Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 253 Banquet

Early in the morning on the 14th day of the first lunar month, several aunts who helped with the housework came over. Tomorrow there would be a buffet, and more dishes needed to be prepared than for the banquets in the past.

The Song family also got up early. Aunt Song first made a simple breakfast for everyone. After breakfast, those who had agreed to use the facilities also brought all the tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks. So everyone immediately started to wash the tables and dishes. These tables and chairs are only taken out when there is a banquet. On weekdays, they are kept in the warehouse and accumulate dust, so they have to be cleaned thoroughly.

The banquet was set up in the yard of the Song family and Song Dahao's family. The workshop was used as a kitchen. Everyone washed all the tables, chairs and benches, and rinsed all the bowls. The bowls and dishes were piled up as high as a mountain.

After washing the dishes, the aunts felt that they couldn't straighten their backs.

"Oh my waist, it's really getting old. If I were younger, I wouldn't even breathe hard after washing so many dishes."

Aunt Wang covered her mouth and laughed: "If you don't breathe, you will die. Take a rest quickly. You still need to wash and cut vegetables later."

"We need croquettes today, right?"

"Not only meatballs, but also braised pig ears and stewed pork elbows. I saw them being carried in baskets after baskets. Oh my god, I'm so greedy."

Several people burst into laughter, making fun of the man for being greedy. After chatting and laughing, everyone started working again.

Compared to the busyness of other people, the protagonist Song Chunlin seemed to have nothing to do. He would be driven back almost wherever he went.

"Go away, newcomers can't do the work. Find somewhere else to stay. It's too chaotic here."

Song Chunlin had no choice but to go home and play with his sister Yuanyuan.

Song Yuanyuan is now learning to walk. Song Chunxiao protects her sister and doesn't let her leave the room. Chen Yuer sits aside and watches. She is now pregnant and is treated like a protected animal by the whole family. A few idle people gathered in the room to play with the youngest Song Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan, come here to your auntie, that's great." Chen Yuer used the rag doll in her hand to attract the children over. Song Yuanyuan was still unable to walk steadily, so Song Chunxiao followed closely behind her to protect her. Sure enough, halfway through the walk, Yuanyuan didn't want to walk anymore. She sat down on the ground and tilted her little head to look at Chen Yuer.

For a moment, the three of them were amused by her appearance. Song Chunlin walked up to his sister and picked her up, asking her to stand.

"Stand still, come and go to your aunt." Under Song Chunlin's patient guidance, little Song Yuanyuan finally succeeded in walking in front of Chen Yuer and received a rag doll as a reward.

Song Chunlin couldn't help but wipe away the non-existent sweat, and sighed that raising a child was indeed a tiring job. Song Yuanyuan's temper was much more stubborn than Song Chunxiao's when he was a child. Song Chunxiao was so easy to coax when he was a child, but with Song Yuanyuan, he had to coax and deceive her, and it didn't work every time. Sometimes, when Song Yuanyuan got angry, even a group of adults couldn't coax her.

Fortunately, Song Yuanyuan was quite well behaved today. Except for when she was tired and acted like a spoiled brat, she was obedient at other times.

People in the workshop have already started cutting vegetables and chopping. Song Dazhuang has also set up a wok for frying meatballs and crispy meat. Song Dahao has also washed a large pot with boiling water in it. The workshop is bustling with activity. Even Fu Nian and Lu Ming are in charge of checking the drinks.

In addition to the drinks bought at the market, Song Dazhuang also prepared wine brewed at home. Because the quantity was insufficient, Song Chunlin added some grape juice from the space. The grape juice was freshly squeezed from the grapes in the space and packed in three large jars, which was enough for everyone to drink until they were full.

Song A'mo and Song Qinshi started making tofu very early on. People in Dajing also knew how to make tofu, but their craftsmanship was not as good as that of later generations, and the finished product was relatively rough. Under the influence of Song Chunlin, the Song family members all preferred the tender tofu of later generations. This kind of tofu could not be bought here and had to be made by themselves.

The prepared tofu can also be used to fry bean curd bubbles, which can then be used to make soup. The unique holes in the bean curd bubbles will make it easier for them to absorb the flavor of the soup.

The tofu made today is all for fried bean curd. Because it was a buffet, the quantity was quite large. Song Qinshi, Song Amao and Song Chunsheng and his wife worked for a whole morning to finish it.

Amao Song stood up and patted her waist. Looking at the dozen or so neatly arranged plates of tofu, she felt a sense of pride.

I was busy outside all morning and didn't take a break until lunch time.

Lunch was a simple meal of vegetables and egg noodles. Although it was simple, it was enough for the people working. They ate it to their satisfaction. After eating, they wiped their mouths and continued to work.

In the afternoon, they started frying meatballs, fried crispy pork, stewed pork elbows and roasted chicken. Piles of ducks were marinated and hung in the yard to dry. A whole fat sheep was carried into the workshop, where Aunt Song and Qinshi prepared the marinade and marinated it so that it could be roasted early the next morning.

The small workshop was packed with people because there was so much meat being prepared. Song Chunlin came over with Song Yuanyuan in his arms and took a look. He was stunned when he saw the yard full of meat.

“So much meat!”

"Meat!" Song Yuanyuan shouted, and Song Chunxiao behind her also squeezed his head in. The three siblings' faces suddenly showed the same surprised expression.

Aunt Wang looked at Song Chunlin like this and actually thought he was kind of cute: "How about it, Chunlin, is this a scene worthy of your status as a sharpshooter?"

Song Chunlin and Song Chunxiao nodded repeatedly. When Song Yuanyuan saw her two brothers nodding, she also nodded her head.

Song Chunlin gave a thumbs up to Aunt Wang and the others: "Aunt is worth two!" This made everyone smile.

The three of them went all the way back to the Song family, still looking shocked. Chen Yuer asked him with a smile, "Why do you look like that? Does the food over there look bad?"

Song Chunlin scratched his head embarrassedly: "No, it's delicious."

"There's so much meat, Auntie! My brother and I could never eat so much meat in our lifetime!" Song Chunxiao couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Those aunties are really amazing. They finished all the meat in one day. I saw a whole roasted lamb. It was such a big and fat lamb!"

Chen Yuer looked at the children with tenderness in her eyes. Although she knew that there must be a lot of meat prepared for the buffet, she had not seen it with her own eyes, so naturally she was not as shocked as the three children.

Before dark, the aunts finished the work they needed to do, and the rest was left for tomorrow.

After sending the workers away, Song Dazhuang immediately closed the door. Song Chunlin ran over and took out all the other things prepared in the space. Anyway, the weather was cold now, so there was no need to worry about the things going bad if they were taken out. Moreover, a large part of them were frozen goods, and it would take a while for them to thaw if they were all taken out. They would be ready to use by tomorrow morning.