Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 174 8 Big Bowls

The person in charge of serving the dishes saw the two of them and waved. After the food at the table next to them was finished, he walked over to their table holding a branch tied with colorful strips of cloth in his hand.

The branch was raised to indicate that everyone at the table was present and the food could be served.

Soon, the person in charge of serving the food came over carrying a large chopping board with eight bowls on it, which he placed one by one on their table.

Tuotuo meat, steamed pumpkin, eggs, lily, garlic, tofu, glutinous rice, cabbage, cold-mixed tree beard, and big bone and radish soup.

Of course, this cannot be compared with modern wedding banquets which often have more than a dozen or twenty dishes. These eight dishes are the normal specifications for rural wedding banquets.

Even Li Bangchun's family has three meat dishes, which is already a top-notch meal.

The children were obviously disappointed when they saw the dishes and felt that they were not as good as what they usually ate at home.

I was expecting the food to be served soon, but now I am not in a hurry. I completely forgot that I could have a banquet before, which was the happiest thing.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin didn't feel anything, and even looked forward to the taste of the food. This was the most original Eight Great Bowls, and the chefs were from the countryside who specialized in making banquets, so the taste was the most authentic.

The two of them picked up their bowls and without planning to add more rice, they picked up a piece of food with their chopsticks first.

Zheng Yuan first picked up the cold-mixed tree beard. When she was a child, this dish was often seen on the banquets in her hometown. It was mainly because they lived in the mountain area and people's conditions were not so good at that time.

This thing grows on the trunk of the tree, and if you have time, you can pull a big sack of it a day. Later, as life got better, people would rather spend a little more money to buy other things on the street than go to the mountains to pull them.

Come to think of it, she hadn't eaten this for a long time and she missed it a little.

It has a normal sour taste when you put it in your mouth, and it is crunchy when you chew it, and it still has the familiar taste.

You can tell that the chef's cooking skills are pretty good, the main problem is the lack of seasoning. I guess he can only use the seasonings available in this era to this extent.

But it lacks a bit of spiciness, and I always feel like something is not quite right.

Duan Minmin was attracted by the dish of egg, lily and garlic, which is also available in later generations. Moreover, this dish is not difficult to make, and it is very easy to make.

As expected, the taste of egg, lily and garlic was unmistakable. There were no surprises nor disappointments. Just like the name of the dish, it was mediocre.

It’s just that I put less oil, so it always feels a bit dry.

Then the two of them tasted the dishes on the table. They were all very common dishes, with no surprises or accidents.

Seeing the two mothers reaching for the dishes with their chopsticks again and again, the children had an illusion that the dishes were delicious. However, when they followed suit and put the dishes in their mouths, they still felt that they were not even one tenth as delicious as Zheng Yuan's.

After finishing the meal, the two stood up to scoop up some rice.

There is not much oil in the dishes. If you only eat the vegetables, you will probably be hungry at night.

They asked the village head and his wife and the old lady if they needed more food, and they said no. So they just followed their lead and went to look for more with their bowls.

The rice is steamed in a large steamer and placed on the eaves.

When I opened the lid, there was cornmeal mixed with white rice. Of course, the cornmeal took up most of the volume. I don’t know if it was sifted out by the person before me, or if there was not enough white rice in the first place.

The two guessed that both possibilities were possible, but they were not picky and just accepted whatever they scooped up with the spoon.

When I passed by other tables with my bowl in hand, I found that they were almost empty, except for their table, where the dishes seemed to have only minor scratches.

The table of the two friends of Sizhu was cleared faster, but most of the food was taken up by their own children. Compared with the messy cups and plates at other tables, it was much better.

The two sat down and started to eat.

As soon as they took a bite, they regretted it.

No matter how many times you eat this cornmeal, its roughness will still irritate your throat.

The two of them scooped a full bowl, but they couldn't pour it back, so they could only soak it in some carrot soup and swallow it whole.

After drinking a bowl of soup, they both felt their stomachs were full and put down their chopsticks.

The children were faster than them. While they were struggling with the bowl of corn rice, several of them finished eating and went out to play with their friends.

The two sat aside and waited for a while for the village head and his wife and the old lady, chatting with them in a casual manner.

After they finish this round of food, they should set up another round, but there won't be as many people as in the first two rounds.

The tables that had finished eating before them were not full yet, so they were not in a hurry.

When everyone at the two tables finished eating and stood up, there was still a lot of food left on the table. The people who came to clear the dishes were a little surprised. There was no way they could collect any food from other tables, but there was a lot left at these two tables.

Thinking that it was the village chief and Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin's family, there didn't seem to be anything strange about it.

The village chief's family has always lived a relatively good life in the village, and the old couple are old and can't eat much.

As for Widow Zheng and Widow Duan, who hasn't been dazzled by the fragrance coming from their house during this period? Seeing that the children have gained a lot of weight, it is normal for them to look down on today's dishes.

But they couldn't take back the leftovers, as there were several tables nearby that hadn't finished their food and had been eyeing their two tables.

Before the people who were collecting the dishes started to collect them, they carried all the leftovers over and poured them into their bowls.

The person who was collecting the dishes cursed inwardly. He had just been thinking about taking them back to the kitchen so that they could have a bite, but he didn't expect that someone was already watching.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin followed the village chief and old lady Chen out of the door, and the village chief's wife followed them to clean up and wash dishes. They had to help for a whole day.

The old lady also said that she would hurry to the factory to check it out. As soon as she went out, she happened to meet the people who worked in their factory, who came over one after another.

After asking, I was told that Mr. Jiang had gone there with Li Shuhua and had already registered them, so he came over to eat.

With Master Jiang around, they thought nothing had gone wrong and the two men felt relieved.

The old lady can talk to her old sisters without having to rush over.

The village chief said a few words and went home. The two were really bored here, so they turned around and wanted to find a few children to ask them if they wanted to go home.

As I was walking forward, I bumped into an old lady head-on. She had triangular eyes and wrinkles on her forehead, and she looked a bit fierce.

The two of them felt that she looked familiar and wanted to recall which old lady she was.

The old lady spoke first, and pooh-poohed Duan Minmin: "Pooh! Unlucky star!"

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were stunned for a moment before they realized that this was the old lady that Duan Minmin had never met before.

My goodness, this is how the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law met for the first time? Of course, it was the first time Duan Minmin met her.

"Bah! Old Bidden!"

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin couldn't stand this anger, and they both cursed at each other.

Old Mrs. Zhao didn't expect that the two of them would dare to scold her back on the spot. She was so angry that she thought Duan Minniang had never dared to talk to her like this before.

He is so arrogant outside, but he is always controlled by himself.

What a reversal! What a reversal!

She was about to curse, but Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin didn't give her a chance. They turned around and left without any desire to fight.

It’s not that the two of them were afraid of her, but mainly because today was someone’s wedding day, and if they made a scene, what would the host think?

But they didn't suffer any loss. They just left after scolding her. The old lady must have been so angry that she would die.

The two of them were very fast and ran away after a while through the crowd. How could an old lady in her sixties possibly catch up with them? She could only point at the two people's receding backs with trembling fingers, unable to speak.