Chapter 11: The Lou Family and the Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner

"Your family produces some meat and white noodles, and our family also produces some meat and vegetables, don't let her produce anything at the deaf old lady's house, the old lady is also over 60 years old, and she usually lives on the subsidy of the street office" Yi Zhonghai looked at the stupid pillar with a serious face and said

"What about the Jia family? You can't be deaf, the old lady, a person with more than 60 people, can't go out of the Jia family, "Silly Zhu wanted to beat people after listening to Yi Zhonghai's words, is this what people say, it's not easy for 2 people in the Jia family, it's easy for 2 brothers and sisters, Jia Zhang's family is only 40 years the same age as his father, and he doesn't need to be taken care of, and Jia Dongxu has been working for half a year

"How can that! Let the Jia family make cabbage, let's make cabbage and meat dumplings, but you need to be in charge" Yi Zhonghai made his own decision as if he felt that Silly Zhu would not object

"I'm sorry Uncle Yi, I may not be able to celebrate the New Year with the three of you tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon Lou Dong asked me to go to his house to cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, I don't know what time I can come back" Silly Zhu looked at Yi Zhonghai with a serious face after speaking

Who especially wants to celebrate the New Year with the Jia family, just the dead appearance of the Jia Zhang family and Yi Zhonghai's face look unappetizing, can the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still eat in, thinking to himself, who wants to be together, our family is not going

"Humph! How can Silly Zhu go out to cook for others during the New Year" Yi Zhonghai first glared at Silly Zhu fiercely, and then spoke

"There's no way, Uncle Yi, I promised people a loophole, I can't tell people now that I can't cook for others tomorrow."

Yi Zhonghai didn't achieve his goal, and left with a gloomy face and an angry face. And Yi Zhonghai people don't have to be angry at all, there are too many people in the courtyard who have three wrong views, maybe it's a problem of this era, it's useless to talk to this kind of person, he always feels that he is right, now the commanding heights of morality, what's wrong with him? It's all you who are at fault

After Yi Zhonghai left, the silly pillar was sulking for a while and thought about it, and why bother with this kind of anger, as for the deaf old lady, now she is not familiar with her, it is impossible to invite her to come over for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, if it is possible in the future, it is okay to honor and honor her, it is good to be worthy of your conscience.

Yi Zhonghai turned around and came to Jia's house after leaving He's house, and after entering the house, Jia Zhang's hurriedly asked, "Dongxu and his master, does Silly Zhu agree with our family to celebrate the New Year?" This stupid pillar family usually sees him so much delicious food, tomorrow night Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is not bad, some things I have never seen, this stupid pillar is also a person who eats alone and does not share with the people in our courtyard"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhangshi who was spitting over there with a depressed face, "Don't think about it, tomorrow Silly Zhu is going to cook a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for our factory Lou Dong, and I don't know when I will come back."

Jia Zhang, who was excited, seemed to be suddenly choked by someone's neck, with a constipated face, "This stupid pillar, it's really not a thing, how can there be a big New Year's Eve to go out to cook for others, I just don't want to celebrate the New Year with a few of us, phew!" No wonder his dad left him and ran away."

In the blink of an eye, on the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers in the alley was one after another, He Yushui had already gotten up and ran to the alley to set off firecrackers with his friends, and the children dismantled the firecrackers and put them one by one. After all, it's not easy to buy a firecracker, every household is not rich these days, don't you say, the sound of firecrackers is really atmospheric, and the atmosphere and feeling of the New Year are even stronger.

Silly Zhu prepared in advance what needs to be prepared for tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, shark fin has been sent for several days, and you can do it when you go home in the afternoon, Silly Zhu decided to make back pot meat, Phnom Penh vinegar cabbage, garlic scallops, barbecued pork, braised duck liver, crispy chicken and a court dish roasted lamb that I learned from the master, and tonight's finale dish yellow braised shark fin

I finished making lunch for Yushui early, and told Yushui to go out and come back in the afternoon, don't play too crazy. Not long after 12 o'clock, he heard the sound of a car horn outside the door, and Silly Zhu thought that it should be the Lou family who came to pick him up, so he hurriedly got up

When I got out of the gate, I saw Lou Bancheng's driver getting out of the car, and hurriedly said, "Master, it was Lou Dong who asked you to pick me up."

"Master He, I didn't expect you to come out, I have to save it and I'm asking others when I go in, get in the car, Lou Dong has already prepared things at home, just waiting for you" said that he was opening the car door for the stupid pillar

After the two of them got in the car and left, the people in the courtyard reacted, feeling that the car was here to pick up the stupid pillar, I thought that the days of the He brothers and sisters would be sad after the Daqing ran away, but I didn't expect that although the food was not how Daqing was in, but it was much better than other families in the courtyard, and now there was a car to pick up, and they were envious and discussed, He Yushui, who was playing not far away, was surrounded by friends and asked, He Yushui knew whose car it was, but it did not affect her and her friends to show off

It didn't take long for the car to stop at the door of a 3-story villa, and after Silly Zhu got out of the car, he saw a beautiful young woman about 30 years old standing at the door, and her temperament was not a servant at first glance, but should be Lou Bancheng's wife

"Master He, Lao Lou said that you will be there soon, I thought to myself that I was afraid that you would not find the door to greet you" The woman greeted you before the stupid pillar could react

"You're polite, you come over in person" Silly Zhu replied politely, Silly Zhu didn't expect the hostess of the Lou family to come to greet him in person, and he was a little flattered

"Then let's go over, our family has prepared things, just waiting for you" Mrs. Lou looked at He Yuzhu with a smile on her face

Follow this Mrs. Lou into the kitchen, obediently, this kitchen is bigger than her own home, it is really luxurious The life of this rich man, there are 3 people in the kitchen, and it should be the servant of the Lou family

"Master He, do you need help or help these three people, this is the dish that needs to be made today, you see what else needs to be prepared, I will let people buy it now" Mrs. Lou looked at He Yuzhu and said

"There's nothing you need, your family is too well prepared, if you need to use something that isn't available here, I'm letting someone tell you!" Silly Zhu looked at the menu and checked the ingredients and dishes in the kitchen, and found that there was still bird's nest, but it had been processed and only almost done, this Lou family's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was really rich, looking at the amount prepared was more than 20 people to eat.

"Then you're busy, I'll go over first, if you need someone to inform me, I'll buy the living room," said Mrs. Lou, as she walked out the door

Silly Zhu didn't say anything, put on it and let people start to prepare for cooking, as this time passed step by step, and most of the dishes were quickly prepared, only 1 lamb needed to be cooked for a longer time, Silly Zhu asked where the fat woman's toilet was next to him, and after getting the position, he got up and took off his overcoat and walked towards the toilet

After going to the toilet, I thought that 3 o'clock should be over while walking, and I came home just in time to stir-fry the food, and I didn't notice a person walking across the corner for a while, and the two bumped into each other with a bang, only to hear a painful cry from the opposite side, "Ah! ”

Silly Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, only to see that the opposite was a little girl in her early teens and early tens, and at this time the girl also reacted, looked at the person who bumped into her, and found that she didn't know and asked: "Who are you, why are you in my house?"

Silly Zhu looked at the vaguely familiar face in front of him, thinking that this was probably Lou Xiao'e, but now he was too young, and he looked like he was 11 to 12 years old at most

"I was called by Lou Dong to cook, I didn't pay attention to you just now, I'm sorry" apologized to the other side with an apologetic face

"My dad called me over to cook, you don't look big, you came here with your master" Lou Xiao'e was very curious after listening to Silly Zhu's words, such a small chef

"No, I'm here alone" Silly Zhu looked at the sky, it was not early, and he didn't pay attention to Lou Xiao'e in this hurry, and even said a few sorry and walked to the kitchen

Lou Xiao'e didn't bother with anything after seeing Silly Zhu leave, turned around and walked towards the living room, she was going to ask her mother why her father would call such a young chef to cook

On the side of the living room, Lou Xiao'e saw her mother cooking on the sofa and immediately said, "Mom, how could my father find a chef who looks like he is only a teenager to come over and cook, can it be delicious?" ”

Mrs. Lou smiled after hearing her daughter's question: "Moth, your father said that this little master has a hand in Sichuan cuisine, and he is still the heir of the Tan family's cuisine, as for the question of whether it is good or not, do you think your father will not call it if he cooks?"

Lou Xiao'e heard her mother's end and didn't worry about anything and chatted with her mother on the sofa, as if she had said something happy, and the laughter of the mother and daughter came from the hall, and then Lou Bancheng walked out of the study and saw his wife and daughter talking and laughing on the sofa, and he didn't care too much, he walked over, and the maid brought a glass of water and put it on the table

Lou Bancheng took a sip of water and said to his wife: "Madam, how is Master Xiao He's cooking?" ”

"I just took a look at it, and I'm almost done! It's almost the last lamb being stewed," Lou Tan didn't laugh with his daughter after seeing Lou Bancheng coming

After waiting for the mutton to be ready, Silly Zhu looked at the time at exactly 3 o'clock, got up and said to the servant who was waiting on the side: "Please go and tell Mrs. Xia Lou that my side is over and ready to go back" The maid nodded when he heard Silly Zhu's words and turned to leave

"Master Xiao He has worked hard, quickly pour tea for Master Xiao He, remember to serve good tea" After a while, Lou Bancheng came over with his wife, and Silly Zhu looked at Lou Bancheng and hurriedly refused to this servant's command: "No need Lou Dong, it's not too early for you to see the sky, I'll go back first, my sister is still waiting for me at home."

"That's okay, I'll have someone prepare a car to send you back" After finishing speaking, he looked at Lou Tan's family, and Mrs. Lou stepped forward and handed over 50,000 yuan, "Master He, you take this money, let you cook for the New Year, hard work, Lu Cui, are the things you prepared ready, bring them to Master He, Master He has prepared something for you and it will be regarded as a New Year's gift, don't refuse, maybe I will trouble you in the future" After a while, I saw a middle-aged woman walking over with something, and the stupid pillar saw that it was Xu Damao and his wife, However, Silly Zhu didn't greet her, just glanced at her

Silly Zhu didn't refuse to take the money and things and left Lou's house, except for the door to find that the car was already waiting at the door, get in the car and go back to the courtyard

When returning to the courtyard, the atmosphere of the New Year was even stronger, the gate was pasted with Spring Festival couplets, and each household was basically pasted, and the silly pillar hurried home to take out the Spring Festival couplets that he bought yesterday with Yan Bugui, and made a little paste and shouted his sister to paste the Spring Festival couplets together, and after pasting, he returned to the house and opened the gift given by Lou's house and found that it was 4 bird's nests

Good thing, just to make up for my sister, this bird's nest Lou's family has been processed, this kind of bird's nest, the color is white and transparent, the bird's feathers are rarely and rootless, it is the top grade in all kinds of bird's nests. When soaking, the hot and cold temperature of the water and the processing time accurate to the minute are first used, which takes four or five days to produce the bird's nest ingredients that meet the requirements; Then put the soaked bird's nest in a large soup bowl, pour half a catty of chicken broth, steam it for 20 to 30 minutes, take it out and divide it into a small bowl and boil it with clear soup, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, sugar and salt, put the appropriate ham shreds into each bowl, and finally the finished bird's nest, the soup is clear as water, the color is like weak tea, the entrance is fragrant, the taste is sweet, and the taste is delicious

At the beginning of the lanterns, the smell of food came out from every household, the fragrance of the He family was especially exaggerated, everyone tasted this fragrance and couldn't tell what the He family's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was made, the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai and several people sat at the table The role is as ugly as the dead mother, this stupid pillar is too disobedient, a junior does not even send some food to his elders, thanks to his father running away and others taking care of him like this

He family, after the stupid pillar brought up the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, He Yushui looked at the dishes on the table in front of him that he had never seen before, his eyes were glazed, and the stupid pillar shouted to his sister who was in a daze with the food: "Don't look at it, come and kowtow to our mother with me first, Mom's New Year, Happy New Year" The two brothers and sisters respectfully kowtowed three heads to the spirit card in front of this table

After the sacrifice to his mother, Silly Zhu took his sister to the table, and told his sister the name of each dish while eating, but when he saw He Yushui's mouth full of oil, he was afraid that he didn't listen to a word of his words

Food can comfort everyone's soul and satisfy people's yearning for all good things, which is the so-called people's food as the sky. On the reunion night of Chinese New Year's Eve, every family is a table of sumptuous delicacies, family affection and friendship flow in the staggered manner, the taste of happiness spreads, and laughter wafts in the courtyard.