Chapter 258 Winter Solstice Night (Part 2)

One of the most important things when making hot pot in Sijiucheng is Erba sauce, but you can’t buy ready-made Erba sauce here.

Han Li didn't find any trace of it when he went to Bingcheng. Hot pot without Erbajiang has no soul.

So Yun Jingjing is currently mixing two parts of peanut butter and eight parts of sesame paste in front of the table, and is slowly pouring in the aniseed water that has been cooked and cooled.

Yun Yingying pressed the basin with one hand, and kept stirring in one direction with the chopsticks in the other hand. This job must not be easy. The two sisters would alternately stir for a while, waiting for the aniseed water, peanut butter The Erba sauce is completed when the sesame paste is blended to the consistency you feel is suitable. When eating, you can add a little salt according to your personal taste.

While they were doing this, Han Li was also busy.

In addition to cutting the mutton, he also selected some parts of the beef such as upper brain, hanging dragon, three-flowered tendon, beef tendon, louver, etc., and sliced ​​and packaged those parts that can be used for hot pot shabu-shabu.

Finally, he took out a few cabbages from the cellar, cut some frozen tofu, and cut the vermicelli into appropriate lengths if there were no vermicelli. Han Li was almost done with his work.

After the two sisters made the Erba sauce, Yun Jingjing boiled a pot of water to make the bottom of the pot and scald the wine.

Since there was no wine jug suitable for scalding wine at home, Yun Yingying took off the straps of the three military water jugs at home, filled them with wine, and placed them in a hot water basin so that they would not be too cold.

Han Li looked at the kettle in the hot water basin, took out a canned hawthorn and a canned yellow peach from the cupboard and put a bottle in each.

Originally it would be best if the hot water basin sat directly on the brazier, but unfortunately their brazier is the mainstay of shabu-shabu today.

So after Han Li finished putting the cans, he lit the kerosene stove to the smallest flame and put the hot water basin on it.

At this time, Yun Jingjing has already prepared the bottom of the pot. Just put a few green onions and two fennel in a pot of hot water.

This is also the style of Sijiucheng shabu-shabu. The clear soup is the base and mutton is the main ingredient. After shabu-shabu is enough, the soup in the meat pot will become very delicious. Finally, add some vegetables to absorb the meat flavor and fat in the soup. This The dish also has a meaty flavor, so the hot pot meal is basically complete.

"Brother Li has done it, let's get started. I can't wait."

"Come on, the big smoke cannons are blowing outside again. They won't stop like that tomorrow. I just blocked the street door. We can eat whatever we want tonight and drink all night long."

As soon as Han Li finished speaking, Yun Yingying cheered, took Han Li's hand and walked towards the back room.

"Come on, come on, I've been craving this for a long time."

The three people sat around the Kang table, with various ingredients placed in the other direction.

I didn't feel anything bad when I was tidying up just now, but now that they are piled together, it seems to be very much. The Yun sisters did not have such a large number of ingredients when they were celebrating the winter solstice at home. Han Li poured a glass of wine for the two of them and said.

"We ate dumplings during the winter solstice during the day, and we set up a happy pot at night. I hope that for the rest of our lives, no matter whether the sun is bright or dim, no matter whether the tea is strong or light, no matter whether life is prosperous or dull, we can be as good as now every year Sitting together as loving people, let’s have a drink first, otherwise our family Yingying will be so greedy.”

Han Li's words made Yun Jingjing's eyes flash with light, and Yun Yingying said very excitedly.

"Brother Li, no matter what the future looks like, we will always be together."

"cheers."

"cheers."

The three of them picked up their glasses and clinked them together. The wine had been boiling in the hot water for a while, and now it tasted just right without being cold at all.

Han Li may have put a little too much sugar in the wine when he made it, but the sweetness and fruity aroma in the mouth are very delicious.

Not sure whether it was because it tasted good or because she was excited, Yun Yingying drank the glass of wine directly.

Next, it’s time for everyone to cook the meat. Han Li and the Yun sisters are both from Sijiucheng, so they all eat in the same movement. When cooking the mutton, the chopsticks should not be separated from the meat. Wait until the color of the meat is about the same. After eating, you can put the louver and tripe inside and cook for a while.

Yun Yingying picked up a piece of cooked mutton with chopsticks and put it in a small bowl. She put it in her mouth and sighed as she ate it.

"Yeah, it's delicious. I finally had the hotpot mutton."

"You should have told me if you love boiled mutton so much. It's not like we don't have mutton at home."

"I only thought of eating boiled mutton when the winter solstice is approaching. I don't think much about it at ordinary times."

After Han Li cooked a chopstick of mutton for each of the two sisters, he said to the side while he was scalding the meat.

"Boiling mutton in the winter solstice has become a habit in the Four-Nine Cities. You would think that it is normal. Many neighbors in our area say that during the winter solstice, no matter how poor the family is, even if the clothes are patched, With garlic cloves exposed on the front and duck eggs exposed on the back, you have to eat boiled mutton on this day.”

"It's similar in our area. Many people start shopping for meat tickets early. On the winter solstice, those who can afford it go to restaurants to cook it. Those who can't afford it make a meal at home."

This situation has been circulating for many generations, and it is completely normal for this situation to occur.

However, when talking about this, the two sisters felt a little depressed. After seeing this, Han Li told a joke.

"There is a madman in our school, but he never admits that he is a madman. One day, a new teacher came up to him and asked him out of curiosity.

'You look normal, but why do people call you a madman?'

The madman said: 'That's because I like to eat hot pot.'

'Isn't it normal to like hot pot? Our whole family likes to eat hot pot.'

The madman asked in surprise: 'Really? Then do you like to eat the pot body, pot base, pot cover, pot ears or furnace bridge?'"

(At that time, the hot pot was composed of the pot body, pot base, pot cover, pot ears, and furnace bridge.)

Han Li's joke made the two sisters laugh, and the laughter naturally drove away the original low mood.

Yun Jingjing then gave Han Li a grateful look, and then everyone ate and talked, with Han Li urging them to drink in the middle.

The wine tasted sweet like juice, but it was wine after all, and it would make people drunk.

In the end, Han Li basically didn't need to persuade them to drink. Yun Yingying completely regarded wine as a drink to relieve her nausea. Even Yun Jingjing drank so much that she was dizzy and had a lisp when she spoke.

Han Li saw this situation and started to pack up the stall, but seeing how they were staggering, he could only quickly remove the things by himself.

Maybe Yun Yingying was really drunk and she actually held the military water bottle filled with wine, so Han Li had to let her go.

But after Han Li cleaned up the table, added firewood to the kang, and replaced the charcoal in the brazier and carried it back to the inner room.

Yun Yingying was holding her sister on the kang and talking nonsense. Yun Jingjing seemed to be much more sober at this moment. While dealing with her sister, she wiped the oil stains that had just fallen. When she saw Han Li coming in, she hurriedly said.

"Come and take care of my little sister quickly. I can't even make the kang with her like this."

Han Li quickly put down the brazier, stepped forward a few steps and took Yun Yingying, who was already drunk, from Yun Jingjing.

"Hic..., Brother Li, I'm very happy today, how about we have another drink?"

"Okay, let's have another drink."

Han Li held Yun Yingying with one hand, and reached out to the two canned fruit bottles that were not put away, and poured out two cups of sugar water inside.

"Sister, you should also drink some sugar water to slow down."

Yun Jingjing took it with a complicated expression and a hint of nervousness. Han Li took another cup and began to coax Yun Yingying to drink the sugar water.

As a result, Yun Yingying fell asleep in Han Li's arms halfway through drinking. Seeing her falling asleep so quickly made Han Li a little amused.

At this time, Yun Jingjing and Han Li looked at each other, and then began to tidy up the bedding with an extremely unnatural look.

Han Li had already started to help the drunk Yun Yingying undress. I don't know if it was the effect of alcohol or the process had a greater visual impact. Anyway, after arranging this side, Han Li turned around directly.

The blizzard tonight was particularly strong. The violent blizzard was like a ferocious beast, howling and roaring. The sound of the wind and snow became more and more rampant and more and more unbridled, and the momentum was like a huge army, tearing everything ruthlessly and ruthlessly. Wherever the blizzard passed, it was a mess.

(I am the dividing line of the enthusiastic N-thousand-word.)

Then Yun Jingjing's eyes turned into a vast expanse of white. At this moment, she could fully understand what her younger sister had said before.

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The next day, although Han Li was awakened early by his biological clock, he was lying on the kang and couldn't move at all.

Looking at himself in the quilt, he seemed to have become a three-headed and six-armed person at this moment, so it was definitely not a wise move for him to wake up first at this time.

Han Li had to give up today's exercise, and then closed his eyes and lay there motionless to continue pretending to sleep, but he pretended to sleep so much that he really fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Yun Yingying first let go of Han Li's arm and began to rub her dizzy head with her eyes closed. However, after a while, she changed her mind.

"No, why didn't Brother Li get up to practice boxing today? Did he drink too much last night?"

Yun Yingying suddenly opened her eyes and looked around when she thought of this. As a result, she saw another self sleeping on the other side of Han Li, hugging his arm.

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