strictlysupreme Chapter 141 Hot Pot Base
Chapter 141 Hot Pot Base
Although the new house had everything, it still took up a full basket. Lin Dadan drove the carriage away first, and the others slowly headed towards the Lin residence.
When they arrived, Zhou Xiaofeng and Lian Yun were already helping move things from the car into the house at the gate, and even Lin Fei was helping.
Zhang Tong led the canteen staff to clean the open space at the gate, because there would be a banquet tomorrow at noon, they had to clean this area and level the road so that they could set up the tables and build a temporary stove tomorrow morning.
Zhao Bo and Zhao Xiaotong also hurried to join the task of moving the luggage. Lin Jiaojiao walked into the yard. Although she had looked at it carefully on the map, she still couldn't help but marvel at it in reality. The craftsmanship of the ancients was really good.
She went to the main house first. Because the space was large, she rearranged it and made the middle room into a living room for meeting guests and dining.
There are four bedrooms on both sides, one for Lin's father, one for her own and one connected to the ear room next to it. This ear room is used as her study, and the other two are for Lin Yiyan and Lin Yizi.
However, because he was going to marry Fu Qi, Lin's father vacated his house and moved to the west wing. The east wing was divided into three rooms, two warm kang rooms and a mahjong entertainment room, and two toilets were built in the side wing.
The kitchen, guest rooms and servants' quarters were all located on the back side of the house. The nine large wooden boxes she had brought back last night had already been placed in the utility room next to the kitchen.
She was pleased with the furniture in the room, and she was finally walking on a stone floor instead of mud.
Red lanterns are hung under the eaves, and everything symbolizes the arrival of a better life.
She didn't have much to pack, as her things were all in her backpack. Lin Yizhi and the others had made the bed for her in the morning.
She called Lin Yiyan and Lin Yizhizi into the house and took out all the gadgets from her backpack.
"Big brother also knows that you guys go first to pick, after you've made your selection I'll give some of the remaining categories to Uncle Zhou and the others."
Lin Yizhi looked at the beautiful pearls and shells, full of joy: "My dear wife, I won't be polite then."
After Lin Yizhi finished speaking, he picked up a jewelry box and began to select pearls and shells. Lin Yiyan also picked some with a smile, but the most popular items he picked were those with exquisite embroidery, which he could observe and learn from when he was free.
After she saw that they had made their choices, she took out several wooden boxes of different sizes, looked at the employee list given by Lin Yiyan, and began to pack the gifts for them, waiting to distribute them together on New Year's Eve.
After she finished packing, she put it on the bookshelf, then left the room and looked at the people who had already packed up their things and were sitting in the yard basking in the sun and eating melon seeds.
She shouted to Lin Yizhi who was teasing Xiaobai, "Yizhi is here to prepare the hot pot base."
"coming."
Everyone was curious and followed them to the kitchen, which was very spacious and actually consisted of two rooms, a cooking area and a dining room.
The cooking area has two stoves, two bread ovens, and a row of cupboards containing various spices, flour, etc. There is also a long solid wood table in the middle, which is mainly used for cutting vegetables and placing things.
On the other side there is only a large round table and a small square table. Because it is cold in winter, this is where the family usually eats and it is also warm when sitting in the kitchen.
Because hot pot base can be preserved for a long time in winter, she wants to make more this time so that hot pot base won’t be too delicious in winter.
She took Lin Yizhi to the warehouse next door, opened the box, scooped the dried chilies out into a basket and took it back to the kitchen.
Zhao Yang was drawing water from the well, and Zhao Xiaotong carried the bucket of water to the kitchen and poured it into the large water vat. She poured the dried chilies in the dustpan into the wooden basin, and Lin Yizhi scooped water to wash them.
Zhou Xiaofeng sat by the stove and made a fire. She went to get some spices and took them to the stone mill to grind them into powder, but Lian Yun snatched them away and started working on them.
The water in the pot here has been heated up. She asked Lin Yizhi to put the washed dried chilies in and take them out after cooking for a while.
She was preparing to chop glutinous rice cake peppers. In order to prevent the juice from splashing into her eyes, she took a veil and put it on her head.
Lin Yiyan was choked by the smell of chili peppers. Father Lin and the two little ones also kept sneezing, so they had no choice but to go outside to the yard to bask in the sun.
When she saw them like this, she suddenly thought that she should order custom masks and have all the employees who prepare food wear them, otherwise it would be so unhygienic if anyone sneezed while preparing food.
Lin Yizhi was chopping garlic and preparing other ingredients on the other side of the long wooden table. Zhao Yang also came back with water to clean the beef fat, then put it in the pot to boil the butter.
Zhao Xiaotong was washing the cow offal on the side, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with these things. After all, the food prepared by the master was delicious.
Seeing that Lin Jiaojiao was chopping slowly, Zhou Xiaofeng took the two kitchen knives from her hands and started chopping quickly.
"Jiao Jie'er, go and watch the fire. Leave this to me."
She looked at what she had chopped, then looked at what Lin Yizhi had chopped. Well, it would be better to leave this kind of technical work to professionals.
She sat by the stove, watching the fire and eating melon seeds. When the butter was ready, she asked Lin Yizhi to put the chopped ginger in because there were no onions and scallions.
When the ginger slices are fried until slightly dry, add the bean paste and fermented black beans, stir-fry with a spatula, then pour in the glutinous rice chili peppers, stir-fry evenly, add rock sugar, then pour in the Sichuan peppercorns, and finally pour in the ground spice powder.
The few people who were free gathered around to watch, looking at the full pot of red chili oil and the aroma that filled the room.
"It smells really good. Jiao Jie, is this stuff sold in that spicy hot pot restaurant behind the house?"
"Yes, this is hot pot base. We will build a workshop on the farm to make it. You can also buy it separately and use it for cooking."
Lin Yizhi brought over a rectangular iron basin and scooped all the base ingredients from the pot into it, filling up just two basins.
"Let them cool and solidify first, and then just cut a piece and take it out when you want to eat it."
Lian Yun leaned over and took a closer look. "This is quite convenient. It will definitely sell well."
"By the way, Uncle Zhou, where is the pot that Aunt Lin ordered to be made?"
"That thing is still in warehouse number two. I'll go get it now."
"Uncle Zhou, just bring two over."
"okay."
Lian Yun was afraid that he couldn't take it all, so she followed him. She took two cured sea fish and cut them into pieces to cook for hot pot later. Here, Lin Yizhi started to stew chicken soup to make the base of the clear soup.
By the time they had washed and processed the ingredients, it had already gotten dark. Everyone gathered in the kitchen, busy and happy.