When Li Qinshu and Yun Xiaoqian passed by, they happened to meet the patriarch's family, and they said hello politely.
The patriarch's family didn't go to dinner, but to send gifts.
Originally, this kind of thing was just for the younger generation to go for a trip. Now the patriarch and Uncle Li come to the door in person. In fact, it's still because of the 300 Jin pork that Li Lian was engaged to last time, which caused a lot of disputes between the two families.
The clan leaders all came in person. Naturally, Xu Qing warmly welcomed the people in and left them for dinner.
In fact, when Li Changting went to the town to deliver moon cakes this morning, he bought two gifts and sent them to the patriarch's family, including the one from Li Jinmei's family. After all, they are in the village, which is the patriarch's close relative.
The patriarch's family came over after dinner. There are several relatives who are close to each other. During the festival, they will go to their family to have a reunion dinner together with rice dishes. Only in the evening can they come to Li Changting.
Seeing the big fish and meat on Xu Qing's table, Li Jing and Li Lian unconsciously swallow their saliva, especially the two roast chickens. They are so fragrant that they can smell the fragrance from a long distance!
Their family can buy two or three catties of pork at most during the festival, which is comparable to the fact that half of the ten dishes at this table are meat, and this big pot of spicy and sour fish, even if the fish is more than three catties.
Li Changting and Li Jinmei stayed with the patriarch to have dinner. The patriarch was so kind that he said he would only have two drinks with Li Changting.
"Is this table cooked by Xu Qing?" Aunt Li pretended to be surprised and asked with a smile, "well done!"
In the face of Aunt Li's praise, Xu Qing didn't laugh much.
In addition, after the five members of the patriarch's family, they could not sit down at the table, and finally they had to squeeze and let the young people eat standing.
Li Jing, a half year old boy, is very good at eating the two roast chickens. He even ate a little chicken juice on his plate with rice. He also laughs that you are welcome to eat here. It makes the patriarch and Uncle Li laugh and dislike them.
Li Lian is not polite either. She is too embarrassed to serve the dishes, so she asks Li Jing to help her. Anyway, Li Jing has a thick face.
It turns out that Li Qinshu and Yun Xiaoqian didn't eat anything, which made Xu Qing feel very sorry.
After dinner, xiaomeizi and Li Tinghui run to the yard to set off fireworks. It's dark in the yard. Li Jinmei lights a candle for them under the grape trellis and stares at them. Don't be burned when they light fireworks.
Li Jing and Li Lian also went to play with xiaomeizi after they finished eating. There were only a few men who were still drinking and talking at the table.
Xu Qing took advantage of the candlelight to wash the extra dishes and chopsticks. Since they put all the cupboards and the like on one side of the wall, their kitchen has become much more spacious. Otherwise, they would not be able to accommodate so many people today.
Yun Xiaoqian comes to help wash the dishes, but is stopped by Xu Qing.
"Don't do this, dirty hands."
"It's OK. It's not dirty."
"Why don't you go to my house and help me get the basket of Gleditsia sinensis in the corner. There's not enough liquid of Gleditsia sinensis."
Yun Xiaoqian readily agrees.
She trotted to the main room, only to find that the door of the main room was half open. She pushed the door open and went in to have a look. Leng Buding saw that Li Lian was in a panic and turned to look at her.
When Li Lian saw the visitor, her panic immediately turned to anger: "what are you doing stealthily?"
Yun Xiaoqian has the feeling that the villain complains first. She thinks that Li Lian is more sneaky and comes to the main house without saying a word.
"I'll help Xu Qing get the soap horn." But Yun Xiaoqian can't say anything. She goes to the corner to find the basket of Gleditsia, turns around and sees that Li Lian has gone out.
Yun Xiaoqian takes the door and goes out. She has a bad feeling in her heart. She wants to tell Xu Qing about the fact that Li Lian has just gone to the main room. But with so many people in the kitchen and Li Lian's grandfather and father, she can't find a chance to tell Xu Qing.
And Yun Xiaoqian thought, maybe Li Lian just went in to sit down and did nothing. She said it secretly, but it seemed that she was suing and had ulterior motives.
The clan leader didn't stay too late. When they had almost finished drinking, they left and went back.
Xu Qing cleaned up the last dishes and chopsticks, washed the table and swept the floor. When he went back to the room, he found that Li Changting had fallen asleep on the bed.
Today, Xu Qing is busy making moon cakes. The meat and vegetables for dinner are all handled by Li Changting, washed and waiting for her to fry. Everyone is very tired all day long.
Xu Qing didn't even bother to take a bath. He took off his coat and fell asleep with Li Changting in his arms. The next morning, he got up and cleaned himself up.
After the Mid Autumn Festival, Xu Qing stopped making moon cakes, and shopkeeper Yun said hello.
Shopkeeper Yun is heartbroken, but Xu Qing said that he would talk about a new deal with him some days and make some snacks that he can eat everyday. He immediately smiles again.
Zuixianlou doesn't sell moon cakes any more, but Desheng Lou of Xiao family suddenly starts to sell moon cakes filled with red bean paste in large quantities.
Strange to say, Desheng building doesn't sell moon cakes during the Mid Autumn Festival. After the Mid Autumn Festival, it yells for everyone to go to their restaurant to eat moon cakes. It's said that they sell better than Zuixian building. The key is cheap, extremely cheap!In the early morning of this day, the door of Li Changting's house was banged.
Open the door, it turned out to be shopkeeper Yun.
As soon as shopkeeper Yun came in, he asked solemnly, "you told me that you didn't sell your moon cakes to others, did you?"
Li Changting: "I haven't made moon cakes since the Mid Autumn Festival."
Shopkeeper Yun's face slightly Ji, sighed: "that seems to be the formula of our moon cake, which has been studied."
After hearing the intention of manager Baiyun, Xu Qing asked, "did you bring moon cakes from Desheng building?"
"Yes." Shopkeeper Yun said, "I specially asked someone to buy it. I also want you to see what's different between this moon cake and what you do. Although I taste like what you do."
Shopkeeper Yun takes out a package of moon cakes from the box and hands them to Xu Qing.
As far as the shape of moon cake is concerned, it's similar to ordinary moon cake, and there's no redundant logo. It's a very simple pattern.
Xu Qing broke open the moon cake, looked at the stuffing, and tasted two more.
After tasting, she immediately felt something was wrong, put down the moon cake and went to the desk to find the recipe she wrote last time.
"What's the matter?" Li Changting asked.
"The recipe is gone."
"What?" Shopkeeper Yun was shocked. "I said, how can Desheng building suddenly make moon cakes with the same taste as us? It's too strange. It turns out that Oh, my ancestors, how can you put recipes in conspicuous places? "
Li Changting gave him a cold look: "shut up!"
Shopkeeper Yun The heart is dripping blood, OK!
Xu Qing screwed his brows and recalled who had been at home recently.
They live in a poor family. No one comes to walk around at ordinary times. It's impossible for Li Jinmei's family. It's just Yun Xiaoqian's wife and the patriarch's family.
Xu Qing has a candidate in mind, but she has to find someone to confirm it.