Chapter 340 New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve dinner, setting off firecrackers, listening to stories
At noon, Zhang Yu was in charge, and with the help of his sister-in-law Mengyi, he cooked two large tables full of food.
It was a feast for everyone.
Zhang Yu and his eldest brother accompanied the old man and the two fathers to have two drinks.
After eating, the gentlemen, including Zhang Yu, lay down on the bed and took a nap.
Zhang Ma and Lao Wang led their sister-in-law Mengyi to pack the ingredients needed for the evening.
Zhang Yu woke up and started busy picking up the beef and mutton.
As early as two weeks ago, Zhang Yu used scrap materials from the workshop to weld a barbecue grill.
I found another large urn and made some modifications in it.
Use a barbecue rack for mutton and a large vat for beef.
Zhang Yu first marinated the beef and mutton with onions, ginger and garlic for a while.
By the way, I called my elder brother over and taught him how to make kebabs, when to apply the sauce, and how good they should be before eating.
The eldest brother is also a good cook at home. Zhang Yu taught both sides, and the eldest brother was able to master it immediately.
The eldest brother was grilling skewers here, and Zhang Yu began to string the beef on wires and hang it in the urn.
Fix it with a welded iron frame, then light the bottom of the urn, and cover the mouth of the urn with a lid.
After finishing this work, the sky gradually became dark.
Everyone moved the battlefield to the kitchen.
Only the eldest brother and the big urn were left in the courtyard.
Fortunately, the place where my eldest brother grills skewers is quite close to the big urn. I can feel the temperature coming from the big urn and dispel the coldness on my body.
Zhang Yu also started to work hard on the New Year's Eve dinner.
Tonight is a special event for Shandong cuisine. I have been busy for so long just for this meal.
The key is that some dishes in Shandong cuisine are quite troublesome to operate.
If you don’t have enough time to prepare, you may not be able to do it.
Influenced by Shandong cuisine, these two cities, Beijing and Tianjin, have a soft spot for Shandong cuisine.
After all, the Eight Buildings, which was famous in the capital at that time, mainly specialized in Shandong cuisine.
Therefore, the capital city has been one of the home venues of Shandong cuisine since ancient times.
Thanks to Wang Jianguo being in Tianj, he helped Zhang Yu get a lot of seafood.
Tonight, everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water is all laid out on the table.
This is the most sumptuous meal Zhang Yu has eaten since he came to this era.
Of course, a lot of effort was put into it to have such a large table.
Everyone is full to their stomachs tonight.
Especially the children, if the adults hadn't stopped them, they would still be able to take a few bites.
This was also the first time for the children to eat such a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner. In addition, children have poor self-control, so they all wanted to finish all the food on the table.
The old men were almost done drinking, so Zhang Yu helped the old man go back to the house and sleep early.
Zhang Yu helped the old man cover himself with a quilt and turned the stove on to keep the old man from freezing.
Seeing that the old man was fast asleep, Zhang Yu left the house, closed the door, and returned to the north room.
Seeing the children's big bellies, Zhang Yu thought, it is not good to sleep like this, as it will easily lead to acid return in the middle of the night.
It happened that Zhang Yu bought a lot of firecrackers two days ago when he was preparing for the New Year.
Like Little Whip, Hua Hua, Sky Monkey, Mareizi...etc.
Zhang Yu took out firecrackers from the side room.
"Come out, kids, let's see what's prepared for you."
When the children heard this, they immediately ran out.
Look at Zhang Yu holding various firecrackers in his hands.
"It's firecrackers, it's firecrackers"
"Brother Hu Zi, these are firecrackers."
"Come on, kids, share it equally."
"Let's start the fireworks feast tonight."
"Good! Good!"
The children quickly gathered around Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu distributed firecrackers to the children.
He went back into the house and lit some incense sticks and handed them to the children.
The children immediately came together for their fireworks feast.
Zhang Yu also took Tiantian Erniu with him and kept helping them click on the letters.
The two children were still young, so Zhang Yu was worried if they were left alone.
After watching the children play for a while, their stomachs were almost fully digested.
Zhang Yuyong took out an oil paper bag from the side room.
Zhang Yu not only bought firecrackers, but also bought a lot of snacks, including fruit peels, hawthorn slices, and toffees.
There is also Shaqima, but Shaqima was not bought by Zhang Yu, but given by Xiao Tianqi, who said that Lao Xiao specially reserved it for her.
Zhang Yu wanted to refuse, but Xiao Tianqi insisted on staying, and Zhang Yu no longer refused his kindness.
Zhang Yu led the children into the house and asked them to wash their hands.
Place snacks on the coffee table for the children to eat.
Zhang Yu turned on the radio at home, and the story of "Three Smiles" was playing on the radio.
Both children and adults are attracted by "Three Smiles".
As the story progresses, the clock in the house jingles.
Everyone looked at the clock one after another and found that the time had reached twelve o'clock.
The adults took the children back to their houses to sleep, leaving the gentlemen to watch the New Year here.
Eating snacks, drinking tea, and listening to the radio, the sky gradually became brighter before I knew it.
The old man got up early, and Zhang Yu welcomed him into the house.
Lao Zhang and Lao Yuan gave up their seats to the old man and handed him a glass of warm water.
Lao Zhang and Lao Wang took the lead and wished the old man a happy new year.
The children followed their mother out and paid New Year's greetings to their elders one by one.
The elders were not stingy either and put the prepared New Year's money into the hands of the children one after another.
The New Year's money for Zhang's father, Zhang's mother, and the old man were all prepared by Zhang Yu.
The old people have been busy for most of their lives, and all they earn are work points. Money is not rich for them.
After everyone finished their New Year greetings, Zhang Yu began to prepare breakfast.
Because later, Lao Zhang and his eldest brother are going back to the countryside to pay New Year's greetings to the elderly in the countryside.
Zhang Yu does not plan to go back this year.
While working on a breeding farm in the countryside this year, Zhang Yu noticed that the people in the village were particularly restrictive towards him.
Even Zhang Yu's playmates couldn't let go when they saw Zhang Yu.
Therefore, Zhang Yu does not plan to go back this year.
After all, there are many elders in the city who are leaving.
For the elders in the countryside, just go with Lao Zhang and Big Brother.
After eating the dumplings, Zhang Yu looked at his elder brother and Lao Zhang and rode out of the alley.
I went home, put on new clothes, took out a bag of gifts from the side room, and rode out the door.
Let’s go to the master’s house first, which is the first stop every year.
As time passed, Master Ma's family knew that Zhang Yu was coming that day.
They all prepared the dishes early and cooked them when Zhang Yu arrived.
As soon as Zhang Yu pushed the cart into the alley, he saw the master and Brother Ma waiting for him at the door.
"Master, happy New Year!"
"Brother Ma, happy new year."
Zhang Yu quickly said hello to the two of them.
"Happy New Year Xiaoyu."
Brother Ma immediately replied.
Master Ma patted Zhang Yu's shoulder hard and said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey! OK, OK, hahaha, I knew you would come back at this time."
"Let's go, come in quickly, your wife got up early and is waiting for you."
"I'm thinking about you, when will I arrive."
"Hahaha, I have made my wife worry."
Zhang Yu pushed the cart and followed his master Ma Ge back home.
Zhang Yu entered the house and paid New Year greetings to his wife and sister-in-law.
"Master, happy New Year!"
"Sister-in-law, happy new year!"
"Hey, my Xiaoyu is here, let me see if I've lost weight?"
The mistress looked at this picture up and down for a long time.
Then the teacher’s wife nodded.
"It's okay, not thin, but not fat either."
"Hahaha, Master, you are so accurate."
"My weight is the same as last year."
Zhang Yu held his wife in his arms with a smile.
My sister-in-law also said a few words to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu responded with a smile.
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