Chapter 516 Extra: Dragon Boat Festival 3
Those sitting at the door chatting are all middle-aged or elderly people.
Normally, I would just chat on WeChat and share posts like “the dangers of staying up late”, “the dangers of eating takeout” and “the dangers of drinking” with the younger generation at home.
All I know about the Gu family is that they found a biological granddaughter, and I know nothing else.
After listening to Tian Mei's words, they also felt that Gu Xizhi's cooking skills were probably not that good, but they still frowned, thinking that Tian Mei's words were too unpleasant.
But Tian Mei is the old lady's sister-in-law, and they are a family, so it is not easy for outsiders like them to say anything.
Everyone just listened quietly.
Tian Mei was the only one who was speaking excitedly. Without waiting for anyone else to respond, she went to pull her third uncle's two sons over to support her.
The two sons of my third uncle were a little embarrassed when they saw the old lady. After they came over, they didn't say anything and just stood there with their heads down in embarrassment.
When Tian Mei said something too much, his eldest son even pulled Tian Mei's clothes and said, "Don't say anything. It's a good thing that Zhizhi is willing to help. Even if she didn't do it well, it's her intention. Don't fan the flames here."
After that, he pulled the corner of his mouth towards the old lady and said in a slightly stiff voice: "Zhizhi is such a good child. There are so many children in our family, but none of them went to help. As soon as she arrived, she went straight into the kitchen without even taking a rest."
The old lady was originally a little angry with her two cousins, but when she heard him praising Gu Xizhi, her anger subsided a lot.
"That's right. My Zhizhi is the most sensible child."
Tian Mei found this battle quite boring. She glared at the old lady angrily and ran to the kitchen again.
She had to go and see with her own eyes how Gu Xizhi was making things worse in the kitchen.
The 100th birthday banquet was held with great fanfare.
A lot of dishes were prepared.
When Tian Mei went in, Gu Xizhi was making Dongpo pork elbow. She just lifted the lid of the pot, and an overbearing aroma overflowed from the pot, instantly filling the entire kitchen.
Rushing towards Tian Mei's nose.
It also overflowed from the kitchen and was smelled by people chatting in the front yard.
"What's that smell? It smells so good, doesn't it?"
"Did you invite Lao Chen and his friends to cook today? But I remember that Lao Chen and his friends' cooking skills are not that good?
Last year, I invited them to cook for my grandson’s full-month birthday, but the food wasn’t as delicious as this one.”
"That's right. They were also the chef at the banquet I attended last month, and it wasn't like this."
In the countryside, there are only a few one-stop banquet services, and the villagers are tired of them.
You can tell the difference just by smelling it.
The old lady and other family members had the pride of being insiders.
The old man looked very proud:
"That's nothing. It's just that we didn't discuss it in advance today and didn't prepare the ingredients in advance. Otherwise, the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that I made would be so delicious that you would want to climb the wall after smelling it. If there really were gods, I'm afraid they would be eager to come down to earth to have a few bites."
Everyone understood, but still found it hard to believe.
It was not until two hours later when the dishes were served and they heard Lao Chen and his team praising Gu Xizhi's superb cooking skills that they finally believed it.
Even those gourmets in Liancheng who are used to eating delicious food will be addicted to Gu Xizhi's cooking and can't stop eating it, not to mention the villagers who are less knowledgeable.
During this meal, everyone was sweating profusely and they kept using their chopsticks to grab a few bites of food.
Almost every table has someone licking a plate, and the plates on every table are as clean as if they had just been washed.
At Tian Mei's table, she was so domineering that she took up several dishes by herself.
"This is something our Zhizhi gave to me as a gift to my aunt. Don't try to snatch it from me."
The Gu family sat at the same table with my third uncle.
Hearing what Tian Mei said, the old lady rolled her eyes.
"How shameless! I really want to go over and tell her that not only is this dish not made specifically for her, Zhizhi doesn't even want her to eat it."
"But I'm giving face to my third uncle today and won't bother with him. Third uncle, do you like today's dishes?"
My third uncle hasn't eaten much in recent years, especially in the past two or three years, but just now he actually ate two bowls of rice for the first time.
His ears were not so deaf anymore, and he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. "That's right, that's right, it's the first time I've eaten such delicious food in my hundred years of life."
The third uncle's two sons also said sincerely: "Thank you so much Zhizhi, the food she cooks is delicious. Dad just ate two bowls of rice. Dad hasn't eaten so much in a long time."
"I haven't seen my dad so happy while eating in a long time."
After the conversation started, my third uncle's two sons took the opportunity to apologize to the old lady.
"Cousin, we were wrong about what happened back then. We were not in our right minds at that time. I hope you can be magnanimous and not hold it against us.
We will never make that mistake again."
"Yes, cousin, Dad has been unwilling to talk to us for the past few years because of this matter. We really know we are wrong."
The old lady waved her hands and said, "Forget it, I have forgotten about this matter. No one is allowed to mention it again in the future."
Apart from what they said that time, they were actually fine most of the time.
Although the two families have not been in contact in the past few years, my third uncle's family would still send them the bacon and sausage they made during the Chinese New Year.
The two families have finally reconciled.
Third uncle smiled with relief.
He looked at Gu Xizhi and asked, "Which university do you plan to attend?"
Gu Xizhi raised his eyes and replied politely, "I plan to take the entrance exam to Peking University."
"Did you hear that the little girl from the Gu family is going to take the entrance exam to Peking University? She's amazing! She's pretty, she cooks well, and I heard she's also very good at medicine. She just had Old Yu's pulse checked, and now she's going to take the entrance exam to Peking University..."
"As expected, he is the child of their family."
Tian Mei felt jealous when she heard this and wanted to mock them, saying that Gu Xizhi was overestimating his own abilities. However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was stopped by her granddaughter-in-law.
Another hour after the meal, the rice dumplings were cooked and taken out of the pot.
There are still many guests who have not left.
Some stayed to play mahjong and Landlord, while others stayed to chat.
What’s more important is to stay and wait to eat zongzi.
After tasting the dishes cooked by Gu Xizhi, these people remembered that Gu Xizhi also made rice dumplings, and began to look forward to it.
Peek into the kitchen while playing mahjong, peek into the kitchen while playing Landlord, peek into the kitchen while chatting.
When the rice dumplings were out of the pot, the old man asked a few people to go into the kitchen to help bring out the dumplings.
I also asked someone to bring a few to the roof.
He and Gu Xizhi and their family sat on the rooftop basking in the moonlight.
"This zongzi is really delicious, even more delicious than the ones your third aunt made back then."
"I had a very happy birthday and a very happy Dragon Boat Festival."
The old lady poured him a cup of tea and her eyes became red again.
very nice.
Thank you Zhizhi, it is Zhizhi who makes today different.
It is also because of Zhizhi that they are still alive and have the opportunity to come back and celebrate the holidays and birthdays with their third uncle.
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