Chapter 592 Engagement Banquet 2
Seeing the strange smiles on Li Botao and Fang Dahu's faces, He Daqing knew that these two guys must be here to block him, so he smiled and said, "I wonder if our No. 95 courtyard has a tradition of the third uncle who is in charge blocking the door?"
Li Botao smiled and waved his hands repeatedly: "Director He, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. It was Lao Fang who came over to grab me today and insisted on beating you up."
At this time, the three managers were heard arguing in the front yard, and many residents who had just finished dinner came over curiously.
He Daqing winked at his son, and He Yuzhu immediately got out of the crowd with two food boxes and walked quickly towards the backyard.
Originally, Fang Dahu and Li Botao had no other intentions. They just knew that as long as He Daqing went to cook for Secretary Lin, he would definitely be given a lot of good cigarettes. They came here today just for the cloth bag in He Daqing's hand.
He Daqing glanced at the neighbor who was slowly approaching, and said with a smile: "Today is the engagement of No. 98 Secretary Lin. I went over to cook a few dishes. I just came back to have dinner with the old lady. Secretary Lin's family just gave two packs of cigarettes, two bottles of wine and two bags of wedding candy. How about this, Lao Fang and Lao Li, I'll take out a pack of cigarettes and a bag of wedding candy, please share them with everyone, so that we can get some good luck, how about it?"
Before Fang Dahu and Li Botao could speak, the residents nearby shouted at once: "What a rude uncle."
So He Daqing took out a pack of Camel cigarettes and a bag of imported milk candy from his cloth bag, handed them directly to Fang Dahu and Li Botao, and then said with a smile: "Everyone, the old lady and Yu Shui are still waiting for me to eat at home, I'll leave first."
After He Daqing finished speaking, while everyone's attention was focused on Fang Dahu and Li Botao, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd and walked quickly towards the backyard.
As soon as He Daqing pushed the door and walked into the main house in the backyard, he saw that the eight-immortal table was already filled with various delicious dishes. There were a total of ten dishes that almost filled the table.
At this time, the deaf old lady was sitting happily at the eight-immortal table, and Xiao Yushui was standing next to the old lady, chewing non-stop with a bulging mouth. He Yuzhu walked into the main room with three wine glasses in his hands. When he saw He Daqing, he grinned and said, "Dad, I saw two bottles of Moutai in the bag that Assistant Sun gave me just now. Should we open a bottle and taste it tonight?"
He Daqing did not refuse and directly handed the cloth bag in his hand to his son: "Okay, there are so many delicious dishes tonight, let's have a few drinks with the old lady. By the way, just leave the candies and chocolates in the bag to the old lady."
The deaf old lady said with a smile: "I am so old, it would be a waste to eat these things, so I'd better save them for our little Yushui."
He Yuzhu grinned and said, "Grandma, you can keep them for later. You will definitely need these good things. Assistant Sun told me today to go get a few bags of milk powder from him tomorrow. He said he would bring them back for you and Yushui to drink."
He Daqing waved his hand and said, "Old lady, please don't be reluctant to eat it. With the relationship between our family and Secretary Lin's family, how can we lack these good things in the future? You have to take good care of your body now. Zhuzi will get married in the future and will be waiting for you to take care of the children."
The deaf old lady was so happy with these words that she smiled and said quickly, "Daqing, please sit down and have a rest. Zhuzi, why don't you pour some wine for your father?"
After He Daqing sat down, he reached out and picked up little Yu Shui, and asked with a smile: "Yu Shui, tell Dad which dish you want to eat, and Dad will pick it for you."
Little Yushui pointed to the braised prawns on the plate and whispered, "Dad, Yushui wants to eat that prawn."
He Daqing happily picked up a prawn and gently put it on the plate in front of the deaf old lady. Then he picked up another one, peeled off the shell in a few seconds, and handed the prawn in his hand to Xiao Yushui with a doting look on his face.
He Yuzhu had already served a small bowl of braised shark's fin to the deaf old lady, grinning and saying, "Grandma, try the braised shark's fin my father made. I tried it in the kitchen and it tastes really good."
The deaf old lady happily scooped a spoonful into her mouth, chewed slowly, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Daqing's cooking skills are probably almost as good as Master Peng's now. I was lucky enough to eat Tan's dishes cooked by Master Peng once. So many years have passed, and I didn't expect to be able to eat such delicious food again today."
He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Grandma, if you want to eat it, let my dad make it again in the future. It's a good opportunity for me to learn how to cook Tan's dishes."
The deaf old lady patted He Yuzhu's arm gently and said, "Silly Zhu, it's easy for you to say that. Do you know how much these four Tan dishes on our table today cost? Your monthly salary is not enough to buy half of the ingredients, and it's hard to buy raw materials of this quality even if you have money now."
At this point, the deaf old lady looked at He Daqing and said, "Daqing, Zhuzi doesn't know the price of these things, and you don't know either? Why did you bring back so many dishes today? Obviously, this is a whole table."
He Daqing picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, "Don't worry, old lady. Today, according to Secretary Lin's instructions, all the prepared ingredients have been cooked, and everyone is asked to take them home to taste. I prepared six tables in total. In addition to the table for tonight's banquet, the other eight large food boxes were prepared. Two food boxes were ready to fill one table. I was embarrassed to ask for them, but Assistant Sun said that this was Secretary Lin's intention. Bring me back one table for you and Xiao Yushui to taste, one table for the mother and daughter of the in-laws, one table for Director Qin, and another table for Assistant Sun and his wife to take to his parents' home, and leave one table for Secretary Lin's family to eat."
He Yuzhu grinned and said, "Grandma, Assistant Sun said that Secretary Lin still has a lot of ingredients for cooking Tan's dishes. He asked me to learn from my father and let him cook more during the New Year."
The deaf old lady asked in surprise: "Daqing, where did Secretary Lin get so many high-quality ingredients? Will there be any mistakes?"
He Daqing waved his hand and said, "Old lady, don't worry. Secretary Lin brought back a lot of scarce materials from abroad, not only rice and flour, but also pork and beef, milk powder, chocolate, and sugar. Now the city, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the People's Armed Forces Department, and other relevant departments have taken a lot of materials from our Security Department. Even the Spring Festival benefits that the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is going to distribute this year were obtained from our Security Department. By the way, he should be called Consultant Lin. Now Secretary Lin is a special consultant to the State Council and a deputy ministerial-level leading cadre."