jdhmnovel Chapter 249 Banquet
Chapter 249 Banquet
Gu Qingqing came in and happened to see Dahua carrying a porcelain teapot and going to the study in the front yard. Gu Qingqing walked up to her, took the teapot from her hand and asked, "Is your father and Grandpa Yang in the study?"
"Well, I've packed some tea to send over." Dahua had just seen that her father and Grandpa Yang were unhappy, and now her eyes also showed a little unhappiness.
"Okay, I'll go. Go to the kitchen and peel some garlic for later." After Gu Qingqing said this, she naturally saw Dahua's worried and anxious heart.
He rubbed her head randomly. "You are just a little brat. You are not as good as Erhua. Look at Erhua, she is always happy."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she walked towards the study room carrying the teapot.
She deliberately walked to make noises, and when she reached the door, she heard Wen Wuyan's voice asking, "Uncle Yang, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
"It's okay. It has nothing to do with you. I just had some sudden emotions in my heart."
Gu Qingqing just knocked on the door symbolically. When she entered the room, she saw Old Yang looking at her and saying, "Well, look at what I did. Today is supposed to be a happy day for your family, but I messed up everything for you and your wife."
"Uncle Yang, there is no need to say that. You can be touched by this scene today, and today's events must have triggered some of your past. We don't know where to start comforting you, but you have always been optimistic, and we hope that you can resolve your thoughts as soon as possible."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she walked to the table and poured them a cup of tea.
In fact, Gu Qingqing was quite curious about Old Yang's life experience. Wen Wuyan was able to pass the examination to become a student thanks to his own efforts, but Old Yang's missionary contribution could not be ignored.
I felt strange when I first learned that Wen Wuyan was taught to read by a chef in the kitchen, but she knew it too well. Who doesn't have her own little story?
When she and Wen Wuyan were arguing with the Wen family about splitting up the family property, she thought that the half jade pendant that Old Yang took out was of such quality.
The reason for this is that she had seen too many better quality ones on TV and in videos in her previous life.
But she went to a gold jewelry shop in the county before the New Year and a few days ago, and saw some jade pieces in the shop. There was one that looked similar in quality to the one in Old Yang's hand, and was worth a hundred taels.
Being able to read and write by yourself is a skill, but being able to train a student with what you have learned, I have to admit, is amazing!
Therefore, Old Yang is definitely not a cook.
Gu Qingqing was curious, but she would not be like a rat stealing oil and try to find out why others became cooks.
Old Yang laughed when he heard this, raised his hand and nodded at Gu Qingqing and then pointed at Wen Wuyan, "You two, one is smart and wise, and the other is generous and thoughtful. You are really a perfect match made in heaven. Okay, I, the old man, will take advantage of Wuyan's great joy today and take advantage of my seniority for a while. If I finish making your wine later, you two can't scold me for being greedy behind my back."
When Old Yang finished speaking, he regained his former spirit.
Wen Wuyan bowed to him and said, "Uncle Yang, just drink the wine at home. If you don't enjoy it today, I'll buy some more next time and we can continue."
Gu Qingqing said, "I'll go prepare some snacks for you right away," and took the opportunity to leave the study, leaving the two of them alone in the room talking.
Gu Qingqing went to the kitchen, and at this time she looked like a cat with its tail tapped.
She directed Dahua and Erhua to light the fire and pick vegetables. She poured all the little remaining rice in the house into the pot, and when she saw that it was not enough, she added half a dozen millet.
Gu Qingqing moved her hands and said, "It should be enough. The rice jar is almost empty."
After asking Erhua to watch the fire, she took a basket to the cellar and brought up the few remaining cabbages, lotus roots, radishes and other vegetables.
She stocked up a lot of vegetables last year. In a few days, fresh wild vegetables from the mountains have emerged, and she hasn't finished eating all the vegetables she stocked up.
I can’t bear to throw away the swollen radish, so I plan to cut it into shreds, marinate it to squeeze out the moisture, then add diced meat and flour and fry it into meatballs.
Carrying the vegetables back to the kitchen, she looked up at the four strips of bacon and a smoked pork leg on the roof. She picked the one that looked the largest and planned to take it back.
"Qingqing, let me do it. Which one do you want?" Wen Wuyan asked when he came in.
Gu Qingqing handed him a forked wooden stick and pointed at the largest piece of bacon.
At this time, Li Xin came back carrying a dozen bamboo shoots. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Aunt, I just met Uncle Zhao Dong. I told him to come to our house for dinner tonight. He agreed."
"Well, peel and wash the bamboo shoots in your hand. I will use them later." Gu Qingqing took a look at the bamboo shoots and said to Li Xin.
Wen Wuyan suddenly spoke up at this time, "Qingqing, have we invited Zhao Nan?"
Zhao Nan is also single. He, Zhao Dong, Zhao Bei, and Old Yangtou live together.
Gu Qingqing said "Oh" as a response to Wen Wuyan.
"I'll go call Zhao Nan over. Dongxi, Beixi and Zhongfeng are all here. If Brother Nan doesn't like the idea of inviting them, at most we can just give him half a bowl of rice."
It was not until this moment that Gu Qingqing suddenly remembered that she had always felt that she had overlooked something at the gate just now. She could not remember it at the time, but now that Wen Wuyan said this, she exclaimed, "Look at my brain. Meihua was at our house with the child just now, and she also brought the errand boy from the county. We are so close on weekdays, how could I have forgotten about her?"
"Then I'll go there myself." Wen Wuyan said.
"Go quickly and come back soon. You have to help me when you come back." Gu Qingqing waved at him anxiously.
That night, all the people who had dug canals with Wen Wuyan and stayed in Niutoushan Village for a winter, gathered at Wen Wuyan's home today, along with Wu Shan, the village chief of Niutoushan Village, and Niu Yuzhu, a resident of the village.
Although they were invited to their home for dinner, the families were too embarrassed to actually eat for free, and they didn't have anything good to offer at home, so the three bachelors, Zhao Dong, Zhao Nan, and Zhao Bei, brought a dried rabbit.
Zhao Xi and Wu Fang's family brought about a bowl of millet, half a basket of wild shepherd's purse, and a bunch of wild garlic sprouts.
Gu Qingqing learned what they brought and said angrily, "Xiaomi will take it back later. I didn't ask you to come to my house for dinner. You need to bring your own things."
Wu Fang went to the kitchen to help out. "It's just a bowl of rice."
"You also know a bowl of rice. If your family doesn't need it, my family will." After saying that, Gu Qingqing pointed at the shepherd's purse in the basket and said with a smile, "You can keep the shepherd's purse and cook it for everyone later. The wild vegetables on our mountain have just sprouted. Where did you go to dig up the shepherd's purse? It's so delicious that it might make your teeth fall out. Millet won't work."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. But if you ask where they were picked, I can't really tell you. I don't know which valley Jiang He took Si Jiao to find them."
Zhao Jianghe is the child of Zhao Zhong and Zhao Qin, and he is seven years old.
Zhao Xi and Wu Fang's children Zhao Sijiao are six years old this year, and Zhao Qiceng are five years old this year.
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