Chapter 14 Seafood Hot Pot

Sister Zhang had a look of disbelief, but she saw that Xiu Mei, who had gotten off the bus to buy something, had already taken out two taels of broken silver and given it to the old man selling seafood.

Then without waiting for the accompanying guards to help, Xiu Mei carried the basket of seafood to the carriage all by herself.

After Sister Zhang froze for a long time, she guessed in her heart that Wei Ruo’s money was probably brought among the gifts given to Wei Ruo by the old master in the capital two days ago.

He muttered in his heart, even if he got the money from the old master, he can’t spend it like this, he really doesn’t know how to keep a family.

After returning to Listening Pine Court, Xiu Mei carried the baskets of seafood into Listening Pine Court again.

“Meimei, how about ……” Wei Ruo looked at the basket of seafood with two eyes.

“Miss, you want to eat hot pot don’t you?” Xiu Mei instantly saw through Wei Ruo’s thoughts.

“Mmmmmmm, Meimei you know me so well!” She hadn’t even opened her mouth yet! Meimei had guessed it all!

“Miss your mind in other things I am really not good at guessing, only in this matter, as long as you look at me, I immediately know what you want to do.”

“Well, pick some of it out for seafood fondue, and we’ll dry the rest for dry goods after processing.”

Spicy pot base, seafood ingredients, this pot just think about it, Wei Ruo is hungry.

“But haven’t you forgotten, miss, that we don’t have a kitchen or a pot to make fondue now.”

“Isn’t there a small kitchen next door at Welcome Bamboo Court? Perhaps it can be borrowed.” Wei Ruo said.

“Right oh! There’s a small kitchen next door!” Xiu Mei suddenly realized something when she finished speaking, “Miss, you couldn’t have been aiming for this, that’s why you were so busy delivering soy sauce to the second young master to make good relations, right?”

“Huh? Is there? Where? Am I like that?”

Xiumei nodded.

“That’s not important, what’s important is that there’s a place to cook hot pot for a small meal. Meimei you get ready, get all the ingredients and we’ll go next door to cook a hot pot for dinner.”

“Then I’ll go look around the room and see how much of the spice you made earlier, miss, is left.”

Xiu Mei turned around and entered the ear room that was used by Wei Ruo as a storehouse.

When he returned, he led a white cloth bag in his hand.

There were no chili peppers in this era, and many spices were not available, Wei Ruo’s taste buds that had been nourished by spices would occasionally miss those exciting flavors, and so he collected all kinds of spices that could be collected in this era.

Pepper, cornelian cherry, fu liu vine, cinnamon, mustard spice, mix these spices, repeated experiments with ratios, and then came up with the spice seasoning packet that best suited Wei Ruo’s desire.

Wei Ruo mixed them well and divided them into cloth packets, and just took out a packet when needed.

“There’s still this last one left in the spice packet, after this one is used, next time you want to eat it again, miss, you’ll have to find a way to get those spices together again.”

Xiu Mei brings back the spice packet along with the not so good news.

Those spices are not that easy to get, Wei Ruo also took some effort to get them together before.

Wei Ruo nodded, “When it settles down some more, I’ll not only have to get spices, but also medicinal herbs will have to prepare some more.”

Then Wei Ruo asked Xiu Mei to stay in Listening Pine Court to handle the ingredients, and went to knock on the door of Ying Zhu Court herself.

The courtyard door opened, and the boy, Xiao Bei, was surprised and asked, “Missy, what’s the matter?”

“I’d like to borrow your little kitchen, and in return, I’ll treat you to seafood hot pot! My Meimei’s cooking skills are excellent, so I guarantee you won’t lose out!”

“Missy this …… this I can not take the idea, I have to go to ask the young master.”

“Then go ask your young master.”

“Okay, wait a moment Missy, I’ll go and ask.”

Kohoku turned around and went to the courtyard.

Wei Ruo probed and looked inside, just like the last time he came, Wei Jin Yi was still sitting in the octagonal pavilion reading a book, he seemed to like sitting inside the courtyard and reading books.

Separated by some distance, Wei Ruo couldn’t hear the conversation between him and Xiao Bei, but he could see his face sinking after Xiao Bei said something, and immediately after that, he raised his head to look in the direction of the doorway, and his gaze locked with Wei Ruo’s.

Wei Ruo grinned back and even reached out to give Wei Jin a greeting as well.

When she smiled, Wei Jin Yi’s face darkened a few more points instead.

What’s the matter, is she not smiling kindly and affectionately enough? She thought she was still nice when she smiled, Meimei even said she looked good when she smiled!

I don’t know what Wei Jin Yi said to Xiao Bei, Xiao Bei came over with a difficult look on her face and said, “Miss, young master said that if you have anything you want to eat, you can just let the big kitchen make it, our small kitchen is small and doesn’t have many good ingredients, so it’s really not suitable.”

“Ingredients, seasonings I’ll bring my own, no need for yours, you just need to provide me with a place to burn it. The big kitchen side is inconvenient, it will take me a long time to burn this.”

Xiao Bei had a difficult face, “But Missy ……”

“Please please please.”

“But the young master he ……” Xiao Bei turned his head to look in Wei Jin Yi’s direction, where can he make the decision, the young master told him to refuse, but he didn’t dare to offend the big miss.

“I’ll talk to your young master myself!”

Seeing the problem, Wei Ruo bypassed Xiao Bei and went straight to the Octagonal Pavilion.

“Ergo!”

The sound of “Second Brother” caused Wei Jin Yi’s brows to immediately furrow.

“Ergo I’ll borrow your little kitchen here, we’ll cook seafood hot pot and you’ll join us, I promise the flavor will be great oh!”

Wei Jin also looked at Wei Ruo, her eyes fluttering with anticipation.

After a moment, Wei Jin also compromised, “As you wish.”

“Thanks!” Wei Ruo happily thanked her, then ran back to Listening Pine Court.

Xiao Bei walked back to Wei Jin Yi and whispered, “Young master, the eldest miss really isn’t quite the same as the others in the mansion ……”

The other people in the mansion are all avoiding their young master, Missy is good, last time it was to send soy sauce, this time it is even more strange, saying that she wants to come to their small kitchen to cook hot pot ……

“Let her be; you can’t tell her anything with her in her condition.”

Wei Jin also does not like to waste words with people, and Wei Ruo just came to the Wei family, a lot of things do not understand, things are not common sense to do, a lot of things and she can not understand for a moment.

Not long after, Wei Jin Yi saw Wei Ruo enter his courtyard with a maid.

The master and servant carried a bunch of things into the small kitchen in big bags and big plates.

In the small kitchen, Xiu Mei was at the helm of the spoon, and Wei Ruo was helping with the fire.

When the pot is hot, add the lard, and when the creamy lard melts, pour in the spice packet that Wei Ruo has prepared.

The smell of the spices was overpowering, and after a quick jolt of hot oil, it instantly filled the entire small kitchen and wafted inside the yard.

“Young master, what is this smell, why does it smell so good?” Xiao Bei sniffed and sniffed again, certain that this was a flavor that he hadn’t smelled before.

“Ink research.”

Wei Jin was also expressionless.

Xiao Bei hurriedly returned to her senses and continued to grind Wei Jin Yi.

Wei Ruo ran out from the small kitchen and ran to Wei Jin Yi’s front, inquiring, “Second brother, I see that the light bamboo shoots inside your yard are growing quite well, why don’t you let me break off a few and cut them up and cook them in the hot pot?”