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"Li Linfei, can I eat?"
"Yes, it's delicious!" Li Linfei grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth, saying vaguely.
The taste of popcorn is crunchy, sweet, and fragrant. The familiar taste lingers in his mouth, which makes Li Linfei have a long aftertaste.
This reminded him of the scene in his previous life when he heard a loud noise and went up to grab food with other children when he was a child. Popcorn was a rare and delicious food for him at that time.
Today's popcorn is made with advanced pressure cookers. Although the taste has improved, it is also much more convenient.
But there is no such kind of nervous and expectant waiting at the side, waiting for a thrilling loud noise, waiting for the popcorn popping out that makes him salivate.
This childhood feeling may be buried in the depths of my mind forever, and I will never find it again.
Dongfang Ying and Zhang Zifeng had no such memories. The two little girls ate the popcorn happily.
"Li Linfei, it's delicious!" Dongfang Ying saw this kind of popcorn for the first time, and thought it was very novel. The taste in his mouth was even better than those professionally made popcorn.
"Dongfang Ying, please speak clearly. It's the popcorn that tastes good, not me. There will be a lot of ambiguity if you do this." Li Linfei said jokingly.
Dongfang Ying hummed, and continued to eat popcorn, not bothering to argue with Li Linfei.
At this time, He Jiong brought a big bamboo basket from the house, put the popcorn in his pocket into it, put it on the table in the gazebo, and let the two little girls eat slowly.
Li Linfei and Peng Yuchang ate a few mouthfuls, felt the taste, and stopped eating. They moved the stove and popcorn machine into the house, swept up the popcorn that had fallen on the ground, and fed it to the lanterns.
The sun is gradually setting, and the sky is also dimming. Smoke rises from the village not far away, and everyone in the Mushroom House is also starting to prepare today's dinner.
Gao Yuanyuan, Tong Liya, Dongfang Ying, and Zhang Zifeng were helping He Jiong, washing vegetables, peeling garlic, picking green onions, etc., while Peng Yuchang was guarding the fire in the kitchen.
With his superb knife skills, Li Linfei became Huang Lei's little kitchen helper. Whether it was vegetables or meat, with his knife, it could be transformed into the shape Huang Lei wanted.
Now what Li Linfei is cutting is a dish that is very particular about knife skills---pained meat with garlic.
Suannibairou is a very ancient dish, and it has been handed down to this day, which shows its deliciousness. The best fat and lean meat for making Suannibairou is also required to be cut large and thin, which must be tasty and satisfying. .
As for the dipping sauce, that's Teacher Huang's business, Li Linfei doesn't know how to make it, he just needs to cut the white meat into slices of appropriate size and thickness.
In the small courtyard, He Jiong was washing vegetables. The director came over and whispered in his ear: "Mr. He, today is Tong Liya's birthday, and the day after tomorrow is Dongfang Ying's birthday. We can help them celebrate together tonight."
He Jiong was washing the dishes, and nodded to show that he knew.He took the washed dishes into the kitchen, and said to Huang Lei, "Ms. Huang, today is Yaya's birthday, and the day after tomorrow is Yingying's birthday. Prepare something to help them celebrate together tonight."
"Did the director say it? Why didn't he say it earlier, so that we can prepare it in advance!" Huang Lei was unhappy that the director said now that it was time for dinner, and there was still time to make a birthday cake.
"Maybe he just found out. How long will you be able to eat here?" He Jiong defended the director.
"About another hour."
"Time should work."
He Jiong turned to Li Linfei and said, "Xiao Fei, cut your meat and come with me to decorate the hall."
"Okay." Li Linfei quickly cut up the white meat, and followed He Jiong to decorate the room.
In the hall, He Jiong took out a large string of neon lights from the utility room and said, "Xiao Fei, let's see how these neon lights should be hung." He Jiong was thinking and asked Li Linfei to help him think.
Li Linfei scanned the hall and found that it was not very easy to hang. He buried his head in thought and said, "Mr. He, isn't there still a lot of bamboo outside? Let's splice the bamboo pieces into 'Happy Birthday', then hang the neon lights on it, and use fishing lines Drop on the roof, then turn off the lights and turn on the neon lights, it should work well."
He Jiong thought about it, and felt that Li Linfei's method was feasible: "Okay, let's do this, keep it secret, and don't let Yaya and Yingying know."
"Okay." Li Linfei went out and started chopping bamboo with a hatchet. The girls washing vegetables in the small courtyard didn't know what he was doing, and no one asked.
He brought the split bamboo pieces into the house, and then took nails and hammers from the utility room to fix the bamboo pieces together. Each character of "Happy Birthday" is about 50 centimeters long and wide.
After Li Linfei was fixed, He Jiong tied the neon lights to it with strings.Li Linfei also tied the fishing line to the bamboo.
At the same time, a thin wire was tied up, and then he threw the fishing line and wire over the wooden beams of the house. After He Jiong finished, he pulled up the bamboo pieces and neon lights.
After electrifying it for a test, the 'Happy Birthday' composed of neon lights lighted up smoothly.
"Xiao Fei, pull it up a little bit so as not to be seen." Then He Jiong looked at the remaining neon lights and said, "Xiao Fei, how much fishing line is there?"
"There are a lot more."
"We attached fishing lines to both ends of the house and tied neon lights to it to create a curtain over where we ate."
Just do it, the two first stretched the six-strand fishing line straight, and then tied some neon lights to it, and the other neon lights drooped naturally like curtains, hanging on the front, back and left and right ends of the dining table respectively.
He Jiong looked at the finished product and nodded with satisfaction: "Xiao Fei, put away one end first, and then hang it up later, you can do something now, don't we have no birthday cake? You pick some wild flowers outside, weave it into a Two garlands for them. Make them look better!"
"Okay." Li Fei walked out of the mushroom house, taking advantage of the remaining light from the sun, picking wild flowers in the field, some were red, some were yellow, some were white, some were pink, he picked whatever he saw .
When weaving the wreath, he took care to keep all the bright little flowers out.
The garland woven for Tong Liya has more red flowers, showing the beauty of a mature woman.
The wreath weaved for Dongfang Ying has more pink flowers, highlighting the youthful and girly atmosphere.
Li Linfei carefully wrapped the wreath in his clothes and returned to the Mushroom House. He Jiong looked at it and said, "Not bad, very beautiful! Put it away first, and give it to them later."
The two were busy for a while, and hurriedly completed the layout of the birthday venue. Huang Lei's dishes in the kitchen were almost done. He covered the prepared dishes to keep warm, and began to make kebabs.
Li Linfei and Peng Yuchang lit the charcoal and put it on the brick grill that was built this afternoon. Huang Lei put more than 10 skewers of mutton on it, brushing oil and rolling them over and over.
Chapter 340 Fifth Birthday Dinner
The mutton kebabs this time are different from the usual ones. It inherits the characteristics of xj, which is big and full.
A large lump of mutton was covered with charcoal fire, and the oil was leaking out. Tong Liya smelled the fragrance gradually, and said, "It really smells like the lamb skewers from my hometown."
He Jiong said with a smile on the side: "Our Little Chef Huang is not in vain."
The mutton kebabs made by Huang Lei are all made according to xj's in terms of shape and seasoning. The only fly in the ointment is that the willow twigs are used to skewer the mutton. Rong, also do not have a flavor.
"Yaya, come and taste it." Huang Lei handed Tong Liya a string of mutton.
Tong Liya took a bite, and said with a greasy mouth: "There is a faint bamboo fragrance in it, which is delicious."
"It's fine if you like it, let's go in and eat." Huang Lei put the mutton skewers on a plate and walked into the house.
After serving warm dishes, everyone sat on the carpet, gathered around the table, watched the sumptuous dinner, and prepared to eat.
Tong Liya and Dongfang Ying didn't notice any difference.
At this moment, He Jiong said, "Wait a minute."
"Xiao Fei, go ahead and take out the garland." Take out the garland when the light is about to be turned on, otherwise you won't be able to see clearly.
Li Linfei got up and took out the two wreaths from the hiding place. Small flowers of various colors covered them, very gorgeous.