With Lin Guodong watching over her, Aunt Zhao went home first.
After Zhang Jiao finished her IV drip, the three of them returned home, only to find that Zhang's mother had already packed her things and run away.
Zhang Jiao was completely heartbroken by her mother's behavior. Her mother didn't keep a close eye on Junjun, letting him run away and almost get hit by a car and lost. Instead of helping to find the child, her mother just ran away by herself!
After learning that Junjun was missing, all the neighbors and even her estranged grandmother went to help look for him.
She, the grandmother who didn't watch the child properly, actually ran away secretly. Could such a grandmother really do such a thing?
When Lin Yongnian got home from get off work, he heard that Zhang's mother hadn't kept a close eye on Junjun, who had secretly run away and almost gotten lost, and nearly been hit by a car. He was furious and scolded Zhang's mother.
He also said that he would never allow Zhang's mother to set foot in the Lin family home again.
next day
It was only 7:30 a.m. when the young men from the Honglian Brigade delivered five slaughtered geese, a slaughtered goat, and the vegetables the shop needed.
As soon as the goods arrived, Li Yunshu and Qin Rong got busy.
A sixty-pound mountain goat was chopped into pieces and soaked in cold water to remove the blood.
During this break, I processed the goose, chopped it into pieces, blanched it, stir-fried it twice in a pot with seasonings, and then added water to cover the goose.
Once the water boils, scoop it out with a ladle and transfer it to an aluminum pot in the back stove hole. Simmer it over low heat. The pot is filled to the brim with five geese.
Next, put the mutton that has been soaked to remove blood into a large pot to blanch it. After blanching, wash off the surface foam and put it into the large pot you usually use for stewing bone broth. Add enough boiling water, and put in the pot with ginger slices, scallion segments, peppercorns, angelica root and other spices wrapped in gauze. Cover the pot and simmer.
After preparing the mutton stew, Li Yunshu started preparing the ingredients for the pork, cabbage, and glass noodle stew. The pork, cabbage, and glass noodle stew doesn't need to be stewed for a long time, so there's no rush.
Qin Ye and Qin Rong were still kneading dough and chopping filling, not wasting a single moment.
I used this pot of bone broth to make mutton soup. The shop doesn't sell bone broth today, only dumpling soup.
Li Yunshu prepared the dishes and even made dumplings with Qin Ye and the others for a while.
It was almost 11 o'clock before I finally finished making the pork, cabbage, and glass noodle stew.
The pork, cabbage, and vermicelli stew was prepared in the same way. After boiling water in a large iron pot, it was then ladled into a large aluminum pot and stewed.
The aroma of braised goose in an iron pot and mutton soup wafted out of the shop, attracting many people to come in and ask if they sold mutton soup.
When they learned that the mutton soup wasn't being sold, everyone who had made a reservation was quite disappointed. They thought they could just have some dumplings at the shop to satisfy their cravings, but the water for cooking dumplings hadn't boiled yet, so they had to wait.
Some people, drawn by the aroma of the mutton soup, chose to sit down and wait; others simply left; and still others bought two servings of raw dumplings and cooked them at home.
"Xiao Ye, is your shop making mutton soup yet? I can smell the aroma from far away. Quickly, give us each a big bowl." Teacher Wang and several regular customers lifted the windproof curtain and walked in.
"It's so cold today, it feels like it's snowing. It's perfect for mutton soup."
"That's right."
Qin Ye greeted him and said, "I'm sorry, Teacher Wang, this mutton soup has been reserved by someone else, so we're not selling it."
"Who made the reservation?" Teacher Wang asked.
Qin Ye said, "It's Captain Gu who often comes to the store. He's been promoted to deputy director and he's treating us to dinner here. He booked five tables."
Teacher Wang frowned and said, "Can't you give us four bowls?"
“Four small bowls will do.”
"This..." Qin Ye looked towards the kitchen with difficulty.
Li Yunshu stepped forward and said, "Teacher Wang, this won't do. I was worried that there wouldn't be enough mutton soup. How about this? I'll call the sheep delivery company this afternoon and ask them to send another sheep tomorrow. I'll stew a pot of mutton soup tomorrow, and you can drink as much as you want."
"Sigh." Teacher Wang sighed regretfully, "Alright, alright, I thought I could have some mutton soup today."
The soup was really hard to mix evenly, and they couldn't make things difficult for the person who wanted it.
Finally, they each had a plate of dumplings.
Lin Jianshe was having a bit of a bad day. He had just finished getting ready at 12 o'clock, grabbed his shopping bags and headed out. Before he even left the alley on his bicycle, a bird pooped on his coat.
He wiped it with a cloth but it still smelled bad, so he had to go home, change into a cotton coat, and set off again.
But halfway through the journey, the bicycle tire was punctured by broken glass on the ground.
He had no choice but to push his bicycle around looking for a bicycle repair shop, and it took him almost an hour to find one.
I found a tire repairman, but he wasn't there, so I waited.
After waiting for half an hour, the mechanic finally returned. By the time he finished fixing the tire, it was already 10 o'clock.
Lin Jianshe was also hungry, so he thought he would find a restaurant nearby to eat, and then go to the Li family's house in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Li, Mr. and Mrs. Gu, and Li Boyan arrived at the dumpling shop before Gu Zhen and the others.
Li Boyan drove the car and brought it all over in one go.
As soon as they entered the shop, Qin Ye led them to a table further inside, where it was warmer and a little quieter, and quickly poured them tea.
Li Yunshu also came out of the kitchen and called out to everyone.
The other customers in the shop, upon hearing her call out "Dad, Mom, Brother," all stared intently at Master Li and Li Boyan. "So this is the Commander and the Army Commander! They certainly have extraordinary bearing; they look different from ordinary people."
They actually ate at the same restaurant as Si and the commander! That means they ate with Si and the commander. They could brag about that for the rest of their lives.
"Mom, Aunt Mu, aren't you cold?" Li Yunshu asked. "If you are, I'll go get two hot water bottles for you to hold."
Grandma Yu shook her head, "I'm not cold, I'm warm."
Grandma Mu also said, "It's not cold, it's just cold. Your words warmed my heart."
Li Yunshu shook her head and smiled, then asked, "Is Sister Qiuhua coming today?"
She asked Gu Qiuhua, Gu Zhenyuan's older sister.
Grandma Mu shook her head. "She's not coming. She has something to do today."
She said that a young couple in her workplace got married, and she went to be the officiant.
Li Yunshu nodded and asked, "Are you hungry? Would you like a bowl of mutton soup to warm your stomachs first?"
Master Li said, "We're not hungry. Let's wait for Zhenyuan and the others to arrive before we eat together."
Today, Jin-won is treating us to dinner. Jin-won and the others haven't arrived yet, so it's not appropriate for them to start eating first.
As they were speaking, the windshield was lifted, and Gu Zhenyuan, wearing a gray overcoat, walked in with a group of police officers.
He was wearing a deputy director's uniform under his coat, and a group of police officers followed behind him. People said he looked quite handsome and imposing.
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