It was no wonder that Su Qingluan was hungry. It was already noon when she was called out from home. Su Qingluan had not eaten anything except a little light meal in the morning.
It would have been fine if I was at home. Not only could I eat snacks anytime, but there was nothing particularly strenuous to do.
But it was different at the Xie Mansion. Although Su Qingluan did not do any physical work, dealing with Xie Deshun was a very brain-intensive task.
Su Qingluan was very thankful. It was said that the old lady's birthday was coming up soon, and that annoying playboy Xie Zian had been holed up in his room lately, supposedly reciting Buddhist scriptures for the old lady, so she hadn't seen him. Otherwise, Su Qingluan would have felt twice as troubled and twice as worried.
Moreover, Xie Zian is such a carefree person that he would definitely not care about his identity as a "collaborator". Thinking of this, Su Qingluan felt very fortunate.
But now is not the time to be thankful, but the time to quickly "comfort" his stomach with steaming hot food, otherwise his stomach will protest again - Su Qingli rubbed his rumbling stomach helplessly.
Fortunately, the Liu family's water stall was in front of them. Su Qingluan knocked on the wall of the carriage and asked it to stop.
The servant driving the carriage stopped at the side of the road, lifted the curtain and asked, "What do you want, Madam Su?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little hungry, and I plan to go downstairs to find something to eat. You can also stop here to rest and buy something, brother. If you feel cold, you can use this hand warmer." As he said that, he stuffed the heater in his hand into his hand without saying anything, and took out a few copper coins from his arms.
These few copper coins can buy a very filling meal on this street.
Seeing he couldn't refuse, the boy thanked him. Su Qingluan smiled, turned around, got off the carriage, and walked towards the sewage stall.
It was already past noon, and Su Qingluan estimated that the peak of the queue in front of the sewage stall had passed.
As expected, when she got closer, Su Qingluan saw that although there were still customers waiting in front of the stall, there were only two or three of them, and the long queues like before were nowhere to be seen.
When Liu Sheng saw Su Qingluan, he enthusiastically served her a large bowl of offal soup. Liu Yunniang was also very surprised and asked Su Qingluan why she thought of coming here today.
Not to mention the Liu family father and daughter, even Skinny Monkey and Aunt Yang were very happy to see Su Qingluan, whom they hadn't seen for a long time.
Su Qingluan held the steaming offal soup and chatted with everyone while eating. Soon the bowl of offal soup was finished and Su Qingluan's stomach felt warm.
After eating and drinking her fill, Su Qingluan waved goodbye to everyone and returned to the carriage. With her stomach warmed, Su Qingluan began to think about dinner again.
Of course, she would be back home a little late today, so Yang would probably be the one to make dinner. But she was wondering what else to eat besides sauerkraut that would be suitable for this increasingly cold weather.
The Su family had actually pickled quite a bit of sauerkraut, and Su Qingluan was even planning to get a fish for a sauerkraut fish hot pot. However, having just eaten sauerkraut a few days prior, even though Su Qingluan wasn't tired of it, the two little ones were having a bit of a hard time.
It’s not that they are picky eaters, but recently little Su Xuanhe lost another canine tooth, and little girl Su Xueyan also said that her teeth felt "a little soft" after eating too much sauerkraut.
As soon as Su Qingluan heard it, she knew that this was because children's tooth enamel has not yet fully developed and is relatively fragile. If they often eat foods such as sauerkraut that contain various fermented organic acids, their teeth will naturally feel "soft".
No matter what, she couldn't get tired of eating this pickled cabbage all at once. Su Qingluan was thinking about whether to change the taste...
"Mutton, top-quality freshly slaughtered mutton! The meat is tender and fragrant. Come and take a look, sir, and buy some to try!"
There was a loud hawking sound outside, and Su Qingluan's eyes lit up when she heard it: How could she forget such good soup pot ingredients?
When Su Qingluan excitedly returned home, Yang had just started the fire in the stove. Seeing Su Qingluan running into the kitchen with a lot of bags and small things, she hurried over to take the things from her hands: "Oh, these things of yours are quite heavy, what are they?"
"Lamb ribs, and a few pieces of lamb chops and lamb tenderloins that I specially asked you to save!" Su Qingluan's eyes lit up, "Mother, you haven't made dinner yet, right? Let's make lamb rib hotpot tonight!"
Lamb ribs are not a new delicacy, but the Su family hasn't eaten them for a long time - they couldn't afford them before due to limited conditions, and now Su Qingluan has so many cooking skills that they don't want to eat them.
Yang nodded when she heard this. "Mutton is warm in nature, so it's perfect for warming up the body in winter. I'll go prepare some spinach and lotus root slices."
Su Qingluan nodded: "Mother, you go ahead, I'm here!" She was about to disassemble the long sheep spine section by section according to the texture of the joints, and she had to be careful because there was bone marrow inside the spine, which could not fall out, otherwise it would be a big loss.
The mutton soup itself is delicious, but white pepper can further stimulate this delicious taste, so this time Su Qingluan did not hesitate and added a "lethal dose" of white pepper at the beginning. This can better cover up the original fishy smell of the mutton and stimulate a more tempting delicious taste.
Soon, the lamb ribs and mutton were added to the water and boiled. Su Qingluan carefully swept away the foam on the top of the soup, and did this for more than ten times until no new foam was generated. Then she left a small gap in the lid of the pot to prevent it from splashing on the pot, and lowered her head to adjust the fire a little lower.
Lamb itself is tender, and the lamb chops chosen by Su Qingluan are rich in fat, so even if you add vegetables that absorb more oil, such as mushrooms, radishes, and lotus root slices, the fat content in the soup will not be reduced significantly.
Rather, mutton is rich in fat, so there is no need to worry about vegetables "washing out the fat". On the contrary, the vegetables soaked in mutton fat become richer and fuller in taste, and taste more delicious.
The weather is getting colder and colder, especially after the sun sets. Although it is a bit of an exaggeration to describe it as "water turning into ice", it is not an exaggeration to say that your hands are frozen after the cold wind.
So this time Su Qingluan originally planned to make "lamb spine hot pot", but later thought about it and gave up, and changed it to "lamb spine stew". However, considering that the rice would get cold in a blink of an eye after being served on this day, Su Qingluan came up with a solution.
So when it was almost time for dinner today, everyone saw that on the table where the bowls and chopsticks were originally placed, there was a large basin that was so big that it took two people to hug it.
"What's going on? Why is the basin on the table?" Su Guangfu looked at Su Qingluan.
He didn't blame Su Qingluan, it was just that this kind of "dining on the table" thing was the first time he encountered it, and it was really novel.
Su Xuanhe walked around the table and asked, "Do we have to put all the food in the bowl today?"
Su Qingluan smiled and kept the secret: "This is to let everyone in our family have hot meals. We're doing an experiment today. If the effect is good, we can do this in the future when the weather is cold!" Su Qingluan said this as she looked at the expectant and curious expressions around her.
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