Chapter 167 The feast begins
The adults sitting below were all watching with smiles on their faces and didn't try to fight with the children for the food.
The children were so happy that they couldn't contain themselves and stood up from their stools. They stared at the craftsman's hands with their round eyes and moved their bodies quickly.
Suddenly, handfuls of peanuts, red dates, melon seeds, sugar cubes, and a lot of copper coins mixed in, fell from the sky like rain.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue all slipped out of their mother's arms and jumped to catch the melon seeds and candies scattered by the craftsman.
I don’t know if it was because Baoya was lucky, but those red dates and melon seeds seemed to have eyes and ran into her arms. In a short while, she pulled the hem of her skirt and caught a whole bunch of them.
Yunhua and Yunyue also received quite a few. The three little girls piled up what they received on the big round table in front of them, forming a small hill.
Peanuts and melon seeds are fragrant, red dates and candies are sweet, and copper coins bring good luck.
Baoya grabbed a handful of peanuts, melon seeds, and red date candies and stuffed them into Zhao Zhilan's hands. She also stuffed a handful into He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang's hands. "Grandma, Mom, Dad, hurry up and eat. Today's peanuts, melon seeds, and candies are delicious!"
"If I snatched it myself, it must be delicious." Zhao Zhilan smiled and pinched a piece of candy into her mouth, then suddenly bared her teeth, "Ah, ouch!"
Baoya was startled and rushed over to ask, "Grandma, Grandma! What's wrong with you?"
Zhao Zhilan hugged him and said, "Hahaha, I'm fine. I just felt so sweet inside that my teeth turned black!"
It turned out that he was teasing her, and Baoya opened her little mouth and started laughing too.
Yunhua and Yunyue, who were standing next to them, were also busy stuffing candies into the hands of Yun Erlang and Li Rongyue.
Yun Chengfu sat next to Wang Cailian and Yun Dalang, so naturally he would not compete with Baoya and the others for the candy. Yun Chenglu, on the other hand, grabbed two handfuls like a monkey and piled them on the table. The whole family gathered around the mountain of melon seeds and candies on the table and ate them to their heart's content.
At this time, Baoya caught a glimpse of Yang Daguang's family sitting at the table next to her. Hu Zi also grabbed a few pieces and held them in his little hands excitedly. He stuffed one piece into Wu Dongmei's hand and one piece into Yang Daguang's hand, but neither of them was willing to take it.
Baoya thought about it, grabbed two handfuls of peanuts, melon seeds, candies, copper coins and other things from the table, and ran towards the table where Hu Zi and the others were.
When Hu Zi saw her, he happily waved his little hand at her: "Sister Baoya!"
"Hu Zi, you're so good. Sister will give you some candy." Bao Ya gave Hu Zi a handful of what she had in her arms, and put the rest on the table. She said to the village head and the others, "Grandpa Li Zheng, you guys have some too!"
"Oh, Baoya is so sensible!" Liu Lizheng laughed so hard that the wrinkles on his face were piled together.
Hu Zi looked at the handful of food that Bao Ya stuffed into her arms, including many red dates, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, and several copper coins. He was so happy that his eyes turned red.
Sister Baoya is so nice. She gave me so much food and some copper coins. Now I can eat with my parents.
"Almost done, let's serve the food!"
Hearing Zhao Zhilan's words, Baoya's eyes quickly flashed with light. She reached out and touched Huzi's little head: "Huzi, eat well, eat more, sister will go back first!"
After saying that, he ran back to Zhao Zhilan and the others.
He Chunxiu was so amused when she saw Baoya rushing back on her short legs that she couldn't stop grinning. Yun Sanlang was still praising her in her ear: "Look how clever our girl is! As soon as she heard the feast was about to start, she ran faster than a rabbit!"
Soon, helpers came to serve the dishes, starting with four cold dishes: cold shredded vegetables, hot and sour lotus root slices, cold almonds, and cold pork skin jelly.
Then came six hot dishes: stewed pork elbow, steamed meat in a bowl, stir-fried kidney, stir-fried shrimp with cucumber, stewed chicken, and steamed carp.
Finally, there are two highlight soups, meatball soup and radish and pork ribs soup.
There has been drought in Cangchenzhou for three consecutive years, and people have had a hard time filling their stomachs, let alone eating vegetables and meat. Now that the Yun family's new house has been completed, there are twelve cold and hot dishes, including soup, which is really a generous treat.
Furthermore, no one would feel comfortable coming to the banquet empty-handed, as everyone brought something with them, so they could eat with confidence and enjoy themselves.
The dishes are delicious, so of course drinks are indispensable. We bought some Lihuachun in town, and you can drink as much as you want.
There was a huge table full of food, and Baoya ate so much that she didn’t even bother to lift her head.
In fact, the dishes cooked by Aunt Sun in the village cannot be compared with the cooking skills of Chef Zhu in the town, but Baoya still enjoys eating them.
He Chunxiu saw that her mouth was stained with vegetable leaves, so she took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth: "Is it so delicious? Why do I think your food tastes better than Boss Zhu's?"
Baoya swallowed the pork elbow in her mouth, licked her lips and said, "Actually, it would taste better if Uncle Zhu made it."
"But, Mom, look, we're all eating together in the yard, it's so lively, and I suddenly think these dishes are so delicious, I can't stop eating them!"
Yunyue beside her also nodded repeatedly: "Baoya is right, I think I can eat two bowls of rice today!"
After saying that, he patted his already round belly.
Li Rongyue was helpless and patted her hands, saying, "Don't eat if you're full. You don't have Baoya's appetite. If you eat too much and then dump it out later, your meal will be wasted."
Yunyue paused while picking up the meat: "Oh, I understand, mother."
After saying that, he picked up a large piece of steamed meat, sucked it into his mouth, including the fat and lean meat, and then burped with satisfaction.
This made Yun Chengfu, Yun Chenglu and Yun Hua laugh, and they said that there was going to be a second little foodie in the family.
At this time, the Yun family's courtyard, which was not particularly spacious, was filled with people sitting closely together.
Everyone had a smile on their face. The sound of clinking glasses, the cheerful chatter, and the innocent and joyful laughter of children floated out from the courtyard wall and echoed in the peaceful and tranquil Feishui Village.
After drinking for more than thirty minutes, they had almost finished their meal. Baoya stood up from the bench, rubbing her bloated belly.
Just as she turned around, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a tall, thin man in a long gown at the front door, who hurriedly walked past her house.
Baoya leaned over and took a look at the figure. She felt that the long gown on him looked familiar, as if it was similar to the one her elder brother often wore.
This plain white long gown is the uniform of students at Yucai Academy in Ping'an Town.
The little girl rubbed her furrowed brows. It seemed that the sneaky person must be Chen Chengcai.
However, her family's banquet had already begun to clear, and the guests were saying goodbye and leaving one after another. Today's banquet was quite successful, and she thought that Chen Chengcai would not be able to cause any trouble.
Baoya then threw up her sleeves and took Yunhua and Yunyue to help Zhao Zhilan and the others clean up the dishes.
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