Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

After returning from the steel mill, He Daqing rested well at home for a few days.

These days, in addition to spending time at home with his wife and children, he also took the time to visit the mountains and reservoirs, replenishing the space with a lot of prey, big fish and other things.

This time, because we went deep into the mountains, the harvest was very good.

We killed seven or eight big wild boars, and five or six small wild boar cubs.

As for pheasants, rabbits and the like, there are even more.

When he came back, he wrapped a wild boar on the back of his bicycle and put five or six pheasants and rabbits in a sack, and brought them back home quietly.

This time I chose to come back when no one was around, and I wasn't discovered by the neighbors in the courtyard.

At night, Shazhu and I secretly processed these things in the kitchen, then hung them on the wall and ate them slowly.

Two days before National Day, He Daqing returned to the kitchen in the big house and officially began to prepare for the banquet.

When he arrived, some master chefs were already there to make preparations.

Master Luo still took He Daqing's words to heart. He mobilized a lot of effort to collect more than 150 authentic wild carp from the Yellow River for He Daqing.

Moreover, these fish are of uniform size, basically around three or four pounds, neither too big nor too small, just enough for cooking.

When He Daqing was observing the fish in the pond, Master Luo also came to his side.

He smiled and patted He Daqing on the shoulder and said, "How is it? Master He, are you satisfied with these fish?"

He Daqing nodded and replied, "I'm very satisfied. It must be difficult to get so many fish. I'm sorry to have troubled you this time."

Master Luo waved his hand and said, "Now all our efforts are being put into preparing for this event. Although it is a bit troublesome to gather all these fish, as long as this event can be successfully concluded, then everything we have done will be worth it."

He Daqing admires people like Master Luo from the bottom of his heart.

They never care about their own interests, and are only interested in contributing to national development. They put national interests at the center of everything they do.

If there were not such a group of people contributing to the new Dragon Kingdom, the Dragon Kingdom would not have developed so rapidly in the future.

Although He Daqing asked himself if he could do this, it did not stop him from admiring these people in his heart.

In the following time, He Daqing took Xiao Zheng with him to prepare some side dishes.

As for killing the fish, you have to wait until the day before the banquet, otherwise the fish meat will not be fresh.

After a day's preparation, He Daqing officially started the important tasks of killing fish, pickling, shaping, etc. on the next day.

At this time, Xiao Zheng was also being manipulated by He Daqing.

Fortunately, Master Luo and his team knew that these two days were the busiest, so they prepared three or four more assistants for each person.

Otherwise, He Daqing and Xiao Zheng would never be able to finish all the work even if they died of exhaustion.

You know, there will be more than a hundred tables tomorrow, so they need to prepare more than a hundred dishes and serve them on the tables basically at the same time.

You can imagine how difficult this is.

These new helpers can only be responsible for simple tasks such as killing fish and pickling them.

Seasoning, shaping, frying fish, all of these need to be done by He Daqing himself.

Even the final arrangement of the dishes had to be done by He Daqing.

Starting from the day before the banquet, He Daqing was busy until midnight before he could take a break.

There was no way back at this time, so He Daqing took a nap in the small room prepared for them at the back.

The next day, the parade officially began.

The crowd outside was filled with enthusiasm as they celebrated the 12th anniversary of the founding of our country and wished the great teacher comrade a long life.

He Daqing was also busy in the kitchen.

The dishes were neatly arranged. With the efforts of He Daqing and his colleagues, more than a hundred dishes were all shaped and arranged with side dishes. They were just waiting for the last step: pouring the soul soup on them and they could be served.

As time went by, after noon, the leader surnamed Sun came to the kitchen and shouted, "Everyone, hurry up and get ready. The guests are coming in and the dishes will be served soon."

"According to the old rules, the cold dishes will be served first!"

As he finished speaking, two long lines came in from behind, and each person pushed a cart to serve the dishes in the cold dish area.

The banquet has been held several times and everyone is familiar with many of the procedures.

After the cold dishes are served, the hot dishes will begin.

The first one to be served was Beijing Roast Duck. As a representative, it was placed first.

Next up is He Daqing’s Feiyan Whole Fish.

At this time, He Daqing had already cooked the soup and was pouring it on the fish.

This procedure is relatively simple, and Xiao Zheng and He Daqing can complete it much faster by working together.

After the waiters brought all the dishes, He Daqing finally relaxed.

He sat down on the rest chair and took a long breath.

The overtime work he had done these past two days was more tiring than working a month at the steel mill.

And you have to keep your nerves tense at all times, for fear of making any mistakes.

Only now that all the dishes have been served can he relax.

Xiao Zheng, who was standing by, saw He Daqing's expression. He poured a cup of tea and handed it to He Daqing.

"Master He, take a sip of tea and relax. We basically have nothing to do now. We just need to wait for the banquet to end."

He Daqing took a sip of tea and asked, "Xiao Zheng, how many times have you attended this banquet?"

"This is my second time. I was not selected for the first banquet here, which makes me regret it very much. I heard from them that a lot of things happened during the first and largest banquet. At that time, no one was experienced and many small mistakes occurred."

He Daqing nodded, but did not ask any further questions.

Sometimes, there are some questions that can be asked, but there are some questions that cannot be asked in detail.

He Daqing still understood the story of curiosity killing the cat.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the kitchen until the end of the banquet.

He Daqing and the other chefs could finally return to the lounge to rest for a while.

The remaining finishing work is not something that He Daqing and his team need to worry about.

He cleaned up and packed up the kitchen utensils he brought with him, then prepared to go to the lounge.

Xiao Zheng, who was standing by, saw this and said, "Goodbye, Master He. I hope I can see you here again in the future. I have learned a lot from following you these days. If I am not here anymore, can I continue to learn from you?"

He Daqing was about to leave, but after hearing what Xiao Zheng said, he turned around, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are a good candidate for learning cooking. As long as you are willing, you are always welcome here."

"Remember, I work in the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. As long as you come, I will teach you everything I have learned in my life without reservation. With your understanding, I believe that one day you will come here again with your own ability!"

He Daqing's words gave Xiao Zheng great encouragement. He nodded with red eyes.

"Then it's a deal, Master. I will definitely come find you when the time comes!"

Smiling and patting the young man on the shoulder again, He Daqing turned and left this place full of honor.