eurekapd Chapter 408 What's the rush? Can't you see we're eating?
Chapter 408 What's the rush? Can't you see we're eating?
"Alright, it's freezing cold, and everyone has worked hard guarding the city walls! Tonight, I'll make hot pot for everyone!"
As soon as Lin Xi finished speaking, a group of outlaws surrounded him, "Boss, are we having hot pot today? What's hot pot?"
Chen Fei and the other two were jostled and staggered.
But everyone else squeezed in, and the three of them didn't, making them seem like outsiders!
So whatever it is, squeezing in makes you fit in!
Surrounded by people, Lin Xi took a half step back, and quickly waved her hand with a smile: "Don't rush! Hot pot is just a soup pot!"
Today we're having old duck soup! We'll cook the vegetables in the hot broth, eating and cooking them as we go, then dip them in chili sauce. I guarantee you'll eat until you're stuffed!
Pingyao County may not have much of anything, but it has the most ducks!
So lately he's been thinking about making ducks!
Just hearing Lin Xi say that caused the people around to spit out their anger louder and louder.
Even Chen Fei and his two companions couldn't help but swallow hard!
Even the generals of the Beijing garrison probably couldn't get a meal with meat in it!
I never expected that I would be able to eat meat twice on my very first day following Brother Man!
The regular city guards around them looked on with envy as they heard that Wang Xiaoman and his companions were being fed a well-organized and delicious meal arranged by their employer.
But they weren't bad off either; they ate their fill every meal, with bone broth and vegetables, making them a hundred times better off than the Beijing garrison troops who were full for one meal but starving for three.
Gao Mengli quickly waved her hand, "Don't crowd around anymore, hurry up and build a few big stoves, we'll all eat together in a bit!"
Lin Xi quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, everyone, including the other soldiers guarding the city, should eat together!"
"okay!"
The soldiers guarding the city immediately responded, their envious eyes lighting up instantly, and they grabbed their weapons and ran to the open space.
They were afraid that if they didn't do any work, they wouldn't get any assignments!
Upon seeing this, Jiang Pingzhi slammed his sword on the ground and shouted at the top of his lungs towards the city: "Wang Xiaoman! All you do is hide in the city and try to win people's hearts with food. What kind of heroes are you?"
"If you've got the guts, open the city gates and fight me for real!"
His lieutenant behind him chimed in, "That's right! What kind of skill is it to hide on the city wall?"
"Come out and fight us if you dare! Don't let us look down on you!"
The two sang in unison, their voices deafening.
They wanted to provoke the people on the city walls into opening the gates and fighting back.
Wang Xiaoman picked up a brick and poked his head out from the city wall. "What are you shouting for? Can't you see I'm working? I don't have time to deal with you."
Jiang Pingzhi was so angry that his face turned pale. He pointed at Wang Xiaoman's nose and yelled, "Do you dare come down here! Hiding in the city like a coward, what kind of hero are you!"
Wang Xiaoman banged a brick against the city wall, then slowly replied, "Hero? I didn't say I was a hero!"
I'm busy building the stove right now, I really don't have time.
He paused, then deliberately raised his voice, "Besides, I have hot soup and roast duck here. Why would I go down and fight you? Do you think I'm stupid?"
The soldiers on the city wall burst into laughter upon hearing this.
The deputy general behind Jiang Pingzhi wanted to shout again, but Jiang Pingzhi stopped him.
He turned his head and saw that his brothers were all looking down, their eyes filled with longing for the city walls, with no thought of fighting whatsoever.
Jiang Pingzhi gritted his teeth, glared fiercely at Wang Xiaoman on the city wall, and finally could only utter, "You just wait!"
First, feed the troops well to stabilize morale, then settle accounts with Wang Xiaoman.
In the evening, Lin Xi was left to watch the building, while Gao Mengli, accompanied by several thugs, carried six large buckets of old duck soup up to the city wall!
They also brought countless cabbages, spinach, garland chrysanthemums, and even off-season vegetables like cherry tomatoes and leeks!
That was a greenhouse that was built before to cultivate seedlings. Gao Mengli had only mentioned it to Du Hao before, saying that the greenhouse could be used to grow vegetables from other seasons during the winter.
Unexpectedly, Du Hao managed to get everything done this winter, and the eggplants and cherry tomatoes he planted yielded a truly impressive harvest.
"Oh! You're finally here! If you hadn't come, I was about to go and urge you!"
Dou Weiyi rubbed his hands together and came over, eager to fight!
Gao Mengli glanced curiously at Prefect Li, Dou Zhan, Magistrate Shi, and their entourage beside him. "Weren't you training your soldiers? Why are you all here at the city wall?"
Dou Weiyi rubbed his hands together, his eyes already fixed on the several large wooden tubs being carried by black men, and he laughed heartily, "Training is nothing compared to old duck soup hot pot!"
As soon as I heard the soldiers below say that they were planning to have some old duck soup hot pot here today, I immediately called over Prefect Li, my brother, and Brother Shi!
Such a wonderful celebration, how could we miss out!
These two are really something, thinking of new food without even telling anyone!
Luckily they ran fast, otherwise they wouldn't have made it in time!
"Yes, and us!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Mengli turned to look at the steps leading up the city wall.
Sure enough, the chubby girl came running up with a big basin, followed by a string of others, all bringing their eating utensils!
"Ali!"
When Ayu saw Gao Mengli, she quickly hid the large bowl she was carrying behind her back.
Gao Mengli glanced around and nodded to herself in approval.
They're all just people who do nothing but eat, and they're all people who are superior to others!
Wang Xiaoman looked at the small bowls she and her brothers were using for eating, and compared them to the large basins that the chubby girls were carrying, and she was instantly overwhelmed.
Damn, I miscalculated!
On the city wall, the stoves were lit, and six enormous pots were set up. Gao Mengli raised her hand and brought it down, "Pour out the bottom of the pots!"
A few people opened the wooden bucket lid, and the rich, fresh aroma of the old duck soup, along with the steam, instantly rushed out, causing everyone around to drool.
The amber-colored old duck soup swayed gently in the pot, with a layer of clear oil floating on the surface. The dark red of angelica and goji berries and the tender yellow of ginger slices sank to the bottom of the pot.
And those pickled radishes, just looking at them makes my mouth water!
As soon as the soup was put into the pot, the large chunks of duck meat and pickled radish slid into the pot as well.
Soon after, a "gurgling" sound began to emerge!
Wang Xiaoman glanced down at the city walls and, sure enough, saw Jiang Pingzhi leading his men to challenge them again.
He quickly gave his brothers a look, and they immediately understood. They grabbed their shields and fanned the aroma of the duck soup towards the city!
Countless shields unfurled with a "whoosh," fanning the air around the stove towards the city below.
The aroma of old duck soup that originally wafted over the city wall, now carrying the refreshing scent of pickled radishes, drifted with the wind straight into Jiang Pingzhi's ranks.
"Suck it-"
Someone below the city couldn't help but swallow hard, and then a series of slurping sounds followed.
Countless people were whispering, "This smell...it's even more tempting than the aroma of meat during Chinese New Year."
Jiang Pingzhi's face turned green, the veins on his hand gripping the sword throbbed, and he roared at the city wall: "Wang Xiaoman! What tricks are you playing! Come down and fight if you dare!"
Wang Xiaoman, clinging to the battlements, picked up a bowl of white rice, added a piece of duck meat, blew on it, and shouted, "Jiang Pingzhi, don't rush!"
We're having a hot pot of old duck soup, with duck meat stewed with pickled radish—it's warming and appetizing!
I've never had such delicious soup in my life!
After saying that, he quickly finished gnawing on the duck bone and tossed it in front of Jiang Pingzhi.
The duck bone landed with a thud at Jiang Pingzhi's feet, still warm from being gnawed on. The bits of meat remaining in the crevices of the bone, carrying the aroma of soup, drifted around on the wind.
This was like a fragrant "biological weapon," instantly causing an uproar below!