Cui Hongyu shouted from afar, "Brother Xiaobei, sister Xiaoyue is here."
"He said he would help me cook lunch."
Chen Xiaobei suddenly remembered that Cui Hongyu had mentioned to him on the way back that he planned to set up a canteen in the village. But when he went to the county town to buy vegetables, he was tricked by the thief Chen Sanqiu.
But to be honest, he didn't have any good opinions on this, because he had never done this in his previous life. Whether it would be profitable or not, he didn't know how much, but he felt at ease after seeing Feng Xiaoyue.
After Feng Xiaoyue said hello to Chen Xiaobei, she stood next to Cui Hongyu without saying a word. Cui Hongyu certainly understood what she meant. She raised her voice and said to the busy people, "Brothers, a few days ago
Something has delayed me. As we said a few days ago, I organized people to cook for you. Do you still want to eat?"
As soon as they heard that this was the case, everyone immediately started shouting.
"Eat, of course I've been looking forward to your return for a long time."
"Oh, if you don't come back for a few days, I will have to drink cold water every day. Oh my, my stomach can't bear it."
"I just want to go home and have something hot to eat, but I still have to work on it for a long time."
Cui Hongyu was secretly happy after listening to everyone's discussions.
At this time, a man who was leading the soldiers to work also spoke up, "Miss Hongyu, please do it for us too. We also told Butler Liu two days ago, and he said it's okay."
After hearing this, Cui Hongyu smiled and nodded, "Okay, since Butler Liu agrees, then of course there is no problem with me. By the way, you can just report the number of people."
"We are the only ones there. Those who have more people have gone into the mountains."
Liu Ce only arranged for about fifty people to help Chen Xiaobei and others build houses, and the rest focused on transporting supplies down the mountain.
Cui Hongyu counted more than 50 villagers and 30 or 40 village team members in a circle.
That's more than ninety people.
Adding in Chen Xiaobei, Shen Ziyan, Huang Ying and others, there are nearly a hundred and ten people.
Making meals for a hundred and ten people was a big project in this era. As soon as he returned to the yard, Cui Hongyu started to recruit people, and Feng Xiaoyue was obviously more familiar with the business.
She divided the people into several groups, some started to cook, some started to boil hot water, and some started to cook rice.
Feng Xiaoyue directed people to chop up several large winter melons and put them directly into the big pot, add water and salt and cook them directly.
Cui Hongyu was stunned by this scene. He pointed at the big iron pot and asked, "Don't you put some meat in this? It's tasteless when cooked like this."
Feng Xiaoyue smiled and stepped forward to take down a wooden box from the carriage. The wooden box was filled with bottles and cans, large and small.
Feng Xiaoyue stepped forward and brought down a large porcelain jar.
As soon as he opened the jar, a burst of aroma hit his nostrils. Cui Hongyu couldn't help but take a second look. The plate was filled with white lard.
Lard is also mixed with meat residue left over from oil refining.
Seeing this thing, Cui Hongyu was stunned, "Sister Xiaoyue, where did you get so many..."
Feng Xiaoyue chuckled, "I'm specially preparing it for you this month."
"By the way, I also brought two kilograms of pork."
To be honest, Feng Xiaoyue took out a large piece of meat from the wooden box again.
Then he gave the meat to the women in the village and told them to cut it into thin slices and larger pieces.
It looks like there are big pieces of meat in the dish.
Seeing this, Cui Hongyu also secretly lamented that he really didn't understand these so-called insider tricks.
Soon it was noon.
Chen Xiaobei came back with everyone talking and laughing.
Chen Xiaobei first called the villagers aside and let the soldiers who were working eat first.
In the new home, the table used for the wedding banquet was placed again, and these soldiers crowded together, making it look full.
Following the method taught by Feng Xiaoyue, Liu Rumei and the women in the village filled the stewed winter melon in a large basin and placed a basin next to it on the table with cold pickles.
Although the one-inch wide and two-inch long piece of meat was very thin, it still had a great visual impact and made everyone cheer.
The soldiers ate in the yard, while Chen Xiaobei and the villagers set up several tables in the alley outside the yard.
While we were eating, Chen Dayong also came. Chen Dayong led the villagers to burn charcoal, but today he accepted a temporary task to make wooden cages.
"Brother Xiaobei, the cage is ready. Let's see when we sink those three bastards into the river."
After hearing what he said, Chen Xiaobei thought for a moment and said, "Since it is a rule set by our ancestors, let's go ask him together later."
After saying this, he asked Chen Dayong to sit down and eat together.
Looking at the fragrant big meat slices stewed with winter melon, Chen Dayong also had an appetite.
"I was going to go home to eat today, so I wanted to have a meal at your place first."
Before I even picked up the bowl, I saw my ancestor coming with a cane in the distance. He smiled and said, "I can smell the fragrance at home. Come over and see what's delicious."
Chen Xiaobei hurriedly put down his chopsticks and greeted him, "Our ancestors are here, so we can eat together."
The ancestor found a place to sit down and said with a smile, "I have already eaten. I heard that you have to pay money to eat at your place."
After saying this, he reached into his arms with slightly trembling hands and took out a piece of silver, ten taels.
"This is my coffin book, and I am giving it to you today."
Chen Xiaobei looked at him in surprise, "Ancestor, what do you mean?"
"Xiaobei, I know you have to spend real money to do this, and no one can get it for free. But in our Hetou village, there are still more than a dozen childless old people. I'm here
I wonder if you can let them come to your place for a couple of meals, and I’ll pay for their meals.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiaobei was still a little shocked. The ancestor's vision was really higher than his own, and he could think of problems that he had not thought of.
But if I really ask my ancestors to pay for this money, I will feel uneasy.
"Ancestor, you are right, I didn't think well, but you can't come up with this money." After Chen Xiaobei said this, he picked up the money on the table and stuffed it back into his ancestor's hands.
"Let them come over for dinner starting tonight."
The ancestor waved his hand, "How can that be done? There are more than a dozen mouths."
Chen Xiaobei smiled calmly, "It's okay, it's okay. I'll tell you about it later. I believe everyone can understand it."
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Chen Dayong, "What do you think about Brother Dayong?"
Chen Dayong smiled and nodded, "Everyone gets old. I don't have any objections. I will do as you say."
Chen Xiaobei asked everyone present one by one, and everyone responded in support of Chen Xiaobei's opinion.