Chapter Eighty-Eight: What is the expression of a foreigner eating the Chinese banquet?
"Master Zheng, come and smoke a cigarette."
Ma Guodong said with a smile.
Zheng Fei waved his hand and said, "No smoking."
"If you don't smoke well, you can't quit if you smoke, I've been smoking for so many years, I can't quit smoking if I want to."
Ma Guodong said with a smile.
"Master Zheng, can you cook here tomorrow?"
Ma Guodong took Zheng Fei to an open space on the left side of the door.
In front of Ma Guodong's house is a brick-paved path, and on the side of the road, there are a few poplar trees.
Behind the poplars, is a clearing.
Zheng Fei took a step in front of the clearing and measured the width.
"Okay, it's a little small, but it's not a big problem."
Zheng Fei said.
"By the way, where did you put the table?"
Seeing the car reversing, Zheng Fei asked Ma Guodong.
"I can put a few tables in my house, and then put the rest outside."
Ma Guodong has already figured out that there are a few tables in the house, and these tables will entertain his in-laws.
Outside sit relatives, friends and villagers.
Wait until the rear door of the car opens, and the driver goes up and puts the table down.
Zheng Fei and Ma Guodong took it and carried it to the wall on the side.
Chapter 35 The table and the matching chairs, the two of them quickly lifted them down.
"I'll go back first, and remember to pull the water pipes and wires over tomorrow."
Before leaving, Zheng Fei said to Ma Guodong.
"I can't forget this, I'll take out the wires later." Ma Guodong said.
He couldn't forget it.
Seeing that Ma Guodong knew, Zheng Fei came to the truck and told Zhang Andong the route.
"If you go straight from here, you'll get to the provincial road, and you don't have to go back."
"You can walk here, right?"
Zhang Andong pointed to the village road in front of him and asked.
Zheng Fei nodded and said, "Yes, from this village road, go straight, and you can get there in about five minutes."
"That's fine, I don't have to go back, then I'll go back first, call me tomorrow when the wedding banquet is almost over, and come over and pull the table away when the time comes."
Zheng Fei made an OK gesture to indicate that there was no problem.
When Zhang Andong left, Zheng Fei waved his hand to Ma Guodong, and then drove away.
Back home, Fan Hai and Wang Mingming had already made the rest of the ingredients
Zheng Fei took a sip of water, put on an apron and began to work.
"Oh, Xiaofei is cooking at home again?"
Several women and grandmothers were sitting in the village CB intelligence center.
As a breeze blows, an enticing aroma comes in.
Mrs. Shen, who was listening to someone, couldn't help but say something with her toothless mouth open.
When the rest of the people heard this, they sniffed it carefully, and they also smelled a rich and attractive fragrance.
Because it is not the first time that Zheng Fei has cooked at home, the people of the village have gone to his house from the beginning of smelling the smell, and now it has become a sentence.
"It must be Xiao Fei cooking, this smell is too familiar to me."
A woman who had eaten Zheng Fei's dishes in Dongzhuang said.
"You said too, why is there no one in our village to do anything on October 1 this year. You look at the previous years, on the first day of October, good guys, several errands, go to this house today and go to that house tomorrow, eating and drinking every day.
Who knows if there is no one this year, even if you want to eat a meal, you can't eat it."
"His sister-in-law, I agree too much with what you said, people who have been to Hedong's house and eaten a big banquet say that the big banquet made by Xiaofei tastes very good and delicious, originally I thought about who would go over on October 1 to give a gift money to eat, who knows that the prepared money is not a place to spend."
Liu Jinxiu said.
"Auntie, it's not just you who think so, we think so too."
"Hey, look at it, Qinglin, what's going on
Soon, is something happening?"
Liu Jinxiu said.
When the few people who were talking heard this, they turned their heads to look and found Zheng Qinglin running forward sweating profusely.
When he came here, Liu Jinxiu asked first, "Brother Qinglin, why are you running so fast?" Is something wrong?"
Zheng Qinglin is in his forties this year, and in addition to his wife and children, he also has a poor old lady above him.
When several people saw him running so fast, they thought something was wrong with his mother and got up from their stools.
If Zheng Qinglin said that something had happened to his mother, they would immediately go over to help.
Zheng Qinglin stopped here, wiped his sweat and said, "Sisters-in-law and aunts are all sitting here talking."
"What happened to you running so fast?"
Aunt Liu asked anxiously.
"Nothing happened." Seeing their anxious looks, Zheng Qinglin said with a confused expression.
Seeing Zheng Qinglin as if nothing happened, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Five
"It's okay, what are you running so fast? Picked up by a dog?"
One woman said.
Zheng Qinglin smiled and said to a few people: "Isn't this my pig born, I met Xiao Fei two days ago and told Xiao Fei that as long as my pig is born, I will hold a few tables."
Hearing this, the eldest lady and sister-in-law present asked happily, "You ran so fast to find Xiaofei to make a big banquet?"
"That's right!" Zheng Qinglin nodded.
"Okay, that's great, right, let's go?"
"Of course let's go, let's go."
Zheng Qinglin said with a smile.
When the pig is born, he has to set up several tables, isn't it just to eat the big banquet made by Zheng Fei.
Thinking that they would soon be able to eat the big banquet made by Zheng Fei, these ladies and aunts all smiled on their faces.
"Go and tell Xiaofei, and we'll give you publicity."
"No need aunt, I've already told you, I just came from the intersection."
Zheng Qinglin said.
When Zheng Qinglin left, several aunts and aunts present said with smiles on their faces.
"Xiaofei, you're busy."
Zheng Fei was busy making buckle meat, and when he looked up, he found that it was Zheng Qinglin.
"Brother Qinglin is here."
Seeing him, Zheng Fei thought of what he said to him two days ago.
"Brother Qinglin, has your pig given birth?"
"I gave birth to a child, I just gave birth today, didn't I come to you?"
Zheng Qinglin said with a smile.
Good guys, come on, really.
Looking at his expression, he must have come to him for a big banquet.
"Brother, I told you two days ago that I came here to ask you for a big banquet this time, and you see when you have time."
Zheng Fei thought for a while, he will go to Sanliqiao tomorrow, Hejiazhai in Anqing County on the 24th, and Yulou Village in Baliqiao on the third day of November.
By the way, he's going to a wedding.
Zheng Fei suddenly thought of the marriage of his uncle, grandmother and grandson.
"Then the twenty-two, I'll have time at that time."
Zheng Fei thought for a while and said.
"That's okay, just the twenty-second, many people in our village will come over, make a few more tables, just according to a table of four hundred yuan, make thirty tables is about the same."
Zheng Qinglin counted the number of people early.
"Okay, Brother Qinglin, just do as you say."
"Okay, in that case, I won't disturb your work, I'll go back first."
When Zheng Qinglin left, Fan Hai asked suspiciously, "Why didn't this big brother say anything when he asked you to make a big banquet?"
Wang Tomorrow nodded on the side, and he was also a little puzzled.
Seeing their puzzled looks, Zheng Fei smiled and said, "Can you guess why he made the big banquet?"
The two looked at each other and shook their heads.
See two
Not fooled, Zheng Fei felt a little bored.
"You two can't guess?"
"Nope!" The two said in unison.
Don't guess.
"That's because their pigs were born."
When the two of them heard Zheng Fei's words, they both revealed: the expressions of the old man, the subway, and the mobile phone.
Did the pig give birth to a big feast?
This is simply unheard of.
If this matter spreads, I still think that Zheng Zhuang has this custom.
Fan Hai didn't wash his things anymore, and said a little confusedly, "Why haven't I heard that you have this custom here?"
"It's not our custom here, we don't have it here."
Zheng Fei hurriedly explained.
If this word gets out, it will be done.
"This goes back to when I first came, and the day after I first came, I went to the village uncle's house to make a big feast.
At that time, there were many people in the village who attended the wedding, and these people ate the big banquet I made, and they said that my cooking was delicious.
Then, some villagers who had not eaten it were worried about this matter, but it was not, because there was no one in our village to do anything on October 1, and they couldn't hold on.
It just so happened that Brother Qinglin's pig gave birth, so he used this excuse to set up a few tables."
After Zheng Fei finished speaking, Fan Hai and Wang opened their mouths in surprise early tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, the people of Zheng Zhuang actually came up with this method in order to be able to eat the big banquet made by Zheng Fei.
I have to say that these people really come up with any way to eat.
Admire, admire, admire.
"Now you two understand."
"Understood, after listening to what you said, I just want to say one word, awesome."
Fan Hai said with a thumbs up.
He really admired the big brother just now.
Since I heard that Zheng Qinglin's pig was going to find Zheng Fei to set up a few tables, it spread throughout Zhengzhuang Village as quickly as possible.
Not to mention people, even the cats and dogs who have eaten the big banquet made by Zheng Fei already know it.
They often gather together to count the days of the great feast.
Since these cats and dogs have eaten the big banquet made by Zheng Fei, they often appear in front of his house or at home.
Even Aunt Li Fengxia on the other side said that although he didn't have cats or dogs, these cats and dogs in the village came to show him his home.
When he was at home, Zheng Fei often heard the noise of cats and dogs coming out of the door.
The security aspect is directly full.
On the way home, Zheng Qinglin enjoyed the warmest greeting.
People who knew that he was going to make a big banquet stopped to greet him warmly when they met him.
It was a few hundred meters short, and he walked for more than half an hour to get home.
Dong Yueyue, who was watching the little piglets in the pigsty, saw her husband coming back and asked expectantly, "How is it?" Did Brother Xiaofei agree?"
Zheng Qinglin walked over with a smile on his face, looked at the piglet who was sucking, and said, "Agreed, he has something to do in the past two days, and it is scheduled for the 22nd."
Dong Yueyue calculated the time and felt that the 22nd was very good.
"Very good, when the time comes, I will take my father and mother over and let them try Xiaofei's craftsmanship too."
Hearing that his daughter-in-law wanted his mother-in-law to come over, Zheng Qinglin nodded again and again: "Yes, you're right, let the uncle and aunt come over too."
Dong Yueyue is from Dongzhuang, which is very close to here, and it is only a few minutes away from riding an electric car.
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In the evening, Ma Ming and his second uncle drove to Wutong City Airport.
Ma Xiangnong stood at the exit of the station, looked at the time and said, "Xiao Ming, what time are they planes?"
Ma Minh was holding a pick-up sign with his father-in-law's name written in Vietnamese characters.
Ma Ming looked at the time and said to the second uncle, "Uncle, there are about ten minutes left."
Seeing his nervous appearance, Ma Xiangnong patted his shoulder with a smile and said with a smile
"Look at you nervous, the air conditioning at the airport is so cold, you are sweating, it's too exaggerated."
Hearing the second uncle laugh at him, Ma Ming wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and said, "No way, I'm too nervous, this is the first time I've seen them, I used to watch them on my phone, can I not be nervous."
"Relax, what's the use of being nervous, you're going to get married anyway, can your father-in-law still take Xiao En away?"
"It's not enough to take it away, but I won't say Vietnam, and I don't know what to say when we meet."
Hearing that his nephew was worried about this, he smiled and said, "So you are worried about this, what is there to worry about, if you don't know how to speak, just use your hands, and if you can't do it, use translation software."
Ma Xiangnong gave him ideas on the side.
Hearing the words of the second uncle, Ma Ming, who was still a little nervous, instantly became energetic.
yes, won't you say that he doesn't know how to compare? It's just that there's translation software.
With translation software, how can you communicate?
Anyway, his parents also knew that he didn't speak Vietnamese, so they probably wouldn't say anything.
Ten minutes went by in a flash.
Hearing the airport announcement, Ma Ming hurriedly raised the pick-up sign.
Ma Xiangnong on the side laughed when he saw this scene.
Hearing the second uncle's exaggerated laughter, Ma Ming turned his head a little puzzled.
"The plane just landed, and the people haven't gotten out of the plane yet, even if they get out of the plane, they have to wait for their luggage at the big turntable, what are you doing so early."
Hearing the second uncle's words, Ma Ming smiled, he really didn't think of this.
After waiting for another five minutes, Ma Ming saw someone coming out of the exit of the station.
Seeing this scene, he didn't use the second uncle's reminder, and directly held up the sign.
The two of them didn't wait long, and soon saw a dozen people in bright clothes walking out.
No matter from the appearance or height, it can be seen that these people are not Chinese.
In particular, the clothes they wore were very colorful, and they stood out in the clothes that were either black or white.
Seeing the two people walking in the front, Ma Ming shouted in Vietnamese's father.
Ruan Sanshun and his party heard this voice and looked in the direction where Ma Ming was.
Seeing Ma Ming and the sign in his hand, Ruan Sanshun said to the people behind him, "This is Xiao En's husband."
Several of the people behind him were relatives of their family, and these people were seeing Ma Ming for the first time.
Hearing Ruan Sanshun's words, several people looked at Ma Ming curiously.
Seeing Ma Ming's handsome appearance, several people nodded.
It's not bad, and Ruan Linen is a good match.
Ruan Linen's mother and sister, who were walking behind the crowd, also saw Ma Ming who came to pick up the airport.
used to watch it on his mobile phone, but now that he sees him in reality, Ruan Linen's mother is more and more satisfied the more she watches it.
That's really the mother-in-law, the more she looks at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she becomes.
When Ma Ming saw everyone coming out, he first introduced Ma Xiangnong, and then came to the back of the crowd and took the things from his mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
Ma Ming could only speak a few words in Vietnamese, and he didn't know what to say after calling his parents.
Fortunately, at this time, his daughter-in-law made a video call, and after connecting, he said that he handed the phone to his mother-in-law.
As they spoke, Ma Xiangnong came over and whispered, "There are fifteen people in all."
"Can we sit in our car?"
Ma Xiangnong nodded, "No problem, you can sit down."
When they came, they drove a bus, which they had rented to pick up their group.
The two of them stood at the exit of the station and watched them like this, and a group of people spoke to Ruan Linen.
After more than ten minutes, the phone returned to Ma Ming's hand.
Ruan Linen told him to take her parents into the car, and she had already told them about it.
Since the confession
Okay, then Ma Ming didn't need a translator to say, hung up the video, and walked outside with his father-in-law.
By the time Ma Ming and the others got home, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
Ma Guodong had already prepared the meal, and he had two tables of dishes in the restaurant in the town, and slowly the two tables of dishes were very rich.
Ruan Linen was very happy when she saw her parents and sister.
Pull your parents and talk non-stop.
Fortunately, she remembered that they had not eaten, and after a few words, she told her relatives to sit down and eat.
Because Ma Ming couldn't understand what they were saying, if she wanted to speak to her parents, she would ask Ruan Linen to translate on the side.
In this way, the first meeting between the parents of both sides went well.
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At six o'clock the next morning, Zheng Fei had already eaten.
Sitting in the car and waiting for a while, Wang Tomorrow rode a little donkey over, not long after Wang Tomorrow came, Fan Hai also came over in a car.
Hearing the sound of the car, Li Fengxia and Aunt Liu also walked out of the house.
Aunt Gao Xiulian, who was a little farther away, didn't wait for him to call, and also walked out of the house.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zheng Fei beckoned everyone to get into the car, then started the vehicle and drove towards Sanli Bridge.
The three-mile bridge is divided into three parts.
It is divided into: front, middle and rear axles.
There are more than 40 households in the front bridge, and there are more than 70 households in the middle bridge.
Because of the geographical location, there are not many people in the back bridge, only more than 30 households.
The whole village has only one hundred and fifty households.
Compared to the surrounding villages, they are a small village.
From Zhengzhuang to Qianqiao, take the provincial road, go north along the provincial road, turn left at the second intersection, turn into the village road, and then go straight, drive for about ten minutes, and you will arrive at the place.
Sanliqiao, like several surrounding villages, has no special features.
Every family lives on a few acres of land.
Now that the conditions are better, many people have gone out to work, leaving only some old and weak people to farm at home.
Coming to a southbound intersection, Zheng Fei turned in.
After driving a few hundred meters, you will come to the front bridge.
On the telephone pole at the intersection of the village, Zheng Fei saw the newly pasted word "Xi".
It's already seven o'clock, and there are many people eating with bowls at the intersection.
When I saw them coming, I looked at the things in the car curiously.
Seeing the boiler on the car, some people who knew said that it was Zheng Fei who came over.
Some people don't know that the person who made the big banquet for Ma Ming's family was Zheng Fei.
Hearing that it was Zheng Fei who made the big banquet, some people who didn't know stood up with the bowl and walked home.
They want to go back and get the money, and then go to Ma Ming's house to pay their respects.
After all, in a village, if you look down and don't look up, Ma Ming is married, so why should you go over.
Of course, they will never admit that they came here knowing that Zheng Fei made a big seat.
Along the way, Zheng Fei saw that the word "happiness" was pasted on the telephone poles in the village.
It was posted all the way to the intersection to Ma Ming's house.
Zheng Fei slowed down the car and asked Fan Hai to find a place to stop the car.
He drove in a pickup truck with a boiler.
There were many people standing outside the door of Ma Ming's house.
Men, women, and children, all smiling and talking.
Ma Guodong and Ma Xiangnong, who heard the news, came out of the house.
Zheng Fei parked the car next to the open space and got out of the car.
said hello to Ma Guodong and said a few words, just as Fan Hai and the four of them came over.
It was already seven o'clock, and Zheng Fei and Fan Hai began to lift the things on the car down.
The people who were standing outside and talking didn't stand still, they all came to help.
After unloading everything, Zheng Fei took out a box of cigarettes and dispersed.
Everyone else helped, and he couldn't say anything if he didn't spread a cigarette.
"It's coming, it's coming."
Just as Zheng Fei was scattering smoke, he suddenly heard someone looking in one direction and talking.
Zheng Fei looked over curiously and found that Ma Guodong's son Ma Ming came over with a few people.
Seeing the looks and clothes of the people behind him, Zheng Fei knew that they were Vietnamese.
No way, their looks are too easy to recognize.
When these people all went in, Zheng Fei was a little disappointed.
How are there no young girls.
He also wanted to let Ma Guodong introduce him.
Now it seems to be in vain.
Afterwards, Zheng Fei beckoned the two to start working.
Li Fengxia and the three of them were not idle, helping them.
Zheng Fei first brushed out a pot, poured water, and then put the steamer on it.
Dishes such as elbows, roast chicken, plum cabbage button pork, braised pork, and steamed pork ribs were made yesterday.
Now it's just to take it out and put it on the steamer to steam.
Vietnamese people have a sweet taste.
Likes to eat sweet and sour things.
Therefore, Zheng Fei is going to make a few sweet and sour dishes this time.
For example, sweet and sour tenderloin, sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour carp, etc.
Of course, spicy is also indispensable, and Vietnamese people like to eat spicy food in addition to sweet and sour.
Especially sour and spicy, I like it even more.
I don't know why Vietnamese people like to eat sour, spicy, sweet and sour food so much.
A few people put the steamer away, and the five-story steamer couldn't hold all the dishes at all.
Fortunately, there is also a boiler, and on the boiler, there is a place dedicated to the steamer.
Pour water into the boiler, wait until the water level reaches the specified position, and then put the steamer on it.
One dish after another was placed on the steamer, and a total of seven layers were placed.
The seventh floor is not full, and there is still room in it, which is waiting for other dishes.
Some dishes are cooked late in the morning, so you can't put the dishes outside at this time, otherwise it won't taste good if it's cold.
At this time, the spare space in the steamer comes into use.
As the boiler point burned, Zheng Fei began to be busy with other things.
After settling down at home, Ma Guodong walked out with five boxes of cigarettes and three red towels.
This is for the chef.
The cigarette is for the chef to smoke, and the towel is for the chef to wipe his sweat.
Originally, Zheng Fei wanted to refuse, but after hearing that it was their rules here, he accepted it.
I didn't expect Sanli Bridge to have such rules.
They hadn't heard of it there.
It's really a village and a rule, and he really saw it today.
Wang didn't say anything tomorrow, he had been to many places when he followed his father to make a big feast, and he was no longer surprised by this.
also said that there are more outrageous than this.
Zheng Fei asked him, but he didn't say.
directly seduced his curiosity.
Not only was he curious, but Fan Hai was also curious.
But no matter what they asked, the king would not say it tomorrow.
It tickled the hearts of both of them.
What is the outrageous thing, the two of them can't guess it for a long time.