Chapter 129 Shabu Shabu

Author: Er Meow Go to bed early

After loading the dishes, I saw Mother Lu staring blankly at me slicing fish fillets, as if she had nothing to do after her job was taken away.

Xu Nan smiled when he saw this and said to her:

"Mom, why don't you go wash the vegetables first? Just wash all the vegetables we bought today and put them on the plate."

After hearing this, Mother Lu quickly nodded in agreement, carried the vegetable bag, and walked under the faucet to start washing the vegetables.

There was no need to stir-fry or stew, and the steps of cooking became much easier. Mother Lu and Xu Nan finished processing all the ingredients in a short time.

Thinking that the ingredients were not rich enough, Xu Nan quietly returned to the room while Lu Mu and Lu Nanzhou were not paying attention, and took out the hot pot base ingredients, lotus root slices, beef balls, etc. from the space.

Mother Lu felt a little strange when she saw it. She looked at it repeatedly with a crab stick in her hand, and asked Xu Nan from time to time:

"What are these crab sticks?"

"Is it really made of crab meat? How many crabs do you have to waste to make this thing?"

"I've never seen where you bought this thing."

Seeing this, Xu Nan felt guilty. He looked at Lu Nanzhou and saw that his expression was dull, as if he was not curious at all, so he started talking nonsense to Mother Lu:

"I bought these crab sticks at the supply and marketing cooperative in the city, as well as these ingredients."

"Look at my memory, I actually forgot to take it out. If I hadn't planned to eat hot pot today, I would have forgotten all these things."

As for the question of whether crab meat sticks are made of crab meat, Xu Nan chose not to answer.

After all, these crab sticks come from the 21st century that contains various additives and flavorings. As for how much meat it contains, she really can't tell.

After all, this thing may not even be considered meat, and in all likelihood, it is just a soy product at best.

Xu Nan would not be able to say such unconscionable words.

Fortunately, Mother Lu was easy to deceive, so Xu Nan was able to fool her with just a few words.

There is no gas supply in his hometown, not even a gas tank, which makes Xu Nan a little bit embarrassed.

After all, this hot pot is only enjoyable if you eat it while cooking.

But right now, there is obviously no such condition.

Xu Nan himself has been adhering to the saying that if there are no conditions, create conditions for so many years.

It's obviously not possible to have the whole family gather around the stove to eat.

She turned her eyes and saw a large old-fashioned enamel iron plate placed under the table. The plate was square and had a super deep bottom that could hold a lot of things.

Suddenly an idea came to my mind.

Got it!

Then eat shabu-shabu skewers. Anyway, in Xu Nan's opinion, the principles of these things are similar.

Maybe the only difference is that there is an extra bamboo stick.

But what about bamboo sticks? There are none here.

It is not very easy for a well-known food blogger in the 21st century to solve this little problem.

Xu Nan ran to the space again and took out a bag of bamboo sticks. When he met Mother Lu's questioning eyes, Xu Nan had learned to lie without a blushing face and a heartbeat:

"Bought from the supply and marketing cooperative."

"oh."

Mother Lu was convinced of this, but Lu Nanzhou looked at Xu Nan with a bit of inquiry in his eyes.

If not for anything else, it was because Xu Nan's behavior was really weird.

Xu Nan first took out the big iron plate from under the table and put it under the faucet to clean it.

Then he added half a pot of water to the pot and signaled Lu Nanzhou to start lighting the fire.

The pot of an earthen stove is much thicker than a normal pot, and it is difficult to light a fire, so it heats up very slowly.

After the water boiled, Xu Nan threw the bamboo skewers into the pot and boiled them for a few seconds, then used a slotted spoon to take them out and let them cool down.

Xu Nan then pulled Lu Nanzhou and Lu's mother to start threading vegetables on the bamboo sticks.

Mother Lu and Lu Nanzhou looked at Mother Lu's puzzled eyes while wearing Xu Nan.

Just listen to her ask:

"Baby, I'm really confused."

"Didn't we talk about what kind of fish pot we wanted to eat? Why are you wearing bamboo sticks now?"

Although Mother Lu was confused, she kept moving her hands and was very efficient, and the dishes were served one plate after another.

Seeing this, Xu Nan explained to her:

"I originally planned to eat fish pot, but there is no suitable pot at home, and we can't sit by the stove to eat."

"I thought it would be better to make it directly into shabu-shabu skewers. It would be more convenient to take it out and eat it after cooking."

After threading the vegetable skewers, Xu Nan started to stir-fry the hot pot base.

Rather than saying it is a hot pot base, it is better to say it is a secondary process.

The hot pot base ingredients are all ready-made base ingredients that Xu Nan took from the space, and can be poured directly into the pot to stir-fry, which saved her a lot of time.

After seeing that the hot pot base ingredients were fried, Xu Nan directly poured more than half of the water into the pot, then closed the lid and waited for the water to boil and skewer the skewers.

A lot of time was wasted because of handling the ingredients and changing my mind on skewering.

Mother Lu returned to the house and looked at the time. It was already ten o'clock in the morning.

If nothing else goes wrong, the other two brothers of the Lu family will be back soon.

Seeing this, Xu Nan dug out the gifts for the two younger brothers of the Lu family from the bag he had brought to the Lu family when he returned to his hometown that day.

They are all daily necessities and school supplies. They are quite satisfactory and you can't fault them.

Even the warm sweaters are chosen in the most acceptable gray and dark blue colors.

Seeing Xu Nan's appearance, Mother Lu laughed and said:

"Looking at your appearance, those who didn't know better would have thought you were entertaining some royal family member."

"On weekdays, the second and third children play best with you when you are at home. If they see the gifts you bring them, I am afraid they will burst out laughing."

Xu Nan was holding something, smiling with a guilty expression on his face. After hearing what Mother Lu said, his face became even more nervous.

After all, she is not the original owner. In her memory at this time, the two younger brothers of the Lu family are completely like strangers.

It is said that nothing can be hidden from people who are familiar with it. When the time comes, if she does something to reveal her fault and is discovered, what should she do?

Xu Nan decided that after meeting the two younger brothers of the Lu family, he would not speak if he could, lest someone would find out the clues, which would cause serious problems.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Nan's shabu-shabu skewers were all finished, and the voices of the second and third sons of the Lu family came from the door.

"Mom, Dad, we are back!"

Since Xu Nan and Lu Nanzhou decided to come back at short notice, the two Lu brothers were living on campus so they didn't know about it. When they saw Lu Nanzhou at this time, they couldn't help but have this surprise in their tone:

"Brother, sister-in-law?"

"When did you come back?"
Chapter completed!