Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Beihai Park.

Surrounded by green trees and red walls, the scenery is pleasant.

On a lawn by the lake, Xiang Yunduan and Tao Xiaoye sat on the ground, with a copper boiler with smoke curling in front of them.

"Put all these in?"

Tao Xiao also opened a lunch box and saw some pot ingredients inside.

"Of course, Comrade Xiaoye, you haven't cooked at home, have you?" Xiang Yunduan looked at Tao Xiaoye's very hesitant look and couldn't help but joked.

"I...my mother cooks for our family!" Tao Xiaoye said, sticking out his tongue in embarrassment.

"It's okay, just put it inside boldly!" Xiang Yunduan began to instruct Tao Xiaoye to operate without doing it himself.

As for the picnic, of course Tao Xiaoye has to do it himself, and the sense of participation can also bring people a satisfying mood.

Especially for someone like Tao Xiaoye who has never cooked before, if he can cook raw food with his own hands, it will be a special sense of accomplishment. This feeling can not be said to be better than eating a big meal. To make people happy.

It just so happens that eating hot pot doesn't require any exquisite cooking skills. You just need to keep adding vegetables to it. It is very simple and very suitable for novices like Tao Xiaoye.

Seeing Xiang Yunduan's encouraging look, Tao Xiaoye was immediately reassured and poured the pot ingredients in his hand directly into the pot.

In fact, there is nothing special, just the common ingredients for a clear soup pot, just green onions, ginger, mushrooms, red dates, and wolfberries. In addition, there is Xiang Yunduan's unique secret ingredient-five or six pieces of green tea leaves.

"First put the lid on the pot, wait for the water to boil, and then adjust the mixing bowl. You know how to do this, right?" Xiang Yunduan said.

"Of course, sesame sauce, chive flowers, fermented bean curd, and chili oil, that's how I mixed it when I ate hotpot mutton in Donglaishun!" Tao Xiaoye said.

"Then go ahead and adjust one for me." Xiang Yunduan said very happily while admiring Tao Xiaoye's pretty face.

Beautiful and delicious!

Food is in front of you, and beauty is in front of you. How can anyone control this?

When Tao Xiaoye adjusted the mixing bowl, the water in the pot had completely boiled.

"Here, rinse the meat first, then rinse the meat broth and then rinse the vegetables. It will taste even better!" Xiang Yunduan took out another lunch box from the box, which contained a box full of cut meat, half beef and half mutton, very fresh .

He had prepared these ingredients in advance and put them in the space. He had only taken them out and put them in the box when he returned to the courtyard, so the meat was still very fresh.

"Hmm~ It smells so good. Xiao Yeqi's craftsmanship is so good!"

The meat slices are cut very thin, so you can eat them after rinsing them for a while.

Xiang Yunduan wrapped the meat rolls in the sauce and put it in his mouth. Not to mention, it was really delicious, not much worse than those shabu-shabu restaurants outside.

"Ah, you, what does this have to do with my craftsmanship? Aren't you the one who prepared it all?" Tao Xiaoye blushed slightly after being praised by Xiang Yunduan.

"How can you say this? What's the most important thing about eating shabu-shabu meat? It's this bowl. Xiaoye, the bowl you prepared is so good. It's not only used for shabu-shabu meat, it's also used for shabu-shabu insoles. It's also delicious. Ah!" Xiang Yun said openly.

"Ah, what are you talking about? You are eating, what are you talking about insoles? Really!" Tao Xiaoye said in disgust.

"Haha, a slip of the tongue, that's what it meant!" Xiang Yunduan laughed.

Seeing what Xiang Yunduan said, Tao Xiaoye took a chopstick of meat, rinsed it, and tasted it.

Sure enough, after taking this bite, Tao Xiaoye's eyes narrowed. He didn't know if it was because he did it himself. Anyway, Tao Xiao felt that this was more delicious than any of the shabu-shabu he had eaten before.

Soon, the box of meat was gone as the two devoured it.

Tao Xiaoye obviously didn't enjoy it to the fullest. He smacked his lips, feeling a little unfinished.

Fortunately, Xiang Yunduan was very well prepared. In addition to beef and mutton, there were other ingredients.

Next, the two ate chicken sausage, duck rolls, fish balls, coriander pork balls, tofu, short crispy pork, etc., as well as various seasonal vegetables.

"Hiccup~"

After getting angry, Tao Xiao also put down the bowl and chopsticks when he saw that there was nothing left in the pot, stretched, and accidentally burped. It was obvious that he had enjoyed his meal.

"Are you full?" Xiang Yunduan asked.

"I'm full. It's so delicious. This is the most delicious meal I've ever had!" Tao Xiaoye said.

"That's enough. Look, there are dumplings I made in this box!" Xiang Yunduan opened the last box, and there were indeed small and exquisite dumplings inside.

The dumplings are so small that even Tao Xiaoye's small mouth can fit one in one bite.

"Then... let's try cooking some more dumplings? I feel like I can eat some more!" Tao Xiaoye's eyes lit up when he saw the dumplings.

Although I already feel full, it tastes so delicious that I still want to eat it.

"If you can eat well, try to eliminate all the things you brought!"

Xiang Yunduan handed the dumplings to Tao Xiaoye and said, "You cook it first, I'll be back soon."

Tao Xiao also thought that Xiang Yunduan had gone to the toilet, so he nodded without saying anything and put the dumplings into the pot one by one.

"Oh, I didn't ask how long it would take to cook!"

Tao Xiaoye looked at Xiang Yunduan's walking figure and suddenly realized that he didn't know how to consider a dumpling to be cooked.

Fortunately, Xiang Yunduan didn't keep her waiting long and returned soon.

"Go, go, go to the lake and wash your hands!" Tao Xiaoye said with a frown when he saw Xiang Yunduan sitting down.

"Why wash your hands?" Xiang Yunduan asked in confusion.

"You didn't wash your hands after going to the toilet and then came back to eat!" Tao Xiaoye said.

"How is that possible! No, I didn't go to the toilet!" Xiang Yunduan said.

"Then what did you do?" Tao Xiaoye asked curiously.

"You can't say this, you'll find out later!" Xiang Yunduan had a mysterious smile on his face.

Tao Xiaoye was quite looking forward to Xiang Yunduan's character of making little mysteries and surprises, so he didn't ask further questions.

Next, the two of them destroyed the dumplings, put everything away, and then sat comfortably by the lake and started chatting.

What the two of them didn't know was that their picnic here just now was seen by many people.

There were a lot of people out and about today, and there were quite a few people coming to the park to rest, including many college students.

After the college students saw the two of them having a picnic, they also imitated their example.

Later, every weekend, some college students came to the park in groups to have picnics. Gradually, not only the college students, but also people from the middle class of society also had picnics from time to time.

The lawn in Beihai Park has become almost the best picnic spot in the city.

Of course, this kind of petty bourgeoisie behavior disappeared after six or six years.

"Xiaoye, let me do a trick for you!"

By the lake, Xiang Yunduan and Tao Xiaoye were still a little apart from each other at first, but as they chatted, their bodies got closer to each other.