The village chief explained directly to them that today's meat dishes included chicken, fish, and pork offal, while the rest were vegetarian dishes.

The chickens are collectively raised in the village. Villagers who want to eat them can either trade for them or buy them with money.

However, most people are reluctant to spend that money.

Fish can be caught in the river, but pig offal is worthless, smelly, and many people are unwilling to buy it.

I was initially surprised to hear that they were using the money for a banquet, but considering that it was in the countryside, it made sense.

After all, it's good enough to have meat to eat.

The village chief was at Gu's house before he went to greet them, so he knew what dishes were served today without even looking.

After the village chief and the others explained, no one said anything more.

However, one of the commune members, who had a rather craving for vegetables, asked, "Village Chief Gu, will we be able to eat those vegetables we saw today?"

Don't blame him for still thinking about vegetables even though he has meat.

That's because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to eat it if he left Gujia Village.

As a public official, he could eat meat and vegetables from time to time, so he wasn't particularly craving them.

The others were also somewhat tempted by the appealing-looking green vegetables, but they were too embarrassed to say so.

After all, it's already embarrassing to come here for a free meal.

Upon hearing this, the village chief waved his hand and immediately arranged for people to pick some.

With so many more people suddenly arriving at the Gu family's place, we need to prepare even more food.

Gu Dashan, the head of the family, accompanied the village chief in entertaining them.

Gu Xichen and the others then arranged for someone to pick some more vegetables from their private plot.

At this moment, Gu Xiliang returned from outside carrying two sets of pig offal.

Now there's definitely enough food.

Jiang Jinxiu was carrying three babies and wanted to go out to help, but everyone stopped her.

Let her rest and focus on her pregnancy.

Gu Xichen is home today, so he'll be in charge of cooking.

And you know what? Everyone who came was in for a treat.

Gu Xichen's cooking skills are getting better and better.

The aroma of the dishes made everyone swallow hard.

His eyes kept glancing towards the kitchen.

Today, the Gu family is serving ten dishes at a table.

Half meat, half vegetable.

Meat dishes include wild mushroom chicken soup, Lao You chicken giblets, tofu fish, and pickled cabbage with pig intestines and pig offal.

The vegetarian dishes included braised eggplant from their private plot, stir-fried potatoes with vinegar, sweet potato leaves with garlic, and two other green vegetables grown collectively in the village.

Whether it's meat dishes or vegetarian dishes, they are all quite delicious.

In the end, not a single drop of vegetable juice was left.

Huang Guanhua and his group also ate to their hearts' content.

Even the pig offal, which was initially met with skepticism, was devoured by everyone, leaving not a drop of juice.

Some people even went to ask Gu Xichen how he cooked the pig offal.

Gu Xichen didn't hide anything and spoke directly.

Everyone who heard this was full of praise.

It turns out that the key to making pork offal taste delicious is to remove its fishy smell.

Alcohol, chili peppers, and onions can effectively mask the fishy smell.

They all learned something new now.

no way.

Nowadays, people don't pay much attention to cooking at all.

Just get used to it.

Few people think about how to pair the dishes or how to cook them to make them taste good.

Especially when it comes to sauces and such, many people are reluctant to put in much of them.

Many families only use oil and salt when cooking.

Some even skimp on the oil.

After this experience, many people started thinking about how to cook in the future.

I don't expect to put that much on every meal, but it's okay to have an extra treat every now and then.

However, there are also people who are willing to spend money, especially those families who are a little better off. Pig offal is not worth much, and it is okay to buy it occasionally as an extra meat dish.

Unfortunately, after trying several times, I still couldn't get the flavor right, so I had to give up in the end.

After Wang Bin and the other commune members ate this meal, they began to plot against the vegetable garden and chickens in Gujia Village.

And I must say, the vegetables were better than anything they'd ever had before, and the chicken was incredibly tender.

In particular, Gu Xichen deliberately used only the simplest cooking method.

Not much else was added.

This further highlights the quality of the main dish.

In fact, Gu Xichen also had his own selfish motives.

He wanted to use this opportunity to promote the village's products.

After all, it was a rare opportunity for someone from above to come down and inspect.

Those people were from other units or communes.

They eat communal meals, and their canteen also needs to make purchases.

That way they won't have to go out of their way to promote it anymore.

And I must say, the results this time were exceptionally good.

Wang Bin and his colleagues started thinking about it as soon as they finished eating.

Thinking about the food they ate in their own cafeteria, they couldn't help but make up their minds.

When we get back, we must suggest to their leaders that we should source our goods from Gujia Village.

Originally, Gujia Village had to sell the products themselves, but now they have a market.

All the chickens in Gujia Village's chicken coop were snapped up, and even the chickens that Gu Dashan and his family hadn't raised to adulthood were pre-ordered.

The vegetables from those ten acres were all pre-ordered in less than a week.

Moreover, word spread quickly, and more and more companies came to Gujia Village to purchase goods.

The village chief was overjoyed.

This year, the villagers of Gujia Village can have a good Spring Festival.

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The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely, and after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they all dispersed.

Huang Guanhua and some others are very approachable and kind when they are taking care of their families.

The smile on his face never faded.

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