Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 380 Eating hot pot

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now that my daughter-in-law is married, I will soon have a grandson. Shen Liang is also raising pigs at home. I am so happy that I can't wait to get angry with the children."

Then he asked, "Is there anything going on at home today?"

Zhu Danian smiled and said, "Today is Yuanshan and Wenshan's birthday, and they asked me to come over for dinner."

Shen Shuzhuang remembered: "Yes, today is their birthday. Didn't Rongshan come back?"

"I can't come back to Rongshan. I'm working in town and will be back at the end of the year."

"I heard from my Shen Liang that they plan to buy a few more pigs in the spring of next year, and Rongshan will raise pigs with him at home."

He thought it was a good idea to raise pigs at home and make money instead of working in town.

"I've also heard Rongshan mention it. Let them do as they please."

Zhu Danian did not interfere. Rather than working in the town, he hoped that Shen Rongshan would stay at home and help out. Besides, working in the town did not earn much money.

After the rice is cooked, put water in the pot and boil it.

Shen Wenshan brought out the dishes and placed them on the table: "I'll go call Uncle Da Nian back for dinner."

Ji Wenhe was holding the fried spicy chicken and said, "Wenshan, go home and move your small table here. A small table is not big enough for everything."

"I know, sister-in-law."

Take out the bowls and chopsticks, as well as the prepared sauce.

Shen Yuanshan asked beside the pot: "Sister-in-law, should we wait until the water boils before putting the meat in?"

"Yes, put the meat in when the water boils. There's not enough chili in the hot pot. There's also some prepared sauce here. Try it. If you don't think the hot pot is spicy enough, you can pour some sauce in the bowl."

At this time, Zhu Danian walked in and looked at the sumptuous table: "The food today is really good, and I can enjoy a feast."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "There are still pig's trotters and stewed chicken in the kitchen that haven't been served yet. There's no room on the table. Wenshan, go move a table over."

"Uncle Da Nian, please sit down first. You will be able to eat soon. There is a spicy hot pot and a non-spicy one. I think you eat less spicy food, so have the non-spicy hot pot."

"It's okay. I eat less spicy food. Chili is really good with rice."

Because she often sent him pickled beans and cucumbers, gradually, he also began to like spicy dishes.

He looked at the stove curiously and asked, "Wen He, how can we eat this? There's no empty seat on the table."

Shen Yuanshan brought out a high stool from the main hall: "Uncle Da Nian, please eat on the stool. This stool was just made yesterday and has not been used yet."

His hands are inconvenient and only his right hand can hold chopsticks to eat; his left hand cannot hold the bowl.

"We'll cook whatever you want to eat. We'll fish it out. We also have mutton. We're afraid you'll eat too much and your arm won't recover. So you can eat less. You can eat more pig's trotters, pork, and shrimp. We also have chicken."

Zhu Danian swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to eat the spicy chicken that your sister-in-law cooked. It looks appetizing and tastes delicious."

Ji Wenhe was serving chicken soup in the kitchen. When he heard the two talking, he reminded them, "Uncle Da Nian, you can eat a few less pieces. Don't eat too much."

"When your arm is completely healed, I will make it for you every day until you get tired of it."

Shen Wenshan brought the small table back and placed it aside so that he could get the food later.

He went out with a bowl of chicken soup: "Uncle Da Nian, drink some chicken soup first, the meat in the pot is not cooked yet."

Zhu Danian sat in front of a stool with a steamboat in front of it. "Hey, you guys should sit down too. Aren't you ready yet?"

Ji Wenhe replied: "Okay, okay, I'll bring out the pig's trotters and spareribs, you guys sit down and eat first."

Shen Yuanshan turned the spicy pot to Ji Wenhe's side, added another piece of firewood into the stove, and soon a gurgling sound came out of the pot.

"Brother, put the tofu in the non-spicy pot. Sister-in-law, should we put tofu in the spicy pot now?"

"Don't put it in now. Wait until you finish eating the food inside and the meat is cooked, then you can put some vegetables in to cook."

Holding an empty bowl, add half of the prepared sauce and half a spoonful of spicy soup, stirring it with chopsticks.

Zhu Danian ate a spicy chicken and hissed because of the spiciness: "Wen He, how much chili did you put in? Come and try it, it's very spicy."

"Is it very spicy? Then you eat stewed chicken. Spicy chicken is more delicious with more spiciness. I didn't put too much dried chili in it because I was afraid it wouldn't taste good enough, so I added some hot sauce."

He took a sip of the chicken soup and nodded repeatedly: "It's spicy, too spicy, I can't eat it."

Ji Wenhe picked up the chopsticks and tasted a piece. It was within her acceptable range: "Then you guys can have the stewed chicken. Next time I'll make the spicy chicken with less spiciness."

The two twins also tried a piece. Although they can handle spicy food, the spicy chicken was a bit too spicy.

Shen Wenshan put the chopsticks in his hand on the bowl, picked up the long chopsticks on the table, and fished out the shrimps at the bottom of the pot: "The shrimps are cooked, and the shrimp threads are all removed. Uncle Da Nian, bite off the shrimp heads and throw them to the dog."

Two big black dogs were eating chicken bones nearby.

"Uncle Da Nian, you should eat it with the shrimp shells. Shrimp shells are good for calcium."

Zhu Danian asked her puzzledly: "What is calcium?"

Ji Wenhe thought about it, and didn't know how to explain it for a moment: "It's good for the body. Anyway, it won't harm the body if you eat it."

He didn't understand, but he still did as she said and ate the shrimp shells together.

Take out two pieces of cooked mutton from the spicy pot, put them into a bowl, stir them, blow them to cool, eat them in one bite, and squint your eyes happily.

It’s a pity that there is too little sauce. If there were oyster sauce, cumin, etc., it would taste better.

He picked up a piece of pig's trotter and put it into Zhu Danian's bowl: "Uncle Danian, at the end of this month, Yuanshan will go to the town to buy goods. You can follow him and I will take you to the town to see a doctor."

He shook his head: "No need to see a doctor, the village doctor will do. I'm not feeling unwell, so I won't waste my money."

Shen Wenshan said, "Uncle Da Nian, just listen to my sister-in-law. Let's go to town and have the doctor take our pulse. The doctors in the village are not as good as the doctors in town. It doesn't cost much to take our pulse. If we can find out that there's nothing wrong, we can rest assured."

"Yes, Uncle Danian." Shen Yuanshan agreed, "Just come with me, and we'll all feel relieved after we go and see it."

After the three people persuaded him, Zhu Danian nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will go to the town with you at the end of the month."

He said he was fine, but they didn't believe him, so he decided to go to the town to check so that they could feel at ease.

"When will the family buy New Year's goods?"

Ji Wenhe replied: "Go buy some dried meat and dried fruits at the end of the month, beef and mutton in the middle of the month, and fish and shrimp on the 25th or 26th."

"Shrimp is very expensive during the Chinese New Year, so buy it early."

But when the Chinese New Year comes, everything goes up in price.

"I want to buy live shrimps. I also went to buy them on the 25th or 26th last year. The price should be the same this year. I also need to buy more glutinous rice noodles. I didn't buy enough last year, so I didn't make enough glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival."