When Xu Shiyan said this, Guo Shouye stopped worrying.
Yes, there are many good springs in the Changbai Mountain area. If you really want to build a factory, why not pick up other people's junk?
This advantage may not be easy to take advantage of, and if you don't make a fuss, it will cause a lot of trouble. You really shouldn't be in a hurry. Let's wait and see.
It’s the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and everyone is very busy.
Xu Shiyan and his son had dinner at Guo's house, stayed for a while, and then hurried home.
This year the New Year is celebrated early, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is New Year’s Eve.
Xu Shiyan and Su Anying are both busy, and there are several children at home who have to eat.
So at the beginning of spring, Xu Chenghou said he wanted to catch pigs and raise them, but Xu Shiyan and his wife didn't let him.
If we don’t raise pigs, we don’t need to kill them.
There is a tofu shop in Donggang, and I have a good relationship with Xu Shiyan.
People have said a long time ago that Xu Shiyan does not need to make tofu at home during the Chinese New Year, and he will send a plate to it when the time comes.
It was hard to resist such hospitality, and it was hard for Xu Shiyan to refuse. Just like that, there was no need to make tofu.
Pork, fish, shrimp, etc. are all produced by the work unit, so you can just spend money to buy some and bring them back.
There are processed mutton and venison at the breeding farm, as well as various vegetables, mushrooms, and wild vegetables grown in greenhouses.
Xu Shian sent his son away and sent him over to him.
Many other things were sent by relatives and friends.
With Xu Shiyan and his wife's current influence in Donggang, who wouldn't want to benefit from him?
When the time comes, if these two couples are given any chance, others will be able to make a lot of money, right?
I'm asking for help. It's Chinese New Year, why don't you give me something?
People like Huang Shengkai, Zhao Jianguo, Li Daniu and others are all making money, but they are not allowed to send anything over during the Chinese New Year. Look at Xu Chenghou and his wife.
The Xu family pushed away everything they could, and confiscated most of the things, especially those belonging to the participating workers, not a single thing was confiscated.
Of course, you don’t need to worry about your relatives and some close friends, they can stay.
In this way, there is really nothing to go to the market to buy.
Not to mention the clothes, Xu Shiqin sent them back early, and Su Anying bought them in Yangcheng.
They are all ready-made clothes, and there is no need to make clothes for the Chinese New Year like before.
There is no need to kill pigs, make tofu, or make new clothes. It saves worry.
But I just feel that this year is not as lively as before.
Fortunately, we have these four children at home, who are jumping around and making noise all day long, which makes it a lot more fun.
On New Year's Eve, the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Chenghou and his wife came to Xu Shiyan's place to celebrate the New Year this year.
Zhou Guilan and Su Anying started working in the morning, and Xu Jinping followed to help.
Xu Shiyan and his two sons erected lantern poles in the yard, pasted couplets, Chinese characters for blessing, and window grilles.
The children are now old and can help with the work. Xu Shiyan feels very happy when he looks at his two sons.
The reunion dinner is as sumptuous as ever. In addition to the must-have dishes in previous years, this year there are also braised mackerel, fried hairtail segments, and boiled prawns.
Spanish mackerel can be seen in the market in winter these past few years, and you can buy it once or twice a year and stew it.
Hairtail is not common and I have only eaten it twice. I have never seen the prawns before, let alone cooked them.
Neither Zhou Guilan nor Su Anying knew how to cook it, but Xu Shiyan said that if he really didn't know how to cook it, just add some green onion and ginger and cook it directly.
It was simple and would not go bad, so Su Anying followed Xu Shiyan's instructions and made boiled shrimps.
In fact, in addition to these, the Xu family also has a lot of seafood.
Shrimps, dried clams, scallop meat, sea cucumbers and other dried goods, and there are also two boxes of frozen crabs.
These were sent to Xu Shiyan by friends from Dandong, saying that he wanted his family to have a try.
Those dry goods can be saved and eaten later, but the two boxes of frozen crabs put the whole family in trouble. Su Anying didn't know how to make these things.
The crab was frozen, and Xu Shiyan didn't know how long it had been frozen.
If the time is short and the meat quality is okay, it should be okay to eat, but it is not as plump as fresh crabs and the meat will be empty.
If it is frozen for a long time, the crab meat will turn out to be unpalatable.
Finally, Xu Shiyan said, don’t cook crabs for the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner, cook two of them another day and see how they look, and then talk about it.
"Mom, I want to eat prawns." As soon as it was served, Xu Haiqing rushed to the plate of prawns.
I’ve never eaten this before, and I’m really hungry just looking at it.
Not only Xu Haiqing, but also several other children stared at the shrimp, wanting to taste what it tasted like.
Xu Shiyan started to teach the children how to peel the shrimp shells, and then put the peeled shrimps into the bowls of Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan.
"Mom, Dad, try this shrimp. It's pretty good. I ate it at Lao Lin's place that day. It was pretty good."
The shrimps are really good. They must have been frozen after being fished out. The meat of the shrimps is quite firm and they taste okay.
Of course, it's still incomparable to living things, so there's no other way. Who told them to live in the inland?
The storage and transportation conditions are not good these days, and even if there are live shrimps, they cannot be transported at all.
It's just like eating some frozen food. When you have the opportunity in the future, you can take the whole family to the beach and eat whatever you want.
"Well, it's pretty good. These shrimps are really big and delicious."
Xu Chenghou picked up the shrimp meat, chewed it in his mouth, and nodded repeatedly.
"In the past, we have at most seen small shrimps in the river, otherwise they were just small sea rice. I have never eaten such a big shrimp.
Old lady, you should try it too, it’s very good.”
Over there, Zhou Guilan also ate it. It was really good. It didn’t feel like fish or meat.
Xu Shiyan picked up several more and gave them to Chu Xuanhuai.
"Master, when we have a chance in the future, let's go to the beach and have a good meal."
Chu Xuanhuai had never been anywhere before when he traveled all over the country, so this thing was not a rarity for him.
However, Chu Xuanhuai was very happy to accept the shrimp that his apprentice picked up with his own hands.
"Don't mention it, I haven't eaten it for some years.
Let’s save money, everything is good, but we can’t eat fresh seafood.”
The old man happily put the shrimp meat into his mouth, chewed it, and nodded.
"It's okay, it's pretty good. Just eat it all. I can just eat it myself. You can eat yours."
While they were talking, the children had already picked up several shrimps and ate them, and only half of them were left on the plate.
When Xu Chenghou and the others took a look, they knew that these children were indeed willing to eat, so they all went to eat other food, leaving the shrimps specially for the children.
Xu Shiyan also saw it and asked Su Anying how much was cooked? If there was any, add more.
Su Anying didn't expect that the boiled prawns would be so popular, so she cooked that plate.
The Xu family's plate for serving food is quite large, and that one is quite a lot.
I originally thought that there were so many dishes, which was enough to eat. Who would have thought that the children were so curious about the new things that they could pick up so many in a short time?
When Su Anying saw this, she was about to get up and cook some more, but was stopped by Chu Xuanhuai and the others.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, let them eat.
As for the food on this table, what can we eat? It’s hard to grill that thing, so why not eat fish or chicken?
The chicken was stewed very well today, it was rotten enough, and the mushrooms were fresh. I love eating this."
Older people care less about children, and Chu Xuanhuai loves these children as much as Xu Chenghou does.
Children can eat whatever they like. With so many delicious foods, how can adults compete with them for a bite?