Chapter 114 Heavy Snow Hot Pot
Unknowingly, He Yuzhu had been working in the purchasing department for several months. The weather is gradually getting colder, and winter has entered Sijiu City.
On this day, He Yuzhu woke up early in the morning, before dawn. Feeling a little cold in the room, I put on my clothes and came to the living room.
I saw that the firewood in the fireplace was about to burn out, and the fire was almost extinguished. He quickly added some flammable straw, ignited the fire, and added wood. Slowly the room became warmer.
After doing this, He Yuzhu went out to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Through the light in the house, I saw heavy snow falling outside. The ground is already covered with a layer of snow. I don’t know what time the snow started falling at night.
In snowy weather, I need something hot to eat in the morning, so He Yuzhu is preparing to make some small wontons in the kitchen.
After wrapping the wontons, set the wontons aside for later use. He Yuzhu wasn't hungry yet, and the others hadn't gotten up yet. Yu Yu didn't need to go to school today, so He Yuzhu didn't ask her to get up. Then wait until the others wake up before cooking together.
He Yuzhu took a book, turned on the radio, turned down the sound, and added some wood to the fireplace. Then he sat by the fireplace, listening to the radio and reading the book, and fell asleep without realizing it.
He Yuzhu felt someone covering him with something, so he opened his eyes and saw Song Jinfeng covering him with a quilt.
"You're awake, why did you fall asleep sitting here?" Song Jinfeng saw that He Yuzhu was awake.
"When is it?" He Yuzhu asked drowsily.
"It's past 7 o'clock. There's so much snow outside, are you still going out today?"
"I'm not going out. Just stay at home. I'll have half a day to spare."
After a while Yu Yu woke up and came out holding the little monkey.
"Brother, what are you eating this morning?"
"I've made wontons in the kitchen. You go and cook them. I'm going to sweep away the snow."
"Is it snowing?" Yu Yu went to the corridor and looked outside. The heavy snow was still falling outside: "It's not falling lightly."
He Yuzhu put on his big cotton-padded jacket, hat and gloves, and went to the utility room to get a shovel.
Now that the snow is still falling, all it takes is sweeping the snow from the verandah into the yard. He Yuzhu finished cleaning the verandah, opened the door, and cleared the snow at the door. Seeing that on the street, the neighborhood committee has organized everyone to clear a path for people to walk. He Yuzhu also joined in. The front part had just been swept, and soon another layer was taken down at the back. But it is also easier to walk than unswept areas.
After a while, the neighborhood committee announced that it was over, and He Yuzhu took the shovel and went home.
Song Jinfeng helped sweep the snow off the big cotton-padded jacket, took it off and hung it by the fireplace. Xiaopingan stretched out his hand for He Yuzhu to hug him on the small bed.
"Son, daddy is cold and can't hug you." Song Jinfeng said and picked up Xiao Ping'an.
Yu Yu brought a bowl of hot wontons to his brother.
"Have you eaten?"
"Yu Yu and I have both eaten. You can just eat."
He Yuzhu ate a bowl of hot wontons, and his body became warm.
The heavy snow seems to have sealed the whole world. Except for those who need to go to work, everyone else is hiding at home.
All morning, He Yuzhu and Yuyu were playing with Xiaopingan with toys.
Tired of playing, He Yuzhu hugged Xiaopingan and stood in the corridor for a while looking at the snow. Xiaopingan struggled to get out.
"My dear son, it's cold outside, so you can't go out." He Yuzhu carried Xiao Ping'an back into the house.
Xiaopingan was not happy when he entered the house and started to cry. No matter how He Yuzhu coaxed him, he couldn't do it.
"Brother, give me Xiaopingan. You can play with it while you're at it."
Yu Yu couldn't stand it any longer, so he took Xiao Ping'an over. It didn't take long to coax her.
Song Jinfeng was on the side, making clothes, and said: "You, if you have nothing to do, go and think about what to eat for lunch. It will be lunch soon."
Well, what's for lunch? what's for dinner? It is always a difficult question. What do you eat when you are not full? I asked what I could eat. What do you eat when you are full? There are too many choices and I don’t know what to eat.
For He Yuzhu, it was the latter.
What to eat? Of course it’s mutton hotpot on a snowy day!
"Let's eat hot pot! Hot pot is the perfect match for a snowy day."
Song Jinfeng: "I don't care, what about you Yu Yu?"
Yuyu: "Hot pot, great. I haven't eaten it for a long time."
"Then I'll cut the mutton." After saying that, He Yuzhu turned around and went to the kitchen.
"Brother, I'm making some meatballs and shrimp sliders." Yuyu shouted at He Yuzhu's back.
"I got it." Anyway, he was idle and had enough time to do it, so He Yuzhu simply agreed.
"Jinfeng, what do you want to eat?"
"Just watch and do it, I can do whatever you want."
Great, another problem of the century. casual? All OK?
He Yuzhu went to the kitchen silently. Make the meatballs first. It reminds me of the ping pong ball in Stephen Chow's movie that I watched in later generations.
Pissing beef balls are a Chinese delicacy with a long history. They were developed by the Wang family in Songjiang, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Beef needs to be beaten with a stick more than 20,000 times and nearly 30,000 times. The filling is made from Pipi shrimp.
There are Pipi shrimps in He Yuzhu's space. Take them out, peel them and chop them into puree. Season, add stock and cook until half cooked, then set aside to freeze.
It's too troublesome to hit the beef with a stick. You can control the stick directly in space with your mind to hit the beef into mud.
Take the frozen filling into the space and make the meatballs. Then cook through.
He Yuzhu used the space to cheat and processed the mutton slices and other ingredients.
At noon, I took a cloisonné enamel hot pot that I found and cleaned it.
Add hot red charcoal, green onions, ginger slices, dried shrimps, wolfberries, red dates and shiitake mushrooms to the pot. Add water.
After the water boiled, Yu Yu couldn't wait to put in the mutton slices.
The cooked mutton slices are served with the dipping sauce prepared by He Yuzhu himself. That's called a fragrance.
Seeing Yu Yu eating with a look of enjoyment, He Yuzhu and Song Jinfeng also started eating with their chopsticks.
He Yuzhu also prepares a variety of ingredients, including mutton, beef, tripe, meatballs, shrimp paste, frozen tofu, cabbage, etc.
He Yuzhu, Yuyu and Song Jinfeng ate heartily.
The little monkey climbed onto the table several times and was suppressed by the rain.
He Yuzhu: "Bring it some fruit to eat. You can also feed it some meat."
Yu Yu did as his brother said and fed the little monkey some beef and then gave him an apple. And warned the little monkey not to jump on the table again.
After being warned by the rain, the little monkey held the apple and began to eat it honestly.
Ping An saw his parents and aunt eating happily and wanted to eat too. Song Jinfeng got him some shrimp paste and fed it to him.
A meal that satisfies the whole family. After Pingan was full, he wanted to go to bed, so Song Jinfeng coaxed Xiao Pingan to sleep.
He Yuzhu and Yuyu each moved a deck chair and sat by the fireplace, each reading a book.
