Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

It was almost evening when the banquet was over. After all the guests had left, Hu Yidao stayed behind to stay at Xiaolan's house tonight.

Today, Xiaolan's family stewed a whole lamb, and everyone enjoyed the meal very much. It is worth mentioning that when Bao's family and Sheng Yugui left, Zhang gave each of the two families a large lamb leg.

"Uncle Hu, have a good rest tonight. I will talk to you about something tomorrow." Xiao Lan said.

"Oh." Hu Yidao replied.

When Hu Yidao left, Xiaolan's family gave him half a lamb chop and two hundred taels of silver.

"This is too much. I can't take it." Hu Yidao declined.

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "Uncle Hu, this is what you deserve. Thanks to you for taking care of us on the way to Dajin this time. The New Year is coming soon. You can take this money back and let Aunt buy some New Year's goods. We did a good job this year, maybe we will have to go again next year."

"Hey, if you need anything, just ask me. I'm just very strong." Hu Yidao said.

Many farmers are very frugal when it comes to food. Xiaolan believes that only by eating well can one be healthy and work better, earn money, or study.

Xiao Lan will always remember that when she first traveled through time, she, Xiao Ting and Xiao Wen all looked like malnourished bean sprouts. Later, when the family started making money, she tried every means to suggest to Zhang to improve the food, because at that time they, the siblings, were in the period of growing up and needed to keep up with the nutrition.

Zhang was also influenced by Xiaolan's thoughts. In addition, she was not a careful person. Out of love and compensation for her children, even though the conditions were better now, she would prepare good food so that the children could eat well and grow up well.

The mutton had been chopped into large pieces by Butcher Zhang and put into a vat in the yard to freeze. A whole sheep plus half a lamb were frozen in the vat, piled up full.

"Mom, let's have mutton hotpot today." Xiao Lan has never eaten hotpot or mutton hotpot since she came here.

"We don't have a pot at home. If we want to eat hotpot or shabu-shabu, we have to buy a pot first." Zhang said.

There was hot pot at that time, but the hot pot pots were different from the modern ones. The pots at that time were made of pure copper and were quite expensive. For farmers, it was an unattainable luxury.

"If we don't have a pot, we can just buy one." Xiao Lan said with a smile.

Several children also looked at Zhang.

When Zhang saw them like this, she understood that the children all wanted to eat hotpot and shabu-shabu mutton.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, it was time to buy some New Year goods at home. The next day, Sheng Xuan took Xiao Lan to the town to attend the big market. This time, Sheng Xuan went straight to the goal and took Xiao Lan directly to the largest grocery store in the town, where there were ready-made pots for sale.

Xiao Lan chose an extra-large pot. There are many people in the family, and a small hot pot is not enough. Xiao Lan chose the largest one this time. This pot is different from the modern ones. The pot is very heavy, at least 7 or 8 kilograms, but Xiao Lan is very satisfied. After all, it is handmade and the workmanship is quite fine.

People in this era were still quite honest, unlike modern people who cut corners and use inferior materials as good ones. Xiao Lan felt that this copper hot pot would probably last a lifetime, and copper has good thermal conductivity and is a suitable size for their family.

After buying the hot pot, they also bought the words "pass", "blessing" and couplets, and then the father and daughter came out of the grocery store.

Before Xiaolan came to the market, Xiaowen asked her to help bring back fireworks and firecrackers. There are many boys in the family, so Xiaolan bought two baskets of fireworks and firecrackers this time, intending to let the children have a great time.

After buying the things, Xiao Lan urged Sheng Xuan to go home quickly. She couldn't wait to try out the copper pot.

When they got home, Xiaolan suggested having mutton hotpot in the evening, and everyone agreed. Zhang Shanfeng prepared the charcoal, Shen cleaned the copper pot, and Zhang and Xiaoting prepared the big bone soup and chopped the mutton. Xiaolan was also busy, she prepared the dipping sauce for the hotpot.

If you want the dipping sauce to be delicious, chive sauce is indispensable.

In ancient times, the dipping sauces were not as rich as those in modern times, but Xiaolan’s family still had some chive sauce. Lamb dipped in chive sauce tasted very good even without anything else. Of course, in order to make the dipping sauce more flavorful, Xiaolan also added MSG, soy sauce and soybean paste.

Xiao Lan mixed and tried until she found her favorite flavor. She couldn't like it herself, so she asked Zhang and Sheng Xuan to try it. Seeing that everyone liked it, she smiled with satisfaction.

In the evening, a family of fifteen, including Mr. Huang, gathered around the table. Pots were a rare commodity nowadays, so a large copper pot was placed in the middle of the table. In front of each person was a bowl filled with the condiments prepared by Xiao Lan.

Next to the pot were five large plates of mutton, bean sprouts, cabbage leaves, radish slices, fresh tofu, bean skin and soaked yuba.

Because the sheep was killed a few days ago and was frozen hard outside, it is best to cut the mutton into thin slices. However, not everyone can cut it so thinly, and you need to have good knife skills. All the women in the family, except Xiaolan and Xiaoyan, have good knife skills.

There is also white wine in front of Sheng Xuan, Zhang Shanfeng, Zhang Qingfeng, Zhang Qingnian and Mr. Huang.

The hot pot soup base is mutton soup, the soup is white, because there is charcoal at the bottom of the pot, so the soup is boiling. Everyone picked up chopsticks and put mutton and other ingredients in. The mutton is cut thinly and it is cooked after a little boiling.

Dip it in Xiaolan’s secret sauce and take a bite, your mouth will be filled with the fragrance.

Mr. Huang took a bite and exclaimed in approval.

The family ate and talked and laughed. Even though they were outside the house, they all enjoyed the hot food and felt warm.

Xiao Lan enjoyed the meal the most. As expected, hot pot is the best food for winter. In this cold winter, the whole family sat on the kang, eating hot pot and drinking wine. It was a heavenly day, Xiao Lan secretly sighed in her heart.

Before finishing this hot pot, Xiao Lan started planning the next one. The mutton hot pot was so delicious, and there was mutton and hot pot at home, so of course she had to satisfy her appetite.

Zhang rolled the noodles and put them into the final soup. When they finished the meal, it was already night. After the hot pot was taken away, Xiao Lan made strong tea for everyone to digest the food.