Chapter 89 Scorpion Hot Pot

Just as they were making noise, there was a slight sound from the small door on the courtyard wall. Zhong Liuru walked in and said with a smile, "The manager is in high spirits, and I will not let you down."

"Mr. Zhong? Why do you say that?" As the chief secretary of the crown prince, Zhong Liuru came to help the prince of Yue from time to time, and Si Li was no longer surprised. As he was asking, he saw two rows of guards coming out from behind him, each holding three or five small pots of strange shapes. They entered one by one, put down the pots, and then retreated.

They turned out to be the small pots that Si Li had previously asked to be welded and recast at the Prince of Yue's Palace.

Unlike when they were dug out from the backyard of Ma's shop, the small pots now are all shiny and bright. Some of the arm-length pots are divided into double Tai Chi grids, some are divided into nine weird grids, and some have a small tube in the middle like a pot. In the eyes of Xiao Que and Xiao Qi, they are all strange and different, but to Si Li, they are very familiar.

When Si Li handed these pots to Zhong Liuru, she never expected to get such excellent results.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Lao Zhong." Si Li poured a cup of water into the pot. The water did not leak out at the dividers, and the quality was quite good. She exclaimed, "The master craftsman hired by the Prince of Yue's Palace is really amazing. He has such skills."

Zhong Liuru coughed. A few people from the Ministry of Industry were asked to take orders from His Highness the Crown Prince to find people who would work overtime to make the pot. If they can't make it well and their skills are not strong, then no one in the world can do it well. But he couldn't say much about the inside story. He just twirled his beard and said with a smile, "It is now in the hands of the shopkeeper. I hope it can be used properly. I think it won't be long before the reputation of the residence will be heard in Beijing again."

Si Li touched her nose and agreed vaguely. It wasn't that she was not humble, but it was just a coincidence that she had just completed the system task "Attack! Wanglai Residence!" (3) in the morning and the three-star recipe reward she drew was exactly scorpion hot pot. She was still thinking about whether to go out and order two hot pots, but in the afternoon, Zhong Liuru delivered the goods to her door.

Thinking of the three-star dish that hadn't been cooked yet, Si Li extended an invitation, "Sir, you've been traveling a lot, why don't you have a quick meal before you leave?"

"Your Highness has something else to tell you, so you can't stay any longer." Zhong Liuru politely declined and left quickly with his people. Si Li swallowed the words to ask about Jiang Shizhi's whereabouts and pretended that she had never thought of this.

Si Li said, "Ah Sheng, go to Mr. Qin's house and invite Miss Meng to dinner. Remember to go out quietly through the back door, don't get seen by others, or you'll bother others by going back and forth." The main reason was that the siblings didn't eat the shrimps that Jiang Shizhi brought before, and they couldn't keep them any longer. The bonus of the spicy crayfish recipe was a bit redundant for anyone to use, but it was just right for Meng Taotao.

Ah Sheng took the order and left. Ah Zhuang and the others put away the small pot that was delivered to them, went to buy two pounds of lamb spine, and came back to Wang Ting, just in time to invite Xiao Qi and the others to have dinner.

As a famous Shandong dish, lamb scorpion has a significant effect of nourishing yin and qi, and has always been a good winter tonic. Daning naturally has it, and lamb spine is selling very well in the market. However, the recipe produced by the system turns a stewed dish into a hot pot, and it is divided into two types: white soup and red soup. Relatively speaking, the style is very bold. In the teaching video, the lamb spine that has been stewed until it is soft and rotten and the marrow is turned and placed, like a scorpion. The lamb soup, clear soup or red soup, is warm and rich. The frozen tofu, cabbage, and vermicelli soaked in the soup have absorbed the soup and look crystal clear and moving.

When watching the video for the second time, Si Li started to do it while wiping her saliva. One could only see the color of the video, but it seemed to exude a strong fragrance that made people unable to stop.

[System: "Scorpion Hot Pot": The hot pot in winter exudes warmth and warmth. When no more than ten people eat from the same pot, the emotional impulse can be amplified by 10% within a quarter of an hour after eating, and there is a 1% chance that your wish will come true.]

Emotional impulse may seem like a bad bonus, but with the huge benefit of making your wishes come true, it doesn't seem so scary.

The newly bought scorpions were soaked in blood nearby. Si Li was busy working on three chopping boards in front of the stove at the same time, which did not delay the sales in the front hall, nor did it delay the residents from eating in the evening.

Put the scorpions in cold water, add scallions and ginger, blanch them and skim off the foam. The mutton soup is reserved for stewing. Fry the onions and coriander until golden brown. The slightly muttony aroma is slowly suppressed by the scallion aroma. The various spices are stir-fried one by one according to the systematic ratio to produce a dry, spicy, and overbearing aroma. The mutton soup is put into the pot and boiled. The mutton smell has completely disappeared. The smell of salty and spicy hot pot fills the nose. Si Li's eyes are a little red from the smoke, but she still stares at the pot closely.

The system's progress bar was approaching the end, but she had a vague intuition that it was not yet time to add the lamb spine. The system's progress bar flashed three times at the end to urge her, but Si Li still did not move until the progress bar disappeared, the orange-red lamb soup in the pot bubbling with bubbles, and the lamb spine was put into the pot at the right time.

Salt fell on it like snow, and coriander stems floated in it. Si Li closed the pot and stared at it blankly, trying to grasp the mysterious feeling of that moment. In fact, she should have some regrets, after all, the system obviously summarized the methods of various dishes, and the time calculated was more accurate, while she only had a vague feeling. If she failed and made a three-star failure, Si Li would not be surprised.

But...it's done, Si Li chose to trust her intuition.

The lamb bones in the pot would probably need to be stewed for nearly an hour. Si Li wiped her hands and prepared to go to the front hall to check on the situation. When she looked up, she saw Meng Taotao standing in front of the window looking at her. Meng Taotao's expression was a little nostalgic, "The talent of the storekeeper is something I have never seen before in my life."

Si Li was stunned and asked her to elaborate. Meng Taotao stood under the eaves with a hand stove in her arms and whispered, "When my mother improved the No. 1 Tofu, her expression was somewhat similar to yours. The taste of the No. 1 Tofu before and after the improvement was completely different. I was very surprised at the time. When she recalled it later, she told me that it was a ray of inspiration from the world that made her suddenly realize it. I have been learning cooking for so many years, but I have never had such a feeling. I am afraid that I can't reach the level of my mother in cooking, but it is also exciting enough to see you make good dishes."

She talked about the past, Si Li looked at her without hesitation, wearing a rabbit fur cape and a gold-painted hand warmer. After being away from her home for so many days, the dark circles under Meng Taotao's eyes had not yet disappeared, but her complexion and clothing were different from before. Now, at first glance, people would no longer think she was a poor student with a natural character, but a noble and elegant scholar from a noble family. The faint sense of hardship on her body had disappeared, leaving only a strong ambition and passion.

It seems that Master Qin really took good care of her.

Si Li pursed her lips and handed a fifty-liang silver note to Meng Taotao. "Although it's a little less, it's also my gift. You've worked really hard this month. You'll need money everywhere in the future, so I'll give it to you as a deposit. If anything happens, you can always come back to the house."

After deducting tuition fees and various living expenses, the net profit of 30% in the first month is about this much. Si Li did not want to break her promise just because Meng Taotao left.

Meng Taotao glanced at her and smiled, "Okay. I'll come back and eat and drink for free, but don't chase me away. What's cooking in the pot? It smells so good."

Reminded by her, Si Li remembered and turned around to ask Ah Xiang how she was doing with the half of the shrimps she had raised earlier. After getting the reply that they were working on it, she winked mysteriously at Meng Taotao and said, "You got a good thing. Congratulations in advance on your success."

"Isn't it too early to say that? How can you be so sure?"

Meng Taotao burst out laughing. Si Li wanted to prepare spicy shrimps with special ingredients as a surprise, so naturally she couldn't get an answer. Meng Taotao couldn't get an answer, so she gave up. Si Li was frying shrimps beside her. She took off her cape, put on an apron and went into the kitchen to help. After entering the kitchen, she was like a fish in water. She cooperated very well with Ah Xiang, who was promoted later. In a short while, she cut out the quantity of orders that had been placed in the store, and just waited for Si Li to get out of the pot to cook.

"What are you making? Fried shrimp?"

[System: A dish of spicy crayfish (fake) with a slightly dry and salty soup has been completed. After eating, the bonus time is halved, and the achievement points are +8.]

Si Li was surprised by Meng Taotao's sudden words and missed the best time to cook the spicy shrimp. She listened to the system's prompts with some annoyance. It was not even mediocre, and the bonus time was reduced. It was obviously a barely passing product. She had to admit that Meng Taotao was right about the flash of inspiration that was fleeting. She tried to get back to the subtle feeling she had before when she was frying the spicy shrimp with full concentration, but she got nothing in the end, and the final product almost failed.

However, considering that the spicy flavor itself guarantees a 50% success rate, Si Li was lucky this time.

As soon as Meng Taotao finished asking, Si Li held up her chopsticks and pushed them under her eyelids, "Come on, take a bite."

How to describe Si Li's shining eyes? In general, Meng Taotao felt that this was not a good thing, and she felt a little cold behind her. If she was born in modern times, she would know that it was clearly the look of a white mouse.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Meng Taotao took the chopsticks hesitantly, picked up a shrimp and took a bite.

The shrimp meat is firm and tender, and the deep-fried shrimp shells break into pieces with just one bite. The spiciness rushes through your mouth, but it does not burn. Instead, it is complicated by the sweet and delicious aftertaste of sugar. , the spicy sauce locked in the meat and the flavors of various spices blend together to form a unique and irresistible supreme enjoyment.

But what stood out more than the wonderful taste dancing on her tongue was the sudden urge to write poetry and write biographies. Meng Taotao subconsciously covered her forehead. Wherever she looked, her mind was aroused by the surging thoughts.

The joy of cooking, the art of eating, the significance of sugar and chili to the country...

Meng Taotao suddenly realized that this was not normal! Many words crowded in her mind, desperately trying to find an outlet for them. Under the impact of her thoughts, she felt dizzy like a drunk and a high sense of ambition at the same time, as if she was fighting against all of herself. The more she restrained her impulse, the weaker she felt.

"Tao Tao?!" Si Li noticed that Meng Tao Tao suddenly blushed after eating the shrimp, and then her steps became disordered and her eyes were unfocused. Her heart skipped a beat, and she stepped forward to support her as she was about to fall. "What's wrong with you?"

She seemed to have done something wrong. If something happened to Meng Taotao... Si Li didn't even dare to think about it.

Si Li was so anxious that tears were about to come out. She supported Meng Taotao and tried all kinds of desperate measures. She didn't care about her secret being discovered and directly opened the system mall with her mind to search for purchasable products.

Before she could decide which dish to buy to solve the problem, the weak Meng Taotao beside her suddenly grabbed her hand forcefully, and Si Li was startled.

The strange feeling came and went quickly. Meng Taotao quickly got rid of the dizziness and surging thoughts. Her back was sweaty. She stared into Si Li's eyes and said affirmatively, "You know why, don't you?"

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The author has something to say:

The recipe for lamb and scorpion is based on the number one search result on "Xiachufang" combined with Sisi's cooking experience. You can try it, my little cuties. However, the stewing part is done in a pressure cooker, hahaha, which makes it more flavorful.