Hu Guilan took a bite and immediately frowned, "The salt is a little too little this time. If you think it's bland, you can add some salt."
Li Ju picked up a piece of duck meat and put it in her mouth, mumbling, "I think it's okay."
"I think it's okay too." After saying that, Li Xu took another sip and then made a regretful expression, "It would be even better if it was an old duck that had been raised for two or three years."
This made Hu Guilan laugh and cry. "Food is so precious these days, who would be willing to feed the ducks? Where can I find two or three-year-old ducks?"
As we all know, soup cooked with drakes is much more delicious than soup cooked with hen ducks.
And the longer the duck is raised, the sweeter the duck soup will be.
Although the ducks sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives, which are only a few months old, are still sweet in taste, they are still quite different from the soup made with old ducks in Li Xu's memory.
Hearing her words, Li Xu sighed, "That makes sense. I was greedy. Now I should be satisfied with just having duck soup."
In just a few bites, Li Xu finished it all.
Li Ju was still savoring the food in small sips, her big eyes narrowed with joy.
After eating half of it, Hu Guilan took out a spoon and fed it to Li Wenbai bit by bit.
Seeing how Li Wenbai accepted everyone, Li Xu was very suspicious that this guy would become a fat man in the future...
After everyone finished drinking the duck soup, Li Xu naturally took on the task of cleaning up the dishes.
Hu Guilan went back to the kitchen to cook dinner.
When Li Jiakang and his friends got home from get off work, they kept drooling over the duck soup.
"Don't look at me. I made a lot of soup this time. You can have enough to drink tonight."
Hearing Li Xu's words, Li Jiakang looked at him suspiciously, "You kid aren't craving duck soup, did you sneak some in the afternoon?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Am I the kind of person who would cheat on others?"
"I think it's quite similar."
Li Xu chuckled and said, "If you don't believe me, ask my younger sister."
Li Jiakang turned around and asked Li Ju without hesitation, "Dear, did your second brother eat something secretly this afternoon?"
"No." Then Li Ju ran to Sun Xiu and looked at him angrily.
Li Xu was naturally not surprised by this answer.
Because he told Li Ju that they were tasting the duck soup in order to find out its shortcomings.
This isn't considered stealing...
Seeing Li Ju's expression, Sun Xiu and the others were stunned.
"Xiaoju, why do you look at your dad like that?"
"Mom, Dad is a liar."
"Liar? How did you know?"
Li Ju directly told what happened in the morning.
After hearing this, Sun Xiu glared at Li Jiakang fiercely, then she picked up Li Ju and said with a smile, "Xiao Ju, your father is not a liar. Your eldest sister is not at home, and no one knows what she will do."
In order to maintain Li Jiakang's glorious image in Li Ju's mind, Sun Xiu has taken great pains.
After thinking for a moment, Li Ju asked, "Mom, do you think my eldest sister will speak up for Dad?"
Of course not.
This thought flashed through Sun Xiu's mind, but he said, "It's possible, it's also possible. No one knows now, so you can't say your father is a liar, understand?"
"Oh, I see." Li Ju nodded her head, not quite understanding.
Li Xu curled his lips, but didn't say anything more.
The kid Li Chen was very happy standing aside.
After a while, a sumptuous dinner was ready.
Looking at the large bowl of chicken on the table, everyone picked up a piece and started eating without saying a word.
The food tasted so good that everyone kept eating with their chopsticks.
Li Xu and his friends would take a sip of wine from time to time.
This made Li Jiakang very envious.
He opened his mouth several times to say that he wanted to drink some, but Li Xu refused every time.
In the end, the whole big pot of chicken was eaten up, even the soup inside was gone.
After finishing the main course, everyone drank two bowls of duck soup.
Fortunately, Hu Guilan made a lot of soup, and there was some left over to have for breakfast tomorrow.
After dinner, Hu Guilan sighed, "We can only have two full meals a day, but even so, the chicken and duck for dinner are almost eaten up. I wonder how much other families have to eat in one meal to make up for it."
Li Xu responded with a smile, "I know that. My colleague's family is planning to cook two chickens and a duck today. They say they want to have a good meal. There are only five people in their family."
He was talking about Xiao Jianping.
When the two of them were chatting today, Xiao Jianping said this, and he looked shocked.
Because he felt that there were few people in Xiao Jianping's family and they probably couldn't eat that much.
But after processing chickens and ducks during the day, he discovered that the difference in weight before and after slaughter was not small at all.
Now it seems that Xiao Jianping's family will probably still rely on duck soup to fill their stomachs...
Li Ping smacked his lips. "They're really generous. This meal cost over 20 yuan."
"We don't eat like this every meal. We must save some money in the future." Then Li Xu seemed to remember something and continued, "Oh, big brother, pick the chickens and ducks from the yard and send them to Uncle Hu. After you pick them, I'll take a chicken and we can eat the remaining two ducks at home."
Sun Xiu quickly asked, "Xiao Xu, are you only planning to send a chicken and a duck to Xiao Hong's family?"
Li Xu nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Du's family doesn't lack this money. They will definitely buy a lot. I don't need to give so much. It's enough to show my appreciation."
Since he said so, Sun Xiu and others naturally said nothing more, "Okay, I'll give you the money for the two ducks later."
"I bought those two ducks specifically for my family. I don't want your money."
They looked at each other, and Sun Xiu said, "Okay, wait until we come back before going to Xiaohong's house. We'll send the things to your grandma's house first."
Li Xu naturally had no objection.
As for Li Ping, he went with them to see Old Lady Sun.
For convenience, he also specially brought four chickens and ducks and two bottles of wine given by Li Xu, intending to give them to Hu Guilan's parents' home.
After the three people left, Li Xu and Hu Guilan started chatting.
Li Chen and Li Ju stopped playing and sat obediently on the stools to digest the food in their stomachs.
After chatting for a while, there was a knock on the Li family's gate.
Li Xu and Hu Guilan were both stunned. Who would come here at this time?
Walking to the gate, he looked through the crack at the person outside, then Li Xu quickly opened the gate and said in surprise, "Old Fu, why are you here at this time?"
That’s right, the person who came was Fu Qing.
"What, you don't welcome me?" Fu Qing said unhappily.
Li Xu waved his hands repeatedly, "No, come on, come inside and sit for a while."
Fortunately, he asked Li Ju and others to go to other rooms, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
Walking into the main room, Fu Qing saw that there was no one in the room, so he asked, "Where are Uncle Li and the others?"
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