Guan Xiaoguan is not very good at cooking, but is very good at hot dishes. After all, a child can do a good job. As a girl with healthy limbs, there is no reason why she can't do it well.
People in Sijiucheng pay attention to "four and four bottoms" in their New Year's Eve dinner. The so-called four and four bottoms refer to four cold dishes, four hot stir-fry dishes, four meat dishes, and four soup dishes, which means everything is stable, including fish, dumplings and
Meatballs are a must.
The four meat dishes include braised lamb chops, braised pork elbow, Sixi meatballs and rice noodles. These hard vegetables were cooked yesterday. In addition to the four meat dishes, the four cold dishes were also prepared in advance.
In this way, the workload of the day is greatly reduced. Otherwise, if we wait until New Year's Eve, we will inevitably be in a hurry. The reason why we prepare them in advance is mainly because these dishes take a long time to prepare.
The remaining four soup dishes and four hot stir-fries were all made that day. It was impossible for Li Jie to bring all the dishes. Han Mu only prepared four hard dishes, four cold dishes, dumplings and a braised fish.
Not long after, hot meals were served one after another. When the last dish was placed on the table, Guan Xiaoguan collapsed on the chair. People who didn't know better thought she had done a lot of work.
"Ouch! I'm so exhausted!"
Seeing this, Mr. Guan put the wine glass heavily on the table and said in a deep voice: "Sit down! You don't look like a girl at all. You just heat up a few dishes. Are you that tired?"
Boom!
The wine glass collided with the table, making a crisp sound.
Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoguan immediately sat up straight and listened obediently to his grandfather's scolding, pouting his little mouth, his little face full of grievances.
"Master, don't be angry. Don't you know the temperament of the little lazy cat? It's already good that she didn't overheat the food today."
Li Jie saw the grievance on Guan Xiaoguan's face and couldn't help but smile. He quickly spoke up to smooth things over, and then said to the girl again.
"Xiaoguan, you performed well today and deserve praise."
"snort!"
Mr. Guan snorted to express his dissatisfaction, but he did not continue to 'reprimand' his granddaughter.
"Okay, you are tired today, grandpa will reward you with a glass of wine."
Guan Xiaoguan's face changed when he heard this, he smiled, hurriedly borrowed the donkey from the slope, raised his wine glass and said crisply.
"Thank you, grandpa! My granddaughter wishes you a happy New Year! May you be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains!"
"Okay, okay, don't be so vain. Grandpa just hopes you can be less angry in the future, Grandpa."
Mr. Guan nodded lightly and drank the glass of wine. Although Mr. Guan had a clearly unhappy expression on his face when he spoke, the smile on the corner of his mouth betrayed him.
The Guan family had breakfast and lunch, and they couldn't finish the meal until after ten o'clock. Mr. Guan and Li Jie both drank a lot. As Mr. Guan's granddaughter, Guan Xiaoguan didn't tolerate excessive drinking, so he finished it effortlessly.
A bottle of white wine, this is something all three of us should exercise restraint, otherwise two bottles of white wine would not be a problem.
"Chunming, it's almost time. You should go back quickly. You don't have to come to pick us up in the afternoon. I will go there with the lazy cat when the time comes."
"Okay, Master, Xiaoguan, I'll go back first, and I'll pick you up in the afternoon."
Li Jie lowered his head and glanced at the time. Of course, he couldn't let the old man come to the door by himself. It wouldn't matter if it was normal, but today is New Year's Eve. It would be outrageous not to pick him up in person.
Mr. Guan waved his hand: "That's fine, come back quickly."
After Li Jie left, Guan Xiaoguan finally couldn't help but asked: "Grandpa, shall we go to Brother Chunming's house for New Year's Eve dinner tonight?"
"What? If you don't go to Chunming's house, will it be difficult for you to cook?" Mr. Guan glanced sideways at her.
Guan Xiaoguan stuck out his tongue and waved his hands repeatedly: "Then it's better to go to Brother Chunming's house to eat. I don't know how to cook. Besides, I don't dare to give you the food I cook!"
As soon as Li Jie parked the car in the Han family's yard, several little carrot heads ran out happily, shouting as they ran.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle!"
Li Jie laughed, parked the car, stepped forward, and picked up the two youngest children one by one.
"Xiaobao, Xiaolong, have you missed me?"
"think!"
The two children replied in unison. After they finished speaking, each of them gave Li Jie a kiss.
"Uncle/brother-in-law, I want to hug you too!"
When the other two children saw that their uncle/uncle had hugged Xiaobao and Xiaolong, but not themselves, they felt a lot of reluctance in their hearts, so they hugged Li Jie's thigh and shouted.
Li Jie lowered his head and smiled and responded: "Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll hug you later, I'll hug you later."
At this moment, the eldest sister walked to the door and shouted to the tallest child.
"Xia Tian, come back, don't pester uncle, dinner will be served soon!"
Xia Tian turned back to look at her mother, then turned to look at Xiaobao and Xiaolong in her uncle's hands. Her little mouth pouted immediately, thinking to herself that it was really unfair. Why should they get to hug me and not me?
.
But he didn't dare to say it, because his mother was usually very strict. If he dared to talk back, he would have to eat a meal of 'fried pork with bamboo shoots'.
After the eldest sister finished speaking, the eldest brother appeared at the door again and shouted to his child.
"Dong Yu, hurry up, you're back too, you're such a big kid, and you're still fighting with Xiao Bao and Xiao Long."
Han Dongyu was usually a good boy. When his father spoke, he immediately nodded obediently and walked slowly towards the house.
The two older children were called away, Xiaobao and Xiaolong laughed, like victorious generals, with triumphant smiles on their faces.
Han's mother was setting out the dishes and chopsticks with her second sister. When she saw Li Jie walking into the room with his two children in his arms, she took the initiative to ask.
"Chunming, what did your master say?"
"I'll pick him up later in the afternoon."
Mother Han said softly: "Okay, the dishes are all cooked. Dinner will be served later. Let's eat earlier. Your eldest sister, second sister and others can go back early."
Li Jie lowered his head and glanced at his stomach. Fortunately, he didn't open his stomach to eat at the old man's place.
Before the meal started, several brothers and sisters smiled and thanked Li Jie. It seemed that Han's mother had already told them about the new year's goods she bought.
As the eldest son of the family, the eldest brother Han Chunsong is used to showing dignity. Although he is very grateful to Li Jie for buying things, he says thank you very dryly and stiffly. The second brother Han Chunsheng is more shy and hums.
It took him a long time to say thank you.
On the contrary, the eldest sister Han Chunxue and the second sister Han Chunyan were much more generous. They held their younger brother's hand and said many words of thanks.
In addition to thanking him, Li Jie was also complained about by his eldest brother and second sister. They knew very well how much these things cost, especially the second sister, who kept nagging for a long time and said that she thought he was spending money indiscriminately.
He said that this money should be saved for future marriage.