“Hot pot, it’s the perfect dish for this cold weather,” the Taoist priest suggested.
“I agree with eating hot pot; we haven’t had it in a long time,” Lu Chuan said.
“Okay, let’s have hot pot today. I’ll go to the kitchen and start simmering the chicken broth. It’ll taste even better with chicken broth as the base, and we can also put the chicken pieces in the hot pot.” Xu Han said, then got up to go to the kitchen to cook.
Lu Chuan stood up and said, "I'll help you with that."
"I'll go help you wash the vegetables too." Grandpa Zhao also got up.
"Then I'll take care of the children," the Taoist priest said, giving himself a task.
Everyone was busy, and dinner was prepared quickly. Once the chicken soup was ready, we could start having hot pot.
Since Mu'er couldn't eat hot pot, Xu Han scooped out a chicken liver for him, and after blanching some noodles and vegetables in chicken broth, she added the beef tallow hot pot base to the pot.
Once the hot pot broth has dissolved, the aroma of the hot pot will instantly fill the entire room.
Everyone sat around the table, chatting and eating hot pot.
"We won't have to worry about water anymore, that's wonderful! Everyone can drink as much water as they want today," Xu Han said.
"Hahaha, there's no shortage of water, of course you're being generous," the Taoist priest teased.
"Hahahaha." Everyone laughed upon hearing this.
In any case, the drought is finally over. Even if there are snowstorms and floods later, so what!
After three years of drought, Xu Han now just feels that it's good to have enough water.
Hopefully, Xu Han will continue to think this way. Neither flood nor drought is easier to endure, but fortunately, the flood only lasts for one year.
One year is much easier to endure than three years; at least in terms of time, it gives you a significant advantage.
So everyone ate hotpot and celebrated that they finally had water to use, and that they would no longer have to be so thirsty that their throats were parched or so dirty that their bodies were covered in black soot.
Before they knew it, night had fallen. As everyone went to sleep, they were filled with hopeful anticipation for the future while also worrying about when the heavy snow would stop.
The next morning, when Xu Han woke up, Mu'er was already up. She stretched and thought, "It's so cold!"
Xu Han quickly pulled her outstretched arm back.
Not knowing what was happening outside, Xu Han didn't dawdle. She resisted the urge to hide under the covers and quickly got dressed and got out of bed.
I just opened the door and walked outside for a bit, then turned back to grab a leather jacket and put it on. It's so cold today, it feels even colder than yesterday.
As soon as Xu Han stepped out of the main room, she was immediately struck by the stunning snow scene outside, a vast expanse of white stretching as far as the eye could see.
Whether it's the rooftops, the distant hillsides, or the tall trees, everything is covered in a blanket of white; you can't see any other color besides white.
"Mother~" Mu'er ran over as soon as she saw Xu Han coming.
Because he was wearing so many thick clothes, he looked particularly comical when he ran, like a moving little ball.
Then he pointed to the snow on the ground, waving a small shovel around in his hand.
"Snow~" Xu Han instructed Mu'er to say.
“Snow~” Mu’er followed up.
"Mu'er is so great, I'm praising you!" Xu Han said, kissing Mu'er's cheek.
"Hehe." Mu'er giggled as she received the praise.
"Come on, let's go to the kitchen to warm up for a bit, then we'll come out and play later. Look how cold your little hands are," Xu Han said, taking the small shovel from Mu'er's hand.
Then he pulled Mu'er's sleeve down a little before leading her to the kitchen.
After Xu Han finished breakfast, she immediately returned to her room. She needed to make a pair of rabbit fur shoes and a pair of rabbit fur gloves for Mu'er first.
Because the weather wasn't cold before, I made a pair of rabbit fur shoes with Mu'er. Now that it's snowing, one pair definitely won't be enough.
If she accidentally gets them wet, Mu'er won't have any shoes to wear.
The weather is quite cold now, so we definitely can't keep Mu'er in the room all the time.
You should wear gloves when you go out, otherwise your hands will get red and swollen from the cold, and you might even get frostbite.
Grandpa Zhao took Mu'er to school, so Xu Han took the time to make things for Mu'er.
Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest were wearing straw hats and clearing snow from the courtyard.
It has to be said that the heavy snow fell all night, and by the next day, the yard was covered with a very thick layer of snow.
If it's not cleaned up in time, it will definitely accumulate more and more, and then it will be difficult to clean up.
So Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest were responsible for shoveling the snow onto the woven straw mats, and when Xu Han had free time, they would carry it to the stream outside.
This also saves the yard from being flooded after the thaw.
After Xu Han quickly finished making the gloves and shoes, she immediately went to the backyard to help Mu'er change into them, and also put the shoes Mu'er had just worn next to the charcoal fire to heat them up.
"Alright, Mu'er, you can go play in the snow in the yard after you put on your gloves, but you can't play for too long, or you'll get sick," Xu Han said after dressing Mu'er in her gloves.
Not only did I put gloves on him, but I also put on the scarf and little hat I had made before, both made of rabbit fur and they were very cute.
"Haha, now our little Mu'er won't get cold. Come on, Great-Grandpa will take you to build a snowman." Grandpa Zhao picked up Mu'er and walked outside.
Xu Han followed her out of the courtyard. She went to melt some snow water and put it in the water tank to settle so she could take a bath after lunch.
"Lu Chuan, light the big pot outside and melt some snow water so we can take a bath this afternoon," Xu Han said to Lu Chuan.
"Okay, I'm coming right now." Lu Chuan put down the tools in his hand and turned to go into the woodshed to fetch firewood.
Xu Han went to the kitchen and lit the stove, so that melting snow in three pots together would be faster.
After the pot was lit, the Taoist priest poured a bucket of relatively clean snow into it.
As the temperature inside the pot rose, the snow inside slowly melted into water.
However, Xu Han noticed that there were still some impurities inside, so she turned around and went to the storeroom, where she took out a large piece of clean white cotton cloth.
"Lu Chuan, come help me for a moment," Xu Han said, then took the cotton cloth and went into the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" Lu Chuan asked as he came in.
“I see there are impurities in this snow water, so let’s tie this cotton cloth to the mouth of the large water vat and then pour the water directly into the vat to filter it,” Xu Han said as she unwrapped the cotton cloth in her hand.
Lu Chuan looked into the pot and saw that there were indeed some impurities, so he helped to prepare the filter cloth.
"Is one floor okay? Or how about two floors?" Xu Han asked uncertainly.
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