Chapter 329 Advance preparation for the village banquet

Chapter 329 Advance preparation for the village banquet

Shui Qing looked at Aunt Wu who came to report, and frowned slightly, "Why didn't you tell me before?"

The herbal medicine shop has been in operation for more than two months. The workers are already very skilled and cooperate well with each other. On weekdays, Jia Jia and Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding are mostly responsible for technical guidance, and she basically doesn't have to worry about it.

Especially tomorrow is the first day of school in the village, and the villagers pay special attention to it. The men are busy decorating the book room and tinkering with the height stability of the tables and stone chairs; the women are preparing food under the arrangement of Sister Guifen.

There are more than 30 households in Shanshui Village, and there are more than 400 men and women, old and young. It is not an easy task to hold a village banquet for so many people, especially for the first time.

The old village chief and other elderly people only feel that they will participate less in life, and they don't know when they will participate next time and whether they will have the opportunity to participate next time, so they are always worried. Sister Guifen is also under great pressure, fearing that she will mess it up, and has been looking for her to help make decisions in the past two days.

She was busy and didn't go to the herbal medicine shop to check. Unexpectedly, something went wrong at this time!

Aunt Wu's forehead was full of sweat, and she said carefully: "Your mother-in-law was the only one there two days ago. We thought that she was our biological mother after all, and there was only one person. If each of us saved a little, it would be enough for her to eat, so we didn't think of reporting."

It was also because Sister-in-law Fan had been making a fuss all the time, and she cursed at her morning and night, and her curses were very ugly. Shuiqing was very busy these days, so they thought about not letting these bad things bother her.

Later, she insisted on eating lunch, and after eating, she smiled and stopped cursing. They thought that this was because she was short-sighted. As long as they could shut her up and stop making trouble, it would be okay for them to eat a few bites less, so they planned to endure it and not mention it.

But today Sister-in-law Fan actually brought her eldest son and four grandchildren here!

The herbal medicine shop only cooked meals for more than 30 people in total, and suddenly there were six more people, especially five of them were grown men. How could it be possible? Besides, this gap was huge, and they couldn't afford it, so they could only come here to report and ask Shuiqing to make a decision.

Shui Qing thought about it for a while and understood the human relationship. It was nothing more than that the women in the village paid more attention to the work in the herbal medicine workshop. After all, she was her mother-in-law, Fan Jin's biological mother. How could she stop her from eating a meal in her own son's workshop? It was just a meal, not a big deal.

The mother-in-law had been very noisy during this period, and she knew it.

She went back to crying, making a fuss, and threatening to hang herself. If crying and making a fuss didn't work, she would die. She threatened Fan Jin with death and asked him to arrange for the eldest brother's family to work in the herbal medicine workshop. Fan Jin couldn't bear it but ignored it and avoided it by preparing the school curriculum.

She saw that the mother-in-law didn't come to trouble her, so she thought that she could scold her and cry if she wanted to. As for threatening to die, it was impossible. Anyway, Fan Qian's family couldn't even think about arranging to work in the herbal medicine workshop. Since there was no substantial loss, she let her do it.

But she didn't expect that the mother-in-law actually went to the herbal medicine workshop to eat, and she didn't eat enough and brought her eldest uncle's family to eat!

"Aunt Wu, go and call Mancang and Manku, and ask them to drive my eldest uncle's family out;

As for my mother-in-law, don't touch her. Let her eat this meal today. Everyone will definitely go to the village banquet tomorrow. When you go to work the day after tomorrow, you should lock the door of the herbal medicine shop and don't open it."

It's okay to eat one more meal. Even if she keeps eating, she can afford it. But she knows her mother-in-law. She is the type who can't get used to it. If you let her eat one meal today, she can bring her eldest son's family to eat. If you let her eat all the time in the future, she dares to treat the entire herbal medicine shop as her property and make decisions about herbal medicine production!

Later, she can be the head of her small family.

So this can't be done.

Aunt Wu sighed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shuiqing's decision is very good. Her mother-in-law can't be driven away, but Fan Qian's family can be driven away. People in the village won't say anything if they drive her away, and even if it gets out, it won't damage Fan Jin's reputation as a scholar.

The reason why the herbal medicine shop behind didn't open the door to Mrs. Fan was because they were the ones who worked there. They thought that the preparation of medicinal materials should not allow outsiders to enter. It was their idea and had nothing to do with the boss!

After saying "OK", she turned and told him worriedly: "Shuiqing, I'm afraid your mother-in-law will come to you and cry later. You'd better go to the village to hide." At least it's quieter.

Shuiqing nodded, "I'll go to the old village chief's house. If you have anything, just go there to find me."

Their family is really different now than before. When they separated, they were poor and miserable. Their mother-in-law and the eldest uncle's family had a better life than them. They were the ones who were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. Now the situation has reversed, and the original trick is not suitable.

If you can avoid it, avoid it, deal with it coldly, and wait for the herbal medicine shop behind to close the door. After making a few noises without results, you can only quiet down. I don't know if it can really quiet down... Hey, Fan Jin is really good, why does he have such a mother...

The courtyard of the old village chief's house is now bustling with people and very lively.

In the cold winter month, Wang Guifen was so busy that a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.

When she saw Shuiqing coming, she walked over quickly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and said anxiously: "Shuiqing, you are finally here, I was just about to look for you!

The dishes for tomorrow are finally decided. Do you want to know if there is anything to change?"

Shuiqing smiled lightly: "Don't worry, talk slowly."

Wang Guifen was really nervous. She took a few deep breaths and poured out her mind: "From the whole pig you ordered, the fat is used to stew radishes, some of the lean meat is fried with pickled peppers and some is fried with winter bamboo shoots, and then a few pots of big bone soup are boiled with big bone sticks, and brown rice is served. This is the food for noon.

In the evening, we stir-fried Chinese cabbage with lard residue, fried chives and eggs with lard to make a topping for the noodles. The soup base is still boiled with big bones. The noodles are 30% white flour and 70% corn flour. Is that ok? ”

A pig weighs more than 200 pounds, and there are more than 400 people in the village. Not everyone can get a piece of pig offal and ribs, and it is not easy to divide them. Fortunately, Shuiqing said that her family likes to eat them. Tomorrow, only pork will be sold. Pig offal, pig trotters and ribs do not need to be bought. She can keep them for her family.

She was also asked to keep the big bones, saying that they do not need to be divided. They only need to be boiled into soup. With the taste of meat, it is meat. Add small green vegetables and chopped green onions to drink a bowl of hot and warm stomach in winter.

She wanted to make dumplings, but Shuiqing said that few people in the village eat them, and even fewer people know how to make them. If they are not cooked well, the skin will break and become a pot of noodle soup, which is tasteless. Rolling noodles is also a craft, so it is better to make the most reliable noodle balls, which are just as delicious with toppings.

Everyone eats black noodle vegetable paste at home every day, so don't prepare the village banquet for these foods that can be eaten at home, and only meat and eggs are the main ones.

After the women who came to help knew the dishes, their mouths were open for a long time.