What is the best thing to do in winter
Get a pot, pour three glasses or two of light wine, and put a table of shabu-shabu dishes.
For fat and thin beef, it is best to slice thinly, the thinner the better, so that it can be easily cooked through the mouth when it is rinsed in the bottom of the hot pot.
As for the bottom of the pot, it is best to boil the old hens for a few hours. This kind of soup is used as the bottom of the pot. Put some white radishes and mushrooms on it, and cook for half an hour. Become an indispensable element in this feast.
There are also duck tongue, tripe, and Chinese cabbage. These mixes of meat and vegetables make it a lively winter surrounded by fire.
This is the family banquet in Yue Dingtang's memory.
Unlike other families, the Yue family's family banquets do not like to let the chef cook those delicate and complicated dishes and put them on the table, especially in winter, even a wealthy family has to be watched by a group of servants, and the host family should eat slowly. , you have to take it down and it's hot again. Over time, it's easy for people to feel a hint of cold air from the chopsticks just sitting down.
The old man of the Yue family came to settle in the north. He liked to eat a hot pot before he died. From the start of the meal to the departure, the table was full of enthusiasm. The soup pot was boiling, and people were not cold. warm up.
Sitting around and shabu-shabu is more like a Yue family tradition.
Yue Ding Tang did not like to eat mutton.
Yue Chunxiao likes to eat mutton.
The other two men in the Yue family, one likes to eat luwei, and the other likes brain flowers.
The four of them have their own advantages. This hot pot can only be a four-square grid. The four of them can gather together and have their own fun. It can be regarded as seeking common ground while reserving differences.
Even if the Yue family was separated and Yue Chunxiao went abroad with her husband, the four palaces of the Yue family were also indispensable during the winter festivals, but sometimes the eldest was absent and the second was absent, leaving Yue Dingtang in front of the pot. One, enjoys the four palaces and the hot loneliness.
Tonight is a rare lively event in the Yue family.
Yue Chunxiao was there, only two people were sitting opposite each other, but with Ling Shu, it was completely different.
The latter is used to liven up the atmosphere. One person can tell the excitement of four people. With him, the smile on Yue Chunxiao's face has never disappeared, and it is not the kind of smile that is polite and alienated, but comes from the heart. joy.
Why does the third sister like Ling Shu so much
Yue Dingtang couldn't figure this out.
The two also met many years ago. Ling Shu went to eat at home. Of course, the third sister seemed to like Ling Shu at that time, but she had almost the same attitude towards younger sisters of the same age and towards Du Yunning.
The enthusiasm of young people often comes and goes quickly. After many years, the third sister can still treat Ling Shu in this way, which is a bit surprising.
Of course, Yue Dingtang knew that Ling Shu had a good skin and a sweet mouth—
He treated himself yang and yin and violated one set after another, but to Yue Chunxiao, it was a gesture of coaxing his sister.
As long as the hoe swings well, there is no corner that cannot be digged.
Yue Chunxiao's "corner" has been directly crooked to someone else's house.
Yue Dingtang didn't want to admit that when Ling Shu was willing to coax people, it was true that people loved each other and flowers bloomed.
"Little brother is back!"
Yue Chunxiao waved at him with a smile.
"What are you doing, come here, the tableware and chopsticks are ready for you!"
Yue Dingtang took off his hat, scarf and coat, handed it to the servant, wiped his hands, and walked over.
"Why are you here again?"
This sentence was asked to Ling Shu.
Strict words, but not much stern tone.
Ling Shu looked innocent, and before he could answer, Yue Chunxiao was already rushing to speak.
"Sister Ling Shu and his family went back to the country to visit relatives. Ling Shu was alone at home, so I asked him to come over for dinner. It was just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there was no smoke or fire at home, facing an empty table. , how uncomfortable it is to eat leftovers and cold rice!"
Yue Ding and Tang Xin said that there is still an old servant, Aunt Hong, at home. You are saying that he has no hands or feet.
Ling Shu said obediently: "Sister Chunxiao hurts me, let me come over for dinner, and I'll leave after dinner."
Yue Chunxiao: "Don't rush to leave, it's cold outside, your brother-in-law is still in Nanjing, and Dingtang won't talk to me at night, you stay just to chat with me, there are many empty rooms upstairs, go back and let the maid Someone will clean up a room for you, and then you will often come and go, so you will live there."
Ling Shu: "That won't work, it's too disturbing for you, and my sister is not here, I have to go back and have a look. Aunt Hong is old and she's at home alone, so I don't worry."
Yue Chunxiao said with love and pity: "You are really sensible, but don't look outside, aren't you working with Dingtang right now, just have breakfast in the morning, and I'll send someone to Ling's house to bring something to eat for Aunt Hong. , by the way, just go back tomorrow."
The two of them sang like a double reed.
Yue Dingtang thought expressionlessly, and took a piece of radish into his mouth.
In October, radish races with ginseng. Although it is not October now, the radish that has been soaked in chicken soup for a long time has a unique sweetness. After a bite, the chicken soup and radish juice burst open, instantly expelling all the chills. Warm all the way to the stomach.
Originally, only he and Yue Chunxiao shared the four-square grid, but now there are more people, but it seems to be more lively. Ling Shu alone can hold up half the sky, and it feels like eating three people around the fire to eat five or six people. .
Even an ordinary Shanghai green, he can tell an interesting story.
"It is said that there was a person who liked to eat Shanghai green in the past, but others were wandering in other places and couldn't eat it if they wanted to eat it, so he had to get some big cabbage. , but he couldn’t buy fresh pork, so he had to order Chinese cabbage and noodles, add some radishes and sun-dried corn, and borrow some old bacon from the neighbors. After stewing like this, he actually found some Shanghai green flavors in it.”
Yue Chunxiao's appetite increased greatly, and she couldn't help but burn another piece of Shanghai Green.
"How come this Chinese cabbage stewed vermicelli has nothing to do with Shanghai Qing?"
Ling Shu smiled and said, "It doesn't seem to matter, but he can taste the taste of Shanghai Green, isn't it because he is homesick? So he can taste the taste of hometown food in everything he eats."
Yue Chunxiao said with emotion: "Isn't it true, when I was abroad, I didn't think about anything else, I just thought about this hometown dish, and I thought about it every day. Although there are Chinatowns abroad, I can buy and cook by myself, but After all, the dishes that are made are less interesting. Take vegetarian goose as an example. Your brother-in-law likes to eat them. I bought tofu skins and fans to make them myself, but he always said that it was not as delicious as the ones at home. Make me angry."
Ling Shu picked up a piece of thin beef, swept it with the sauce, and put it into his mouth, making a conclusion.
"So, it is a blessing to be born Chinese."
Yue Chunxiao said angrily: "How can there be any blessing? At present, only one-third of an acre of land in Shanghai is more peaceful. In other places, where are the wars going on every three days? What kind of natural and man-made disasters can't be safe? easy."
"If you don't break or stand, and be prepared for danger in times of peace, you can make people work harder and pursue peace."
This is a bit of a feeling of family eating hot pot together during the festival.
Although there is only one family member, the other one is still an uninvited guest.
However, Yue Dingtang felt a little better without realizing it, and joined the topic smoothly and reservedly.
Yue Chunxiao didn't buy it much, and even complained about him: "As soon as you men open your mouth, you always talk about these big and condensed arguments, and they don't make any sense!"
Yue Ding Tang said calmly: "This is called being condescending and having a long-term vision."
He ignored Yue Chunxiao's pouting reaction and asked Ling Shu instead.
"Sister Ling Yao, why did they suddenly go to the countryside to visit relatives?"
Ling Shu glanced at Yue Chunxiao.
The latter gently encouraged: "Don't be afraid, just say, you are right about this."
Yue Ding Tang suddenly had a bad feeling and wanted to let Ling Shu stop talking.
"He Youan was assassinated by a radical fan and was saved by me. When she thanked me, she happened to be seen by Shen Shiqi. This guy wanted to beat me, but I beat him up instead. I was afraid that he would run to find his sister and brother-in-law's fault. , let them go out first to avoid the limelight, and by the way, go back to the countryside to visit relatives."
Yue Chunxiao added: "He is obviously brave in seeing righteousness, and he sees injustice on the road. That Shen Shiqi doesn't know what to do, but he repays his kindness and revenge. As I see it, next time you meet that He Youan, don't worry about her, save the surname of Shen again. trouble you!"
Ling Shu said helplessly: "She is in danger in front of me, I can't wait to die and don't save me, next time I see Shen Shiqi, I will take a detour, and after ten days and a half, he will forget about my little guy. already."
Yue Chunxiao said distressedly: "Why do you need this? Even good people can't do it these days? Don't be afraid, our Yue family can still talk in Shanghai, and let your second brother come forward to find Shen Shiqi's elders. "What's the origin of the Shen family?"
She couldn't help looking at Yue Dingtang.
Yue Dingtang: …
How has this become my thing again
Yue Dingtang thought so, and said slowly: "Shen's family background is average, only Shen Shiqi has an uncle, who is from Mrs. Jiang's side, and he can say something, he is holding a tiger's skin and pulling the banner ."
Yue Chunxiao: "In that case, you don't have to worry about him anymore. In my opinion, you don't need your second brother to come forward. Younger brother, please take care of this matter."
Yue Dingtang: …
Ling Shu: "Sister Chunxiao, thank you very much, but I don't want to trouble you. The Yue family has done enough for me. Even for the sake of my old classmates, I can't afford this love. They, I'll just stay away from them, one person will do things and one person will be responsible, so you don't have to worry about me."
Yue Chunxiao: "You are sensible, but I feel bad. If this face is beaten up, how can it be good?"
Yue Dingtang: …
At this time, Ling Shu should be as innocent and innocent, as if the sky and the earth were torn apart by the sun and the moon, and he would not do his business. He was like that pure and flawless snowflake, like a feather plucked from an angel's wings, clean , clear, without a trace of dust.
But Yue Dingtang didn't forget that when Ling Shu shot and killed Sancai in the Yuan family's underground warehouse, his reaction was a close call in just half a second.
A chick or bastard who has never seen a dead person with blood would never have the ability to react like this.
It can only be said that Ling Shu and Yue Chunxiao are one willing to coax, one willing to be deceived, one willing to fight and one willing to suffer.
According to Yue Dingtang, Yue Chunxiao and Ling Shu are siblings, and he brought them back from the roadside by the way.
"Since Ling Shu said this, Shen Shiqi's matter will be resolved by himself."
Yue Dingtang resolutely refused to step on this pit.
"Sister, Ling Shu has grown up, and it's been a few years since he was there. He's not a baby who was coaxed in his arms. If you believe in his ability, we don't have to intervene."
Yue Chunxiao glared at him fiercely.
Yue Dingtang was unmoved.
On the contrary, Ling Shu is very reasonable.
"Sister Chunxiao, don't worry about it, I heard that my brother-in-law will come to pick you up soon for a reunion, and you are going abroad again. I asked my sister to prepare some local products, including pickles and dried shrimp, to bring you abroad. Talk about the pain of homesickness.”
Yue Chunxiao directly ignored the "my sister" in his words, focused on Ling Shu, and moved: "My sister really didn't hurt you in vain!"
He glanced at Yue Dingtang again, and his expression clearly read: Look at others.
Yue Dingtang didn't want to talk anymore, he put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Sister, I'll send Ling Shu back."
Yue Chunxiao: "Why do you want to go back, didn't you say you should sleep here at night?"
Yue Dingtang frowned: "Don't think about it, the old servants at his house don't even know that he is going to spend the night outside, so he will worry about it later, and the guest room has been unoccupied for a long time, and it will not be occupied for a while. If you can’t find it, if you want to keep guests, let’s talk about it another day.”
He became serious and serious, and there was a bit of Old Man Yue's charm in his eyebrows, but Yue Chunxiao couldn't say anything.
Ling Shu smiled and said, "Sister Chunxiao, I'll go back first and see you another day."
Yue Chunxiao was a little reluctant to give up: "Then you ask the driver to drive slower, the weather is cold and the road is slippery, by the way, I still have some cakes made by myself, which were just baked in the afternoon, bring some back for you to eat for Aunt Hong, I'm hungry in the evening. You can also pad your belly."
Her attitude towards Ling Shu was almost doting, Yue Ding Tang dared to guarantee that she had never been treated like this before studying abroad, and those who didn't know thought that Ling Shu was going to travel across the ocean and only returned after ten or eight years.
Yue Dingtang sighed, it's really a loving mother and a lot of failures, presumably Ling Yao and Mrs. Ling had such doting on Ling Shu before they were alive, and this made him accustomed to not seeking progress, which made people angry.
Wrapped in a hat and scarf, Ling Shu stepped out of Yue's house, and the gust of wind that hit his face was pervasive, almost eroding him, causing him to suddenly fall from the warm heaven to the freezing hell, and he couldn't help shivering.
Yue Dingtang walked in front, first bent down and entered the carriage.
Ling Shu followed behind.
Speechless all the way.
It was not until the car was halfway through that Yue Dingtang suddenly spoke.
"You are deliberately approaching to please my third sister, is it because you have a relationship with her, or is it because of the Yue family's signboard?"
His voice was very low, and although the window was closed, there was still the movement of the car's engine running. If you didn't listen carefully, you could almost mistake it for an illusion.
Ling Shu was full of food and drink, and was sleepy in the warm carriage. Suddenly, he was alarmed by this sentence. He was drowsy and thought he was in a dream. He subconsciously said "Huh?", and then slowly recovered.
"Sister Chunxiao has a sassy personality, just like my sister."
Yue Dingtang didn't speak anymore.
Ling Shu did not take the initiative to explain.
Even the driver in the front seat seemed to feel this strange atmosphere, and couldn't help but move on the seat, a bit like sitting on pins and needles.
Fortunately, there are not many cars on the street, and the road is not far.
Soon, the Ling family is watching.
"Just send it here, thank you."
Ling Shu made a sound, and the driver naturally stopped on the street.
"Thank you, Mr. Yue, see you tomorrow."
Ling Shu was still in that condescending tone, waving his hand indifferently, without turning his head, his figure soon diffused in the wind and snow night.
Yue Dingtang watched for a while before saying, "Let's drive."
Ling Shu carried the cake that Yue Chunxiao brought him, hummed a little tune, walked up the steps, took out the key, and prepared to open the door.
Suddenly, there was a small movement behind him, and he didn't have time to react in the future, but he was directly trapped by the sack from top to bottom, and his eyes suddenly darkened!