94 Hotpot
The three of them shook their heads in unison. Xiao Ye said, “No, I’ll miss Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, and Sister.”
Xiao Hu also refused. “Sister, I’ll be more careful.”
Xiao Lang was not afraid of anything. He waved his fist and shouted, “If there’s a bad person, I’ll beat him to the ground!”
Jian Qingqing hugged him and stroked his head. She smiled and asked, “What if you can’t beat him?”
Xiao Lang felt that his sister looked down on him. He said angrily, “Impossible! I’m the best! Brother Ming said that my kung fu is very good! If I really can’t beat him, I… I’ll ask brother Ming to beat him!”
Jian Qingqing could not help but laugh. The person that Xiao Lang worshipped the most was Ming Zhiyan. Even she could not beat him. Previously, she had mentioned to Ming Zhiyan that Xiao Lang should take him as his teacher, but he refused. Even so, he was still the elder brother and teacher that Xiao Lang worshipped and respected the most.
“Alright, as long as you know what you’re doing.”
At the age of eight or nine, he was no longer a child in this era. He could be treated as half an adult.
Soon, they reached home. Jian Qingqing jumped off the ox-cart and stomped her feet, shaking off the cold air all over her body.
Xiao Lang sniffed and shouted, “Sis! What delicious food did you make? It smells so good!”
Jian Qingqing pushed the door open and said, “We’re having hotpot today. Come in quickly.”
Although the three brothers did not understand what hotpot was, the smell of it was definitely delicious. The three of them quickly ran in.
They saw two small stoves on the table. There was a pottery pot on the stove. One of the pots had spicy oil and the other had tomato bone soup.
The bottom of the pot was lit when Jian Qingqing went out. It was just in time. The red soup was bubbling in the pot and emitting a tempting fragrance.
Mother Jian and the others were washing the vegetables. Jian Qingqing had just finished washing when she came back. She placed all the vegetables on the table and asked, “Big Sister, is this how you eat hot pot while it’s hot?”
Jian Qingqing sat down and nodded. “Yes, come and eat quickly. I guarantee that it’s a taste that you’ve never tasted before!”
Hearing this, everyone also sat down. They picked up their favorite dishes and put them in.
The Jian Family loved spicy food, so they all preferred the spicy pot. After a while, the meat was cooked. Xiao Lang could not wait to put it into his mouth. He said while sucking on the meat, “It’s so delicious!”
Mother Jian and the others also started eating. Old Man Jian nodded and said, “Although it’s spicy, I don’t feel so cold after eating it. It’s fragrant!”
Mother Jian also nodded and agreed, “I didn’t expect the spicy food to taste so good. I’m sweating after eating it for a few mouthfuls. It’s pretty good to eat in the cold weather.”
After praising them for a while, the dishes on the table were already half-eaten. Old Man Jian muttered, “Gluttons, you guys are eating so fast.”
Even though he said so, his speed was not much slower. Everyone was focused on eating, and for a moment, only the sound of eating could be heard.
After eating almost everything, they began to slowly talk.
Jian Dalang asked, “Big Sister, are you going to sell this hotpot? It should be very easy to sell if it’s so delicious.”
Jian Qingqing nodded. “I’ll sell it.”
She had already asked the workers to divide the backyard of the county store into ten private rooms. When the time came, she would sell the hotpot at a higher price. She would limit the number of customers to only those who were rich.
However, she still needed time to prepare the base ingredients. There were still a few pieces of base ingredients left for today, Jian Qingqing said, “Xiao Hu, tomorrow, take a piece of base material to Brother Wei Wusheng. Xiao Lang, take one piece to your Brother Ming Zhiyan. Xiao Ye, bring it to the rest to the academy’s teachers. Then teach them how to eat it.”
The three brothers received the task and nodded. “Yes!”