Chapter 107: A Pot of Chowder (Part II)
Maybe Hu Yueying also knew that it was Li Xin's dowry gift for Guan Quan, and she was closer to her in her heart, Li Xin beckoned her to sit and eat, and she also sat down to eat shyly. Li Xin liked her quiet appearance, and spoke more softly, and asked Ah Xiu Ah Mei to recognize someone.
The two future sisters-in-law are both beautiful, one is straightforward and the other is demure, compared with the two of them, Hu Yueying looks even more inferior, and her head is unconsciously lowered.
Ah Xiu saw that she was not very comfortable, and she couldn't say anything to Hu Yueying, so she said hello and went to the stove with Li Xin to do something.
Ah Mei and Hu Yueying have similar temperaments, they are both temperaments that don't make a lot of noise, and the two sit together and occasionally say a few words, but it can be regarded as a Hu Yueying who has found a chat companion, so as not to let her be too isolated.
After sitting for a while, Hu Yueying was a little uncomfortable, and said to Ah Mei: "Are the people over there busy in the stove?" I'm going to help too. β
"Sister-in-law let us sit here and chat." Ah Mei shook her head: "Sister-in-law is busy over there, Sister Yueying doesn't need to be in a hurry." β
Indeed, Li Xin's side has enough manpower. Xing'er and Zhang's are already skilled in housework, and the daughters-in-law of Brother Kui Ziyue and others consciously come to help. The stove is not too small, but it is also squeezed around. As for the three cauldrons on the edge of the open space in the courtyard, they only need someone to watch the fire, and they don't need to bother too much.
Li Xin held a banquet for the first time as the daughter-in-law of the family, which naturally meant that she wanted to get off to a good start, and it also meant that her life would be prosperous in the future. There were ten tables for the banquet, and each table had six cold cuts, six meats, six vegetables and six soups, which together were four sixes. It symbolizes the four seasons of wealth and the six great shuns.
Li Xin and Xing'er, who had already prepared the dishes before, had already been prepared and put in the cage drawer to steam, and the layers of cage drawers were stacked higher than people. The soup is also boiled in two pots between the stoves, and if it is to be stewed for a long time, it will be put in the pot early in the morning, and if it does not need to be stewed for too long, it will be directly made by Li Xin. The cold salad was mixed in a big pot, and seeing that the time was almost up, Li Xin asked Guan Wen to greet the guests to the table.
Everyone did it one after another, and Xing'er, Zhang's and others went to set up the dishes and chopsticks, removed the melon seeds and fruits on them, and served six cold dishes first, and vacated them. After the cauldron. Li Xin began to stir-fry. Stir-frying, choking, and the spatula doesn't stop at all.
The people in the courtyard ate lively, and the two tables in the hall seemed a little deserted. The Guan family and the Zhao family happened to sit at the same table, and the Li family and the Hu family also sat at the same table.
Not long after serving the food, Ah Xiu ran over and said to Li Xin, "Sister-in-law, Master Wen is here." β
Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he cleanly handed the spatula to Xing'er on the side, "Sister Xing'er." You help me flip through a bit, and I'll go and receive the next guest. β
Xing'er hurriedly said okay, stir-frying according to what Li Xin said.
Li Xin went out with Ah Xiu, and Dr. Wen happened to go up the hill, carrying a thicker wooden stick as a crutch, and when he saw Ah Xiu, he smiled and said, "Girl, this place is well chosen." The mountains and rivers are beautiful and quiet. β
Ah Xiu laughed. called the master, and hurriedly let out Li Xin and said, "Master, you are here, my sister-in-law has been waiting for you for a long time." Come in, everybody's seated. β
"Sister-in-law of the Guan family, congratulations on moving to a new house."
"Doctor Wen is polite, hurry up and sit inside." Li Xin came up with a smile and greeted, "Look at how my house looks like this." β
Dr. Wen followed Li Xin and Ah Xiu uphill, and when he saw the new house that had risen, he nodded and smiled: "When I get old, I will go back to the village." than your house. β
Ah Xiu suddenly laughed.
Guan Wen heard that Dr. Wen was coming, and he hurried to pick up people, this is his life-saving benefactor!
"Doctor Wen is a rare guest! Hurry up and please, please! β
Guan Wen warmly took over Li Xin's reception and invited Dr. Wen to take a seat in the hall.
According to the original plan, Dr. Wen should have sat next to the table of the Guan family, but looking at his father's face, Guan Wen changed his mind, and first took Dr. Wen to introduce the two tables in the hall, saying that it was the doctor who saved his life, and everyone was in awe in an instant. Then Guan Wen didn't say anything to his father, and directly brought the person to the table of the Li family, inserted a position between Li Houzhong and Father Hu, and said, "Doctor Wen, this is my father-in-law, this is my brother's father-in-law, you sit." β
Dr. Wen didn't want to have a relationship with Guan Wen's father, Ah Xiu had been in Anhetang for nearly two months, and he had more or less heard about some things about the Guan family. Regarding Guan Wen's recuperation in Anhetang, his father only came in a hurry and left in a hurry, and never came to see it again, and Dr. Wen still had a lot of complaints.
On the contrary, he has a good impression of Guan Wen's daughter-in-law's mother's family. In this regard, Li Xin was tired and sick from running around for Guan Wen's affairs, and he saw that her mother couldn't take care of her for two days; On the other hand, when Ah Xiu gossiped with him, he would involuntarily bring out some respect and liking for her sister-in-law, which set off her dislike for her father. The doctor is observant, and these things naturally can't escape his eyes.
Seeing that Guan Wen arranged for him to sit next to Li Houzhong, Dr. Wen was very satisfied.
Li Houzhong hurriedly greeted Dr. Wen and poured him wine diligently. Dr. Wen said that he didn't drink, and Li Houzhong retracted his hand and beckoned him to eat, and introduced him to the other people at the table.
Others are okay, when Daddy Hu was introduced, Dr. Wen paused, looked carefully at his eyes and asked, "Brother Hu's eyes ......?"
"I've been blind for decades." The blind man sighed, "It's still dragging my daughter down." β
Hu Yueying whispered "Dad" and her eyes were slightly red, and she said to Dr. Wen: "Dad, he can't see everything, but his eyes are very blurry, the weather is clear, and when the sun is particularly bright, his eyes are squinted, saying that he feels that everything in front of him is white, and he can't see anything." β
Dr. Wen touched his chin and nodded, and Hu Yueying asked with some excitement; "You, you're a doctor, I don't know if you can ask...... Is there anything I can do to make my dad a little better? β
With the Hu family's family background, it is very difficult to scrape together money to treat Father Hu's illness. Hu Yueying also knew that the doctor made money by seeing a doctor and taking medicine, and if she asked like this, she would offend people.
But the opportunity is rare, this is a doctor! It's not your average Langzhong. Barefoot doctors, but selected by government training and assessment, with official records, the doctor with the highest medical qualifications!
Hu Yueying was very worried, but Li Xin, who had just fried a pot of vegetables and served them on a plate, was slightly annoyed.
She understands Hu Yueying's mood very well, but at this time and on this occasion, it is too inauthentic for her to ask such a question!
Without waiting for Dr. Wen to answer, Li Xin coughed and put the food on the table, and interrupted in it: "How are you eating?" Does it taste good? β
"Okay! Yes! Li Houzhong was very happy: "It's been a long time since I've eaten the dishes you cooked, and my father has a toothache when he thinks about it!" β
Everyone at the table laughed. Zhang pretended to be aggrieved and said: "My father-in-law only eats my sister's food, what can I do with my daughter-in-law in the future......"
"Eat them all, eat them all!" Li Houzhong laughed and said: "They are all good daughters of my father!" β
treats his daughter-in-law as if he were a daughter, and from the outsider's point of view, this family is kind. Dr. Wen nodded slightly, smiling, and the people around him enthusiastically picked up food for him. Tell him to eat more.
When he saw that the dishes made by the pig were also served on the table, Dr. Wen frowned slightly, and saw that the people next to him were very happy, especially the two little dolls, who had a mouthful of oil, and thought that they really didn't smell anything bad, so they tried to eat with a pair of chopsticks.
In the end, the hand that lifted the chopsticks and picked up the pork offal never stopped.
This meal can be regarded as a happy meal, and there are not many dishes left in a table of twenty-four dishes. The people who came to eat were touching their round bellies and burping and picking their teeth. The little doll ran happily and scurried around in a yard.
Some of the people who helped in the stove didn't get the main meal to eat, and when they saw that everyone had eaten, they set the table to eat. Li Xin deliberately stayed it, and after a busy morning, everyone ate even harder. The food tastes good, can you not be happy to eat it?
After eating and drinking, the neighbors who lived in HehuΔ Village went back to their respective homes. Li Xin told them to come back at night, but they were all pushed.
One meal keeps a family busy for so long. They are also embarrassed to trouble others for late dinner. Besides, this meal is worth two meals at other people's homes, and the food is full of oil, and the taste is top-notch.
There are also such shrewd aunts and daughters-in-law who think in their hearts, Guan Wen's family is a good cook, the selection of ingredients and materials is good, and there is no waste at all. lest in the end you can't eat the pigsty and cheapen those pigs for nothing.
Some brought children, and when they left, Li Xin also instructed Ah Mei to grab a handful of melon seeds and give a small sweet cake or something. Why not make children happy and adults happy?
Sending away batch after batch, Li Xin calculated that there could be three tables of people who wanted to have a late dinner.
The village chief didn't come to eat at noon, it is said that he went to the county for a meeting, and he can come back next morning. If nothing else, the village chief, Chunsheng, and Yinhuan are willing to reach out to help them when they are in trouble, and Guan Wen and Li Xin's gratitude to them also have to let the village chief come to the house for a meal.
The Li family wanted to go back after a night's rest, and the Liu family said that they would stay at Li Xin's house for two days that day, but they were just casually talking. They have just separated from each other, and there are still a lot of things at home, so they can't take care of them at all, and the Liu family is not good to stay with their daughter for a long time.
Guan Ming naturally wanted to continue to eat.
For Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng, Li Xin's attitude is not enthusiastic, and he can do whatever he wants.
Ah Xiu sent Dr. Wen out of the door, stopped Xing'er who was leaving, hugged Xiaokang and complained: "Sister Xing'er, why are you panicking, go and take a nap, eat dinner and then leave." β
Xing'er said with a smile: "The people who stayed were all the closest relatives of Brother Guan and Sister Xin'er, and Yinhuan's father-in-law was the head of a village, so I couldn't continue to stay." β
"What are you afraid of, Daddy Hu, they haven't left."
Xing'er suddenly cried and laughed: "How can this be the same, the girl of the Hu family is your fourth brother's future daughter-in-law." β
"I still think you are my future second sister-in-law." Ah Xiu blinked and said in Xing'er's ear, and nodded his chin meaningfully towards the place where Guan Wu was standing looking around: "Look at my second brother, are you looking for Sister Xing'er?" β
Xing'er suddenly blushed in shame, her cheeks were slightly red, and she raised her eyes to meet Guan Wu and looked over, as soon as she saw Xing'er, Guan Wu's eyes lit up, and just as she was talking, a sharp old woman's voice shouted at the bottom of the slope: "Guan Wen!" You don't come to the door to invite us when you get up to the house? What a white-eyed wolf! β
Ah Xiu and Xing'er looked back when they heard the sound, and suddenly they both frowned-
Sun Pei's mother-in-law, Sun Magpie's mother-in-law?
How did she come!