Each dish comes in portions of two and they are generous.
All the venison, leopard meat, pheasant, rabbit, etc. that were previously available at home were used up.
Chen Wang also bought pork, beef and mutton from the town. In addition, there was soup made from crucian carp and boiled fish made from grass carp.
The invited guests looked at the greasy and delicious dishes on the two tables, their throats rolling and swallowing madly.
"There are so many dishes, all of them are meat..."
Erniu's eyes widened slightly, with an expression of disbelief on her face.
"The braised pork my sister-in-law made is delicious. Let's eat more later."
The little girl whispered beside her.
Erniu was in a daze and nodded vigorously.
This is much better than the New Year dishes she has at home.
The little one just fell asleep after drinking milk. When they heard that it was time to eat, they hurried out.
"Sit down, everyone. Why are you still standing? You can eat now."
Chen Wang came out with two plates of mutton stewed with radish and shouted loudly.
Everyone moved upon hearing this and sat down around the two dining tables.
Including Erniu, there were a total of ten guests invited, plus Chen Wang's family of three and Chen Dazhuang's family of three, coincidentally, there were exactly 16 people.
Although Chen Wang said several times that it was time to eat, everyone sat down without picking up their chopsticks, waiting for Chen Wang and the three women who had been busy in the kitchen all afternoon.
There is no local custom of women not sitting at the table, and many men are very good to their wives, especially those who are gentle and virtuous.
After all the dishes were served, Lin Xiuqin and the other two came over and sat at the table with the two little girls. Chen Wang, the village chief and Doctor Zhang also sat here.
Everyone else sat at another table, and the two eight-person tables were exactly full.
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