Because they were worried about the opening of the shop and the ingredients, Lin Qingxue and his siblings got up early in the morning. After eating the breakfast cooked by Aunt Lin, they drove a carriage to the city in the heavy snow.

When they arrived at their home in the city, it was around 9:30 in the morning and Li Yanniang and her family were having breakfast.

"Qingxue, you are here. Have you eaten?" Seeing Lin Qingxue and the others coming, Li Yan's mother quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, swallowed the food in her mouth, and asked with a smile.

"We came here after we had eaten. Sister-in-law, you guys eat first. We'll pack some clothes for you from home. My second brother and the others took them to the room in the backyard first."

Lin Qingxue nodded and looked at Li Yanniang and the others' breakfast. Each person had a bowl of noodles with meat, eggs and bean sprouts. There was also a stack of egg pancakes in front of the children.

"Okay," Li Yanniang nodded, finished the noodles in the bowl in a few bites, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and went to the backyard to pack her luggage.

There are three small courtyards in the backyard, each with three rooms. Li Yanniang and her three couples live in the middle courtyard. Six of the eight brothers Lin Xiaoshan live in the side courtyards, and the two youngest ones live in the middle courtyard with Lin Qingmin.

The yard on the other side is where Lin Qingxue, Lin Xiaoya and Lin Xiaowan live. The remaining two rooms are where Old Man Lin and his wife and Uncle Lin and his wife live. Every room is cleaned spotlessly.

Li Yanniang has always been diligent. Yesterday, she and Lin Qingming brought the servants to lay out the bedding. Every room has a kang and a wooden bed. In order to sleep comfortably at night, Lin Qingming and his servants kept the kang burning all night.

Li Yanniang sorted the children's clothes and put them in their respective rooms, then went to the front hall. The children had just finished their meal.

"Qingxue, what should we do now?" Li Yanniang walked up to Lin Qingxue and asked. There were too many places to spend money at home, so they had to make money quickly.

"Sister-in-law, I asked you and brother to freeze all the meat I bought. Have you done it?"

Lin Qingxue sat for a while and recovered. She felt much warmer and had the energy to talk to Li Yanniang and the others about tasting the food.

"It's frozen. Do you want to use that meat? I'll get it now," Li Yanniang said hurriedly.

"No need to bring it over. Ask Big Brother to take it to the kitchen and have it sliced ​​thinly. Don't cut too much. Just cut the amount of each meat into the amount everyone will eat. Once it's sliced, we'll go make the soup base."

Lin Qingxue thought about it and decided that since her knife skills were not very good, she decided not to join in the fun. This kind of professional work should be left to professionals.

"Okay, I'll go now," Lin Qingming nodded, and pulled Lin Qingbai to go to work.

"Old Five, take Mr. Li to the study and start teaching the Xiaoshan brothers. Sister-in-law, ask Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Hu to light a few more charcoal stoves and place them in the corners of the study so that Old Five and the children won't get cold while studying."

Lin Qingxue turned to look at Lin Qingmin and said seriously, "Focus on studying these few days. I'll ask my eldest brother to inquire about the enrollment of Lixiang Academy in a few days."

"I understand, sister. Let's go read first." Lin Qingmin knew that even if he offered to help, no one would agree. All he could do now was to study hard.

"Go!" Lin Qingxue nodded. Li Yanniang and the others didn't say anything. Everyone knew that studying was a big deal.

After Lin Qingmin left with the others, the front hall became much more spacious. The ten younger generations were taken to the study to study.

"Let's go! Sister-in-law, let's go to the kitchen to boil the soup base," Lin Qingxue said, and went to the kitchen with Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law.

When they arrived at the kitchen, they saw several people cutting meat. Lin Qingxue and the others did not disturb them. She took out the ginger, onion, garlic and other side dishes bought yesterday and asked Li Yanniang and the others to wash them.

Then, Lin Qingxue asked Fang Furong to light the fire and wash the pot, and asked Lin Qingran to help her grind some of the white buttons bought yesterday into powder, take out a small part of the other part and keep it in the eyes for later use, and put the rest away.

Lin Qingxue started to cook the hot pot base according to the instructions she remembered. Since there was no beef tallow, she used lard. Although the taste was not as fragrant, it was acceptable.

An hour later, the hot pot base was ready, and the aroma was fragrant. Li Yanniang and the others were filled with joy. With this base, the shop could be opened.

"Qingxue, is this enough?" Looking at the two large buckets full of hot pot base, Li Yanniang asked, trying to suppress her excitement.

"It's almost done. I'll just make the sauce," Lin Qingxue nodded and shook her head, then started preparing two dishes.

Although Lin Qingxue is studying at a police academy, she is actually a foodie and likes to cook various delicious foods to relieve the pressure of studying at the police academy.

So she memorized a lot of recipes on the Internet, including barbecue, hot pot, malatang, etc. As long as it was delicious, she memorized the recipe.

Half an hour had passed by the time the sauce was ready. Smelling the fragrance in the air, Li Yanniang and others in the kitchen kept swallowing their saliva.

"Okay, do you want to eat?" Looking at the appearance of Li Yanniang and the others, Lin Qingxue smiled softly. It was the first time she saw Li Yanniang and the others so vividly.

"Can I eat it now?" Li Yan's mother smiled and asked shyly.

"The sauce can be eaten with steamed buns or mixed with rice. It's getting late now, so let's go to the grocery store and the iron shop after dinner to see if they have the copper pot I want. If they do, we can open in two days."

Lin Qingxue had almost prepared everything when she realized that she had forgotten to prepare the copper pot for hot pot. This was also her negligence.

"Okay, let's eat first." Hearing this, Lin Qingming and the others nodded, and didn't say anything else. They just planned to mix it with rice at noon to try the sauce.

"Yes, eat first. Only when you are full will you have the strength to work," Lin Qingbai said seriously. If he hadn't swallowed his saliva, others would have believed it.

Li Yanniang looked at the brothers and sisters and found that they were not serious at all and only cared about eating. She turned around and told Cui Liniang to prepare lunch, and the group moved to the front hall to wait for lunch.

The shop was about to open, and Lin Qingming and his siblings were very concerned. After dinner, Lin Qingming asked Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law to rest at home, and the four siblings drove a carriage to the street to buy things.

The brothers and sisters went to the grocery store first and bought a lot of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. They also bought two large jars of ordinary wine and two large jars of fine wine.

After leaving the grocery store, the group went to the iron shop. Since the grocery store didn't have copper pots, they had to go to the iron shop to make them custom-made.

When they arrived at the blacksmith shop, Lin Qingxue and his group saw a muscular man with his upper body naked standing by the fire, working as a blacksmith.

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