Little wealth

The sun sets early in winter, and after noon, the sun in the sky disappears.

The smell of cooking came from the kitchen, but I didn't know what was being fried in the kitchen. The smell was so overbearing that the whole yard wafted this smell.

People outside couldn't help but look towards the kitchen. Once they entered the kitchen, the smell became stronger, and they almost didn't get smothered by the smell.When Zhao Hu saw his husband cooking, his brother stood by and watched, but needless to say, his brother must have taught his husband to fry, "Brother, what are you frying? Why? It smells so good!"

"We're frying hot pot ingredients. Let's eat hot pot tonight." Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, Josh is going to treat the whole family to a hot pot meal.Ever since he got the chili last time, he has been thinking about eating hot pot all the time. If it weren't for the lack of chili, he would have wanted to eat hot pot a long time ago, and he was willing to spend it extravagantly because of today's holiday.

They don’t have ready-made hot pot ingredients for sale here, and if they want to eat hot pot, they have to fry the hot pot ingredients themselves. Fortunately, he has seen others fry them before, and he still remembers the required materials and the general steps to make them, otherwise he will not be sure today You can have an authentic spicy hot pot meal.

Of course, in addition to the spicy pot, he also prepared a clear soup pot. The clear soup pot is boiled bone radish soup, which can be eaten as soup or as a rinse.

"Hot pot?" What is this?Zhao Hu looked at his brother a little puzzled.

"Hot pot is just hot pot. You can eat vegetables while cooking." Josh summed up what hot pot is in simple words. I know, I guarantee that you will not be able to stop eating with chopsticks."

"Yeah, brother, what you cook must be delicious." Zhao Hu didn't doubt this at all. When would they be able to stop their chopsticks from eating his brother's cooking?If it weren't for the fact that his stomach was only that big, he felt he could eat more.

"I didn't make this. Ah Yan helped to fry it. Ah Yan, it's alright, you can just pour the soup in." Seeing that the hot pot ingredients in the pot were cooked, Josh asked Chen Yan to cook them in advance. Pour in the soup, "Wait until it boils and then cook a cup of tea. This one needs to be cooked on the stove when it's ready to eat."

"Okay." Chen Yan is a tool man in charge of holding a shovel, and he will do whatever his brother says.But let’s not talk about it, after this period of time he often went to the kitchen to help cook, he found that cooking is actually not that difficult. What to do next.

Zhao Hu ran into the kitchen to look for a while, and went out when he saw that there was no one to help. When he went out, he brought a pot of croquettes out for the boys outside.

When they were in the kitchen, they heard a group of children cheering outside. Josh couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. It really was a group of children...

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It is more convenient to eat hot pot. After the soup base is boiled, the rest of the dishes do not need to be fried. You only need to prepare the dishes in pots and cook them in the pot when you are eating.

In addition to fresh pork, chicken and mutton, there are also their own homemade sausages and bacon, all of which are ready to be served in a bowl.There is also their homemade smoked fish and grilled prawns. The prawns are marinated and then dried, which can be stored for a long time. It is very good to eat fried or grilled. Usually they often Use this shrimp to stir-fry sauerkraut, and the whole family likes it very much.

In addition to all kinds of meat, there are also various vegetarian dishes such as taro, radish, cabbage and so on. There are relatively few vegetarian dishes in winter.

Fortunately, in addition to the vegetables grown by themselves, their family also bought a lot of vegetables from others outside, filling up a whole cellar, enough for their family to eat until next spring.With surplus grain and silver at home, they are also very confident in this cold winter. They can eat whatever they want every day, three meals a day, and still be able to fill their stomachs.

However, in this winter, apart from Zhao's family, many other families in Sihe Village had a better life than in previous years.

In the past, there was no need to work in the winter, and many families in the village ate one meal a day, but this year, because the man in the family has a job, he can earn money when he goes out to work every day, and he can save money even after a month. There are dozens of coins, and there are hundreds of coins or more. For example, Cao Ping and Liu Changhong have saved several taels of silver in a few months, and Cao Ping's is the most.So when someone at home goes out to work and comes back home with money every day, many of them also eat two meals a day, and the whole family does not have to live through the cold winter on a hungry stomach.

For many people, this winter has been the most relaxing winter they have ever lived.

This year, there are no big pigs in Chen Butcher's family, and no one in his village raises pigs, so this year, we don't see Chen Butcher selling pork at the stall at the entrance of the village.

Moreover, few people in their village raised pigs, and a small piglet cost about a tael of silver.However, because the Zhao family collected chickens in the village a while ago, many people even sold the chickens at home and bought chicks to raise a lot of chickens. However, in the new year, there will be chickens that have just been raised for a few months. They can't even eat meat, and if they want to eat meat, they have to go to town to buy it.

It is also thanks to the fact that the Zhao family invited everyone to dinner on the day of the new year, and gave the group of men a large strip of pork. Many people were reluctant to eat it when they took it home. It happened to be saved for the New Year, and it saved a lot of money to buy meat. money.Such a large piece of meat can be cut into two pieces and eaten for two days even if there are more than a dozen people in the family. If there are only three or five people in the family, it will be no problem to eat it for three to five days.

Therefore, on the day of New Year's Eve, many families in the village cook early, and the smell of meat can be smelled everywhere.

When other people's family started cooking, their family was already preparing dinner.

"Put the charcoal stove on the table, be careful." Josh was instructing people to put the charcoal stove on the table. There were three charcoal stoves on the table, two for cooking hot pot and one for barbecue.Because they don't have anything like a mandarin duck pot here, and he didn't find someone to order it in advance, so he just made do with two stoves and two pots.

Put the stove up, put the hot charcoal in it, put a few more pieces of charcoal on top, and if there is charcoal burning at the bottom, the flame will slowly burn the charcoal on top.

Pots of vegetables were placed on the table, and soon a large table was filled with all kinds of meat and vegetables.There are also bowls of dipping sauces, several flavors, whoever likes to eat for a while can pack it by themselves.

Two wide-mouthed casserole pots were placed on top of the stove, one with clear soup and the other with spicy soup.A thin stone slab was placed on top of the other stove, and Zhao Hu occupied this position. After testing the temperature, he picked up the oil pot and poured oil on it, and said to everyone: "Today I will burn the slate. I’m in charge of barbecue for everyone, just tell me what you want to eat.”

"Then let's have a few skewers of grilled pork belly first." It's been a while since Josh has eaten barbecue, and Josh really misses the taste, especially grilled pork belly. "Let's also have some sausage and bacon."

"Okay, okay, I will definitely meet your request." Zhao Hu picked up the chopsticks and put down the slices of pork belly and sausage bacon.

"Everyone find a place to sit. Sit here, boys, tell us what you want to eat, and we will boil it for you." Josh asked the boys to sit at the side of the clear soup pot, and they were still far away from each other. A few stoves are a little farther away, so as not to burn children who are not sensible.As for their son sitting beside him, he can take care of him nearby.

Everyone gathered around the table and sat down.Zhao Amu saw the raw meat and lettuce on the table, as well as several stoves cooking soup, looked at his daughter-in-law and asked, "Is this what you mean by eating hot pot?"

"Yeah, everyone, drink some soup first, drink the clear soup in this pot, this red soup has chili, after drinking the soup, put the vegetables in it, you can put whatever you like." Josh told everyone The soup is different, the spicy soup can actually be drunk, but he is afraid that it will be too spicy for everyone, so he specially cooks a little more clear soup for everyone to drink.

"Oh." Zhao Amu nodded, half understanding.

"Aqiu Caiyun Caixia and you guys also come over to sit. Today is the Chinese New Year, so we won't pay so much attention." To eat hot pot, you need a stove and a pot. To eat hot pot, you have to prepare a lot of things, and Josh didn't ask anyone else Ready to save too much trouble, when eating, I called the two maids and Ah Qiu to sit down and eat together.

"In that case, thank you, master." Ah Qiu didn't delay, and after thanking them, he sat down in the seat vacated for them.Seeing this, Caiyun and Caixia thanked Aqiu and sat down next to him.

"Yes yes yes, let's eat together, it's lively." Butcher Chen just looked up and saw the little brother sitting opposite him. He didn't expect the two people to sit so well, they happened to sit facing each other.The little brother rejected his marriage proposal last time, but after going back and thinking about it, he felt that what he did was a bit wrong, and he had to ask other people's little brother for permission before he could find someone to go Said matchmaker is not it?

So after a few days of introspection, he began to change his strategy, and decided to take a step-by-step approach first. First, he must make this little brother like him, and then he will find someone to talk about kissing. Why don't you go home with him?

When seeing the little brother looking towards him, Chen Tuhu gave the little brother a bright little face.

"..." Seeing the person across from him smiling at him, Ah Qiu lowered his head, avoiding that gaze, and could only curse a fool in his heart.In fact, that big fool didn't make people feel too annoying?

Caixia, who happened to be sitting next to Ah Qiu, noticed that the little brother next to him was flirting with the man across from him, and said that he was not interested in others?Look at this all blush.

In the end, there was still a vacant seat. Zhao Amu didn't see the eldest son, so she asked, "Where's the eldest?"

"Oh, I'm going to feed the dog at the back, and it will come later. Let's eat first, don't wait for him." Josh turned his head and glanced at the seat next to him, which was still vacant. Their Master Zhao went out to feed the dog and hadn't come back yet. , I know that they will eat this meal for a long time today, otherwise it will be dark after they finish eating before feeding the dogs.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's just wait until everyone is ready to eat." Before Zhao Amu could speak, Chen Tuhu said first.No one else moved their chopsticks first.If everyone was embarrassed to move their chopsticks, Josh smiled helplessly, but didn't try to persuade everyone any more, and just waited with everyone.

Dabai, Ahuang, and the three puppies in the backyard came back today, and Baozi, who was taken to the Chen family, also came back. The family of five came back together.

The white wolf also recognized this puppy that was taken away by others, and Baozi also remembered that his father and mother had two brothers, and as soon as he came back, he ran to catch the two brothers and circled around A Niang.The white wolf licked the furry child's head with his tongue, and accepted the child's return.

When Zhao He went to the backyard with his meal, he saw that all five dogs were here. Now that he was familiar with the white wolf, he was not worried that the white wolf would attack him.

He poured a large basin full of food in his hand into two different basins, and several puppies ran to his side, reached out and touched the brain of one of the little hairballs, and looked at the two big dogs. At a glance, "It's Chinese New Year today, let's eat too." The dog's meal is also very rich today. There is bone soup and meat in a big pot of rice. Two dogs used to eat a lot of food, but now five dogs The dogs ate half as much as before.

After pouring the food into the dog bowl, Zhao He went to the front yard.

Ah Huang and the three puppies sent their master to the front yard, and Dabai waited at the small gate in the back yard. After Da Huang and the three puppies came back, he and Da Huang led the three puppies to dinner.

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The color of the pork belly and sausage bacon on the slate has changed, the thin pork belly is slightly rolled up, the sausage and bacon are a little transparent after they are cooked, and then brushed with a layer of barbecue sauce, a little salt, and a handful of sesame seeds, a whole The barbecue on the slate is cooked.

It smells so good and I want to eat it!Why hasn't their master Zhao come back... Josh was drooling as he stared at the barbecue on the slate, and just when he couldn't help moving his chopsticks, their master Zhao finally came back, his eyes lit up immediately , hurriedly shouted: "Come on, come on, it's time to eat."

"Just wait for me, right?" Zhao He noticed that his husband's eyes lit up the moment he saw him come back, so he knew that his husband had been waiting for him for a long time.Seeing that everyone was there, he waited for him, took a few strides to the seat reserved for him, and sat down. Seeing that there was already a good soup in the bowl, he said to everyone: "Everyone eat, everyone eat."

"Okay, everyone, let's eat."

Chen Tuhu and Zhao A'mu took up the bowls to drink the soup, and the rest of the people followed suit.