Chapter 187: It's New Year
After Hao Qian and Gongsun Wan'er left, Yan Xiaokai stood on the arch bridge and was stunned for a while, then took out his mobile phone and called Xia Bing's private number.
Although Hao Qi and Li Xuetao have told him a lot, he still can't make a decision, because this matter is really big or small.
As an agent, he can't be emotional, but he is swayed by feelings, so he has to listen to more opinions!
Xia Bing received a call from Yan Xiaokai, how much was the accident, and immediately asked: "Strange, aren't you happy with your big goblins at this time?" How could you have the heart to call me? β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Sister, is your body okay?" β
Xia Bing said: "It's good! β
Yan Xiaokai said: "What about the child in the belly? β
Xia Bing said: "It's good!" β
Yan Xiaokai saw that she answered so simply, and he didn't know what to say!
Xia Bing said: "You called, just to say hello?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Hmm! β
Xia Bing said: "Nacheng, you asked, and I also answered, so be it." β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Huh? β
Xia Bing wanted to hang up, but he still held back: "The doctor said that pregnant women have radiation when answering their mobile phones, which is not good for the baby!" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Sister, don't hang up yet, I still have something I want to ask you about your Jianyi!" β
Xia Bing said: "Business or private?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Half public and half private!" β
Xia Bing seemed to be in a good mood, so he said generously: "Say it!" β
Yan Xiaokai told Xia Bing about it.
After listening to this, Xia Bing was silent for a long time, and asked rhetorically: "If this decision is really in your hands, what will you do?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Then it depends on what Li Yu thinks?" If he just wants to go back and enjoy his old age, as an oops son-in-law, I won't stop him. β
Xia Bing said: "Then what if he wants to go back to the throne and subvert history?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "I'm afraid this will be difficult, a half-dead old man, it will be difficult to make waves in the river of history!" And judging by all indications, he no longer has such ambitions! β
Xia Bing snorted coldly: "What if he pretends?" What if he had already learned how to make guns and ammunition, or even nuclear weapons? What do you think will happen after he brings these things back to the Tang Dynasty? β
Yan Xiaokai said: "This ......"
Xia Bing said: "Do you want to listen to my JianyΓ¬, or orders?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "Build yΓ¬!" β
Xia Bing said: "Jian yΓ¬ is to use more brains and leave your father-in-law Li Yu behind, since he wants to spend his old age in peace, where is he still in peace?" Why do you have to go back to the Tang Dynasty? β
Yan Xiaokai said: "What about the order?" β
Xia Bing said: "The order is that no matter what, leave Li Yu behind, and never let him go back!" β
Yan Xiaokai sweated wildly and said, "Is there any difference between this? β
Xia Bing said: "Of course there is, the former is to use his brain." The latter is a moving fist. β
Yan Xiao smiled bitterly, and finally could only say, "I know!" β
Xia Bing said: "Is there anything else?" β
Yan Xiaokai said: "No, sister, I wish you a happy New Year." β
Xia Bing said: "Well, you also look at your own life, I don't want my son to be born without a father!" β
Yan Xiaokai sweated again, "I know, don't worry!" βββ
In the Chinese New Year's Eve, the sky had just dawned, and the sound of firecrackers had already sounded one after another.
Every household in Hekeng Village has put up lanterns and prepared all kinds of New Year's goods for the New Year.
Yan Xiaokai's custom here in his hometown, from the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, is not allowed to go out to buy vegetables and meat or anything, after the Chinese New Year's Eve meal, leftovers are not allowed to be poured, no matter whether they continue to eat, they have to be thrown out after fifteen. Therefore, during the Chinese New Year in the countryside, the most important thing at home is to eat.
Yan Xiaokai suddenly brought so many "spare daughters-in-law" home for the New Year, which somewhat disrupted the plan and rhythm of Yan's father and mother for the New Year.
They are not afraid of anything, they are afraid that the girls will not be able to eat enough when they come to the house!
In addition, the Yan family, who couldn't even eat a twenty or thirty pound pig thigh in previous years, also killed a whole pig this year.
Yes, in the countryside of Haiyuan, pork is the highlight of the Chinese New Year.
Such a major play is often handled by Yan's father, who doesn't go into the kitchen much, and this year is no exception, but because this year is a whole pig, Yan Xiaokai needs to help with the women.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Yan Xiaokai was called up by his mother to post couplets, inside and outside the house, new houses and old houses, breeding companies, crab villages, all have to be posted.
was busy until nine o'clock, and Yan Xiaokai and a few women finally posted all the pairs.
At this time, the invited neighbors had already disemboweled, cracked the belly, and cleared the internal organs of a peasant pig weighing more than 190 catties.
Yan's mother led three or four women to put the pork belly, pig lungs, pig hearts, pig kidneys, and pig intestines into several baskets, and then took them to the stream behind the house to clean up.
Yan's father stuffed a few packs of cigarettes into the neighbors who came to help, gave them another 300 yuan, and after sending them away, he used a bone chopping knife to divide the pork into eight large pieces, and then asked Yan Xiaokai and the women to clean and wash the fine hairs that remained on the pigs.
After it was finished, Father Yan began to divide the pork into half-catty and half-catty squares with skin, some fat and some lean, and some with bones! After all the pork was cut into cubes, two large baskets were loaded!
The water in the cauldron in the courtyard was boiling, so the pork was poured into the water in batches.
After the pork is boiled in water, it is already three or four points familiar, and this begins to be put into a red-hot cauldron and stir-fried with a large spatula!
The pot is too big, there is too much pork, although it has been fried five or six times, but Yan's father is old after all, and after only a few turns, he is already sweating profusely and panting!
Seeing this, Ji Ming Zefang, who was on the side, handed a towel to Yan's father, "Uncle, you're tired, let me come!" β
Father Yan took the towel and wiped his sweat, shook his head, this girl has thin arms, slender waist and long legs, as if a gust of wind can blow it down, how can she have any strength? So he said, "No, girl, you can't do this job!" β
Yan Xiaokai smiled and said: "Dad, don't underestimate people, she is amazing!" β
Yan's father had no choice but to hand over the oversized spatula to her.
Ji Ming Zefang took the spatula, took a slight breath, and then snorted, copied the pot with one hand, inserted it into the bottom of the pot, and then stir-fried a large piece of pork one by one as if practicing iron sand palms. At first, slowly, then faster and faster, and finally the whole pot of pork is tumbling non-stop.
Father Yan thought that such a delicate woman couldn't turn it at all, but he didn't think that he would really be more handy than his own big boss, and he couldn't help but stare at two big eyes.
When the pork was stir-fried until it was golden on all sides, Yan's father began to put condiments, cooking wine, shiitake mushrooms, squid, dried meat, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, and salt. As for chicken essence and monosodium glutamate, these things have never been found in peasant dishes.
After putting down the condiments and stir-frying for a while, the thick aroma of meat emanated in the yard, causing the women who had not eaten much for breakfast to move their index fingers.
A pot of meat is fried, and it is put into a large wooden basin that has already been washed and prepared, but this is only half done, and it will be steamed next!
If such a large piece of meat is not steamed thoroughly, the juice will not soak into the meat, and it will not be able to bite at all, so it is necessary to go to a large steaming drawer, first steam it over high heat, and then slowly boil it over low heat.
After frying this pot, another pot started again, this time the rain girl first appeared and grabbed the spatula, then Li Xuetao, Wan Yanyu, and then Hao Xuan!
Everyone who knows kung fu goes up to fry meat, and those who don't know kung fu can only look at them, and the most exaggerated is Yan Xiaokai, he didn't even use a spatula, he wrapped the edge of the pot with a few pieces of cloth, and then grabbed it with both hands to throw the pot.
When a pot of meat was finally steamed out of the drawer, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and at this time, Yan's mother had already led other women to make Hakka stuffed tofu, stuffed shiitake mushrooms, boiled shrimp, white chopped chicken, tangerine peel duck, fragrant stewed goose, steamed fish, steamed crab, fried pork intestine with ginger and shallots, fried squid with celery and garlic sprouts, red date fungus pork casserole, fried oil and wheat vegetables with garlic, and finally pork belly wrapped chicken bird's nest soup, and in the middle, it was naturally the domineering super large braised pork.
The dishes were served one after another, but at this time the meal could not be opened, and everyone had to take a shower before they could start.
At this time, Yan's mother has already boiled several large pots of grapefruit leaf water, which is a necessary bath water for every household to welcome the New Year.
After everyone had bathed in yellow-green yuzu water, long firecrackers had already hung down from the roof of the third floor.
Yan Xiaokai took a stick of incense, lit the firecracker, then hugged his head and entered the house, and then with the roaring sound of firecrackers, he toasted and began the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with laughter.
There is no doubt that this meal, the women have all eaten, and they almost left the table with their stomachs covered.
In order to relieve the stomach and appetite of the women, Yan Xiaokai, who likes to drink green tea, specially brewed black tea and let the women drink two or three cups.
When they were knocking melon seeds, watching TV, flirting, and scolding, Yan's father and mother came in, each holding a large stack of red envelopes in their hands, and everyone had one, one for each person!
This is also the rule, the elders should give red envelopes to young unmarried men and women and children, but there is no New Year's money like the northerners, but those who are married, there are generally no red envelopes, and those who are not married, generally do not send red envelopes, but for parents, exceptions can be made.
After Yan Xiaokai received the red envelopes from his parents, he also took out two red envelopes and handed them to his parents respectively.
Yan's father and mother were very surprised, because this was the first time they received a red envelope from their son, after going out, they quietly opened the red envelope and found that there was no cash in it, but there was a check, a long string of zeros written on it, and the two elders couldn't count until they brought reading glasses, and finally counted it!
Good guys, 300 million, 300 million each!!
The two elders were really shocked, maybe it was for this reason, at night, Yan's mother dragged Yan Xiaokai, who was preparing to set off fireworks with the women outside, into the house, and whispered: "Kaizi, all the people over there in the crab village have gone home on vacation, and there are a lot of valuable things there, so Xiaoxin and I went over there to sleep, and your father went to the breeding company!" β
Yan Xiaokai was not stupid enough to ask, then where am I going to sleep, but said with a smile: "Thank you, Mom!" β
Yan's mother made a look of displeasure and said: "Thank you, thank you, I didn't connive at you, I was thinking that I went to the crab village with Xiaoxin, it is not suitable for your father to live in a house with so many female friends of yours, let your father go to live with you in the breeding company, and I am not at ease when this group of women is left, so I let you stay at home." β
Yan Xiaokai hurriedly said: "Oh, Mom, if you put a hundred hearts, I will definitely protect them!" β
Yan's mother snorted lightly and beckoned Yan Xiaoxin and Yan's father to leave the mansion......