May 11, 2008.
Work has already begun in the village committee's dam.
Holding banquets in rural areas is not a new thing in towns and villages.
If you look closely, this seemingly simple business actually requires a certain level of professionalism, at least that's what Huo Qianli thinks.
Lightweight and easy to store tables and chairs, one table top, one table frame and ten chairs are considered a set, and half of a small truck can hold forty or fifty sets;
A combination of various pots, pans, and bowls. When put together, they don't look complicated. A few people can carry them. But when separated, they are completely sufficient for cooking. It is best if they are made of iron or aluminum, which is durable and resistant.
The skilled chefs and the skilled helpers, some washing and cutting vegetables, some washing dishes, some arranging the stove, and even some responsible for chopping firewood, each performed their duties, and as soon as the team arrived, they quickly started working.
It’s hard to imagine that enough food for thirty or forty tables can be produced like this.
Huo Qianli watched with interest for a while, looking at the bustling scene, smelling the smoke of firewood and oil in the air, feeling impressed by the wisdom of the working people, and returned to the office with a smile.
A young man came over carrying a bag of flour, threw the flour onto the eucalyptus board supported by several benches, patted the dust off himself, and muttered: "What the hell are those toads running around these past two days? They are not afraid of people at all. I almost stepped on one to death just now."
"What's that?" A vegetable chopper kept slicing thin strips of meat, looking at the young man with a pout, "The other day in our village, the fish at the weir pond were all jumping up like a river. Silver carp, black carp, and grass carp kept jumping up. If there wasn't someone watching, I would have gone down and caught two nets."
"That's right!" The aunt squatting on the ground washing dishes echoed: "The chickens have been crowing loudly and the dogs have been howling loudly these past few days. I haven't slept well! People say something big is going to happen!"
"It's a big deal!" The chef, who is also the boss of this team, scooped up pieces of golden fried crispy meat from the oil pan with a large slotted spoon. "We eat meat and drink wine every day, what's the big deal? If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up. Why do you have to worry about it every day?"
"That's right!" Another man who was making pastries nearby smiled and pointed to a bungalow next to him, "There's so much food that it can't even be piled up in the whole house. It's enough for you to eat even if something terrible happens."
In the bungalow, which was originally used as an activity room, rice, flour, grain, oil, vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, as well as various ingredients, wine and beverages were neatly arranged.
For the three-day buffet, we need to stock up a lot of things. Today, we used the van to make four trips to get enough food!
"Hushan Village is really rich!"
"Yeah, why weren't we born in Hushan Village?"
"Hey, you're just saying that now. I asked you to come to Hushan Village two years ago, but you didn't come!"
"How can things stay the same? We need to keep up with the times!"
"Why don't you think about it? If you were the brother of that cadre Huo, you could make a lot of money like Boss Xiao Gu. Why would you still need to cut vegetables with me?"
"Oh, what a miserable life!"
"Stop talking nonsense and get to work!"
......
Huo Qianli returned to the office and looked at Jiang Qingyue's quiet profile as she read a book. He walked over with a smile, reached out to help her put her scattered hair behind her white and crystal ears, and whispered, "Are you ready?"
Jiang Qingyue placed the pen in the book, separated the pages, leaned back, leaned on him, raised her head and smiled confidently, "There's nothing to prepare."
An exam that I have been waiting for nearly three years, and the preparation has taken too long.
Huo Qianli raised his eyebrows, "At least prepare the household registration booklet?"
Jiang Qingyue's expression froze, and then she realized what Huo Qianli said, and pinched him speechlessly, "What are you thinking about!"
"Isn't what I'm thinking serious?" Huo Qianli said with a smile, "If the things in my mind were a little more inappropriate for children, our child would be almost half a year old in age."
Jiang Qingyue turned her head abruptly and stared at the pages of the book.
The blush that crept up to her ears revealed that she was not thinking about the path of saints at the moment.
Huo Qianli leaned down and whispered to her ear, "There are only more than 20 days left, keep going!"
.......
That night, almost every household in Hushan Village prepared a very shabby dinner.
Some of the more ruthless ones even don't even eat dinner.
Except Gu Daqiang's family.
Because Gu Daqiang and Gu Haitao, who had been busy outside every day recently, finally came back.
Seeing the two people's skin color getting darker, although Gu Haitao's mother was shrewd and stingy like rural women, and although there would be a buffet for three consecutive days starting from tomorrow's breakfast, she still decided to get everything ready.
But she is a smart housewife after all. After thinking about it for a while, she finally figured out a way to eat food that would not lose its class but would not waste food: hot pot.
Oh no, to be precise it can only be called maocai.
Because the Gu family has neither an induction cooker nor a gas stove.
She had no choice but to stir-fry the hot pot base and add water, then cook the pork belly slices, pork throat, tripe, mushrooms, vegetables and other ingredients according to the time schedule, and put them in a large pot in the middle of the table.
Amid the tempting spicy aroma, Huo Qianli and Lao Tang took the opportunity to enjoy a few drinks with the Mr. Gu couple.
Gu Haitao's construction company has only been open for more than two months, but it has brought him more growth than the past one or two years.
Because, the only things a person can truly understand are those principles that he or she lives out.
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