In less than half an hour, the food was on the table.
There were a lot of people today, twelve in total including adults and children, so Hu Meili prepared extra food, mostly local specialties from Qiongzhou Island.
Seafood includes: steamed grouper, boiled prawns, stir-fried Hele crab with ginger and scallions, stir-fried razor clams with black bean sauce and chili, braised eel, and stir-fried squid with chives.
In addition, a large pot of seafood was steamed, including oysters, scallops, sea urchins, mantis shrimp, and various snails.
There are five hot dishes: stir-fried chicken giblets with sand ginger, braised pork belly with taro, braised tofu with pork belly and shrimp paste, twice-cooked pork, and poached chicken.
I only cooked two vegetarian dishes: sweet potato stems and water spinach.
The main dish was seafood fried rice noodles, and we also made a soup with sea clams, winter melon, and sandworms.
"I almost forgot, I also made seaweed jelly."
"Old Xiao, hurry up and open two coconuts for me."
After saying that, Hu Meili hurriedly called out to everyone, "Come, come, Uncle San, you take the seat of honor, Uncle Zhong, you too, the rest of you find your own seats."
As Jiang Si sat down, she glanced around. "Huh, where's He Ping?"
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Just as Jiang Si finished speaking, she saw He Ping carrying a case of soda bottles and smiling as he entered the yard.
Accompanying him was a girl with shoulder-length braids.
Hu Meili smiled and introduced her to everyone, "This is He Ping's girlfriend, her name is Ding Xiang."
Despite her young age, Dingxiang was not at all stage-frightened.
Everyone greeted each other and then took their seats.
The people who came to dinner today all had a pretty good relationship, so we weren't too formal with each other.
Aside from a few symbolic toasts at the beginning, everyone then started eating heartily.
The men present didn't eat much; they spent the whole time peeling shrimp.
Just then, He Ping and Ding Xiang suddenly stood up, raising their glasses with solemn expressions—
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