After dinner, everyone helped to clean up, and then sat together to drink tea and chat. Since there was nothing to do and no guests came, the eldest sister-in-law suggested that everyone play mahjong together.
In the Fu family, playing mahjong is just a recreational game and does not involve gambling, so the women all agreed.
As for the men, they had their own ways of entertainment. The two brothers-in-law were playing chess with their grandparents, and Father Fu was reading the newspaper. As for Fu Sinian, when he heard that his wife was going to play mahjong with his two sisters, he decided to act as a military advisor because Lin Siya didn't know how to play at all.
That’s right, Lin Siya doesn’t know how to play mahjong. She only learned how to play Landlord before, and that was when she was in college, and she was taught by her roommates.
As for mahjong, she really has never even touched it, but she has heard that there is a novice halo, and she doesn't know if it is true.
Those who ended up included Lin Siya, her mother-in-law, and two older sisters-in-law. Grandma and grandma sat on the side. They were the military advisors of the two older sisters-in-law.
"So I'm the only one fighting alone!" Mother Fu saw the four people at the card table. Three of them had military advisors behind them, but she didn't. She felt jealous.
As a result, before they could say anything, Mr. Fu, who was sitting on the side reading a newspaper, heard this and silently moved a stool to sit next to his wife.
Seeing this scene, everyone present laughed secretly and wanted to give Mr. Fu a thumbs up!
Under Fu Sinian's guidance, Lin Siya quickly learned how to play mahjong. It was quite simple, but she only learned how to play. She didn't know the algorithms at all. It didn't matter if she didn't know, as long as others knew it. Anyway, she had to pay whatever she was told to pay and charge whatever she was supposed to charge.
But it seemed that she really had the aura of a novice. After playing for an afternoon, she won the most among the three people present, followed by her mother-in-law. Her two sisters-in-law kept losing. Everyone joked that Lin Siya was the biggest winner today and insisted that she treat them. Lin Siya smiled and agreed.
In the middle of the trip, grandma and grandma were tired and went back to their room to sleep. The two sisters-in-law were replaced by the two brothers-in-law.
The four children are always outside, playing with their friends. When they are tired, they come back to eat some snacks and candies, and take some out. Everyone is always very happy.
This New Year atmosphere is quite interesting. Everyone played until it was almost time to cook dinner.
Lin Siya was also very happy when she saw the stack of banknotes in her hand. She waved the banknotes in her hand and said, "Look, I won so much."
Fu Sinian looked at Lin Siya with amusement. His wife was really too cute. She couldn't help but be happy just for winning such a small amount of money. However, he was not stingy with his praise and gave her a thumbs up.
"My wife is amazing!"
I was really happy to win the money, even though all the money added up was only a little over two dollars, but it was won by my good luck.
Lin Siya was so happy that she decided to have hot pot with her family in the evening. As for the utensils for hot pot, they were all available at home.
People in Beijing love to eat copper pot mutton hotpot. They have a copper hotpot at home, which is hand-made and has been there for many years.
There is also a clay stove that can also be used for hot pot. Since there are elderly people and children at home, she decided to make two flavors.
One is a mushroom soup pot suitable for children and the elderly. There are many kinds of dried mushrooms at home. After soaking and washing them, put a few cracked large bones in them, put them in a casserole and stew them slowly, and the bottom of a mushroom soup pot is ready.
Another option is to make spicy flavors that young people like. When the spicy smell spreads, the children come back to play.
With the help of two more sisters-in-law, the meal was prepared very quickly. The mutton, pork and beef were all cut into thin slices. In addition, there were soaked kelp, thawed shrimps, homemade mung bean sprouts, etc., which filled the pot.
“It smells so good!”
"When can I eat, Mom?"
The children had been playing outside for an entire afternoon and were already extremely hungry. When they smelled the aroma from the bottom of the pot, they all started drooling.
"Boss, hurry up and take your brothers to wash their hands and get ready for dinner."
"Okay!"
As soon as the four children heard it, they started eating immediately and washed their hands on their own without being urged by the adults.
The family sat at the table and started eating hot pot. As authentic Beijingers, the two sisters-in-law and brother-in-law had eaten copper pot mutton hot pot many times, but this was the first time they had seen both mushroom soup pot and spicy hot pot.
"Xiaoya, what kind of hot pot is this? Why is it different from shabu-shabu mutton? Can you explain it to me?"
"Okay, today I made two kinds of hot pot, one is mushroom soup, and the other is spicy. If you don't like spicy food, you can eat the mushroom soup pot, which is from Yunnan Province. If you like spicy food, you can eat the spicy hot pot, which is from Sichuan Province. Eating something spicy in winter can remove dampness and cold. On this small table, there are also seasonings I prepared for everyone. Whatever seasoning you like, you can put it in a bowl like I did. I will demonstrate it to you."
Lin Siya demonstrated to everyone how to make the seasoning bowl, and soon everyone followed suit and made a bowl of their favorite seasoning.
The children couldn't wait any longer. At their grandfather's command, they all put the side dishes they wanted into the pot.
Lin Siya likes to eat mutton and beef hot pot. Just as she was about to make some, she saw Fu Sinian scoop a large amount of beef from the pot with his chopsticks and put it into her bowl.
Lin Siya smiled at him, then started eating happily.
"It's delicious, this hot pot is so delicious!"
"Yeah, it tastes good, spicy, and it warms my whole body."
"Mom, is spicy delicious?"
“It’s delicious.”
"I want to eat too."
No, children can't eat such spicy food.
"Will you just let me have a taste?"
"Okay, okay, okay, you're not going to give up until you hit the wall?"
"Here, here."
“Ah!”
“Wow~ So spicy~ So spicy~”
“Hahahaha~”
Everyone was amused by the youngest Chenchen. While drinking soda, Chenchen looked at the elders at the table who were laughing happily with an accusing look on his face. Humph, they were bullying a little kid like him.
The hot pot captured the hearts of the whole family. Everyone felt that it was really nice to eat a steaming hot pot in this cold winter.
The two sisters-in-law also think that this is very convenient, especially in winter when there are many guests at home and the fried dishes will get cold quickly. But it is different with hot pot, which is steaming hot from beginning to end.
Seeing that the two sisters-in-law liked it, Lin Siya told them the recipes of these two hot pots, as well as several other hot pot recipes such as tomato hot pot and sauerkraut hot pot, so that they could change the taste.
Of course, the premise is that these ingredients can be obtained. At the same time, the two are reminded that although hot pot is delicious, it cannot be eaten every day as it can easily cause inflammation.
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