My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After playing with Gu Li, the servant brought lunch for the two of them. Chang An accompanied Gu Li to finish her meal, supervised her to drink the medicine, and then prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare the tripe.

Gu Li saw that he was about to go out, so he asked, "Chang Lang, where are you going?"

"Go to the kitchen, what's going on?"

"I want to go too," Gu Li pouted in dissatisfaction, "I listened to Chang Lang's instructions this morning and stayed in my room without going out. I was almost suffocated to death."

Chang An smiled and said lovingly, "Okay, then Madam Gu put on her cotton-padded jacket, and I'll take Madam Gu out for some fresh air."

Gu Li immediately smiled happily and said flatteringly, "I knew Chang Lang was the best to me."

"You stinky guy." Chang An smiled and shook his head slightly, while Gu Li chuckled twice, put on his cotton-padded jacket swiftly, and followed him out happily.

The two of them came to the kitchen, and Chang An asked someone to bring out the tripe he bought at noon. Soon, the servant brought out a large plate. Gu Li poked her head out from behind Chang An and saw the black mass in the plate, which made her eyelids twitch. She pulled Chang An's sleeve and asked:

"Chang Lang, what is this? It looks so strange."

Chang An took the plate and explained, "This is called tripe, which is the stomach of a cow."

"Ah?" Gu Li immediately frowned in disdain, "Are we going to eat this then?"

Chang An felt something was wrong at this time, and turned to look at Gu Li, only to see Gu Li looking at him with a distressed face, and said: "Is Chang Lang out of money because he needs to support me? If Chang Lang has no money, I... I have saved a lot of money."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, and was immediately happy. He took out a hand and gently tapped Gu Li's head, scolding with a smile: "Little guy, what are you thinking about! Your Chang Lang has plenty of money, don't curse me here."

"Then this..." Gu Li pointed at the tripe in Chang An's hand, looked at Chang An in disbelief, then reached out and touched Chang An's forehead, and said in confusion: "No, you don't have a fever."

"Don't think about it, just wait and see." Chang An smiled and shook his head, without saying anything more, turned around and put the tripe on the stove, then asked the servants to light the fire and watch and learn how to process it.

While waiting for the water to heat up, Chang An took the kitchen scissors and cut the tripe into pieces. When the water was almost boiled, he threw the tripe into the hot water, then counted to three hundred in his mind, and took the tripe out of the pot. He threw the tripe into the warm water prepared in advance, and rubbed the surface of the tripe with a coarse cloth to remove the black film on it.

Chang An changed another basin of warm water, took the kitchen scissors, and cut off some of the impurities. Finally, he put it in the second basin of cold water, grabbed a few handfuls of coarse salt, and began to rub the tripe again. Then he changed to the third basin of warm water, added some flour, vinegar and ginger, rubbed it for a while, and then put it in the water, letting it soak for a while.

Seeing that Chang An didn't move, Gu Li asked, "Chang An, is this done?"

Chang An shook his head and said, "Wait a moment first."

After waiting for about ten minutes, Chang An changed the basin of water, rubbed and cleaned it, and threw it into the pot. He only put a little water in the pot, and then Chang An told the servant:

"After the water inside dries up, remember to check the tripe. Once you are sure it is dry, take it out and store it in a cool place."

"Yes, son."

After doing all this, Chang An took Gu Li back to the room. The two of them stayed in the room and continued to do their own things.

Because Chang'an's customized pot was still being made, Gu Li did not eat real hot pot these two days, but a warm pot filled with cooked food.

On the day agreed with the blacksmith, Chang An went straight to the blacksmith shop in the East Market after finishing school at the Imperial College. As soon as he arrived at the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith came over and said happily: "Sir, I have already made the copper hot pot you requested two days ago."

"let me see."

The blacksmith responded and took the pot and placed it in front of Chang An. Chang An looked at the copper-yellow hot pot. Since the original hot pot was not much different from the modern hot pot, the copper pot made by the blacksmith was naturally not much different from the modern hot pot. There were two ears on both sides of the pot for easy holding, and there was an opening at the bottom for placing firewood.

Chang An nodded with satisfaction, took out a silver ingot from the purse with the word "hometown" embroidered on it, and said, "I promised you five taels of silver, and you have not lost anything."

The blacksmith took the silver ingot, his eyes full of joy.

Chang An took the copper pot and got on the carriage directly, leaving the East Market and heading towards Chang's Mansion. When he returned to the gate of Chang's Mansion, he saw Gu Li and Zhen'er standing at the gate as soon as he got off the carriage.

He immediately put on an angry expression and came in front of Gu Li. When Gu Li saw Chang An's expression, he suddenly became nervous and clenched his hands nervously.

Chang An looked at the sky outside. Although it was not snowing, it was still as cold as the previous two days.

"How long have you been waiting?" Chang An's voice was cold, which made Gu Li's heart sink.

"Not... not long..." Gu Li was obviously hesitant.

Chang An handed the pot to Huai Qin behind him and asked her to take it to the kitchen to clean it. Then he reached out and took Gu Li's hand, touched it, and spoke again: "How long have you been waiting? Your hands have become cold. How long have you been waiting?"

"I..." Gu Li's voice was a little low, "It's probably about a cup of tea..."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes slightly and carefully observed Chang An's expression. But Chang An's expression remained the same. He glanced at him and turned to ask the doorman beside him: "How long have you been waiting here, Sanniang?"

"To answer your question, sir, Sanniang was only here for less than a cup of tea," the doorman replied.

"Didn't I tell you? If she comes out, take her back to her room." Chang An asked again.

"Chang Lang, don't blame them," Gu Li said at this time, "It was me who insisted on waiting here..."

Chang An then turned around and looked at Gu Li. Seeing that she had been waiting for him here for quite some time, he took her into the mansion and back to the room.

After returning to the room, Chang An took Gu Li to the coffee table, and then went to the desk himself.

Gu Li sat at the low table, watching Chang An with a cold face, reading a book alone, without any intention of talking to her. Seeing him like this, Gu Li knew that he was probably angry. She quietly stood up, quietly walked to Chang An's desk, sat next to him, and took his hand.

"Chang Lang, I was wrong..." Gu Li took Chang An's hand and shook it gently.

But Chang An still didn't respond to her, and she became even more nervous. She wanted to go up and kiss him to please him, but she was a little afraid.

"I will listen to Chang Lang in the future," Gu Li stretched out his other hand and held Chang An's hand. "Mother Gu really knows she is wrong. Can Chang Lang please stop ignoring her..."

Chang An glanced at Gu Li next to him, and seeing her anxious look, he was really frightened, so he slowly said, "Do you really know you are wrong?"

"Yeah." Seeing the other party's reply, Gu Li nodded quickly, "I shouldn't have run outside in such a cold day, and I shouldn't have stayed outside for so long."

"It's not that I don't want you to leave the room, Gu Niang, but I don't want you to stay outside for so long." Chang An turned around and looked at Gu Li. Only then did he realize that Gu Li's eyes were slightly red. If he ignored her, she would probably cry.

"I know..." Gu Li answered weakly. Just after he finished answering, he suddenly felt someone grab his waist. Then he found himself being lifted up, and then sitting in a familiar embrace.

"Since you are admitting your fault, you should act like you are admitting your fault." Chang An put his arm around her waist and said as if hinting, "People who apologize should bring an apology gift."

Gu Li naturally heard the hidden meaning in Chang An's words, and immediately put on a happy smile and kissed Chang An on the face. But then he felt it was not enough, so he kissed Chang An on the lips again.

"That's more like it." Chang An nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "Before I went to school this morning, I had already asked the servants to cut the beef and mutton, and also prepared some vegetables, radishes and the like. I also brought the pot back."

"Mrs. Gu is in for a treat at noon today." Chang An pinched Gu Li's nose and said.

"Really?" Gu Li was a little expectant.

As he was speaking, Huaiqin's voice came from the door: "Master, Sanniang, everything is ready."

"Isn't it coming?" Then Chang An shouted, "Bring it all in!"

The door was pushed open, and Huaiqin and Zhen'er came in with a few servants. The leading servant was holding a pot, and the servants behind him were holding plates of cut dishes.

The servant put the pot on the low table, with a large plate underneath to catch the charcoal ash, and then the servant behind put the dish on the table. Since there were only four people eating, Chang'an, Gu Li, Huaiqin and Zhen'er, there were not many dishes.

After the dishes were served, Chang An and Gu Li came to the low table and prepared to eat.

But Gu Li looked at the table full of raw vegetables and meat and asked in confusion: "Chang Lang, how do you eat this? It's all raw."

Chang An smiled, took a look at the fire in the pot, and said, "I told you, just put whatever you want to eat in the pot, blanch it, and you can start eating."

As he spoke, Chang An picked up a few slices of thinly cut beef and put them in the pot. He did not let go of his chopsticks, and soon, Chang An picked up the meat and put it in Gu Li's bowl, saying:

"Mrs. Gu, please try it."

Gu Li glanced at Chang An, and without hesitation, she put the beef into her mouth. After swallowing it, before Chang An asked, she said, "It's delicious!"

"Right, your Chang Lang didn't lie to you." Then Chang An picked up another piece of tripe and put it into the pot. Under the gaze of the three people, he put it into the pot eight times, took it out seven times, and then put it into Gu Li's bowl.

"Try this tripe, it's delicious." Chang An said, "If you don't like it, spit it out."

Gu Li took a look at the tripe in the bowl. Although she felt a little disgusted, Chang Lang would never lie to her. She hardened her heart and put the piece of tripe into her mouth.

After swallowing the tripe completely, her eyes lit up. The last time this happened was when she ate the candy made by Chang An.

"I didn't expect this cow's stomach to be so delicious." Gu Li said, "My Chang Lang is really amazing!"

"Okay, okay, stop being so cocky." Chang An also picked up the green vegetables and vermicelli and put them into the pot. He said to Huaiqin and Zhen'er, "You can start eating too. Just add whatever you want to the pot."

"Thank you, young master!" The two maids saw Gu Li's expression and became greedy themselves. When they heard Chang An say that, they hurriedly thanked him.

"What are you thanking me for?" Chang An waved his hand. "We have been eating at the same table for so long, do I still need to thank you?"

"If you really want to thank me, then start eating quickly. If you hesitate to put your food into the pot during hot pot, it means you are disrespecting this delicious food."

"Yes, sir!" Huaiqin and Zhen'er picked up the meat or vegetables they wanted to eat and put them into the pot.

"Mrs. Gu!"

"Hey."

"Chang Lang is bringing Gu Niang to eat hot pot!" Chang An pulled Gu Li closer to him, "What do you want to eat? Chang Lang will add some to the pot for you."

"it is good!"

As Gu Li spoke, he picked up two slices of cooked mutton and brought them close to Chang An's mouth.

"Chang Lang eats too."

Chang An opened his mouth and ate it. Gu Li even deliberately asked, "Is it delicious?"

"good to eat."