Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 257 Preparing for the New Year
Although I didn't bring any servants with me when I came to the capital, Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Song had to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner by themselves, logically speaking, it is normal to keep everything simple.

But after all, it is celebrating the New Year in the capital, the farther away from home, the more I want to celebrate the New Year in a lively manner, and sacrifice in a lively manner, so as to tell the ancestors that everything is fine with them.

So, except for Song Nian and Wang Qi who set out every morning and came back at night, everyone else started to move.

Especially the three young gentlemen, they are simply the best candidates to run errands. Even Wang Shao, who is used to being a hands-off shopkeeper at home, is accused of making troubles, not to mention cleaning the house by himself, even chopping firewood.

Mrs. Song buried her face in her furry neckline, holding a hand warmer in both hands, while asking Wang Shao to split the firewood evenly so that it would be easier to light the fire, while she did not forget to reason:
"I just said, my sister spoiled the child too much. What can't be done for such a young man? When your cousin was a teenager, he could cook and wash by himself.

And lo and behold, it works.He used the stove to cook meat porridge several times in his final exams, which was so delicious that those who gnawed on dry pancakes were envious.

When Uncle Li went to pick up people at the gate of the examination institute, everyone else was unkempt and skinny, but your cousin, who was refreshing, ate hot food.

Brother Shao, don't feel that your aunt and grandma are ordering you. It's all about training you. When you take the scientific examination, you will know the benefits.

Hey, it's chopping crookedly, look at the thick piece of wood on the left, it's not easy to burn at that time, so it's aligned and then repaired. "

Song Yun is now soaking in the kitchen most of the time. On the one hand, the kitchen needs to boil water and cook rice. It is steaming hot, and it is very comfortable to stay in.

On the other hand, she took over the task of arranging lunch for the whole family, including Song Nian and Wang Qi who needed to bring boxed lunches to self-study every day.

Because of Song Yun's height, she could finally cook with a spatula calmly without stepping on a stool, and Shen Shi relaxed and allowed her to do it herself.

Song Yun regularly reported the list of ingredients needed the night before, and the next day Huber rushed to the morning market to buy them for her and cut them up as required.

Then Song Yun can finish the preparation before the two candidates leave, and put them in food boxes to take away.

Therefore, when Mrs. Song was pulling the banner to fool Wang Shao, Song Yun was also there.

She was drinking saliva over a pot of mutton soup, watching her cousin sweating on his forehead in the cold weather, afraid that when she got home, her aunt would call at her door with the excuse of abusing her grandson, so she hurriedly interrupted her grandmother's conversation speech:

"The mutton soup is ready. My mother and elder brother and second brother probably won't come back in a while. Let's have a bowl and taste it first, how about it?"

Mrs. Song stopped talking, sniffed the strong fragrance floating in the air, and nodded:

"Okay, let's drink first. Your mother's family probably also ate outside."

This guess is absolutely correct, Shen and the two sons listened to the yelling from the roadside, such as:
"Shaomai, the freshly steamed mutton siu mai is hot, it's so cold, why don't you go shopping after eating caged siu mai? Save yourself from the cold."

The mother and son looked at each other, thought about the family members who were waiting for them to go back, and decided to sit down at a clean table with a sense of guilt, and ordered two cages of siu mai and three bowls of hot soup.

Beside them, there are tightly wrapped dried seafood, not in large quantity, but very valuable.

When Shen sipped the soup, she never forgot to look with one eye, for fear that someone would steal her wrong eye, and she would be scolded by her mother-in-law slapping her thigh and crying.

That's right, Mrs. Shen took the two young men to buy new year's goods.

After all, it is the capital, where goods from all directions gather, those that fly in the sky, those that swim in the holes hidden in the ground, and even edible dried insects can be bought.

And as the caravans continue to bring goods to earn the last sum of money a year ago, new goods will be placed on the shelves every day.

So the mother and son formed the habit of going for a walk every now and then.

Song Ce's heart was wandering, and he didn't need Shen to call him, so he woke up his younger brother early, and then took the initiative to ask Shen to buy new year's goods.

As an unlucky person who has recovered from a cold for less than 21 days and still needs to be quarantined at home, Song Yun watched the two brothers go out to play in a cold voice, and finally filed a complaint:

"Mother, have the brothers been a little slack recently? I think they haven't sat down and read seriously for a long time."

Although Song Yun is still playing a rogue now, not studying, and waiting for her father to be admitted to Jinshi to take her to the ascension, but she still can't understand Song Ce and Song Zhen going out to play.

Generally speaking, this kind of painstaking complaint for the sake of learning is often accurate, but it is a pity that Song Yun was disappointed this time.

Because Mrs. Song and Mrs. Shen both chose to turn a blind eye, thinking that the children rarely come to the capital, so a little rest is fine.

Song Yun could only give up resentfully, and continued to watch them go out to roam.

Because of this envy, jealousy and hatred, Song Yun didn't think there was any problem in drinking soup behind their backs. He greeted Wang Shao's second cousin, and the three of them drank five bowls in total, and they didn't finish until they were full. .

While relishing the smell of mutton, Mrs. Song rolled up her sleeves and asked Song Yun:
"What meal did you bring for your father and second uncle? It's also lamb soup?"

"How is that possible? When they left, the soup wasn't cooked yet. But I didn't treat them badly. Huber cut two catties of mutton slices this morning, and washed a cabbage and a radish. I also frozen the broth I made earlier. Packed them two pieces.

When they go there, they can cook hot pot directly, ensuring that other people will be too fragrant to eat dry food. "

The fragrance is really fragrant, but also a bit embarrassing.

Song Nian and Wang Qi arrived at noon, and the two brothers got together to lift the lid of the food box to eat, and saw raw mutton and lettuce.

They also eat hot pot in winter, but cooking hot pot carelessly in the dormitory is a test of a person's thickness. Although it is a small cubicle for each person, the fragrance will not be blocked by the curtain.

In the end, appetite defeated the psychology of saving face. The main reason is that other people have started to eat. Some of them are asked to run errands to the nearby farms to order specially-made farm dishes, and some are taken from their own. It doesn't seem to have a strong hot pot flavor.

Therefore, the two cousins ​​carefully pulled the curtain tightly, and then began to cook the hot pot, first put the radish, this must be cooked thoroughly, then the mutton, and finally the cabbage.

The fresh mutton is frozen until it is [-]% to [-]% hard, and it is freshly cut. It is served with chili oil made from recently harvested chili peppers. There is still a version without chili seeds. Although the spiciness is a little bit worse, it is the only one.

With the sesame sauce dish, the two brothers were sweating from eating without raising their heads, so naturally they didn't pay attention to the movement outside.

(End of this chapter)