butcher's little man

Before dawn, Li Wenxuan went out.He bought all the vegetables yesterday except pork.

He himself butchers pigs, so it doesn't make sense for him to buy meat for his brother's banquet.

Li Wenxuan originally ordered a big pig yesterday, but now he decided to change it to a slightly smaller pig, otherwise the meat would not be finished, and it would not be easy to sell. When the weather is hot, it will stink after two days.

Li Wenxuan went to the next village to pick up Niu Jin, and then went to Lao Zhang's house to drag the little pig out and kill him. After that, he asked Niu Jin to go back with the meat first, and he also went to buy rice noodles.

Niu Jin got into Lao Zhang's ox cart and left. Li Wenxuan drove the carriage to the county town and bought a hundred catties of noodles to go back.Today, basically everyone in their village will come, plus relatives and friends, there are so many of them.

After buying, he drove the carriage and ran home quickly.As soon as they got home, the fat uncle from their village hurried over to help unload things.

"Quick, quick, the broth is ready, just wait for this!" After he moved the vermicelli down, he poured a large pot of water to soak it, then grabbed a handful of vermicelli and placed it on the rolling pan with a strainer. Boil it in water, put it into a large bowl, and pour a spoonful of broth.

When Grandpa Li saw Li Wenxuan coming back, he hung up firecrackers on a bamboo pole and let them go out. This was to tell the surrounding villagers that the host's house was ready and they could come to eat.

The villagers who had been watching came to Li Wenxuan's house in twos and threes when they heard the sound of firecrackers. When they saw Father Li and Li Yiran at the door, they said "Congratulations" before going in to have breakfast.

There are seven or eight tables set up in the yard, and on each table are chopped green onions, peppers, vinegar and some side dishes, which can be put into the rice noodles by the guests themselves, and then eaten with the side dishes.

After Li Wenxuan saw that the first bowl of rice noodles was hot, he added some seasonings and brought them back to the room.Because everyone got up early to make wine today, but Li Wenxuan felt that Tian Xiaoman was heavier, so he didn't call him out, but let him stay in the room with Brother Le.

Tian Xiaoman felt a little hungry at first, but when he saw Li Wenxuan coming in with the powder, he was immediately overjoyed. Brother Le blinked and stared at Li Wenxuan, meaning clearly, where is my uncle?

Li Wenxuan obviously forgot about him, but fortunately he knew his mistake and could correct it, so he put down the bowl and ran outside again, and asked the fat chef to heat a small bowl for Brother Le to eat. , Li Wenxuan went out to work again.

The fat chef and a group of people who came to help the kitchen also ate immediately after the guests finished eating. They still have a lot of things to do in the morning!Fortunately, some old grandmas came to help after eating, otherwise the Li family was sparsely populated, and it was unknown how long it would take for his relatives to come.

There were a lot of dishes at the banquet, and some of them needed to be peeled, such as eggs, quail eggs, dried longan, etc., which were directly distributed to Tian Xiaoman's hands.He likes to do this job the most, because he can steal a lot after doing it for a while.Tian Xiaoman accepted the task happily, and took Le Geer, Liu Xilin and a well-behaved brother from the neighbor's house to sit in the corner to do it.

The fat chef brought people to handle other dishes that took a lot of effort last night, and most of the dishes that need to be processed today are pork.The fire under the big iron pot has never stopped, and the yard is filled with the aroma of various vegetables.For the banquet, they set up several stoves in the corner of the yard two days ago.

"Crackling——", the firecrackers sounded for a long time at noon, reminding the guests to sit down.The village head accompanied Li Wenxuan, and Li's father received the friends Li Wenxuan had made when he was working in the county, including Zhou Tutou.

What surprised the villagers the most was that not only the wealthy households in the county, but also the county magistrate sent people to give gifts. Could it be that the boss of the Li family did well in the exam even if he didn't get the number one prize?People in the village don't know Jinshi and Jinshi. They only know the top three, No. [-] and Tanhualang.

After everyone was almost here, the dishes began to be served.At this time, it is time to test the cooking chef's skills. How to divide a large pot of dishes into fifteen tables evenly, each table's portion is about the same, at least no obvious gap can be seen.

With a shout, the dishes began to be served.At the beginning, there are four cold dishes, cold cucumber, cold pig ears, white sliced ​​eggs dipped in soy sauce, and fried peanuts.

Then there are eight hot dishes, Wuzi Dengke, Mushrooms and Quail Eggs, White Sliced ​​Chicken, Braised Pork, Steamed Fish, Stewed Pig's Knuckles, Braised Lion Head, and Spicy Dried Rabbit.

This was followed by two desserts, red dates, longan and lotus seed soup, and glutinous rice with eight treasures.

The last one served was a hot and sour soup and a vegetable tofu soup. The former was heavy and the latter was light.

The people who ate the sixteen dishes at the banquet did not raise their heads. In order to celebrate, Li Amu asked the fat chef to organize the banquet with the highest standard. Generally speaking, there should be no one in the past one or two years. beyond their home.

As the in-laws of the Li family, the Tian family also came to drink.When Tian Amu came in the morning, in addition to the gifts she had prepared, she also specially brought an old hen to make soup for Tian Xiaoman to drink. Tian Xiaoman wrinkled her round face into a bitter melon face.

During the meal, Tian Amu and Li Wenxuan sat alone on Tian Xiaoman's side. Whenever Tian Xiaoman wanted to taste a slightly heavier dish, Tian Amu would look across and Tian Xiaoman immediately died down.

Sitting next to him, Li Wenxuan almost clapped his hands. Lord Yuemu is the best. If he is left alone, he will definitely not be able to restrain Xiaoman. Last time I let him see that he ate a few more apricots, he gave him a face for several days Look, let alone not letting him eat vegetables today.

This banquet took a long time, and the most important thing was that a few old drunkards in the village were bragging while drinking. What Tian Xiaoman never expected was that the uncle carpenter in the village seemed to be the most honest person , I didn't expect to be the most powerful bragging, this is called...you can't judge by appearance, right?Tian Xiaoman tried hard to think if he said so.

Compared with lunch, dinner is a little bit worse, but the people who will stay in the evening are usually the folks in the village, and no one cares about the quality of the dinner, anyway, it is better than what they usually eat.

Li Amu left some meat and vegetables, and gave each of these chefs a bowl, and besides that, each of them got a big red envelope.

When Li Yiran came back this time, the imperial court gave him a large sum of money. They would not be stingy with the upcoming imperial officials, especially those who were personally promoted by the Holy One.

As soon as Li Yiran came back, he gave Li Amu all the money and asked him to keep it, and also returned the money Li Wenxuan and the others had paid.But Li Amu only took a symbolic amount, because he knew that life in the capital would be more difficult and money would be needed more.

After all the guests dispersed, Li Yiran came up with an idea while his family was there. He was about to go to Beijing to take up his post, and he wanted to take Brother Le with him.