to work.

All of a sudden, the kitchen was full of birds and butterflies, and it was very eye-catching just to look at them.

There were several women in the kitchen, but Jiang Chen was free.

Apart from occasionally talking about how to prepare certain dishes, there is almost no chance to do it.

He Yuyu said to Liu Yue: "Sister-in-law, I have prepared the ingredients for the spicy beef. Pass me the coriander and I will wash it."

Liu Yue nodded and handed the coriander she just selected to He Yuyu.

Luo Xue asked: "He Yuyu, who did you call sister-in-law?"

During the time when He Yuzhu was cooking in the steel rolling mill, the two of them met and knew that he was He Yuzhu's sister.

But she and Liu Yue were the only outsiders here. Who was He Yuyu calling his sister-in-law?

He Yuyu pointed at Liu Yue: "She!"

Luo Xue couldn't believe it: "She and your brother?"

No, it's impossible, right?

Didn't Liu Yue confess her love to Jiang Chen in public? Why did she become He Yuyu's sister-in-law again?

He Yuyu said: "Don't think blindly, my brother is not worthy of me! My name is Brother Jiang Chenchen, and I have always called her sister-in-law."

Luo Xue felt that her heartbeat had slowed down by half a beat: "Huh?"

"Always, have you known each other for a long time?"

After figuring out the reason, the jealousy jar has been completely overturned.

He Yuyu nodded: "Sister-in-law has been here many times and has eaten the food I cooked."

Luo Xue's heart just kept falling.

I couldn't believe it, I didn't want to believe it, but I seemed to have to believe it.

E Jiangchen, who was smoking outside, saw Lei Jie coming in with a big jar in his arms and asked, "What did you get?"

Lei Jie said: "My father has collected the wine for many years. It is said that it was originally gifted to my great-grandfather by the palace. I thought about leaving it alone, it is better to drink it."

"Oh, palace jade liquor?" Jiang Chen subconsciously thought of one hundred and eighty cups.

This big jar of wine may weigh ten kilograms.

Lei Jie was stunned: "Is this wine called by this name?"

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "I'm just saying it casually. This old guy, Malotov, is in a good mood today!"

"Who, who is talking about me?" A very loud voice sounded outside the house.

It was Malotov who had arrived.

Although he could only understand a limited number of flower language sentences, he could still recognize his own name.

Jiang Chen laughed: "Look, say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be here."

Jiang Chen got up and went to the outer room, saying in Russian: "Finally you are here, everyone is waiting for you to arrive and start!"

"Well, why are you here alone, where is Yankovsky?"

Malotov said: "He has no interest in this kind of private banquet, and he can't eat spicy food."

"Dear Comrade Jiang Chen, I wanted to come a long time ago, but I didn't know when your dinner party usually starts, so I came a little late. Please forgive me."

Jiang Chen said: "It doesn't matter! Let's go to the kitchen and start!"

Malotov nodded: "It's really warm in your house."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "No, the decoration cost a lot of money."

Entering the kitchen, Malotov looked at the room full of Yingying Yanyan and was stunned: "Mr. Jiang Chen is so lucky."

Then he took something out of his coat pocket like a magic trick.

A bottle of Maotai, two packs of White Rabbit, two packs of Huazi, and a box of mung bean cake.

Jiang Chen was a little dumbfounded: "What are you doing?"

Malotov chuckled: "I bought some on the way. The wine was given to me by someone before. Let's drink it tonight."

Jiang Chen was too lazy to be polite to him: "We are not drinking Maotai tonight. I have better wine here."

Malotov's eyes widened: "Is there any better wine than Maotai?"

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Of course, this wine was drunk by the emperor of our country in the past. It has been stored for decades, and it smells good."

"You are in luck!"

If he were an ordinary person, Jiang Chen would be reluctant to entertain him with such good wine.

But Malotov's trip to the No. 3 Steel Plant this time was busy with repairs, overhauls, and improvements. It really helped a lot.

Jiang Chen would naturally not be stingy when others showed friendship.

When he got to the kitchen, Jiang Chen once again added some briquettes that had been boiled in the stove, then took out a flat-bottomed cooking pot and placed it on the stove.

Pour in water and add the hot pot base ingredients you just fried.

Then add onions, ginger, garlic, a small amount of dried sea pepper and dried Sichuan peppercorns, and wait until it boils before serving.

While waiting for it to boil, Jiang Chen took Liu Yue to get everyone dipping water.

Add onion, ginger, garlic, some chili, salt, and some burned soybean oil, and it's done.

Jiang Chen did not prepare sesame sauce. Since he was eating Sichuan hot pot, the dipping water was also prepared according to Sichuan standards.

Everyone took the prepared dipping water and gathered around the pot to wait for it to be eaten.

The chili peppers boiling in the pot that week made me feel a little scared.

In fact, Jiang Chen was merciful and used chili peppers bought on the street, which were not too spicy.

If it’s not spicy at all, then why eat hot pot? Why not just make it a soup pot?

Even in later generations, people who eat hot pot or order Yuanyang pot bottoms in Sichuan area will be looked down upon.

If he puts in some of the sea pepper noodles he brought from home, he estimates that there won't be enough food for more than three people in this house.

Two of them were him and Malotov.

Only Luo Xue felt mixed emotions in her heart when she saw Jiang Chen so close yet so far away.

Jiang Chen went to bring the wine jar over again. Lei Jie quickly reached out to take it, opened the mud seal, and poured wine for everyone.

Jiang Chen said: "We are not urging you to drink today. Everyone can drink as much as they want."

"But this wine is good. If you miss it, you won't have it. I suggest everyone drink it appropriately and don't get drunk."

As soon as the wine jar was opened, a strong aroma of wine wafted out.

Lei Jie looked inside: "It has been there for too long, and the full jar of wine is now only half full."

Lei Jie was very careful, for fear of wasting a bit.

The thick transparent wine flowed out from the mouth of the pool and entered the quilt.

Just looking at it is wonderful.

This kind of wine tastes particularly good, but it also has great staying power.

After pouring the wine, Jiang Chen raised his glass: "The pot hasn't boiled yet, let's go first. No matter where we are in the future, I hope our friendship will last forever."

"Everyone is welcome, just express your feelings, you don't have to do anything."

Everyone raised their glasses and took a sip.

Everyone doesn't know much about wine, and they don't have much experience with it. It's a bit like chewing peonies.

Malotov, on the other hand, took a sip of wine and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Good wine!"

"It's really good wine!"

After saying that, he took another big sip.

Jiang Chen also took a sip, and it was indeed delicious.