Second Sister Ye's house and the Lan family are not far away, and Ye Feng is familiar with the way back and forth, so he volunteered to send Second Sister Ye home with a big cow.

Anyway, he can't move those big guys, and the Ye family won't let them help.

Walking out of the house, Ye Feng regretted that he didn't bring a torch or something. Now it's all dark outside, and he can't see his five fingers, and he's really afraid that if he falls, he will lose face.

Fortunately, after walking for a while, I slowly got used to it. In fact, if you look closely, there is still a little light in the night sky.

There is almost a month before the New Year, and now the wind is really cold. A gust of wind blew, and several people quickly shrunk their necks.

The three of them are not much different in age, but because it is the first time to walk in this dark night, they are still a little strange, and they don't speak for a while, and the atmosphere is quite awkward.

Ye Feng thought about it, and then asked Da Niu: "Da Niu, I've always been curious, why is your eldest brother not called Da Niu, but you are the youngest, but you are called Da Niu?" ”

Da Niu is not annoyed, after all, the same question has been asked before. And he was also very familiar with Ye Feng, and he said without thinking about it: "I was weak when I was born, and I got sick twice in three days. The fortune teller said that the eight characters were incomplete, and he had to give a name that was good to feed. At that time, my family happened to buy a cow, and my father decided to call me a big cow. ”

So that's the case, Ye Feng said in his heart.

With this as the topic, everyone finally opened up the conversation.

After chatting for a while, Ye Feng asked Second Sister Ye: "Are there any flowers that are still blooming at this time?" ”

Ye Ermei thought about it for a while, and then replied: "Yes, I moved a few wild chrysanthemums by the creek and planted them at home, and they are still blooming." What, is this going to be used for cooking? ”

Ye Ermei also admires Ye Feng very much now, that chili oil is very simple to make, but it makes the taste of cold vegetables chemically change. In addition, his name is Sister Ye, and according to his age, he is his younger brother, so he has a little more closeness than others.

Ye Feng replied: "It's not cooking, I want to pick a few flowers to put on the plate and add beauty." By the way, what color is the chrysanthemum? ”

If it was white or yellow, he wouldn't dare use it.

"It's both white and purple." Ye Ermei replied.

"Then you can pick a few purple ones when you come tomorrow morning." Ye Feng thought for a while and said. Anyway, it's not white, so when the time comes, blanch the flower with water and tear off the petals for later use.

After walking for a while, I saw a house with faint lights shining through, thinking that it was the same as Chen Jixing's house, with huge gaps in the walls.

When Ye Ermei saw it, she said to Da Niu and Ye Feng: "Okay, I'm here, you two go back quickly, I'll come over early tomorrow morning, and I'll bring chrysanthemums too." ”

It's just that Ye Feng didn't leave immediately, but waited for her to enter the courtyard, and then returned the same way with Da Niu.

Maybe it was because they were too tired from working during the day, when Ye Feng and Da Niu went back, Chen Jixing, Chen Qianshan, and Chen Qianliang were already asleep, and they snored evenly.

After a while, Ye Feng and Da Niu also fell asleep.

But in Ye's house, Zhao and Da Niu's mother couldn't sleep, chatting excitedly.

After dinner, when a few people washed the pots and pans, Sister-in-law Zhu also took out a small jar of fruit wine, which she had to let a few people drink. Judging by her smiling face and enthusiastic performance, this tasting must be satisfying.

Chen Jixing wanted to take two sips of the pig's ears, but Ye resolutely disagreed. As soon as several people were combined, they felt that no one could drink, after all, they had to get up early the next morning.

There are more than 20 tables to cook tomorrow, instead of two simple tables like tonight. If they miss someone's big business because of drinking, the silver is a small thing, and they will not want to receive business in the future.

I only heard Zhao say: "I won't tell you anything, I was still worried when I was on the ox cart, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this well." When the time comes, it will be a disgrace, and you will have to lose money. Well, I didn't expect it to be successful after a try. ”

Although the lights were turned off and his expression could not be seen, he could still hear that Zhao was very excited.

Hearing this, Da Niu's mother continued: "I'm afraid of me, I'm not afraid, in order to save money, I am willing to do no matter how hard and tiring the work is." No, you just saw it, Sister-in-law Zhu is happy, otherwise she wouldn't have given us wine for nothing. After this order, we have to drink this wine. ”

Ye Shi was also a little excited, although he checked countless times before leaving, he was still afraid of missing something. Well, let's try it tonight, and it's quite successful.

Because he said: "We have been working very hard lately, according to me, when we get the money, our family will set up a table, drink this jar of wine, and have fun." ”

The Ye family has calculated, and as soon as the banquet is over tomorrow, the silver will be available.

When the time comes, it will be evenly divided, and each family will have vegetables, but they will go to the city to buy some meat or pastries or something, and several people will cook together with their own hands, which is fast and lively.

The key is that you can also warm up your feelings.

When everyone heard it, they all thought that Ye's idea was good. With the silver, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, it is not difficult to set up a table, and it is not a one-person payment, everyone can get together.

However, what several women did not expect was that after tonight, until the New Year, they would not be idle. Because after tomorrow's banquet, the Yaya Township Chef will completely open up its fame, and there is a lot of business waiting for them in this fire in ten miles and eight townships.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Ye Ermei pinched it over, carrying a few purple chrysanthemums in her hands.

Sister-in-law Zhu saw that she was still carrying flowers, and she didn't think much about it, girls, they all love these flowers and grasses, and they want to pinch to play.

This flower looks like it was planted in her yard, and she saw it last time when she went to book a village kitchen, and it was quite beautiful.

The Ye family had just gotten up, had just washed up, and were preparing to light a fire to brush the pot and make noodles. I just discussed it with Sister-in-law Zhu, and everyone felt that they had a very enjoyable meal last night, they were not very hungry, and they had to save their stomachs for lunch for dinner, so they just said that they could make noodles in the morning.

There were about twenty people at the two tables, and they had to be prepared to have those who came early, plus a few of them, so everyone thought about it and decided to make noodles for thirty people.

At this time, Ye Feng asked everyone to make the bone broth last night to come in handy. Before, the Zhao family was still a little incomprehensible, thinking that Ye Feng had to bother to let them boil this big bone broth, after all, they didn't need it at night.

Ye Feng also learned later that this time and space is not good for drinking soup after or before a meal. Therefore, last night, when everyone was full and thought that there were no more vegetables, Zhao commanded a few people to serve a bowl of milky white bone broth to one person, and sprinkled a few green green onions.

Zhu took the lead in drinking, and immediately felt a warm current all over his body, which was very comfortable, and the soup was fragrant and white, and it was comfortable to look at. Because there are many meat and vegetables, and the amount is sufficient, everyone was already full, and now they are drinking a bowl of soup, and they are all shouting support.

In the eyes of Master Lan and the Zhu family, this is their own face.

It's nothing if you can eat a mouth full of oil when you make a banquet, the key is that you can't stand it in the end, which is amazing.

The soup is excellent.

This time, the large bone broth in the pot has condensed because there is a lot of lard. But as long as the fire is burned, it can be used for boiling.

Ye took Ye Ermei to start rolling dough, and their skills were all from Ye's mother, Lin. The two of them have been exposed to it since they were children, and they often practice, so they do it very quickly.

When the noodles were ready, Ye Feng signaled the two of them not to put down the noodles first, but sent the big cow mother to the front to ask the Zhu family's tastes. As a result, 10 people said they liked spicy food, five people said they liked sour food, and several people said they liked light food.

Ye was still a little puzzled, but when Da Niu's mother came back, he understood what Ye Feng meant. Indeed, if each bowl of noodles can be flavored according to the other person's preferences, where is there any disappointment?

So, Ye Feng, Chen Qianshan, and Chen Qianliang helped set up more than 20 bowls, Ye Feng was responsible for putting chili oil into the ten bowls that liked spicy food, Ye went to the kitchen to scoop sour soup, and Da Niu Ma scalded two handfuls of spinach in another pot according to Ye Feng's idea. When cooked, put two in each bowl.

When these are ready, the noodles will be ready. Ye Shi and Ye Ermei hurriedly scooped it up, and put about two sides in one bowl, but only about one bowl was left in the pot.

On the other side, twenty-five eggs were also fried. Zhao took the clay pot, picked up the eggs with chopsticks, and put one in one bowl, so that everyone could help bring the noodles to the table in the front yard.

This noodle is originally freshly rolled, fresh and firm; The fried egg is fried just right, yellow on both sides, and there is a soft heart inside; Spinach is just a simple simmer, green and lovely; Those who like spicy food have their familiar chili oil in their bowls, those who like sour food have sauerkraut soup in their bowls, and those who like to eat clear soup have shallots inside.

Everyone originally thought that they were just eating noodles, who hadn't eaten them yet, and they weren't very hungry, so they lazily sat down at the table. When you see these noodles, you can already eat them before you start eating.

When I got into it, I found that I couldn't stop at all. For a while, only the sound of snoring noodles could be heard on the two tables, and no one spoke at all.

Some people have already eaten enough, but they still feel that they are not satisfied, so they take up the bowl and drink the noodle soup as well. Whether it is a clear soup, a spicy soup, or a sour soup, the bone broth tastes so strong.

A bowl of noodles is down, and the whole person is warm.

Zhu Shi also finished eating, and when she looked up, she found this strange scene: all the bowls on the table were bottomed out, and there was not even soup left.

Especially the bowl of longevity noodles served to Mr. Lan, the ingredients are even more full. Old Man Lan likes to eat spicy food, so Ye Feng put enough spicy food, thought about it, the old man has a strong taste, and slightly added sour soup. At the end, Ye Feng also carefully shaved off the flesh on the big bone and mixed it into the noodles.

This meat has long been stewed and rotten, and it melts in the mouth.

Old Man Lan was full of praise while eating, which made Master Lan very happy.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu turned around, he met Master Lan's smiling face. The two forgot to glance at each other, and they knew in their hearts that the village chef had invited the right one this time, and it was simply crooked.

In the backyard, a few people were embarrassed to make it so complicated, and they didn't dare to fry eggs, so they just boiled a little porridge casually and ate the leftovers from last night.

Compared to last night's tasting and the noodles just now, this meal at noon is the real test.

Seeing the empty bowl that a few young men had put away, several women glanced at each other, and a knowing smile appeared on their faces, it seemed that they had succeeded again.

With the success of these two meals, everyone felt that they had greater confidence, and so everyone began to work again.

At the beginning, after all, it was the first time to make a banquet, and there was no cooperation between each other, so I was a little flustered for a while. For example, Zhao thought that Ye's washed the green onions, but Ye thought that Da Niu Ma washed them. As a result, no one washed it.

Seeing this, Ye Feng made a simple assignment to the team.

Ye Ermei has good knife skills and is responsible for cutting vegetables; Qianliang and Da Niu are responsible for washing vegetables; Ye's, Zhao's, and Da Niu's mother are each responsible for their own specialty dishes; Ye Feng is responsible for various seasonings such as green onions, garlic, and chili oil; Chen Qianshan was responsible for lighting the fire, and Chen Jixing was responsible for chopping firewood.

In this way, the distribution was instantly smoothed.

The Zhu family has never even entered the backyard, she is too busy, there are more and more guests, the older ones have long been invited by her to the hall to sit and chat with Mr. Lan, and the relatives sit at other tables in the hall, and the villagers sit directly in the courtyard.

In the end, the courtyard couldn't sit at all, so Zhu hurriedly took the children to sweep the door and put two more tables.

Rao was like this, except for the two tables at the door, which left three seats vacant, the rest were full.

In this way, there were actually twenty-two tables, not the twenty tables that were expected before.

This made Zhu anxious, so he hurriedly went to the backyard and said that there were twenty-two tables of guests today. Seeing that Ye was not flustered, she realized that they had expected this situation a long time ago and prepared two more tables.

Ye's thought about it when they bought vegetables, and they would rather buy more than buy less, after all, this place is not close to the city, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. It's okay to buy too much, even if you can't finish eating, just divide it and take it home.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The pickled vegetables are ready-made, they only need to be cut well, and Ye Feng can mix them, and he can't help with the rest. So, after Ye Ermei cut all the pig ears and pig head meat, Ye Feng looked at the amount, and then looked at the clay pot, and was ready to mix it in five times.

When the seasonings such as powdered sugar, minced shallots, chili oil, and minced garlic were ready, Ye Feng began to mix the vegetables. There were few dishes last night, so it was not difficult to mix, but today there was a large amount, and it needed to be mixed five times, so when all the dishes were mixed, Ye Feng only felt that his hand was going to be broken.

However, looking at the mixed dishes in front of him, Ye Feng felt a burst of pride in his heart. Then, the plate begins. Ye Feng took these pottery plates, thinking that if the white porcelain plates he handed over to the pottery master were fired, it would be the most beautiful to put them.

While thinking, he put food on the plate, there were twenty-four plates in total, and there were two more plates.

At the end, I put the purple chrysanthemum that Ye Ermei brought in the morning into the pot and boiled it with boiling water, so that it could be picked up and cooled. When the flowers were cold, Ye Feng tore them into petals. Before the water went into the water, these petals were very full, but now they are thin strips, and you should not be able to see what they are.

Then, Ye Feng put some of these petals on a plate, and tried to arrange them to look like sixty.

The previous cold pork ears were just beautiful in color, but now with these flowers, it has a touch of beauty.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng took another white radish and prepared to carve a Q version of the little white rabbit. He really can't be complicated, but he's pretty good at stick figures. Anyway, this old man Lan is a rabbit, which is also a little bit of his own mind.

As a result, the carving was unsuccessful for a long time, so Ye Feng had to be patient and took another radish to start over. The hard work paid off, and this time, Ye Feng finally succeeded.

Although this sword skill is indeed not good, everyone can understand at a glance that this is a rabbit.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng put the rabbit in the middle of the cold pork ears. This dish is just for Old Man Lan's table.

After doing this, Ye was cooking potato roasted pork ribs, and he had just come out of the pot. Ye Feng took advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention, and threw in some star anise and other spices, Ye understood and did not say a word, and then covered the pot and began to stew.

When Sister-in-law Zhu came into the backyard and said that it was time to eat, except for the rice, which needed to be steamed for a while, the rest was ready.

Ye Shi led everyone to the table in front of him to eat food one by one.

After the twelve dishes were put together, Mr. Lan simply said a few words such as "Thank you for celebrating his birthday, wine and vegetables", and everyone began to eat.

In fact, everyone knew from the moment the food was served that today was the right time.

At a glance, you can see that the host is generous, with more meat and vegetables, less vegetarian dishes, and enough to eat for a table. Especially a dish like potato roasted pork ribs, such a big clay pot, is very hungry.

The host has not yet spoken, and although everyone is drooling, they are trying their best to endure it. As soon as Old Man Lan finished speaking, everyone began to eat, without any image.

After a while, under the leadership of Chen Jixing, several young men worked together to put the steamed rice into a clay pot, cover it with a lid, and put it on a stool under the eaves. Estimating that everyone had eaten almost, Chen Jixing took out the egg drop soup again.

So, the people, who had already eaten, drank another bowl of soup until their stomachs could not contain anything.

There were people who came in the mood to see the excitement before, and they were also full of oil, and they said in their hearts, how did this old man Lan suddenly find such a powerful cook, it seems that he will also find this cook in the future.

In fact, all of today's dishes Ye Shi and others are deliberate, that is, heavy taste. Most of today's guests are from the village, and there are not many people who can eat meat on a regular basis, so this heavy taste just caters to their tastes.

Not surprisingly, this meal was enjoyed by the guests and the hosts.

In the backyard, the Ye family was so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, but their hearts were full of excitement and satisfaction. After everyone's efforts, the first meal of the duck duck village kitchen was finally completed.

After resting for a while, everyone put the leftover dishes on the plate, squatted on the ground, and ate the vegetables in a large clay pot.

In the afternoon, everyone took a little rest and then started cooking again.

The customs here in Yejia Village are similar to those in Chenjia Village, which is to eat two meals, namely lunch and dinner.

Compared to the lunch meal, dinner is much simpler. At noon, there was plenty of food, plus rice, steamed buns, and egg soup, so there was a little left. In addition, some people are in a hurry to go home, and it is too late for dinner.

So, according to a statistic, it was only twelve or thirteen table people.

As soon as everyone discussed, they made all the remaining ingredients, after all, there was not much left. And even if it's more, it doesn't matter, you can take it home.

As popular as lunch, dinner is just as popular. In particular, the bone broth is more popular than the egg soup at noon, and many people drank two bowls before giving up. While drinking, I thought that when I got home, I would go to the meat stall to buy some meat and bones, and take them home to make soup and drink.

Although I can't afford to buy meat, this bone is extremely cheap, and occasionally buying a few sticks to stew in a pot of soup is enough for the whole family to eat on the cake.

Because everyone had to go home, the meal was eaten until it was still dark, and the guests were basically gone. When they left, without exception, they all thanked Zhu and Lan who were standing at the door to see off the guests, and sincerely praised the good taste of the dishes, the lot of meat, the amount of content, and the satisfaction of eating.

All of these made the Zhu family feel that they had face, and the smile on their faces never dispersed.

In the backyard, a few people cheered up again, washed all the pots and pans one by one, and the women began to sit and rest. Chen Jixing took a few boys to completely extinguish the stove and dismantle the stove. When the bricks and stones were cold, the bricks were stacked neatly under the eaves, and the yard was completely restored to its original state.

After doing this, I was too tired to do it, so I sat directly on the ground and waited for Chen Jiwan to come and pick everyone up.

Sister-in-law Zhu was satisfied and brought the three women of Ye, Zhao and Da Niu Ma into the stove, and while thanking them, they were ready to settle accounts.

Zhao Shi, who was in charge of bookkeeping among several people, said fluently: "Sister-in-law Zhu, you gave us a total of fifty taels of silver before. We bought pork...... Jin, spend silver...... Two, spinach...... Vegetable oil...... These add up to a total of forty-seven taels. ”

The Zhao family is really powerful, and this memory alone is not covered.

Zhu couldn't remember how much money those dishes spent, but whenever Zhao said a sum of money, she silently wrote it down, and the last calculation was really forty-seven taels. Originally, she didn't think that she had any leftover of the fifty taels of deposit, after all, her requirements were there, and the price could be checked.

Therefore, as soon as you hear it, it will pass.

Holding the three taels of silver handed over by Zhao, after a little thought, Zhu said: "Everyone is praising the dishes this time, and it is also a blessing to everyone." Take these three taels of silver, even if you thank you for your hard work. And these are twelve taels of silver, which are your wages. ”

After receiving fifteen taels of silver, everyone's hearts bloomed, but they didn't show it on their faces, just smiled modestly.

After a pause, Zhu said again: "Who is the one who is the cold salad pig ear pig head and the rabbit carved with radish?" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a money bag and said, "My father and Xianggong are very happy, this is a tael of silver, just for this chef." ”

Seeing that Ye Feng kept looking at him, Ye took the silver and stepped forward and said, "I did it, then thank you Grandpa Lan and Uncle Lan." ”

Everyone understands it in their hearts, and they do not expose it.

At the end, Zhu Shi said again: "The seasoning of the cold pork ear...... Don't worry, I'm just doing it at home, and I won't spread it. ”

Seeing that Master Lan's father and son both loved to eat, she wanted to ask if she would make it herself one day.

"This is my family's ancestral seasoning, and the ingredients are so complex that I can't tell for a while. I'll tell you when I have a chance in the future......" Zhao was afraid that Ye Feng would say it bluntly, so he hurriedly blocked it.

Zhu just asked casually, knowing that this was someone's secret recipe, and listening to Zhao's words, he knew that the other party would not take it out, so he forgot it.

When Chen Jiwan came with the ox cart, several men moved the kitchen utensils into the cart one by one, the women still sat in the ox cart, and the men followed behind and went home.

It's just that when I came, I was excited and nervous.

And now, it's tired and content.