Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

After Li Qingfeng finished breakfast and helped Wu Lirong clean up, he said to her, "Lirong, I'm going to buy some New Year's goods. I'll also ask Master and our father to come over for dinner tomorrow. Do you want to buy anything?"

Wu Lirong thought for a moment after hearing this, then shook her head and said, "Brother Qingfeng, I don't have anything to buy, you can buy whatever you want!"

"Got it." Li Qingfeng looked at Yuanyuan who was still sleeping soundly, so he kissed him gently twice, then pulled the cart out.

Li Qingfeng first came to his master's house, parked the cart, walked up and knocked on the door: "Knock! Knock! Knock!"

He shouted, "Master, open the door."

Not long after, Quanfu opened the door, stepped aside, and said, "Qingfeng! Come in first!"

Li Qingfeng took out two cigarettes, handed one to the master, and lit one for himself. He shook his head and said, "Master, I won't go in. I have to go get some New Year's goods later."

"Master, please come to my house to celebrate the New Year this year! It is not convenient for Lirong and the children to go out."

"I understand. Is there anything else? If not, go ahead and do your work first!" Quanfu waved at him, ignored Li Qingfeng, closed the door and went back to the house.

Li Qingfeng was stunned by his master for a while. After a moment, he came to his senses and muttered softly: "Who is this?"

He put a cigarette in his mouth, pulled the cart and went to his father-in-law's house again. He told them that they would have the New Year's Eve dinner at his house tomorrow. Without waiting for a response from his father-in-law's family, he said he was going to get New Year's goods and left with the cart.

Only my father-in-law and his family were left standing at the gate, staring at each other, looking disheveled in the cold wind.

Li Qingfeng was strolling on the street pulling a cart, looking here and there, and from time to time he could hear the hawkers' cries on both sides of the street.

There were a few people parked in front of each stall, picking and choosing to see if there was any bargain to be had.

These small stalls actually gave Li Qingfeng the feeling of a night market in the future, which was very lively.

I bought six blessing couplets and four sets of New Year pictures on the street, and also bought two sets of firecrackers.

Li Qingfeng saw that the time was almost up, so he came to the old place, which was still a dead end alley. Seeing that there was no one on either side of the alley, he pulled the cart into the alley.

He quickly took out the ingredients for tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner from the space, including a big rooster, a whole rack of ribs, a duck, fifty kilograms of pork, a carp, a grass carp, a lamb, fifty eggs, vegetables and some dried goods.

He also took a lot of preserved fruits from the space for Lirong. They were all made by Li Qingfeng himself in the space. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be blind if he didn’t eat so many fruits in the space?

They were all placed on a cart and covered with straw mats. Li Qingfeng then pulled the cart full of New Year's food ingredients towards home.

After returning home, Li Qingfeng first walked into the house with a bag of preserved fruits and handed it to Wu Lirong, asking her to eat some when she was free. He then stood at the door and looked at Yuanyuan from a distance before going out of the house to arrange the ingredients.

The next morning was New Year’s Eve.

Li Qingfeng got up early. After they finished breakfast, he asked Wu Lirong to look after the children while he went to clean the house.

Except for the room where his family of three sleeps now, Li Qingfeng cleaned it inside and out.

He was busy until almost noon and finished his work. He made a simple lunch and after the meal, Li Qingfeng started to prepare the ingredients. He was busy all day.

Chop the rooster into pieces, blanch it in water, put it in a large bowl, and set it aside until you can stir-fry the chicken in the evening.

The whole duck is marinated with a secret seasoning, the skin is evenly pierced with holes with a needle, and set aside to be made into salted duck.

Chop the ribs into 5 cm small pieces, blanch them in water, put them in a bowl, and set them aside to make braised pork ribs and soup in the evening.

Clean the sheep's internal organs, cook them, cut them into small pieces, put them in a bowl, and set them aside to make sheep offal soup in the evening.

Chop a pound of pork into minced meat, separate half of it and add onion, ginger and other seasonings, put it in a bowl and mix it evenly. Add some cabbage or leek in the evening and make dumplings.

Add some seasoning to the other half of the meat filling and fry it into meatballs later.

Cut two pounds of meat from the lamb's leg, chop the rest into large pieces, add the whole sheep's head, put them in a large pot, add appropriate amount of salt and stew them directly.

Remove the fishy line from the black fish, slice it directly into fish fillets, chop the fish bones into small pieces, add some side dishes, and cook boiled fish in the evening.

Remove the fishy smell from the carp, then cut it into pieces and set it aside to make sweet and sour carp in the evening.

At about 3:30 in the afternoon, the three members of the Wu family came to Li Qingfeng's courtyard with things in their hands. They saw Li Qingfeng busy in the kitchen. The chopping board and the dining table were full of processed ingredients. Father Wu said in surprise: "Qingfeng, you made this by yourself, it's really rich."

"Yeah!" Li Qingfeng raised his head and greeted them: "Dad, Mom, Brother Dajun."

"You are talking nonsense! Isn't it Qingfeng who is working alone? Who else is helping him?" Mother Wu said to Father Wu unhappily, then smiled and said to Li Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, what can I do for you?"

"Mom, just cut up two radishes and fry the vegetarian meatballs later." Li Qingfeng then said to his father-in-law and eldest brother-in-law, "Dad, brother Dajun, you two go in and have some tea first!"

Mother Wu said, "Qingfeng, you don't have to worry about them." After that, she picked up the knife and started cutting radishes.

When Wu Chenggui and Wu Dajun entered the house, Wu Lirong asked them to look after the children and went to the kitchen to help prepare the ingredients.

Not long after, Quanfu walked into the courtyard with two bottles of wine in his hands and a small wooden box in his arms. He put the things in the kitchen, greeted each other, and then went into the house to see his little apprentice.

Since there were many people in the kitchen and they were all quick and skillful, all the ingredients were prepared in no time.

Li Qingfeng started cooking with skillful movements. As the dishes came out of the pot one by one, the aroma filled the air.

Mother Wu stood at the kitchen door and shouted into the house, "Da Jun, come and serve the food."

Li Qingfeng had just finished cooking a dish when he said to Wu Lirong beside him, "Lirong, serve the mutton in a pot, then go back to the house and look after the children. Serve the mutton head as well."

Mother Wu also said, "Yes! Lirong, Yuanyuan hasn't seen you for a long time, so he will cry again."

"Okay! Mom, Brother Qingfeng, I'll go back to the house first." Wu Lirong found a clean small basin, put some lamb chops, lamb ribs and lamb heads in it, and then went back to the house to see the children.

Li Qingfeng was busy until after five in the evening. Now only the pork ribs soup and the salted duck were not ready. He had to cook the other dishes and bring them into the house.

He came to the kitchen door, lit a cigarette, and said to Wu's mother who was still in the kitchen: "Mom, there are only two dishes left. I'll bring them over when they're ready. You go in first!"

"No need, Qingfeng, this little effort is not enough." Mother Wu looked at Li Qingfeng lovingly and said to him with a smile: "Qingfeng, you have worked hard today, you must be exhausted!"

Hearing this, Li Qingfeng shook his head and said, "Mom, it's okay. When I was in the restaurant before, I cooked more dishes than today."

"Besides, this is the only day of the year that I'm busy, so it's okay to be a little tired."