Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 31 Hot Pot
So, on the second day after Song Yun came up with his idea, Mrs. Li brought a pot of soup, chopped cabbage and radish, thin slices of mutton, and hand-made fish balls to the Song family's dinner table.

The boiled mutton slices and the sweet radish and cabbage are dipped in sesame sauce, and then served with coriander and garlic. Even a vegetarian like Shen who doesn't like meat can eat it without looking up.

Mrs. Song also likes to eat, but she is a bit reluctant to eat like this. She only asked Mrs. Li to cook it twice, and she was not allowed to eat any more. She said this to her children:

"Eat mutton all day long, I'm so tired, wait for the colder weather in the twelfth lunar month, and then eat."

However, she didn't praise Song Yun's "invention" to her family. After eating the last hot pot meal, she went to the Wang's house next door.

This Wang family is not the one that Aunt Song married into, nor is there any close relationship. This family has been a headhunter in the yamen for generations. It has some power and some family background. The old lady in the family and the old lady Song can be regarded as a circle. old sisters.

The Wang family also had three meals a day, and the eldest lady of the Wang family was chasing after her youngest son, Zhuzi, to feed him. Seeing Mrs. Song coming to visit at noon, she was a little strange, and she couldn't ask in detail, but she just greeted him:
"Has my aunt eaten? I just stewed a pot of chicken at home, and it hasn't moved yet. Let's eat some together, aunt."

"no, I'm fine"

Mrs. Song pretended to be full,

"Oh, my little granddaughter loves to eat. I came up with a way to eat mutton these days. My family has been eating it for several days, but I can't eat any more meat."

When she said this, the old lady of the Wang family came out with a plate. She was curious when she heard it, and asked along the way:
"Your sister Yun is only five years old, what can she think of?"

Mrs. Song was questioned, and she was a little dissatisfied, and said loudly: "Don't believe it, my girl has already studied with her father. It is said that she saw in the book that southerners eat like this, but what she eats is rabbits. Meat, she thought, mutton would also be delicious, so she asked my servants to try it."

When she said this, the Wang family also became interested, especially the young ones, who looked at her eagerly when they liked to eat, wanting to hear more about how the southerners eat.

The old lady Song was quite proud, and felt that there was nothing to hide in this way of eating, so she poured out:

"This method sounds simple. Boil broth, mutton soup and chicken soup. Then slice the frozen mutton into thin slices, cut some cabbage and radishes, and eat them together."

Mrs. Wang was a little speechless:
"Broth with mutton is delicious no matter how you eat it. Do you still think of your granddaughter?"

Mrs. Song didn't want to be underestimated by the old sisters, so she continued:
"Am I ignorant? If it's just the mutton boiled in broth, I wouldn't bring it up. The important thing is that it should be served with dipping sauce."

The little pillar of the Wang family was stunned when he heard this, and the glutton was hung up, asking repeatedly:
"Grandmother Song, what dipping sauce do you serve with?"

"A paste made from ground sesame seeds, with some coriander and garlic paste."

Mrs. Wang curled her lips when she heard that:

"It's such a precious thing, it's a ghost if it doesn't taste good."

This is true. Sesame was only introduced to the Wei Dynasty a few years ago, and the way to eat it has just been found out, and it is sold more expensive than mutton.As for garlic and parsley, they are not cheap in winter.Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to eat such a meal.

The old lady Song was proud, what she wanted was that others couldn't afford it, but she was full of it, so she added more fire:

"There is no way. The three scholars in my family work from morning to night all day long. If they don't eat something good, their health will be too much. My granddaughter is a filial person, so she came up with such a nourishing method."

Shen knew her own mother-in-law's temperament very well, guessed that she was going to show off to the neighbors, even though she knew that the two old ladies would not really quarrel, she still sent her youngest daughter there.

Song Yun thought that Shen's statement was exaggerated, and when she walked into Wang's house, she happened to hear her grandmother's words, and then confirmed that she was still a daughter-in-law who knew her mother-in-law.

Song Yun walked over, greeted Wang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in a cute manner, and then greeted her little friend Zhuzi.

There are not many children of the same age as Song Yun in this neighborhood. Girls a few years older start learning needlework and cooking, and boys a few years older are either studying or practicing martial arts. Only Song Yun and the youngest son of the Wang family are left. Play together.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang is quite familiar with Song Yun. Seeing her coming, her stern face softened, and she said to Song Yun:

"Sister Yun, are you here to play with Zhuzi?"

Song Yun nodded and added:

"Grandmother said yesterday that she wanted to bring a box of pastries to Grandmother Wang, but she forgot today. My mother asked me to bring it over."

Mrs. Wang took the box from Song Yun's hand, and snorted at Mrs. Song:
"That means you married a good daughter-in-law."

After listening to Mrs. Song's bragging, the Wang family said they were not greedy. It was a lie. It's just that the Wang family has a larger population. Mrs. Wang has three sons, and each has two or three children. The family's money is all in the hands of the old mother. , No one is willing to spend one-third of the money that will go to their own family in the future to let so many people open up to eat mutton.

All the houses thought about it, and Mrs. Wang was used to thrift again, so she didn't mention this matter. Until later, the Wang family finally ate hot pot, but it was accompanied by a very painful experience.

The matter of the Wang family hasn't happened yet, so let's not mention it. At present, the most important thing for the Song family is to prepare food for the winter.

Winter is approaching, and there are far fewer farmers who used to carry burdens to sell vegetables. This means that if you want to eat some vegetables in winter, you have to buy expensive vegetables grown in greenhouses in rich households.

The old lady Song couldn't bear to spend this unjustified money, and asked the men of the Song family to take a day off to pull a cart full of womb cabbage and reeds, which are ancient varieties of Chinese cabbage and radishes.

Chinese cabbage does not need to be processed, it can be frozen or dried, it is easy to eat, and it is not afraid of spoilage.

You can’t do this with radishes, they will become bitter when they are frozen, but people with some family backgrounds can’t eat them like this, they can be dried in the sun, but you can’t eat dried vegetables all winter, they can only be pickled with salt, at least keep some water .

Song Yun is familiar with pickled radishes.It is no longer necessary to consider the season when eating vegetables in modern times. Northerners are still used to storing radishes and cabbage for the winter, pickling them into sauerkraut, or making them into kimchi, fried and stewed with pork, and the taste is not bad.

In her previous life, her grandma made it every winter. Song Yun helped her since she was a child, knowing the steps and seasonings.

It's just that there are several maids and wives in the Song family, so there is no room for Song Yun to use his skills.She wanted to make a kimchi, but there was no chili powder or apples, and sugar was still a luxury seasoning. Putting it on cabbage and radish was a waste of things, so she could only be driven to the Wang family full of complaints, and stayed with the pillars.

(End of this chapter)