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Chapter 101 New Year's Eve Dinner

After four o'clock in the afternoon, uncles Shen Haiyang and Shen Yao, who attended the group visit of the Shanghai listed government, returned to Yiyuan. Shen Hui also brought the two children to meet and chat with their father, and then went to Wei Chao's parents' house to celebrate the new year.

Shen Haiyang called Shen Fang and Qin Mohan to the study for a conversation, mainly telling Shen Fang some small things that he needs to pay attention to in terms of investment, so that he should not think about solving problems by himself, but must bring them up when he needs help .Then he asked Qin Mohan about her study, work and family situation, and briefly said that his nephew had been withdrawn since he was a child, so Qin Mohan would be more tolerant in the future. Shen Haiyang, who is in his 50s, is not as majestic and unattainable as Qin Mohan imagined, but seems very approachable.

Unlike northerners who focus on dumplings during the Chinese New Year, southerners will cook a large table for the New Year's Eve dinner in Shanghai, which is extremely rich.According to the tradition of the Shen family, all the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner are made by their own people.The servants in the family returned home for the New Year with the gift prepared by the aunt after lunch.

In the past, grandma cooked the food herself, but gradually changed to uncle and aunt as the chefs. Now this work is handed over to the aunt and Shen Qingyi. Brothers Yao and Shen Lei can't be counted on.Shen Fang took the initiative to take over the responsibility of the New Year's Eve dinner after chatting with his uncle for a while, and Qin Mohan took the opportunity to leave to help him.

"Go to the front and talk to the old lady first. I'll cook the New Year's Eve dinner today. I haven't done anything to honor you for so many years. Let's make you a meal today to make up for it." Shen Fang looked at the kitchen full of all kinds of dishes. Ingredients, said to the aunt and mother.

"Okay, I heard from Xiaohui that your cooking is delicious, so let's have a good taste today." Cousin Liu Feifei is usually a new-age woman who doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers. Okay, it's too difficult for her to cook Chinese food.

"Don't go away. As a sister-in-law, it's still okay to help wash the vegetables with Mohan and serve as a helper. When the time comes, you can also show your merits to the old lady when you have dinner."

"Okay, Sister Mohan and I are here to help you." Liu Feifei also knew that it would not be appropriate to leave the two young lovers alone in the kitchen. After all, it was the Shen family's New Year's Eve dinner, and her own people still had to help.

A lot of meat in the kitchen was cleaned up by the servants at noon, and it only needs to be cleaned up a little.It takes a long time to make, and the smoked fish has been marinated. After a while, it will be re-fried until it is crispy, and then dipped in the pre-made sauce. The broth is also simmering on the pot, sizzling steaming.Shen Fang and the others mainly need to deal with some seasonal vegetables.

"Sister-in-law, you cook the eight-treasure rice first. As a northerner, Mo Han doesn't know how to cook eight-treasure rice." Shen Fang continued to arrange: "Mo Mo, you pick the greens and celery over there, and I will cut them later. .”

Liu Feifei and Qin Mohan just chatted side by side, stealing a few bites from Shen Fang's freshly cooked dishes from time to time to comment.After a while, the two became acquainted. Liu Feifei asked Qin Mohan to go and play with her when he had time, and the two even made appointments to take time to do beauty treatments and shopping together.

Uneasy Shen Qingyi came over to look at it a few times, seeing several juniors cooperating with the processing of ingredients, Shen Fang skillfully using kitchen utensils, frying and frying everything, Shen Qingyi was both relieved and sad, he wanted to eat alone How hard it is to learn these life skills.

At seven o'clock, Shen Fang asked Shen Lei, who had just returned, to help set up the big round table and place it in the center of the hall. Qin Mohan and Liu Feifei were responsible for arranging the tablecloth and chairs.After we got together, we greeted grandma, uncle and others to sit down, and Shen Fang was ready to serve.

Shen Fang made it according to the traditional New Year's Eve dinner in Shanghai, "eight cold pots, eight hot stir-fries, and eight treasures for family portraits", and a large round table was set up.

The first is the eight cold dishes: Sixi Roast Bran, Ruyi Vegetables, Soy Sauce Meat, Boiled Chicken, Smoked Fish, Sauce Duck, Steamed Eel, Cold Jellyfish

Eight stir-fry: Crystal Shrimp, Sweet and Sour Short Ribs, Roasted Pork with Bamboo Shoots, Steamed Yellow Croaker, Braised Egg Meat, Shredded Eel in Oil, Potatoes and Winter Bamboo Shoots, Celery and Lily

Shen Fang looked at Qin Mohan who was chatting with Liu Feifei, took out the ingredients from the refrigerator, and made some special dishes of Xijiang: cold spicy red skin, spinach gluten, cumin lamb and large plate chicken.

Then came eight-treasure rice and family portrait.

Grandma sat in the main seat, uncle and aunt on the left, Shen Qingyi on the right, Shen Yao and his wife with their children and Shen Lei, Shen Fang and Qin Mohan sat in the lower seats.Shen Haiyang first led a few juniors to toast the old lady with a glass of wine, wishing her a long and healthy life and a happy new year. The old lady was also very happy when she saw the table full of people. Yi quickly snatched it back.

"We would like to thank Xiaoye, Xiaoqin and Feifei for today's New Year's Eve dinner. It was the three of them who jointly made this big table of dishes. We elders are finally able to eat a ready-made meal. I am very gratified Ah." As the head of the family, Shen Haiyang made a speech first, thanking several people on behalf of the whole family, which made Shen Fang, Qin Mohan, and Liu Feifei stand up quickly and say they should.

Next, several juniors toasted, chatted, and said auspicious words. Even the ten-year-old Shen Hao took the initiative to toast Shen Fang and Qin Mohan with a drink. Shy in laughter.

Sitting next to Shen Fang, Qin Mohan ate the cumin mutton and big plate chicken that his boyfriend had made for him, and was very moved. I never thought that he would even think about this.Eating the unique flavor of Xijiang, Qin Mohan became more and more homesick. She picked up her mobile phone and apologized to everyone present, and hid outside the door to make a phone call to her family. The windbreaker on his back followed him out.

"Sister, Happy New Year!" Qin Ruoxi on the other end of the phone was still as happy as a lark.

"Happy New Year to you too. Where are your parents?"

"They are cooking New Year's Eve dinner, sister, have you eaten yet?"

"I'm eating, I miss you, I'll come out and give you a call." Feeling that there was an extra piece of clothing on her body, she turned her head and saw that Shen Fang was looking at himself with concern.The corner of Qin Mohan's mouth twitched, and he gave a forced smile, indicating that he was fine and let him go in first.

Shen Fang didn't go in, but stood behind her, hugged her, and let her talk comfortably in his arms.

"Big sister, how are you doing in Shanghai? Have you eaten yet?" The rough voice of his father Qin Jingshan was on the other end of the phone.

"Dad, I'm eating, don't I miss you now?" Qin Mohan rushed to his nose a little sore, and took a breath: "Dad, don't worry about me, my side is fine."

"That's good, your mother wants to call you." The phone seemed to be handed over to Xiao Nanrong, and Qin Jingshan's voice came faintly: "You said you, why did you run to the room after making a phone call?"

"Big sister, how are you? Are you okay?" Mother's voice was still so gentle.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm having a New Year's Eve dinner and I miss you, so I'll come out and give you a call."

"Did you have a good time with him? How did he treat you?"

Qin Mohan shyly glanced at Shen Fang who was listening in, pushed him, and left from his embrace: "He is very kind to me, he took me to eat the New Year's Eve dinner at his house today, and even made me Xijiang cuisine .”

"That's good. If you are wronged outside, you must remember to tell Mom. Although your parents don't have much power, they will always be your backing. They will never allow anyone to hurt you."

The mother's words made Qin Mohan's red eyes no longer able to hold back the tears. In order not to worry about his mother, Qin Mohan suppressed his emotions and responded with a few more words before hanging up.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Mohan was hugged tightly by Shen Fang behind him.

"Do you know? This is the first time I have left home to spend the Spring Festival outside. It turns out that home is really just a synonym, and hometown will gradually replace it." Qin Mohan's mood gradually calmed down in Shen Fang's warm embrace. Come down, muttered to himself.

"When we were young, we used our parents' home as our home, but that home must always be left, because we can only grow up without it. In the future, you will have me in your home, and the home we form together will last forever until We will live forever." Shen Fang hugged her quietly, looked at the lights in the distance, and whispered in her ear.

Shen Fang and Qin Mohan stayed outside for a while, and when they came in, the New Year's Eve dinner was about to end.Shen Fang politely declined his grandmother's request to stay overnight, and left with Qin Mohan.

Shen Fang drank some wine at night, the car was driven by Qin Mohan who was drinking, the country has already started to punish drunk driving, it is better not to defy the law at the end of this year.

(End of this chapter)