The reunion dinner at noon was prepared by the four elders. They did not invite the younger generations to help at all, and let them sit by the fire and chat in the living room.
At twelve o'clock sharp, Yun Shaofan brought out the first bowl of food, "Jing Mo, clear the table and serve the food."
Jiang Yuan had already cleared the table. Turning around, she saw a beautifully presented dish, topped with a layer of golden egg rolls and what appeared to be various vegetables underneath. She asked, "Uncle Yun, what's the name of this dish?"
"A must-have dish for family meals, New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, or other special occasions."
"That's a good name."
Jiang Yuan has gained a lot of knowledge since coming here. In her hometown, Chinese New Year always consists of dumplings and various steamed buns and noodles, and the dishes are very simple. However, the dishes here in the south are particularly rich, with a variety of novel dishes, and the taste is particularly delicious and exquisite. She has been eating, drinking and sleeping well these days, and she has gained weight visibly.
Today's New Year's dishes are particularly sumptuous. The second dish served is steamed turbot, the third is boiled shrimp, followed by the most popular pickled vegetable braised pork.
"The fifth dish is braised pork trotters."
"Salted Duck."
"The seventh dish is shredded chicken. The eighth dish is glutinous rice balls."
"Ninth dish, cold bean curd sheets."
"The tenth dish, garlic oysters."
"The last two dishes are spicy flower crab and cold shredded radish."
Everyone helped to serve the dishes. Yunnan Xing stood by the table, placing the dishes and chopsticks, and announcing the names of the dishes.
There were twelve dishes, all served in large bowls, filling the table. All the dishes were delicious and one could not help drooling just by looking at the colors of the dishes.
Yun Shaofan took out a bottle of Maotai liquor that his nephew and son-in-law had given him as a gift, and poured a glass for all the men who were drinking. The women drank hot soy milk. After everyone was seated, they all raised their glasses and said, "Happy New Year! Cheers!"
Han Zheng and Song Nanfeng drank the small glass of wine in one gulp, and then took the initiative to pour wine for their elders.
"Zhengzi, Nanfeng, eat some vegetables."
Li Shutong first picked up some fattier braised pork for each of the two young men, and then picked up some leaner meat for Yun Huaying and Jiang Yuan. "Huaying, Xiao Jiang, you guys eat too."
Yun Huaying also picked up other dishes for the elders. After everyone toasted each other, they all picked up their bowls and started eating.
After Han Zheng drank two glasses of wine with his elders, he began to peel shrimps and crabs for his wife. He himself didn't like seafood very much, but he was very skilled at peeling shells and quickly peeled half a bowl for her.
He didn't like seafood very much, so Yun Huaying picked up his favorite pig's trotter for him and said, "That's enough. Eat quickly. The food won't taste good if it gets cold."
Song Nanfeng also followed suit and peeled shrimps and picked up vegetables for Yun Chaoyan. He no longer gave her the fatty parts of the braised pork and the leaner pig's trotters. He behaved very actively in front of his elders.
Yun Shaofan and the others didn't say anything. They could see that there were signs of development between the two of them, so they wouldn't interfere and respected the young people's own affairs.
Yun Huaying finished the food in her bowl, reached out and took an oyster, and called everyone: "Eat oysters."
She made the dipping sauce for the oysters today, and it tasted pretty good. Except for Yun Shaofan and Han Zheng, everyone else was eating oysters for the first time and were a little hesitant about this fresh seafood.
Yun Jingmo was the first to try it. After tasting it, he smiled and said, "Not bad."
"Thick shell, big size, little meat."
Meng Fan's comments were simple, and he also grabbed a sample.
We ordered two per person and everyone tried the flavors. Yunnan Xing concluded, "Our stomachs are more suited to pork."
"Hehe..." Everyone chuckled.
None of them liked to eat it very much, only Yun Huaying was in high spirits. However, the oysters they bought this time were not plump enough, the meat was indeed a little less, and the quantity was not very large, so she didn't eat enough.
Han Zheng noticed that she liked eating them very much, so he planned to wait until the oysters were at their plumpest and make more steamed ones for her.
Pork is indeed the most popular dish. Braised pork and braised pork trotters are the two dishes that are eaten the most. There are pork balls in glutinous rice balls and family portrait. These two dishes are almost finished. What is left are turbot and spicy crab.
They didn't like to eat it, so Yun Huaying ate slowly by herself. She only ate a bowl of rice, but most of the seafood went into her stomach.
After finishing the last crab leg, he put down his chopsticks and smiled: "I'm full."
The others had already eaten their fill and were all sitting at the table watching her slowly peel the crab legs and eat them. Yun Shaofan smiled and said, "Huaying likes eating crabs. Next time you come across a big one, buy some more."
"Crabs in the ninth and tenth months of the lunar calendar are the fattest, but crabs nowadays are a bit skinny."
Han Zheng just stood up and brought her a handkerchief to wipe her hands. He said to the elders, "Uncle, aunt, Huaying will go home with me tonight to celebrate the New Year. She won't be back at night. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
"OK."
They have registered their marriage, and although they haven't had a wedding banquet yet, they are actually legally married. No one will gossip about them staying at their in-laws' house at night, and they have no objection.
Li Shutong led the children to collect the dishes and asked them to wash them. She took the opportunity to pull her niece into the room and talk: "Huaying, auntie wants to tell you something."
"You say."
"Huaying, you and Zhengzi are already married. As a medical student, you should know a little bit about the affairs between husband and wife..."
Seeing her aunt say this, Yun Huaying blushed slightly, "Aunt, we haven't done that yet. We plan to do it after the wedding."
Seeing that they had their own plans, Li Shutong smiled and nodded, saying, "Aunt also hopes that you can have sex after the wedding. Aunt is not being old-fashioned, but considering that your current situation is not suitable for pregnancy."
"Your work and activities for the next six months have been arranged, and you'll be alone in Yang County. Zhengzi can't go with you, and the other members of the Han family are also very busy."
"If you were pregnant, your uncle and aunt would be free to go and accompany you, but the potential danger hasn't been eliminated yet, and going there would only increase the risk. So I still hope to wait until the old poisonous woman is completely dealt with before you consider having children."
Yun Huaying smiled and nodded: "Aunt, this is how I planned it myself."
"good."
Li Shutong had nothing else to say, so she urged her, "Okay, auntie has nothing else to say. Hurry up and pack up and go with Zhengzi."
The Yun family was going to visit the compound tomorrow for New Year's greetings, and they had already agreed to bring gifts tomorrow. Yun Huaying packed up the large bag of medicinal tea she had prepared for her mother-in-law, picked up her bag, said goodbye to the rest of the family, and followed Han Zheng back to the military compound.
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