The most important thing is of course the huge mandarin duck pot in the center of the table, the sweet and sour tomato soup base, the mouth-watering spicy soup base, everything is tempting.
"This is hot pot, the delicacy I invite everyone to try today. You just need to put in the ingredients you like and cook it and you can eat it."
"This is the tomato pot bottom, which is sweet and sour. If you can't eat spicy food, you can eat this. This is the spicy pot bottom. If you like spicy food, you can eat this." Jiang Hexi explained carefully.
"This pot is really unique, Xi'er, you really have a lot of clever ideas!" Wen Jianzhou looked at Jiang Hexi with a crooked smile, and couldn't help but think about the hot pot business.
Jiang Hexi winked at him playfully, saying nothing.
Wen Jianzhou smiled understandingly and raised his eyebrows in understanding.
"Sister Xi, what is this? Can it be eaten?" Xiao Han finished cooking and pointed at a plate of crispy tripe with doubts.
Jiang Hexi explained warmly: "This is tripe, which is cow stomach. It is delicious. The third prince only needs to put it down and cook it for a while before eating it."
After speaking, Jiang Hexi explained the other ingredients in detail.
"I see, this hot pot is really interesting!" Xiao Han said with a wide smile.
The fat eunuch Xu Fu, who had been quiet for a long time, smiled and said, "Whatever the master wants to eat, I will cook it for him."
Hearing this, Xiao Han waved his hands in disgust and refused: "No, please step back, I want to cook it myself."
"Father, why don't you let me cook for the third prince? You've been tired for the whole day, why don't you go over there to eat?" Jiang Hexi pointed at the table beside him and asked tentatively.
Huo Jingchen immediately said: "Jingyun, and Bai, you and your other entourages should come over there to have a meal."
Wen Jianzhou and Song Ziting also waved their hands to their entourage, their meanings unspoken.
"Go on, you have worked hard these days, let's have a good taste of the delicious food." Xiao Han also waved his hand and said seriously.
Looking at Xiao Han, who was rarely considerate and sensible, Xu Fu couldn't help but burst into tears and was filled with gratitude. He even said, "Thank you, Your Highness. It is my blessing to be able to serve His Highness."
"Okay, go ahead." Xiao Han was not impatient, but smiled slightly.
After a while of pushback, everyone sat down and began to enjoy the delicious meal.
"Xi'er, this tripe is so delicious! Paired with the peach blossom wine you brewed, it's a masterpiece!" Wen Jianzhou took a hearty bite of the spicy and crispy tripe, took a sip of the wine, and was filled with admiration.
Jiang Hexi glanced angrily at Wen Jianzhou, who had no image of a noble son, and said jokingly: "That's natural. If you like it, just eat more. I bought the hairy tripe specially."
"This mutton slice is also extremely delicious. The county master is so clever that he can cut the mutton so thin." Song Ziting swallowed a mouthful of the fragrant and tender hot-boiled mutton and took a sip of peach blossom wine with pleasure.
Jiang Hexi smiled and said politely: "As long as Mr. Song likes it."
"Sister Xi, I want that fish ball." Xiao Han looked at Jiang Hexi with a smile and pointed at the fish ball far away from him.
"Okay." Jiang Hexi agreed with a smile.
After a while of lunch, everyone was satisfied and comfortable.
Xiao Han even felt so full that he sat down on the wicker chair, stroking his round belly, with a sweet smile on his delicate little face.
"Your Highness, my servant has been away from you for just a short while. Why are you so full? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Xu Fu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, spinning around and looking at Xiao Han with tears in his eyes.
Xiao Han frowned impatiently and shouted: "Stop wandering around, I'm dizzy."
Hearing this, Xu Fu immediately stopped and was about to turn around, staring at Xiao Han with tearful eyes.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Han had a terrible headache and couldn't help but close his eyes, out of sight and out of mind.
"I have some hawthorn slices at home. Ayun often eats too much. I always use this for him to digest. Would you like to try it, Third Prince?" Jiang Hexi couldn't stand it any longer and walked over.
"Okay, I'll bother Sister Xi." Xiao Han nodded hurriedly. After all, he couldn't stand the attack of Xu Fu's tears. A chubby man stared at him with tears in his eyes. He almost felt numb!
"Thank you so much, Lord!" Xu Fu was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed to Jiang Hexi.
Jiang Hexi smiled carelessly and nodded slightly towards him.
The two then walked into the house.
"It's okay, would you like another glass of peach blossom wine?" Wen Jianzhou, who was outside the yard, raised the bottle of wine in his hand, which was not full of wine, and shook it towards Huo Jingchen.
Huo Jingchen glanced at the graceful figure leaving, and then said expressionlessly: "No, you can drink."
"Then I'm not welcome!"
Wen Jianzhou couldn't help but tighten the bottle of wine. He was about to pour wine for himself, but suddenly another wine glass appeared in the sky.
"Sorry for bothering brother Jinghe."
Wen Jianzhou stiffened for a moment. When he looked up, he saw Song Ziting smiling at the corner of his mouth, looking at him leisurely.
Looking at Song Ziting who was obviously teasing him intentionally, Wen Jianzhou couldn't help grinding his teeth, but out of sympathy, he reluctantly poured him a glass of wine, but he felt extremely unhappy in his heart!
Song Ziting felt more and more comfortable. He raised the corners of his mouth and took a sip of wine with great enjoyment. He felt that this was the best wine he had ever drunk.
Next to the grape trellis in Jiang's courtyard, three cute boys from Yuxue were sitting on a mat covered with blankets, playing happily. A fat eunuch stood beside them and looked at them with a smile.
"This painting book is so beautiful, Ayun, where did you buy it?" Xiao Han held up the beautiful painting book with an envious look on his face and couldn't put it down, stroking the vivid pictures on the book.
"This painting book was made by my sister. No amount of money can buy it. This book tells the story of Sun Dasheng and his master going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. I like Sun Dasheng the most!" Jiang Heyun raised his chin proudly,
Pointing to the majestic Sun Wukong in the album.
When Xiao Han heard this, his expression dimmed. He held the picture album in his hand tightly and touched it again and again. He rarely fell silent.
"If Your Highness likes it, just look at it. This is the doll that Sister Lanhua made for me based on the pictures drawn by my sister. How about I give one to Your Highness?" Jiang Hexuan pushed all the picture albums under him in front of Xiao Han, and even put his hands on it.
Another red panda inside was stuffed into his arms and looked at him with crooked eyes.
"Thank you, Xuan!" Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help holding the fluffy panda doll in his arms. He couldn't help but lean his little head against the soft panda doll, his phoenix eyes were slightly curved, and his lips were raised.
"This is an iron-eating beast. My sister likes to call it panda. Isn't it cute?" Jiang Hexuan looked at Xiao Han with a smile and touched the other panda doll in his arms.
Xiao Han kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and said with a smile: "Yeah! It's so beautiful."
"This is the little rabbit that Sister Lanhua made for me. Let me give one to you too." Jiang Heyun pouted, picked up the white snow rabbit in his hand, put it down again, then gritted his teeth and suddenly looked away from his hand.
The rabbit doll was handed to Xiao Han.
Xiao Han subconsciously took it and stared blankly at Jiang Heyun with widened eyes. After a while, he lowered his eyes and chuckled, his long and curved eyelashes trembled, and his moist petal-red lips opened.
"Thank you Ayun." A slight but soft milky voice lingered.
Jiang Heyun scratched his little head, rolled his almond-shaped eyes, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, let's look at the painting book together!"
"Um!"
Xu Fu on the side couldn't help but feel a sore nose and his eyes were red when he saw the rare childlike Xiao Han. He secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, but his chubby face wrinkled.
Wen Jianzhou, who was sitting on a stone chair under the jujube tree not far away, saw this heartwarming scene and sighed with emotion, "This is the first time I have seen the third prince so happy, and he looks like a child.
I used to be too sensible, it’s really not easy to take it seriously!”
"The palace rules are strict, so naturally the third prince would not dare to show his true feelings as he did now." Song Ziting took a sip of tea and casually glanced at the three smiling children not far away, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.
Looking at Xiao Han who was smiling happily, Huo Jingchen raised the corners of his mouth and softened his eyebrows a lot.
"The third prince lost his mother and concubine when he was born. He is so young. If he had not grown up under the Queen Mother's knees, he would not have known what to do."
"Jinghe, be careful what you say." Huo Jingchen glared at him warningly, and then glanced at Xu Fu who was smiling not far away, seemingly casually.
Wen Jianzhou hurriedly smiled and said: "There are no outsiders, so I'm just a little bold."
Song Ziting on the side raised his eyebrows and winked at him playfully.
Wen Jianzhou glared at him unconvinced and bared his teeth in a threat.
Looking at these childish two people, Jiang Hexi shook her head helplessly. She was a little surprised by the familiar relationship between Song Ziting and Wen Jianzhou, so she changed the subject and said, "Jinghe, what do you think of today's hot pot?"
"Excellent. Is it because of the hot pot business that you asked me to come over for dinner today?" Wen Jianzhou was shocked when he heard this and immediately straightened his body.
Jiang Hexi smiled and said: "Yes, the weather is getting colder. This hot pot is a winter cold treasure. If it is launched, it will be a big seller!"
"You're absolutely right! I'll send someone to prepare when I get back today." Wen Jianzhou rubbed his palms impatiently and narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly.
Jiang Hexi smiled and nodded, then waved to Li Lanhua on the corridor, lowered her eyes and whispered: "Lanhua, bring over the wooden box on the dressing table in my room."
"yes."
"You guys are just discussing business under my nose like this? Aren't the county owners afraid that Song will tell this idea?" Song Ziting looked at Jiang Hexi leisurely, with a smile on his face.
Jiang Hexi smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Master Song has a bright career. He is a person who does great things. How could he care about my little hot pot recipe?"
"Hahaha, the county master actually thinks so highly of Song? It really puts Song to shame." Song Ziting clapped his hands and laughed, looking at Jiang Hexi meaningfully.