At 10:30, Xiao Yi borrowed all the utensils that should be borrowed, scrubbed them clean, and the tables, chairs and benches were placed in the hall and courtyard in an orderly manner, filling the yard to the brim.

In the kitchen, Xiao Ping was in charge of the hand, Su Yi was in charge, and in the firewood cauldron, a few soup dishes had already been cooked.

On the other side of the tin stove, in a large pot borrowed by a neighbor, a large steamer of sweet potatoes mixed with rice was steaming. The steamer is steaming, and the fragrance of rice and sweet potatoes is rushing out.

The steamer was rented by Su Yi from the No. 1 State-run Hotel in the south of the city yesterday, and it took two adults to open their hands and hug it. It is a little higher than Su Yi's knee, cylindrical, up and down, and has a lid on top to keep the rice warm. There is a wooden partition in the middle to ensure that the rice is boiled in boiling water until it is medium-cooked, and the drained rice does not come into contact with the hot water under the steamer. The hot water underneath keeps steaming upwards to steam the rice thoroughly. So that the rice retains enough moisture, the rice grains are distinct, and the taste is excellent, without being too thin and sticky.

Su Yi likes to make use of seasonings when cooking, and when she finishes cooking a spicy sauerkraut fish, the entire Xiao family is filled with a refreshing spicy and fresh fragrance, which makes people smell their index fingers.

Xiao Yi exercised all morning, and the two green onion rolls he had eaten before had already been consumed, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger. He was about to go into the kitchen to get some food to fill his stomach, when Xiao Zou and Xiao Song shouted from outside the door: "Captain, open the door!" We brought something, our hands are a little sore, you come and continue." ”

"Let you come to dinner, people can come, what else do you bring?" Xiao Yi opened the door.

Chengcheng was originally holding the brave baby in the corner to watch the ants carrying rice, but when he heard the shout, he ran to the door, leaned on Xiao Yi's thigh, flashed his big eyes, and looked at Xiao Zou and Xiao Song with things in both hands.

Chengcheng used to go to the canteen of the Public Security Bureau with the old man to eat, and he was no stranger to Xiao Zou and Xiao Song, and he greeted them with a smile: "Uncle Zou, Uncle Song, hello." You are welcome to come and visit. ”

This is what his grandfather taught him last night, so that he remembers to greet every guest, he doesn't know what to shout, just listen to his uncle, he can't be polite.

"Chengcheng, hello. Little baby, I haven't seen you for a long time, and my uncle misses you very much. Xiao Zou and Xiao Song put the things in their hands to Xiao Yi, bent down and rushed to hug Chengcheng.

Xiao Yi smiled, went with them, and put the things brought by Xiao Zou and Xiao Song in the small warehouse behind the hall. There have been a lot of food items piled up here, most of which were brought back by the old man from the provincial capital.

The old man was afraid that there would be less wine at home and not enough to drink, so he went to the outside supply and marketing cooperatives to buy a few catties of sweet potatoes and burned them back, and bought a few packs of cigarettes by the way. When I came back, I happened to see Xiao Zou and Xiao Song at the door, because who hugged Chengcheng for a while felt unfair and were arguing.

The corners of the old man's mouth twitched: These two boys who don't grow up are good! Especially Xiao Zou, who has a daughter-in-law, and is still so naïve, how can he get it? How can he set a good example for his children in the future?

"Xiao Zou, you are here alone, what about your daughter-in-law?" the old man looked for it, but did not see Xiao Zou's daughter-in-law, so he asked him.

"Her sister-in-law gave birth to a fat boy yesterday, and her relatives went to deliver eggs, and Lily and I went last night. Lily couldn't move when she looked at the fat boy, and she was still staying at her mother's house. Xiao Zou squeezed Xiao Song away, hugged Chengcheng in his arms, and smiled, "Our city is really strong, it seems to be heavy again." This small soft flesh is really comfortable to hold. ”

Chengcheng shyly covered his face with a brave baby, "Uncle Zou, Aunt Su said that I am baby fat, and when I grow up a little more, I will not be fat." "So don't laugh at me.

"It's a good thing to have meat on your body, it's good to be fat, it means that you are strong, what's there to be shy about? Later, Uncle Zou had a son, and he raised him to be as fleshy and painful as you. ”

Xiao Song took the cigarettes and wine from the old man's hand, walked in with him, smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen intoxicated, and asked him: "Uncle, what is our sister-in-law cooking? Blessed are you and the captain. ”

When the old man heard him call Su Yi's sister-in-law, he was so happy that he slapped him vigorously, "Good boy, you can talk." Your sister-in-law is making fish. Two two-pound fish, all of which were sliced by her and burned in a pot, with sauerkraut, tofu, kelp shreds and vermicelli, will let you eat enough in a while. ”

Xiao Song swallowed silently.

"Just listening to my uncle, my saliva is going to bubble out. Xiao Zou walked to the kitchen with Chengcheng in his arms, and said, "I'll go say hello to my sister-in-law, and try the saltiness of the dish for her by the way." ”

Xiao Song hurriedly put the things down, sniffed, and said cheekily: "I'll also go to try the dishes for my sister-in-law." ”

The old man and Xiao Yi scolded them with a smile: "Two gluttonous ghosts!" After scolding, he touched his stomach, the two looked at each other, and the old man smiled first: "Why are you hungry so early today, it's not even eleven o'clock." ”

Xiao Yi took out a piece of Saqima from his pocket and gave it to the old man, stuffed a piece into his mouth and chewed it: "Dad, eat a piece first and fill your stomach." Don't learn from Xiao Zou and Xiao Song, go to the kitchen to try it. What a shame. He resolutely refused to admit that he had wanted to go too.

If it weren't for Xiao Zou and Xiao Song coming, he would have been the one who tried it in the kitchen at this time.

"Why didn't you see Panzi?" The old man asked Xiao Yi: "When I went to the supply and marketing cooperative, I obviously bumped into him, that kid was riding a bicycle, and I was still walking, he should have arrived before me." Isn't his car going to drop its chain halfway?"

"He probably went to Huihui's school. Xiao Yi sighed: "Although I think he deserves it, but Huihui is gone, and seeing his death without touching his soul all day long, I feel that this kid is very pitiful." ”

"He and Old Man Gong's Huihui, why did these two get together?" The old man didn't know about Pan Gongzi and Gong Huihui. Xiao Yi didn't talk to him in detail, only said that the two were originally in each other's place, but later separated, Huihui went abroad, and Pan Gongzi was gloomy.

"Dad, the two of them are more complicated, and it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. I see that Pan Gongzi has moved his true feelings this time, but unfortunately Huihui has already left. Whether they can succeed in the future depends on the fate of the two. There are very few people who know about this, don't mention Huihui in front of Pan Gongzi for a while, and don't ask why. ”

"Your dad and I are such a blind person?" The old man pushed Xiao Yi: "You go outside and stand, after a while, people will enter the alley, and when they see you, they also know to go here." From the outside, the yards of ours look similar, they haven't been here, and they may not be able to find a place. ”

"How do Xiao Zou and Xiao Song know? They haven't been here either. ”

The two guys who ate delicious food in the kitchen came out with endless aftertaste, "We also asked before we found it." ”

"Say more, let you go. Decorate the fruit candy and melon seeds on your body, and when a child comes, give someone a point. You look so scary that you don't give your children something to eat, I'm afraid they'll cry when they see you. ”

Xiao Zou, Xiao Song and Chengcheng burst into laughter.

Xiao Yi looked at the old man deeply and embarrassedly, didn't say anything, went into the house and grabbed a large handful of melon seeds and sugar stuffed pockets, and went out to welcome guests.