Chapter 70: Cousin
Let's say that the backyard of the old house of the Xu family in the east of Xujia Village is wafting with a mouth-watering smell of meat at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"It smells so good!" Xiao Jiuyi's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, like a greedy little fox.
Xu Xiangwan patted Xiao Jiu's head and teased: "You little gluttonous cat, my mother stewed a whole sheep's head, a piece of lamb chops, half a leg of lamb and half a pair of haggis, and let you eat enough at noon." ā
It is rare to stew mutton soup once, and Zhang took advantage of the winter solstice festival to cut a lot of the whole sheep brought by Shen Qianyu last time and stew the soup.
"Oooh! You can eat a lot of meat at noon! Xiao Jiu clapped his little hands happily, causing a burst of laughter, and the yard was full of festive festivities.
Laughing and laughing, it was soon noon.
In addition to mutton soup, Zhang also made her specialty dishes, boiled pork slices, chili chicken, sauerkraut fish, fried crispy pork, and three other side dishes.
Xu Xiangwan's family only has a total of five people, plus Shen Qianyu and a coachman and two attendants he brought, that is, a table with a corner.
Zhang originally invited the coachman and the attendant to serve at the table together, but the three of them resolutely refused.
So the Zhang family had to set up two tables, the small eight immortal table was the upper seat, and the case was the lower seat, and the meals were the same, but the number of people at the table was small and the amount was slightly reduced.
Even if there are two tables, the portion of the dishes is still full, and the dishes on these two tables, let alone nine people, are enough to eat even if they are doubled.
The mutton soup is filled with white radish, and in order to remove the smell, Zhang's specially added green onions and ginger slices.
Today is a festive day, and no one in the family mentioned the people in the Xu family, and even the Zhang family did not propose to send food to the people in the room.
After taking a seat, Shen Qianyu looked at a table of red and green fragrant meals, and suddenly became happy: "I didn't expect my aunt's cooking skills to be so good, I couldn't help but want to taste it when I smelled the fragrance." ā
Being able to get the appreciation of the person who eats is the most satisfying thing for the person who cooks, listening to Shen Qianyu say this, Zhang wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and used a pair of chopsticks that had not yet been used to clip some of each dish for him, and said with a smile: "If you like it, eat more, I'm afraid you don't like to eat." I don't know what you usually like to eat, so I made these home-cooked dishes. I'm afraid that you won't be used to eating spicy food, so you don't put much in this boiled pork slice and chili pepper chicken spicy, you can taste it and see how it tastes. ā
Xu Xiangwan immediately pursed her mouth and flattered: "Mother, I also want you to clip it for me." ā
Zhang's is a spoiled child, seeing Xu Xiangwan looking at himself coquettishly with a pair of big eyes that are more agile than before, his heart suddenly softened, and he nodded the tip of Xu Xiangwan's nose lovingly, and said with a smile: "Okay, good." My family loves spicy food at night, and my mother clips more for my evening. ā
As he spoke, he gave Xu Xiangwan a large number of boiled pork slices and chili chicken, and some of the rest of the dishes.
Xiao Jiu watched Xu Xiangwan coquettish to the Zhang family, and suddenly smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth: "Sister Wan'er is ashamed, she is still coquettish to her mother when she is so old." ā
Xu Xiangwan immediately turned his head and glared at Xiao Jiu, and threatened viciously: "Hurry up and eat your food, be careful sister, I will beat you all over the ground to find your teeth." ā
Zhang was also amused by the jokes of the sisters and brothers, and then served dishes for each child, without favoring one over the other.
"Qianyu, you eat quickly, you are not an outsider, there are not so many rules, you are welcome." After finishing the dishes, Zhang sat down and beckoned everyone to eat more vegetables.
Having said that, everyone still waited for Zhang's chopsticks to move before they began to eat.
Now Xu Xiangwan's family is not so poor that he can't even afford salt when he first separated, and the dishes made by Zhang's family are naturally full of color, flavor and flavor, especially the pot of boiled meat slices, only to see the tender yellow bean sprouts as the base, the thin and moderate thickness of the meat slices as noodles, and a layer of red dried chili peppers, pepper powder, chili powder, and a small pinch of green onions are sprinkled on the noodles, which are pleasing to the eye and smell the fragrance.
Although Shen Qianyu looks like a crazy child on weekdays, but in the end, everyone was born, eating politely, well-behaved, although there are not many beautiful words during the banquet, there are not many words, obviously on weekdays, he also adheres to the rule of eating without words, and is not used to talking during the banquet.
Despite this, Shen Qianyu ate a lot of vegetables, not only ate a large bowl of dishes from Zhang's sandwich, but also ate a lot of them by himself, and finally drank a full bowl of mutton soup.
Because they were all women and children, Xu Xiangwan's family did not prepare drinks for the winter solstice festival.
After the meal, Shen Qianyu wiped the tears that were spicy and sighed: "I eat lightly at home on weekdays, but I didn't expect this spicy seed to taste so comfortable in winter." This is why my aunt has such a skill, and although the dishes made in our kitchen look good, they are really not delicious enough. ā
After a compliment, Zhang's eyebrows smiled: "If Qianyu likes it, I will often come to the house to play in the future, and my aunt will make you something to eat." ā
As he was talking, a coquettish smile suddenly came from outside the door: "Yo, what is delicious here for the second aunt, why don't you also send some to grandpa and grandma?" ā
The Zhuang family has a simple atmosphere, and the Bai Ri family has no habit of closing the door, but now they have moved to the old house, and the Xue family has made it clear that they will not buy Xu Xiangwan and Xu Qiuyi as girls, and the Zhang family feels that there is no crisis, and it is the winter solstice festival today, so they did not lock the courtyard door, but they did not expect to let people break in.
Listening to the voice, Xu Xiangwan understood who was coming, and suddenly there was no smile in his eyes, and he sneered and snorted.
Zhang's face also changed and he frowned.
Shen Qianyu glanced around at the faces of several people, and her eyes flashed.
As Xu Xiangwan expected, one of the three people who came was Xu Furong, who was a flowery person, followed by Liang on the left, and Lei Shijiao, a cousin that Xu Xiangwan rarely met.
If Xu Furong is a proud golden chicken, then Lei Shijiao is like a reed chicken. Lei Shijiao failed to inherit his mother's beauty, but was very much like his father Lei Fugui, with a slightly dark and slightly chubby round face, a short and fat figure, and Xu Furong's face was like a peach blossom, and she was delicate and delicate.
"Today is the Winter Solstice Festival, how can you still hide when you know that my mother is coming?" Lei Shijiao glared at Zhang angrily, and then coldly swept over Xu Xiangwan and the others, and saw that although they were dressed plainly, they were no longer patches in their memories, and their faces immediately cold, "Sure enough, I cheated money from my grandfather, not only did I eat well, but I also wore well, what a dog without conscience." ā
Lei Shijiao is the daughter of Xu Xuelian, the only daughter of Old Man Xu, who grew up in the city on weekdays, and feels that she is nobler than the children who grew up in the Zhuang family, and she has always been above the top, except for the beautiful Xu Furong and Xu Dalang who is studying, not to mention her peers, even the elders have no one who can enter her eyes.
In the past, when the Lei brothers and sisters came to the house to save their relatives, they bullied Xu Xiangwan's brothers and sisters.
Because Xu Xuelian is the only daughter of Old Man Xu and the Cui family, and she is married to Lei Fugui, who has a fairly solid family background and is capable of doing things, the Xu family, including Old Man Xu and Cui's family, all look up to everyone in the Lei family. Therefore, as long as they did not cause any major problems, everyone turned a blind eye to their bullying of Xu Xiangwan's brothers and sisters, and even sometimes reprimanded Xu Xiangwan and others for being ignorant and not knowing how to be humble.