Chapter 24 The Qian family began to fight for control of the kitchen!
The dish is.
Old duck soup, spicy chicken, scrambled eggs with leeks, cold shredded cucumber, braised eggplant, steamed fish, pork belly stewed with cabbage and vermicelli, fried shredded potatoes with oil residue, eight-treasure rice, and pear soup.
Ten dishes.
It looks like there is everything you can ask for, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, and desserts, but it actually didn't cost much.
Zhao spent money to buy two ducks and six chickens from the villagers. For the rest, she used ready-made vegetables and grains, as well as Old Man Qian's meat coupons.
After all, it was a banquet for his second son.
He is also his favorite son.
Although Old Man Qian asked Zhao to pay for all the banquet expenses.
But he was still afraid that Zhao was too stingy!
Qian Ertian lost face on his wedding day.
So Old Man Qian found a way to get ten pounds of meat and went to the village pond to wholesale twenty fish.
Qian Ertian brought back a large basket of pears and two pounds of red dates, and told Zhao: "My wife said that the banquet must have dessert."
The banquet of this era.
Not to mention in the countryside, even in the town, there are not many banquets with desserts.
It can be seen that Qian Ertian hopes that this banquet will be a grand one!
Actually, for rural people.
The banquet would not be shabby if only these two meat dishes were fish and meat.
What's more, there are extremely rare desserts.
Logically speaking, as long as Zhao adds a few more dishes, it will already be a very grand banquet!
But how could Qian Ertian be worry-free?
Before he got married, he kept asking Zhao: "My wife's request is that the banquet must have chicken and duck. In short, it can't be too shabby, otherwise she will be unhappy."
Old Man Qian and the people from the Qian family were also assisting.
It simply means that Qian Ertian married a woman from the city, and his family has to give enough face to his mother-in-law.
Zhao Saihua would always sneer in his heart at this time: "You said so much, isn't it just to make me spend more money?"
But they have their demands.
The Zhao family also has their own way to get over the wall!
It depends on who can outsmart whom?
The chef is Zhao Saihua, and there is a lot of room for maneuver.
Why not sell them one?
Then Zhao also boasted that she could buy chickens and ducks!
Her statement made the people in the Qian family look much better.
The people in Lao Qian's family thought that this chicken would cost at least 1.5 to 2 yuan, and a duck would cost more than 2 yuan. So the 16-table banquet would cost her at least 50 yuan.
actually.
The Qian family has their own little thoughts.
The Zhao family also has their own little thoughts.
Anyway, she was the chef who organized the banquet.
The main purpose of old duck soup is to drink the soup, so the amount of duck meat is not important.
Zhao bought two very fat old ducks, spent 6 yuan, and made some duck blood, so that the old duck soup that day would look not too small.
She bought six chickens, all of which were very small, plus two very fat chickens raised at home, for a total of eight chickens, so that there would be half a chicken on each table at the banquet.
I spent a total of 10 yuan on six very small chickens, and then bought eggs worth 4 yuan.
The Qian family thought that for this banquet, Zhao bought chickens and ducks, as well as dozens of eggs, which would cost at least fifty yuan.
In fact, she only spent 20 yuan.
It was only 20 yuan, but Zhao's mother was heartbroken.
Because Zhao Qianqian got married, Lao Qiantou only gave her 20 yuan as a dowry, and now he returned it all.
The other side.
Everyone had to say good things about the banquet.
Although there was only one bowl of old duck soup, Zhao chopped the duck meat into very small pieces, with seven or eight pieces of meat in each bowl, and added a lot of duck blood.
So it seems that the old duck soup on every table is filled with plenty of duck meat and duck blood.
Each table gets half a chicken, and after stir-frying with chili peppers, it makes a big plate full.
Not to mention anything else.
The cucumbers, shredded potatoes and eggplants are all grown in-house and are served in large plates so you can eat as much as you want.
Especially the pork belly and cabbage stew.
They were all packed in basins. Cabbage was not valuable anyway, and the meat was brought back by Old Man Qian.
You can eat as much white flour buns as you want!
The most important thing is.
There were two desserts at the end of the banquet.
One eight-treasure rice and one red date and pear soup.
Many people in rural areas have never eaten such luxurious food in their entire lives.
I have to say.
The Qian family's banquet has become a unique event in Qianjia Village, and everyone praises it.
Qian Ertian and the second daughter-in-law of the Qian family also gained enough face!
But Zeng Cheng was somewhat dissatisfied.
The main thing is, how could his wedding banquet be outdone by Qian Ertian, who came from the countryside?
His wedding with Qian Ertian was only about a month away.
But on his wedding day, there were only six dishes and only eight tables.
But Qian Ertian set up sixteen tables, and each table had ten dishes, even desserts.
Desserts are so expensive!
Zhao Qianqian said she bought a few pears and spent 5 yuan.
Why can Qian Ertian take a big basket home?
Zeng Cheng never thought that Zhao Qianqian might lie to him.
If you use your brain and think about it carefully, no matter how expensive the fruit is, it is impossible to spend 5 yuan on a few pears.
But: "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
About the banquet.
Zeng Cheng just didn't accept it!
Zhao Qianqian didn't care at all.
She even went to Zhaojia Village on purpose and invited her second uncle's family to the banquet, allowing them to eat as much as they could.
Most of the money for this banquet was paid by Zhao, so you must not get it back.
Let’s talk about Zhao Qianqian’s second uncle.
Then Qian Ertian couldn't help but call out, "Second Uncle."
So he is qualified to come to the banquet!
Last time.
When Zhao Qianqian got married, not all of Uncle Zhao's family were present.
I’m afraid that I’ll eat the host into poverty!
But this time, Zhao Qianqian specifically instructed: "Second Uncle, you must bring the whole family to the banquet that day. The money for the banquet was all paid by my mother, and you must eat it back. And you only need to give a gift money."
Such a good thing.
Uncle Zhao and his family must be looking forward to it.
Even if the whole family has to take leave, they will come and participate.
Just consider it as celebrating the New Year in advance!
There were sixteen tables at the banquet, and many people didn't know who was related to whom.
So Uncle Zhao's family occupied a table alone.
As soon as the dish is served.
Uncle Zhao's family's eyes widened. Xiao Wu was the first to speak up, "Wow, what a wonderful banquet! The Qian family is truly wealthy. No one in our entire village enjoys such a good New Year's feast."
... "Xiaowu, don't talk, eat quickly."
Uncle Zhao, who attended Zhao Qianqian's wedding last time, was a little angry: "When Qianqian got married, this old man was reluctant to spend so much money. But his son's wedding was well-organized."
... "Oh, I heard from Qianqian that this banquet was forced by Old Man Qian into Qianqian's mother. He is such a black-hearted person!" Aunt Zhao spoke immediately.
The other sons of my second uncle were all feasting on the food at this time.
They will definitely help Qianqian eat more.
This time, except for the second son Zhao Diao who was working, everyone else came, and they didn't even ask for today's work points.
Well, except Uncle Zhao’s family of six.
They also brought with them several relatives from their side branches.
The gifts cost 20 cents each!
Hehehe, I made a lot of money!
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