Because Grandma Fang asked Lin Mai and others to go home at 11 o'clock, Lin Mai and others only walked around for less than an hour and a half, and went home at 10:30.
Fortunately, I came back early, and there were already many guests at home, all of whom were Grandpa and Grandma Fang's former comrades, subordinates and colleagues.
Lin Mai visually estimated that there were at least thirty or forty people. Shouldn't we prepare four tables of food and wine to entertain them?
Lin Mai greeted the white-haired guests respectfully and took Tao Zhiyun to the kitchen to prepare for the lunch.
The two brothers Fang Zhuoran helped Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang entertain the guests, pouring tea, pouring water, passing cigarettes, and chatting with the guests.
Fang Zhuoyue has an out-of-the-box personality and is very talkative, making those old men laugh.
Although Fang Zhuoran talks little, there are many old men who talk to him, and they all ask him about their physical condition.
Fang Zhuoran answered their questions very patiently.
These elderly people have all shed their blood for the country, and Fang Zhuoran respects them from the bottom of his heart.
Lin Mai also used his special skills to prepare the lunch carefully.
Some state banquet dishes, such as boiled cabbage, lion's head, Kung Pao chicken, Wensi tofu, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and plain chicken, were all dishes that she could make at home.
Lin Mai also made all the meat cakes, fish cakes, pearl meatballs, Dongpo elbows and steamed pork ribs that are suitable for the elderly.
Coupled with lotus root and pork ribs soup, Lin Mai prepared a quite sumptuous lunch.
Of course, the best thing is the taste, which is both delicious and mushy. Even if you have bad teeth, you can still eat it.
All the elderly people were full of praise when they tasted the delicacies made by Lin Mai.
Lin Mai was happy to see these elderly people eating happily, and she was happy too.
These old revolutionaries deserve the care of future generations.
Before the lunch was finished, heavy snow fell from the sky.
This snow will never end as soon as it starts.
In the second grade of junior high school, the snow on the ground was above my ankles.
Su Yuying got up early in the morning and saw that the snow was deeper than yesterday, and she suddenly became worried.
Yesterday was the first day of the New Year, and business at her two Huimin markets was bleak.
It's snowing so heavily today, I'm afraid there will be fewer customers going to her market to buy things.
A lot of fresh food in her vegetable market has not been sold for several days, and the fish and meat are a bit smelly.
If you can't sell it today, you have to throw it away, and the loss will be huge.
Su Yuying ate breakfast in a dull mood, then asked her father's driver to drive over and take her to the Huimin Market in Chaoyang District, where she had to explain today's work to the two managers.
During the Chinese New Year, public cars are used for private use, and the car is not used by the leader himself, but by the leader’s daughter.
Su's father's driver was displeased, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who said someone else was the leader's daughter?
He drove over obediently and took Su Yuying to the Huimin Market in Chaoyang District.
Manager Qian and Manager Ma are already here.
As soon as Manager Qian saw Su Yuying, he said: "Mr. Su, the fish, meat and a lot of cooked food in the store are smelly and should be thrown away."
Manager Ma also said: "The vegetables are almost rotten, so we have to throw them away."
Su Yuying waved her hand with a dark face: "What are you throwing away? Do you think I am a rich man?
Clean all the smelly fish and make spicy fish for sale at a cheap price.
The spoiled pork is marinated with salt and marinade and sold cheaply.
As for the rotten vegetables, cut off the rotten parts and keep the good parts and sell them cheaply.
The cooked food that has gone bad is also brined with more salt and marinade, and is sold at a low price as part of a promotion."
Manager Qian and Manager Ma both looked at each other.
Manager Qian bravely said: "Although these ingredients have been processed to cover up the smell, they have deteriorated too much. We... still don't want to sell them. What if something goes wrong if we really eat them?"
"You are just a coward. You are afraid of eating bad food all day long." Su Yuying glared at him with dissatisfaction, "If you are not clean, you will not get sick after eating."
Those poor and humble people used to pick up rotten Chinese cabbage and help others eat it a few years ago, but no one was killed.
I also cooked fish with chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, and marinated meat and cooked food at high temperatures.
It’s no better than the common people eating rotten cabbage leaves. Are you still afraid that they will get sick?
Even if we let them eat the bacteria alive, no one will get sick, and poor people don't deserve to get sick."
Manager Qian felt very uncomfortable after hearing what Su Yuying said.
But he was just a part-time worker and he didn't dare to disobey Su Yuying, so he had to shut up.
Su Yuying arranged her work for the day, took Su's father's bus back home, and begged her husband to go back to her parents' home with her.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day to return to your parents' home, and the whole country is unified.
She can't go back to her parents' home without her husband, she can't afford to lose that man.
According to custom, Lin Mai has to go back to her parents' home today.
After breakfast, the couple prepared gifts, took Dou Dou with them, and drove Fang Zhuoran's jeep to Bai's father's house.
Bai's father's house is not far from Lin Mai's house, but the snow on the ground is too thick, making walking difficult and easy to fall. It is better to drive.
However, the car should not be driven too fast for fear of skidding.
Halfway through the car, Lin Mai saw two familiar figures fighting through the car window.
Those two familiar figures were none other than Mama Bai and Bai Shuang.
Mother Bai was obviously no match for Bai Shuang, so she was pushed to the ground and rubbed by Bai Shuang.
Fang Zhuoran also saw Mama Bai and Bai Shuang fighting each other.
He slowed down, turned his head and asked Lin Mai, "Would you like to get out of the car and take a look?"
Lin Mai shook his head: "No."
Mother Bai was merciless and merciless to her, Lin Mai would not care about her, she was just so hard-hearted.
But if Mama Bai is really beaten by Bai Shuang and gets into trouble, she will call the police.
Because she wanted to use this opportunity to eradicate Bai Shuang.
Although Mama Bai was pinned to the ground and rubbed by Bai Shuang, she still saw Fang Zhuoran's jeep passing by not far away.
She firmly believed that Lin and Mai saw her embarrassment because Fang Zhuoran's jeep obviously drove a certain distance slower.
But the jeep did not stop after all, but accelerated away.
Mother Bai shed tears sadly.
If it weren't for the poisonous snake Bai Shuang who instigated her, she wouldn't be strangers to her little daughter.
Lin and Mai would never have seen her being beaten by Bai Shuang and refused to help her.
All this is caused by Bai Shuang, the white-eyed wolf.
Mother Bai, who was pressed to the ground and rubbed by Bai Shuang, became more and more angry as she thought about it. Suddenly she exploded and beat Bai Shuang violently, making her cry for father and mother.
But Lin Mai didn't see these, so naturally he didn't know.
Father Bai got up early in the morning and took his brother and sister Bai Xia to prepare a family dinner for their two married daughters back at their parents' home.
Since the eldest son-in-law started a small business, and the younger daughter was busy with studies and business, she had no time to return to her parents' home. He had not seen his two daughters for some time.
Finally, when the day came for his daughter and son-in-law to return to their parents' home in the second year of junior high school, Father Bai felt a little excited.
While I was busy, I didn't forget to step out of the yard and look outside after a while.
Before ten o'clock, the two married daughters came with their families.
The small courtyard suddenly became lively.
Tiantian is over a year old and is learning to walk.
Doudou helped her learn to walk in the living room.
Lin Mai told her not to throw her sister.
Yang Jin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you fall. The ground is paved with wooden floors, and Tiantian's clothes are so thick, it won't hurt if she falls."
Lin Mai and Bai Yan rolled up their sleeves and started to work.
She was stopped by Bai's father and Bai Xia's brother and sister, saying that her married daughter was a guest at her parents' house and could not work.
The two sisters had no choice but to go back to the living room and sit and chat.
Lin Mai whispered about seeing Mama Bai and Bai Shuang fighting on the road just now.
Bai Yan sighed softly and said: "We have encountered this situation before.
Seeing that there was no hope of remarrying with my father, my mother turned her anger on Bai Shuang, that white-eyed wolf.
People all over the capital were looking for Bai Shuang. Whenever she found Bai Shuang, they would rush up and beat her up.
I just didn’t expect that my mother wouldn’t let Bai Shuang off during the Chinese New Year, and fighting with her on the street was really ugly.”
Lin Mai thought of the scene where Bai's mother was pinned to the ground by Bai Shuang, and was a little puzzled: "Don't Ms. Bai know that she can't beat Bai Shuang's poisonous snake?
Every time I see Bai Shuang, I rush up and beat her!"
She really felt that there was something wrong with Mrs. Bai's brain, she always couldn't recognize the situation and made incomprehensible actions.
Bai Yan said helplessly: "Maybe mom is more paranoid. When things are going smoothly, I don't see any problems with her character. I just think she is intellectual and generous.
But when something happened, her paranoid character was exposed.
When she is determined about something, even if it is wrong, she will keep going one way and never look back until she hits the wall."
Lin Mai remained silent.
Fortunately, Bai's mother didn't blame her as the reason why she couldn't remarry Bai's father, otherwise she might have held her captive.
It's really an untouchable existence.
Fang Zhuoran and Yang Jin couldn't chat. The two tried hard to find several topics, but they ended up chatting to death.
Fortunately, Bai Xia adjusted the atmosphere, otherwise it would have been awkward.
Before noon, Bai's father and Bai Lu prepared a table of delicious dishes together.
Everyone helped put the dishes on the table.
Bai Yan was happy when she saw the dishes: "Half of the dishes dad bought are braised vegetables and cold dishes from Xuebao Fuduoduo Market.
There are only a few hot dishes made by dad."
Dad Bai chuckled and said, "Dad's cooking skills are not very good.
Fuduoduo’s braised vegetables and cold dishes are delicious and easy to eat. You can just buy them and put them on a plate and eat them.”
Bai Yan smiled and nodded: "It really saves trouble. Sometimes when I'm too busy or too tired from work, I just buy braised vegetables and cold dishes from Xuebao's family. They're so delicious!
But there are no home-cooked dishes for sale. It would be better if there were home-cooked dishes for sale. Braised vegetables and cold dishes are not suitable for eating every day."
Yang Jin gave her a blank look: "You might as well have the food cooked and delivered directly to your home."
Lin Mai listened to the conversation between the eldest sister and his wife and said: "It's impossible to cook it directly, but it's possible to make it into a semi-finished product. I just don't know if many people will buy it."
Yang Jin shook his head: "It shouldn't be much. The semi-finished products are definitely more expensive than buying the groceries and cooking them yourself. Not many people are willing to buy them."
Lin Mai thought about it too.
In this era, the consumption power of ordinary people has not reached the level of buying semi-finished vegetables.
Moreover, the pace of life is not fast, and I am not so busy that I don’t even have time to cook.
It is too early to introduce semi-finished dishes now.
During the dinner, Father Bai first asked about Lin Mai's business.
Lin Mai reported good news but not bad news, and said with a smile: "Everything goes well."
Father Bai asked Bai Yan and his wife how their snack bar business was going.
The couple nodded happily and said that the business was very good, with a monthly income of five to six hundred.
Bai Yan joked: "Dad, my income has almost caught up with yours, but your reputation is a bit unpleasant."
As parents, we all hope that our children will live a good life.
Father Bai was very happy to hear this: "It doesn't matter if you don't steal or rob, it doesn't matter if it's famous or not. If you have money, you will be tough wherever you go."
When you, like Xuebao, become entrepreneurs from small self-employed businesses, your social status will be high, and no one will look down on you."
Bai Yan smiled and shook her head: "We are very happy to be self-employed. Just be an entrepreneur like my little sister. I don't have enough IQ, haha!"
As he spoke, he fed Xiao Tiantian two mouthfuls of chicken soup in his arms.
The little guy really likes to drink chicken soup. He smiles happily when he drinks chicken soup.
Lin Mai smiled modestly: "I'm not an entrepreneur, just a small private business owner."
Brother and sister Bai Xia said in unison: "If you are not considered an entrepreneur at your scale, then there are not many entrepreneurs in the country."
Everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing, and was very happy.