The Li family arrived early the next morning. Wang Chunye and the others helped arrange the dishes to be cooked today, while Li Changming and the others went to the village to move tables and benches.
For such a big event, your own tables and chairs are definitely not enough, and you often have to borrow those from the whole village, and then send them back after using them. In order to prevent confusion, each family will usually draw marks on the bottom of the tables and stools, and they can write.
Maybe you can write a word, but if you can't write, use a yellow stone to draw a circle, triangle, quadrilateral, etc. at the same position under the stool.
When you go back to pick it up, look for the mark so you won't make a mistake.
Because there was not enough room in the Lu family, the tables and chairs were placed in the courtyard below the workshop and on the flat ground outside the workshop. When it was almost noon, Mu Qian came with Xiaosi and the others, and Yuan Yuan came with He Yan.
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"Little brother Lu, congratulations!" Yuan Yuan said, slapping his mouth, "No, now I have to call you Master."
"Shopkeeper Yuan, aren't you calling me old? With our friendship for so many years, you still call me Little Brother Lu." Lu Yan said with a smile.
"Haha, then I'll ask you to call you Little Brother Lu." Yuan Yuan said, "This is a gift prepared by our young master's family for Little Brother Lu. He went to the capital and couldn't come back in time. He said that Little Brother Lu will definitely go to high school early.
Let me prepare the congratulatory gifts. These are my own gifts. Congratulations to Little Brother Lu on his success."
"Shopkeeper Yuan is so polite." Lu Yan asked someone to accept the gift, "This humble house is simple, let's go inside and have a cup of tea."
He Yunxi was also greeting Mu Qian here, and everyone entered the courtyard together.
Then Liangchen came in and said someone else was here. Lu Yan and the others hurried out and saw the student's wife and several classmates.
At noon, everyone was invited to sit down, and then one dish after another was served.
He Yunxi suggested that he follow the serving process in his previous life, with cold dishes first, then hot dishes, then soup, and finally fruits.
For cold dishes, she prepared cold scalp, soaked feet and chicken feet, etc. The following dishes include steamed pork with rice flour, West Lake vinegar fish, three-cup chicken and other hard dishes, as well as fish-flavored eggplant, mapo tofu braised with three delicacies, boiled green vegetables and other stir-fry dishes.
Vegetables, as well as roasted meats made from roe deer meat, stewed soups, etc.
The people in Wangjiacun were shocked when they saw these dishes they had never seen before. At the same time, they realized one thing again: the Lu family was no longer on the same level as them.
The Lu family cooked every dish in large portions, and everyone at noon today was more satisfied than ever before. People in Wangjia Village will still talk about this dish from time to time after many years, and they will never forget it.
According to custom, we will continue to eat here in the evening. Only those who have come from afar will go back, and the host family will prepare some gifts for them.
Yuan Yuan and his classmates left after eating. Seeing that everyone liked the food, Lu Yan gave some food that he could take away.
Before leaving, Mu Qian said to He Yunxi: "The Valley Master is still with Da Zhou and cannot come back for the time being. Without the control of the Valley Master, I'm afraid I will look for you again."
"It's okay, I can handle it. You don't have to worry." He Yunxi told him not to worry.
"I'm not worried about you, I'm saying that you should show mercy when you confront her."
Mu Qian knew that He Yunxi was capable, and the witty words were really not enough for her.
He Yunxi: "..." Haha, I thought he was worried about me.
After sending friends away, those who ate here in the evening were basically people from the village. In addition to the leftover dishes at noon, Liu also asked people to make braised duck with konjac, chicken stewed with mushrooms and other large pot stews, and also made
Everyone was satisfied with their meal. After finishing the meal, Mrs. Liu asked everyone to share the remaining dishes among their families, and then divided up all the leftovers.
Although the villagers in Wangjia Village are now living better days, frugality is still in their bones.
After everyone left, everyone was talking about Mrs. Liu. After living in the village for so many years, she had never seen her do anything. Now that the Lu family was leaving, they saw her going out and even greeted them.
Everyone thinks this is a strange thing.
Thinking of the Lu family leaving, everyone in the village couldn't help but sigh. They were very reluctant to leave, but they were also happy for Lu Yan.
The Li family also knew that He Yunxi and the others would be leaving next month. Liu Yan and the others were very reluctant to leave, but seeing how busy they were today, they couldn't hold He Yunxi and the others to say anything. They could only go back and wait until later.
Seeing Liu Yan crying and having to go back first, He Yunxi felt a little guilty.
Yesterday, she was so focused on telling them about Li Yao that she forgot to tell them that the Lu family was leaving.
When sending the Li family off, she took Liu Yan's arm and said, "Mom, we just went to Beijing to take the exam. It's not like we'll never come back."
"Then I don't know when we can see you again." As soon as Liu Yan said this, she burst into tears. "If you pass the exam, you still don't know where you will be in the future."
For a daughter-in-law like He Yunxi who is far away, it will be inconvenient to come back in the future. Not to mention the mountains are high and the roads are far away...
The more Liu Yan thought about it, the sadder she became, and she became even more reluctant to let go.
"When we settle down, you can go find us! I can also come back to see you. This road is dead, but people are alive!"
He Yunxi coaxed Liu Yan for a long time before he coaxed her a little better and followed everyone back.
It was getting dark soon. Everyone was tired after a busy day and went to bed early to rest. Even Lu Yunqing and the other little ones did the same.
The next day, when He Yunxi and Lu Yan came back from practicing martial arts in the mountains, the concubine had already had breakfast and asked Mrs. Liu to take her out for a walk.
In her words, Mrs. Liu doesn't even have the courage to go out here. When she returns to Beijing in the future, she can only stay at home and never leave the house.
Mrs. Liu was pointed out by the concubine, and she didn't want to hold back Lu Yan and the others when she returned to the capital. Now she would be willing to do whatever the concubine said and try. He Yunxi saw that they were not around, so after dinner, he went to the workshop to find Xiao Huang.
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Now that the weather is getting cooler, I’ve started making bean curd again. As before, I’m making bean curd while making bean curd.
Xiao Huang saw He Yunxi coming and said, "I was just going to find you, and you came down."
"Does Fourth Aunt want to see me for anything?"
"Let me show you the account books of the past few months." Xiao Huang pointed to the account book he had just taken out, "I thought you guys should be done with your work today, so I thought of sending this to you. Come here, I will
Just one less trip."
After not seeing each other for more than three months, Xiao Huang is much more agile than before, and her words and movements are a bit windy.
He Yunxi sat down and looked through the account books. With the accounting methods she had taught before, he quickly understood the situation of the past few months clearly.