The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

"Pot hot pot!!!" Shen Cao replied happily, as that was the thing she wanted to eat most besides hot pot.

"I had that copper pot specially made by a blacksmith a month in advance." Shen Cao patted his stomach; he was indeed stuffed.

I need to take a walk in the yard in a little while.

Wei Siyu suddenly sat up. "I was just about to ask you, the hot pot we used this time was really unique. One pot can be used to cook different flavors."

"The name is nice too, it's called 'Mandarin Duck Hot Pot'."

"Cao'er, how come you have so many delicious ideas in your head?"

"I've never even heard of this pot before, let alone seen it."

Shen Cao closed her eyes, leaned back in her chair, and said softly, "I have many more delicious recipes here, you'll find out soon enough."

Upon hearing Shen Cao's words, Wan Yue immediately opened her closed eyes, revealing a glint of intelligence within.

She knew that her judgment would be excellent.

That evening, Shen Cao strolled around the yard for half an hour before her stomach felt less bloated.

The next morning, she took her younger brother, sister and Li Xiaoyu to the market.

She never expected to encounter something so good.

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Shen Cao carried away the entire cow stomach.

That's right, after being here for so long, she actually encountered a beef seller.

She bought some beef tenderloin and some marbled beef; the beef stomach was something the vendor had thrown on the ground, ready to be disposed of.

She bought it for twenty coins.

These days, there are very few beef vendors. According to the stall owner, this cow accidentally fell and died while grazing on the mountain.

After he reported it, he was allowed to sell it to make up for his losses.

But this cow was an old yellow ox. Yesterday, he wanted to improve the family's meals, so he stir-fried a piece of meat, but the meat was tough and hard to chew.

Seeing that Shen Cao had bought a lot, he originally planned to give her the cow stomach, since he had also intended to throw it away anyway. But the girl gave him twenty coins at the last minute.

Shen Cao first had her younger siblings carry the meat and vegetables they bought back home.

She then took Li Xiaoyu to the beach.

First, the cow's stomach is cut open, and the undigested contents are rinsed away with seawater.

As soon as it was cut open, a foul odor wafted out.

"Master, can we eat this? It smells terrible."

"Pig intestines smell bad before cooking, but once they're cleaned, they don't smell bad at all."

"This stuff, like pig intestines, is good stuff."

Li Xiaoyu remembered the braised pig intestines her master had taught her to make before. Those pig intestines had no strange smell at all and tasted very delicious.

Together with her master, she rinsed the contents of the cow's stomach with seawater, checked it again, and then took the whole stomach back.

After the cow's stomach was emptied, it felt much lighter.

This time, she can carry it all by herself.

After returning home, Shen Cao instructed Li Xiaoyu to thoroughly clean the cow's stomach following the steps she had previously taught her for cleaning pig intestines.

She went to the kitchen to prepare a snack that she used to love eating with hot pot: fried radish balls.

Radishes have just come into season. As the saying goes, "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer," and now is the best season to eat radishes.

She took a large white radish and two carrots.

First, peel and wash all the radishes.

Then cut the radish into thin strips.

Mix the two types of shredded radish together and add an appropriate amount of salt.

This step is to draw out the excess water from the radish. Also, white radishes are quite spicy, and salting them after they have been rinsed out can effectively remove the spiciness.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the large bowl of shredded radish had shrunk considerably.

Sure enough, there was an extra layer of water at the bottom of the basin.

Wash the shredded radish thoroughly with clean water to remove excess salt, and then squeeze out the excess water. The shredded radish is now ready.

Place the washed radish shreds on the cutting board and make a few simple cuts to prevent them from being too long, otherwise they will be difficult to make meatballs later.

Put the shredded radish back into a clean bowl.

Add appropriate amounts of cornstarch and flour, with the ratio of cornstarch to flour being two to one.

Continue adding eggs, salt, five-spice powder, and chopped green onions for seasoning.

Finally, mix all the seasonings into a paste.

Heat oil in a wok, adding plenty of oil.

Shen Cao tested the temperature of the pot with his hand and felt it was about right.

She then placed a clean, dry chopstick into the oil, and tiny, fine bubbles began to form around the chopstick.

The temperature was about right, so she said to Shen Wan, who was sitting in front of the stove tending the fire, "Wan'er, take the fire out a little and turn it down to a low flame."

She took some radish paste with one hand, shaped it into a ball, and put it into the oil pan.

One hand skillfully flipped the radish balls in the pot with chopsticks.

The radish balls that had just been put into the pot sank to the bottom.

Many bubbles appeared around the radish balls, much larger than the small bubbles near the chopsticks.

After waiting a while, the bubbles decreased, and she skillfully flipped the dumpling over.

The radish balls also turned a golden brown from frying.

At that moment, the aroma of radish balls wafted out.

"It smells so good, sister. Can I try some first?" Shen Wan licked her lips as she looked at the radish balls floating in the pot.

"of course."

As soon as Shen Cao finished speaking, he began to scoop the meatballs floating in the pot into a strainer to drain the oil.

After draining the oil, she placed the fried radish balls into a clean bowl.

She first added a fresh batch of radish balls to the pot, then used chopsticks to pick up a ball and hand it to Shen Wan, who was standing next to her.

"Wan'er, try it, how does it taste?"

Shen Wan's hands were a little dirty, so she got herself a pair of chopsticks, picked up a radish ball, blew on it, and then put it in her mouth.

You can feel the crispy crust from the fried radish balls as soon as you take a bite. It's not that crispy, but the taste is very good.

My mouth was filled with the fresh sweetness and salty flavor of radish.

"It's delicious, sister."

"It's just not that crispy."

Shen Cao nodded, "They're not fried yet. Once they're all fried, we'll fry them again and they'll be very crispy."

At this moment, Li Xiaoyu also came in after washing the cow's stomach.

She had already smelled the aroma, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw the fried meatballs in the basin.

She first took a pair of chopsticks, saying, "I'll help too."

Then I picked up a meatball and carefully put it in my mouth.

"tasty!!"

Shen Cao smiled and nodded, looking at Li Xiaoyu, who was now familiar with everyone and not at all reserved.

That's how it should be! That's what makes her vibrant at her age!

They're just teenagers; they don't need to be so mature.

Eat what you want to eat, and say what you want to say; that's more in line with your age.

Shen Cao was very happy about Li Xiaoyu's change.

She stepped down and let Li Xiaoyu take over her job. She had taught Li Xiaoyu how to fry meatballs before, and Li Xiaoyu did a great job.

"What's that smell? It smells so good!"

"Sister Cao'er, what delicious food have you made again?" Wanyue's cheerful voice came from behind.