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In winter, when it gets dark early, dinner is naturally eaten early.

In the low thatched hut Zhuangzi, the smoke curls in the sky today, filled with a refreshing smell of meat, and there are bursts of laughter, which is a long-lost laughter, and it is a smell of meat that has not wafted out for a long time.

With the light coming in from outside the door and the light of the fire pit in the house, several Zhuang men had already set up a long wooden table by the fire pit, and a few homemade rough wooden benches had also been set up.

On the rough and even somewhat dark log tabletop, several large pots of freshly prepared dishes have been arranged.

A pot of stewed pork belly pieces that Guo Tuzi personally took charge of, and ten catties of waist fat were stewed by him in a pot, and he didn't even fry out the oil and take back a little, even the soup with water was directly taken into a wooden barrel, looking at the big fat meat that was steaming hot and fragrant, Li Xiao was a little tired of looking at it, but the old and young masters and women who had been standing there in the house for a long time couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"I don't know the taste of meat in March, this meat is good, this meat is fragrant."

Doctor Zhao is old, and he was Li Jiapo's doctor in the past, and he has a good character in treating people and beasts, and he is also a high-ranking person, standing in front of him at this time, looking at the pot of full and fragrant meat in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh with his nose.

Even Li Zhen, the daughter of the former landowner of Lanxi, sucked her little nose the same. In the past, a girl like Li Zhen definitely wouldn't eat pork, but now she seems to have forgotten the taste of meat.

Next to a pot of pork belly, is a large plate of cut pork head meat cooked by Li Xiao himself, although there are no various marinades, but after several processes of cooking, the pork head meat is still extraordinary, the cut very thin piece of pork head meat smells fragrant, and it looks good, especially Dr. Zhao and others who have tried it just now are full of expectations.

There is also a pot of stewed pig's blood pig brain, add a little ginger to the wild onion, and add a little dried dogwood leaves, there is a lot of soup, a large wooden basin, looking at it makes people have an appetite, red, white, green and colorful.

Originally, Li Xiao was going to get a few more dishes, stir-fry ear shreds, fry pork liver, marinate pig intestines, shoot cucumbers or something, but everyone said it was enough.

With these three dishes, plus a few buckets of millet porridge and two baskets of yellow rice cakes that the women had been busy cooking for a long time just now, this meal was simply more sumptuous than the New Year.

"It's been a long time since it's been so hearty!"

"San Lang is back, and everyone will have hope in the future."

"Yes, I'm not afraid of that pickpocket family bullying us anymore."

Everyone sighed and rejoiced every word you said to me.

Li Zhen couldn't help but shed tears again when she heard this, Li Xiao went over to wipe away her tears, "Today is a happy day, don't think about those things, the food is ready, then don't delay any longer, eat while it's hot, don't be cold." ”

"Hmm." Li Zhen put away her tears, showed a smile, and nodded at her brother. If my brother is back, then everything will naturally be fine.

Although the room is simple, everyone is still very polite.

There are about forty people of all ages, but the room is not big, only one table is set, and everyone pushes Li Xiao to sit on the upper seat opposite the door.

Li Xiao couldn't resign.

He invited Dr. Zhao first, "Uncle Zhao is my elder, and he has taken care of Sanniang for me in the past few years, so he should sit here today." ”

Dr. Zhao stroked his goatee, but he didn't refuse.

Back then, he had a relationship with Li Dashan, and later broke his leg and owed Li Dashan to take him in and resettle, and then his daughter insisted on marrying the dead Li Xiao, so he was Li Xiao's father-in-law for a long time, and now that Li Xiao is back, the Li family members are not there, so he really deserves this seat.

He was glad that Li Xiao came back suddenly, and he was also satisfied that Li Xiao was now sensible, and the prodigal son returned to his hometown to rescue them from this cold winter. A hundred cucumbers can actually get back 2,000 yuan from Xiaobawang, which makes him even more amazed.

sighed, Lao Zhao walked to the upper seat and sat down on crutches.

There were two seats on the table, and Li Xiao did not sit in the second position by himself, but invited Yang Dayan to sit. Yang Dayan is slightly younger than Dr. Zhao, but he is also in his forties, and he looks like a fifty-year-old man, he ate a severed head in the righteous army, and worked as a dog-headed military advisor, but after all, he was also a private school teacher who had read the sage's book in the past, and no matter when, that Confucian robe would never be dirty.

Yang Dayan was invited by Li Xiao, excused himself a few times, and then responded with a smile, and sat next to Dr. Zhao amid everyone's laughter, and the two old brothers gave each other hands.

The upper seat is fine, and the other positions are not so important, Li Xiao sat in the second seat, and then Guo Biao accompanied, and then arranged for a few men in charge of the village to sit down.

They were a little scared, but Li Xiao sincerely invited, and they finally sat down.

A long table squeezed down twelve men, and the rest stood in the back, as for Li Zhen and Zhao Wan, they were also the heroines of the house, but women did not sit at the same table as men.

"You eat first, and we'll eat when we're done." Zhao Wan said very angrily.

"Aunt Cuihua, you go and get a few more pots, Sanniang, you have another small table here, and you women and children have a table. Now that the conditions are simple, let's just be casual, and don't pay so much attention to it. Li Xiao didn't want to eat first, so the women who had been busy for a long time watched from the side.

Zhao Wan was still prevaricating very virtuously, "We women don't serve at the table, and we left millet porridge and cakes over there just now." ”

"Obedient." Li Xiao looked directly at Zhao Wan, Zhao Wan's face was a little red by his direct gaze, and she nodded quietly, not daring to refuse again.

Aunt Cuihua, who came from Jiangnan together, was a person who had long been familiar with Li Xiao's character, and immediately responded with a smile, commanding a few women to start working.

Fill one dish from each dish on this side of the table and put it on the other table.

"San Lang, you can say a few words."

Doctor Zhao looked at the two tables and sat down, and the other men and women who didn't sit well also took the dishes and chopsticks and stood on the side, and said to Li Xiao with a smile.

Li Xiao stood up.

"Everyone, I, Li Xiao, came back late, the Li family has suffered in the past few years, and everyone still does not abandon the Li family, Li Xiao is very grateful. This kindness, I Li Xiao remembered, will never forget. I won't say much, in the future, everyone will be my Li Xiao's family, from now on, we are all a family, come, it's cold, I won't say much, everyone hurry up and eat while it's hot. ”

"Everyone let go of eating, don't have leftovers, eat full. In the future, I, Li Xiao, will not let everyone go hungry again. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he sat down, there was no wine, and he directly picked up the wooden bowl and drank a bowl of boiled water first.

"Eat!"

"You're welcome!"

As soon as it started, the speed at which everyone ate still surprised Li Xiao.

Like the wind sweeping the remnants, and like a vicious tiger pounced on food, the fierceness is really amazing.

Such a large piece of pork belly, no matter how old or young, is almost a piece of it, chewing a mouth full of oil, and it is delicious.

The yellow rice flour cake is dipped in soup directly in the bowl, and then put it in the mouth to bite into it, and one bite is half a cake.

In the twilight, the sky is gloomy, this cold winter is very cold, but in this simple and low thatched hut, there is a fire pit, and today is also extraordinarily warm!