Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Afterwards, Fang Qing took He Lai and others to the breeding farm behind the hospital. It was similar to the orphanage, but much larger in scale.

After all, the First Hospital knows better how to use golden eagles to catch prey, and also knows better how to raise these captured animals.

At this time, the two golden eagles were enjoying the caress of the two nurses, but when they saw their master He Lai coming, they immediately flew over from beside the nurses, came to He Lai's feet and started to act coquettishly.

"Mom, you see, every time this brat comes, the golden eagle is seduced by him." Song Xue complained while pulling Fang Qing's arm.

He Lai was speechless when he heard this. What does seduction mean? This is his golden eagle!

"Alright, alright. Golden eagles are born young. If you have the ability, go get two golden eagles. Your medical skills haven't improved much, but your temper has gotten worse and worse."

Fang Qing said with disdain.

"Mom, I am your daughter!" Song Xue said, stomping her feet.

"What happened to my daughter? Look at what you are like now. Look at Shi Ya and the others. None of them are like you, making a fuss all day long."

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you. Shiya, Xinran, Qiunan, let's go."

After Song Xue finished speaking, she dropped the dried meat that He Lai brought and took Liu Shiya and the others away.

When the golden eagle smelled the dried meat, it immediately ran over, picked up a piece and started eating.

"Xiao Laizi, how did you make this dried meat? Why do golden eagles like it so much?"

Fang Qing asked curiously.

"Aunt Fang, this is made of venison. I asked the chef at Fengze Garden to make this jerky. It smells delicious."

He Lai smiled.

"You are really nice. This is venison. You are really willing to give it away."

When Fang Qing heard that it was venison, she smacked her lips. After all, deer were extremely precious and they were reluctant to eat it. After all, each deer was of extremely high value.

"There's nothing to be reluctant about. They caught the prey themselves. If they die, we can't keep them alive, so we just let them eat them."

……

He Lai didn't dwell on this issue for too long. He chatted with Fang Qing for a while before returning the golden eagle to the nurse and leaving the First Hospital.

When He Lai brought the four ducks back to the courtyard, Sha Zhu and his friends had already built a quite large oven.

"Brother Zhuzi, I'll leave it to you then." He said, and gave the duck to Sha Zhu.

Wu Juan wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't open her mouth.

"Xiao Laizi, I guess we can't make this roast duck today." Sha Zhu said in embarrassment.

"Ah? Why?" He Lai asked puzzledly.

"Before roasting the duck, the duck embryo must be marinated and air-dried. It takes a few days, and only after the duck embryo is air-dried can it be roasted. Only then will the roasted duck taste good."

Sha Zhu explained.

"Uh...why didn't you say anything in the afternoon?" He Lai said speechlessly.

"I thought you were going to Quanjude to buy a duck to roast. How could I know you were getting this duck?"

Silly Zhu said.

He Lai rolled his eyes and said, "If I go to Quanjude to buy it, I don't need you to roast it. I can just buy a few roast ducks."

"Uh...well, actually I forgot about this because I was busy building the oven." Sha Zhu said awkwardly.

"Forget it, forget it. Then you can pickle and air-dry them. I don't care if you have to explain to others."

When He Lai heard that he couldn’t make roast duck today, he gave up immediately.

"Okay, okay, Zhuzi, give me one and you can pickle the rest."

As He Daqing spoke, he took one from Sha Zhu and walked towards He Lai's house.

He Lai didn't bother to care anymore. With so many cooks around, there would definitely be dinner. So he came to Wu Juan and looked at He Tong in her arms.

The little girl had woken up at this time. When she saw He Lai, she reached out to grab He Lai, wailing.

He Lai looked at Wu Juan expectantly, obviously wanting to hug his daughter.

"Okay, okay, hold me, but don't walk around." Wu Juan couldn't deliberately stop He Lai from holding her, so she could only put He Tong in He Lai's arms.

Because Sha Zhu said that he couldn't roast the duck today, most of the people around him dispersed instantly.

After some trouble, He Daqing finally prepared a whole duck feast at He Lai's house.

After all, the ducks that He Lai brought back were relatively large, each weighing about six or seven kilograms.

Wu'er and Wen'er each ate a duck leg until their mouths were full of oil.

He Lai was drinking the duck soup with a look of enjoyment on his face.

"Xiao Lai, try this dish. Don't just drink the soup." He Daqing put a piece of duck meat into He Lai's bowl.

"Ah? What kind of dish is this?" He Lai looked at the duck meat tied into a matchstick shape curiously. It seemed to contain duck meat strips, mushroom strips, winter bamboo shoots strips, and ham strips, and it was tied with vegetable moss. It was obvious that He Daqing must have spent a lot of effort on it.

"This is the firewood duck from the Tan family cuisine. It is also a famous dish. It got this name because it looks like a firewood handle."

He Daqing explained.

He Lai picked up a piece and tasted it. He immediately gave a thumbs up and praised it repeatedly: "Hmm... delicious, delicious."

He Daqing smiled with relief.

"Brother, brother, I want to eat it too." When Wu'er heard He say it was delicious, she immediately put down the duck leg and stopped eating it. She wanted to eat the firewood duck.

"Look, can't you learn from Wen'er and eat the duck legs clean first!" Wu Juan said.

"Brother, help me eat it. I want to eat that." Wu'er had already climbed into He Lai's arms and started pointing at the dishes.

"Brother, you can't chew this eaten duck leg. In the past, mom helped us chew the leftovers. You'd better beg mom for help." He Lai smiled and picked up a few pieces of duck for her.

Wu'er didn't care who ate the remaining duck legs. She lowered her head and started eating the food.

Wu Juan sighed and took the half-eaten duck leg from Wu'er.

The seven of them ate very quickly and finished the whole table of food in no time. Not only were the dishes delicious, but everyone could indeed fill their stomachs a little more.

In the end, only Doudou, the Labrador, was left lying under the table, gnawing on the duck bones.

……

In the following time, He Lai began to use the oven in the courtyard to cook various foods, all of which were things that were often baked in later generations.

Roasted lamb legs, roasted rabbit, roasted fish, roasted eggplant, and big roasted skewers. Everything that can be roasted is roasted and sprinkled with a little of Sha Zhu’s secret ingredients. It’s so delicious!

As a result, after Sha Zhu's roast duck was roasted with all these things, no one was so excited anymore.

However, Wu Juan's opposition became louder and louder. She kept complaining that He Lai was a spendthrift and that all the meat fat fell into the oven. She was so distressed that she kept nagging He Lai in his ear.

So less than half a month later, the barbecue oven was forcibly dismantled by Wu Juan, just like the original barbecue stall.

The others had no objections either. After all, only He Lai had extra meat to grill. The others didn't have so much meat, so the most they could do was grill fish or something like that.

……

Soon the day of the Canton Fair arrived, and He Lai decided to go this time. After all, the port city was developing very fast now, and his own company was developing even faster. As the boss, it seemed a bit inappropriate for him not to go.