A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 509: Not down to earth
In the past, during difficult times, we had a four-course banquet and brought our own staple food.

Later, the situation improved, and the quality of the seats gradually began to improve.

Six courses, eight courses, ten courses, two more every few years.

Except for the strictest period, there was a pause.

But once the rules are broken again, the hosting conditions will be even better than before.

This time, the Li family had 18 dishes on the table, and they all required enough oil and water, and the portion was larger than enough.

Even though He Yuzhu was a well-informed cook, he spent a lot of time just thinking about the menu.

After the menu was decided, he specially followed Li's mother to Li Xiang's place.

It's not that the two of them can't decide on the dish, but the amount is so large. If Li Xiang doesn't help, where will he get so many dishes?

The demand this time exceeded what a restaurant could purchase in several days.

"Of these twelve chickens, Uncle Li said he could deliver eight. I have discussed the remaining four with several other chickens and asked them to help queue up at the vegetable market to buy them..." He Yuzhu first told him the part that could be solved.

After a while, after everything that could be solved was finished, the main event came.

"Brother, this pork is the highlight. Several dishes have ingredients for it. I'll calculate it according to your request. Excluding the more than ten kilograms of leftovers that I can find a way to get, you have to find a way to get at least half of it here. pig."

"Now in the countryside, we don't care about counting poultry, so we can't buy a pig?" Li wanted to speak, looking at his old mother.

When Mother Li heard this question, black lines appeared on her forehead.

This is not a country girl, but she is ignorant. How could she ask such a low-level question?

Mother Li curled her lips and replied with a hint of disgust: "It's only a few months now, who's piggy is willing to kill them now, waiting for the New Year?"

Yes, Li Xiang knew it in his heart. He had to take the pig by himself.

He nodded to He Yuzhu, accepting the request and asking him to continue.

"Eggs also need to take up three dishes. This plate must be divided according to the number of people, and the other two plates are used as side dishes. A table must have two kilograms of eggs."

Even if it was at least twenty-four kilograms, Li Xiang didn't even ask if he could collect it in the countryside, and just agreed.

"You have to be prepared for this fish. I've heard that adult fish weighing more than 2 and a half kilograms are basically rare in vegetable markets. You can't buy such fish through other channels. The third uncle's place even sells a 2 kilogram fish. They don't dare to give guarantee." He Yuzhu frowned and asked.

River fish meat is cheap and no more difficult to prepare than pork.

If it was the kind of trash fish he eats every day, he could just open his mouth and grab a bucket of it if he was willing.

But this time it's different. The Li family's demands are too high.

Li Xiang really didn't think too much about this. When he, Mother Li, came here earlier, he mentioned that if you want to have fish, bring a bigger one to each table. Don't get some miscellaneous fish like before, and you won't be full. There are too many thorns, which is really troublesome.

Who would have thought that his "simple" request would be really troublesome.

BJ is not a land of plenty. The fish that can be sold here only come from three channels.

Fish from the sea are shipped from the surrounding area.

River fish brought from far away places.

People themselves fish from the ditches and sell them to food stations.

There are some big marine fish, but because they die immediately after going to sea, it is difficult to eat marine fish outside of winter when the freezing conditions are not ideal.

Unless there is a situation like the last earthquake, where people really can’t consume it and are willing to transport it regardless of the cost, only here can we have the good fortune to eat seafood in other seasons.

There is also a reason why big fish are rare in river fish transported from other places.

Although it is a fine tradition for all parts of China to export good things, the "foreign" involved in this fine tradition currently only includes foreign countries. Other places are not within the scope of quality control, and it is good enough for local quality control to be the same as that of local ones.

Even for goods that are particularly prone to damage during transportation, people consciously replace them with ordinary goods, just to avoid losses caused by transportation.

What is ordinary goods? General goods are normal and below. When compared with fish, they are middle- and lower-class fish.

Of course, there is another important reason, which is common across the country.

Of course there are big fish. If there are many big fish, there is no need for people to do this.

The fundamental reason is that there are few big fish, which is the same everywhere.

In times of food shortage, people will eat anything, so how can they leave this behind?

It is precisely because of this period of "running out of ammunition and food" that the fishermen of Zhonghua developed a very bad habit, which was not corrected until the food shortage was restored.

That means no fish of any size will be spared.

Once they were caught, they never thought of putting them back. All the fish cubs were caught and eaten, so there was no chance for them to grow up.

For this reason, the third uncle, an experienced fishing expert, could not guarantee that he could catch such a fish weighing more than two kilograms before the banquet started.

Li Xiang was able to make this request because he was actually a bit ignorant and extravagant.

What is rare for others is actually not rare for him.

This is not because he has a system, but because at his level, once a batch of good materials arrives, he will get a share here.

He has not lived among the masses for a long time, and the food at home is of high quality. Without anyone specifically reminding him, although he would not think that every family lives like this, it has still done a lot to improve the material foundation of the people. Inappropriate wrong estimates.

"It doesn't have to be this big, right? It can be smaller. The worst thing is to put a few more on each plate." Qiu Fanghua supplemented for her lover.

It seems that she also has problems. In the past, when she didn't ask for help at home, she would go out to buy some things from time to time.

As such, their family is still relatively slow to changes in their surroundings.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have found out that I couldn’t buy anything on the day of the treat last time.

Now that Sister Qin is invited to the family, this situation can only be said to be getting worse.

It didn't seem possible to continue like this. She and Li Xiang couldn't ignore these social changes that they should pay attention to for the sake of work.

How can anyone keep working hard for the happiness of the people, but in fact they have no idea what kind of life the people are living now?

Li Xiang squeezed his wife's hand under the table, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, with a tacit understanding in their eyes that each other understood.

Mother Li glanced keenly in their direction. Although she didn't understand the meaning, she was happy to see the close relationship between her son and daughter-in-law.

Here, He Yuzhu couldn't understand the quarrel between the two people at all.

He only knew that Qiu Fanghua could lower his demands, and he felt relieved.

Then it will be easier to handle this time. Li Xiang can get things done without Li Xiang taking action.

Every time he was entrusted by the Li family, he actually held a breath in his heart.

I wish I could do it all by myself so that I can repay Li Xiang's great kindness.

If this thing is done this time, Li Xiang will have to come forward to solve most of the problems.

To be honest, there's something dull about him.

(End of this chapter)