Little wealth

At the entrance of the kitchen, three large stoves were built with mud blocks, and several large pots were placed on the stoves, and soup and meat were stewed in the pots.The several large stoves in the kitchen were not empty either. There were things steaming on the large stoves, and the meat was stewed in the two large pots. The strong aroma overflowed, and many people outside were helping with the work.

The weather has been a little cold recently, and the dinner has not yet started outside, and the dishes are still in the pot. Otherwise, they have to be served in advance, and the dishes will be cold after a while.

"Are the seats outside open? Are we ready to serve food here?" Josh put on his apron as soon as he came here. He is the cook today, and the basic dishes are all prepared in advance. He went to check the stew and the pot to be stewed.

It's not surprising to see Ah Qiu guarding the stove.

Today is a day of rejoicing for Ah Yan and their uncle, otherwise Ah Yan would have been helping him guard the stove on weekdays.But Qiao Xu knew that Ah Qiu didn't like people always staring at his face, so he ran to the kitchen to hide from his laziness.

However, he didn't have too many demands on this accountant who couldn't pick up his shoulders or hands, as long as he could help him with the accounts.

It's just that in the past, there was nothing to do. The accountant also liked to come to watch the stove and watch the fire for him. People can still move, and he thought that people sitting here are asleep.

"Achun, Aguang, you two, go ahead and see if the seats outside are full of people. If the seats are full, you can prepare to serve." Today the four boys picked up from the other side of the town. When he came back, it happened that he could run errands and work for him, so Josh called someone to come over and help him run to have a look.

Ah Chun and Ah Guang responded and went forward.

A Can and A Lan were also helping in the kitchen. They helped to pick vegetables for a long time, and there was nothing left for them to pick at this moment, so they were free.Seeing that Ah Chun and Ah Guang were called by the master to run errands and work, the two boys were here to help watch the fire in the stove, so as not to let the fire in the stove go out.

Smelling the smell of meat in the pot, A Lan's nose moved, and she couldn't help swallowing.

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There are a dozen tables set up outside the yard, and most of the people who come to eat wine are people from their own village. Everyone knows each other, and they came early and found a seat and sat down, knowing the etiquette inside. It's over, they should be able to have a meal outside soon, and everyone is waiting for the meal to start.

"I don't know how the Zhao family's banquet is going today."

"It shouldn't be bad."

The banquet has not yet opened, and everyone sitting around the table is talking about how the Zhao family's banquet is today, looking forward to it.

The village head, Li Zheng and the elders of the clan were invited to sit at the table.

Wang Shi and Father Qiao, who arrived later, were taken to the seats below. Wang Shi originally wanted to make trouble, but after glancing at the village chief and others sitting there, she also knew that today was not her time to make trouble , I had no choice but to sit down honestly with the two children.

When Ah Chun and Ah Guang came back and said that the front was full of people, Josh knew it was time to start the banquet, "Then get ready to serve the soup first." The lid of the pot, inside is a large pot of stewed soup, stewed with big bones and white radish, the soup is thick and white, one spoonful of a bowl of radish, scoop two spoonfuls of soup, put a handful of shallots on top, and the soup can be served out.

"Let's serve it, let's serve it." Today, several women in the village came to help with the work. Once the soup was packed, the women came to help carry the soup out.

"Put some of the steamed buns inside as well, let's take them out together."

"Hey, good."

Dishes are prepared according to the table, one for each table. Today, there are two more tables of dishes prepared for the twenty tables, which saves time when people come and the dishes are not enough. To prepare a little more dishes.

The steamer on the top puts meat with preserved vegetables, which have been prepared in advance. Put it on the steamer and steam it. When the food is served, take it off directly, put it in a bowl, and then you can take it out. .

As soon as they saw someone serving food, someone shouted excitedly: "The food is here, the food is here—"

What was served first was a large pot of soup. Everyone thought it was just a soup made from radishes, but after drinking it, they realized that it was a soup made from stewed meat. The soup tasted sweet and delicious. All with a sweet taste.

What followed was a large bowl of meat, with vegetables on the bottom. The pieces of meat were neatly piled together, fat and thin, and it made people drool uncontrollably. The chopsticks in everyone's hands were thrown up one after another. go.

Almost everyone in this bowl of meat can get a piece of meat, and this is the first time that one person can get such a large piece of meat. They have been eating banquets for so many years.

"good to eat!"

“This meat is delicious!”

I don't know how this meat is made. One bite, the meat is soft and rotten. The skin is different from the pig skin they usually eat. It seems to be fried. This pork tastes nothing like The taste is greasy, and after one bite, people want to eat a second bite. Many people finish a piece of meat in three or two bites.

In the back there was a large pot of steamed buns, mixed pots of stewed chicken, braised pork knuckles and a whole piece of braised fish, cold cucumbers, black fungus, refreshing cabbage and stewed scallops with vermicelli...

The bowls of dishes served made everyone overwhelmed, only the chopsticks in their hands never stopped. They had never eaten such a good meal, a big bowl of meat, and such a big fish , I don’t know what this fish is made of, but it doesn’t taste fishy at all, and even the bones are crispy. I was lucky enough to grab a fish head to eat.

At this time, the dishes are already being served, and Josh is preparing to fry the fried dough sticks. After the oil in the pan is hot, he puts the stretched noodles into it, and then puts the second and third noodles... After a while, the wok The noodles in the pot swelled up, and he turned it over with the chopsticks in his hand, watching the deep-fried dough sticks in the pot continue to fry.

Today's deep-fried dough sticks were specially made bigger, one was half the size of an adult's arm.

When the deep-fried dough sticks in the pan were fried, he put them on a rack beside them to drain the oil before asking someone to put them in a pot and take them out.

When the women who served the dishes saw Mr. Zhao's family frying things with such a large pot of oil, they thought that the Zhao family was too willing to do so.But they also remembered that the Zhao family opened an oil workshop not long ago. Could it be that all the oil was squeezed out of the Zhao family's oil workshop?But what is this thing fried in the pot, it smells really delicious.

"What is this?"

"Yes, what kind of dish is this?"

Everyone who was eating outside saw the new dishes, what is this long stick?

Someone put one into the bowl with chopsticks, took a bite, and the expression on his face froze, with unbelievable surprise in his eyes, "This...is so delicious!" Crispy and crispy, it should be freshly fried from the oil pan, and it is still hot, so it is even more delicious.

Seeing this, the other people stretched out their chopsticks to grab them.

It was almost as soon as a dish was served, it was robbed by everyone in the blink of an eye, but the dishes at the banquet were all given according to the head, and everyone had a share, unless some individual robbed someone else's share.But everyone is from the same village, and they dare not do such a thing when eating in their own village, otherwise, no one would dare to sit with such a person when they drink in the future.

"Mr. Zhao's family, everyone snatched up all the dishes as soon as they were served. I think many tables have empty bowls." The person who served the dishes came back and said.

Josh wasn't surprised by this at all, he would be surprised if no one touched the dishes today! "As long as everyone likes it, and the dishes are almost ready, you can stay here and eat, and there will be a table here." After frying the last pot of deep-fried dough sticks, he stopped his hands and prepared to go inside See if his son and Bai Luoxi have eaten.

"Hey." The women who helped with the work were very happy. They came to help with the work for two days, didn't they just want to have a good meal?

"You guys stay here to eat too, don't starve yourself." Before leaving, Josh did not forget to tell Ah Qiu and the four boys to stay here to eat, and he took the He took off the apron around his neck and went back to the house.

A few women went to bring food to Zhang Luo for dinner, Ah Qiu also brought the four boys over, each brought a bowl, and started eating in the kitchen.

All the dining tables were opened outside the yard, and there were only two tables in the house, all of which were eaten by their own family members, and there were also close friends who ate here, most of them were outside.

"I'm sorry, I don't have time to greet you today." As soon as he came over, he saw Bai Luoxi and their two children sitting there eating. Josh went over to say hello to Bai Luoxi, and took the seat next to his son sat down.

Bai Luoxi said, "It's okay, we don't need you to greet them", so it was understandable that Josh was too busy today to greet them.

"Where's the one in our family?" Seeing that only his son was here and Master Zhao was missing, Jo Xu asked.

"Just came in for a while, then went out again." Bai Luoxi said.

"Oh." Josh took a look and saw that his Eunuch was alone here, presumably all the men had gone out to eat, but he didn't see Chen Yan coming out to eat, so he asked his Eunuch, "Ah Yan What? Are you still in the new house?"

"Yes, it's still in the new house." Zhao Amu replied.

"Let Xiaohu take Ah Yan out for dinner. We are all our own people here. Just ask Ah Yan to come out and eat together, so as not to save him from starving in there alone." After looking around and seeing his brother-in-law, Jo Xu said They recruited Caiyun and Caixia to tell my uncle to bring her husband out for dinner.How can they all eat outside, and let the newcomers starve inside the house?

"Yes, let's eat together." Zhao Amu thought about it, so she didn't object.

After a while, Zhao Hu came out for dinner with his husband in red.

Seeing Chen Yan coming out, Josh called for someone to sit beside them, and asked his uncle, "Are you and your brother eating outside?"

"That's right, brother and the village chief are eating at the same table." Zhao Hu helped Fu Lang to sit down.Chen Yan pushed away the hand supporting him a little embarrassedly, saying that he could do it by himself.Hearing this, Josh nodded and said, "Then you should go out to eat too, we'll eat here."

"Hey, okay, then I'll go out." So Zhao Hu looked at Fu Lang again, and went out with a smirk on his face.