Chapter 160: Banquet
In the next few days, Pei Yian soaked the water with the medicinal herbs prepared by Old Man Yan, and Ji Zhisui would add spiritual spring water into the bathtub in advance to relieve his pain.
At Xiangruizhai, Ji Zhisui, Mrs. Fan and others mentioned it, and a lot of customers came. Shopkeeper Deng knew that Ji Zhisui had contributed to this, so he sent her a lot of freshly made mooncakes.
The patterns on the Xiangruizhai mooncakes are really unique, and the business is extremely popular. People buy such mooncakes to eat and give as gifts.
Looking at the bustling store, Shopkeeper Deng couldn't help but smile.
Time passed day by day, and soon the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived.
Today Ji Zhisui also planned to give the restaurant and herself a day off. She would spend the day with the Pei family and then go to watch the lanterns with An Ge in the evening.
On the day when the family reunites, food preparation is naturally indispensable. Everyone was busy early in the morning. Grandma Zhao and her family also came. There are only three people in the Zhao family, and it is quiet and deserted. It is better for everyone to eat together.
The Zhao family members did not come empty-handed either. They brought a jar of osmanthus wine that they had brewed themselves. The rich fragrance of osmanthus filled the entire house, and it was obvious that the wine was well brewed.
Ji Zhisui wanted to call Old Man Yan over, after all, he had contributed a lot to An Ge's poison.
Just as she was thinking this, there was a knock on the door. When she opened the door, it was Old Man Yan and others.
Old Man Yan was not polite at all. He held the gift in his hand and handed it to Ji Zhisui, "Miss Ji, I'm coming over for a meal during the Mid-Autumn Festival. You shouldn't mind, right?"
He had this plan in mind long before he knew the restaurant was closed. The two families had some kind of relationship between them, especially after he treated Pei Yian, he felt more confident in eating there for free.
I just don’t know what delicious food Miss Ji will make this time. Just thinking about it makes his mouth water.
"No, please come in, please come in." Since the other party just came to the door, she didn't need to call Old Man Yan and others.
Old man Yan walked in with a swagger. The moment Pei Yian saw him, his face stiffened slightly.
He acted like this not because of Old Man Yan, but because of the other party's troublesome and sinister apprentice.
Song Yujin seemed unaware of anything and even greeted Ji Zhisui warmly, wishing him a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Or maybe he actually noticed it, but didn't take the other person seriously. The relationship between the two can be described as incompatible.
Pei Yian's loss of composure only lasted for a moment. When Ji Zhisui turned around and faced him, he returned to his usual self, with no sign of abnormality.
"Sui Niang, I'll go to the kitchen to help you."
He would not let that man have any chance to contact Sui Niang. In the evening, he even invited Sui Niang to watch the lanterns, for fear that this shameless man would interfere.
Ji Zhisui's mind immediately fell on the person in front of him. He nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Okay, thank you very much, Brother An!"
Speaking of which, the two of them were familiar with each other in the beginning, or was it because the other was his fireman? But after opening the restaurant, he was busy in the kitchen, and Pei Yian was the shopkeeper in the front, so he didn't have much time to help in the kitchen.
After seeing this, Song Yujin whispered, "Hypocrisy."
Being two-faced is hypocrisy, isn't it?
The other person's eyes seemed to wish he would disappear from the spot, but he instantly returned to his normal appearance, and there was even a tenderness in those eyes that he didn't even notice.
Song Yujin thought that he couldn't fall behind, so he quickly said, "Little Bohe, I want to help too."
As expected, he caught everyone's attention, most of them were glaring, and one person's was extremely obvious.
Pei Ersao had noticed this apprentice of old man Yan a long time ago. Although this guy had a good-looking face, he was not as handsome as An Ge'er. He also kept trying to please Sui Niang. It was obvious that he was not a good person.
Sui Niang and An Ge'er's relationship has just made some progress, and she doesn't want anyone to interfere and destroy the relationship between the two.
The other members of the Pei family thought the same thing. Pei's second wife hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Mr. Song, don't be like this. You're a guest! It's not right to ask a guest for help. Please take a seat. I'll make you some tea."
The Pei family led the guests inside, especially Song Yujin, who was watched over by the Second Young Master Pei, who told him to drink his tea properly and not to go to the kitchen to help.
Old Man Yan also noticed that the atmosphere in front of him was a little strange, and he secretly glared at his disappointing apprentice. It was okay for him to talk nonsense normally, but this was in someone else's home, so how could he have the right to act recklessly?
Song Yujin had no choice but to restrain his thoughts and started chatting with the Pei family. He wanted to please someone, and it was very easy to do so by relying on his good face and clever mouth.
Pei Ersao is an exception. In her eyes, Song Yujin is a stumbling block in the relationship between Sui Niang and An Ge'er. She will definitely stand on the side of the third brother!
Ji Zhisui and Pei Yian came to the kitchen and busied themselves preparing food for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Since it was a big meal, duck and fish were indispensable, and crabs were naturally indispensable. This time she didn't plan to make pan-fried crabs. With so many people around, she planned to make a crab pot. This thing was juicy and delicious, and it was very suitable for gatherings with many people.
The crab pot requires crabs, chicken feet, shrimps and other ingredients, but unfortunately there are no potatoes and corn. If these two ingredients are added to the crab pot, the deliciousness will be even greater.
When preparing crabs, you can pat their large claws to make them more flavorful later. Cut them in half, dip them in starch, and pan-fry the cut ends until they are set. Devein the shrimp and pan-fry them. Trim the nails off the chicken feet and place them in a pot of cold water, add cooking wine and ginger, and cook until done.
Leave a small amount of oil in the pot, add onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add a large spoonful of bean paste and stir-fry until the oil turns red.
Add chicken feet, crab claws, crabs and shrimps in turn, then pour in the sauce and stir-fry evenly. The sauce contains cooking wine, soy sauce, salt and sugar.
Add hot water to cover the ingredients, put the crab shells on top, simmer over high heat for one stick of incense, and finally sprinkle with chopped green onions and white sesame seeds. A fragrant, steaming crab pot is ready.
Next came various meats, red mushroom stewed chicken soup, braised fish, tofu fish soup, sweet and sour spareribs, etc...
This red mushroom is the dried red mushroom I made before. Putting a little bit of it in the soup will make it delicious and fresh, and it has high nutritional value.
With the hard work of Ji Zhisui and many others, a large table of delicious food was prepared. Everyone enjoyed the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet happily and harmoniously.
Ji Zhisui looked at the smiling faces of everyone at the table and was a little stunned. In the past twenty years of her life, she had never experienced such a lively scene of a large table of people eating together.
There were scenes like this in the orphanage, but not everyone had a smile on their face.
When she grew up and became a blogger, she spent most holidays alone or interacted with her fans in front of the screen through the Internet.
But very few people can truly feel this warmth.
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