Yun Shaofan brought over two bottles of Moutai and sent one to the younger generation's table. He called to his son, "Jingmo, you can have a drink with Zhezi and Junming later."
"Uncle Yun, thank you for your kindness. Junming and I will drive later and not drink."
Han Zhegang borrowed a jeep from the army and brought his aunt's family here. He had to go back to the camp after dinner.
They didn't want to drink, so Yun Shaofan didn't force them. He took the soy milk on the cabinet next to them and gave them a bottle each. "The dishes for tonight were all prepared by Huaying. If you like them, you can eat more later."
"Uncle Yun, we won't be polite."
Han Lin smiled brightly and said, "We heard from our eldest and second brothers that Huaying is a good cook, so we came here specifically to eat and drink for free."
Yun Huaying just came over with two servings of spicy crab. She had only briefly greeted Han Lin before, but now she joined in the conversation: "Xiao Lin, I make ordinary home-cooked dishes, which are a bit on the strong side."
"Except for the extremely spicy ones, we can accept everything else."
Han Lin's eyebrows were beaming with joy, and she was very happy in her heart. She finally got to talk to her future sister-in-law.
The dishes tonight are quite rich, including steamed, fried, stewed, stir-fried, deep-fried and braised dishes. Even the staple food comes with two types of rice: white rice and bacon glutinous rice, and the portions are particularly generous.
“Wow, it’s delicious!”
As soon as she started eating, Jiao Minmin couldn't help but sigh.
The elders at the table had just clinked their glasses when Han Bingyu turned around and glanced at her, "Minmin, eat well and stop shouting."
Jiao Minmin had just eaten a piece of crispy pork ribs, and the deliciousness made her voice rise a few notches. She really wasn't yelling nonsense, and said a little embarrassedly: "Mom, I'm not yelling nonsense, I finally know what a delicious food is."
Han Lin laughed quietly. She was happily eating pig's feet and said to the table, "Mom, eat quickly. You have never eaten such delicious food in your life. Eat more and learn from it."
Li Suyao: "...get out."
Han Zhangping was also eating braised pork trotters, a dish he made much better than the one cooked by the kitchen staff. He casually picked up a piece for his wife and spoke to Yun Shaofan with a smile on his face, "No one in the family can praise your sister-in-law's cooking skills. We didn't get poisoned by her, not because she was gentle, but because we are very lucky."
"Haha..." The Han family burst into laughter.
The Yun family was also amused by his words. Yun Shaofan smiled broadly, "No one is perfect. My sister-in-law can't cook, but her other abilities are beyond reproach. She's worth a hundred."
"Shao Fan is still good at talking. These heartless people will only use this as an opportunity to slander me."
Li Suyao was often criticized by them for her cooking skills, but she was used to it and didn't get angry at all. She looked at the table full of delicious dishes with her mouth watering. Seeing the children at the table below scrambling for food, she couldn't help but smile and started eating the pig's trotter that the man had just put in her bowl.
Han Zheng and Yun Huaying sat at the upper table to accompany the guests. Han Zheng drank with the elders, while Yun Huaying talked with the female elders and also helped them pick up food with serving chopsticks.
"Huaying, it's not easy to prepare two tables of food. You must have been busy all afternoon. You've worked hard. You should eat quickly."
Li Suyao also picked up a piece of braised pork for her and praised it: "This braised pork is very delicious, with the right amount of fat and lean, and the texture is just right, not too soft or too mushy, you should have a piece too."
"Thank you, auntie."
Pigs these days are fed with grain and pig grass, and their fat content is thicker than the lard used in later generations. The meat bought today is actually quite fatty. Everyone eats it with gusto, but she is a little hesitant to eat it.
Han Zheng knew that she didn't like fatty meat, and it was difficult to refuse the kindness of an elder, so he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Huaying, cut out the fat for me."
Yun Huaying blinked her eyelashes, used chopsticks to separate the fat from the lean meat, and quickly put the fat into his bowl.
They both moved very quickly, but Li Suyao never took her eyes off them. She just happened to catch this action and instantly understood that her future daughter-in-law did not eat fatty meat. Seeing her son looking at her, she gave him a look of praise that said "well done".
Han Bingyu also saw it and smiled as she handed the spicy crab in front of her to them. "Zhengzi, this spicy crab is delicious. Give some to Huaying."
"Thank you, auntie." Yun Huaying thanked her again.
"We should be thanking you. No one in my family is good at cooking. We eat all three meals a day in the company cafeteria and never cook during festivals. It's been a long time since I've had such delicious food."
Han Bingyu's cooking skills are better than her sister-in-law's, but she is usually very busy and goes into the kitchen only a few times a year. Even if she cooks, she only makes simple scrambled eggs and vegetables. She can't make any of the famous dishes that we have tonight, which are only available in high-end restaurants.
Han Zheng picked up some crab for her and said with a smile, "The cooking skills of our family are all about the same. Except for my mom, everyone else can cook a meal, but whether it tastes good or not is another matter."
Yun Huaying chuckled, her eyes dim, "Grandma Han's cooking is pretty good."
Han Zheng: "...Grandma doesn't count."
The only dish that is good in their family is the cooking of their grandmother. In the past, when there were guests at home, it was usually the grandmother who cooked and the others helped, otherwise the food would not be served to the guests.
Li Suyao saw that the two of them got along well, and Yun Huaying looked at her son with affection in her eyes. She knew that her second son was not just wishful thinking, and she felt even happier in her heart. She pushed the man's elbow subtly, indicating that he should watch the two young people interacting.
Han Zhangping's eyes were sharper than hers, and he was very satisfied with the girl from the Yun family, but as a grown man he would not speak of such things.
The elders at the table drank and ate slowly, while the younger generations at the table ate as fast as they could, and soon cleared the table full of food. The Yun brothers and sisters immediately cleared the dishes after everyone had finished eating, and then made them some hot tea, and brought out the dried fruits and cakes that had not been eaten before.
After Yun Huaying finished her meal, she also went over to chat with them. Jiao Junming worked in the military hospital and was a surgeon. They were colleagues and had common topics, so they soon started chatting.
Han Zhe doesn't talk much, but Han Lin and Jiao Minmin are both lively and cheerful. They are of similar age and are all young people with higher education and ideals and ambitions. The atmosphere when they talk to each other is not awkward, and everyone's impression of each other is better than they imagined.
Yun Shaofan and his friends' topics were much more serious than those of the young people. They basically talked about family and national affairs and policies. They had been trapped on the farm for many years and had been exposed to limited new policies. However, meeting the Han family today gave them a lot of new understanding and ideas about the situation and policies.
People of both ages were chatting happily, and before they knew it, it was almost nine o'clock. The Han family had to go to work the next day, so they all got up and said goodbye.
The Yun family had already prepared the return gifts. Li Shutong asked her daughter to help move all the gifts into the trunk of the car. She expressed her gratitude to Li Suyao and Han Bingyu, their sisters-in-law, and made an appointment to meet again when they were free in the future. The whole family stood at the door and watched them leave before going into the house and closing the door.
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