HPDBC Chapter 1311: Yong'an Banquet After Drinking
Chapter 1311: Yong'an Banquet After Drinking
Chapter 1311: The various situations after drinking at Yongan Banquet
As a few stir-fried dishes came out of the pot, the Zhao family banquet officially began.
This was the second time that Wang Meilan had hosted a big banquet at noon after Zhao Jun's gift, and the preparations were a bit hasty.
But with the increase in ingredients, the scale and quality of this banquet far exceeded those of the past.
Braised bear paw is one of the best dishes in the Manchu-Han banquet. The bright red bear paw is placed on a plate and topped with thick soup.
The bear paw was cooked until soft and tender. The tendons, skin and meat came off with a chopstick. It melted in the mouth.
The horse ribs are hand-held and the horse meat is coarse, and has a special taste compared to beef and mutton.
The horse ribs, boiled with mountain pepper and salt flour, are placed on a large plate one by one.
The plate is relatively large, with a small dish of condiments placed in the empty space, which contains soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and minced garlic.
Braised beef and braised donkey meat are served on a platter. The meat with tendons in the middle is beef, and the meat with tendons on the edge is donkey meat.
Lamb strips, lamb that is just one year old is tender. Thinly sliced into strips, neatly arranged on a plate, covered with thick soup, sprinkled with chopped green onions and minced garlic, it is the most delicious meat dish.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms, goose stewed in iron pot, duck stewed with potato slices, and frog stewed with sauce are all farmhouse dishes in Northeast China. If there is one of these dishes on the table in the past, it is used to entertain distinguished guests.
Braised mixed fish. Other families cook mixed fish, or various small river fish, or old man fish, willow root fish, which are as long as one finger.
The miscellaneous fish that the Zhao family eats are a mixture of carp and crucian carp.
In a large enamel plate, there is a carp in the middle, with a crucian carp on each side.
The dish is stir-fried three things, which are made of roe deer. The fresh, just-killed roe deer heart, liver and tripe are stir-fried with pickled dried green peppers and carrot slices. It is a dish to go with wine.
Tear the roe deer meat and bones by hand, simmer it in a large pot of water, tear it into small pieces when it is cooked, and eat it with salty noodles.
Smoked pig's trotters are first sauced and then smoked, which is rare these days.
Twelve meat dishes, plus black and white cabbage, sweet potatoes in batter, peanuts, and canned peaches.
There are a total of sixteen dishes, including meat, vegetarian, cold and hot dishes.
The Zhao family first set up a side table in the house, and then put out a large table borrowed from the Tunbu warehouse.
This large spliced table top is a leftover from the days of the communal dining system.
The large tabletop can seat seventeen or eighteen people, and is connected in the middle with a dovetail joint.
As the dishes were served, the guests were stunned.
When I walked in just now, I saw two women cooking outside. I have never seen so many delicious dishes.
The scale of this banquet was so great that even though Director Chu was knowledgeable, he had never seen such a feast.
Su Xianglian was even more surprised. When Wang Meilan was setting the table, she was taken to the west room.
In Su Xianglian's memory, when there were visitors when she was a child, her father would entertain the guests in the house, while she, her brother, her sister and her mother would eat in the outer room.
In those days, people were simple-minded and all the delicious food could be shared with guests, but women and children could not get much to eat.
Su Xianglian thought Wang Meilan would do the same, but rather than feel uncomfortable sitting at the same table with a group of men, she would rather eat less and want to eat with the women.
But when the dishes were served, Su Xianglian discovered that Yang Yufeng, Xu Chunyan, Zhao Ling, Xie Sunshi and others came in from outside every time, holding two plates.
Then, one plate was sent to the east room and one plate was sent to the west room. This way of serving food is the same as serving food at a table.
Su Xianglian was even more surprised by the quality of the food. She had grown up in the city and had never eaten a banquet of this standard.
"Clang!" This was the sound of a soda box falling to the ground. Wang Meilan opened a bottle of soda and handed it to Su Xianglian.
After Su Xianglian thanked her and took it, Wang Meilan picked up another big goose leg for Su Xianglian.
People these days are more reserved. Unless there is a seated table, it is considered embarrassing to eat and drink at someone else's home.
Especially at this table, she was the only outsider.
But as the women started chatting, Su Xianglian gradually relaxed. There were enough dishes and meat, so she wouldn't feel embarrassed to eat a few more bites.
If Su Xianglian is like this, let alone the men in the east room.
Xifeng liquor was poured into the cups with a gurgling sound, and the men clinked cups and drank happily.
As Su Xianglian ate, a pile of bones piled up next to her bowl. But what she ate was not just what she saw.
Because many dishes today only have meat and no bones.
"Come on, girl, use your chopsticks longer to reach the food." Wang Meilan called Su Xianglian, but after she used her chopsticks, she never picked up food for Su Xianglian again.
"Yeah, yeah." Su Xianglian bit into the chicken wing and nodded repeatedly, "Aunt, I'm eating."
"Eat more!" Jin Xiaomei also greeted, saying, "There's more in the west room!"
They were currently in the west room of the Zhao family, and further west was the Li family.
At Wang Meilan's signal, Xu Chunyan opened another bottle of soda for Su Xianglian. There was meat all over the table, and the soda helped to relieve the greasiness.
Wang Meilan took the soda bottle, put it next to Su Xianglian, and said, "Drink it, girl."
"Yeah, yeah." Su Xianglian, who was just about to reach the crucial point, could only nod.
At this time, Xie Sun said with a smile: "The atmosphere in their room is quite lively, but our room is not like that!"
"Xiaomei!" Wang Meilan said to Jin Xiaomei, "Call Ruhai to your family later."
Today, Li Ruhai couldn't squeeze into the men's table or the women's table, so he simply went back to his home to eat with his children.
"Why do we need to summon him?" Jin Xiaomei said with a smile, "He will come when he is full."
Su Xianglian blinked her big eyes and thought that Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei should be talking about the young man who was dressed very smartly.
"Come here, girl!" At this time, the old lady raised the plate of braised donkey meat and braised beef and asked Su Xianglian to pick up some food.
The table was large and there were many dishes. Su Xianglian could not reach the dishes opposite her. She was too embarrassed to stand up.
The women at the table were very particular. They would not pick up food for her after using chopsticks, but they would pick up plates far away and let Su Xianglian pick up the food.
Seeing the old man handing her food, Su Xianglian hurriedly thanked him and used her chopsticks to pick up two pieces of donkey meat and two pieces of beef.
This meat was braised by Zhao Baotou himself, and it tastes really good. It is so delicious when dipped in the sauce mixed with chili oil.
While eating, Su Xianglian suddenly frowned, she felt like she had forgotten something.
These women were also good eaters, and they finished eating after more than 40 minutes. But they did not leave the table, and they chatted around the table.
They also chatted with Su Xianglian, talking about how old Su Xianglian was, how many people were in her family, whether she had a partner, etc.
They were chatting and chatting, and they didn't know when Li Ruhai came in.
Things became even more lively after Li Ruhai came in.
Li Ruhai starts talking about the gossip of other people, such as which old woman doesn't wash the dishes, which mother-in-law says her daughter-in-law is lazy, and which man is an adulterer. He can talk about everything with great logic.
What woman doesn’t gossip?
Su Xianglian is not from this village, but she was also chatting with everyone excitedly.
"Cough! Hmm!" This was the eighth time that Jin Xiaomei pretended to cough and clear her throat. The previous times, people on the other side were chatting animatedly and no one paid any attention to her.
This time it was also a coincidence that Li Ruhai turned his head inadvertently and met his mother's eyes.
Seeing Jin Xiaomei's sharp eyes, Li Ruhai thought to himself that it was not good, and then took advantage of the topic just now to say to Su Xianglian: "Sister Su, there is no way to deal with that young widow. Her husband is sick and it costs a lot of money to see a doctor.
In the end, she didn't keep the man, and she lost both her money and her life. She had a hard time eating, and it was hard for her to walk with two boys. What do you think she should do?"
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Su Xianglian shook her head and smacked her lips, saying, "Ruhai, you are right!"
"Of course!" Li Ruhai said, "We talked about this. If she had some money, she wouldn't have taken this step."
"Yeah!" Su Xianglian nodded, tilted her head back and drank the remaining soda in the bottle.
"Hey? Xiao Su." At this time, Wang Meilan called Su Xianglian and asked, "Can you film these things in our village and put them on TV?"
Wang Meilan's original intention was that no matter what Su Xianglian said next, she would try to let Su Xianglian take pictures of these families.
"Huh?" Su Xianglian was stunned when she heard that, then stood up suddenly.
"Oh my God!" Su Xianglian exclaimed. Amid everyone's puzzled gazes, she stood up, opened the door and went to the house opposite.
The door of the east room was not closed. When Su Xianglian came over, she saw Liu Guihai and Wang Qiang hugging each other's shoulders, gesticulating and talking about something.
"Brother, when you go into the city again, go find your brother Liu!" Liu Guihai's tongue was stiff from drinking, and he spoke in a mumbling voice: "Your brother Liu knows people everywhere!"
"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu!" Su Xianglian called out several times at the door, but Liu Guihai didn't listen. It was Zhao Jun who pushed him twice and then pointed at Su Xianglian who was standing at the door.
"What are you doing, Xiaohua?" Liu Guihai frowned and asked Su Xianglian, "Drinking!"
Su Xianglian curled her lips slightly. Her father and Liu Guihai were childhood friends. They often drank together. When they drank too much, they looked like this.
Normally, Su Xianglian would really not care about him. But today, Su Xianglian had to say, "Uncle Liu, we haven't finished shooting yet."
"What the hell?" At this time, Liu Guihai's face and eyes were red. No matter what anyone said to him, his brain would automatically clear the mind in an instant after receiving the information.
"We haven't finished shooting the film yet!" Su Xianglian stamped her feet anxiously. She came into the mountains from the city with a mission.
As a result, I spent the whole morning shooting here and took some shots, but I didn't take any shots of the main Fu Hu Jiang and the hunting dogs. How can I report back when I get back?
But Liu Guihai acted as if he didn't hear what Su Xianglian said. He turned around and asked Wang Qiang: "Brother, where were we talking about just now?"
"What are you talking about?" Wang Qiang frowned and thought, then said, "Talk about me going into the city!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Guihai continued to repeat what he had said before, saying: "When you go into the city again, you can find your brother Liu..."
This is what happens when you drink too much, you keep saying the same things over and over again.
"Uncle Hou!" Su Xianglian wanted to ask Hou Jinglin for help, but at that time Hou Jinglin and Li Laowu were fighting fiercely.
"Let me tell you, there is none near our forest area." Li Laowu counted on his fingers and said to Hou Jinglin, "Wild boar meat and roe deer meat, if you like, you can have as much as you want!
Well...if you have time before the New Year, come to our place. We have everything. I'll get it for you when you get there!"
The most serious thing after drinking too much is making blind wishes after drinking.
"Really?" Hou Jinglin said drunkenly, "If you say so, I will really go! My wife likes to eat dumplings stuffed with roe deer meat the most."
At this time, Su Xianglian's voice came. Hou Jinglin shook his head and said unhappily, "Get out of the way! The old man is drinking, why are you yelling like a little girl?"
Su Xianglian blinked her eyes twice and didn't bother to be angry with Hou Jinglin. She recalled what she had just heard and seemed to have heard some special information.
"Girl! Girl." Wang Meilan appeared behind Su Xianglian without knowing when, and put her hands on Su Xianglian's shoulders, saying, "Let's go back to our room and not get involved with them."
Su Xianglian turned her head and saw Wang Meilan's hand on her shoulder, with the golden ring on her ring finger.
Su Xianglian followed Wang Meilan back to the house in a daze, but after sitting down at the table, Su Xianglian jumped up from the stool in an instant.
"No, I have to call them!" Su Xianglian said, "We haven't finished filming yet!"
"You haven't finished filming yet, and you can't film now." Wang Meilan held Su Xianglian with one hand, pointed at the east room with the other, and said to her: "Look at how drunk your two uncles are, they will smash your camera again!"
When Su Xianglian heard this, the scene instantly appeared in her mind and she couldn't help but shudder.
VCRs are expensive. The VCR used by Shanhe TV is not a good brand and costs nearly ten thousand yuan.
If this thing is broken, I can’t afford to pay for it!
"If they drink like this, you probably won't be able to go back home tonight." Jin Xiaomei said with a smile: "Why don't you stay here today? There's room for you too."
"That won't work!" Su Xianglian said anxiously, "Then I won't be able to tell the director when I get back."
"You little girl." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Just say you are filming a TV show in the forest area, that's all."
"That won't work either, Auntie, you don't know." Su Xianglian said, "With just these few photos I took, the leader would think it's not right! After two days of shooting, how can I only take such a small amount of photos?"
"Then just take more pictures." Xie Sunshi said at the side.
"Auntie, what are you taking pictures of?" Su Xianglian asked. Wang Meilan smiled and put her hand on her chest, saying, "Take pictures of us!"
"What do you have to shoot?" Su Xianglian told the truth when she was worried.
"Why didn't we take pictures?" Wang Meilan stretched out her hands in front of Su Xianglian, shook them twice, and said, "My dear, after GK, life in our forest area has changed so much from before. Isn't it worth taking pictures?"
Zhang Yuanmin taught her this. Zhang Yuanmin was very smart. He had only come to Zhao's house twice since he was discharged from the hospital. He could figure out something when he lay on the kang in the west room and listened to the news on the TV in the east room.
"This……"
While Wang Meilan was fooling Su Xianglian, Zhao Youcai was hunting intentionally or unintentionally, and talked about the rich wildlife resources near Yongxing Brigade.
After hearing what he said, Chu Anmin, who had been to Yongxing Brigade, also agreed.
"Brother Zhao, Anmin, come to my place someday." Tao Dabao said to them, "There's no need to rush Fatty Zhao back. He'll be here after the New Year. Let's get together first."
"Forget it." Zhao Youcai said with a wry smile, "Last time I went back, I lost the old man."
"Huh?" Tao Dabao's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he quickly stopped Zhao Youcai from speaking.
People all have preconceived habits.
Just as Wang Dalong and Li Mingxiang's wife Qiao Xiaoli were having an affair, when people in Yong'an found out, they would say that Wang Dalong was taking someone else's wife again.
After hearing this, the people from Yongxing Brigade will firmly believe that it must be a trap set by Li Mingxiang and his wife for Wang Dalong.
Tao Dabao thought so too, and he felt that it was a shameful thing that happened in their team.
Therefore, Tao Dabao was afraid that Zhao Youcai would spread the matter.
But the more you fear something, the more it will happen. Chu Anmin curiously asked Zhao Youcai: "What happened? Why are you embarrassed?"
"Nothing, nothing!" Tao Dabao quickly took over the conversation and said to Zhao Youcai, "Brother Zhao, let's forget about the past. If you come to our place again this time, you will see how our team will treat you."
"Oh, is that okay? I'm embarrassed to see Uncle Li." When Zhao Youcai asked this, Tao Dabao's face changed immediately and he said, "What's the big deal? It's not your fault. It's the fault of that bastard in our team.
Well, Brother Zhao, if you don't have anything to do recently, come over to our place and play for a couple of days!"
"Okay!" Zhao Youcai agreed readily!
I will update at this time tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)