flstandardbreds Chapter 136: Hot pot, let’s eat!
Chapter 136: Hot pot, let’s eat!
When Mu Qingqing and Mu Minghao arrived at Qin Yao's room, Mu Minghao had calmed down with the comfort of Mu Qingqing.
After entering the door, he bowed to Prime Minister Mu and Qin Yao and said, "Minghao greets father and mother."
Prime Minister Mu glanced at him indifferently and said "hmm".
He always had an indescribable feeling towards this bastard.
He couldn't get close to him (because he came from Aunt Qin's belly), but he also couldn't let go of his worry (after all, he was his own child, and very well-behaved and sensible, not at all like his unreliable and vicious mother).
On the contrary, Qin Yao smiled and said, "Minghao is here. Come here to let mother see if you have eaten well in the academy during this period. Let mother see if you have lost weight."
Mu Minghao stepped forward shyly, standing one step in front of Qin Yao, allowing her to look at him.
He could truly feel from Qin Yao's feelings that she liked him, and it was not just a false polite gesture.
Since Qin Yao only has Mu Qingqing as her child, she has never been close to him before!
Unlike Mu Yingying, the little white lotus who is used to acting (the mistress of the house has a very sharp eye), she likes Mu Minghao, the sensible and obedient illegitimate son, from the bottom of her heart.
She stood up and held Mu Minghao's pale hands, saying softly, "Is the academy closed for the day? Stay here with your mother for dinner tonight."
After saying that, he pulled him to sit on the round stool next to him.
Seeing the father and daughter making faces and whispering, I couldn't help but say with a smile: "What are they whispering about? Are they whispering to each other?"
Mu Qingqing sat up straight and said to Qin Yao in a brisk tone, "Mother, I'm talking to father about having hotpot tonight."
"Hotpot?" Qin Yao was confused when she heard a new term from her dear daughter's mouth.
"Well, when the weather is really cold, put a big pot on the table, put the washed vegetables and meat aside, wait for the water to boil, put your favorite dishes in, and when they are cooked, dip them in some sauce, then you can start eating." Mu Qingqing said while gesticulating with her hands.
"Eat raw? Cook it yourself?" Qin Yao, who had never done any housework, became nervous.
What kind of novel idea is this, my dear daughter? Is it because the food cooked by the chef in the mansion is too bad? There is no need to cook it yourself...
Mu Qingqing came forward and hugged Qin Yao from behind, saying in a proud tone: "Mother, just sit here and chat with father and Minghao. When your daughter is ready, we will eat together in the yard! It will definitely leave you with an unforgettable memory, and you will be thinking about the next meal after eating this one!"
"Let's eat in the yard?" Mu Minghao came back from outside, feeling freezing cold. Was he sure he wouldn't freeze to death? Was his elder sister playing a trick on him?
Thinking of this, Mu Minghao rejected this idea in his heart: Big sister is so gentle and kind, how can I think of big sister like this! She really deserves to be beaten! Besides, big sister doesn't need to sacrifice her whole family just to play a prank on me!
The stupid Mu Minghao blamed himself for thinking too badly of Mu Qingqing...
Mu Qingqing thought that the New Year was coming and she would soon be married, so she would not have much time left at her parents' home. So she decided to have some fun before leaving.
"Si'er, give me the drone later. Then go to the front yard and tell Butler He to arrange for the servants in the mansion to have meals in the guest house in the evening." On the way back to her own room, Mu Qingqing gave instructions to Zuo Si beside her.
"Understood!" After receiving the instruction, Zuo Si quickly ran to his own room: If you are not active in eating, there is something wrong with your thinking! Knowing that there will be delicious food in the evening, shouldn't you finish the work at hand quickly? !
Mu Qingqing was calculating in her heart how many people were in the Prime Minister's Mansion? How many duck pots should she order? (Some people like spicy food, some like light food)
As for the ingredients, seasonings, drinks, etc., of course Ali 99 takes care of everything.
Ali Jiujiu, who has been so tired of receiving orders recently, said: Host, thank you for thinking of me, big or small! No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat! Welcome the host to place orders, big or small!
Anyway, the amount of gold reserves in the system is always growing...
Compared with the servants of other first-rank officials, the number of servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion (less than 30) is still much smaller - after all, there is only one mistress in the mansion! (Even if you include the former concubine Qin, there are only so few. Compared with those big families with elderly mothers, three wives and four concubines, and no division of the family (often hundreds or eighty), it is really pitiful)
Eating hotpot is of course more fun when there are more people!
Then arrange a table for eight of them, an octagonal table is just right!
That's it! Mu Qingqing reported the number of people and seats to Ali Jiujiu and let it do what it wanted.
He just became a hands-off boss.
I returned to the dormitory, took out the drone I got from Zuo Si, and started tinkering with it...
The video was only a dozen minutes long. Mu Qingqing watched one of the scenes over and over again, and finally slapped her thigh: I knew there was something wrong! I can't find it! A haunted house?! Look, tonight, I'm going to scare you to death!
In my mind, I heard the voice of Ali99 that all orders have been completed and the host is waiting to pick up the goods.
Mu Qingqing stretched, put away all her things, and shouted to the door: "Chunxiang, get to work!"
Chunxiang and the others, who had witnessed Mu Qingqing taking things out of thin air many times, had been waiting outside the door to get their dinner.
Sure enough, after entering, I saw boxes of vacuum-packed food neatly stacked on the ground, as well as various unknown alcoholic beverages.
There were even five large pots neatly stacked next to the table (how do I know they are large pots? Because it is clearly marked on the outer packaging)
"Si'er, ask the housekeeper to put five octagonal tables in the yard, and put small square tables next to them to place the dishes." Mu Qingqing still habitually called him Zuo Si. Zuo San was a little serious and not fun.
"Okay!" Zuo Si went down to work happily.
Chunxiang and the others have already started to unpack the outer packaging like they were used to it, piling them up on one side and placing everything aside according to their categories.
Mu Qingqing piled beer, cola, Sprite and various fruit drinks together, "San'er, come and move all these drinks to the yard."
Carrying these drinks is a physical job! Mu Qingqing was reluctant to let the four girls around her do it.
If you have free labor, don’t use it!
After Zuo San came in, he followed the direction of Mu Qingqing's finger, picked up the three boxes without looking away and walked out.
After going back and forth several times, they finally moved all the food, drinks and daily necessities into the yard.
It was already the end of the Yin hour, and the courtyard was full of people waiting for Mu Qingqing's instructions.
After Qin Yao and the prime minister came out, Mu Qingqing stood in the middle of the yard and said loudly: "Everyone, the New Year is coming soon. You have all worked hard in the mansion for a year. Let's relax tonight, have fun, eat and drink well!"
The servants looked at each other in bewilderment. Zuo Si took the lead in clapping and shouting, "Thank you, master! Everyone thanks the master..."
"Thank you, master!" Everyone who came to their senses shouted in unison.
Mu Qingqing sat at one table with the Prime Minister, Qin Yao and Mu Minghao, while Chunxiang and the others sat at one table with the four treasures of gold, silver, pearls and bronze in Qin Yao's room.
As for the others, let them share the table, it’s pretty empty anyway.
When the pot bottom was boiling under the burning of alcohol, Mu Qingqing waved her hand and said, "Let's eat! Put whatever you want in the pot. The white pot bottom is not spicy, and the red pot bottom is spicy. You can order dishes according to your taste. Bring your own drinks..."
Chunxiang and the others who were familiar with Mu Qingqing had been eager to try the food. When they heard that the food was about to start, they grabbed the lettuce and raw meat slices and threw them into the bottom of the pot.
Mu Qingqing’s first hotpot meal in another world thus began!