After all the dishes were washed and prepared, Gu Qingbei rode his bike to the station to pick people up, while Jiang Mengxue cooked at home.
A piece of pork belly was cut directly into large slices about ten centimeters long and two centimeters thick, and fried in a pan to remove the fat. Boiled eggs and green peppers were fried to remove the tiger skin, and spices, light soy sauce and soy sauce were added to the pan and cooked. It was Jiang Mengxue's first time trying braised pork, and it looked pretty good.
The black fish is made into grilled fish, and the side dishes include bean sprouts, bean curd skin, tofu, and potato chips.
Jiang Mengxue ordered large portions of each dish. With so many people, the children ate even more than the adults.
Slice the sausages and steam them in a pot. One is spicy and the other is not.
Half a dried chicken was soaked in water for a few hours in advance and then fried with dried mushrooms. The mushrooms were picked by my sisters-in-law in the mountains. The stewed chicken was particularly fragrant.
For the vegetarian dishes, I stir-fried shredded potatoes and pickled cabbage, opened a can of yellow peaches and filled the table with them.
The fermented dough was kneaded into round dough, let it rise for ten minutes and then steamed. Dozens of steamed buns made from the dough were made.
It was Jiang Mengxue's first time to treat everyone to a meal, and she was always worried that she might not have done something thoughtful enough and would have to trouble others for help. She had to show some sincerity, and even prepared glass bottles of soda for the children.
Everyone in the yard could smell the fragrance from the central courtyard, and the children who came home for lunch all went home to ask for meat, and every household was scolding their children.
"Eat, eat, eat. I earn a few bucks a month and still eat meat. If I don't eat, forget it."
This is the disadvantage of living in a slum. From the moment you walk in the door, you are watched by everyone. What are you going to eat tonight and what are you having at home? The people in the compound may know it better than you do.
But if anything happens in normal times, it is still these people who can help.
Jiang Mengxue planned to not cook meat after today's meal. If the two of them wanted to eat, they could just go to the state-owned restaurant. They were not short of money anyway, and it was better than having everyone in the yard say they were a spendthrift.
When all the meals were ready and several people had not returned yet, Jiang Mengxue put the dishes in a steamer and kept them warm on top of the pot.
I took the yarn bag and waited at the door. The yarn in my hand was almost used up after these few days, so I tried to make it looser so that I could wear warm clothes inside in winter.
It is particularly lively outside today, with people everywhere jubilant and celebrating the eighth anniversary of the founding of our country.
Jiang Mengxue originally planned to go to the square with Gu Qingbei to see how lively it would be, but now she has to give up.
“Ding ding ding…”
Jiang Mengxue looked up and saw Gu Qingbei and others pushing a cart towards them.
When Jiang Mengran saw her sister, she immediately ran over and took her hand.
When he first arrived in the city, he didn't know anyone. Gu Qingbei only saw him once when he was getting ready to go to work before dawn in the morning. He only knew that he was the one who had a blind date with his sister.
I came to pick her up at the station today. If she hadn't seen that glance, she really wouldn't have dared to follow me. Now that she saw her sister, she felt relieved.
Gu Qingbei was also helpless. Ever since he picked up his sister-in-law, she had been looking at him with suspicion. If they hadn't been walking at a distance, passersby would have thought he was a human trafficker.
"Mengxue, let me introduce you. This is my former comrade-in-arms, Li Qiang, who works at the Railway Bureau. This is my sister-in-law, Wang Hong. The ones behind are all from Brother Qiang's family. The eldest is Li Hongxing, the second is Li Hongjun, and the third is Li Hongqi."
As soon as Jiang Mengxue saw him, she understood why Gu Qingbei always called him Laohei. His skin color was indeed quite dark. The saying that there are wrong names but no wrong nicknames is true. He was dark and strong.
Although Wang Hong is not very pretty, she is also very good-looking. She is shorter than Jiang Mengxue and looks very strong.
Thinking about it, I also stepped forward to say hello: "Brother Qiang, sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you this time."
"What's the trouble, sister? It was originally his quota, so how big of a deal would it be if he gave it to his sister?
I didn't believe Brother Gu when he said he was married, but now I see she's really beautiful in person. This guy is lucky."
Li Qiang also nodded to Jiang Mengxue.
I didn't expect that Mrs. Wang Hong was really talkative and there wasn't a dull moment.
"Haha, sister-in-law, you are indeed a straightforward person. Sister-in-law Qiang, let's go in first. The food is ready and is hot in the pot."
Fortunately, the room was big enough to put the dining table in the middle and have room for people to sit around it.
Dishes were served one by one, and steamed buns were placed in a basket lined with a cloth. Whoever wanted to eat could just take it.
The steamed buns Jiang Mengxue makes now are not the small ones the size of a fist. They are the big steamed buns from the north that cannot be held in both hands. So she is not worried about not having enough to eat even though she made so many today.
"Look at you, sister. Why did you prepare so much? We can just have a simple meal. It would be such a waste if we had to eat so much in one meal."
Wang Hong was still holding a cloth bag in her hand, which contained food rations for her family. Now she felt a little embarrassed to show it off.
She thought that at most one meat dish would be enough as a token of her appreciation, but she didn't expect that Gu Qingbei's family was also so generous.
"Look at what sister-in-law said. As long as we eat it, it is not a waste. Brother Qiang and sister-in-law, just sit down. The children also sit down and eat. Don't be polite."
Gu Qingbei and Li Qiang sat with two wine glasses in front of them. The wine was bought by Gu Qingbei at the supply and marketing cooperative. Since he was going to entertain guests at home, he couldn't have no wine at all.
There was a glass of soda prepared in front of the woman and the child.
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