Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

Chapter 262 Hot Pot (3)

Lin Chunyi felt that the steamed crispy pork, which was served last at the banquet in her hometown, was much, much tastier than the freshly fried crispy pork!

That soft and delicious flavor, with the aroma of pea shoots and vinegar, made her mouth water just thinking about it.

What a coincidence! Lin Lanshan had also thought of going to the same place.

While stirring the tofu in the oil with her chopsticks, she swallowed the crispy pork in her mouth and said, "Sister, I feel like we didn't fry enough crispy pork. We should fry another two or three pounds."

"Fry another two or three pounds! You can eat it as a snack. We didn't buy that much pork tenderloin. What will we use to stir-fry it after frying it all, big bones?" Lin Chunyi shook the water droplets off her hands and then wiped them on the hem of her clothes.

"But I really want to eat the steamed crispy pork that I used to be able to eat every time I went to a banquet. Why don't we fry all the pork tenderloin and save it to make steamed crispy pork slowly? Stir-frying is easy, we have pork belly and wild boar meat."

They hunted several wild boars on their picnic trip, and they still have a ton of wild boar meat in their cellar.

"Steamed crispy pork..." Hearing her sister mention it, Lin Chunyi missed that taste even more. She said helplessly, "I want to eat it too, but we don't have pea shoots. That's the soul of the dish, we can't do without it!"

Even if they planted the peas now, they wouldn't have any planting boxes to use. And it would take at least half a month for them to be ready to eat.

Lin Lanshan knew this, of course, but for her, no difficulty could stop her from eating what she wanted.

Unless such a thing simply doesn't exist!

With a determined look in her eyes, she said, "I'm not building a snowman tomorrow; I'm going out to cut bamboo!"

"The snow outside is so thick, it won't melt for ten days or half a month, and the roads are difficult to travel on. Why are you going out to cut bamboo at this time?"

"How about making a planting box now?" She doesn't have the skill to make a wooden box yet, but a bamboo one shouldn't be too difficult.

Split a few bamboo stalks, cut them open, gather them together, tie them with rope, and then make them into a basket.

She's definitely going to eat this steamed crispy pork!

"..." Looking at her younger sister's determined eyes and tone, for some reason, Lin Chunyi suddenly remembered a line she had heard in a TV series before:

In your life, have you ever risked your life for anyone...?

She now wants to raise her hand to answer this question: Yes! My sister would go to great lengths to make steamed crispy pork!

Thinking her sister disagreed, Lin Lanshan persuaded, "Sister, we can build a snowman anytime, but making steamed pork is more important! Tomorrow, let's go cut some bamboo and study it to make a planting box."

"Didn't you say you'd go by yourself? Why did you add me back?"

Lin Lanshan stopped frying the tofu and turned to question her sister: "Ah, don't you want to eat pea shoots anymore? Don't you want to eat steamed crispy pork? Besides, it's all snow outside, and you can't even see the road. You're making me go alone? Are you that heartless?"

Pea shoots aren't just delicious in steamed crispy pork; they're also amazing in hot pot, noodles, or stir-fries!

"..." A string of words came out of Lin Lanshan's mouth, making Lin Chunyi's head spin and forget what she wanted to say.

but,

She wanted to add one more sentence to her answer to the previous question: My sister is not only willing to risk her own life, she can also risk her older sister's life!

So all she could say was, "Quiet down and get to work! You fry your tofu puffs first, then we'll eat this hot pot and worry about tomorrow tomorrow."

Most people are always looking for something better while eating what's in their bowl, but her sister hasn't even gotten a bite of what's in her bowl yet, and she's already eyeing what's in the pot.

"Oh, okay~" Lin Lanshan added some firewood to the stove and came back to keep an eye on the oil pan.

The golden-yellow tofu puffs puffed up and floated on the oil. They would be delicious if you just scooped them out and sprinkled them with some chili salt!

Such tempting tofu puffs inevitably reminded Lin Lanshan of another delicacy.

"Sister, come here and look! Doesn't this tofu puff look like stinky tofu?"

As the top-tier snack in the world of stinky tofu, few people can resist it.

Lin Lanshan is no exception.

Lin Chunyi was no exception.

However, Lin Chunyi thought her sister's thinking was indeed quite unique, even when it came to frying tofu puffs and thinking of stinky tofu.

That's not the important thing!

The most important thing is her sister's mouth; not only can she eat a lot, but she can also talk so much...

She put down the two knives she was using to chop fish and said, "You really do want one thing at a time. There's not even a pea shoot in sight, and you're already thinking about stinky tofu?"

Lin Lanshan shrugged and retorted, "I just remembered the stinky tofu I used to eat at the roadside stall, it's not like I'm going to eat it right now. I'm not that greedy, why are you looking at me like that?"

Could it be that she's wrongly accusing her younger sister, whose mind is only focused on food, this time? She was a little surprised. "So you don't want to eat?"

Lin Lanshan answered seriously, "Yes, I want to eat it."

"..." Is this younger sister even worth keeping? She's always just talking nonsense.

Lin Chunyi couldn't take it anymore; she felt several angry-looking special effects patterns appearing on her temples.

She sneered, "You're not getting any stinky tofu today, but I have a stinky face, want it?" Then she picked up two knives and began chopping the fish with a loud clatter, making the table shake.

Lin Lanshan finally shut up and obediently continued frying tofu puffs.

The minced fish used to make fish balls had been frozen in the snow for a while, and was still icy cold with a few ice crystals. Lin Chunyi chopped it with the back of a cleaver for a short time until it became a fairly fine fish paste.

She carefully picked out the small fish bones that hadn't been cleaned from the bottom of the fish, and then put the fish paste into a large bowl.

Add lard and whipped egg whites, and stir. Then add scallion and ginger water and salt in small amounts several times, continuing to stir.

After Lin Lanshan finished frying the tofu puffs, she couldn't help but sneak over to her dog and ask, "Sis, is this mud fun?"

The white fish paste became increasingly smooth and sticky in her sister's hands, inexplicably reminding her of playing with mud, making her hands extremely itchy.

Lin Chunyi scraped all the fish paste from her hands into the basin. "Come on, come on, you play here. I'll go make some egg dumplings."

"Hey hey hey~"

"Keep stirring clockwise, and when you've had enough fun, quickly form the dumplings, it's almost lunchtime."

"No problem!" Lin Lanshan quickly washed her hands and started kneading fish meat into paste in the basin...

Egg dumplings are much simpler to make.

Crack a few eggs, add a pinch of salt, and whisk them into an egg mixture. Then, heat a large iron ladle on a small stove, spread a ring of lard around it, pour in some egg mixture, and slowly swirl it around a couple of times.

The egg mixture quickly solidified into a thin egg crepe in the heated iron spoon. At this point, a chopstickful of chopped minced meat was placed on top, and the chopsticks were used to lift one side of the egg crepe and fold it over to the other side to seal it.

The semi-circular egg dumplings are now ready.

Repeat this process for each egg dumpling until all the egg liquid and meat filling are used up. Then today's egg dumplings are done.

The crispy pork was fried, the egg dumplings were made, the fish balls were formed, and the frozen tofu was brought back as well.

With everything ready, they could finally cook the hot pot broth and enjoy hot pot!