By noon, all the meat was ready, and the enticing aroma was waving from the iron-cast cauldron stove. The large market used for the market has also been cleaned, and the wooden countertops are also clean, and there are small benches and maza made by children on both sides. Fifteen large round tables were placed in a large open space in the middle, which were reserved for the elderly and women who needed to hold children. There are already more than a dozen briquette stoves on each side of the east and west entrances and exits of the market, which are lined up there, waiting for the meal to be served. Behind it is a jar of grain and wine, and clean dishes, chopsticks, plates, and wine cups that are sorted and washed in various baskets. The pillars on both sides of the exit are pasted with couplets made by the children themselves, and the edge of the grass hut to protect them from the wind and rain is hung with red lanterns made by the children themselves. Of course, whether it is the Maza, the couplet, or the red lantern that these children dedicated, the two have calculated the price and compensated the children. It's good that the children have the heart to participate, but Erya can't take advantage of them.

The adults were assigned to things, and they were busy sweating back and forth, and they were not assigned to work and did not stand, some helped take care of the children who were scurrying around, and some helped to support the elderly.

The children were having fun today, and a group of people ran here and there. From the new row of new houses to the children's school, the accommodation, and the few workshops that you can't enter, you can drill wherever you can. The children of the town will also act as guides, chasing these children from outside here and hiding there. Fortunately, the children knew that it was not at home, and they didn't play too much, and they still left a little bit of measure.

Among them, there are also children who dare not run around and play. Most of them are from Xiahe Village, Hekou Village, and several of their neighboring villages. Because some of the children in their village are related to the Wang's family workers, they were able to come to the Wang's house with their legs to eat this collective New Year's dinner. But those of them who have nothing to do with it also want to come and see the excitement and taste the very sumptuous New Year's dinner that people say even beef and mutton.

The adults in the family saw the children crying and making noise about going to Hepu Town to eat the Wang family's New Year's dinner, for the sake of the children. They are also out of the way. Before dawn, I secretly brought the children at home over, just thinking that when there were many people, let the children mix in and eat a bite to be satisfied.

Who knew that when he arrived here, he was arranged by the big steward Shi who was arranging people to do things, and he was so busy that he couldn't leave when it was time for the New Year's dinner. They bowed their heads slightly, and as they worked hard, they nervously avoided the doubtful eyes of those who knew them. Fortunately, they were all in a hurry, and no one had time to come up to them to check it out.

There were also some visitors. It has something to do with Xiaohu's family. There are several guys who live in Hekou Village hired by the county hot pot restaurant, and the whole family came, the Feng family, the eldest cousin Wei Zhigui, the Liao Chengzhi family and his father-in-law's family, the Jin family, his daughter and son-in-law, and the family of the stonemason Zhang Dajing for several generations also followed Cai Baocheng and them, and several people in the town who specialized in doing odd jobs in Xiaohu's two hundred acres of fields this year also brought their children, as well as Erya's mother's family and Xiaohu's uncle's family.

In addition, the whole Wang family and the girl who got married took her husband and children.

So many people, far beyond the budget of the big housekeeper. But it's in Erya's budget. When the school held a celebration banquet for the children of Zhongxiucai, the sudden increase in the number of children and adults who watched the excitement had already made Erya have enough preparation in this preparation.

In the pot on the briquette stove at both ends of the east and west. Filled with hot meat dishes. There are braised pork, braised chestnut chicken nuggets, braised shredded beef, braised loach, braised yellow eel, braised silver carp, braised prawns, braised rabbit meat, braised robe meat, braised mutton, etc., all the meat dishes that can be taken out, more or less, Erya has taken it out, enriching the first such a grand New Year's meal. Don't look at it, it's all braised for the New Year, it's just to ask for auspicious words for the New Year. In fact, among these meat dishes, there are sweet and salty, sour and spicy. It's not just salty teriyaki.

Vegetarian dishes are not fried, they are all raw. It is washed cleanly and packed in large boxes according to the type. Next to the lettuce are two large iron pots, in which fragrant and thick mutton bone soup and beef bone broth are boiled. If anyone is tired of eating meat, he will go there and someone will help him grab a handful of vegetarian vegetables and put them in a soup pot and cook them for him (her) to eat, and go to get rid of the greasy.

The old people and the women with their babies in their arms also sat down at the large round table specially prepared for them. As soon as they were ready to stop, they waited for the big housekeeper to speak and set off the firecrackers, and after the firecrackers, they immediately served the food, and arranged for people to line up to fight the dishes.

Before the housekeeper could speak, the children had already spontaneously and consciously lined up in front of the stoves with meat pots, stretching their necks and staring at the steaming pots with a stinging smell of insects.

With the shout of the chief butler: "Start firing the cannons!" And the sound of the thunderbolt and the cannon rang out. After the artillery battle, the chief housekeeper asked Grandpa Wang to say a few words of blessing.

Grandpa Tai stood up, Xiaohu took a loudspeaker made of copper, and put the small mouth to Grandpa's mouth, and Grandpa's words suddenly became big and clear: "This year's harvest, I want to thank all of you for your hard work this year." Although it is a little regrettable today that we can't sit around the same table for a real reunion, we can eat and eat in the same pot, and we are a family. Today, you just have to eat and drink well, eat and drink a lot, you can eat and drink with confidence. Then, Xiao Lao'er is here to give everyone a greeting of the early years! I wish you all good health, family harmony, filial piety and kindness, and many blessings in the coming year! ”

The others also followed to bless the old lady Wang, and then the big housekeeper announced that the food was served and the food was lined up to eat.

There are many people who work hard, more than a dozen people serve food to the table at the same time, and a few back and forth put hot dishes on the table, and the wine is also scalded and put in the hands of the old people who love to drink.

The big housekeeper is very good at arranging, he puts the children here where the adults line up to maintain the continuity, and the adults put the children here to maintain the continuity, both sides are in order, and there is no quarrel between you and me.

Simple for kids. When you take a bowl and hit a little dish, you will stand on the side with the bowl and eat, and then go to another dish after eating. Adults don't do it, they still want to drink. So they basically beat several kinds of meat at once, and then took a small jar of wine and wine cups, and put them on a very clean countertop to eat and drink wine. Gradually, several acquaintances gathered together: "Brother Li! You're sitting here! I saw that the owner and the lady of the owner were also queuing! Don't they eat on the table, just like we do? ”

This Brother Li is none other than Li Changxing, who is more famous than the three team leaders in Liujialing.

None of the sheep he raised were missing, sick or wounded, and in less than a year, they had grown to more than 320 heads. It's a 200 percent growth rate. Erya was quite surprised by his achievements, even real herdsmen may not be able to raise him so well. He took the highest prize among all the people in Liujialing - thirty taels!

His eldest son herds goats because of his father's help. It was also a very high growth rate, almost no damage, and a reward of twenty taels of silver. There are also dozens of donkeys for his second son and eldest girl to give the owner, and the owner was originally going to give a reward. It was Li Changxing who was unwilling to accept it. Even so. It's enough for their eyes to be hot. The poorest and hardest family was now the richest family in their place.

However, their eyes were hot but they were not red-eyed, if it wasn't for Li Changxing who was the first to sign a long-term contract with the owner, so that they could see the benefits later, they would have followed the owner to sign the contract, otherwise, they would not have been able to survive in the original tight days today.

While he was talking, he saw the owner come over with a plate of dishes. As he walked, he smiled at Li Changxing and said, "Brother Li, you have to speak on stage in the afternoon!" How can you drink alcohol? If you're drunk, you're in a bad place! ”

As soon as Li Changxing saw the owner coming. He put down his chopsticks and wine cup and stood up. Hearing the owner's words, he replied with a wry smile: "I am dissatisfied with the owner's words, because I have to speak on stage in the afternoon, I am panicked, and I want to drink some wine to strengthen my courage." As he spoke, he sent the little horse to Xiaohu and said, "Boss, you sit!" ”

Xiaohu saw that there was a Mazha next to him who no one was sitting, so he took it over and sat by himself, and said in his mouth: "You sit, I'll sit here!" Then he said to some of the people who were standing, "Sit down, don't all stand!" ”

"Hey! Ay! We sit too! ”

Erya over there was also invited by a few women to sit down on the side of the table, and Erya asked them with a smile: "Oh, just let you eat the New Year's dinner so casually, is there anything uncomfortable in your heart?" ”

Several women rushed to speak: "The lady of the proprietor! With so much delicious food and drink waiting, where else do we have anything uncomfortable?! We can't be happier! ”

"Lady of the proprietor, you are not right, aren't you the same as us? You can do something as a proprietor, why are we not comfortable?! ”

"Yes! The lady of the owner, didn't the old lady say just now, after eating a pot of rice, it is a family. It's not about where you sit! ”

Er Ya said happily: "That's good! Thank you for your understanding! ”

Elsewhere, adults sat or stood in groups of three or five, eating, drinking, and chatting. The long-term workers here chatted: "Hey! When it was time to settle accounts that day, it scared me! I didn't expect those fields, in our hands before, we couldn't even fill our stomachs for a meal. In the hands of the owner, he can receive so much food, not to mention, he can also earn so much money. ”

A foreman from the third group took over and said, "Hey! That's the owner's heart, boldness, and daring! Grow watermelons and raise fish. If this is left to me, I will not dare. I live on that little bit of food all year round, how dare I not grow food and make such nonsense! Do you dare? ”

A member of the second group shook his head and smiled: "I don't dare, at that time, the team leader said that the owner sent a lot of ducklings to be raised in the seedling field, and I was scared to death, for fear that there would be no harvest at that time." Who knows, this harvest will be even better! ”

Zhao Laihe (Zhao Laishu's younger brother) in the third group suddenly let out a "snort! The ridicule of laughter. Everyone turned their heads to look at him in confusion, and he saw that everyone seemed to have misunderstood him, so he quickly explained: "I remember that when we all quit the tenant and changed the long-term labor contract, many people in Xiaohe Village and Hekou Village were laughing at us for being stupid and swollen openly and secretly. Now they are all red-eyed, and they want to come to earn a long-term job with us. I sharpened my head and wanted to come in! ”

"That's not a lie! Our owner is a good owner who is hard to find! Who wouldn't want to follow! Do you see the stack of old steamers outside? ”

"See, what's in there?"

"Do you remember that some time ago, someone asked our team leader to spend fifty yuan a pound to buy that lotus root? Later, the lady of the owner was reluctant to sell, saying that she would keep it for the 100 acres of empty paddy fields to plant. As a result, this time, we picked up a lot of them, steamed what kind of lotus root glutinous rice festival, and wanted to give us all the New Year's food. I've never heard of such a proprietor when I've heard it so big! This is the first one. ”

The chief worker of the second group also said: "To be honest, if this is not something that I have personally experienced, I will not believe what others say, there is still such a good and generous owner in this world?!" (To be continued......)