The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

What goes best with winter?

Hotpot and beer.

But there is no beer, but there is plenty of white wine and yellow wine.

Hotpot is not something invented in later generations. If you really trace it back, it can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and there are even five-grid hotpots, which are very particular.

Bronze ware that has been handed down from the Han Dynasty is specially used for cooking hotpot, and there are even heatable seasoning plates, with plates at the bottom, stoves in the middle, and ear cups on top for holding seasonings.

Our ancestors also knew how to eat. Over thousands of years, the great waves have washed away the sand, and what remains are the essence of food.

But modern people are different. They want to know whether everything is delicious or not, and even for the sake of curiosity, they specifically eat some things that are not allowed to be eaten and are not liked by normal people.

Whether this can be eaten or not, the food culture that has been passed down for thousands of years has already told you, and our ancestors have already screened it.

Why don't you believe in the strict selection of our ancestors?

Not only hot pot, but also barbecue has been around for a long time, which is similar to that of later generations, with meat skewered on skewers.

The copper utensils used for cooking hot pot in the Han Dynasty were even more exquisite than the big pots and mandarin duck pots of later generations.

Today, Li Fu asked the kitchen to prepare a copper hot pot.

It was specially made by craftsmen.

After the hot pot was served, Xiao Tao went to open a window for ventilation.

After all, this thing also burns charcoal inside. If it is not ventilated, you will have to lie on the board the next day after eating it the first day.

Then came the mutton slices and pork slices that were cut into slices, all rolled up with oil paper, tied with straw ropes, and frozen outside.

When it was time to eat, the cook in the kitchen would take it out of the water tank outside and then cut it into thin slices.

In order to eat more flavor, even the knife for cutting meat was specially made by a craftsman. The distance between the blades can also be adjusted. After the knife is sharpened, it is installed, which saves a lot of effort when cutting frozen meat.

Looking at the meat rolls on the plate, the three people gathered there to study.

"This chef's knife skills are really amazing. The meat slices are cut so thinly, and each slice is very even." Fang Xuanling said.

"Yes, where did the prince find such an excellent chef?" Zhangsun Wuji smiled and said, "Good knife skills."

Li Shimin didn't say anything, but his eyes looked at Li Fu.

"This is frozen meat." Li Fu smiled and said, "No matter how good the knife skills are, it's hard to cut it. This is a tool made separately. The principle is the same as a guillotine."

"In your kitchen, even the knives are studied by yourself?" Li Shimin asked.

"I have studied a lot of things myself, all for saving time and effort. If it can be solved with tools, why spend so much effort." Li Fu said.

Speaking of tools, something suddenly flashed through his mind, just like the white line in the head of the Death God Elementary School Student.

It was just that the Death God Elementary School Student caught it at once, and he missed it and didn't catch it.

However, he didn't think about it too much.

The harder he tried to think, the less he could think of anything, so he might as well let it go.

It's just like talking to someone, and forgetting what he was going to say while talking, and then remembering it later when he stopped thinking about it.

The people in the kitchen brought trays, pork, mutton, and vegetables, all to the table, and sent two jars of wine.

The last thing served was the dipping sauce.

This was not the first time Li Fu had hot pot at home. The cook would pay attention to the food he had eaten once, and write it down, so that the kitchen could make it the next time the host wanted to eat it.

Li Fu distributed the jars of wine to them.

"Let's sit together, chat, eat, and drink. We won't let the servants serve us. If there is anything, we can do it ourselves. Just treat it as our own home. Don't be polite. Pour the wine yourself."

Li Fu's generosity made Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji relax.

It's just a meal. What's wrong with sitting with the emperor? It's not like they haven't eaten together before.

I believe they sat together a lot when they fought together.

Now we are not in the palace, there are not so many rules.

"Li Fu is right." Li Shimin took the wine jar, opened it, and poured wine into his ceramic bowl.

Li Shimin had spoken, so Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji were no longer tense.

However, during their trip to the manor, whether in the workshop or in Li Fu's house, they saw a lot of new things.

They were very simple things that anyone could figure out, but no one would deliberately figure out.

This is very interesting.

Moreover, the kitchen of the Jingyang County Prince's house is really well-deserved, with a lot of good things.

It's very comfortable to eat here, with delicious food in front of you, and even your appetite is much larger than when you are at home.

After all, the food in other people's houses is delicious.

The four people sitting around the tableFirst, he drank two sips of wine to warm himself up.

The room was warm, and the kang was also warm. After sitting here for a while, his whole body was warm.

The water in the copper pot had already boiled.

The base of the hot pot was not that complicated, just red dates, ginger slices, scallions, and some wolfberries.

Everyone picked up the meat and put it in the pot to blanch it. After the meat changed color and was cooked, they dipped it in the prepared sesame paste in the bowl. After a bite, it was delicious.

"This sauce is also very delicious." Changsun Wuji couldn't help but sigh.

The atmosphere became hot as they ate the hot pot.

The four of them discussed about salt while eating.

There was no one else in the room. In the whole yard, there was only the cook busy in the kitchen.

Xiaotao was waiting in the next room. If there was any need, Li Fu could make a loud call and Xiaotao would hear it.

Maybe it was because they didn't have as many worries as they did during the day, or maybe it was because they had a really good meal, the four of them were a little tipsy.

After eating, Li Fu asked Xiao Tao to call a few servants to take Li Shimin and the other two to the courtyard of the guest room.

One courtyard, three guest rooms, just enough to accommodate them.

"Slow down." Li Fu got off the kang and reached out to help the three of them.

Before leaving, he put the cloak on the hanger on them.

They were sweating in the house, and it was so cold outside. If they didn't put on a cloak, they would catch a cold easily.

Li Fu also thoughtfully put the hat on Li Shimin's cloak on him.

He knew that Li Shimin had a headache, which was a... hereditary... disease in their old Li family...

Li Fu paused as he walked out.

It's over, Barbie Q, it's over, I'm done, wow.......

I am also from the Li family......

Genetic disease!

However, I am not from Li Yuan's lineage, it should be, it seems, it seems, probably, it's similar, can't it be?

I don't feel anything until now.

Or maybe there are some problems that are not obvious when you are young.