Chapter Thirty-Six: A Hand Out

The days in winter are very short, but at four or five o'clock, the sky begins to darken, but the courtyard of Uncle Zhao's house is still brightly lit, and almost the whole village gathers here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The people below fell silent, and someone began to mumble.

"Can this thunderbolt work?"

"Yes! So young, don't mess up this birthday party! A person looked at Lin Lei's young face worriedly, muttering a little disbelief.

"yes!"

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"What a noise!" Uncle Liu lost his temper, these people asked them to work one by one to find reasons to shirk, people stood up, and they began to look for thorns again, and Uncle Liu can still stand it?

"I told you to do it, but you didn't do it, people stood up and gave me so many opinions, all of them will help me!" Uncle Liu's cigarette stick pointed at the ones below, then turned his head and looked at Lin Lei with a smile, "Leizi!" I'll trouble you this time, don't worry, it's okay if you don't do it well, Lao Zhao, I'll go and say, I'll see what that old guy can say! ā€

"It's okay, it's okay, it's supposed to be!"

"Hmmm! Lao Zhao didn't hurt you in vain, and it worked better than this son at the critical moment. Uncle Liu nodded, and then looked at Uncle Zhao with dissatisfaction, who couldn't even do a small thing. Uncle Zhao looked ashamed.

Lin Lei was a little embarrassed, "I'll go and prepare first, Grandpa Liu." ā€

"Well, go ahead!" Uncle Liu nodded! motioned to Lin Lei to go, "And you, why are you still stunned!" Help me! ā€

"Oao! Here it goes! ā€

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"Uncle Zhao, you can help lift that cauldron!" Lin Lei greeted Uncle Zhao who came over.

"Okay, no problem!" Uncle Zhao was ordered to hurry to the backyard, where the stove and pot that had been prepared a long time ago were originally prepared for the master who was invited, but no one came, so naturally Lin Lei was in charge, and he said that he would put it wherever he wanted.

There are many people with great strength, and after a while, the tableware that should be prepared, what pots, bowls, scoops, and basins have come, and every household here has a few, use them together, and then take them back after eating, and the villagers are not afraid of losing them. They are all old neighbors who have known each other for decades, who would lose their pockets in the village for a bowl of a few yuan.

In the open space in the front yard, next to the two stoves, Lin Lei, who was steaming hot in the winter, was shirtless, wielding a shovel that was used as a shovel for washing, waving, tumbling, and stirring in two specially prepared cauldrons side by side. Lin Lei's forehead began to cry dense fine beads of sweat, full of his entire face, and finally his whole body was covered with hot red skin and beads of sweat that kept dripping, every drop of sweat would turn into a white mist on the side of the red pot, and then it was frozen into water droplets by the cold air and dripped back.

With the help of Lin Lei's uncles and aunts on the side, soon a fragrant boiled chicken was sprinkled with ingredients and out of the pot, Lin Lei immediately turned off the blower on the side, shoveled a few times, and the plates next to him were lined up, and a whole chicken was put into a big bowl.

Pack them one by one, sprinkle a little coriander, green onions, etc. to adjust the umami. Hurriedly recruited Uncle Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, the dish is ready, you can bring it to the stove on the side, remember to keep warm, don't get cold." Lin Lei carefully told Uncle Zhao, and then wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead, and if he didn't fire, he began to feel chills all over his body.

Lin Lei hurriedly started to prepare for the second dish, and in full swing, it was done quickly, after all, a large group of helpers, basically except for a few older generations, the rest of the people who could help will help make some, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, lighting fires, washing dishes, and serving vegetables...... A lot, and in less than two hours, all the dishes to be prepared for the birthday banquet were ready.

"Okay, Uncle Zhao, you can call Uncle Zhao out!" Lin Lei wiped his sweat tiredly, this kind of rural birthday banquet is the most test of a chef's experience and endurance, one person to cook so many dishes, but also to consider all kinds of economy, all kinds of weather vegetables seasonality.

"Holo." Uncle Zhao looked at Lin Lei a little embarrassed, "Leizi, in the future, your family's affairs will be my business!" If there is anything you want to help, just say. Uncle Zhao patted his chest and took it all over.

"Hmm!"

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Serve the food!

The first bowl ------ boiled chicken and serve.

On the second night------ boiled pork slices and served.

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The tenth bowl ------ seaweed egg soup and serve.

In the sound of dishes, the prepared dishes were served by the family arranged by Uncle Zhao one by one.

There are ten bowls in total, which are the standard three boiled, three braised dishes, three cold salad, and one soup. They are boiled chicken, boiled fish, boiled pork slices, braised pork, braised lamb, braised lion's head, peanuts, cold kelp, cold beef, and finally seaweed egg soup.

Lin Lei himself admires his physical strength a little, and he can be busy for so long unconsciously, still holding such a heavy shovel, Lin Lei shook his wrist, it could be that the unicorn arm has awakened, but I don't need it!

"Ahem, since the dishes are all served, let's start." Naturally sitting in the main seat is the old birthday star Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao is eighty this year, but it can be expected that he will not live long, the whole person is a little soft and sitting there, skinny, dark skin is like wearing a layer, drooping, Uncle Zhao doesn't talk much, and he doesn't have the strength to speak, now he is hanging water all day long, and he can prepare for the future if he can't open his eyes one day.

This is the point where there is no cure, it is the consequence of the complete aging of the whole body, there is no serious disease, in a mysterious way, it is the five decays of heaven and man, and it has reached this point.

Lin Lei looked at Uncle Zhao, who could only open his mouth slightly and take a sip or two of water, thinking that when he came back a few years ago, he could still shout loudly and make a few innocuous jokes, but now it's like this, it's really impermanent. Lin Lei sighed in his heart.

"Come on, Dad, you open your first chopsticks!" Uncle Zhao carefully picked up a piece of cooked particularly soft chicken and sent it to Uncle Zhao's mouth, Uncle Zhao looked at the eyes of everyone below and smiled reluctantly, and his shriveled lips cracked a slit and stuffed the piece of meat in.

"Hmm...... Delicious! ...... Delicious...... You guys...... Try. Uncle Zhao chewed the meat in his mouth and looked at Uncle Zhao next to him with satisfaction.

Uncle Zhao almost cried with joy, "Well, it's delicious, today is your big day, you eat more, it's delicious, you eat more." Then he held Uncle Zhao's hand and pointed in the direction of Lin Lei, and said loudly in his ear, "See, the Lei Zi of the old Lin family, this dish is made by him, he still loved him a lot when he was a child!" ā€

Uncle Zhao looked in the direction and showed a hint of a smile, "Remember, when I was a child...... Very skinny! After speaking, I won't say anything, these words used a lot of strength from Uncle Zhao.

"Come, come, come! Let's eat it, everyone! Let's try the crafts learned in the city. Uncle Liu saw the expression of his old playmate, and his tone was also a little crying, but he still held back.

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"This dish is not bad! It's delicious, better than the master's dishes I've eaten, and it's a master who can't be invited from all over the country! This old Lin family's kid craftsmanship is really speechless. "A person gives a straight thumbs up after eating.

"yes, yes!"

"Huh! Leave me some! You ate so much while I was talking. No, the rest is mine. ā€

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Lin Lei's parents listened to the villagers around them praising their son, and they kept laughing happily, my son! But my mother's heart is really full of doubts, how can this son learn such good cooking skills in the past two years? I don't usually see how talented I am! Lin Lei's mother has been so puzzled after eating, she doesn't want her father, and she says that this son cooks deliciously, and he will eat it every day in the future, and the envious people next to him are dripping.

Seeing the people below eating one by one, Uncle Zhao's face also began to glow red, he was old, just like this, who invited the master master, it is the children of the family who have a future, I heard that the master did not come at the beginning, and I wanted to lose my temper, but I didn't expect this little guy, cooking skills are really good!

When I die, the funeral banquet will also call this kid to come, as for the blowing music, the neighboring village Dashunzi's family is good, I love to listen, immediately tell my son, book first.

Uncle Zhao imagined the scene of the future in his mind, and now there was still a joyful scene below.