Everyone had Old Beijing Noodles with Soy Sauce for breakfast. The soy sauce was specially made by Mrs. Hu before the holiday. She fried a big jar of it, which was enough to last for a long time.
It really proves the saying that it is easier to eat when there are more people, and easier to work when there are fewer people.
Aunt Wang and Sister Zhang made two bowls of noodles, and the two daughters-in-law of the Chen family helped prepare several dishes.
There are shredded radish, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage hearts, and the most rare thing is that there are also leeks, coriander, and chives.
Chives, coriander and chives were all planted in the house by Mrs. Wen and her family in wooden boxes.
I gained weight not long after moving here, but now I can just eat it.
The He family and the guards from the security squad had to cook four large pots of noodles before everyone was full.
Even the youngest Yuanyuan was enjoying the food while slurping it up. His little face was covered with the black sauce, and he was laughed at by his two little brothers.
But the young man and the little Doudou were not much better off, as there was also a circle of black sauce around their mouths.
This is what it’s like to eat noodles with soybean paste. If there’s no soybean paste on your mouth, it will lose its soul.
After having a cheerful breakfast, everyone started to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Bai Guoguo wanted to make a dish of braised pork with preserved vegetables, so she soaked the fried pork belly in water in the morning.
It was ready for use after dinner, so she mixed fresh pork belly with the steamed meat powder she had fried herself, chopped up a little rooster, and placed soaked mushrooms on the bottom of three large soup bowls, planning to make steamed mushroom chicken.
Bai Guoguo occupied a stove by herself, heated oil in a pan, added the soaked pickled mustard greens and stir-fried them until fragrant, then added thirteen spices, fermented black beans, sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings to the pickled mustard greens.
Place the fried pickled mustard greens on six bowls of sliced pork belly, and you are done.
Then Bai Guoguo put a small bucket of water into the big iron pot and placed a three-layer large steamer on top.
The first layer is steamed with six large bowls of preserved vegetable braised pork, the second layer is steamed with six large bowls of steamed pork with rice flour, and the third layer is actually three large bowls of steamed chicken with mushrooms.
These dishes require a lot of effort and need to be steamed for more than 4 hours to reach the perfect temperature.
Both Mrs. Wen and Mr. Wen are old and prefer to eat soft food, so Bai Guoguo made Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and these three steamed dishes.
Aunt Wang and Sister Zhang are responsible for making steamed buns and dumplings, and also preparing the filling for the dumplings to be made tonight.
Noodles are the forte of northern women, but Bai Guoguo just can’t make that kind of flavor.
Huang Xiaoying is from Sichuan Province. She also wants to show off her cooking skills today. The dishes she plans to make are stir-fried pork with soy sauce and stir-fried duck with pickled peppers and ginger.
She even brought the pickled peppers and young ginger herself. I don’t know how the young ginger was preserved. It’s winter, but it’s still juicy.
Liang Hongyu is a native of Kyoto. Her sisters-in-law have all shown off their skills, so she naturally does not want to be outdone.
The dishes Liang Hongyu was going to make were Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce and Qianlong cabbage.
In addition, there is Aunt Wang’s specialty, stewed pork bones with sauerkraut, and Mrs. Zhang’s signature dish, stewed fish with farm-grade soybean paste.
The dishes for this New Year’s Eve dinner are ready!
By five o'clock in the afternoon, all the dishes in the kitchen were ready.
Mr. He lit the firecrackers himself, and then the New Year’s Eve dinner began.
In fact, according to custom, after lighting firecrackers, you have to offer sacrifices to your ancestors and to heaven and earth before you can eat.
But this is not popular nowadays, so everyone just sets off some firecrackers and then eats.
Tonight's dinner was eaten in the large dining room in the third courtyard where the hostess lived.
There were three tables in total, the guards sat at one table, the elders of the He family sat at one table, and the younger generations sat at one table.
The three little kids ate in circles, and were fed by the adults at every table they went to. The three little kids ate with relish.
"It's Chinese New Year, and we're all family when we get together. Let's eat and drink well!"
Mr. He greeted everyone with a smile, especially the guards, asking them to relax.
It has been so lively for many years. It is rare that my youngest daughter and her family are around this year. The old man is smiling all day long.
"Grandpa is right. We are all acquaintances now. Don't be restrained. Eat and drink well!"
As the host, Bai Guoguo also stood up and toasted everyone, and then everyone sat down and picked up their chopsticks to eat.
In fact, ever since the aroma of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall came from the kitchen, everyone's stomachs started to get irritated.
"Hmm...this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is so delicious! This is your cooking skill, little cousin. Of course, the twice-cooked pork made by our leader is also delicious!"
He Xiaogu's eldest son took a bite of the chewy and tasty abalone and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Then he looked at his wife sitting next to him and immediately praised the dish that was obviously made by his own chili pepper.
But it was clear that he hadn't tasted a single bite of the twice-cooked pork. His henpecked look made everyone laugh.
"Eat your food! There's so much food, but it still can't stop you from eating!"
Huang Xiaoying's face turned red because of everyone's laughter, and she couldn't help but give her man a cold look.
Bai Guoguo also laughed along with everyone, but in her heart she was thinking of her fiancé who had not returned yet.
I don’t know what the rough man in her family is doing now. Did he have a good New Year’s Eve dinner?
Bai Guoguo was distracted for a moment, and then joined the lively crowd scrambling for food for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Just as Bai Guoguo was serving Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Xiao Huzi with a porcelain spoon, the door behind him was pushed open with a clang.
"Ah...Uncle, you're back!"
The sharp-eyed little tiger let out an excited scream, scaring Bai Guoguo so much that his spoon fell into the soup bowl.
She quickly turned around and saw the tall and straight figure standing at the door. Who else could it be but the person she missed day and night?
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