Eat hot pot

The two little guys did something wrong and followed Song Shixia like little tails.

Song Shixia stopped and said, "Just play when you need to, why are you following me?"

Ji Yang's eyes were wandering, and Ji Yuan held his head high and said, "My brother said that if we do something wrong, we should make it up to make mom calm down."

Song Shixia narrowed her eyes: "I'm angry because you climbed up secretly. Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to eat biscuits? If you fall down, you will limp like I did a few days ago. If it's serious, you will have to lie in bed and can't walk."

Ji Yuan was so frightened that he shuddered and grabbed his brother tightly, and Ji Yang's little head drooped even lower.

Song Shixia stopped threatening them: "Go play, and don't climb any higher."

The strawberry cookies in the bakery are about to come out of the oven, and the yard is filled with the rich aroma of cream.

Ji Ran, who had just passed the security booth, took a deep breath and said, "It smells so good. Who is doing this?"

Chen Xueren shouted: "Mom, I want to eat cake."

Ji Ran gave him a brain-crushing look: "Eat, eat, eat. All you can think about is eating. You got 12 points in math and you still have the nerve to eat."

Chen Xuemin was glad that he did not join in the fun, as he got a zero in math.

But he still got hit.

"And you, you got zero on the test. I threw the test paper on the ground and stepped on it, and I got a higher score than you. How can you be my son with such a brain?"

Ji Ran couldn't understand why her and her husband were both intellectuals but their children were all dumber than each other.

"Look at your sister. She always gets 100 points in every exam. Your father and I never worry about her grades!"

Chen Xueren said stubbornly: "No matter how high your score is, you have to get married. What's the use of the score? It's still me and my brother who will take care of you in your old age."

Ji Ran was furious and turned his anger to Chen Kang: "This is your precious grandson who was raised by your mother. You are saying such vicious things at such a young age. Be careful that he will become a target of criticism against you one day."

Ji Ran knew how to control her husband. As long as his future was concerned, he would be very clear-headed and would not favor his mother.

Chen Kang, who seemed to be indifferent to the matter the previous second, suddenly had a stern face.

"If I hear you say this again, I will send you to the army. You can't go to school anyway, so why not join the army to defend your country?"

Chen Xuemin and Chen Xueren, who were usually spoiled by their grandmother, were most afraid of their father. Their mother didn't dare to beat them because their grandmother was in charge, but their father could control their grandmother. The brothers were frightened by their father's threats, as they heard that being a soldier was hard.

Chen Xueyan felt sad when she heard what her brother said, but she was not so sad because her mother and father were venting their anger for her. Her beautiful aunt told her privately that only incompetent people would say that it is useless for girls to study, because being born a boy is their only advantage.

She thought it made sense. Her brother was just jealous of her. Their total scores were not as high as hers in one subject, so he could only say that it was useless for girls to study.

A small incident happened on the way. Song Shixia had already baked the cookies when she was standing at the door of the Chen family.

The brother-in-law and his wife were holding gift boxes in their hands. Song Shixia suddenly felt overwhelmed. She welcomed them into the house with a smile.

"You bring gifts when you come to visit me. I won't dare to let you come to my house next time."

Ji Ran laughed and said, "This is the first time our family comes here, so how can we come empty-handed? These are just worthless things." She has been here many times, but this is the first time since her brother and sister-in-law took over the family.

Chen Xuemin and Chen Xueren were criticized on the road, so they will call for help obediently.

Song Shixia was surprised that the two of them didn't act up. "I just baked some cookies. Come in and eat them while they're hot."

There were many guests at home today, including three children. Song Shixia bought a lot of vegetables and prepared to cook hot pot at home.

The aroma of cream in the yard became stronger, and Ji Ran sniffed it with an intoxicated look on his face.

"So you are making something delicious. We can smell it from a distance."

Song Shixia placed the hot biscuits on a plate on the coffee table and explained, "I added milk and eggs to the biscuits, so they smell good."

Chen Xuemin and Chen Xueren each grabbed a handful and ate it ravenously, fearing that someone would snatch it from them. Ji Ran was so angry that he wanted to grab a broom and hit each of them on the butt.

"You have no manners when eating. You have no manners at all when you are a guest."

Song Shixia served them tea: "The children are still young, calm down." Naughty children are always naughty.

Chen Kang took a sip from his teacup: "My sister-in-law is really good at choosing tea leaves. After drinking the tea leaves you sent me, I feel that the taste of the same tea is very average."

Song Shixia told her brother-in-law to drink more if he liked it: "I'm lucky. I always get new tea in the store."

Ji Ran held her hand and said, "You are the luckiest person I have ever met. Your brother-in-law's job is at your expense this time."

Song Shixia was confused, and Ji Ran explained to her the connection between the two.

"Sister, this really has nothing to do with me. If my brother-in-law hadn't performed so well, I wouldn't have been able to help him no matter how lucky I was. A good ironsmith must be strong himself. It has nothing to do with me."

Chen Kang felt relieved to hear this. He looked at how good his sister-in-law was at speaking and praised him.

He raised his hand and said, "You are too modest. We are family and we should not talk behind each other's backs. I took the initiative to owe you this favor. If you encounter any troubles in the future, as long as I can solve them, just come to me."

Song Shixia was helpless. She didn't want this favor at all.

Ji Ran was very satisfied with her husband's performance.

"Xiao Song, don't be modest. You played a crucial role in this matter. You shouldn't feel psychologically burdened. The money bureau finally thought of promoting the young people below. This is a good thing. It gives young people the opportunity to show their talents."

Song Shixia was relieved when her elder sister said that. She was worried that Qian Xingguo promoted her brother-in-law to repay her favor. She didn't know her brother-in-law's character well enough. She only knew that if someone in a high position is not capable enough, the only ones who will suffer are ordinary people.

The smaller the role she played in it, the more it showed that her brother-in-law's promotion depended on his own ability, and she was just the icing on the cake.

There weren’t many vegetables for the hot pot today, so my eldest sister helped to slaughter a chicken and a duck, so the poultry in the yard were visibly fewer.

When Ji Ran was killing the chicken, he was curious, "Why do you only raise so few? They're gone after two meals."

Song Shixia finally complained, "It's not that I have few chickens. My brother took two from me, and I slaughtered two for customers. The canteen also buys chickens from me sometimes. The chickens are consumed faster than I raise them. I can't even wait until the day when the hens lay eggs."

Ji Ran joked with her: "It seems that your chicken and duck are quite popular. I want to try it and see how delicious it is."

Not long after she said this, Ji Ran was slapped in the face, and when she left, she also took away a chicken.

In fact, Ji Ran's family almost had an internal conflict over the roast chicken, and Song Shixia gave it to her eldest sister with tears in her eyes for the harmony of her family.

Song Shixia uses chicken soup and mushrooms to make the three-fresh soup base, and the taste is just as good as the three-fresh soup base in hot pot restaurants. The chicken after the soup is boiled is made into Chinese-style crispy roast chicken.

The duck was specially slaughtered and made into roast duck, but it was not eaten in the Quanjude way, but the sizzling roast duck dipped in chili powder.

In order to cater to the children, the hot pot is slightly spicy. Song Shixia prepared more than ten kinds of dishes, all from the canteen and his own vegetable garden, and also gave away two chickens as a favor.

Song Shixia now maintains a strange relationship with the canteen, and Aunt Feng acts as their middleman. Song Shixia can buy food in the canteen without paying, and she can choose all the vegetables and meat as she likes. When the amount reaches the price of a chicken or duck, she has to send a chicken or duck to the canteen. Anyway, the canteen has made it clear that it must buy chickens and ducks from her.

Song Shixia had eaten chicken and duck before, and there was nothing special about them except that they were tender and fresh. They might be more nutritious, but she didn't think they were that special. She thought it was probably the same reason why people in the city like to eat chicken raised in the countryside. What she didn't know was that a big leader would come to the school cafeteria every now and then to eat a meal of chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Ji Yang and Ji Yuan helped serve the dishes obediently. Song Shixia was always worried that they would fall, but fortunately they were safe and sound.

As for the two naughty kids in my eldest sister's house, they were sitting on the sofa watching TV, with biscuit crumbs all over the place.

The TV was originally placed in the bedroom. Song Shixia didn't like watching TV, so she asked Ji Weiqing to put the TV in the living room so that guests could watch it.

At this moment, she was extremely glad of her decision. The cookie crumbs could fall on the sofa, the floor or anywhere else, but not on the bed.

The two naughty kids from the Chen family would lie down in front of the TV and watch it as long as the adults weren't paying attention. They even wanted to get inside the TV. Song Shixia felt a headache just watching them.

She warned the two kids beside her: "Don't learn from them, or you'll go blind."

Ji Yang and Ji Yuan immediately stood up straight with their heads held high, not daring to steal glances at the TV again.

Song Shixia didn't expect them to react so strongly: "If you want to watch it, just sit on the sofa, okay? Don't get in front of the TV."

The kids said in unison: "Got it!"

Ji Ran helped wash and cut vegetables in the kitchen, and Song Shixia only needed to stir-fry the pot base and boil the soup.

"Next time when guests come to my house, I will cook hot pot. Every time I buy a lot of vegetables, I don't know what to cook, and the taste is terrible. I can't even eat the dishes I cook myself."

Song Shixia chuckled, "I have some brine here. I made the recipe myself. The neighbors even asked for brine. It makes even ordinary tofu skin and potato chips taste so good. Big sister, you can take it back and try it. When guests come to your house, they can have a cold dish or a hot dish."

Ji Ran was very happy: "That's great, I need this recipe."

The table was filled with dishes.

The hot pot is cooked on a beehive coal stove with a pot on top.

If you want to cook over high heat, open the lid under the stove to ventilate and let the fire increase. If you want to cook over low heat, cover it again.

The two Chen brothers took a large bowl and poured out almost half a bowl of sesame paste, and were chased and scolded by Ji Ran.

The cub and Chen Xueyan were already sitting obediently at the dining table waiting for their parents to serve them food. Song Shixia was worried that they might get burned, so she didn't let them get close to the stove.

"Sister, come and eat. It's okay if they like to eat more." You can't pour it back after it's all poured out.

After Ji Ran finished training the child and went into the house, Chen Kang stood up leisurely, looking like a master.

Song Shixia was troubled by the trivial matters of this family. She hoped that the cub would not become so naughty when he grew up, and men could not be relied on.

"I'm really pissed off. Xiao Song, don't get used to them. Beat them when they deserve it. They just didn't get beaten enough when they were kids."

Song Shixia couldn't comment, so she smiled and invited everyone to eat.

There weren't many meat dishes today, just thinly sliced ​​beef and mutton and fish and shrimp balls. She also roasted a duck to put in the hot pot to make steamed duck.

While eating hot pot, Song Shixia had to go to the bread kiln to turn the roast duck over. Halfway through the meal, the aroma of the roast duck wafted out.

Chen Xueren put down the bowl: "Mom, I want to eat roast duck!"

Ji Ran ignored him and continued eating.

Chen Xueren had no choice but to pick up the bowl and continue eating, his eyes rolling around as if he was up to some evil idea.

I am late for the dinner my relatives invited me to today. I bow.

I really want to have a second kitten, and I've set my eyes on a golden gradient cat.