The ingredients were quickly cleaned, leaving Sister Feng and Qin Lan to help Duan Hongxuan, while Auntie took several helping women in the courtyard to clean the dishes.
Duan Hongxuan took the kitchen knife and started to process the ingredients. He saw that the kitchen knife seemed to be alive in Duan Hongxuan's hand. With a few knives, he broke a chicken into small pieces and quickly finished processing seven or eight chickens.
Then Duan Hongxuan began to decompose the pork again, and the half fan of pork was quickly cut into small pieces, and then began to be sliced.
Only then did Sister Feng and Qin Lan see Duan Hongxuan's knife skills.
Pieces of meat with even thickness flew to the large basin next to Duan Hongxuan's knife. Duan Hongxuan's knife flashed in his hand, and the pork slices were cut quickly and well.
This knife skill alone made the two of them feel that they had greatly surpassed He Yuzhu, and they began to believe that Duan Hongxuan's cooking skills might be really good.
Under the command of Yi Zhonghai, tables, chairs and benches have been set up in the courtyard. A total of eight tables have been prepared. The children in the courtyard began to run and play happily between the tables and chairs, and the adults were also beaming with joy.
There are no entertainment activities these days. A wedding banquet in the yard can already make everyone happy, not to mention everyone has seen the meat that Duan Hongxuan is handling.
Before the fire started, the adults had already begun to imagine the scene of meat being cooked, and their mouths began to secrete saliva. After all, most people in the yard can only eat meat once or twice a month at most, so they should try to save as much as possible.
For food, some people are not willing to buy meat to eat until the Chinese New Year.
The meat that Duan Hongxuan is processing is all packed in washbasins, and there are several basins in one container. If it is all ready and enough for everyone to eat, wouldn't everyone be excited!
Yu Li's house is not too far from the courtyard house, and it takes less than half an hour to ride a bicycle. If we make some noise at their house and delay some time, an hour's round trip will be enough.
Duan Hongxuan's hands were very fast. The ingredients had been processed, the side dishes and seasonings were all ready, and all the dishes that needed to be cooked were done. The dishes that needed to be steamed were already being cooked on Yi Zhonghai's stove.
, just waiting for Sha Zhu to pick up the bride, and when all the guests have arrived, we can start cooking. Auntie and a few people are making steamed buns in Sha Zhu’s house at the moment.
The time came to eleven o'clock, too soon after eleven-thirty, when I heard someone shouting in the front yard: "Zhuzhu has brought back the bride!"
When everyone heard this, they all ran to the gate to watch the fun. The children in the yard also shouted: "Look at the bride!" and followed the adults towards the gate of the yard.
Duan Hongxuan didn't want to go see the excitement. Qin Lan was a little ready to make a move and asked Duan Hongxuan and Sister Feng: "You two don't want to go see the excitement?"
Sister Feng had no intention of watching the fun and shook her head: "What's there to see? The bride is coming in. She can't see anything else, so why bother to join in the fun!"
Duan Hongxuan also shook his head to show that he was not interested, but said to Qin Lan: "Sister Qin Lan, if you want to take a look, just go and take a look. Anyway, there is nothing wrong at the moment."
Upon hearing this, Qin Lan happily wiped her hands and said while taking off her apron: "Then I'm going to join in the fun. It's okay anyway, just think of it as having fun!"
Looking at Qin Lan who happily ran to watch the excitement, Sister Feng shook her head: "This girl is like this all day long. It seems that there is nothing that can make her worry. Even if there is, the worry will be over in a short time.
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Duan Hongxuan smiled and said: "Sister Qin Lan has a very good temper. No matter how hard life is, she still has to find ways to get through it.
You can live your life with a sad face, and you can live your life happily, and your life will not change due to changes in your mood. In this case, instead of having a miserable face all day long, it is better to just be happy! I think Sister Qin Lan is very good like this!"
Sister Feng nodded and said: "That's right. Qin Lan married a man, but that man drank all day long and beat people at home when he drank too much.
Her man doesn't even earn enough money to drink by himself.
Qin Lan not only has to take care of the children at home, but her parents and siblings also point out that they can provide some support for her. But you can't tell from her face how hard her life is. People who don't know better think she has a much harder life.
Great!
That’s Qin Lan, I don’t know what to do if it’s someone else!
Qin Lan and I are fortunate to have Zhuzhu arrange to bring some leftovers home every day. Life at home has been better recently, and Zhuzhu has changed a lot recently.
Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore, the bride is back after Zhuzhu!”
The sound of firecrackers at the gate and the screams and cheers of adults and children let everyone know that the wedding team was back.
The deaf old lady, Aunt Wu, and Uncle Han were sitting in wheelchairs. They were sitting on a table. Next to them were three uncles from the courtyard. When they heard the sound of firecrackers, they all looked towards the front yard with a smile. As the sound of firecrackers gradually subsided, a burst of laughter came from the front yard. Following the laughter, Silly Zhu, with a big red flower on his chest, happily pushed his bicycle into the middle yard. Yu Li also wore
Wearing new clothes and a big red flower on her chest, she followed closely behind Silly Pillar.
Behind them were several young men who were welcoming the bride, all pushing bicycles. Some of the cars had quilts, washbasins, thermoses, etc. on them. At first glance, it was obvious that they were dowry gifts from Yu Li's family, and Aunt Hu also came with them. Eight or nine bicycles came in, and the formation was quite impressive.
Auntie Hu heard the commotion and came out of the Shazhu House to meet the wedding team. She happily greeted Aunt Hu and arranged for everyone to put the dowry items in the Shazhu House.
Silly Zhu brought Yu Li to the table of the deaf old lady and her family, and introduced Yu Li one by one. When the third uncle was introduced, Yu Li said hello respectfully. The third uncle, Yan Bugui, looked dressed beautifully.
The bright Yu Li forced a smile on her face and responded to Yu Li's greetings.
After introducing all the main people in the courtyard to Yu Li, Shazhu took his wife to see the new house he had prepared.
Now the focus of the excitement has shifted to Shazhu's house.
Qin Lan ran to the stove. The excitement had not passed. As soon as she came over, she asked Sister Feng, "Sister Feng, have you seen the bride?"
"I saw it, but I didn't expect that the daughter-in-law Zhuzhu found was quite beautiful. Even with Zhuzhu's qualifications, even ordinary people would not like her!
This new daughter-in-law is very lucky to marry Zhu Zhu. At least she will have no worries about food and drink in the future. With Zhu Zhu’s ability, she deserves to marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law!”
"Yes!" Qin Lan also nodded with interest: "Zhuzi is such a beautiful daughter-in-law. In terms of appearance, she is top-notch even in our factory!
No wonder Zhuzi doesn’t want to look for it in our factory!
Hey, Duan Hongxuan, have you met Zhu Zhu’s wife before? Do you know what this new wife’s name is?”
The corner of Duan Hongxuan's mouth twitched, thinking, not only have I seen it before, but I also helped to rob it.
But he said: "I've seen it before. Brother Zhuzi and his wife had a blind date in the yard where I live! Brother Zhuzi's wife is named Yu Li."
Qin Lan asked curiously: "Aren't you from this courtyard?"
Duan Hongxuan shook his head: "No! I live in the small courtyard next door, just across the wall."
"Then how come you are so familiar with the people in this courtyard?" Qin Lan asked curiously.
"Did you see the old lady in the wheelchair over there?" Duan Hongxuan pointed to the deaf old lady, "That is a lonely old man in this courtyard, childless, but she is highly respected in this courtyard, and her status and seniority are quite high.
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Brother Zhuzhu has recognized her as his godmother a long time ago, and I have recently recognized her as my godmother, so I often come over to accompany the old lady when I have nothing to do, and I get to know everyone in this courtyard as soon as I go back and forth!"
"Oh!" Sister Feng and Qin Lan suddenly realized.
The reason why Qin Lan asked this question is because in this era, people who live in the same courtyard usually come and go more often, and no one will run into other people's courtyards.
There are many families living in a courtyard, and now everyone does not lock their doors for the honor of the courtyard. You, a person who does not live in this courtyard, always go to other people's courtyards. If someone loses something, you can say no.
Cleared!
Silly Zhu led Yu Li out of the house at this moment. Yi Zhonghai arranged for Yi and Silly Zhu to take out cigarettes and melon seeds and peanut candies. Silly Zhu made cigarettes for everyone, and Yu Li distributed these candies to everyone.<
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The groom handed out wedding cigarettes, and the bride handed out wedding candies. Both adults and children were very happy, and they were all happy, especially the children, who were holding peanut candies and happily jumped around the bride.
I kept thinking about asking for more candies, and suddenly the yard became lively again.
The aunt and the others began to put peanuts, melon seeds, candies and other snacks on the table, as well as cigarettes and alcohol.
The workers from the steel rolling mill who came to help welcome the bride were greeted by Han Dazhuang and sat at a table. They were served snacks, cigarettes and tea. They were all from the same factory and everyone knew each other. They were discussing Sha Zhu’s new project lively.
The wives were all envious of Sha Zhu for finding such a beautiful wife, and felt sad because they were all still single!