My rigid, jealous husband has fallen for me, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

Chapter 164 Hot Pot with Lamb

There is hot pot in this world too, but it has a different name: "Gudu Guo" (咕嘟锅).

Apart from not having as many flavors as modern hot pot, there is no difference.

Upon hearing her suggestion, Gu Peiyan immediately felt that this method was feasible.

Moreover, there's not much skill required to eat this.

Simply pour the ingredients into the pot and wait for them to cook.

"Then let's eat this. I'll have them prepare the food."

"Wait a minute!" Wei Dongning grabbed Gu Peiyan: "There's no room for you to show off when we're eating hot pot, so how about you go and prepare the ingredients for the two of us today?"

"Okay. Then you wait for me here. It just rained, and it's still chilly."

Gu Peiyan, along with Qianrong, followed the maid's footsteps and headed towards the kitchen.

Once their footsteps disappeared around the corner, Wei Dongning rested her chin on her hand, looking thoughtfully at the slightly ajar door.

After a long pause, he spoke as if to himself, "Should we follow them and take a look?"

Xiao Wu blinked, thinking her brain must be rusted: "Isn't it possible that if you just tell me, I can let you see it directly? That way you won't have to make a trip."

"Xiao Wu, although you've learned a lot about human emotions, you still don't understand human sentiments." Wei Dongning flicked Xiao Wu's forehead: "Young man, you still have a lot to learn."

Xiao Fu sat not far from Wei Dongning, watching her hesitate as if she wanted to leave. She stood up, opened the door, and gestured an invitation: "Come on, young mistress, I'll go with you."

Wei Dongning's eyes were full of admiration as she stood up and straightened her clothes: "Let's go."

"Ningbao, if Gu Peiyan sees you and asks why you came out, what will you say?"

"Answer what? My estate, my legs. I just came out to inspect the estate; do I have to report back to him?"

Wei Dongning quickened her pace as she spoke.

If we don't hurry, Gu Peiyan will be back soon.

Then what else is there to see?

Xiao Wu forgot that she was a master of twisted logic, and immediately fell silent, lazily nestled in the room: "Then you go ahead. I won't go on this lap with you."

Wei Dongning hadn't expected it to accompany her on this trip, so she grabbed Xiao Fu and started running at a brisk pace.

When I got to the kitchen, I saw through the crack in the window that Gu Peiyan was seriously learning how to cut meat from the chefs.

Qianrong was carrying freshly washed vegetables when she turned around and saw two pairs of bright black eyes peeking out from the crack in the window.

Just as she was about to scream in fright, she recognized who it was: "Young Master..."

"Shh." Wei Dongning put a finger to her lips.

Qian Rong was about to utter the word "Madam" when he abruptly changed his mind and said, "Young Master."

"What's wrong?" Gu Peiyan was holding a kitchen knife, measuring it against the meat, unsure where to start.

After finally finding the right spot, it took a lot of effort to slice the meat.

After picking it up and looking at it, he silently put it back down.

Wei Dongning stood outside the window watching all this, covering her mouth tightly with her hand, afraid that laughter might accidentally escape through her fingers.

Qian Rong turned her face away, pretending she hadn't seen anything: "The vegetables have already been washed, should we take them back first?"

"Just leave it there for now. We'll go back together once I'm done here."

"Okay, then I'll go and prepare the charcoal for heating the pot."

Wei Dongning watched from the window for a while, and as Gu Peiyan's movements in cutting meat became more and more skillful, she gestured to Xiao Fu and led her away.

Xiao Fu followed quietly behind her.

Only after confirming that the people busy in the kitchen couldn't hear their conversation did she speak: "Young Madam, aren't you waiting for the young master and the others to go back together?"

"No. We should still save him some face."

"Oh, I understand."

Wei Dongning and Xiao Fu returned to their room and didn't wait long before they saw them come in with their servants, carrying ingredients for hot pot.

Then I watched them place the items on the table one by one.

The soup base was bubbling away, and although there weren't many kinds of vegetables, they were very fresh.

and also……

The meat slices that Gu Peiyan cut herself.

Wei Dongning stared intently at the plate of meat in Gu Peiyan's hand, racking her brains for a long time, but she really couldn't find any suitable words to praise him.

Finally, he said dryly, "This meat is cut really well. If you set up a meat stall, everyone would line up and say you're selling it at a good price."

Xiao Wu scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Why does it sound like you're not praising him?"

"Believe me, this is the most suitable word I can think of." Wei Dongning picked up a slice of mutton that was thick on top and thin on the bottom, and was even still connected to another slice of mutton, so that Xiao Wu could see it more clearly: "Why don't you check your vocabulary to see if there are any suitable words?"

For a young master like Gu Peiyan who has never experienced hardship since childhood, it's already quite impressive that he can cut meat like this on his first try.

Wei Dongning tried her best to praise him in various ways.

Her hands never stopped pinching the meat.

He expressed his satisfaction with the hot pot meal through his actions: "To be honest, meat is only truly satisfying when it's in big chunks."

Gu Peiyan humbly accepted the praise and added another large piece of meat to her bowl: "Then eat more. I'll practice more when I get home, and I'll definitely cut it even better."

“Everyone is suited to do what they’re good at. It turns out your hands aren’t suited to holding a kitchen knife.” Wei Dongning grabbed Gu Peiyan’s left hand, revealing the wound he had been hiding: “Does it hurt?”

Gu Peiyan had originally hidden it quite well.

But even the best can make mistakes.

However, the sharp-eyed Wei Dongning noticed something amiss.

But in her memory, when she went to peek, although his movements were clumsy, he protected himself very well and was not harmed in the slightest.

So it could only have happened after she left.

Gu Peiyan tried to pull her hand back, but she couldn't outmaneuver Wei Dongning.

I had no choice but to admit it: "The knife was too sharp, and I didn't notice I got cut. It doesn't hurt."

When the people in the kitchen saw his injury, they skillfully cleaned his wound and applied medicine to it.

If he hadn't strongly stopped them, their hands might have been wrapped up like a rice dumpling.

Wei Dongning looked at his so-called "just a scratch" with some helplessness.

The wound, about the size of a fingernail, didn't look big, but blood was still seeping out.

If it were her, she would have been in so much pain she would be screaming.

Wei Dongning glanced at Qian Rong, who had already finished eating, and instructed, "Qian Rong, go and look in the small box in the carriage to see if there is a small black bottle. It's the wound medicine I took from the Marquis's residence."

She asked for it when she last returned to the Marquis's residence, thinking that injuries were inevitable when practicing swordsmanship, and that the wound medicine used in the army was more effective than others.

As a result, I forgot to take the car out.

This has come in handy.

"Yes, young mistress."

Gu Peiyan felt it was unnecessary to go through all that trouble and tried to stop her, but Wei Dongning glared at her and told her, "I'm warning you, I won't like it if you have a scar."