Chapter 119: Eating Hot Pot
After the little girl finished drinking the ginger soup, Chen's mother gave her two eggs to take to her parents.
When Wu Zhang and his friend heard that Chen Xue was going to take their daughter out to play, they were a little flattered, but more of it was happiness.
After all, if Chen Xue took a fancy to their daughter and chose her as a maid, then even if something happened to them, they wouldn't have to worry about their daughter being bullied and left without anyone to take care of her.
Seeing their daughter come back, the two were even happier because they saw the smile on her face.
Unlike her previous smiles, this one was clearly from the heart, so they knew their daughter was very happy.
This made the two of them very happy, and at the same time, they were more convinced that becoming servants of the Chen family was the right choice.
"Dad, Mom, look!"
The little girl ran over, looked around, and found that no one was looking at her. Then she spread out her hands, revealing the egg in her hand.
“This is an egg.”
The two were stunned and surprised. Where did the eggs come from during the exile? Soon they learned from the little girl that they were given by the Chen family, and they hurried to return them.
But the Chen family seemed to know that they would refuse, so they told the little girl that if her parents refused, they should tell her that it was an order.
They are servants of the Chen family, so naturally they cannot disobey the orders of the Chen family.
The two took the eggs but did not eat them. Instead, they planned to save them for their daughter.
"Dad, Mom, Sister Chen Xue told you to eat it. There will be some left for dinner, so you don't have to save it."
After hearing what the little girl said, Wu Zhang and the others became more and more surprised. After all, if it was just normal times, it would be fine, but now on the road of exile, they could actually eat fresh eggs. The Chen family was even more powerful than they imagined.
While the Wu Zhang family was surprised, another family nearby was in a heavy mood.
"Dad, I'm hungry!"
The little fat boy pulled Zhang Yiquan's clothes and looked at him eagerly. After being injured last time, he was saved by Chen Xue's medicine. Since then, the little fat boy has not been as lively as before.
This time he was hungry, but he didn't make a fuss like before. Instead, he looked at his father with some fear.
He didn't know if it was the aftereffects of coming back to life, or if it was because his father's expression had been so scary lately that it made him a little scared.
"Eat, I have food, Wei'er, eat."
Next to him, Zhang picked up some leaves from the ground and handed them over. When the little fat boy saw this, he shrank into Zhang Yiquan's arms in fear.
Even though the person opposite him was his mother, for some reason she became scary now.
How could those leaves be edible? Although he was small, he was not stupid. He felt that his mother had gone crazy.
"Cui Ling, you can't eat this." Zhang Yiquan snatched the leaves from his wife's hand, full of heartache.
"Get out of the way, don't touch my son!"
However, Zhang ignored him. When she saw him holding the little fat boy, she became very angry, as if her son was being bullied.
She quickly grabbed the little fat boy and held him tightly in her arms, "Don't be afraid, Wei'er, mother will protect you!"
The little fat girl was held tightly by her mother, her face full of fear, and she shouted in a trembling voice.
"Dad, Dad, save me!"
Zhang Yiquan wanted to pull his son, but Zhang glared at him fiercely, as if she would fight him to the death if he dared to raise his hand.
So Zhang Yiquan took a deep breath and said, "Don't be afraid, Wei'er. Your mother won't hurt you."
Seeing that his son was so afraid of his wife and that his wife didn't recognize him, Zhang Yiquan felt a surge of anger in his heart that he couldn't vent. He clenched his fists and his eyes were full of hatred.
"Chen family!"
"It's all the damn Chen family!"
If it weren't for the Chen family, their family wouldn't have ended up in this situation. He even regretted not forging more evidence to have the Chen family beheaded in public instead of being exiled.
Now that the Chen family's power is growing, he becomes even more jealous and hateful. Why has his family fallen to this point while the Chen family is living at ease?
"No, we can't let them go on like this."
If it weren't for his wife and son to take care of, Zhang Yiquan would have wanted to die with the Chen family.
However, now he just wants to bring the Chen family down, leave them with nothing, and let them feel the pain he has experienced.
Doesn't he love his daughter very much?
I wonder if Chen Yuan will collapse if I tarnish his daughter's innocence.
He wanted to drive the Chen family crazy in pain and torture.
Besides, doesn’t the Chen family have good food and drink?
I will find a way to report this to the imperial court. The Chen family is planning to rebel. Let's see how they can act then.
While Zhang Yiquan was planning how to deal with the Chen family, Chen Xue and others were already happily eating hot pot.
"Xiaodie's craftsmanship is really amazing!"
Chen Xue couldn't help but praise her. Although she only gave a general explanation of how to make hot pot base, Xiaodie actually made it, and it tasted better than anything she had eaten before.
The pot is a shuangyuan hotpot.
The last time she was in the county town, Chen Xue specially asked someone to build it.
Food includes cabbage, lettuce, potato chips, etc.
There are also dried goods, mushrooms, fungus, etc.
There is also dried meat and fresh rabbit meat.
That’s right, in order to eat hot pot, they slaughtered a rabbit they raised.
Because hot pot has a strong smell, they can only eat it in the space. Originally, Chen Xue thought it would be so comfortable to enjoy the snow while eating hot pot.
It’s a pity that the hot pot has a strong smell. The whole exile team will be able to smell it. The smell is too tempting. I hope something bad will happen.
So in order to avoid risks, they can only eat in space.
But Chen Xue was unwilling to give up. She moved the snowman into the space, and then asked the servants, guards and everyone else to sweep the snow into a pile and put it into the space.
Then Chen Xue spread the collected snow on the ground of the space, and then put a table next to it, so that they could enjoy the snow while eating hot pot.
Lord Chen was stunned by Chen Xue's actions.
"You know what, it's really comfortable to eat hot pot in this weather." Lord Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead. His face was red from the spiciness, but he was very happy.
He didn't expect that the hot pot made by his daughter was so delicious, hundreds of times better than the banquets in the palace.
"That's right." Mother Chen nodded. "I didn't expect this chili pepper to have so many uses..."
In the past, they didn’t eat this kind of pepper, nor did they use it to cook. Even if they ate it, they would eat the sweet pepper as fruit.
"Yes, this chili is refreshing, but not as spicy as Xiaoxue said!" Lord Chen said as he picked up a dried chili.
"Dad, that's chili pepper, are you sure you want to eat it?"
"What are you afraid of? I, your dad, can eat spicy food the best..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he put the chili pepper into his mouth, chewed it for a few seconds, and immediately threw down his chopsticks.
"Say, give me some water!"
Xiaodie quickly handed over the cup of water. Lord Chen drank gulps of water, but it still didn't quench his thirst.
“Hoohoo… spicy, so spicy…”
“It’s so spicy!”
Lord Chen had lost his image at this time. He was gasping for breath, his face flushed, and sweating all over from the spicy smell.
It was the first time for him to eat such spicy peppers. He never expected it to be so spicy. His throat almost smoked.
“Puff!”
Chen Xue and her mother couldn't help laughing as they watched from the side. Chen Xue even took out a camera to record the scene.
"Dad, you can't eat it anymore because it's too spicy, so leave the rabbit meat to us."
"I... huh... can still eat..."
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