Happy Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 286 Can You Cook More Dishes?
"Father, mother!"

Seeing this, Li Jianguo hurried forward and shouted. Then, he lowered his voice and told all the previous things.

Finally, he said with a serious face: "Father, Mom, I am really determined to marry Lifen this time. I hope you can support me."

Li Jinmin glanced at Zhao Lifen who was standing not far away, frowned and said nothing.

Hu Meilan said with some concern: "Jianguo, you also know what's going on in her family, why do you have to marry her?"

"Mom, I like her, and I am confident that I can live a good life with her."

Li Jianguo said seriously.

"you"

"Okay, okay, since we've already brought people back, let's not worry about it so much. How we live in the future is also for him."

Hu Meilan was about to continue her persuasion, but was immediately interrupted by Li Jinmin.

"Oh! You! Hurry up and bring people into the house!"

Hu Meilan said with a helpless sigh.

"Ok!"

Li Jianguo felt relieved when he heard the words, nodded vigorously with a smile, quickly turned around and walked in front of Zhao Lifen and said, "Li Fen, let's go first!"

After speaking, he dragged Zhao Lifen into the house.

Zhao Lifen lowered her head slightly, and obediently followed behind Li Jianguo, not at all as straightforward and generous as in the past, but couldn't help but feel a little shy.

"His father, what do you think we should do about this matter? Relatives and friends will come to see it later, and don't know what to say about our family?"

Hu Meilan said with some worry.

"How do I know what to do? Can you still drive people back?"

Li Jinmin said with a grumpy face.

Compared to marrying Zhao Lifen, not being able to marry a daughter-in-law is even more embarrassing.

This is also the reason why he endured it for the time being.

"Mom, what's going on?"

Li Xiuzhi stood aside and listened to the backs of Li Jianguo and Zhao Lifen, and couldn't help asking with some doubts.

"Ham, it's really not worrying."

Hu Meilan sighed, and then told the story again.

"Mom, you don't have to worry too much, as long as brother likes it."

Li Xiuzhi comforted with a soft smile.

"Oh, that's all it can do!"

Hu Meilan shook her head and said, then hurried into the room and started to work.

Li Jinmin glanced at the room with a sullen face, and shouted loudly: "Jianjun, hurry up and light the firecrackers!"

"Hey!"

Li Jianjun agreed and quickly ran out of the house.

"I want to play, I want to play!"

Xu Yiyi followed Li Jianjun and said excitedly.

"Can't play, it's too dangerous!"

Li Xiuzhi hurriedly reached out her hand to stop Xu Yiyi, and said with a straight face.

"Humph!"

Xu Yiyi pursed her lips and looked at Li Xiuzhi with displeasure.

At this time, Xu Lingjun also came back in an ox cart.

"Brother-in-law!"

Li Jianjun stopped lighting the fire and shouted with a smile.

"Papa, papa!"

Seeing Xu Lingjun's return, Xu Yiyi immediately forgot to lose her temper with Li Xiuzhi, and hurriedly ran towards Xu Lingjun with her short legs.

"Hey! Be careful!"

Xu Lingjun hurriedly jumped out of the bullock cart, went to meet Xu Yiyi and hugged her.

"Papa, Papa, I want to play with firecrackers."

Xu Yiyi put her arms around Xu Lingjun's neck, and said coquettishly expectantly.

"Forehead"

Xu Lingjun was slightly taken aback, then immediately shook his head and said, "No, you are too young to play with such dangerous things."

"Oh!"

Xu Yiyi pursed her mouth in disappointment, and wisps of mist rose from her eyes.

Xu Lingjun frowned, his heart softened, he thought for a while and said, "Yiyi, let's play fireworks after Chinese New Year, don't play firecrackers now, okay?"

"Really?"

Xu Yiyi's eyes lit up, and the mist quickly dissipated, revealing bright black pupils.

"real!"

Xu Lingjun nodded with a smile.

"Great!"

Xu Yiyi immediately started cheering.

During the Chinese New Year last year, she still couldn't run, so she could only hug Li Xiuzhi to watch Xu Lingjun set off the fireworks. When she thought of the gorgeous fireworks, stars appeared in her eyes.

However, it seems that there are still many days before the New Year.

Thinking of this, her brows drooped immediately.

Xu Lingjun smiled slightly, and gave Li Jianjun a look to signal him to light the firecrackers quickly, so that Xu Yiyi wouldn't worry about it.

Then, he quickly walked into the room with Li Xiuzhi.

Soon, Li Jianguo lit firecrackers, hurriedly followed behind them, and ran in.

At the same time, there was a burst of "cracking" firecrackers in the yard.

Xu Yiyi shrank her neck, and hurriedly buried her head in Xu Lingjun's neck.

"Ah!"

Xu Lingjun suddenly burst into laughter, and stretched out his hand to cover Xu Yiyi's ears.

Just want to play with firecrackers?
Soon after, the sound of firecrackers stopped, and the yard was filled with gunpowder smoke, exuding a sense of joy.

Here, the meaning of setting off firecrackers is not only to celebrate the bride's entry, but also to inform the guests that they can start to come to congratulate.

Not long after, some relatives and friends from the village walked into the courtyard one after another wearing new clothes that they were usually reluctant to wear.

Li Jinmin and Li Jianguo stood at the door of the house to welcome the guests.

Hu Meilan and Li Jianjun brought tea and water to the guests, and distributed cigarettes and sugar to the guests.

And Xu Lingjun volunteered to take over the work of the banquet.

Li Xiuzhi was with Xu Lingjun in the kitchen, taking care of Xu Yiyi while helping out.

In the midst of busy work, before you know it, it's time to start the meeting.

"Brother-in-law, is the food ready?"

Li Jianjun hurried into the kitchen, wiped his sweat with his hand, and asked loudly.

“I’ll be right soon!”

Xu Lingjun held the pot in his left hand and the shovel in his right, kept stirring the frying pan, and answered without turning his head.

"Ok!"

Li Jianjun nodded and said.

After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and go out to tell the guests to sit down, when he suddenly stopped, sniffed hard, and said with some surprise: "Huh! It smells so good!"

Smelling the seductive aroma in the air, he couldn't help walking to Xu Lingjun's side, watching the twice-cooked pork constantly flying in the pot, he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Gudong!"

Xu Lingjun turned his head and glanced at Li Jianjun, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then he quickly picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork with a spatula, handed it to Li Jianjun, and said with a soft smile, "Come on, try it!"

Hearing this, Li Jianjun quickly reached out to pinch the twice-cooked pork and put it in his mouth.

"Hey! Whoosh!"

In an instant, a hot and delicious taste erupted in his mouth, and he chewed quickly, with an intoxicated expression on his face.

Soon, he swallowed the twice-cooked pork with some reluctance, his eyes fixed on the twice-cooked pork in the pot.

"Build an army, build an army!"

At this time, there was a shout from the kitchen door.

Li Jianjun came back to his senses, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't gone out to announce the opening of the meeting, so he turned around and ran out in a hurry.

"Ha ha!"

Xu Lingjun chuckled, lifted the iron pan slightly, and shoveled the twice-cooked pork onto a plate.

Dark red pork belly, green peppers, and bright red peppers form a tempting pattern on the plate. As the heat evaporates, the aroma is overflowing.

"Xiuzhi, serve!"

"coming!"

"Papa, what about me?"

"You! You are responsible for monitoring whether Dad is lazy, okay?"

"Hmm! Then Papa must be serious about cooking!"

"it is good!"

Xu Lingjun coaxed Xu Yiyi well, and immediately went on to serve the second dish.

Soon, fragrant dishes were brought out one after another, and there were bursts of exclamations in the living room.

"This dish is delicious!"

"Jinmin, where did you hire the chef?"

"This skill is not even comparable to the master chefs in the guest houses in our city!"

"Hmph! It's not just that it's not comparable, it's all incomparable, one sky and one earth."

"Hmm! Is this really twice-cooked pork? I have lived most of my life, and this is the first time I have eaten such delicious twice-cooked pork."

"Hey, slow down, I haven't eaten yet!"

"Ergou, what are you doing with a bag?"

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In the kitchen, Xu Lingjun had just prepared the last dish of green vegetables, and asked Li Xiuzhi to take it out.

Li Jianjun hurried in and said anxiously, "Brother-in-law, are the dishes ready?"

"It's just finished."

Xu Lingjun replied casually.

"Then can you cook a little more?"

Li Jianjun was slightly taken aback, and asked hastily.

"what's wrong?"

Xu Lingjun frowned and asked with some doubts.

The food has just been served, so why do you need to cook more?

"Oh! The dishes you cooked were finished shortly after they were served, and now there are some empty plates left on the table. If this gets out, people will say that our family invites a banquet to be afraid of people eating."

Li Jianjun said with some worry.

"Forehead"

Xu Lingjun was speechless for a moment. If he had known this would be the case, he would not have been so active in helping.

However, since there is a problem, we must first find a way to solve the problem.

He quickly checked the ingredients in the kitchen and found that there were only some rice and flour left, and some vegetables.

In this situation, he can only buy some ingredients from the system store.

However, in order not to be suspicious, he still had to start with the existing ingredients on the bright side.

He pondered for a while, and soon had an idea in his mind.

"Jianjun, you go out first! I'll make another dish right away."

"Can this work?"

Li Jianjun also saw that there were no ingredients in the kitchen. He looked at Xu Lingjun hesitantly, wondering what else to cook now?

Is it steamed rice?

Or make steamed buns?

But these are staple foods, not dishes!

"Okay! Don't worry! I know what's in my heart, you go out and tell the guests first."

Xu Lingjun waved his hand and said.

"That's all right!"

Li Jianjun frowned and nodded.

After speaking, he quickly turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

Xu Lingjun watched Li Jianjun leave, and then quickly bought a pot of broth from the system store, as well as dried meat powder from five old hens.

Then, he stewed the broth first, then mixed the meat powder into the flour, and started kneading the noodles.

In his extremely skillful technique, the dough was formed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then quickly pulled into noodles the size of a toothpick.

"call!"

He exhaled slightly, and bought some shredded ham the size of a human hair from the system store.

Then, twisting a slender silver needle with his fingers, he threaded the shredded ham into the noodles like sewing clothes.

With the assistance of Taiji Danjin, his hands were like piercing flowers and attracting butterflies, and it didn't take long to fill all the noodles with shredded ham.

Then, he began to wash the vegetables again.

After all these preparations were done, he picked up the noodles and put them into the broth, picked them up after boiling, and quickly cooked all the noodles.

At this time, Li Xiuzhi walked in quickly, and said anxiously: "Is the food ready? There are no dishes on the table!"

"immediately!"

Xu Lingjun replied quickly, put the green vegetables into boiling water until cooked, and placed them on top of the noodles.

Then, he poured the boiling broth onto the noodles one by one.

With the heat steaming, this dish of clear soup and oligo noodles is ready.

He smiled slightly, waved and said, "Okay, the food can be served!"

Li Xiuzhi looked at the seemingly bland noodles, without any hesitation, she picked up the basin and walked out.

"Snapped!"

As soon as the noodles came to the table, the guests were a little surprised.

This. How can we eat this?
No matter how you say it is a day of great joy, it seems a bit inappropriate to serve such a clear soup with few noodles!

The guests looked at each other in blank dismay, and some even gave Li Jinmin a dissatisfied look.

Still, having something to eat is better than nothing.

Some people started to take advantage of the idea.

Li Jinmin and Hu Meilan looked at each other with serious expressions, as if they had already seen the disgusted expressions of the guests in their minds.

Ugh!
What is this called!
Obviously they had prepared enough meals, but because the meals were so delicious, there was actually no food to eat.

At this moment, they couldn't help regretting that Xu Lingjun was in charge of the banquet.

Although they themselves ate a lot of food, if they lose face, they will be talked about for a lifetime in the future.

Just as their brows were getting tighter and tighter, expressions of surprise, doubt and disbelief appeared on the faces of the guests.

Then, there was a sound of "Suo Suo".

The guests scrambled to eat the noodles, for fear that they would be eaten up by others if they were later.

Seeing this situation, Li Jinmin and Hu Meilan looked at each other in blank dismay.

Then, they put some noodles in their mouths with some doubts.

In an instant, they couldn't care about anything else, and there was only one thought in their minds.

eat, delicious!

Meanwhile, in the kitchen.

Xu Lingjun turned on his horsepower and decided to let the guests eat their fill at once, so as not to embarrass his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

A steady stream of noodles is brought out of the kitchen and eaten by the guests.

Not long after, the guests finally put down their bowls and chopsticks, and looked at the noodles in the middle of the table with reluctance.

Because noodles are a food that is relatively easy to fill up, and they have eaten a lot before, so even if they want to eat again, they really can't eat it at this time.

Li Jinmin wiped his mouth with a contented face, and seeing the guests belching their bellies, he was very satisfied with Xu Lingjun in his heart.

He gave Li Jianjun a wink.

Li Jianjun ran into the kitchen in a hurry, and shouted with a loud smile, "Brother-in-law, it's fine, there's no need to do it anymore."

"understood!"

Xu Lingjun frowned, and replied softly, his hands kept moving until he finished the latest noodle, and then he let out a breath of foul breath.

"Brother-in-law, you are really amazing!"

Li Jianjun said with some excitement.

Xu Lingjun smiled slightly, waved his hands and said, "It's okay!"

Not to mention, it feels pretty good to praise my brother-in-law!
Haha!

　Thank you brothers and sisters for your support!
　　I wish you all auspicious new year, all the best, all wishes come true, good luck!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)