As a few stir-fry dishes were cooked, the Zhao family's banquet officially began.

This is Wang Meilan's second time to hold a banquet at noon after Zhao Jun's ceremony, and the preparations were a bit hasty.

But with the increase in ingredients, the scale and quality of the banquet this time were far higher than before.

Braised bear paws, this dish is one of the best in Manchu and Han banquets. The red bear paws are placed on the plate and thick soup is poured on it.

The bear's paw is so tender that when you pick it up with chopsticks, the tendons, skin, and flesh come out. Put it in your mouth and it melts in your mouth.

Hand-made horse ribs, horse meat shreds are thicker, and have a special taste compared to beef and mutton.

Cooked horse ribs cooked with mountain pepper and salt, piled one by one on a large plate.

The plate is relatively large, and in the empty space is a small saucer containing soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and minced garlic.

Beef in sauce and donkey in sauce are served on a platter. The meat with tendons in the middle is beef, and the meat with tendons on the side is donkey meat.

Grilled mutton strips, a one-year-old lamb itself is tender. Make thin strips of grilled mutton and put them on the plate, cover them with thick soup, sprinkle with chopped green onion and minced garlic, it is the best meal among meat dishes.

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Chicken stewed with mushrooms, goose stewed in an iron pot, duck stewed with potato slices, and wood frogs stewed with soy sauce, these are all farm dishes from Northeast China. Usually if there is one on the table, it is for entertaining distinguished guests.

Braised miscellaneous fish, other people’s miscellaneous fish, or various small river fish, or old man fish, willow root fish that can be as long as one finger.

The Zhao family's miscellaneous fish is a mixture of carp and crucian carp.

In a large enamel plate, the carp is in the middle, and there is a crucian carp on the left and right.

Stir-fried three kinds of roe deer, fresh and freshly killed roe deer heart, liver, and belly, stir-fried with soaked dried green peppers and carrot slices. It is a dish that goes well with wine.

Tear the roe deer into bones and meat by hand, pour it into a large pot of water, tear it into small pieces when it is cooked, and eat it with salty noodles.

Smoked pig's trotters are sauced first and then smoked, which is rare these days.

Twelve meat dishes, plus black and white vegetables, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and canned peaches.

There are a total of sixteen dishes, some meat and vegetables, some cold and some hot.

The Zhao family first stood aside in the room, and then placed a large tabletop borrowed from the Tunbu warehouse.

This large jointed tabletop is still left over from the big pot rice era.

The large tabletop, which can seat seventeen or eighteen people, is spliced ​​with dovetails in the middle.

As one dish after another was placed on the table, the guests were dumbfounded.

When I walked in just now, I saw two women cooking outside. I have never seen so many good dishes.

The scale of this banquet was such that even Director Chu, who was well-informed, had never seen anything like this.

Su Xianglian was even more surprised. When the table was being set, she was taken to the West Room by Wang Meilan.

In Su Xianglian's memory, when she was a child, her father would entertain guests at home when she was a child, and she, her brother, sister, and her mother would eat outside.

In those days, people were simple and simple, and guests could eat all the delicious food. Women and children could not eat much.

Su Xianglian thought Wang Meilan would be like this too, but compared to the discomfort of sharing a table with a bunch of men, she would rather eat less and would rather eat with women.

But when the food was served, Su Xianglian discovered that Yang Yufeng, Xu Chunyan, Zhao Ling, Xie Sun and others came in from the outside with two plates every time.

Then, one plate is sent to the east room and the other to the west room. The way of serving food is the same as serving food at a table.

Su Xianglian was even more surprised by the quality of the food. Growing up in the city, she had never eaten noodles of this size.

"Clang!" This was the sound of the soda box falling to the ground. Wang Meilan opened a bottle of soda and handed it to Su Xianglian.

After Su Xianglian thanked her and took it, Wang Meilan gave Su Xianglian a big goose leg.

People these days are more reserved. Unless you are sitting at a table, it is not embarrassing to eat or drink at other people's houses.

Especially at this table, she was the only one from outside.

But as the women chatted, Su Xianglian gradually relaxed. The main reason was that there were enough dishes and enough meat, so she wouldn't feel embarrassed if she took two more bites.

Su Xianglian was like this, let alone the men in the east room.

Xifeng wine was poured into the cups, and the men pushed the cups to change, drinking happily.

As she ate, she ate, and a pile of bones piled up next to Su Xianglian's bowl. But these were not the only things she ate.

Because there are many dishes today that have only meat and no bones.

"Come on, my dear daughter, you can grow some chopsticks." Wang Meilan greeted Su Xianglian, but after using her chopsticks, she never picked up food for Su Xianglian.

"Yeah, yeah." Su Xianglian bit the chicken wing and nodded repeatedly: "Auntie, I'm eating it."

"Eat more!" Jin Xiaomei also greeted, saying: "We still have some in the West Room!"

They are currently in the west room of the Zhao family, and further west is the Li family.

At Wang Meilan's signal, Xu Chunyan opened another bottle of soda for Su Xianglian. The table was full of meat, and she drank the soda to relieve her tiredness.

Wang Meilan took the soda bottle, put it next to Su Xianglian's hand, and said, "Drink, my daughter."

"Yeah, yeah." Su Xianglian, who was nibbling to the key point, could only nod.

At this time, Mr. Xie Sun smiled and said: "The atmosphere in their house is quite lively, but our house can't do that!"

"Xiaomei!" Wang Meilan said to Jin Xiaomei: "I will call your family Ruhai in a moment."

Today, Li Ruhai couldn't squeeze into the men's table or the women's table, so he simply went back to his house to eat with the children.

"Then why do you still need to summon me?" Jin Xiaomei said with a smile: "When he is full, he will come by himself."

Su Xianglian blinked her big eyes, thinking that Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, should be the young man dressed very smartly.

"Come on, girl!" At this time, the old lady raised the plate with soy sauce donkey meat and soy sauce beef, and asked Su Xianglian to pick up the vegetables.

The table was big and there were many dishes. The dishes on the opposite side would definitely be out of reach for Su Xianglian while sitting. She was embarrassed to stand up.

The women at this table are very particular and would not pick up food for her even after using chopsticks, but they would pick up the plate far away and let Su Xianglian pick it up.

Seeing the old man passing the food to her, Su Xianglian quickly thanked her and stretched out her chopsticks to pick up two pieces of donkey meat and two pieces of beef.

This meat was braised by Mr. Zhao himself, and it tasted really good. When dipped in the sauce mixed with chili oil, it was very fragrant.

While eating, Su Xianglian suddenly frowned. She felt as if she had forgotten something.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These women can also eat, and they ate for more than forty minutes before they all put down their chopsticks. But they did not get off the table, and chatted around the table.

They also chatted with Su Xianglian, chatting about how old Su Xianglian was, how many people there were in the family, whether anyone had a partner, and so on.

They chatted and chatted, and at some point, Li Ruhai sneaked in.

After Li Ruhai sneaked in, it became even more lively.

Li Ruhai opened his mouth and said clearly and clearly that the eastern family had the upper hand and the western family had the shortcomings, which old woman didn't wash the dishes, which mother-in-law said her daughter-in-law was lazy, and which old man had no control over her broken shoes.

How can a woman not gossip?

Su Xianglian was not from this village, and she chatted happily with everyone.

"Cough! Hmm!" This was the eighth time Jin Xiaomei pretended to cough and clear her throat. The previous few times, they were chatting in full swing, but no one paid attention to her.

This time it was also a coincidence that Li Ruhai turned his head and glanced inadvertently, meeting his mother's eyes.

Seeing Jin Xiaomei's sharp eyes, Li Ruhai secretly thought that something was not right, and then he used the topic they had just talked about to say to Su Xianglian: "Sister Su, the little widow didn't do anything. Her husband is sick, and it costs a lot of money to see a doctor.

As a result, the man has not been retained, and she has lost all her personal and financial resources. She has a hard time eating, and it is difficult to walk around with two boys. What do you think she will do? "

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Su Xianglian shook her head and smacked her lips, saying, "Ruhai, you are right to say that!"

"No way!" Li Ruhai said: "We, the two siblings, have been saying that she needs some money, but she won't take this step."

"Yeah!" Su Xianglian nodded, raised her neck and drank the remaining soda in the bottle.

"Hey? Xiao Su." At this time, Wang Meilan called Su Xianglian, and then asked: "Like these things in our village, can you finish filming them and put them on TV?"

Wang Meilan's original intention was that no matter what Su Xianglian said next, she would try to let Su Xianglian take pictures of these families.

"Huh?" Su Xianglian was startled when she heard this, and then stood up suddenly.

"Oh my god!" Su Xianglian exclaimed, and with everyone's puzzled eyes on her, she stood up, opened the door, and went to the opposite room.

The east room was not closed. When Su Xianglian came over, she saw Liu Guihai and Wang Qiang holding their arms around their shoulders and gesticulating about something they were talking about.

"Brother, if you go into the city again, you will find your brother Liu!" Liu Guihai's tongue was stiff from the drink, and he spoke in a low voice: "Your brother Liu knows people wherever he goes!"

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu!" Su Xianglian shouted several times at the door. Liu Guihai didn't even listen. Zhao Jun pulled him twice and then pointed at Su Xianglian who was standing at the door.

"What are you doing, Xiaohua?" Liu Guihai frowned and asked Su Xianglian, "Drinking!"

Su Xianglian curled her lips slightly. Her father and Liu Guihai were growing up and they often drank together. After drinking too much, they looked like this.

Normally, Su Xianglian would really not care about him. But today, Su Xianglian had to say: "Uncle Liu, we haven't finished filming yet."

"What the hell?" At this time, Liu Guihai's face was red and his eyes were red. No matter who said anything to him, his brain would automatically clear it immediately after receiving the information.

"We haven't finished shooting the movie yet!" Su Xianglian stamped her feet anxiously. She came from the city to the mountains with a mission.

As a result, I spent a whole morning shooting here and took some shots, but I didn’t take any shots of the main characters, such as General Fuhu and Hound. How can I do business when I go back?

But what Su Xianglian said, Liu Guihai seemed not to hear, turned around and asked Wang Qiang: "Brother, where were we chatting just now?"
To be continued...