Chapter 450: Dinner
Seeing that the water was about to reach the pot, Lu's mother immediately became anxious: "Don't push, don't push, it will be troublesome if you get burned."
"Hurry up, come over here and stand in two rows. Whoever pushes won't get to eat."
The threat really worked. Soon, two long lines formed from the Lu family’s gate to the street...
Huang Cuihua, who was helping, said with a smile: "Lan Fang, I'm afraid that many people will remember you today."
Mother Lu smiled and said, "This is all thanks to my eldest daughter-in-law. She has good cooking skills."
yes.
This big Mao wife is really amazing.
Not only is she good-looking, educated, and able to make money, she can also cook delicious food.
If this isn’t a fairy falling from the sky, then what is?
--well!
Huang Cuihua sighed in her heart: Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry. I used to feel pity for Xu Lanfang, but today is different.
——Alas, who can blame her for giving birth to a son?
Soon, the free braised food was gone before the meat was sold out.
Although each person only ate a few pieces.
But the taste really made these people fall in love with it.
There were greasy stains at the corners of their mouths, and they kept smacking their lips, savoring the delicious taste.
So someone got interested: "Lan Fang, how do you cook this? Can you teach us?"
Mother Lu looked at the neighbors with pride and said, "I didn't cook it. My eldest daughter-in-law cooked it. You should go ask her."
Xu Zijin was scooping up the soup from the pot. Hearing this, he said, "Aunties, this is actually very simple to make."
"First, boil the water in the pot, then add star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, fennel, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and MSG."
Star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, fennel?
Who has this kind of thing?
Is it sold at the supply and marketing cooperative?
But there was no extra money to buy these things, so some people left, but some people still craved the taste.
"Big Mao wife, do you have any more of what you bought? Can you give me some?"
Xu Zijin thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, please wait a moment. I'll get it out."
"Okay, okay."
Xu Zijin pretended to go into the room, then took out two small bags of spices from the space.
"My dear ladies and aunts, I brought this back from the provincial capital."
"One pack can cook three to five pounds of meat. It's 20 cents a pack. Do you want it?"
Two dimes can buy ten boxes of matches.
Some people are reluctant to give it up, but others think it's worth it.
Soon, seven aunts bought ten bags each and left.
By the time we cleaned up the situation, it was already noon.
After Wangsheng, Gousheng and a few young men who helped sent the meat home, they all came over to help.
Everyone was very diligent. The ground of the Lu family's yard was paved with cement and the ground was quickly washed clean.
Mother Lu finished cooking: "Everyone, please stay. Your sister-in-law Damao has left a lot of stewed food. Let's have a casual meal at noon."
But everyone refused.
How much food will be consumed by so many young people?
Wangsheng pushed his bicycle and was about to leave.
"Aunt, come back to eat in a few days. We will come to help in advance on Hanzhou's wedding day."
Gouya also quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, come in a few days, come in a few days!"
The two of them were leaving, and the others felt embarrassed to stay.
Mother Lu stopped them and said, "Well, you don't have to eat. Just try the braised meat before you leave."
The young men were all helping just now and no one came to eat the meat. Mother Lu saw it.
Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, everyone had to stay.
However, after tasting the braised pork, everyone bought a bag of five-spice powder to take back.
After lunch, the family started to marinate the meat.
Lu Yuzhu and Xiaoliu were clamoring to make luncheon meat. Xu Zijin picked out a few pieces of lean meat and asked them to chop them up.
The three little ones wanted to eat fried meat with salt and pepper.
"Then just play outside and I'll do it for you."
"Okay, thank you, Mom."
"Thank you, Mom."
"Thank you, Mom."
In front of others, Xu Zijin told the children to still call her auntie because people's words are scary.
If the child calls her "Mom", those gossipers will gossip about her.
They would say that she had ulterior motives and was stealing someone else's child.
However, when behind people, the three little ones liked to call them that, and she didn't force them to correct it, just let them do as they pleased.
There were still a lot of braised pig heads, pig feet, and pig offal, so Mother Lu called several families of the brigade cadres over for dinner.
They were all couples, sitting at a whole table.
Xu Zijin suggested lighting a pot so that not only could the food be hot, but also they could add more dishes while eating.
Then he made three plates of braised food, a plate of peanuts, a coriander preserved egg, and a dish of pickled radish.
Mother Lu praised repeatedly: "Okay, okay, that's it!"
Mother Lu is popular and has good relations with several brigade cadres, especially the brigade leader's wife, who is like a real sister to her.
"Lan Fang, this date that Uncle Grandpa picked is very good, but I suggest that you let your daughter-in-law not get married at home."
"I think there should still be a ceremony to pick up the bride."
so?
Mother Lu stammered: "This is good, but..."
The team leader’s wife’s surname was also Xu, and she and Lu Ma were from the same production team.
Seeing that Lu Ma was embarrassed, she glared at her and said, "Just what? Lan Fang, we are still sisters from the same clan. Let Damao's wife stay at my place on the seventh night of the New Year."
"On the eighth day of the first lunar month, we can pick you up at an auspicious time. Isn't that enough?"
When the captain heard this, he immediately agreed: "Yes, that's good, that's good."
"Sister-in-law, your husband and I are cousins, and you and my wife are sisters from the same clan, so please don't be too formal."
"If you're so reserved, how can we come to your house and eat and drink for free?"
As soon as these words fell, the secretary's wife also stood up: "Logically speaking, it is best for you to live in my house. My last name is Xu."
"puff!"
The captain's wife couldn't help laughing: "Cuiyun, don't fight with me. What's the point of having the surname Xu? You can't live in your mother's house."
"This is my suggestion. Of course you have to live in my house."
The secretary's wife was unhappy: "Then go live at my parents' house. It's only a few kilometers away anyway, not far!"
The two of them chatted back and forth, and the militia company commander's wife was smiling like a flower.
"How about, I suggest you draw lots?"
“Hahaha~~~”
Normally, everyone gets along well with each other and they have a lot of fun chatting and laughing over a meal.
Finally, at the joint request of the team leader and his wife, it was decided that Xu Zijin would stay at her house on the seventh night of the New Year and go to pick up the bride on the morning of the eighth day.
Xu Zijin drank a few glasses of wine in the evening and felt a little full.
She couldn't sleep because she ate too much, so she kept walking around the room to digest the food.
Lu Hanzhou came out of the shower and saw that she was not asleep, so he looked at her inquiringly: "Shall I take you out for a walk?"
Xu Zijin nodded: "Okay, it's uncomfortable to sleep if you're too full."
Wearing thick cotton-padded jackets and large scarves, the two went out hand in hand.
Hearing the door open, Lei Zi jumped out from somewhere and followed closely, wagging his tail.
"It's amazing. You haven't been back for three or four years, but it still recognizes you."
Lu Hanzhou grinned: "Of course, you don't know whose offspring it is."
oh?
Does Lei Zi have any origins?
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