Female-male sex: Salted fish forced to rise to prominence

Chapter 180 Hot Pot Reception

The scholar Song Xuanzhi returned home disappointed and his expression was not much better. Lin Lantian's uneven face was also full of grievance and timidity.

Song Xuanzhi thought to himself, "Stupid!" But Lin Lantian still had other uses for him, so he pretended to be generous and said, "Lantian, although this matter didn't work out, I still trouble you. You can take this cake home and eat it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lantian hurriedly took the pastries and said, "Thank you, Brother Song. I'll go back first. The teacher has assigned homework." After saying that, he bowed and said goodbye, happily carrying the pastries away.

Song Xuanzhi clenched his palms and swore that he must win the favor of Miss Zhong. On the way home, he was still thinking about how to approach her.

On the other side, Su Yu just walked to Taohua Lane and saw a cart parked in front of his house. There were two men in black clothes, one was short and fat, and the other was of normal build.

They brought basket after basket of food to his house. Su Yu wondered, who were they? Could they be brothers from Master's escort agency? Were they bringing food to pack again?

Su Yu found it a bit funny. What was going on? It seemed that there were quite a lot of foodies in ancient times. He walked over with a smile on his face and greeted a fat and short man first. Because the man looked friendly, Su Yu asked: "Hey, little brother, are you a brother from the master's escort agency?"

As soon as Anhuo came out of the door, he saw Su Yu questioning the guard Xuanfeng. He rushed out anxiously, wanting to call out to Xuanfeng and ask him to shut up.

Guard Xuanfeng hadn't reacted yet. He was very confused. Master? Escort agency? "I, I am." Then he saw Anhuo winking at him and nodded.

His mind raced and he understood immediately, “…Yes, I’m from the escort agency, a brother of the escort agency.”

Upon hearing this, Anhuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't let the secret slip. He glanced at the fat man Xuanfeng. Fortunately, this kid was smart enough.

Su Yu thought that since they were all brothers of the master, they might as well eat hot pot together. He warmly invited them: "Brothers, I have prepared delicious food today. Why don't we have lunch together? I specially bought ingredients to make spicy hot pot today."

An Huo stood in the door frame and frantically hinted that they should quickly refuse.

However, the fat guard Xuanfeng was a greedy person. He only noticed Su Yu's invitation and didn't notice the hint from Commander Anhuo. He widened his eyes in surprise and said quickly: "Okay, okay."

Although the guard Yue Xiu standing beside him was not as greedy as Xuan Feng, he was not much behind. In front of the delicious food, he simply ignored the dead look of An Huodong. He bowed to Su Yu and said in a subtle and polite tone: "Since Mr. Su sincerely invites you, then we two brothers will not be polite."

Su Yu felt that eating hotpot should be lively, and he quite liked it. He waved and said, "Come in quickly."

Then he led the people to the flower hall and met Su's mother. Fearing that they would feel uncomfortable, he set up a table outside the yard again and served them a lot of snacks, desserts, melon seeds, tea and so on. Su Yu asked them to sit for a while and they would have something delicious soon.

Su Yu walked into the kitchen and saw Aunt Fang busy as hell. As soon as he walked in, Aunt Fang greeted him warmly: "Are you hungry, young master? The food is still being prepared. You may have to wait a little longer."

Su Yu smiled and nodded, then said to Aunt Fang seriously, "Aunt Fang, I want to try making a new kind of food. Can you help me?"

Hearing this, Aunt Fang immediately became nervous and waved her hands, saying, "Oh, that won't do! Young Master, you are a scholar, how can you do such rough work? Let me, your old servant, do it!"

Seeing her determination, Su Yu patiently explained, "Auntie, just listen to my instructions. You just need to follow my instructions and learn how to make it. Next time, I won't cook for you myself, okay?"

Only then did Aunt Fang feel relieved and nodded in agreement, "Okay, then I'll listen to you, young master."

After getting Aunt Fang's consent, Su Yu began to carefully check the necessary ingredients, spices, chili peppers, fermented black beans, and oil. He originally planned to use lard instead of butter, but unexpectedly, he caught a glimpse of the butter block that had just been put into the basket out of the corner of his eye.

In an instant, his eyes lit up - it was great to have butter, because it would be more fragrant than lard!

Su Yu asked Aunt Fang to cut all the butter into thin slices, and then he began to put the butter slices into the pot to fry.

After the oil comes out, he first adds garlic, scallion segments and ginger, then adds star anise, cinnamon and peppercorns. After these seasonings are fragrant, he pours in fermented black beans and chili peppers, and continues to stir-fry with a spatula.

He then added cardamom and fennel, continuing to stir the ingredients in the pot. As time went by, the aroma became more and more intense, and finally he added the appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce to taste.

At this time, Su Yu thought the taste was good enough, and it should taste like this.

Perhaps because the aroma was too strong, her younger sister Su Wanwan rushed into the kitchen with Qing Ning and asked excitedly, "Brother, what are you making? Why does it smell so good?"

The maid Qing Ning beside her couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, Master, this fragrance is so tempting!"

Su Yu smiled and explained to them: "This dish is called hot pot. You just need to wait for a while, put all the ingredients directly into the pot and cook them, and then you can eat it."

He thought to himself that the aroma of this hot pot was indeed very rich. After all, so many kinds of spices were added. Even if he put a shoe sole in it, it would probably taste good.

What’s more, we are making beef hotpot today, and its unique flavor is even more irresistible.

Su Yu stir-fried a full pot of hot pot base until it was fragrant and mouth-watering. He asked his maid Mingyue to bring a few large ceramic bowls and pour the excess hot pot base into them.

Then, he divided the other base ingredients into two iron pots, added some spiritual spring water, and placed a small charcoal stove under the pots. In this way, a simple and practical hot pot was completed.

Finally, Su Yu personally taught the maid Mingyue and Aunt Fang how to make delicious beef balls and shrimp balls. Soon after, Xie An and Xie Nanxing were attracted by the tempting aroma and also participated in the process of making meatballs. With everyone working together, the meatballs were soon completed.

Next, following Su Yu's instructions, everyone cut the beef and mutton into slices as thin as cicada wings and placed them on plates. The other vegetables did not need to be stir-fried, they could just be cut into appropriate sizes and placed on plates.