Chapter 627: Reunion? (Page 1/2)
Time flies like a white horse, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is here in the blink of an eye.
Huo Qingci had solemnly promised Shan Ke that he would treat all the doctors in their department to a banquet to celebrate the holidays together.
In order to fulfill this promise, he took great pains and started preparing the ingredients for the Mid-Autumn Festival the night before.
On the night of August 14th, everything was quiet and people were all asleep.
Huo Qingci had not rested yet. He was busy in the space kitchen.
I saw him skillfully light the fire, boil a pot of boiling water, and then swiftly slaughter a fat old hen and a gray duck, and throw them into the pot to singe their feathers.
It took him half an hour to clean the hair off their bodies. After processing the poultry, he turned and went into the warehouse.
Take out a golden and fragrant dried hairtail and six pieces of firm dried mackerel.
Soak them in water so they can be stewed and pan-fried tomorrow at noon. After finishing all this, Huo Qingci went to take a bath and sleep peacefully...
At 11:30 am on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huo Qingci went to ask Director Yang for leave. After getting permission, he returned to the dormitory early to prepare lunch.
After a busy hour, Huo Qingci prepared the lunch and put it on the table. He carefully prepared six dishes that were delicious in appearance, aroma and taste.
One of the dishes is Haishi’s local signature braised duck, the rich and mellow aroma of the sauce is mouth-watering.
There was no way, because except for him and Shan Ke, all other doctors were from Hai City.
He not only made braised duck, but also boiled chicken, braised hairtail, pan-fried mackerel, braised tofu with beef sauce and pickled cabbage.
He took a bowl of pickles from the jar, and took out all the peanuts, melon seeds, peanuts and white wine he bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, and the mooncakes and fruits distributed by the unit, and filled the small dining table.
Then he borrowed a few chairs from his neighbors. Just as he had arranged them, he saw the director and a group of office colleagues coming with gifts.
Huo Qingci hurriedly asked everyone to take a seat. Shan Ke looked at the table full of delicious food and wine and couldn't help swallowing.
Yang Zhiyuan smiled and praised, "I never thought that Deputy Director Huo is not only an excellent doctor, but also a great cook. He is truly a role model for us men!"
Zhu Yongsheng agreed with a smile, "Director Yang, our Deputy Director Huo is not only good-looking, but also cooks dishes very well. We should all learn from him. No wonder he is so popular with female comrades."
Huo Qingci's smile faded after hearing what Zhu Yongsheng said. They should just enjoy the festival, why bring up how he attracts women?
Shan Ke seemed to notice Huo Qingci's unhappiness and quickly tried to smooth things over, "Oh, looking at all this delicious food makes me hungry."
"Everyone please take a seat! I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Please enjoy your meal and drinks."
The reason why Huo Qingci chose to invite them to lunch at noon was because his colleagues would go home in the evening to have a reunion dinner with their families.
Originally, he had no intention of treating anyone to a meal. The reason he agreed to Shan Ke's invitation was to politely refuse him and not cook with him.
Also, he is the second-in-command of the department, and he will be staying in Hai City for two years. During these two years, he must build good relationships with them so that he can carry out his work smoothly.
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Huo Qingci treated his colleagues to delicious food and wine and celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with them. In Beijing, since Huo Qingci was not at home, they had a reunion dinner at his parents' house this Mid-Autumn Festival.
The reunion dinner was arranged in the evening. Lin Man and the others had lunch at home at noon. Throughout the morning, the fourth uncle, the younger uncle and the younger aunt took turns coming to give the old man holiday gifts.
Even some leaders of the army sent people to give the old man Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.
The table was piled high with fruits, moon cakes, cigarettes, alcohol, tea, as well as various canned foods and candies. There was also a basket of hairy crabs on the ground that had been sent by a leader.
This is also why Fourth Aunt and Younger Aunt always like to gossip about their family behind their backs, saying that they are taking advantage of Grandpa.
No matter whether it is the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, grandpa's birthday or Chinese New Year, they will come to give grandpa holiday gifts. They all think that the gifts grandpa receives are eaten by her children.
In fact, most of the nutritional supplements were given to old comrades by her grandfather, and her children only ate a small part of them.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Lin Man saw that her grandfather had left by car. She waited for the children to come home from school and took them to her parents-in-law's house for a reunion dinner.
Lin Man rode her old bicycle with her twin children, while Huo Yining rode the new bicycle his parents bought for him with his younger brother Huo Yian, and they went to their grandparents' house together.
Huo Qingci's old bicycle was given to his father Huo Junshan a long time ago, and Lin Man's old bicycle is usually ridden by Huo Yian. Lin Man plans to buy a new bicycle for her second son Huo Yian when he turns ten years old.
After all, they will all go to high school in the city in the future, and it will be inconvenient to go to and from school without a bicycle. She doesn't plan to let her children live in school.
If Huo Qinghuan gets admitted to university, Lin Man plans to let him live in the courtyard house next year. Her eldest son Huo Yining will go to high school in the city in September next year, and she can ask him to help take care of Huo Yining then.
When Lin Man slowly walked over with a group of children, she saw her mother-in-law placing delicious dishes on the dining table with a smile on her face, and Huo Qinghuan beside her was also helping to arrange the dishes with nimble hands.
At this time, Huo Qingyan's family had arrived early. They sat around the table, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Grandpa and father-in-law sat opposite each other, drinking tea and talking excitedly.
At this moment, Huo Yichen caught a glimpse of Huo Yiwen who had just walked in. He quickly reached out and picked up a crystal clear pomelo that exuded an alluring aroma from the table. He handed it to Huo Yiwen with a smile on his face and kindly urged, "Wenwen, come and taste this fresh pomelo!"
Huo Yiwen quickly stepped forward, happily took the pomelo, and politely thanked him: "Okay, thank you, Brother Chen!"
At the same time, Huo Rou quickly picked out a mooncake from the fruit plate filled with various fruits and flew to Huo Yixin like a happy little bird.
She gently put the mooncake into Huo Yixin's hand and said with a smile: "Xinxin, today is Mid-Autumn Festival, you must eat mooncakes!"
Huo Yixin took the mooncake with a smile, her eyes sparkling with joy, "Thank you, little aunt! But I think we should have dinner first, and then we can taste the mooncakes and watch the moon in the yard together." As she said that, she carefully put the mooncake back into the fruit plate.
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