After Mrs. Yan prepared the stir-fried pork, she continued with the stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.
At this moment, there was suddenly a lively sound of talking in the yard.
There are male voices, female voices, and children's voices.
There was a joyous atmosphere for a moment.
Old Madam Yan glanced toward the window and said with a smile, "It's your third aunt's family, your fourth aunt's family, and your uncle who are back."
After a few minutes, Yan Guodong came into the kitchen and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Old Madam Yan stirred the food in the pot and glanced at him, "Can't you see the work? Can you set the table?"
Yan Guodong was choked by these words.
Yan Ning glanced at him and smiled secretly.
"I'll do it, I'll do it. You go outside and talk to Dad and the others." Yan Shulian walked into the kitchen and took over the conversation.
Yan Guodong nodded and left the kitchen.
Yan Shulian counted the bowls and placed them on the table, and put the rice in the bowl first.
Yan Shuhe also came into the kitchen to help.
Yan Ning had also prepared two dishes of crayfish. She washed the pot and continued to make the braised pork.
The braised pork made by Yan Ning is delicious, and Cen Xi likes it very much, but she only cooks occasionally and has few opportunities to cook.
After Mrs. Yan finished making scrambled eggs with tomatoes, she started stir-frying lettuce, and finally made a dish of spinach with garlic.
After all the dishes were cooked, several people brought the food to the table.
Chicken soup with chicken mushroom, steamed hairy crab, steamed fish, braised fish, spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish, braised pork, stir-fried pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, cold cucumber salad, stir-fried lettuce, and garlic spinach.
The food on the table today is even more sumptuous than during the Chinese New Year.
Old Madam Yan stood at the door of the main hall and called out, "It's time for dinner."
The people who were sitting and chatting in the pavilion got up and went into the house to eat.
My third uncle's family and my fourth uncle's family entered the main room and saw a table full of dishes, most of which were filled with meat.
I suddenly sighed in my heart, life is so good now!
Even these city people can't compare to them.
The dining table in the main room is a round table, which is large enough for so many people to sit together.
Old Master Yan sat in the first seat, and to the right were Old Lady Yan, Yan Ning, second aunt Song Xiuyuan, third aunt Yan Shuhe, fourth aunt Yan Shulian, fourth aunt's youngest daughter Qin Bingbing, and third aunt's eldest daughter Xiao Xue.
On the right of Mr. Yan are his second uncle Yan Guoshu, his younger uncle Yan Guodong, his third aunt's father-in-law Xiao Zhiguo, his fourth aunt's father-in-law Qin Liming, his fourth aunt's eldest son Qin Haoyuan, Yan Yuqi, Yan Yulin, his third aunt's second son Xiao Lei, and his third aunt's youngest son Xiao Ze.
When a group of people came in, Yan Ning felt that there was a girl among them who looked very familiar.
When everyone was seated, Old Lady Yan introduced Yan Ning to her third aunt's family and fourth aunt's family.
When Xiao Xue was introduced, Yan Ning raised his eyebrows calmly.
When Xiao Xue saw Yan Ning when she walked in, she remembered that she had seen this girl before when they shared a table together in a state-owned restaurant.
When Old Lady Yan called out her name, she smiled and said, "Grandma, my cousin Ning and I met at the state-owned restaurant two days ago. I didn't expect that we were actually cousins."
Old Madam Yan said with a smile: "Really? That's really fate. You sisters should get along well with each other in the future."
Several little girls responded and exchanged a few words.
Yan Ning always had a polite smile on his face.
She thought to herself, let me just watch it first.
See if this love-brained cousin is easy to get along with before deciding whether to meddle in her affairs.
Mr. Yan picked up his wine glass and gave an opening speech:
"Today is my birthday, an old man. I won't say too much. I just hope that our family will be harmonious and that everyone will live in peace in the future."
Several male elders present also raised their glasses and said a few words of congratulations.
Everyone clinked glasses and drank.
Old Master Yan picked up his chopsticks and said, "Let's eat!"
Others started to pick up their chopsticks and eat.
Everyone looked at the table full of delicious dishes and picked up their favorite dishes.
It's a rare opportunity to eat meat to your heart's content, so everyone is not shy about it.
There were only twenty hairy crabs, and each person got one. Those who liked the remaining ones could take whatever they wanted.
Everyone was holding the hairy crabs and didn't know where to start. They looked at each other to see how others were eating them.
Old Madam Yan said bluntly: "Ms. Ning, can you teach us how to eat this hairy crab?"
Yan Ning picked up a hairy crab and demonstrated it to everyone.
The others understood and started to dismantle the crab.
Qin Limin took a bite of the crab roe and said, "This hairy crab tastes really good. This is the first time for us to eat something from the sea!"
Qin Bingbing ate the spicy crayfish happily. "I think this crayfish is the best. It's the best thing I've ever eaten. It's even better than pork."
Old Madam Yan took a bite of the crayfish and said, "It tastes really good. Miss Ning's cooking skills are top-notch."
Others also tried it and it was really delicious.
Qin Limin looked at Old Lady Yan and said, "Mom, where did you buy these crayfish and hairy crabs? If you want to eat them in the future, we can buy some and cook them ourselves."
Old Lady Yan swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "That kid Yuqi is out every day, I don't know where he got it from, you can ask him."
The pot was thrown on Yan Yuqi's head, and Old Mrs. Yan continued to eat.
Yan Yuqi glanced at his grandmother, then at his sister, and covered his head with the pot.
"Fourth uncle, these things are not sold in Jilin Province. I asked my friends to get them from other provinces."
Qin Limin took a bite of the spicy crayfish with regret, "What a pity! I won't be able to eat this delicacy again."
Yan Ning ate the food in the bowl with a normal expression and didn't say a word.
After dinner, Song, Yan Shuhe and Yan Shulian cleaned the kitchen and washed the dishes.
The others sat in the main room and chatted.
Several younger children sat on the kang and ate the fruits and chocolates that Yan Ning brought back.
Yan Ning and Yan Yuqi were sitting outside in the yard talking.
Yan Yuqi handed the box he had taken out of the room to Yan Ning, "This is something I brought back for you from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Open it and see if you like it."
Yan Ning opened the box and opened his eyes wide.
Inside is a small blue and white bowl.
She looked at it carefully and guessed that it should be Yuan blue and white porcelain.
Yan Ning gave Yan Yuqi a bright smile in return, "Thank you, big brother."
Yan Yuqi's mouth curved up into an arc, and he was in a good mood. "I'm glad you like it. I'll bring you something else later."
Yan Ning put the things into the box and said, "I'll put it in the room first."
She went into the room, put the box into the space, and placed it on the treasure cabinet.
Back to the yard.
Yan Ning: "Brother, have you been home these days?"
Yan Yuqi leaned lazily against the pillar and said, "I have to go out tomorrow, so I'm a bit busy these days."
Yan Ning didn't ask him what he was busy with, it was just about the black market.
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