vrcanaries Chapter 196: Double-boiled Pot
Chapter 196: Double-boiled Pot
Song Li seemed to have sensed Li Mingxia's surprise and took the initiative to speak, "Miss Li, do you want to ask me why I do these things?"
Originally, Li Mingxia felt that it was very impolite to ask this question, but since Song Li took the initiative to ask it, Li Mingxia nodded.
"Yes, Zhengde said that your family is very well off. Although I don't live in the town, I have vaguely heard about the Song family."
Song Li smiled and said, "My family started out in the pastry business. My mother used to like making these things, especially the food that my father and I eat. My mother always said that the food made by the servants was not clean, so I helped my mother make pastries. I'll show you later that I cut the fruit and arranged the dishes. I can do all these things."
Li Mingxia didn't know what Song Li did, but when he heard him say that his family was in the pastry business, and thought about how Song Li always looked very interested every time he ate his pastries, it made sense.
"Really? Then we'll have to see what Mr. Song is capable of." Li Mingxia nodded, without any intention of asking.
Seeing Li Mingxia like this, Song Li felt even more uncomfortable.
He thought for a moment and took the initiative to say, "Miss Li, you made cakes for Brother Zhengde before. Brother Zhengde saw that I liked them and gave me two pieces. I took them back because my mother loved them. But don't worry, Miss Li, my mother just ate them herself. We didn't use them for anything. This matter is still a little bit unfair. After thinking about it, I still told you. I also hope that Miss Li and Brother Zhengde will tell them not to misunderstand me."
After hearing this, Li Mingxia raised his eyebrows, put the sauerkraut in his hand into the casserole, added enough water, and thought that this was going to be a hot pot soup, so Li Mingxia added some salt.
After doing all this, Li Mingxia continued what Song Li had just said.
"That was given to you by Zhengde. Whether you want to eat it or give it to others, whether you eat it in school or take it home to eat, it's all your business. Even if you use the recipe of the cake my brother gave you to research and sell it in your own shop to make a profit, it's not against the law."
Song Li had never heard such words before, and looked at Li Mingxia in surprise, "So generous? I didn't expect that."
"If I had known Miss Li was so generous, I should have accepted my mother's suggestion and sent it to the shop for our pastry chef to taste. Maybe he would have made a lot of money now."
Li Mingxia smiled, took out some ingredients that Zhang had trouble processing and started working on them.
First, the beef is sliced and made into spicy beef. This kind of beef is thin, tender, and very flavorful. It is delicious even without dipping sauce.
"Really?" Li Mingxia squinted and smiled.
"My brother is young, so he naturally doesn't understand these things. But if I hadn't been on guard at all, I would have been sold out for silver. I brought cakes to my brother three times? That should be it, my brother told me everything when he came back."
Song Li glanced at Li Mingxia and said nothing.
He didn't expect that Li Zhengde would tell Li Mingxia about this matter.
"My brother tells me everything, no matter how big or small. You may think it's just a piece of cake, but Zhengde thinks it's a kind of sharing with me. He is willing to talk, and I am willing to listen."
Song Li had never known that there was such a way of getting along in the world, especially between siblings. It sounded very novel.
"Surprised?"
In this era, it is rare for a brother to cling to his sister like this. "We suffered a lot in the past. Zhengde was not so clingy to me before. Later, I almost died, and Zhengde became like this."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's get back to the topic."
Li Mingxia put down the beef and started to make shrimp paste. "You may be able to tell what the ingredients are for those cakes, but you will never be able to understand the production method and what is put into them besides flour, petals and sugar."
The smile on Song Li's face disappeared almost instantly, "You underestimate our Song family."
If it was something else, Song Li would definitely not argue with Li Mingxia, but the Song family started out as a business family after all, and Li Mingxia's words sounded to Song Li like he looked down on his family.
But Li Mingxia didn't care what Song Li thought. She put the shrimp paste in her hand on the plate in front of her without even raising her head.
"You are not looking down on your Song family, nor am I arrogant. I am just confident about these things. If you don't believe me, I will bring you some pastries when I go back tonight. I guarantee that after you are full, there will be some to send to your chef for research. How about it?" Li Mingxia washed his hands and cleaned off the shrimp paste that was stuck on them.
"What is this?" Song Li, who now found everything new, asked, pointing at the food on the plate.
"The shrimp paste made from shrimp meat is delicious when put into the pot. You will know when you eat it tonight." Li Mingxia said.
There was a lot of food prepared in this pot, including tripe, tripe, steamed blood, kelp shreds, dried tofu, frozen tofu, shrimp balls, beef balls, fish balls, beef, mutton, pork belly, pork belly and fish slices.
The remaining vegetables were given to Zhang to deal with, and Li Mingxia waited for the sauerkraut soup she had cooked to be ready for eating.
"Is this the base of the pot?" Song Li looked at the casserole. The aroma was already coming out of it. He sniffed it. The sauerkraut tasted so good that he swallowed unconsciously.
"This smells really good. It's much better than the soup base we make with chicken broth and water." Song Li said with emotion.
Song Li's words reminded Li Mingxia, "This is one of them. There is another one. We will have a double-flavor hotpot tonight."
"Double-flavored hotpot base? What is double-flavored hotpot base?" Song Li asked curiously. This term was too new and he had never heard of it before.
"Here." Li Mingxia pointed at the shabu-shabu pot behind Song Li, "This is the shabu-shabu pot base. You can put two bases in one pot. The pickled cabbage base is ordinary and not spicy. I also prepared a butter base. If you try it, you will definitely like it."
Although dishes made with chili peppers are not new, they are not yet completely popular. Except for Yaoxianlou which has a few spicy dishes, other restaurants in the town still have the old menus. So Li Mingxia doesn't know whether Song Li can accept it. The sauerkraut hotpot base is prepared for the two little girls, and also in case Song Li is not used to the spicy beef oil hotpot.