Early the next morning, Lin Yumei and Feng Yueying rushed to the Ye family in Rongxi Village.
Because the whole village was being invited to dinner this time, there was simply not enough space in Old Ye's yard.
So early in the morning, the four brothers of the Ye family went to the threshing ground and built several stoves. They also used stools and wooden boards to set up several long tables for preparing food, preparing to entertain guests directly in the threshing ground.
When the villagers got up in the morning and saw this, some of them spontaneously brought their own tables and stools over, and others brought their own bowls and plates to use.
This is also an established rule for holding banquets in the village.
After all, this kind of banquet that entertains the whole village is basically only held when there are weddings, funerals, or when someone gets promoted or wins an imperial examination.
Some people will definitely not do this more than a few times in their entire lives.
Of course, I wouldn't prepare so many tables, chairs, benches, bowls, plates and chopsticks at home just for this occasional wedding banquet.
At this time, the villagers need to come together.
While everyone was busy moving things to the threshing ground, the three sisters-in-law of the Ye family, as well as Lin Yumei and Feng Yueying, were already busy washing and preparing vegetables.
The adults still had to go to the fields to work and bring the things over. At most, they would just stop for a while to see what dishes the Ye family had prepared.
But the children in the village who did not have to go to private school or work came to the threshing ground early to wait.
The Ye family has never been stingy when it comes to such matters.
Not to mention, this was originally to celebrate Ye Laosi's promotion, so there was no reason to be stingy and not open.
On the table were half a pig's leg, a whole sheep, a dozen chickens, and a large bucket of fish.
Not to mention the various cooked foods wrapped in oil paper, piled up in packages on a corner of the counter, emitting an enticing aroma, attracting the greedy little cats in the village.
Some people simply couldn't help it and touched it directly.
Qingtian brought Xiaoye over to stand guard nearby, and said to the restless children around them, "Don't move around now. Wait until lunch starts, and everyone will have something to eat."
Although they said so, the other children were still reluctant to leave even though they couldn't touch or eat it.
Qingtian had no choice but to squat beside and watch until Feng Yueying came over to cut the cooked food and arrange it on the plate.
Seeing this, Zhao, who came to help, couldn't help but sigh: "The Ye family is really particular about people.
“If it were someone else’s house, this one cooked dish would be considered a whole dish.
"There must be several kinds. It would cost a lot of money to put out such a big plate."
Zhao opened the oil paper packages one by one and found that the cooked food that Mrs. Ye bought from the city included pork head, braised pork elbow, smoked liver, and garlic sausage.
Mrs. Ye Er and Mrs. Ye San brought over a large basin of pork skin jelly that they had just made last night.
There were two long rows of plates on the table in front of Feng Yueying.
She cut the food quickly with her knife, while Mrs. Ye San was responsible for arranging the food on the plate.
Feng Yueying’s biggest advantage is her knife skills, but this is rarely used when holding banquets in the village.
The villagers won’t care how thinly the tofu in your soup is shredded, nor will they care how you cut the vegetables on the plate.
They only care about whether the food is solid enough and the dishes are tough enough.
Now there is finally a job that allows Feng Yueying to show her talents.
Zhao, who originally thought that he had good knife skills and could come over to help, was dumbfounded.
The cooked food cut by Feng Yueying is all of even thickness and never crooked or loose.
Mrs. Ye didn't have to put in any effort, just placing the pieces one by one on the plate was already pleasing to the eye.
Zhao watched for a long time but refused to help. Feng Yueying had already cut the food quickly and well, so she simply went to help Mrs. Ye San to arrange the dishes.
As she arranged the dishes, she sighed, "As expected of someone who followed your sister-in-law to the capital to prepare banquets. Your knife skills are truly amazing."
"That's just the beginning. Auntie, you haven't seen that our Yueying can cut tofu into strands as thin as hair!"
"Oh my goodness, can tofu be shredded?
"I've lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I've heard of it."
"Who says it's not?" Mrs. Ye laughed, "Rich people in the city are very particular about what they eat."
Zhao curled her lips and said disapprovingly, "You're just being picky. No matter how you cut it into pieces or slices, it's still going to taste like tofu, right?
"If it's cut into pieces as thin as hair, how can you taste the flavor of dragon liver and phoenix gall?
"In my opinion, a banquet like yours is the most economical and delicious."
After a busy morning, the villagers began to take their seats.
Ye Juaner and Liu Quan came back from working in the fields, washed their faces and hands, and came to help.
They don't know how to cook, so they simply didn't come over in the morning to avoid being unable to help and causing trouble.
At this time, he arrived early and came to help serve food to each table.
Ye Juaner went over first to congratulate Old Mrs. Ye.
"Yesterday, I thought there would be a lot of people at your house, so I didn't go over to join in the fun.
"I have to congratulate you today, sister-in-law!
"Now that you see your children are all successful, your life will be getting better and better."
"That's right!" Old Madam Ye sighed with emotion. "Back then, there was a severe drought outside the Great Wall, and then there was a storm. When we fled the famine, we didn't even know if we could make it to the village alive. How could we have imagined the situation we are in now?"
"You're destined to enjoy a happy old age!" Ye Juan'er said a few words to Old Lady Ye, then rolled up her sleeves and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go help serve the dishes first. We can talk later."
After Ye Juaner finished speaking, she left in a hurry.
Soon, most of the dishes were on the table, and the villagers began to find a place to sit.
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