70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 214

After hearing this, Xu Zhongjun thought for a while and said: "Let's just invite the whole family. When the family members of other comrades-in-arms came to accompany the army, the housewarming banquet also invited the family members together. But now no one has enough food, so although we invite the whole family People, but they will not come with the whole family. The two days of 26 and 28 are good, and we are not afraid of delaying things when we treat guests at night."

"That's fine, let's set it on the 26th and 28th. Please invite your leader and comrades first, and then invite your subordinates. You will be responsible for the notification, and I will be responsible for thinking about what to do next." Xie Xiaonian replied.

"Well, just count the number of people and make preparations. You don't have to work alone when the time comes. The other sister-in-laws should come to help if they are free." Xu Zhongjun said.

"Well, then I will prepare the ingredients in the next two days."

From the second day on, Xie Xiaonian began to think about what to cook. Thinking about the ingredients at home, Xie Xiaonian decided to think carefully about what to do so that he would not be rude, and would not make people think that his family was too conspicuous.

And after entertaining two groups of people, I have to have some leftovers, at least until the beginning of spring when I can go up the mountain.

In the end, Xie Xiaonian decided to buy 3 catties of fresh meat and add it with shiitake mushrooms to make dumplings about 10 catties. Each person has an average of half a catty. Men eat more and children eat less, just to balance it out.

It's not that Xie Xiaonian doesn't want to buy more, it's just that if there are too many, it's just eye-catching. You know, their family only buys 1 catty of meat tickets for a month, so if they buy these meat, Xu Zhongjun will go out to borrow meat tickets. What about hospitality?

Of course, it is impossible to be full of these dumplings, so it is just a good idea.

Xie Xiaonian is also going to make fried Pleurotus eryngii with bacon, bacon and potato slices, dried bamboo shoots and bacon, steamed cured meat (replace cured fish with cured duck), sour cabbage, fried potato shreds, cold fungus, cold radish shreds and peanuts, and then Steam some steamed buns with three-in-one noodles, and cook sweet potato and rice soup.

At that time, the portion of the 9 dishes will be slightly larger, so that everyone can be full, and the men can have appetizers, and half meat and half vegetarian, neither shabby nor too eye-catching.

Because Xu Zhongjun said that family members had better not go to the army, so on the 25th, Xie Xiaonian asked Xu Zhongjun to go to the logistics, and asked the purchaser to bring them 3 catties of meat and 4 catties of wine the next day.

I took it home at noon, just in time to make dumplings in the afternoon.

Because it is not easy to go to the county, other military members in the regiment sometimes ask the logistics department to help bring some food, so Xie Xiaonian is not considered a violation of discipline.

On the 26th, Xie Xiaonian took all the ingredients needed to the kitchen in the morning, and then put away most of the things in the second bedroom.

At that time, they may have to visit the room, so the second bedroom cannot be locked. This will save them from seeing the room full of meat and spreading bad words.

Because there were not enough tables and plates at home, Xu Zhongjun went to Wu Shuqin's house after lunch, and brought back his table and some bowls and chopsticks.

Among them, Wu Shuqin's family had some unused bowls and chopsticks, so they borrowed them from other families when they were entertaining guests.

After Xie Xiaonian finished his lunch, he soaked what needed to be soaked and washed what needed to be washed, so that he could prepare it first and save himself from being overwhelmed when the time comes.

After finishing all this work, Xie Xiaonian started to chop the dumpling stuffing, because there was a lot of meat and the chopping board at home was not big enough, so Xie Xiaonian planned to chop it twice, first she chopped the meat into minced meat and put it in the basin, Take half of it and start chopping it up.

Although there was a lot to chop up, Xie Xiaonian didn't dare to be lazy and let the space formation handle it. The upstairs and downstairs live so close, if there is no movement, it would be too suspicious.

It might be that the sound of chopping stuffing was relatively loud, and the rooms were not soundproof, so Xie Xiaonian had just been chopping for a while, when he heard a knock on the door.

As soon as Xie Xiaonian opened the door, she saw Ma Meihua, who lives downstairs in her house, came over with her six-year-old daughter Wu Mengzhu and her one-year-old son Wu Weidong.

Before Xie Xiaonian could speak, Ma Meihua said softly, "I heard the movement of your house, so I knew it was time to cook. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home, so I came here to see if there is any need for help."

When Xie Xiaonian heard that he was here to help, she led the person into the house and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, come in quickly, there is nothing to help, there is not much work, and it is still early, so I will finish it slowly. Let’s chop the dumpling stuffing first. Sit down first, and I’ll pour you a glass of water.”

"Don't worry about it. Weidong just fell asleep right now. I'll give you a helping hand. If the child wakes up, I can't even help him. Where do I put him?" Ma Meihua said politely .

Seeing this, Xie Xiaonian asked Ma Meihua to put Weidong on the pancake bed. Both children were young, so even if they slept on the same bed, it wouldn't affect each other.

Then Xie Xiaonian brought 2 pieces of steamed cakes to Wu Mengzhu and asked her to run around the house while she and Ma Meihua went back to work in the kitchen.

After a while, Wang Shufen and Zhang Chunping also came over. Wang Shufen brought her 6-year-old son Zhang Xiangqian, and Zhang Chunping brought her 5-year-old son He Junwei and 2-year-old son He Junqiang.

There was a boy around, and there was a lot of trouble at home in an instant, and because the two older boys were about the same age, no matter it was eating or playing, they could fight, and there was a fight after a while, which made Xie Xiaonian's brain hurt up.

Several smaller children were woken up several times, one cried, and the other cried too. Even Pancake, who never liked to cry, howled for a while because she didn't get enough sleep.

Although Xie Xiaonian was having a headache, today was a treat at home, and he couldn't drive people out, so he had to take out some snacks to coax them.

Who would have thought that because of the new snacks, they would be able to compete again, and in the end Xie Xiaonian didn't recruit, so she simply ignored it and let their mother discipline them.

And Xie Xiaonian also found out that Zhang Chunping was very protective of children. Whenever the two children argued and fought, she would step forward to protect her son every time, as if it was someone else's fault.

If it wasn't for the other's father being her man's boss, maybe she would have helped her too, she was a bit too protective.

But fortunately, Wang Shufen slapped her son twice, so that he didn't dare to make a sound, and the scene became quiet.

The children were quiet, but the women couldn't be quiet in the kitchen, especially with Wang Shufen and Zhang Chunping, the two gossips, the kitchen was really lively.

But Xie Xiaonian is new here and doesn't know anything, so he only listens to their gossip.

Although Xie Xiaonian didn't like to talk, but she listened with gusto, and didn't feel bored when working.

It may be that Zhao Qiuxiang has never come to help, so she is the one most talked about by others, but Wang Shufen said disgustedly: "Zhao Qiuxiang didn't come to help again, look, she must be eating again. I will come over, and I don’t know how she has the nerve to eat it every time.”

"She's different from us. She claims to be from the city. How could she work with people like us? Every time I go to her house, I'm so stared at by her that I'm too embarrassed to sit on the sofa, as if my body How dirty it is, Xiaoxia's family is a real city person, I don't think she looks like her, and I don't know how she went to work in the fields before joining the army." Zhang Chunping also answered sarcastically.

"That's right, she thinks we're dirty. When she ate that piece, why didn't she dislike that it was caught by us. She ate it faster than anyone else. If she has the ability, she shouldn't eat it."

After hearing what they said, Xie Xiaonian also felt balanced in her heart, it seemed that it was really like what Xu Zhongjun said, she was not alone in receiving this kind of treatment.

In the gossip of everyone, Xie Xiaonian also knew that Zhao Qiuxiang would go to help early only when the leader's family was entertaining guests, and when other people were entertaining guests, she would always arrive at the meal time, to put it bluntly, she was a bit powerful.

Moreover, she is very patriarchal, and usually brings her 10-year-old son Wang Chaoqun to meals instead of her 8-year-old daughter Wang Cuiying.

Even her eldest daughter, Wang Cuihua, did not want to go to school. If her husband hadn't been stubborn, her eldest daughter might have become the only child in the compound who was old enough not to go to school.

What's more, she takes advantage of it. Usually, everyone is poor and can't fill their stomachs, so there is nothing for her to take advantage of. However, when someone invites a meal, she will give them away some leftovers, saying It is to feed the chicken at home, but in fact it is eaten at home.

However, although Xie Xiaonian felt that what they said might be a bit exaggerated, with such serious cleanliness, how could she be able to eat other people's leftovers.

And Zhang Chunling was also discussed like Zhao Qiuxiang.

But after all, she is the leader's wife, so they were a little scrupulous and didn't say much.

From this, Xie Xiaonian also learned that Zhao Qiuxiang and Zhang Chunling had the best relationship. It should be said that Zhao Qiuxiang flattered Zhang Chunling all the time, and Zhang Chunling liked to put on airs. , often in one piece.

As expected, the two of them have the best relationship, and they only help out when they go to the boss's house for dinner, but fortunately, Zhang Chunling is not as patriarchal as Zhao Qiuxiang.

Because Xiao Xia and Wu Shuqin both work in the county, they can't come to help, so the four of them prepare the dinner. Although they have different personalities, they are still good at work, and the dinner is ready according to the time.

Zhang Chunling and Zhao Qiuxiang, who stayed at home all day and had nothing to do, came home only when the meal was ready.

As expected, Zhao Qiuxiang was carrying her son instead of her youngest daughter, as some people said just now.

Other families have the youngest child, only hers is not, but judging from everyone's reaction, I know it's not surprising.

After the two came, they didn't feel embarrassed at all, they stood aside and said politely: "I have something to do at home, so I came late, I didn't help much, Xiao Nian, don't look outside!"

But while saying sorry words, the two of them just stood there without moving, and they didn't have any intention of helping to prepare or serve the food.

(End of this chapter)