At first, the two brothers and their sisters-in-law didn't react. Later, Yang Heng, who had secretly done business with them a few times, realized that his brother and sister-in-law had other intentions.
So, he decided to talk to Chu Yao straight to the point.
But before Yang Ming could ask, he was pulled away by his wife. His wife's original words were: There is no rush for a few days anyway, let Chu Yao rest first.
Yang Ming thought so too. They still had to stay here until after the Chinese New Year, but he felt a little embarrassed to just eat and live here for free. He felt a little lost and unhappy.
Chu Yao quickly got the results of her final exam. In addition to ranking first in her major, she also ranked first in English. This gave Chu Yao unlimited energy and she felt that she could read a few more books.
It's only been one year since the start of the school year, and Chu Yao has won the first place in her professional courses twice in a row. This has allowed her classmates to see her potential more clearly and has also further stimulated their enthusiasm for learning.
Now, winter vacation is approaching, and the library is packed with people. People are borrowing books and taking the opportunity to copy books, and the door of the library is almost broken down.
Even the professors at the school were almost moved to tears when they saw this grand occasion.
Chu Yao returned home with her report card. She looked very calm and unperturbed by either praise or criticism.
But the family was very happy. Lin Ling and Wu Siyu had not expected that their daughter/daughter-in-law was so good at studying. This made them proud and they worked even harder to research delicious meals with Aunt Zhao, intending to give Chu Yao a good nourishment.
After Chu Yao had a short rest at home for a few days, she thought it would be better to prepare some delicious food at home so that everyone in the family could have something good to eat.
What should I cook? In this cold weather, I can boil the pot and eat it.
After Chu Yao decided what to eat, she immediately looked for her family and found her two mothers.
"Moms, how about we have a pot today?"
As soon as Chu Yao finished speaking, the first person to agree was Yao Jinnian. He had wanted to have a taste of this for a long time.
"Ayao, take your mother and mother-in-law to buy some more vegetables. I'll make some dipping sauce at home. I guarantee that what you'll eat later will be authentic Kyoto hot pot."
"That's great, I'll trouble you, Uncle Nian." Chu Yao said to her mother and mother-in-law, "Mom, mother-in-law, my two sisters-in-law, let's go buy some groceries. We must buy more vegetables and meat today."
Lin Ling was afraid that they would buy too many vegetables and not be able to finish them, so she quickly stopped Chu Yao and said, "Ayao, let's not buy so many vegetables. Although the weather won't be bad now, they will become stale if they are kept for too long."
"Mom, don't worry. Look at how many of us there are, and there are several children. I guess it's not enough for them to eat. It doesn't matter if you buy too much. You won't need to go out to buy groceries in the next few days. Going out in this kind of weather is a torture."
Seeing this, Lin Ling didn't know what to say and had to follow Chu Yao and the others out.
Yang Ming and Chu Heng looked at each other. Everyone else in the family had something to do, and the kitchen was too busy for them to get in. It was Uncle Nian and their fathers' territory.
The two of them had no choice but to play hide-and-seek with the children.
Well, actually they didn’t want to play this childish game, but a few kids liked it, so they had no choice but to risk their lives to play along.
In the kitchen, Yao Jinnian was originally from Kyoto, so he knew very well what base the hot pot needed and what kind of dipping sauce it needed to taste good.
He has a secret recipe, which is to use a chicken as the base, then add an appropriate proportion of water, wait for the chicken to be stewed to bring out the flavor, and finally take out all the chicken, and the remaining soup becomes the hot pot soup base.
The most important thing is of course the dipping sauce, which is the soul of hot pot.
Yao Jinnian himself likes the taste of sesame paste, so he made some pure sesame paste and added some chopped leeks, peanuts, minced garlic, etc.
This kind of thing is suitable for his age, as well as for younger children like A Zhao.
Then I mixed some hot sauce, thinking that the young people would like it.
Chu Sheng and Yang Zheng, who were standing by the kitchen, were amazed. Yang Zheng thought Yao Jinnian's operation was okay, but Chu Sheng felt it was a bit of a waste.
It was nothing special, Yao Jinnian simply poured several spoonfuls of boiling hot oil onto the chili sauce. It actually smelled really good, and the spicy flavor made one's mouth water.
This made Yang Zheng and Chu Sheng look forward to the hot pot at noon.
Aunt Zhao saw that there was nothing for her to do here, so she thought about it and decided to make some of the snacks that Chu Yao had taught her.
She fried some fruits, French fries and other things, and finally made some sour plum soup.
Aunt Zhao heard this from Chu Yao. She said that if you eat too much meat, you can drink this to relieve the greasiness.
At first, Aunt Zhao thought the host was exaggerating. "How could you get tired of eating this much meat?" But after a while, she realized the host was right. Eating too much meat really does make you sick of it.
In fact, Chu Yao attaches great importance to the nutrition of the elderly and children, so every day she asks Aunt Zhao to cook different meat dishes for the family.
It’s not that luxurious, but compared to many people today, it is indeed a very good living condition.
An hour later, Chu Yao and the others finally came back with the ingredients, and everyone was busy again. Some were picking vegetables, some were cutting vegetables, some were chopping meat, and they also had to put the meat and vegetables on plates.
Everyone started to get busy at around eight o'clock in the morning, and around eleven o'clock we were finally able to eat hot pot.
We used a pot specially used in Kyoto for hot pot. The table was filled with various foods, including dishes that would be hot pot later. It looked full and very appetizing.
But Chu Yao felt it was a pity. It would be great if they could take a photo.
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