When she thought of so many kinds of fish, Xu Ying couldn't help swallowing.

Fish hotpot. It’s cold in winter. It would be so comfortable to eat fish hotpot at home.

"Mom, wait for me at home. I'm going to go out for a while and we'll have grilled fish hotpot later." After saying that, Xu Ying rode her bike to the nearest meat store.

"Waiter, do you have tripe?" Xu Ying ran inside and looked around but didn't find any.

The salesperson looked confused and asked, "What is tripe?"

Xu Ying regretted it for a moment. The information gap was too serious. They didn't have hotpot yet, let alone tripe. "Do you have beef or pig offal?"

When the salesperson heard this, he looked Xu Ying up and down at her clothes. There was even her bicycle parked at the door. It was true that one cannot judge a book by its cover.

He was dressed nicely and riding a bicycle. He looked like he came from a well-off family. How could he buy such cheap cow and pig offal? It was smelly and disgusting.

Xu Ying could sense her surprised look, but she didn't feel ashamed. Pig and cow offal are delicious, but these people just don't know how to eat them.

When she unlocks the braised pork, these people will be envious to death.

Thinking of hot pot base, Xu Ying bought a piece directly from the space.

The salesperson brought out beef and pork offal with disdain. Xu Ying took them and said with a smile, "Give me another pound of beef, two pounds of mutton, two pounds of pork belly, and one chicken. Do you have any seafood or shrimp?"

The salesperson looked at Xu Ying in surprise again. Beef and mutton are not cheap, and it was Chinese New Year, so there were more of them.

The salesperson was speechless as this girl was willing to eat water even though she had money.

"We have shrimps. They were just shipped in from other places. They are still fresh."

Xu Ying likes to eat prawns. She looked at the prawns the salesperson brought and saw that they were indeed of good color, so she directly ordered three pounds of them.

Since people in her family don't eat blood, Xu Ying didn't buy it, but she did buy some duck intestines.

After buying all the meat, she ran to buy some vegetables. Raw vegetables are indispensable for hot pot. She also bought lotus root, winter melon, and some soy products. She had mushrooms at home, as well as some green vegetables and kelp. That was all the vegetarian food she bought.

After buying everything, Xu Ying rode her bike home with a bunch of ingredients.

"Why did you buy so many things? Hey, pig and cow offal are so smelly and so difficult to clean." When Xu's mother saw these two big things, she was disgusted.

"Mom, please help me wash it. This thing will definitely taste good in my hands." Xu Ying hugged her mother's arm coquettishly.

Xu's mother couldn't stand her daughter's coquettishness, so she nodded and agreed.

"Little sister, what can I do for you?" Mrs. Xu ran over.

Xu Ying looked at her sister-in-law's belly. It was already five or six months pregnant, and her belly was quite big.

She smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you can take a rest. Let my elder and second brothers do the work."

"Brother, please find the stove racks we had before. I want two. If you don't have two, help me build a simple stove with a turning head.

Prepare two more iron pots for me and help me clean them. Second brother, help me wash these vegetables and cut the lotus root, winter melon and potatoes into slices. "

"Dad, please help me kill the fish. I want two big fish.

Shitou, go to our grandparents and tell them to come to our house for dinner in an hour, and call Uncle San as well."

Shitou saw that everyone was busy, and knew that his aunt was going to make delicious food for them, so he nodded happily: "Okay, aunt, I'll go now."

While Xu's father was killing the fish, Xu Ying used chicken to make a pot of mushroom soup. Her grandparents are old and can't eat spicy food.

This chicken and mushroom soup is just right for her grandparents, and her sister-in-law is pregnant and can't eat it either.

Father Xu killed the fish very quickly and cleaned it up in no time.

Xu Ying took the fish, washed it briefly, and then started cooking.

Cut the fish into slices and marinate it with appropriate amount of white wine for a while.

Then heat the pan and add oil, being careful not to get burned, add garlic, ginger, chili and other ingredients, stir-fry until fragrant, then add some sugar.

Then add the hot pot base, stir-fry until the hot pot base is melted, add the prepared fish, then add water, and when it boils, you can add the side dishes into the hot pot.

The dipping sauce is the sesame sauce and chili oil sauce that Xu Ying bought from the space.

"What a nice smell!" As soon as Xu Jingjing arrived at the Xu family, she smelled a spicy aroma mixed with the scent of chicken. She couldn't help swallowing and quickly ran to the kitchen.

"Yingying, what delicious food did you make? I can smell the fragrance from far away.

I'm so greedy. I just saved some spare money and wanted to go to the state-owned restaurant to eat the food you cooked, but I didn't expect you to resign.

Are you stupid? You quit your job in a state-owned restaurant and went to work in a food factory canteen. You can't tell which one is more promising. "Xu Jingjing came with a stern face like an adult and lectured Xu Ying.

Xu Ying groaned and blinked at her: "I'm working hard for my dream."

Xu Jingjing was dumbfounded: "Is it your dream to cook in the cafeteria?"

Xu Ying shook her head, this was wrong: "My dream is to have more people eat the food I cook.

I have worked in the state-owned restaurant for such a long time, and almost all the people there have eaten the food I cooked. Now I have moved to the canteen so that more people can eat the food I cook.

The food in state-owned restaurants is so expensive. Those who come to eat there are all from well-off families. When I go to the canteen to eat, it means that more people can eat the food I cook.

Seeing that everyone can enjoy the food I cook makes me happy.”

Xu Jingjing curled the corners of her mouth, unable to understand this outrageous move.

"Help me take this out, don't lie there." Xu Ying handed the fish pot soup to Xu Jing.

When Xu Jing smelled the fragrance, her eyes lit up immediately. This was the smell, but wasn't there too little fish? Would so many of them be able to eat enough? After Xu Ying went to the main room, she also went out with a pot of fish soup.

Xu Jing entered the main room and was dumbfounded when she saw the large pots of meat and vegetables: "What are you going to do with this?"

"It's called hotpot when cooked, and it's just right to eat it during Chinese New Year. You see the soup is very red, which indicates that we will be prosperous in the coming year." Mother Xu gave a reason with a smile.

Xu Ying found her mother really interesting.

"How do I eat this?" Xu Jingjing had never eaten this before and looked confused.

"How to eat it? Eat it like this." Uncle Xu's voice came. He walked into the house and saw the pot of red fish soup, and he swallowed his saliva greedily.

He had been to other provinces these days and had broadened his horizons. He happened to have seen other people eat this.

Uncle Xu added a handful of beef and put it into the pot. After about a minute, he took it out and dipped it in the seasoning prepared by Xu Ying.

Under everyone's curious eyes, he gave the beef slices to his mother: "Mom, try it, this is called hot pot, I saw people eating it when I went to other provinces."

Uncle Xu used chicken soup as the base, which was not spicy enough but definitely delicious.

I have a toothache these days. I will update you after I get better. 　　 　 (End of this chapter)