After a busy day's work, I finally packed up all the ingredients to be prepared for tomorrow's birthday banquet, and the old man's birthday peach cake also made a rough prototype, just waiting to improve the appearance when the birthday banquet will start tomorrow, and it's okay.

After the kitchen was cleaned up, Min Wanwan was satisfied with the kitchen door and walked out.

It was already dark outside, and it was time for dinner.

She stomped her feet and patted the powder on her clothes, her face was a little anxious, and she was very worried that Cheng Yan would be in a hurry at home.

Although she put enough food and drink on the side of the kang when she went out, she couldn't help but worry when she saw that it was so late, after all, Cheng Yan was unable to move.

Just as she was about to say hello to Dr. Fang and go home, she saw Dr. Fang smiling and throwing a string of red firecrackers from the door and walking in.

"Girl, are you done with the cake, let's have a sip of soup here and go back, and bring a bowl back to your family."

Doctor Fang put down the firecracker, and beckoned to the door, next to a large cauldron, Mrs. Fang served soup.

Because there are at least a dozen people in the yard to help today, fortunately, Aunt Fang has a big pot and cooks a big pot of rice for everyone at the door.

Looking at Aunt Fang, she shouted and gave a bowl of soup to the neighbor's child next door, squinted her eyes, and beckoned to Min Wanwan with a smile: "Girl, come and drink a bowl of soup before leaving, you just have enough to drink as much as you want." ”

Min Wanwan was not ambiguous, and took a pair of chopsticks from the big basin in the yard: "Okay, auntie!" ”

After all, it's a little late to rush back to cook for Cheng Yan now, so it's better to drink it yourself and bring him a bowl back.

The big pot is boiled with salty gnocchi with wild vegetable soup, the big pot dish of this era, the emphasis is not on what to make, but on the portion, although it is not so delicious, but its only advantage is that it is full.

Aunt Fang was also really good, she filled a big bowl for Min Wanwan, and privately stuffed two cornmeal dumplings for her while no one was next to her.

She held up a big spoon for Min Wanwan to block and let her carry it into her arms: "Girl, thank you for helping me here these days, this gluttonous lady didn't make a few, you can take these two back and eat them!" ”

Min Wanwan smiled and nodded, walked to the door and squatted, sucked a few times and drank the soup, went to fill another bowl, greeted Aunt Fang, and hurried home.

When leaving, Min Wanwan didn't forget to tell Dr. Fang that she must watch the kitchen door well, don't let the mouse and the cat sneak in and spoil the cake, fortunately the weather is not hot at this time, and it is not a problem to put the cake for a night or two.

When I first arrived home, the kerosene lamp in the house had been lit, Min Wanwan hurriedly walked to the upper room with a bowl, the soup was still very hot, she smiled and put it on the table next to her: "Today, Dr. Fang's family made a big pot of rice, and I drank it there by the way, no, I brought you a bowl, and the two heads given by the eldest mother." ”

Cheng Yan propped himself up and sat up, looking at the two yellow dumplings handed over by Min Wanwan, he raised his hand and pushed: "Hurry up and sit down and rest, see that you are sweating profusely." ”

Looking at the beads of sweat on Min Wanwan's forehead, he was also distressed, and from the steaming gnocchi soup in the bowl, he could see that this girl must be on the way, hurry up and escort the soup back.

Min Wanwan's face turned red when Cheng Yan looked at her, and she sat down and raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead: "Eat quickly, the soup should be cold in a while." ”

She took the chopsticks and stirred the cold layer on her face, and handed it to Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan drank the soup, and from Min Wanwan's mouth, he also roughly understood the situation of today's busy work, watching her talk and laugh, and he was very confident about tomorrow's birthday banquet, and he was also excited.

"Wanwan, it's been a busy day today, you go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."

"Cheng, I'll get up early tomorrow, and the food will be prepared for you and put it next to you, eat when you wake up, don't be hungry."

The next morning, when the sky was still hazy, Min Wanwan got up to cook for Cheng Yan, and the hot and steaming soup was covered with strips of waste cloth and placed on the table next to the kang head, and there was a leftover head from yesterday next to it.

Everything was ready, and she quietly left the house and rushed to Dr. Fang's house.

Although the people who come to celebrate the birthday arrive at noon, the dishes at the birthday banquet must be prepared in advance, so that they can eat at noon.

When I arrived at the door, several people were already busy setting tables in the courtyard.

Doctor Fang also changed into new clothes, running around the yard, seeing Min Wanwan hurriedly supporting her legs, she stepped forward and grabbed her: "Girl, hurry up, just wait for you to take charge." ”

Min Wanwan didn't grind, first went to the small kitchen, looked at yesterday's cake embryo intact, and then walked out with a big spoon with satisfaction.

There were several large cauldrons outside the courtyard, and the cooks who had been invited by Dr. Fang were already cooking regular mat dishes.

What she wants to be in charge of is the dishes on the main table, which of course are for those people in the Li family.

The ingredients had been processed as early as yesterday, and she first made a few home dishes, a plate of fried wild vegetables, a winter melon pork ribs, a fried meat with chili peppers, and a pot of hot and sour fish as a base.

Of course, these are the only things that are impossible, in her previous life, she was a high-end chef in a Michelin restaurant, and of course these things are used to practice.

The highlight is all in the back, and of course sweets are indispensable at the birthday banquet, in addition to Western-style meals, there are also provincial sugar and oil baba and eight-treasure sweet rice as desserts.

You can't taste any of this in this place.

Provincial snacks such as bucket chicken, donkey rolling, fish-flavored eggplant, palace fried chicken and colorful rice, etc., all came out of her cauldron with bursts of fragrance.

These dishes stunned the chefs who were cooking traditional mat dishes next to them, after all, in this era, transportation is inconvenient, and some people may have heard of these snacks from other provinces, but most of them have never tasted them.

Doctor Fang was also attracted by this fragrance, and pulled Aunt Fang to the cauldron, refusing to leave when she smelled it.

"Girl, what are these called? We've never eaten before. ”

Aunt Fang came to her, her eyes widened, and her saliva was about to flow out.

Min Wanwan pinched the palace fried chicken on the side and handed it to Aunt Fang's mouth, and Aunt Fang didn't say anything and opened her mouth to eat it.

When I ate it in my mouth, it was called a fragrant, and I only cared about eating it in my mouth, and I couldn't even speak clearly: "It's delicious, girl, shouldn't you have cooked for the emperor before?" ”

Hearing Aunt Fang's praise, Doctor Fang couldn't help but take a bite of chopsticks and nodded as he ate.

Min Wanwan smiled sullenly, and beckoned to start another stove next to her, after all, only these few dishes at the birthday banquet are not enough, not to mention hundreds, because of the prestige of Old Man Fang, almost all the old and young in the village have to come, and she wants to ensure that everyone can taste a few special snacks.

Seeing that Min Wanwan was busy, Doctor Fang and Aunt Fang didn't mess around and ran to the yard to discuss the matter of the banquet, and they also came to the stove from time to time to eat with a few chopsticks.

When the dishes are ready, they are all put in the small kitchen first, one is to give the people who came in advance a guess, and the other is afraid of falling into the ground outside.

It was almost noon, and the people in the village gathered at the door of Fang's house one after another, because of the small door frame, Dr. Fang simply greeted people and demolished the wooden frame door outside, so that it was convenient for people to come and go.