She took the two bowls of jelly that Bai Xiaohua had specially sent them, and told Bai Xiaohua to come to their house for lunch tomorrow. Bai Xiaohua agreed and hurried back home.
Tian Tian took the jelly home. They had lunch early today. When Bai Xiaohua brought the jelly to them, they had already finished lunch. If they had another bowl, they probably wouldn't be able to finish it. Tian Tian thought about it and decided to make it into sugar water. She took out the brown sugar at home, added a little water to boil it into brown sugar ginger, and then rinsed the jelly with well water. Then she poured the brown sugar syrup on the jelly and ate it as a small dessert.
There were many people at home, and everyone was full after eating one or two bites of this bowl of jelly. Mrs. Tian obviously liked the sweet jelly, and told Tian Tian that she would eat it again tomorrow afternoon.
Old Mrs. Tian is old now, has a strong taste for food, and likes sweets very much.
Now that she is so old, people in the family also follow Mrs. Tian's instructions. Every day after cooking, they would serve out some of the dishes, and for the remaining part in the pot, they would add a little salt or soybean paste to increase the saltiness. Then the remaining dish would be given to Mrs. Tian.
Old Mrs. Tian also likes to eat sweets. She has to eat a piece of cake and biscuits every day, which she used to be reluctant to eat, so that she can sleep comfortably at night.
So there has been basically no shortage of cakes and biscuits in the house throughout the whole year. Even when Tian Tian came back to get married last year, she bought a bag of milk powder for the elderly in the provincial capital and brought it over. Old Mrs. Tian also likes to drink it very much.
The next day, Tian Tian's family hosted a dinner party. After lunch in the morning, many aunts and sisters-in-law came to help.
Tian Lisong has worked as an accountant in the village for many years. Lin Meiyu has a good personality and has good relationships with many people in the village, so many people come to help.
Seeing this, Lin Meiyu panicked a little. She pulled Tian Lisong, who was busy arranging tables and chairs, aside and asked quietly, "With so many people coming today, will the food we prepared not be enough?"
Before, they only prepared meals for the few people closest to them. The vegetables were not that big, as they had them in their own garden. If they were not enough, they could pick some vegetables from the surrounding vegetable gardens.
The key is the meat. They didn't expect so many people to come yesterday, so they didn't prepare enough meat. Lin Meiyu was worried about the meat.
"Let's follow the menu we decided on. Slice the pork thinner and cook a few more dishes. We still have the mushrooms we bought last year at work. Why not soak some dried mushrooms? Kill two chickens and stew chicken with mushrooms and vermicelli. Then cook a plate of scrambled eggs with cucumbers." Tian Lisong made the decision instantly.
After hearing this, Lin Meiyu felt sorry for her chickens. They hadn't been raised for long and hadn't laid eggs for a few years. If they were killed now, she didn't know how many fewer eggs they would lay.
But she also didn't want her daughter's full-month banquet to be poorly organized and lose face for her daughter.
Moreover, she really loved An An and wanted to give An An the best, so Lin Meiyu didn't say anything and went to prepare quickly. The chicken had to be killed on the spot and stewing would take a long time, so Lin Meiyu killed the chicken first and stewed it in the pot. While stewing the chicken, she started to prepare other dishes.
The one pot at home was not enough, so fortunately, the neighbors and Chen Guihua also contributed their pots. Lin Meiyu would give the pot of food to them and they would take it home and cook it.
All the oil, salt and seasonings were provided by Chen Guihua. Even if someone is helping me, I can’t ask them to pay for these things, after all, it’s a full month celebration for my family member.
After a busy morning, the meals for the tables were finally ready, and everyone sat down at the table. There were indeed several more tables of people than Lin Meiyu and the others had expected.
Fortunately, all these people were taken care of, and the dishes on each table looked quite presentable.
Tian Lisong even went out of his way to get some wine and meat, and everyone enjoyed the meal very well.
Bai Xiaohua and the others also came over.
Bai Xiaohua did not go to the county town to sell jelly today, because Lin Meiyu had informed the Lin family in advance about coming for dinner, so Grandma Lin, Lin Meishuang, Lin Meixia and their families all came.
Bai Xiaohua had no way to go out to sell jelly under their eyes, but fortunately Bai Xiaohua's younger brothers and sisters had nothing to do today, so they could go to the county town to sell jelly.
After hearing this, Tian Tian specially left two large bowls of food in the kitchen, ready to give to Bai Xiaohua's younger brothers and sisters.
Bai Xiaohua felt a little embarrassed after knowing this. "How can you spend money on this? These dishes are so good, just keep them for yourself. They don't like them either, so they can just eat some jelly when the time comes."
"How can that be? If my family doesn't have something to do today, then nothing can be discussed. But my family doesn't have anything to do today, and this is the full moon celebration. We are relatives now, so isn't it right to invite them to have a meal? Let your brother and sister also share in the good fortune. Look, we have cooked so many dishes here, how can we miss your brother and sister-in-law's two bites?"
"Just listen to me. You see, there are so many people here. When your sister-in-law comes to deliver the jelly, I may not be able to take care of her. When the time comes, you can take these two bowls of food to them."
Bai Xiaohua was very moved after hearing this. These meals might not mean much to Tian Tian, but for them, they were delicious dishes that they could not even eat during the Chinese New Year.
There is meat, chicken, and eggs in it.
Her younger brothers and sisters hadn't even eaten eggs for several years, let alone meat.
Bai Xiaohua wiped her tears silently and decided that if anything happened to the Tian family in the future, she would do her best to help as long as she could.
Tian Tian really didn't have time to see when Bai Xiaohua's brother and sister-in-law would come over.
Although everyone had finished their meal, many people who were close to their family still stayed to chat with her parents and see the children.
Grandma Lin and the others were no exception. Only at noon, Tian Zhuo remembered this time. He and Bai Xiaohua took two large bowls of rice to deliver meals to Bai Xiaohua's younger brother and sister-in-law, and brought back the jelly on the way.
Bai Xiaohua's brother and sister-in-law were a little at a loss when they saw the food in Bai Xiaohua's hands, but seeing that it was Bai Xiaohua who handed it to them, they still took the food and poured it into their own bowls, then thanked Tian Zhuo and the others and went home with the remaining food in the basket.
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