Chapter 685: Hot Pot


    In the evening, Robb called a small cksmith from the town, not the kind of advanced dwarf cksmith who made steam engines, but an ordinary small cksmith who specialized in making iron pots.


    Being summoned by Godfather was a great honor for such a small person, and he was so excited that he couldn''t even speak.


    But when Robb drew a strange pot on paper for him to make, the cksmith''s excited face turned into a puzzled one, "Godfather, what kind of strange pot are you making? Why divide the pot into nine squares?"


    "This is called a nine-grid pot," Robb chuckled, "Isn''t it cool?"


    The cksmith was bewildered, "What are you going to cook in this? One square for a thunder lizard egg?"


    Hearing this, Robb was also stunned, "Oh? I only thought of regr ingredients and forgot about some exotic ones, hahaha... Yes, I want to cook a thunder lizard egg! Lillian, please buy me a thunder lizard egg to try."


    Now that Westwind Holy City has be a big city, the goods in the city are bing more and more abundant. Adventurers from all over also oftene to Westwind City for work. Therefore, all kinds of strange things are also brought back by adventurers. Things like thunder lizard eggs were impossible to obtain before, but now, as long as you want to buy them, you can always find them.


    The cksmith waspletely puzzled, "Godfather, dividing the pot into nine squares is meaningless."


    "Dont mind that, just follow my instructions," Robb instructed, suddenly thinking of something, "Oh, and make another pot that doesn''t need to be divided into nine squares, just split it in half."


    The cksmith was speechless, but he decided to follow Godfather''s instructions since he always had a reason for everything he asked.


    On that evening, the cksmith, with the buff given by Robb, worked hard to forge the custom-made iron pot before the evening of the next day. When he arrived, he found that Robb''s yard had already set up a fire pit and a frame.


    There were many dishes on the table, filled with various kinds of food, sliced beef, sliced pork, various vegetables, and even different kinds of internal organs. Several wooden tables were not enough to amodate so much food.


    A group of girls gathered in the yard, staring at Robb with curious eyes.


    At this moment, Robb was processing the freshly harvested red peppers!


    Yesterday, the chili seeds he nted had all matured and produced bright red chili peppers, a crop that many people had never seen before. Therefore, many people surrounded the yard, looking at the strange nts in the chapels self-cultivatednd. Especially a few children, looking at the bright red crops, felt that it was very appetizing, and even drooled.


    Little Yi walked out of the chapel and saw everyone''s curiosity about this new food, so she picked a red chili pepper and handed it to the children.


    The children hesitated for a moment and were afraid to put it in their mouths.


    Little Yi turned around and asked Robb, "Can this really be eaten?"


    "Yes." Robbughed, "It''s not poisonous. If anyone dies from eating it, I will take responsibility and resurrect them."


    Little Yi was relieved and told the children, "You can eat it."


    The children were delighted and quickly put the red chili pepper in their mouths, then... screams of pain came out of their mouths.


    The adults couldn''t help but scold, "What are you screaming for? Could anything that Godfather give us be bad? You''re too young to understand gourmet food."


    After scolding, they also put the red chili pepper in their mouths, and then... screams of pain also came out of their mouths. The children who were scoldedughed instead.


    Robb couldn''t help butugh too!


    In fact, the red chili pepper would taste better after being sun-dried, but Robb was in a hurry to make something delicious and didn''t have time to slowly dry them, so he called a water-based mage to manipte the water element and directly dried the water in the red peppers, turning them into "dried red chili peppers".


    He used scissors to cut them into pieces, filled a bowl with it, and none of the children dared to try it again. Everyone began to avoid this type of food.


    Robb was seen pouring water into arge pot and adding butter, the dried pepper, salt, pepper, and other ingredients. He then ced the pot on the fire and cooked it. Soon, a pot of red soup was ready. The soup emitted a spicy and pungent smell that made people around it avoid it.


    At this moment, the cksmith happened to bring two pots over. One was a nine-grid pot, and the other was a mandarin duck pot.


    Robb was overjoyed and eximed, "Quick, bring the pots over!"


    He ced the nine-grid pot aside and first set up the mandarin duck pot. The biggestpromise of Shuangqing people is the mandarin duck pot. This was to help outsiders adjust and make a transition.


    He poured the just-cooked red soup into half of the pot and had Lilian pour a pre-cooked pot of soup on the other side. Happily, he called out to the girls, "Come and have some Shuangqing hot pot."


    Lilian, Suofa, Little Yi, Marian, The Big Loli, Shang Hui, the two little light nuns, the next-door little cat girl, Huahua, and the dark little nuns were all called over, and everyone sat around the two strange pots.


    Beside Robb was a special guest, the dwarf traveling merchant. He had given Robb chili seeds yesterday and stayed in Westwind City temporarily without leaving. Today, he came specifically to see how to eat chili.


    Robb smiled and took out a pair of chopsticks. These were custom-made urgently from a carpenterst night, and each person was given a pair.


    "What are these two small sticks?" Suofa wondered.


    Next to her, Shang Huiughed and said, "These are tableware from our Big Tang, chopsticks! I never thought I would see them here. It seems that we are going to eat Chinese food, but in our Big Tang, we don''t cook a pot of water like this to eat."


    At this time, even hot pot had not been invented in the East!


    It took a while for chili to be introduced to the East, and then it took many years before the appearance of Shuangqing hot pot.


    Robbughed and said, "Where the foodes from is not important. What matters is that it tastes good. Come, everyone should learn to eat like me."


    He picked up some dishes from the table and put them into the red and clear soup, just like cooking a big mixed stew. Lilian was familiar with this way of cooking, but she soon noticed a detail, [Godfather did not put animal offal into the clear soup, only in the red soup.]


    The clear soup mainly contained some vegetables, beef, and pork.


    Lilian, who often cooked, immediately understood, "The red soup is to suppress the smell of offal, right?"


    "Youre not wrong!" Robbughed, "Before these dishes are cooked, let''s eat something quick."


    He picked up a piece of tripe with his chopsticks and dipped it into the red soup.


    The girls followed suit and picked up their chopsticks, but quickly realized that chopsticks were not easy to handle...


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