70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 361 Hot Pot

"How can I tell you about the disappearance? Based on the experience of the past years, the possibility of the troops agreeing is very small, and we have no hope. Who knew that this year they suddenly agreed. Before that, the houses over there were reserved for the special forces. Yes, you can’t change it even if you want to. Even if I told you in advance, you managed to change over there, then when the news comes out, you will not be criticized by others, maybe someone will guess whether you left The back door has been activated earlier, this is no small matter." Xie Xiaonian explained.

"That's right, there wasn't any news about this matter in the compound before. It should be kept secret. Didn't Mrs. Qin know without reading the book? If you are not selected, you can come to my house and Xiao Nian's house in the future? Anyway, you are now I hardly stay at home every day during the day!" Zhang Chunping also said.

"Okay, then when it's cold in winter, I have a legitimate reason to stay at Xiao Nian's house often." Chen Xiuhong smiled and said.

Chen Xiuhong originally just complained casually, and didn't really complain about Xiao Nian. To her, burning kang and coal are the same.

"It's as if you didn't have a valid reason to go to my house before, so I won't let you in." Xie Xiaonian complained.

"No, no, Xiao Nian, you are the best!" Chen Xiuhong held Xiao Nian's arm and said coquettishly, not caring how much older she was than Xie Xiaonian at all.

Before going to sleep at night, Xie Xiaonian said to Xu Zhongjun: "Zhongjun, after the kang is finished, let's dig a cellar in the yard, so that there will be a place to put radishes, cabbage and potatoes, and we don't have to pile them up like last year." In the house, not only does it take up space, but it is also easy to freeze and dry out.”

"Okay, I'll dig when I'm done with this work, so I won't delay harvesting the radishes and cabbage!" Xu Zhongjun replied straightforwardly.

"We don't have too many things in our house. Most of the time, the cellar is just for show, just dig a small one." There is space, and the extra things can be stored in the space.

"Well, okay, it's just that the weather is getting colder now, and it's time to grow vegetables on the balcony. After I dig the cellar, I will make some wooden pots for growing vegetables. Last year's ones can't be used anymore." Xu Zhongjun nodded and said.

"That's right, I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me! There is a kang at home this year, so the vegetables will definitely grow better than last year!" Xie Xiaonian said happily.

The next morning, Xu Zhongjun came back from exercising early in the morning, ate some breakfast casually, and said to Xie Xiaonian who hadn't woken up yet: "Daughter-in-law, the rice is warming in the pot, you can eat it after getting up later, I'll get the soil first .”

"So early?" Xie Xiaonian said in a daze seeing that it was still dark outside.

"The open space outside the courtyard is full of rocks, so it's not easy to dig. If you don't go there sooner, it may not be enough for the whole morning. I'll go first!"

"Then you should wear thicker clothes and put on your gloves, it's still cold outside!" Xie Xiaonian also woke up at this time, and instructed aloud.

"Well, don't worry, I'm leaving!" Xu Zhongjun kissed Xiao Nian as usual, and went out with the shovel.

With such a disturbance, Xie Xiaonian didn't feel sleepy any more. After getting up and having breakfast, she started to tidy up the kitchen and dining table, and cleaned up the place where the stove and kang were going to be built.

After Xu Zhongjun and the others had been busy all morning, they pulled the soil outside the fenced yards of each house, had a quick lunch, and then started to pull bricks and stone slabs from each house. Never been idle.

And Xie Xiaonian went to Zhang Chunping's house after taking the children to take a nap.

"It's enough to trouble you by asking you to help fry the hot pot ingredients, what are you doing with things!" Zhang Chunping looked at the things Xie Xiaonian was carrying, and said displeasedly.

"It's all useful. You need to use broth to cook hot pot soup. These two bones are just used to cook soup. The rest are some spices needed for hot pot. I think your family may not have it, so I brought them all, if I take these things back, I won't be able to eat the hot pot today!" Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"Well, I really don't have these things at home!" Zhang Chunping has never seen hot pot before, so how would he know that it needs to cook broth and so many spices!

"Apple, Pancake, go play with Xiang Hong and the others, mom is cooking!" Xie Xiaonian said to Heping and the others.

"What about my sister?" Pancake asked worriedly.

"Just put the green onion on the red bed, I'll let Xiaobai watch, you guys just have fun, don't run around, don't play with scissors, switches and other dangerous things!" Xie Xiaonian instructed.

"Yeah, I know mom, I'm going to play!" After talking about pancakes, Heping and Xianghong went to play on the sofa on the other side.

"Xiao Nian, what do I need to do?" After putting the sleeping chopped green onion into the room and reaching the kitchen, Zhang Chunping said in a circle.

"There's not much to do, I can do it myself. If you're okay, you can follow me to learn how to make hot pot bottoms later, and when you have time later, you can cook and eat by yourself!" Xie Xiaonian said.

"Okay, when the time comes, I will make more ingredients at a time, and it will be frozen in winter. When I don't want to cook, I can just wash and order dishes, and then I can cook hot pot!" Zhang Chunping said happily.

"Pour the rapeseed oil into the pan first, then soak the spices such as dried chili, pepper, fennel, tangerine peel, bay leaves, etc. !" Xie Xiaonian explained while operating.

"I'll make big bone soup!" Zhang Chunping said positively.

"Okay, but just put a little less salt, onion and ginger in the pot, and don't put anything else!" Xie Xiaonian instructed from the side.

After a while, Xie Xiaonian put the ginger and garlic into the soaked oil and boiled it over low heat.

"At this time, pay attention to use a low fire, and slowly boil out the fragrance of spices, the hotness of chili pepper, and the numbness of peppercorns, so that it can't be boiled!" Xie Xiaonian explained seriously.

"Don't put the bean paste and rock sugar together?" Zhang Chunping asked looking at the leftovers.

"Let's put these two in a while!"

In this way, while doing and teaching, in less than 20 minutes, the two of them prepared the hot pot base with chili. When the bone broth is ready, add it directly, and cook for a while, the spicy taste The hot pot soup is ready.

Zhang Chunping thinks that she has almost learned it, so she directly operates the non-spicy ones by herself.

Zhang Chunping has a solid foundation in cooking, and with Xie Xiaonian's guidance, she can be considered to be able to cook in style.

As soon as the two of them were done, Wu Shuqin and others came to Zhang Chunping's house with their things.

"Oh my god, this is too delicious, I want to eat it now!" Chen Xiuhong sniffed as soon as she entered the door.

"That's right, it smells so good, we've smelled it from afar!" Wu Shuqin also echoed.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who made it!" Xie Xiaonian said proudly.

"Why did you all bring your things here? There are all kinds of food at home!" Zhang Chunping blamed again, looking at the things they were carrying.

"Didn't Xiao Nian say that any dish in the hot pot can be boiled? What we bring are all things that you don't have at home, so it can be regarded as an addition!" The wife of the head of the group raised the basket in her hand and smiled. said.

"That's right, why don't you bring anything when you come to dinner! Since we're all here, let's start washing and chopping vegetables, prepare them early, and we can serve dinner at any time!" Wu Shuqin continued.

"Okay, you guys wash the vegetables, I'll make some noodles, that big group of men can't get enough just by eating vegetables!" Zhang Chunping said clearly.

Among these few people, only Xiao Nian and Mrs. Zhao's wife had eaten hot pot, so the two obviously became the leaders in the kitchen, directing everyone how to handle various ingredients.

"Dad, there's a lot of mud on you!"

"Dad, why are you so dirty!"

When a few people hear the voice in the living room in the kitchen, they will know that it is the people on the kang!

"Are you guys pretty fast? You finished one so quickly!" Wu Shuqin said with a smile as he looked at the person coming.

"That's not true. Although I haven't done it for so many years, I haven't forgotten my craftsmanship!" He Shulin said with a smile.

"It just so happens that dinner is almost ready. I'll move the things into the living room and cover them up, so you can start cooking!"

It was also a hindrance for a few people to stay in the kitchen, so they quickly made room.

Xie Xiaonian's home and this place were carried out at the same time, after moving the food from the kitchen to the living room, Xie Xiaonian brought the pancakes home first, because others didn't have to work hard to cook the kang for his house, but there was no one to pour water at home.

When Xie Xiaonian got home, he saw that Xu Zhongjun, Commander Zhao and Zhang Fengyu had already started.

The kang is still very easy to make. You only need to use bricks to build the wall between the kang, cover it with a flat stone slab, and then touch the mud on the stone slab. After the mud is dry, you can spread the kang mat and use it.

Several people have already made one just now, and even Head Zhao has become a lot proficient in making it. In less than 2 hours, Xie Xiaonian's kang and stove were made.

Now that it is cold, it is obviously impossible to wait for the stove and the kang to dry naturally, so after the construction is completed, Xie Xiaonian first got a briquette and put it in the stove to speed up the drying. Jun went to Zhang Chunping's house for dinner.

Zhang Chunping originally planned to let everyone eat in the kitchen, but Xinlei's stove must be used with extra care, and there are so many children in the house, so Xu Zhongjun had to ask Xu Zhongjun to take the coal in the house for fear that the bricks on it would loosen and hit the children. The stove was moved over, and everyone was cooking hot pot together in the living room.

"Xiuhong, you can't eat spicy food, why have you been eating spicy food today!" Even if Xie Xiaonian was afraid that everyone would not get used to it, the spicy pot was not too spicy, but it was not something Chen Xiuhong could eat, could it? Does she have it?Xie Xiaonian doubted.

"That's right, Xiao Nian didn't tell me that I didn't notice it. Usually she doesn't even like green peppers as spicy!" Wu Shuqin also said suspiciously. After speaking, she looked at Chen Xiuhong's belly with experience and agreed with Xie Xiaonian's thoughts. Unanimous agreement.

(End of this chapter)