Mountain People

Gu Shuixiu finished Dong Chenghu's belief in a low voice, and then sighed. In the end, he still reported the good news instead of the bad. If Niuniu came back and sold him this time, she would have thought that Dong Chenghu had How safe!

Gu Shuixiu read Dong Chenghu's letter and opened Zhang Xingchi's letter again. It was much simpler. In addition to reporting safety, it was to say hello to everyone, and the most important thing was to explain herself Why set fire to Zhang's old house, I hope Zhang Junchi can understand him.

Gu Shuixiu didn't know what to say after reading the letters of the two, so she reluctantly put away Dong Chenghu's letter and asked Cuixi to call Zhang Junchi over, but Zhang Xingchi's letter should be directly Save Zhang Junchi for good.

In such bad weather, Gu Shuixiu didn't want to torment the servants in the family, so he canceled this year's cake-making activity, and stopped them from making dumplings. Instead, he prepared some vegetables and meat and ate hot pot.

Everyone was so happy when they learned that they wanted to eat hot pot. It didn’t mean that they had never eaten hot pot, but it was just that a lot of ingredients needed to be prepared to eat hot pot, and it was time-consuming to eat. Everyone in the family was busy, and Gu Shuixiu didn't want to deal with it, and everyone didn't dare to talk about it. After all, the meals Gu Shuixiu prepared for the servants were already good enough. .

In this way, they have not touched hot pot for three years. If it weren't for the bad weather this year and the New Year's Eve, Gu Shuixiu would not have said that he wanted to eat hot pot.

Besides the servants, Zhao Baoer and Dong Yuanxu were the happiest when I heard that they were eating hot pot, even Shen Shikang squinted because of this.

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Dong Yuanxu remembered after several people reacted, Cuizhushan has not eaten hot pot for several years, it is normal that Dong Qinyan has never heard of it or eaten it, Zhao Baoer hugged Dong Qinyan sympathetically , Wen Sheng explained: "Niuniu, my cousin told you, this hot pot is the best food in the world..."

Dong Qinyan listened to Zhao Baoer's hysterical talk, as if this hot pot was known to exist in the sky, and it seemed to be heard a few times in the world, but she felt a little disapproval in her heart, and it was not that she had not eaten similar food in her previous life. , not only bland and tasteless, but also has no beauty at all, as if a pile of stews, what is delicious!

Dong Qinyan's puzzlement continued until the New Year's Eve dinner.

Everyone was sitting in the main room waiting for the food to be served. At this moment, Dong Xiao and a few people placed a small charcoal stove on each table. The charcoal stove was stable, and then the soup base was served. When one end of the soup base came out, Dong Yuanjie, a skin boy, was already in a trance.

Dong Qinyan looked at the big copper basin and divided the basin into two like gossip, with milky white soup on one side and red soup like fire on the other.

She widened her eyes in shock and asked Dong Yuanxu loudly, "Brother, brother, look at that basin..."

Dong Yuanxu explained hilariously: "Niuniu, this is the mandarin duck pot specially made for hot pot, it was made by a blacksmith before, but we don't eat hot pot very often, so you haven't seen it before. , the white soup is not spicy, it contains several kinds of spices, and it is very nourishing after cooking with the old hen for a day. As for the red soup, it is spicy soup, you are too young to eat it, we will wait a while Just drink the milky chicken soup, okay?"

Dong Yuanxu coaxes Dong Qinyan dotingly, thinking that her little sister will be one year older after the new year, she can't help feeling a little bit, how old is the little sister, the father leaves for a few years, such a Come on, it's been four years!

Dong Qinyan didn't know Dong Yuanxu's feelings at all, looking at the mandarin duck pot and smelling the fragrance, the saliva was about to flow out, thinking, this hot pot really looks like the one she used to eat The species are different, let's not talk about the taste, the aroma alone is not comparable to the things she ate before.

Dong Qinyan is now more and more suspicious, whether the food of ordinary people is more novel than that in the palace. All in the palace.

Just when Dong Qinyan was staring at the mandarin duck pot, Dong Xiao and the others put all the rest of the dishes on it, and Dong Qinyan found out that there was fresh pork, Chicken, duck meat, and some animal offal, the rest are homemade meatballs and winter vegetables from the conservatory. What surprised her most was that there were fish and shrimp here.

She still remembered that because of the bad weather this year, Gu Shuixiu once said that the servants in the family were not allowed to go out to fish to avoid accidents.

Everyone at home is very obedient, what is going on with these things?

"Brother, look, fish, shrimp, live!" Dong Qinyan pulled Dong Yuanxu's hand excitedly, pointing to the river shrimp that twisted twice on the table from time to time, her eyes staring at the boss .

Dong Yuanxu thought she was afraid, so he picked her up and comforted her softly: "Niuniu, don't be afraid, these fish and shrimps were sent by the great uncle this afternoon, because they were just caught from the river, so It's still alive, it'll be fine when it's cooked."

It turned out to be sent by Zuo Qingsong, Dong Qinyan's eyes flashed a glimpse, and then she asked suspiciously: "Brother, did the great uncle also send us fish and shrimp?"

"How is that possible! In the past, parents usually sent things over, because only the uncle could do the work in the aunt's family, so the parents shared some of the work for them. In previous years, we would go to the river to chisel ice and put fish baskets. , Maybe because our family didn't go to put them this year, the uncle sent these fish and shrimp here, there are not many, just enough for us to eat, and they don't have it."

Dong Yuanxu explained while playing with his sister's soft hair, his eyes full of smiles.

Dong Qinyan nodded knowingly, she knew that her mother always paid attention to these etiquettes, since Zuo Qingsong sent these things this time, I am afraid that the family also sent a lot of things.

"Brother, can we eat?" Dong Qinyan can't wait anymore, now that the dishes are coming, if she doesn't start, she will jump.

Seeing her anxious look, Dong Yuanxu reluctantly gave her a piece of boiled chicken, barely stabilizing Dong Qinyan's emotions, and only then did she have the heart to talk to the brothers beside her.

After the Chinese New Year, Zhao Baoer will also be fifteen, and he will also leave Cuizhu Mountain and go on a study tour. Because Zhao Baoer is different from Zhang Xingchi, he does not plan to join the rebel army, and Zhao does not want to He took risks, and after everyone discussed it, he finally chose to let him go out for a tour and gain knowledge. If there is a chance in the future, he will take the imperial examination. If there is no chance, he can find a job in Yongjia County when he returns to Yongjia County.