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Chapter 526 New Year’s Eve Dinner

Chapter 526 New Year’s Eve Dinner

"Is this possible? How long will it take for one person per household to dig?"

Su Chenghuai frowned, "Also, there are hundreds of households in this village. Even if there is one person per household, there are hundreds of people. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for your family to provide two meals a day."

Su Ziling has thought about this, but if she wants to get rich, she must build a road first. This road must be dug, but...

Thinking of the newly appointed county magistrate Shen Xingye, Su Ziling grinned and said, "Don't worry, ancestor, we'll dig in slowly when we set a time. Then I'll get two more official sponsors."

"Official? Sponsorship?" Su Chenghuai frowned, "I know official, it's the government office, but what is sponsorship?"

Su Ziling: "..."

"It's just support, support from the government. Didn't we open a restaurant in the county? I know two people from the county government. I'll go and ask if it's possible."

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't work. Let's dig it out slowly. If one generation can't dig it all, use two generations. If two generations can't dig it all, use three generations. We will eventually dig it out."

Seeing that she was really determined to dig a road, Su Chenghuai nodded happily.

He was afraid that she was just talking, and after three minutes of heat, she backed down after knowing the difficulties. Fortunately, she was really determined.

Su Chenghuai slapped his thigh, "Sure, I'll take the time to tell you later. After the Chinese New Year, it's almost time to start harvesting broad beans and peas. It'll take a while to finish harvesting the crops and plow the ground." Okay, let’s gather everyone together when the time comes. Let’s talk briefly. We don’t need to dig too wide, it will be enough for the oxen and carriage to walk.”

After the matter was discussed and the meal was almost ready, Su Ziling and Mr. Su stayed at Su Chenghuai's house to have dinner.

They said it was just a casual meal, but the two of them really just had a few bites. They were thinking about the later reunion dinner and didn't dare to eat more. Fortunately, Su Chenghuai didn't let them eat any more.

When the grandfather and grandson returned to the Su family compound, they almost didn't dare to go in. There were bright red couplets on both sides of the door, there were two upside down blessings on the door, and two red lanterns hung under the eaves above the door.

I opened the door and looked around. I saw that the entire courtyard was booming, the windows were newly papered, the door had the characters "Fu" hanging on it, and couplets were pasted on it. The courtyard was clean, not even a leaf.

As soon as Grandma Su finished pasting the word "Fu", she turned around and saw her grandfather and grandson standing in the yard in a daze. She shouted, "Why are you two standing there stupidly? Come here and help!"

Su Ziling and Mr. Su looked at each other and laughed out loud, "Hey, it's coming, it's coming."

Su A'nai over there was still muttering, "I asked you to deliver some vermicelli, but it's now here. Why, someone is holding you back and not letting you come back?"

Seeing that she continued to talk, Su Ziling covered her ears and snickered, winking at Mr. Su.

Mr. Su had a look of helplessness on his face, but he still took half a step forward, "Don't tell me, the clan leader really stopped me from coming back. I have to let you eat before leaving. Isn't it too late?"

Seeing that Grandma Su was about to start nagging again, Mr. Su took the window paper from her hand and said, "Old lady, calm down, calm down. If you are angry on New Year's Eve, you will be angry all year round."

"Yes!" Su A'nai took a deep breath, "I'm not angry, I'm not angry."

Seeing that they were all busy, Su Ziling couldn't rest, so she simply headed towards the kitchen. Su's mother was lighting a fire, cooking rice and kneading dough, which made her very busy.

Seeing Su Ziling come in, she breathed a sigh of relief, "You're finally back. If you don't come back, we'll probably have to deal with two people again at the New Year's Eve dinner. Why have you been gone for so long? Have you left your ancestor's house alone?"

"I just had a meal without any chatting." Perhaps Su Ziling's tone was too calm, and Su's mother was actually startled.

"Eating? Are you going to have dinner at your ancestor's house on New Year's Eve?"

"Ang, our ancestors stopped us from leaving, so grandpa and I just took a few bites. We were thinking of coming back for dinner!"

Su Ziling rolled up her sleeves, took the apron on the side, and said to Mother Su: "Auntie, let me do it!"

"Hey, OK, I cooked twelve cups of rice as you said. Then this noodles is probably a bit watery, so I need to add more noodles." Hearing her coming to take over, Su's mother didn't hesitate and stepped aside quickly.

"I understand, just watch the rice and don't overcook it."

Su Ziling looked at the basin of batter, which was a little sticky, and scooped out two more bowls of white flour and added it.

She planned to steam steamed buns, pure white flour steamed buns. After mixing the noodles, she set them aside while she started to prepare the dishes.

That day, the Sihai Escort Bureau sent a large piece of tenderloin, which she had stir-fried for a while but didn't finish. She simply took it out and cut it into slices, intending to make boiled pork slices.

I happen to have dry sweet potato starch at home, and the meat slices made with sweet potato starch are tender and smooth.

Half a fan of ribs was marinated and hung above the fire pit. I thought I was going to eat it today, so I didn't add much salt.

Su Ziling washed it twice with hot water and the saltiness was gone, and she cut it into pieces to make braised pork ribs.

She soaked some spices and planned to make a big-bone taro soup. Then she would add some chopped green onions to add a little flavor.

The soup is fresh, the taro is raked, and there is still marrow in the bones. You can use chopsticks to pull it out and eat it.

Thinking of steaming steamed buns, she soaked a handful of pickled vegetables. She also had pork belly at home, so she could make braised pork with pickled vegetables.

She must have fish, and there are three fish left in the bucket of fish that Li Dazhu gave her, which is just enough to eat during the New Year.

The fish is not big, just about the size of a palm, but there are many dishes tonight, so three fish are enough to eat.

The fish was packed, and Su Ziling cut it directly into slices, grabbed it with sweet potato flour, and used it to make pickled fish later.

Over there, Su's father also came in with the duck, "Come, come, come, this is ready, it's time to cook."

Su Ziling took the duck and frowned, "Dad, why is it a duck? Today is the New Year's Eve dinner, and we have to worship our ancestors, so we have to ask for chicken, right?"

Su's father waved his hand, "Your grandma said there is no problem with chicken or duck. They are all the same."

"Let's do it!" Su Ziling had no choice but to light up the fire pond, took out a big gong pot, blanched the duck first, and then dug two radishes out of the jar.

The pickling time is not very long and the radish is not very sour yet, but it can also be used to make sour radish duck soup.

The five dishes were all meat. Su Ziling also prepared two vegetable dishes, one with folded ear root and one with fungus. She fried some fried peanuts and added them to the dish, which tasted fragrant and crispy.

There was still a bowl of pickled vegetables left in the water last time. When Su Mu was washing the jar during the day, she found that there was only a little left. She simply poured it all out into the bowl.

Su Ziling washed the potatoes and steamed them in the bottom of the steamer. After a while, she could make a potato dipping sauce with the pickled vegetables and potatoes.

There was a large amount of food tonight, so Su Ziling thought it was almost done so she stopped cooking.

After the rice was cooked, she put the steamer down, using two layers to steam steamed buns, and one layer to steam potatoes and pickled vegetables.

With Su's mother's help, the food was cooked quickly. Su Ziling scooped out a bowl of rice and a hard-boiled egg, cracked the shell a little, sprinkled it with salt, and put a square piece of meat in the bowl. , a glass of wine and a glass of tea.

Finally, he put a knife, incense, candles and paper fire on the tray and said, "Brother, I have come back from the mountain and are ready to eat!"