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"Hey, you guys are back. There are so many people, what do you think we should do?" Chen Jianhua's eyes were sharp, and he saw Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin's car driving to the gate of the yard.

"How many people are there in total?" Romon asked him.

"It's being registered over there." Chen Jianhua pointed to the location under the corridor on the left.

After Luo Meng got off the car, he jumped on the spot twice, and only then did he see Lin Kuo's figure in the middle of the crowd. Because today is the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Kuo and Luo Jinxi didn't go up the mountain, so they were arrested.

"How many people do you think there are?" Luo Meng looked worried.

"If there is no seven hundred, there will be six hundred. It's only nine o'clock. I guess there will be more later." Chen Jianhua smiled wryly. "Look at the festival, it's not easy to invite people back."

"That's definitely not possible." Romon shook his head and asked him, "Where's Fatty?"

"His master has come over and is talking in the cafeteria."

"Oh? Master Chen is here? How many people?" Luo Meng felt as if he had found a breakthrough.

"Three masters and apprentices came to Tongcheng, and then Master Guo from the first high school also came. I heard that their school is on holiday today. I happened to meet a few of their masters and apprentices on the road, so we came up together." Chen Jianhua said in an unclear manner. Smiled, he generally doesn't believe in coincidences.

"Go, grab the strong man." Romon turned his head and greeted the grove.

"I'll go to the crab field first." So many people came up the mountain today. When he just drove back, Xiao Shulin saw that there were also many adults and children on the hillside outside, and he was a little worried that those anti-escape walls were also pushed and bumped. Well, if those crabs run out, it will be a big trouble, he plans to go to check it first.

"Then I'll find you after I make arrangements." Luo Meng smiled, he knew that Xiao Shulin didn't like dealing with strangers very much.

"Success." Xiao Shulin nodded and reversed the car out of the yard.

"You said that there are so many people making a fuss, should you settle them down first? When your village hosts weddings and weddings, where do you borrow the tables and chairs from?" After Xiao Shulin left, Chen Jianhua followed Luo Meng through the crowd.

"It happened to be noon when we were eating, and the yard was too sunny, and the warehouse was too stuffy. So, you can arrange for a few people to remove part of the upstairs bed boards, and use benches for the bottom, and then set up a long table along the corridor. Seats are placed on both sides of the table, ten people per table." Romon said as he walked.

"Okay, I'll arrange for them to sit down first." When Luo Meng said this, Chen Jianhua also felt enlightened, and he responded and was ready to go to work.

"Wait a minute, let someone move the chairs from the cafeteria and each room first. If it is not enough, tell Uncle Quangui to ask him to go to the village to borrow. There are also bowls and chopsticks. Our village used to pool money to buy them. At the Chang’s house, tell Uncle Quangui to let him go.” After all, Luo Quangui belongs to their village, and he and the village chief are brothers, so it’s easy for him to handle this matter. "By the way, are there enough people to help?"

"That's enough. I just arranged a few. When I saw so many people early this morning, I asked those old people who picked vegetables to stay and help." Chen Jianhua said.

"Well, you should save some time and get busy later. Don't make them exhausted. I would rather serve the food slowly. Then arrange a few tables for them. When the table is over, ask my aunt to pack 200 yuan for each of them." A red envelope of [-] yuan." No matter what, today is also the Dragon Boat Festival, so some overtime pay should be given.

"Hey! Lao Zhou! Lao Zhou is back!" At this time, someone in the yard finally found that Romon had returned.

"I'll make arrangements first." Chen Jianhua said and went to do his own work.

"Success." Romon smiled, and joked with the people next to him: "Are you big eaters today?"

"Hey, I wanted to fish in troubled waters, but I didn't expect so many people to take chances!" A middle-aged man beside him laughed.

"Then let's talk. I didn't expect there to be so many people. Make arrangements first."

"Hey, old Zhou, you see that there are so many people coming here, it's not easy to eat your food for nothing. In this way, you can collect the 300 or [-] according to the head. Anyway, you can travel so far for a meal. You can't even get poor." The man said boldly.

"I still have to discuss this matter with them. If it's a big holiday, try to let everyone eat more happily." How to collect money, Luo Meng probably already has a bottom line in his mind, but this matter is not clear in a few words. , the most important thing for him now is to find Chen Fuhan's masters and apprentices first, otherwise the food will not come out, and everything is useless.

After talking to the people in the courtyard, Luo Meng quickly entered the cafeteria. In the cafeteria, apart from Chen Fuhan and his group, Ma Congrong was also there. Many people came to their house today.

"Hehe, there are enough people today!" Luo Meng said as soon as he entered the room.

"Why? Afraid of being poor?" Ma Congrong said with a smile.

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, I won't serve food without paying for it." Romon said half-truthfully.

"Didn't you say the pig slaughter banquet? Where's the pig?" Chen Fuhan asked anxiously over there. His apprentice said that the fat pig of Luo Meng's family was as good as heaven and earth, which made him rush over early this day, but he waited so long. For a long time, I didn't even see a pig hair.

"Hey, Master Chen, you are here too. The pigs are very fast, and they can send them to me with a phone call. But look, there are so many people here today, one pig is not enough. Kill three or four. , I don't have enough manpower here..." Romon wondered.

"You want to help, right? That's fine. It just so happens that my apprentices are all here today. Tell them to show off their skills. I'll also see if they've advanced or retreated." Chen Fuhan is easy to talk to .

"Master, look, how many years have I been in the cafeteria, how can I compare with them?" Guo Daguo regretted it now, as soon as he is old, he will be greedy, come to this seat, this time Well, there will be times when he will be ashamed.

"What's wrong with the canteen? So the canteen doesn't have to cook well?" Chen Fuhan didn't give him a chance to retreat.

On the other side, Ma Congrong stopped talking now, and watched his heart, his father, uncle, grandfather, aunt, sister-in-law, etc. Almost all the family members came, so he couldn't be at this juncture. I can't find happiness for myself.

It's a pity that Chen Fuhan didn't let him go, he glanced at Ma Congrong and said, "You can forget it, sit and eat."

"Ahem, Master Chen, look at this table?" Anyway, he was a little friendly, and Luo Meng rescued Ma Congrong at this time, and quickly changed the subject.

"If you have any good things, just bring them out, it's just a pig-killing feast, don't fix those redundant forms." Chen Fuhan wants to start the banquet quickly now.

"That's right. There are so many people today. I definitely can't afford to invite guests. I have to charge a little for the tickets. According to my opinion, 100 yuan per person is about the same. But at the current price, 100 yuan I also have to post a lot..." Romon said.

"Then what do you want to do?" Chen Fuhan asked him directly.

"I just thought, let's set up these tables according to the standard of 100 yuan per person first, and then add some more dishes, one pot after another, and those who are willing to eat will buy it. What do you think?" Wang Zhuang is his own, but at this moment, he has to rely on Chen Fuhan's help, so this opinion needs to be unified with others first.

"I think it's good. Young people are flexible." On Ma Congrong's side, a gray-haired old man spoke.

"Hey, it's also a helpless move." If Luo Meng guessed correctly, the person who spoke should be the legendary "Old Man" of the Ma family.

"I think it's okay, so how many dishes do you plan to get for them based on the minimum consumption of 100 yuan?" Chen Fuhan asked Luo Meng.

"That must be enough. There are two kinds of fruits, strawberries and red bayberries. There is one plate of red bayberries for each table. You can eat as many strawberries as you like. I have people on my side for pasta. I can make milk yolk steamed buns and some dumplings. That's enough." In order to eat, do you want cucumbers or something for cold dishes, and when the time comes, people will pick all kinds of vegetables back, and you can look at it."

"Pork is the most important thing. You must have braised pork, and the portion must be large. In addition, you will look at getting two meat dishes, one plate for each table, and then serve a loach. There are many people today, so frying will save trouble. Take this. Good idea."

"What about other than 100 yuan?" Guo Daguo asked.

"Pig head, pig brain, pig ears, and those hearts, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, you all should show your talents. In addition, Master Chen, you guys want to eat whatever you want, so don't be polite to me. I will make some for you when there are fewer people in the evening." Grouper, small river shrimp, etc. By the way, that river clam has grown so big, I'll go and see if I can get some." For Chen Fuhan and his mentors, apart from eating and taking these, when the time comes Red envelopes must also be given, and they are the pillars today.

"There is still a sweet soup." Chen Fuhan added, although it is not necessary to be too particular about the pig-killing banquet, a sweet soup is still required on each table.

"Sweet soup, sweet soup..." Romon pondered for a while, and asked, "Is glutinous rice balls okay?"

"Okay."

"Well, I'll let someone soak the glutinous rice quickly." Soak the glutinous rice, touch the loach, pick vegetables, pick bayberries, and strawberries. By the way, the most important thing is to kill the pig first.

Thinking of this, Luo Meng quickly called Luo Hanrong:

"Han Rong, are you in the village now?"

"Then are you free now? Help me catch a few pigs!"

"Hey, I didn't say a word clearly, I'm blind for a while."

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Haha, just pick the big ones, three heads."

While waiting for the pig, Luo Meng searched for Zheng Bolun all over the yard. Now that the cowshed has been built, what job Zheng Bolun will do next, Luo Meng also talked to him once and asked him to choose, and finally he chose. I took a job with Na Maocheng to take care of the buffalo.

Romon searched around for a long time, finally looked up, and finally saw this man standing by the railing upstairs, looking at the bustling crowd in the yard, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Which people helped build the cowshed a while ago, do you remember?" Romon ran over to him and asked him.

"I remember." Zheng Bolun nodded.

"Then if you can walk around with Liu Ruhua later, you don't have to worry about anything else, just tell Liu Ruhua not to take money from those who have repaired the cowshed."

Zheng Bolun really has nothing to say about his work, but no one can figure out this guy's personality, so Romon pays special attention when talking to him, for fear that whenever he says something that makes him unhappy, this guy will pack up and leave immediately , Such a good labor force, is it a pity to leave?

"Okay." Zheng Bolun nodded, but it was okay to talk.

"Hey, Liu Ruhua, where are you now?" Luo Meng immediately called Liu Ruhua again.

"Leading someone to pick vegetables." Liu Ruhua is also very busy at the moment.

"Don't worry about picking vegetables, come back first, and I'll give you another job here." Luo Meng and Liu Ruhua spoke more casually.

"What's the job?" Liu Ruhua said and came over to the courtyard.

"Receive money, 100 yuan for adults, [-] yuan for children under ten years old, no money for children under five years old, let Zheng Bolun come with you later, and he will tell you who doesn't need to charge money."

"Okay, I got it." Liu Ruhua was also very straightforward.

After hanging up the phone, Luo Meng told someone to soak the glutinous rice. Although it was a little late to soak the glutinous rice, the glutinous rice balls are usually served at the back of the banquet, so it should be in time.Then he approached Bian Dajun again and asked him to arrange the loach handling. Although this old boy is quite old, he is quite good at handling loach.

"Oh! It's this pig!" At this time, a car horn sounded in the yard downstairs, and then the crowd who came to eat the pig feast became commotion.

"Hey, let me see, let me see!" Chen Fuhan quickly rushed into the crowd with a few apprentices.

"Grandpa, let's go to the second floor." Ma Congrong and the others came out of the cafeteria. Seeing so many people in front of them, they were afraid that the old man would be crowded, so they called him to the second floor. Standing in the corridor on the second floor, they could clearly see the butcher. process.

"Hey! What a pig!" Chen Fuhan's admiration had already sounded from the crowd.

"Isn't this Master Chen?" Chen Fuhan was well-known in Tongcheng, and someone recognized him right now.

"Master Chen also said that this pig is very good!"

"It looks really good!"

"Does it need to be said, can a bad pig grow like this?"

"Oh, it's about to start killing, women and children stay away! Get away quickly!"

"..."

When the people in the yard were busy slaughtering pigs, Luo Meng had already left the yard in Luo Hanrong's car. Just now he told Chen Jianhua about the general plan for the day, and let him arrange the specific things.

"Why are there so many people here today?" Luo Hanrong couldn't help asking.

"Hey, I didn't say a word clearly. I thought I was going to hold a big pig-killing feast. No, so many people came." Romon waved his hand.

"I thought you were going to host a farmhouse." Luo Hanrong laughed.

"If you are interested, you can follow along today." Romon said.

"Where is it? It's not tiring enough to earn money outside, and you still recruit people to your own home." Luo Hanrong smiled and shook his head.

"Hey, I'm going to get off here, and I want to go to the rice field to see." Xiao Shulin was still on the rice field.

"Okay, if you're too busy, just give me a call. If you can't, let's bring a few people over from the village."

"Forget it, it's a big holiday, it's okay, you go about your own business."

As soon as he got off Luo Hanliang's car, Luo Meng immediately thought of another matter. Although Manager Chen should also arrange for this matter, he made a phone call by himself to show respect.

"Sister-in-law Dongmei, are you cooking lunch at home now?"

"Hi, what time is it? It's early, don't worry, Manager Chen called me just now, I'll pack up and be there in 10 minutes."

"I'm so sorry, it's a big holiday."

"What's the matter with embarrassment, I'm not just doing this job."

"Hey, I don't feel at ease without you directing this steamed stuffed bun."

"Oh, I love hearing that."

"Take you to work at my place, and there is no one at home to cook. It's a big festival, so you bring the family with you, anyway, it's just a few bites of food."

"It's okay, their father is here, so they won't be hungry."

"Can he cook?"

"Why can't it? It's just right for me to go out today. I can't wait to give him a chance to win over his daughter."

"Then I won't persuade you if you say that. After a while, when the work is almost done, you can bring two dishes back to eat with them. It's still a festival after all."

"Success, then thank you, my boss." Wu Dongmei joked.

After making this phone call, Romon was finally able to catch his breath, walked slowly along the hillside, and soon found Xiao Shulin, who was sitting leisurely on the ground smoking a cigarette.

"Why are you sitting here?" Seeing such a quiet Xiao Shulin, Luo Meng didn't know why, but felt that all the hustle and bustle was gone away from him, and the only thing left was this person in front of him, and he felt old and at ease. .

"It's okay, just sit down for a while." Xiao Shulin looked up at Luo Meng and smiled faintly.

"Shall we go to the reservoir to catch river clams?" Romon raised his chin at him.

"Sure, let's get the net bag first. I don't know if the handle we made last time is long enough." Xiao Shulin stood up from the ground as he spoke, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and crushed it with his feet.

"If it's not long enough, grab the edge first, and add another part to it another day."

"Can you go away now?" Xiao Shulin asked him.

"It's all arranged, tell them to go, let's go to the reservoir, and when we have dinner later, you can come back with me to collect the money."

"Success!" Xiao Shulin liked to collect money.

Originally, river clams needed about three months to grow, but now they have been raised for less than two months, and they are not too small. These guys are very different from groupers, and they like to stay in muddy places. place.

"Pad a little over there." Xiao Shulin and Luo Meng sat opposite each other on the two ends of the bamboo raft. Luo Meng sat in the back, holding a bamboo pole to support the bamboo raft, and Xiao Shulin sat in front, holding a net bag in his hand.

"Go there and look for it, if there is one." Romon pointed to the place near the dam with a bamboo pole.

"Hey, let me tell you, hehe." Xiao Shulin swept over the water in front of the embankment with a net, and sure enough, he caught a lot of clams. Romon happily picked clams from the net bag he stretched out, the bigger ones Throw them into the washbasin in front of him, and throw the smaller ones back into the reservoir.

"Wow!" The big dogs and puppies on the shore were also very excited.

"Don't worry, you have time to eat." Luo Meng smiled and asked Xiao Shulin, "How much do you think is a reasonable price for a plate of this river clam?"

"Fifty?" Xiao Shulin said, and stretched the net bag into the water again to fish.

"The 51 trays can only hold half a catty." Luo Meng put his hand in the water and rowed, and sprinkled some spiritual spring water down, attracting some small river shrimps to gather here first. After a while, the spiritual spring water dispersed, and they It's all gone.

Niuwangzhuang at noon was extremely lively. After killing the three pigs, according to what Luo Meng said, Chen Fuhan first arranged for a few apprentices to cook the dishes included in the one-hundred-yuan ticket, and the corridors on three sides of the courtyard were full of people. , Thanks to the fact that the yard is big enough, you can see how big it is by looking at the more than 100 big houses and huts on the second floor.

"Old Zhou! How much is another plate of red bayberries?"

"Thirty." Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin sat under a temporary canopy in the middle of the yard, where there was a big table made up of four Eight Immortals tables, on which were placed various fruits, pasta dishes, etc. , some can be renewed for free, while others can be bought by those who want to eat.

"Old Zhou! There are no more dumplings!"

"Wait, the next pot will come soon."

"Old Zhou, you're really at a loss this time. There are several big-bellied men at our table, and they ate three big bowls of dumplings alone."

"Luo Meng, the pig's heart is healed!" At this time, Guo Daguo came over on a tricycle. There is no way, the yard is a bit bigger, and there is a little distance from the stove at the corner of the entrance to the middle of the yard. It is best to use it for heavy objects. It was transported by a tricycle. As soon as his car arrived, there were a few old people helping at the side door who moved the steamers on the car to the table next to Luo Meng.

"How many servings?"

"25, we ate the other five."

"Sure, I got it. If you're going to be hungry, you should fill up the food first, and it's okay to serve the food slowly." After Luo Meng and Guo Daguo finished speaking, they yelled, "The lotus seed pork heart soup is ready! Nourishing the heart and strengthening the spleen! Peace of mind! 50 yuan a cup! Be quick if you want to eat!"

"Me, me, me! Give me three cups!" A young man rushed to Romon with a whimper.

"Pay the money first, then get the soup." Luo Meng pointed to Xiao Shulin who was holding a basket and collecting money by his side. The one who moved quickly over there had already paid to Xiao Shulin with 51 yuan. In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen cups of pig heart soup were gone.

"I want two loyalty!"

"I'll take a cup!"

"..."

"We want five loyalty!"

"25 cups, 22 cups have just been sold, and now there are only three cups left." Xiao Shulin reminded them.

"That's all!"

"Moisturizing pork lung soup!"

"How many servings?"

"36 copies."

"I have the pork lung soup for moistening the intestines. If you haven't had the pig heart soup just now, you can drink the pig lung soup instead. A bowl is 20 yuan!"

"..."

"Pork tongue with three sesame sauce!"

"..."

"Sneaky!"

"..."

"Steamed pig's brain with Gastrodia elata!"

"..."

"Serve the glutinous rice balls!"

"How much are the glutinous rice balls?"

"Haha, this doesn't cost money, just eat as much as you want until the pot is empty!"

"Hurry up! Refill after eating!"

"Old Zhou! We want another strawberry for that table."

"The strawberries are over there. Bring a plate and fill it yourself. Fill as many as you want."

"..."

“Salt Baked River Clams!”

"Hey, that's good. Let me tell you. I just fished it out of the reservoir. It's delicious and sweet. It costs 50 yuan a piece. If you want to eat it, hurry up!"

"We want one."

"We want two,"

"..."

"Hey, I really can't eat anymore, come on, I won't grab it this time."

"I can't do it either, the waistband of my trousers has been loosened twice..."

"Who told you to eat dumplings just now, can't your stomach hold them?"

"That dumpling is delicious. I haven't eaten a dumpling with this taste for many years. Oh, that meat, and that vegetable, it's no good. I'll eat another one. From now on, only Nianxiang will be left."

"I still have to eat a piece of braised pork, Emma, ​​how can you say that this braised pork tastes like this? It's so delicious!"

"I said that glutinous rice balls are the best."

"Tsk, loach is good! It's so fragrant!"

"Hey, old Zhou, when are we going to have a pig-killing banquet next time?"

"Next time? Let's wait until the next time we repair the cowshed." This way, the money comes in quickly, but it's too busy and noisy, and Lao Zhou doesn't like it.

"Ancestor! Why did we build the cowshed so strong?!"