Chapter 45: Big Pot Rice

There are a lot of people, more than 200 people.

But there are only about 50 people who can help.

The rest are almost all old people or wounded people who have lost their ability to work.

One can imagine how great the burden in this village is.

It only relies on the more than 100 young adults to support these people's lives.

If it's a period of good weather, you can barely get through it.

But once there are any natural and man-made disasters, they will become the biggest burden.

Li Zhenguang groaned for a while, and asked the more than 50 people to go back and take out the cauldron at home to scrub and clean it for later use.

I walked into the ancestral hall and took out hundreds of bags of rice, as well as a few frozen pork and a large bunch of potatoes from the space.

The amount of food for more than 400 people is calculated according to one pound per person, and it has to be cooked for more than 400 pounds.

However, I am most afraid of undercounting, and it will be really embarrassing to wait for the next meal to be insufficient.

Therefore, Li Zhenguang simply doubled the quantity and cooked 800 catties of rice, even if there was a surplus in the end, it could be used to feed the pigs, which would not cause waste.

In that case, if you boil fifty catties in a large pot, you have to use sixteen mouthfuls.

At the same time, a few more pots of pork and potatoes should be simmered together.

So, twenty-one simple stoves appeared at the door of the ancestral hall, filled with cauldrons that had been cleaned.

Li Zhenguang arranged for manpower, scooped the rice, poured it into 16 cauldrons, and began to cook rice.

The pork is washed, chopped into large pieces, and then thrown into the pot with the potatoes, and simmered at the same time.

For a time, the sky above the village was filled with smoke.

The power of twenty-one stoves to fire at the same time can be seen.

Even the villagers, who were still cutting down trees in the wild forest, knew that the village had started to cook, and they couldn't help but speed up.

In terms of cutting down trees, there were no problems, and the trees fell one after another under their violent felling.

The difficulty is how to cut the wood into the right size.

Even with all their best efforts to speed up, there was still a lot of delay due to the lack of the right tools.

By the time the timber was almost ready, the village was basically ready.

The smell of food wafts everywhere, making people salivate.

The old man circled around the stove, turning around and around, and kept muttering, "Why haven't you come back yet?"

At this moment, he has completely lost the prestige of the village chief, and is more like a gluttonous old cat.

However, Li Zhenguang is not used to the old man, so give him a little bit.

You know, everyone is staring around?

Once it starts, everyone has to come a little bit, and it's completely messed up.

Seriously, he himself likes to eat big pot dishes.

I don't know if it's a delusion?

Psychologically, it always feels more flavorful than those delicate side dishes.

Perhaps, it's because he prefers this lively atmosphere?

Seeing that the old man was always going around here, Li Zhenguang felt upset, and simply arranged for him to arrange tables and chairs, out of sight.

According to the convention of sitting eight people at a table, more than 400 people have to put up about 50 tables.

Tables, chairs, and large pots of vegetables had to be borrowed from the villagers' homes, and he had no way to solve them.

Since this dinner was decided on an ad hoc basis, many basic things were far from enough.

This was unexpected, and it seemed that it was imperative to purchase in large quantities.

On each table, there is a large pot full of potato stew.

For Li Zhenguang, who is accustomed to the earth and pays attention to several large plates and dishes, it feels like a bit monotonous.

Although, even if the villagers only have white rice to eat, they can be very satisfied.

What's more, there is also a large pot of stew placed there for them to eat.

But he couldn't say anything in his heart, he always felt that something was wrong?

In desperation, I had to put ten canned meat and canned fish on each table, which made it more comfortable.

Finally, a few sparse figures appeared on the edge of the farm.

Since the wild forest is a dangerous area, everyone walks together, so this means that everyone has to come back.

The villagers sat down at the table and prepared to eat.

Needless to say, it was the old man who took the lead.

From afar, I smelled the smell of food.

The villagers who went out to work couldn't help but speed up their pace and rushed back to the village in a hurry.

Then, he threw down the wood, and without even washing his hands, he squeezed to the dining table.

The big pot of potato stew had already been placed on the table, but I had to go to the stove to fill the rice myself.

As the lid of the pot was uncovered, all of a sudden, everyone's eyes were attracted.

Sixteen cauldrons filled with rice with white flowers.

Where have the villagers seen such a formation?

In the past, it was already a luxury to be able to occasionally eat a meal of rice mixed with a lot of impurities.

Right now, there are so many of them in front of you at the same time, so why don't you hurry up?

For a while, the stove was crowded together, and the scene was very chaotic.

The old man had no choice but to get up and come out to maintain order.

Li Zhenguang pretended to turn a blind eye and bowed his head silently.

Anyway, this is the first time I have hosted a large-scale dinner party, and there have been several mistakes one after another, which is indeed quite embarrassing.

The villagers who had packed the rice returned to their places as soon as possible and ate them in large gulps.

They were hungry, and they were already hungry.

To have such a bowl of rice to eat, everyone is already very satisfied, not to mention, there is also a fragrant stew to eat.

They had never tasted such deliciousness, and they were all conquered by this food from another world.

As for the cans on the table, they didn't know what they were, so they ignored them, and their eyes only lingered between the stew and the rice.

Seeing this, Li Zhenguang had no choice but to pick up a can and demonstrate it to everyone.

I didn't expect there to be such a good thing?

Now, everyone learned to open the can.

Then, conquered again.

They never dreamed that meat and fish could still be made like this?

When you go out, wouldn't it be cool if you could carry a few boxes of these with you?

Suddenly, there was another rush of grabbing.

The dinner was held in a lively atmosphere.

It's just that, in the end, something unexpected happened.

Twenty-one cauldrons of cooked food, but not enough to eat?

Li Zhenguang underestimated everyone's combat effectiveness, and all the meals were swept away.

Looking at everyone's unfinished looks, he couldn't cry or laugh.

It turns out that their strong bodies also need a lot of food to support them.

In desperation, Li Zhenguang had no choice but to walk into the ancestral hall and take out a large pile of biscuits, bread and drinks from the space.

Since everyone is not full of staple food, let's take snacks to pad your stomach!

He arranged for a few villagers to move things out and distribute them to each table.

These strange delicacies have caused a frenzy of grabbing.

Mo Li's family had been in contact with similar things for a long time, so they were not surprised by this, and sat calmly beside Li Zhenguang.

Some of the villagers have never seen it, and they have tasted all kinds of delicacies with relish, and they have fallen into a state of subjugation again and again.

It wasn't until a long time later that they all touched their big bellies, indicating that they were full.

Li Zhenguang asked everyone to take a rest first, and then continue to work when they have eased up.

It's just that some families with acute children have slowly begun to Zhang Luo.

With the success of the first pigsty, Li Zhenguang noticed a problem.

That is, instead of using nails, they used a kind of straw rope to tie and fix the wood.

Although it seems strong for the time being, it is never a long-term solution.

As long as there are a few more rains in the future, the straw rope should rot completely.

At that time, it will have to be renovated, which is too troublesome.