Little wealth

The sun in the east was gradually rising, and the sun was shining in the small courtyard. A group of men with full stomachs were washing vegetables and chopping meat together, and white smoke was coming out of their mouths.

But no matter how cold this winter is, it can't resist the fire in their hearts.

The several stoves in the kitchen were already stewing soup and stewing meat, and the stoves inside were not enough, so they asked people to build two larger stoves outside.Fortunately, there are a lot of men who come to eat today, and everyone is very willing to give a hand to do some work. All the work is done very quickly, and the two big stoves were built in a short time.

Master carpenters Wang Fu and Chen Dazhu came from the town. They came a little later, but they also joined the team to help with work.

A lot of meat was slaughtered from a pig, but their family didn't plan to sell the pig that was killed that day.There are still a lot of sausages and bacon made at home last time, so the pigs that were killed this time do not plan to make sausages and bacon.

Josh ordered Chen the butcher who helped kill the pigs in advance to cut out dozens of pork strips. Each portion was about three catties. When the time came, they would be served with a catty of homemade liquor and pancakes, and everyone would eat them later. After the meal, each person will send a copy. This is the annual gift prepared by the husband and wife for the guys.

Today I invited so many people to the house for dinner, and I was worried that the two little maids would not be able to cook a meal for dozens of people, so after breakfast early in the morning, he also came to the kitchen to help.

There were prepared dishes on the table, and they were only waiting for a while to be fried, at this moment Josh remembered a very important matter, and hurriedly asked: "Caixia, go outside to see if the minced meat is ready? If you’re done chopping it up, bring it back and make the stuffing for me.”

"Oh, I'll go right away." Caixia replied, wiped her hands on the cloth wrapped around her lower body, and went outside.After a while, she led a man in, and the man was holding a large pot of minced meat in his hand.

"Master, the meat stuffing is ready, I brought it back."

"Bring it to me." Josh asked someone to put the minced meat on the table, and called Chen Yan to help mix the minced meat, and he was responsible for pouring the seasoning into it.

"It should be fine, don't stir it anymore." Seeing that the minced meat was prepared, Josh stopped Chen Yan, called two servant girls over, and ordered: "Caiyun Caixia, you two, take the minced meat out to the table outside. Go up and call some big brothers who can make steamed buns to come in and help make steamed stuffed buns, and then bring them to the stove outside to steam.” The stoves in the kitchen have been used up, and only two newly built stoves outside can be used. up.

Thanks to him expecting this to happen, he called people to build two more stoves early on, otherwise there would be no stoves to use right now.

"Hey, good." Caixia responded, and together with another little girl, she went out with a big pot of minced meat, went outside and shouted, and five or six men came over to help make buns.

After a while, another five or six men came, more than a dozen men stood around a large table making buns, some of them looked good and some of them were ugly, but this did not prevent them from making buns. It came out, although the buns that came out were a bit oddly shaped.

The speed of this group of men's stuffing one by one is faster, just like comparing who sells more oil on weekdays, today everyone makes buns faster and better than anyone else.

Put the wrapped buns on the steamer one by one, replace with a new one when the steamer is full, take the full steamer outside, put it on the big stove to start steaming, and add layer by layer from the back, Stacked high.

"Master, the minced meat is used up, and there are still noodles, should we continue to adjust the stuffing or make steamed buns?" Caixia went in and asked what the master wanted to do when the minced meat outside was used up.Josh thought for a while and said, "Then just make steamed buns. How much is left? Is there a lot?"

"It's not a lot, it should be enough to make two baskets of steamed buns." Caixia replied.

Hearing this, Josh said: "Then let's make steamed buns, and let everyone drink tea for a while when they are done, and then we can prepare dinner." It's almost done, and the soup is ready, so there are two more dishes left to stew.

There are a lot of people eating this day, and the weather is cold, so he doesn't plan to fry any dishes, so he just makes it into a big pot of stew, which can be eaten at any time when it is hot in the pot. Don't worry about it cooling down halfway through.

Caixia went outside and said something, and after a while the men kneaded the noodles into strips, cut them into steamed buns, put them in a steamer, and steamed them outside.

Seeing that there was not much work to do, these men went out one by one.

The firewood was crackling in the large stove outside the door, smoke was rising from the tall steamer, and the meat buns in the steamer were expanding one by one, and the smell of meat overflowed.

The soup was stewed in the pot. The soup was stewed with big stick bones and white radish. The soup was thick and white, and the radish inside was ripe and transparent white.

The smoke in the kitchen came out, a group of men squatted at the door and smelled the fragrance while chatting, each of them couldn't help swallowing, and they stopped chatting until the last day, and each of them just looked at the people in the kitchen eagerly. direction, waiting for when the meal will be served.

"Wait a little longer and you should be able to eat. There are stools inside. Go and get a few stools to sit on. You don't need to cook." When Zhao He arrived, he saw a group of people squatting at the door of the kitchen and looking in the direction of the kitchen. He and Everyone said hello and asked everyone to move the stools out to sit.

A group of people stood up one by one, and they were a little cautious when talking to Zhao He. Someone responded: "It's okay, it's okay, we are used to squatting, just squat, just squat."

Zhao He used to be a very ordinary man in this village just like them. He worked as a carpenter and married a beautiful brother in their village. They used to be envious and jealous of Zhao He, and they also said behind their backs There is a lot of gossip in their family.Now, in less than a year, other people have opened several shops in the town, and those who used to be equal to Zhao Heping have become long-term workers for others.

However, no matter what they are thinking in their hearts, they have to put away the unwillingness in their hearts.

"Okay, then you wait here, I'll go in and have a look." After greeting everyone, Zhao He lifted the curtain and went into the kitchen.

When Caixia and Caiyun saw their grand master coming in, they called out to him.

Zhao He nodded, his eyes fell on his husband, and seeing that he was cooking, he asked, "How many more dishes do you want me to come?"

"No need, there are only two dishes left. Go tell everyone to prepare dinner, it should be ready soon." Seeing their master Zhao come in, Josh discussed with the man: "I think the wind outside is too strong Well, why don't we add a table to this room, tidy up the things on the side, it should be able to fit another table, two tables side by side, it should be able to seat 30 people. Let's go to the main room Set up a big table, and those who can't sit down will eat inside."

"Okay, I'll go and tell everyone." Seeing that there was indeed not much work to be done in the kitchen, Zhao He went outside and called two people to come in and help.

When a group of men heard that it was time to prepare dinner, they all started to move. Some helped to move the table, and some helped to carry the stool.

There are bowls, chopsticks and plates on the table, and someone spread the bowls and chopsticks one by one.

"Call someone to go outside to get some soup out, and the meat here too." Josh took down the cloth towel that surrounded the pot cover, used the cloth towel to lift the lid of the casserole, and tried it with chopsticks The meat in the pot can be easily inserted into the meat with chopsticks, which proves that the meat has been stewed very soft. He put a little salt into the pot and asked people to take out the pot and the meat together.

As soon as Zhao Hu came in, he heard his brother calling for someone to serve the food, and he was so happy that he went to help serve the food, "Brother, I'll do it."

The two little girls also went to help serve the dishes.

There was a lively sound outside, and it was the group of men outside who were booing. It was so lively.

A large pot of stew was placed on the table, and a wooden board was spread underneath it.

The casserole was just brought up from the stove, the whole pot was still hot, and the lid on the top hadn’t been lifted yet. The air inside made the lid rattling, and a puff of white smoke overflowed from around the lid, filling the room. It's all meaty.

"This meat is really delicious!"

"Since the last time I had a banquet here and went back, I have dreamed about eating meat that month."

"No way!"

Even before the lid was lifted, they could smell such a delicious smell of meat.

A group of men talked about the last time they had a banquet at Zhao’s house. That banquet was the best they had ever had since they lived so long. .It's just that the Zhao family didn't invite anyone to work, and they didn't hold any happy events, so they didn't have a chance to come here for dinner.

I didn't expect that the Zhao family would invite them to eat at home today. They have been waiting for this day since they received the invitation from the Zhao family. When they heard that they were going to the Zhao family to eat the butcher dishes, none of them was unwilling. of.They woke up before dawn and rushed to Zhao's house to help butcher pigs and wash vegetables, just to wait for such a meal.

They have been drooling since the meat was cooked in the kitchen until now, the taste is really delicious.

The same dishes were placed on the table, and two tables were filled in a short while.

And the big meat buns they made just now, steamed buns are bigger than their fists, so big buns are so big that the basins are piled high.

A group of men are gearing up one by one, but the master hasn't come yet, so they can't move their chopsticks first.

After the last dish was fried, it was taken out, Josh also came out of the kitchen, and said hello to a group of men outside, "Everyone, use your chopsticks, there are not many dishes today, let's make do with a meal, Lively and lively."

"No, no, there are already a lot of dishes here."

"Thank you, my boss."

"Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Boss."

Many of this group of men are oil sellers who sell oil on weekdays, and they were all invited to Zhao's house for dinner today.They all knew that Josh was in charge of Zhaojia Youfang, so they used to call Josh their owner in the past.And the three master carpenters in the shop called the boss Fulang, because their boss is Zhao He.

But no matter how they shouted, today they all came to the owner's house to be guests and eat.

After saying hello to everyone, Josh asked their uncle to bring out a jar of new wine, and half-jokingly said to everyone: "This jar is a new wine brewed by us. The alcohol content is a bit high. Don’t be greedy when everyone is drinking.”

"No, no, we have a good capacity for drinking." A group of men all said that their capacity for alcohol was absolutely fine.

Seeing that there was good wine to drink, Chen Tuhu couldn't hide the joy on his face, and asked his brother-in-law to bring them the wine.

When Chen Yan saw his father's happy face, he couldn't help shaking his head in his heart.

"You eat here, let's eat at the table inside." Josh glanced at their master Zhao, and motioned for someone to come out with him.

Zhao He received the look from Fu Lang, and asked his younger brother Zhao Hu to greet the guests inside, and followed Fu Lang out.

After reaching the door, Josh stopped, turned around and said to the man, "I'll take Ah Yan and the others to the front for dinner, and you and Xiaohu are here to greet everyone, remember not to drink too much. The New Year gift I prepared for everyone The colorful clouds and colorful clouds have already been installed, and they are placed in the two baskets at the entrance of the kitchen, one portion is divided, and after the meal, you remember to ask everyone to take one portion when they go back. .”

"Okay, I get it." Zhao He nodded, and sent Fu Lang back to the door of the main house before turning around to entertain the guests outside.