I'm not worried about traveling through a farmer's house. I made my fortune by farming.

The next morning.

After breakfast, Lin Qingshan's family and Lu Yanzhou also arrived. The men were all busy doing carpentry work in the yard.

Lin's mother and Pan Xiuxiu went to the workshop next door to work. Lin Yunchu cleaned the big bones he bought yesterday and put them into the pot.

Then put the chicken bones that Lin Changting had helped to process in the morning into the pot, added onions, ginger and cooking wine and began to stew the soup base.

In the past, Lin Yunchu loved to eat spicy hot pot, but the spicy hot pot sold outside was too expensive. Later, she coaxed and persuaded the chef in a small shop to be her master.

Only then did I learn how to make the most authentic malatang. Whenever I was craving it, I would just make a pot of hot pot at home and prepare the side dishes myself so I could eat as much as I wanted.

I didn't expect that they would be making spicy hot pot again today. Thinking of the unforgettable taste, Lin Yunchu started to swallow his saliva.

After a while, the water in the pot boiled. Lin Yunchu carefully skimmed off the foam on the surface, added two pieces of firewood and simmered it over high heat.

Now that I have some free time, I start to make the base ingredients.

When Lin Yunchu came back yesterday, she had already bought all the necessary materials in town. She took out everything she needed and placed it on the table so that she could use them directly when she needed them later.

"Yun Chu, is it so troublesome just to make the soup base for this spicy hot pot?"

Lin Cuizhi was washing vegetables, meat, meatballs and other things in the yard to be eaten in the spicy hot pot later.

I knew that Lin Yunchu was busy making the spicy hot pot I mentioned yesterday, but after seeing Lin Yunchu busy in the kitchen for a while, I thought it was almost done.

I saw Lin Yunchu placing all kinds of ingredients on the table. It would have been fine if I hadn't looked at it, but once I did, I felt dizzy. There were too many of them.

She couldn't recognize many of them. She only saw the same things she saw every day: bay leaves, cinnamon, and cardamom...

There were also many spices that she couldn't name. She secretly sighed in her heart, no wonder her cooking skills were not so good. There were so many things, not to mention what they were used for, she couldn't even name them.

Lin Yunchu lowered his head and fiddled with the spices in his hand, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He did not turn around, but just nodded slightly.

I thought to myself: This is not a lot at all. It will taste delicious when all the ingredients are combined. I will make it later. I guarantee that they will think about it all the time and will never forget it.

Lin Yunchu first removed the seeds from the cardamom, amomum villosum, and cyperus rotundus to avoid a bitter taste. Then he poured all the spices into a stone scoop and slowly ground them into powder.

There was no electric machine here, so he could only grind it slowly, bit by bit. Lin Yunchu was very patient, handling the spices in his hands, and then responded to his cousin Lin Cuizhi:

"If you want to make this spicy hot pot delicious, don't be afraid of the trouble. It will be so delicious when it's ready."

Hearing Lin Yunchu's words, Lin Cuizhi immediately became interested. There were not many foods that could make Lin Yunchu praise them like this. These were just the snacks she usually made for Lin Changan.

But she didn't say much. She went to the Lin family more often on weekdays, and she could eat the fresh food made by the Lin family, so she was very familiar with Lin Yunchu's habits.

After hearing Lin Yunchu say this, her appetite for the spicy hot pot was whetted even more, and she started washing the vegetables even more enthusiastically, as these were the things she would eat later.

If she washes more, she can eat more later. She feels happy just thinking about it.

After a long while, Lin Yunchu had ground the spices he had prepared into powder, and then began to prepare other ingredients.

That is the part of making the sauce. Lin Yunchu got up and went to the kitchen, found a clean large bowl, poured in the broad bean paste, fermented black beans, and butter base, and kept stirring in the bowl until it was evenly mixed.

When the sauce in the bowl is almost mixed, add a little chopped ginger and stir again.

At this time, Lin Yunchu got up and went into the kitchen. He saw that the soup base in the pot had begun to turn into a light milky white color and was still bubbling.

The fire in the stove was slowly dying down, so he picked up two pieces of wood nearby and threw them in.

He watched the flames in the stove slowly start to burn again, then got up and continued to prepare the base powder.

By this time, Lin Cuizhi had already cleaned all the ingredients and placed them in the yard to drain.

When I entered the kitchen and saw Lin Yunchu busy at work, although I wanted to help, I couldn't do anything after watching for a long time, so I had to stand aside and watch.

She was just waiting for Lin Yunchu to need her help, and then she would come forward to help.

Lin Yunchu was used to cooking, and she was also used to making spicy hot pot. Now she gradually got the hang of it and quickly prepared the base ingredients.

In a short while, the four main ingredients were ready.

"Cousin, help me light a fire again. I need to stir-fry the ingredients next."

While Lin Yunchu was busy with the various seasonings in his hands, he glanced at the soup base still bubbling in the pot. He turned around and spoke loudly to Lin Cuizhi beside him.

"Oh, oh, okay, I'll get it done in a minute."

When Lin Cuizhi heard Lin Yunchu calling her, she quickly responded. This was finally the time when she could help.

After a while, another pot was lit, and Lin Yunchu began to pour the ingredients he had just prepared into the pot.

Lard, mutton fat, chicken fat...

"Burn a big fire."

Lin Yunchu took a look at the oil in the pot and told Lin Cuizhi to add two more pieces of firewood so that the big fire could heat the oil in the pot quickly.

Lin Cuizhi nodded repeatedly.

Lin Yunchu moved very quickly. After the oil was heated, he put some garlic slices and ginger slices into the pot and began to fry them. Lin Cuizhi only felt the fragrance wafting out instantly, and she didn't even see what Lin Yunchu put in.

It seemed as if he couldn't take it all in. The base material that Yun Chu mentioned wasn't even ready yet, but he could already smell the fragrance. It would surely be delicious when it was ready.

Lin Cuizhi did not hide her expectant expression at all. Lin Yunchu had no intention of making fun of her, but just focused on watching the situation in the pot.

At the same time, he told Lin Cuizhi to reduce the heat to medium or low, so as to avoid over-frying and burning smell.

After a while, the food that had just been put into the pot was fried into a caramel color. It looked like it was almost done, so Lin Yunchu took the bamboo colander beside him and scooped out the residue.

Then he added the half-crushed coriander seeds that had just been soaked. Lin Yunchu poured it in slowly in several batches, stirring it constantly, very carefully.

Lin Cuizhi couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Making spicy hot pot is really not easy. It looks much more complicated than any other dish I cook every day."

It’s not that troublesome to cook at home. You just cook it directly and it’s good enough if it’s tasty.