The hunter's husband is so sweet

Looking at the remaining bamboo shoots and mushrooms in the kitchen, Qi Xuan suddenly thought of cold pot skewers. He called everyone and said he would prepare delicious food for them in the evening. Qi Yue was the first to cheer.

"Godmother, do you have any bamboo sticks at home? If so, please prepare some." Qi Xuan pointed at the ingredients and felt that he needed to find something else. "Yes, Xiao Zheng made a small handful last time. I'll find it later." Aunt Wang said and went to the kitchen to look for it.

"Then Lin Chen and I will go out and buy some things and come back soon." Qi Xuan wanted to find Lin Chen. Qi Yue wanted to go play with Yi Ge'er, the village chief's family, so she didn't follow them.

"Okay, come back early." Aunt Wang saw that it was still early, so she didn't stop the boys. The three of them went out together and then separated. Qi Xuan and Lin Chen walked to the foot of the mountain, while Qi Yue walked to the village chief's house.

Qi Xuan and Lin Chen picked some mushrooms and fungus at the foot of the mountain. They still had bamboo shoots and potatoes at home. Qi Xuan actually wanted to eat lotus roots, but there were none in this season, so he had to give up. Seeing that there was nothing to find, he decided to go to the butcher's house in the village to have a look.

Qi Xuan saw that there was no one around, so he pulled Lin Chen and said, "Xiao Chen, wait a minute." Then he took out the jade hairpin he found in the space. "This is for you." He was about to hand the jade hairpin to Lin Chen.

"Brother, no, this is too expensive." Lin Chen refused to accept it. He didn't know much about jade, but this jade hairpin looked very transparent, and there was a little bit of green in the white hairpin. It must be worth a lot of money. Although he didn't know where Qi Xuan got it, he couldn't accept it.

Qi Xuan's expression suddenly turned cold, deliberately trying to scare him. "If you don't want to accept it, just smash it." After saying that, he turned his face away and ignored Lin Chen.

"Brother, I didn't mean that." Lin Chen didn't know how to explain, and he was a little anxious and almost cried. Qi Xuan knew that he was sensitive, so he stopped looking cold, "Xiao Chen, you are my family now. Since you and Brother Qi Zheng like each other, you will get married in the future. I don't want you to be like me, with no dowry at all."

Lin Chen couldn't help but shed tears. He knew Qi Xuan wanted him to have something valuable, but this was too expensive. "Brother, this is really too expensive."

Seeing that he still didn't want to accept it, Qi Xuan had no choice but to use the excuse he had prepared before, "This belongs to my mother. It came with my jade pendant. I kept it secretly and didn't let Qi Dazhuang sell it. I had forgotten that I had this before."

"After knowing that I accepted you as my brother, I dreamed of my mother again one night. She was also very happy to have you as my companion. She mentioned this jade hairpin and asked me to leave it for you as a dowry." Qi Xuan said while muttering in his heart, 'Don't blame me, mother, don't blame me.'

Lin Chen was skeptical and didn't dare to accept it. Qi Xuan forced it into his hands. "It's a gift from my mother, how dare you refuse it?" Lin Chen finally accepted it and agreed with Qi Xuan that they would go to worship their mother together next time.

Qi Xuan nodded in agreement. He would accept it anyway. The two of them went to the butcher's house. There was usually no beef in this place, because cows could pull carts, so the villagers were usually reluctant to kill cows for food. But if the cold pot skewers only had vegetarian dishes, they would not be full, so Qi Xuan was here to see if he could buy some other meat.

When they arrived at the butcher's house, they happened to see a sheep being slaughtered. Qi Xuan's eyes turned green at the sight of the mutton. He hadn't eaten mutton for a long time, so he immediately bought two pounds of mutton and a lamb leg.

Qi Xuan saw the pig intestines and tails that the butcher had put aside. He pointed at them and asked, "How much are these?"

The butcher saw him pointing at those things and frowned, "Young man, why do you still want those dirty things? They can't be sold. If you want these, I'll give them to you."

Qi Xuan accepted them all without hesitation. Lin Chen asked in confusion, "Brother, they are all stinky, how can we eat them?" Qi Xuan gave him a reassuring look, "With your brother here, you can eat anything, just wait and see."

After taking the mutton and paying the silver, the two left the butcher's house. On the way home, they met a peddler who was entering the village and bought some sesame and chili powder. He also bought a pound of white wine.

The peddler was still selling something new, saying it came from other countries and was also a kind of condiment. You couldn't feel it in your mouth after eating it, and it was called spicy pepper.

Qi Xuan thought of peppercorns when he heard them, and asked the peddler to take them out so that he could see them. After the peddler took out the peppercorns, Qi Xuan asked him, "How many do you have? How much do you sell them for?"

The peddler didn't expect that someone would actually buy this thing. "It's only two pounds in total. If you want all of it, give me 12 coins." Qi Xuan immediately gave 12 coins and bought all the peppercorns. The peddler left happily after receiving the money. Qi Xuan and Lin Chen also went home.

When they got home, Aunt Wang had already washed the bamboo sticks. Qi Yue also came back from the village chief's house. Lin Chen didn't see Qi Zheng, so he asked Aunt Wang, "Godmother, where is Brother Zheng?"

Before Aunt Wang could say anything, Qi Yue wanted to tease Lin Chen again, "Oh my, my little Chen can't even see me, he asks about his brother Zheng as soon as he enters the door~"

After being teased so many times, Lin Chen no longer likes to be shy. "Oh! I made Brother Xiaoyue sad. How about I help you embroider a little moon on your new clothes?"

"Okay, okay! I want silver thread, so it will be shiny after embroidery." Qi Yue is also easy to coax. "Xiaochen, don't pay attention to him." Aunt Wang really has no temper with her little brother, "Xiaozheng went to help Xiaoyi, I'm afraid he can't take care of it." After saying that, she rolled her eyes at Qi Yue, "If you make trouble again, I will put your new clothes away."

Qi Yue was busy acting like a spoiled child. His new clothes were made of good material, and they were the fabric Qi Xuan had bought for him before. He had waited a long time to get them, and he couldn't wait to take them out and look at them three or five times every day.

After watching the excitement, Qi Xuan went into the kitchen and started to get busy. He had to make the sauce for the cold pot first, boil a pot of water, fry the onion, ginger and garlic, add dried chili peppers, star anise, and the freshly bought peppercorns. Then he scooped a spoonful of the yellow sauce that Aunt Wang had made earlier. After stir-frying them together until fragrant, he poured in the hot water that had just been boiled, and added some salt and sugar. It only took one stick of incense to simmer.

Pour the prepared sauce into a large casserole, sprinkle some white sesame seeds and chopped green onions, and let it cool. After finishing, he called Qi Yue and Lin Chen to help him wash the mushrooms and fungus, and boiled a large pot of water to blanch them. Cut the mushrooms in half and string them on bamboo sticks. If the fungus is the right size, there is no need to change the knife. After Qi Xuan demonstrated it once, Qi Yue and Lin Chen were able to do it independently.

The last step is to process the mutton and pig intestines. Cut the mutton into small pieces and blanch them directly before skewering them. The main problem is that pig intestines and pig tails are difficult to process.

First, wash the large intestine and tail with cold water, and then Qi Xuan soaked them in white wine to remove the fishy smell. Because there is no such thing as cooking wine here, and he can't just take a bottle out from the space, he can only soak it in white wine.

He didn't dare soak the pig lungs for too long, so he put them directly into the hot water. After skimming off the foam, he smelled it and found that there was no fishy smell. It was a success!

The large intestine was also cut into small pieces and strung together. The pig tail was chopped up and poured with some sauce as a small cold dish.

Qi Xuan was afraid that everyone would not be full without staple food, so he asked his godmother to mix some dough while he was busy making the large intestine, and he made some scallion pancakes. After they were done, Fu Jingyi and Qi Zheng also came in.

"I smelled the fragrance from far away, and only when I walked in did I realize it was our home. What delicious food are you making?" Qi Zheng asked as soon as he entered the door.

"It's not us who did it." Aunt Wang pointed at Qi Xuan who was still finishing up in the kitchen, "It's all Xiao Xuan who did all the work. She hasn't even had a break for an hour."

Upon hearing this, Fu Jingyi also went into the kitchen. Looking at his busy husband, he felt a little distressed. "Xiaoxuan, stop busying yourself. Go and take a rest. I'll clean up."

Qi Xuan was also happy to find out that it was her husband who came back. "Brother Yi, you're back. I've got everything ready. Go wash your hands and have dinner."

The others were all outside, as if they had intentionally left the kitchen to the young couple. Fu Jingyi went over and hugged Qi Xuan, asking in a gentle voice, "Are you tired?"

Qi Xuan was also very greedy for the man's arms and didn't want to break free for a while. Seeing that no one was looking inside, she tiptoed and kissed the man on the cheek, "It's not tiring. I like to cook. Go wash your hands." After saying that, she pushed the man out and left the kitchen.