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Chapter 29 The First Hot Pot in Ancient Times

Several people worked in the kitchen for a long time before filling more than sixty bottles of chilblain ointment.For dinner, he had to stop making chilblain ointment ahead of schedule. Of course, Ning Qingxi was also very much looking forward to the mutton hot pot tonight.

The mutton was killed last night, broken down into pieces and put outside to freeze.

Fang Chunmei was in charge of slicing the mutton, and it was easier to cut the frozen mutton into rolls.

Ning Qingxi was in charge of mixing the seasonings. After all the crushed peanuts and sesame seeds were prepared, they were placed in a stone mortar, and Li Dafeng was in charge of crushing them.

After crushing, put it into a small bowl, and put a plate of dogwood, and a small plate of ginger, onion and garlic.At that time, you can adjust what flavor you want.

Wang Xiujuan was in charge of sautéing Fang Chunmei's sliced ​​scallions, garlic and ginger until fragrant. After the smell exploded, she poured the fragrant mutton bone soup that had been boiled for a day next to it, covered it and simmered.

Ning Changrong, who was in the county, went to the blacksmith to get his custom-made pots and was rushing back with the villagers.

Light snow fell intermittently on the road, and everyone had to quicken their pace.

When Ning Changrong and the others returned home, the food was ready, so they were waiting for Ning Changrong and the others to come back.The clothes were not wet outside, and the snow water on their bodies melted immediately when the temperature was too high when they returned home. The three of them hurried back to various rooms and changed their clothes.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Xiujuan cleaned the pot that Ning Changrong had brought back, put the mutton soup base in it, put the whole pot on the clay stove beside it and simmered it slowly, put the mutton rolls on the stove beside it On the table, the watery Chinese cabbage was washed and dried and packed tightly into three plates, and there were also two plates of taro cut into small pieces.

Each person has a small seasoning bowl and a bowl of barley rice.

Seeing that everyone was almost ready to eat, Ning Qingxi made a bowl of dipping sauce for herself, her father and her grandma.All three of them can eat spicy food, and they added a lot of cornel to the bowl.

"Xixi, will this taste delicious?" Fang Chunmei watched curiously as Ning Qingxi added spoonfuls of cornel to the bowl.

"It's delicious! The mutton slices are dipped in this seasoning and put into your mouth, with the aroma of sesame and crushed peanuts, and the spicy taste of dogwood on the tip of your tongue. It's so delicious!"

Li Dafeng at the side couldn't help but add some to the bowl after hearing her description.

Seeing that Fang Chunmei also wanted to join, Wang Xiujuan dissuaded her, "The second child, you can't eat dogwood, you still have to breastfeed."

As soon as Fang Chunmei heard that she was not continuing with the movement of her hands, she only added a few non-irritating seasonings for dipping.

There were not enough stools, so the family circled around the kitchen, and Wang Xiujuan sat on the small pier that lit the fire, and everyone ate standing up.

Ning family, you look at me, I look at you, I don't understand how to eat this raw meat and lettuce.

Wang Xiujuan demonstrates that after using chopsticks to place a piece of mutton roll, it will be cooked within ten seconds, pick it up and put it into Ning Qingxi's seasoning bowl.

Ning Qingxi was so hungry, she dipped the seasoning in the bowl and eagerly put it in her mouth.

"Hiss, it's hot..."

"You child! No one is following you, why are you in a hurry?" Wang Xiujuan pointed at the bowl and asked her to spit it out.

Ning Qingxi shook his head, and waited for the mutton to cool down in his mouth before swallowing it. "Delicious! It's so delicious!" Ning Qingxi narrowed her eyes happily as she savored the taste in her mouth. Although the spicy taste was still a bit off, she was satisfied, and the most important thing was that there was no smell!
Only after seeing Wang Xiujuan move the chopsticks did the Ning family know how to eat.Upon hearing Ning Qingxi's words, a few pairs of chopsticks impatiently picked up the mutton roll and put it into the pot.

After seeing that the mutton was not red, Ning Laosan added up his chopsticks and put it into the bowl.

He learned from Ning Qingxi's lesson and took a breath before putting it in his mouth.

"Well."

Li Dafeng stood beside him, "What's wrong?"

Third Ning frowned, swallowed it reluctantly, went to pour himself a glass of water, and then recovered, "It's so spicy, it hurts my tongue. But I still want to eat it!" Why did his niece Xixi eat it? Like no one?Seeing that there was more dogwood in that bowl than him, it was even worse in his elder brother's bowl, his tongue hurt just looking at it.

After Ning Lao San finished speaking, Ning Lao Er was mentally prepared when he ate it. It was indeed very spicy. After taking a few mouthfuls, he couldn't help sweating on his forehead, but he still wanted to eat it.

Ning Changrong boasted as he ate, "Xixi's water goes well with it, it's fragrant and spicy." The peanuts and sesame seeds he spent a hundred dollars on were not in vain.If it wasn't for his daughter's mutton hot pot, he would really be reluctant to part with it.

Li Dafeng, who kept eating chopsticks, listened to Ning Changrong's words and thought, if good things like sesame seeds and peanuts were put in, it would be a ghost if they didn't smell good.

But this way of eating is really fresh, and the whole family is sweating after eating hot in the kitchen in the winter.

Except for the fact that they couldn't get used to the spicy taste of cornel at first, after eating a few more mouthfuls, the Ning family all fell in love with it.

They ate up all the prepared mutton and cabbage, and added three more plates of Ning Changrong before they were full.

After eating, they left one by one with their stomachs straight.

After the meal, the two sisters-in-law worked together to clean up the kitchen. After returning to the room, Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei made an appointment to come to Wang Xiujuan's room together.

Wang Xiujuan was chatting with Ning Qingxi.

"Xixi, this is the red-headed rope that your third uncle bought for you."

"Xixi, this is the green rope that your second uncle bought for you."

Ning Qingxi was caught off guard by looking at the two hair ropes on the table, and looked up at her grandma.

Wang Xiujuan received her granddaughter's gaze and asked, "Why did the second and third child suddenly think of giving away something?"

"Mom, isn't this Xixi giving our family this chilblain ointment? It's quite effective. Her two uncles can't take our Xixi's things for nothing. I heard that the little girls in the county like to use this red headband. , I bought two at once, and I was afraid of the heavy color, so I chose a blue one.”

Well, you have two hair ropes at once.In fact, Ning Qingxi usually tied a ponytail with a piece of cloth torn from her clothes. To her, these colorful hair ties were no different from the cloth strips.

But since it's a gift from my uncle and aunt, I still have to give it some face.

Ning Qingxi took the hair rope, and thanked crisply: "Thank you second uncle and second aunt, third uncle and third aunt."

Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei said: "Oh, our Xixi is really polite."

Fang Chunmei nodded, and found Wang Xiujuan yawned on the opposite side, "As long as you like Xixi, mother, then Dafeng and I will go back first, you and Xixi can rest." Wang Xiujuan yawned again and wiped the With tears in the corner of his eyes, he waved his hand and said, "Go back, go back."

After the two left, Wang Xiujuan and Ning Qingxi washed up and got into the warm bed, "Grandma, shall we still eat mutton hot pot tomorrow?"

"Do you still want to eat it? All right. If you want to eat it, you can continue to eat it tomorrow. But if you eat too much mutton, you will get angry."

"Why are you on fire? How much do you eat? Even if you get on fire, I'm willing!" Thinking of the taste of dinner, Ning Qingxi felt hungry again...

(End of this chapter)