Chapter 87 Treat
Although Su Ruojin was curious, she just let it go after hearing it. The little guy said with a serious face, "Are you really willing to change for the better?"
Look at the way he speaks, it's like a police interrogating a criminal.
"As long as you give me the walker job, I will do whatever you say."
Su Ruojin also realized that he was like interrogating a criminal, and coughed embarrassedly, but still looked like he could see through what you were planning.
Zhang Liang scratched his head guiltily, "The walker is done, can I do it privately..."
Su Ruojin knew...
"Don't worry, young lady. I'll give you half of every car I sell."
"That's not necessary. Just give as much as you think fit."
Su Ruojin didn't mind as long as she could give the other party a skill to support his family, but she still charged some fees to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Then... then..." Zhang Liang didn't know how much to give.
"You have eight, I have two." She didn't provide the materials, and Zhang Liang had to do the manpower himself. Su Ruojin didn't make any money from the walker, but she was telling these people not to cross the river and then destroy the bridge and take the blueprints for nothing.
Zhang Liang was so happy when he got the blueprints for the baby walker that he kept shouting, "Thank you so much, young lady... Thank you so much, young lady."
Su Ruojin made two styles, one is the old-style armrest walker that has been around since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the other is a modern sit-up walker. The armrest style is suitable for babies who are about to walk, while the sit-up style is suitable for babies over five or six months old.
In order to gain the Su family's trust, Zhang Liang acted very quickly and sent the walker over within a few days. It was a walker with armrests. Su Silang was almost eleven months old and a big baby, so this one was more suitable for him.
With this walker, Cheng Yingzhen and Mao Ya have their hands free and they just need to watch from the side.
The small yard was not big enough for Su Silang to play in. In the evening before the sun was about to set, the temperature was just right, neither too cold nor too hot. Su Ruojin took Su Sanlang and Su Silang to play in the alley.
Yang Si Niang and others also joined in, following the walker curiously, feeling extremely envious.
"Ajin, how come your father is so amazing to think of all this?" Yang Si Niang had no idea of her best friend's abilities and she felt envious of her father.
Su Ruojin said proudly, "That's right, who made my father pamper us?"
Yang Si Niang: ...Ajin, shouldn't you be more humble?
Xue Liuniang was angry: "My father is a senior official in the Ministry of Industry, he will definitely make one." Then, she went home angrily to find her father and said, "I'll ask my father to make one that looks better than yours."
Su Ruojin: ...The problem is, you don’t have a toddler at home!
Xue Liuniang turned her head proudly and said, "My mother is pregnant with my younger brother, so I will need it in the future."
Su Ruojin: ...
Yang Si Niang: ...
They both looked at each other and thought, are there going to be more children in the alley?
Su Ruojin prayed secretly, Dad and Mom, please don't have another child, she doesn't want to be Dehua.
They played until Su Yanli got off duty, and then the three siblings went home.
Su Yanli held Xiao Silang in his arms, and Su Sanlang grabbed the walker and pushed it vigorously, making a lot of noise, treating the walker as a toy.
Su Yanli reminded his daughter, "Tomorrow is a day off. Young Master Fan and Young Prince Zhao are coming over. What dishes are you going to prepare?"
Su Ruojin was tired in spring and autumn, and was very tired from taking care of her two younger brothers all day. She was ready to make a hot pot. "It's spicy, and there are many dishes. I can eat whatever I like. Isn't it wonderful?"
The weather is getting colder, "It's nice to have a bowl of soup."
There were no ready-made meatballs for sale in ancient times. In the evening, Su Yanli took care of the children while Cheng Yingzhen and her daughter were busy in the kitchen. They not only froze the mutton and pork belly for slicing the next morning, but also froze the tofu, fried the meatballs, and soaked various wild mushrooms.
Early the next morning, they bought seasonal vegetables from the vegetable market and spent a lot of money to buy large river shrimps to make shrimp paste. The Su family showed sincerity for this big meal. I wonder how the two young masters enjoyed the meal.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Lan and Fan Yanjia arrived at the Su family together.
Su Dalang brought his sister and brother to the door to greet them. Su Yanli stood in the corridor with his hands behind his back waiting for the students to arrive, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Jinzhi, Yanjia."
The two men stepped onto the steps and stood in front of him and saluted: "Student greets the doctor."
"It's cold, come in."
Zhao Lan nodded and motioned for the servant to hand over the gift. Mao Ya quickly reached out to take it.
Zhao Fan and Su Yanli went to sit in Su Yanli's study room first. He asked them about their studies in the Imperial College with concern, "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me now."
The teacher will give you special lessons.
Zhao Lan said no.
Fan Yanjia asked about a knowledge point that they had learned in class yesterday, and Su Yanli responded very patiently, breaking it down and analyzing it for him.
Although Fan Yanjia was on the path of imperial examinations, his mind was not on studying at the moment. He was only thinking, why didn't he smell the aroma of food in the kitchen? It was almost noon, hadn't the Su family prepared meals yet?
Are we going to the restaurant?
Zhao Lan looked at his absent-minded study partner, lowered his eyelids, and a half-smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In the kitchen, Cheng Yingzhen asked her daughter, "Ajin, the young prince and the others are here, can we start the hot pot?"
It was almost eleven o'clock, so it should be time. She asked Mao Ya to quickly unseal the stove, and the smoldering charcoal fire soon burned up. Soon, the soup in the hot pot began to bubble, and the aroma of the ingredients in the soup drifted to all directions of the courtyard with the air, and also entered the noses of the two young masters who came to eat, making their empty stomachs rumble.
Dr. Su, who was giving a lecture: …
Come on, we’re all hungry, let’s go eat!
Fan Yanjia was so happy that he almost jumped up and down. Fortunately, he remembered that he was a guest. He slowed down his excitement and asked curiously, "Dr. Su, what did Ah Jin burn? It smells so good?"
Su Yanli smiled and said, "You'll know when we get to the dining room."
The Master actually kept it a secret? Fan Yanjia had never expected this, but he reacted immediately and stepped into the dining room. The tall girl was merging two small tables with semicircular holes together, and it turned out to be a large square table with a big hole.
I saw her move the burning stove to the bottom of the table and placed it facing the hole in the table. Then she put the large casserole on the side facing the hole, just above the stove.
Fan Yanjia: ...Is this possible?
Hot pot is a dish in which food is cooked in boiling water or soup.
Long ago, there was a dish called "Gudong Soup", which was probably the origin of hot pot. It got its name from the gurgling sound when food was put into boiling water.
In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, due to the separate dining system, the single-person food warming tripod that appeared was probably the prototype of hot pot. It is a vessel that can be cooked and eaten at the same time. It has a layer inside, which divides it into two parts. The upper layer is for soup and meat, and the lower layer is for charcoal fuel. The height is only more than ten centimeters. Of course, this exquisite small hot pot can only be enjoyed by royal nobles, and ordinary people cannot afford it.
Time goes to the Warring States Period, when a vessel called "Ding Ding" appeared. Its biggest upgrade was that it could adjust several flavors, allowing the flavors of each food to blend together, making the ingredients more delicious and people enjoying it more.
In the Han Dynasty, the main body of the hot pot was a charcoal stove, with a small pot on top to hold food and a plate underneath to hold the charcoal fire. It was already quite similar to the modern hot pot. With the continuous westward expansion of the Han Dynasty, many ingredients and spices entered the Central Plains. Therefore, the way of eating hot pot dipping sauces already existed in the Han Dynasty. Is it surprising?
By the Song Dynasty, hot pot was already very common. There was a folk custom of "warming the winter", and every October 1st of the lunar calendar, people would hold a "warming stove party". At the warming stove party, some people would eat barbecue, and some would eat hot pot.
In "Shan Jia Qing Gong" written by Lin Hong in the Southern Song Dynasty, the story of eating "Bo Xia Gong" is also recorded.
At this moment, Su Yanli didn't know if the story of Boxiagong mentioned by Su Yanli was this story. If it was, then the previous dynasty of Dayin Dynasty was Song Dynasty? Su Ruojin checked the information, but couldn't find any history about Song Dynasty.
Forget it, never mind. Our ancestors were foodies and hotpot has a long history.
The hot pot was ready and the side dishes were served one by one. Su Ruojin quickly asked her father to invite the two little guests to the table.
The hot feast has officially begun!
(End of this chapter)
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