latelenovela Chapter 118 Happy Eating
Chapter 118 Happy Eating
After knowing what dishes to cook, everyone started to get busy.
When they saw the meat prepared by Xia Shengsheng, they were all surprised.
"Oh my god, this must be several hundred kilograms of meat. How much will it cost?"
Old Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but mutter a few words.
When he wanted to continue speaking, he was stopped by several other people.
They had helped with cooking before and knew that Xia Shengsheng was willing to spend money on this.
Besides, they have the final say on how much meat to prepare, what dishes to cook, and how much to make.
Why do you need others to point fingers at you? If you talk too much, won't you lose your own identity?
Old Mrs. Zheng was also quick to understand. She looked at Xia Shengsheng who was silent, and told her to shut up and help wash the vegetables and cut the meat.
"By the way, what should we eat as our staple food? Do you want steamed black-faced buns?" asked Aunt Liu San.
"No, I've already steamed it. It's in the vat outside! Just heat it up and bring it up directly."
The steamed buns are black steamed buns bought in advance, but they are not black-faced steamed buns.
Black steamed buns are made by mixing buckwheat, flour and sugar together, fermenting the dough into a steamed bun.
It tastes very soft and sweet, and is better than white flour buns.
Liu Yiyi and Liu Shanshan were guarding the door, and if anyone came, they would ask Xia Shengsheng to go out and entertain them.
This will come right in.
"Mom, the village chief and Grandpa Zhao are here!"
Xia Shengsheng put down his hand that was about to cut the meat and instructed Chen Siyao, "Help me cut two large bowls of meat strips. I will fry the crispy pork later. Just make it as big as the one we had last time."
Chen Siyao nodded and asked Xia Shengsheng to go out and entertain the guests.
In fact, she has learned how to cook these two dishes.
I have gained a lot from Xia Shengsheng during this period of time.
I learned a lot of skills and learned a lot of new things.
Things like peppers, tomatoes, corns that are not available on the market, and many special snacks that I have never seen or heard of before.
I feel that this month has been more fulfilling than hers in the past decade.
When Xia Shengsheng came out, he not only saw the village chief and Doctor Zhao, but also several respected elders in the village.
"Village head, Doctor Zhao, Third Uncle, Grandpa Zhang Qi, you are all here. Come on, please come to the main hall. I have prepared some good wine for you today! Please come in."
Village chief Ma and a few others greeted Xia Shengsheng with a smile and followed Xia Shengsheng into the inner courtyard.
Everyone was holding a gift in their hands.
Although Doctor Zhao had nothing in his hands, he took out five taels of silver from his pocket and stuffed it directly into Xia Shengsheng's hands, and he didn't seem to allow anyone to refuse.
Xia Shengsheng really felt the local tyrant nature of Doctor Zhao.
In this case, I can only accept it reluctantly.
Afterwards, he led the few people to the main hall in the inner courtyard and served them tea.
"Village head, Doctor Zhao, let's sit down and chat for a while, drink some tea, and then we'll have dinner."
"Xiao Xia, go and do your work first! There's no need to entertain us, we old guys can just sit here and chat by ourselves." Village Chief Ma said.
Xia Shengsheng said hello to a few people and went out to do his work.
The Ma family and the Li family were also helping out.
Craftsman Chen and Erhe also came over soon.
Craftsman Chen also gave a half-human-high wooden sculpture, which symbolizes the attraction of wealth and fortune.
Xia Shengsheng deliberately placed it at the gate of the factory.
She also hopes that her business will get better and better in the future.
There are eight dishes, most of which are main dishes, and Xia Shengsheng prepares huge quantities.
Especially the boiled pork slices, no one except Doctor Zhao had ever eaten it.
"So this is what chili tastes like, it's so tasty, no wonder it's sold for 60 cents a pound!
It's such an expensive thing, wouldn't it be a waste if we just eat it?"
After everyone peeled the pepper seeds and dried the remaining peppers, they returned them all to Xia Shengsheng.
So no one tasted the pepper.
Xia Shengsheng actually didn't intend to take those peppers back, but everyone felt that they had already done Xia Shengsheng a great favor by accepting his pepper seeds. If they kept such precious peppers for themselves, wouldn't they be bandits?
"Everything is grown for human consumption, and this dish is a specialty. I'd like to let you guys try it today. If you like it, eat more. If not, there's more in the pot."
Xia Shengsheng was helping everyone pour wine. Of course, there was no way everyone could drink enough wine, but if everyone could try a glass, the wine was still tasty.
At the table where Village Chief Ma was sitting, people could drink as much as they wanted.
The dishes on the table were all very greasy, so everyone was eating so fast that they had no time to talk.
Many people think that this might be the best dish they have ever eaten in their lives.
Seeing that the dishes were almost served, Xia Shengsheng asked the cooks to move in quickly, as their table was reserved for a separate one.
After everyone was seated, Xia Shengsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched everyone happily eating.
Hosting a wedding banquet is quite tiring. Not only is it tiring physically, but also mentally. It feels like there are so many things to do that you can’t handle them all.
But I'm still very happy, at least I can communicate and exchange feelings with everyone.
It is also to increase the popularity of the factory which is about to open.
The meal lasted from noon to afternoon, and except for the village chief's table, almost everyone else had finished eating.
Before everyone left, Xia Shengsheng brought a large bowl of crispy pork back to each family and asked them to take the bowl back after they returned so that Xia Shengsheng could wash the dishes earlier and return the bowls to each family.
"How can you eat and take this?"
"Yes! This meat is so expensive! We ate so much and you've already spent a lot of money. How can you have the nerve to take it back?"
Some people were embarrassed to take it and pushed the bowl of crispy pork back.
"It's mainly for the elderly and children at home who didn't have time to eat it. Each person didn't take much, just one bowl in total. It's good to take it back and try it. It's also a little gift from me."
When everyone heard Xia Shengsheng say this, they felt a little hesitant as they thought about their family members who didn't have enough time to eat so many delicious foods at home.
Looking at the sizzling fried meat strips, I thought to myself, how happy the children would be if they could eat them.
So he didn't refuse Xia Shengsheng, and after thanking her again and again, he happily went back with the bowl of meat.
But not everyone left. Those who helped with cooking and those who worked at Xia Shengsheng's house all helped to clear the table, wash the dishes and clean the place.
The men who had helped move the tables and chairs earlier waited until everyone had dumped out the tables and chairs, and then moved the tables and chairs onto the donkey cart.
Those that couldn't be pulled away were placed on a cart and delivered door to door.
With more people working together, work can be done faster. Xia Shengsheng hardly had to intervene and everyone cleaned up all the places.
Even Xia Shengsheng didn't need to help with delivering the dishes and chopsticks, everyone was rushing to do the work.
The village chief and his entourage who were eating in the main hall were not in a hurry.
Whether it's chairs and benches or bowls and chopsticks, they are all Xia Shengsheng's own, and he can just put them away when he finishes eating!
After cleaning up, the workers making vermicelli, led by Ma Dajia and Li Erjia, moved all the things in the front yard to the new factory in an orderly manner.
The front yard of the factory is still used for making vermicelli.
The stove has also been rebuilt. There is no need to buy a new iron pot. Just move the one here over. When the stove here is no longer used, you can just tear it down and clear the space.
Seeing that there was nothing for them to do, the people who were helping with cooking prepared to leave.
Xia Shengsheng quickly stopped a few people and gave each of them a cured rabbit.
This was what Xia Shengsheng had saved up when he went up the mountain before.
"I said I was here to help, so how could I take your things? Besides, we have already given the crispy pork to our family, Xiao Xia! You don't have to be so polite."
"Yeah, if you do this again, we won't dare to come if anything happens in the future."
Xia Shengsheng originally thought that since he didn't pay everyone for helping with the cooking this time, it would be nice to give them some food.
But almost everyone refused sternly, and the last few cured rabbits were not given away.