Chapter 49: I don’t want to sit at the same table with the men!
Old man Qin, his son and grandson quickly finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets. When they came back, Gu Jinghuai and the others were almost done.
The Gu family built a new house this year, and in addition to Spring Festival couplets, there are also window decorations and other things.
By the time a few people finished helping the Gu family put up the stickers, Gu Jinghuai was almost done.
Thinking that the poster had not been posted yet at the place where Zhang Xiucai and his mother lived, several people went to the place where Zhang Xiucai and his mother lived together.
By the time all the Spring Festival couplets were posted, lunch was ready for the Gu family.
Two large tables were set up today. The main hall is large, so there is no problem setting up two tables.
Looking at the newly built house of the Gu family, Old Man Qin was thinking that next year the Qin family would also build a house like the Gu family's, so that it would be convenient for more members of the Qin family to live in it.
Qin Zhizhi made all the big dishes today.
Sour cabbage, pork and blood sausage, braised pork trotters, sugar-crusted spareribs, braised salted fish, spicy rabbit meat, spicy chicken, glutinous rice and sweet lotus root, steamed pork with rice flour, double pepper fish head, and braised pork.
A total of ten dishes were made, which symbolizes perfection.
Gu's mother, Qin's mother, and Aunt Yao were arranged to sit at the men's table. Qin Zhizhi was also invited, but she declined.
Qin Zhizhi prefers the table of women and children. The dishes on both tables are the same, but there are too many people in the family, so they have to sit separately.
"Third sister, I want to sit with you." Qin Qinglin automatically put himself in the group of children. He didn't care, he wanted to sit at the same table with his third sister.
"Fourth brother, come here quickly. You work hard in the restaurant every day. Just take whatever you want to eat. Don't be restrained in our own home."
Qin Zhizhi loves Qin Qinglin very much. If he wants to sit with her, then he can sit with her. She wants to be happy during the New Year.
"I like all the dishes that Third Sister cooks. Today I can finally feast on them."
"Then eat more. Third Sister will make something different for you tonight."
"Thank you, Third Sister. You don't know that the recipes Third Sister gave to Chef Zhang are always popular. Some customers even quarreled over not being able to get the dishes."
Qin Qinglin couldn't help laughing when he thought about the limited dishes that customers were fighting over.
Looking at the dishes on the table now, he was even happier. There were many of them that they didn’t even have the chance to grab.
"Is it really selling so well?" Mrs. Li was a little surprised when she heard her son say that.
"Mom, you don't know how much the customers love the dishes Third Sister came up with, especially the stir-fried pork. Even though we don't have fresh chili peppers anymore, they still ask for it every time they come."
What Qin Qinglin admires most now is his third sister, because everything she cooks is delicious.
Talking about his third sister and the restaurant, Qin Qinglin was so excited that he even forgot to eat.
"Fourth brother, hurry up and eat the food. Some of these dishes are not available in your restaurant. Third sister often makes them for us. Come and try them too."
Qin Qinghui picked up some food and put it in Qin Qinglin's bowl, urging him to try it quickly.
"Thank you, Fifth Brother!"
Qin Qinglin didn't want to talk after tasting it. It was so delicious. He felt that his third sister's cooking tasted better than Chef Zhang's.
"Third sister, this is delicious, wow, this is delicious too."
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The people at the nearby table heard Qin Qinglin's exclamation and all went to grab the dishes he had just tasted. The other children were afraid that Qin Qinglin would eat up all their favorites, so they also hurried to grab some.
Qin Zhizhi didn't expect that her fourth brother had this ability.
Qin Zhizhi made the most of the candied pork ribs, but because Qin Qinglin joined the table, this was the first dish to be finished. Seeing the empty plates, several children almost cried.
Mrs. Qin directly distributed most of the sweet and sour pork ribs from the men's table to the children's table. Qin Qinglin scratched his head embarrassedly.
The men's table was still drinking, so the women and children's table had finished fighting, while the men's table was still drinking.
Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Yao have already left the table.
In the kitchen.
"Zhizhi, can we sit with you next time?" As soon as Mrs. Gu asked this question, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Yao also looked at her expectantly.
Qin Zhizhi smiled and said, "You are the elders, it is more appropriate for you to sit at that table."
"Zhizhi, grandma wants to sit at the same table with you."
"Auntie wants to too."
Qin Zhizhi burst out laughing. It seems that no matter what time, women are unwilling to sit at the same table with drinking men.
"Okay, you can sit with us tonight." Qin Zhizhi understood them, so she agreed to their wish.
When they heard that they didn't have to sit with the men, they became happy.
After lunch, it’s time to prepare dinner. How can the New Year’s Eve dinner be without dumplings?
There are really a lot of people from the Qin family, the Gu family, and Zhang Xiucai's mother and son. Fortunately, there are many people working, otherwise it would take until dark just to make dumplings.
Qin Zhizhi assigned tasks to everyone, and in order to make the New Year lively, everyone had to work together.
Qin Shan took Qin He and Qin Jiang to chop firewood, while Zhang Xiucai and Gu Jinghuai went to the study. Zhang Xiucai gave them guidance on writing and told them what to pay attention to in the county examination.
Old man Qin asked his children to help stack the chopped firewood so that it would be easier to burn.
In the kitchen, some people were kneading the dough, some were chopping the stuffing, some were washing things, and Qin Zhizhi was responsible for preparing the stuffing and the side dishes.
After all, we can’t just eat dumplings at night, we have to cook other dishes too.
Considering that tomorrow is the first day of the new year, Qin Zhizhi wants to make some fried peanuts to eat when paying New Year's greetings tomorrow.
Qin Zhizhi was a man who would do anything he said. She walked to the kitchen door and called out to Qin He in the yard, "Dad, help me build a temporary stove and then go to the warehouse in the back and carry a bag of peanuts over."
"Zhizhi, Third Uncle is better at riding than your father, so Third Uncle will ride for you."
When Qin Jiang heard that his niece wanted to build a stove, he stopped chopping firewood and directly took over his second brother's job.
"Thank you, Uncle San. Dad, please help me carry the peanuts."
"You are not as good as me, just talk nonsense to Zhizhi."
Qin He was not angry when his younger brother took over his job. He also doted on his younger brother. He said Qin Jiang, but still went to the warehouse obediently to carry peanuts.
"Why are you still so silly and happy? Hurry up and build a stove for Zhizhi."
Seeing that his second son had already taken action and his youngest son was still laughing foolishly, Old Man Qin couldn't help but urge him.
"Hey, Dad, I'm going right now. I promise to build a satisfactory stove for Zhizhi."
Qin Jiang was just feeling happy about having taken over his second brother's job, but when his father scolded him, he quickly took action and took a basket from the yard to load the bricks.
When Qin He came back with the peanuts, he saw that his younger brother had not yet finished building the stove, so he joined him. Soon, the temporary stove that Qin Zhizhi wanted was built.
"Zhizhi, the stove you asked for is ready, come and take a look."
Qin Jiang shouted towards the kitchen, and Qin Zhizhi answered and came over.
Qin Zhizhi was very satisfied. It was what she wanted. She was most confident in the work of her third uncle.
Thinking about frying peanuts later, he said to them, "Dad, Uncle San, go to the river and dig up some sand. It's better to dig it up from the dry sand."
"Zhizhi, what do you want the sand for?"
"Fried peanuts!"
"That thing is so sticky that it gets stuck in your teeth. You can't eat it."
Qin He and Qin Jiang were very surprised, but were scolded by Old Man Qin.
"My granddaughter said she can eat it, so why don't you go and ask so many questions?"
Under the tyranny of Old Man Qin, the two men could only go to the river to dig sand. As they walked, they muttered that Old Man Qin was biased.
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