Most people were very anxious. They came here specifically to eat, so why was it closed?
That won’t do. I have to ask my boss if there’s any good news.
So, I asked around in the shops and found out that the owner was celebrating his 50th birthday and lived not far away, in Xinghua Village outside the city.
It is said that the chefs for the banquet are the brother and sister of this private chef.
So, some people became interested and went to try it.
It’s someone’s 60th birthday, so this gift should be given!
Well, just give me a hundred coins!
It’s even more cost-effective than a private chef!
Some of them wanted to take advantage, while others really wanted to celebrate the old man's birthday, and they all planned to have a meal together during the fifth day of the New Year.
We are all from Yunzhou anyway!
Some people even want to eat the longevity noodles on the fourth night of the New Year.
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Early in the morning on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, many vehicles came to Xinghua Village, all delivering food to the Cheng family.
The villagers of Xinghua Village also went to the Cheng family to help one by one.
Build the stove, wash the pots and dishes, help set the tables and chairs, pick the vegetables...
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Cheng family became lively.
Cheng Wu took Cheng Jinxing, his brothers who were on leave from the yamen, and the young men in the village into the mountains to get firewood.
The village was close to the back mountain, and everyone in the Cheng family had their own work to do, so they would wait until the day of the event to get firewood.
As the manager of the entire banquet, Zhang Lizheng had already written on red paper what the helpers should do.
As the head chef of the kitchen, Cheng Yue also arranged the people assigned to the kitchen by Zhang Lizheng.
The Cheng family’s kitchen is used for steaming rice, with a large steamer and three maids.
Stir-fried dishes and stewed dishes are all cooked on a stove built under a big tree outside Cheng's house.
Gu Xuelan was busy getting things for everyone, and if anything was missing, she would find it.
Jiang was also busy.
Xue Hanyu took Ning Wazi out to play. After she stopped going to Ruyi Manor, she would go for a walk in the village with Jiang after dinner, and she got to know some of the villagers.
Everyone in the village knew her and knew that she had a good relationship with the county magistrate, so no one would make things difficult for her.
As soon as lunch on the fourth day of the New Year was over, Cheng Jinyan sat at a table at the door of the main hall.
There are pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.
Sitting with him were the eldest son of Zhang Lizheng and a blacksmith named Liu from the village.
Among the three people, one is responsible for keeping accounts, one is responsible for receiving gifts, and one is responsible for giving gifts in return.
The return gift was finally decided to be ten cents, wrapped in a red envelope, ten cents per household. One family had just packed it last night, and two hundred households were prepared. If there were more than two hundred households, they would have asked someone to pack more.
The lunch was simple, but there were several dishes on the table.
Almost every table had finished their meal.
At the time of Shen, guests who were not familiar with the Cheng family or did not know them at all came to eat birthday noodles.
"Excuse me, uncle, where are you from? Are you a relative of my grandmother's?"
Cheng Jinxing looked at the person in front of him whom he was not familiar with and asked in confusion.
"Hey, kid, I'm a guest of your private kitchen. Didn't I hear from the shop next door that the old man is celebrating his 50th birthday? So I came. I live in Mahua Lane, East City, Taoyuan County. Thanks, Old Third!"
Xie Laosan chuckled and threw the silver in his hand to Liu the blacksmith.
Liu the blacksmith roughly counted it and found five hundred coins.
Cheng Jinxing took note of it, and then Zhang Lizheng's eldest son gave him a red envelope as a return gift.
Xie Laosan smiled and turned around to find a place to sit.
"Hey! Xie Laosan, you little brat are here too! Why didn't you call me?"
"Dong Laowu, come and sit down quickly, or you'll miss the first bus!"
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