Chop the meat into small pieces, mix it with crushed tofu, add some seasoning, and fry it into small tofu balls.

Another dish is cabbage stewed with tofu. The white and tender tofu rolls in the water.

The aunts are good at cooking, but the ingredients are limited on weekdays.

Today we have meat and vegetables. Several sisters-in-law made simple ingredients look delicious and fragrant. The aroma of meatballs attracted a large group of children.

They were drooling and gathered at the kitchen door.

"Go, go, don't hang around here, go home quickly." Aunt Li saw her children and hurriedly drove them home.

"It's okay, Aunt Li, they are just kids." Sui He went into the kitchen and soon brought out a bowl of fried fragrant tofu balls.

"Does anyone want to eat meatballs?" Sui He stood aside with a bowl in his hand, looking at the group of children with a smile on his face.

"I want to eat, Brother Suihe." Several children surrounded Suihe, holding their hands high, pulling Suihe's clothes, and drooling suspiciously.

"Let me make it clear first. I'll give you some food. Just stand aside and don't disturb the aunts from doing their work, okay?" Sui He tore off the corner of his clothes that was grabbed and sat on a chair nearby: "Take your time, one by one, everyone will have some."

Seeing Sui He sitting down, several children immediately gathered around him and waited quietly.

"One for each person, don't grab it." Sui He distributed meatballs to each child, and the children who got the meatballs couldn't wait to put them into their mouths.

"This child, how can he be like a child even though he is so old?" The second grandmother looked at Sui He who was surrounded by people with a frown.

"How old is he? Here, Suihe is still a child no matter how old he is." A grain lady came out with a plate of vegetables and glanced at Suihe who was surrounded. She saw Suihe leading a group of children, each eating a meatball. Their mouths were full of oil, and they looked so delicious.

I put the vegetables in my hand on the table in the yard. There were already three tables in the yard, and they were filled with food in large pots. There was a large pot of cabbage stewed with tofu, a pot of fried golden tofu balls, and a pot of roasted pork.

There are mostly vegetables on the table, but there are also quite a few meat dishes. It is a full table.

"Brother Suihe, I'm back." Zhao Dazhuang came in from outside, pulling a cart. He put the cart away and walked to Suihe.

"Da Zhuang is back, how is it?" Sui He distributed the meatballs in his hand, sent a few children to play, and followed Zhao Da Zhuang to the side. The family was busy today, and the second grandfather could not deliver the goods, so he had to ask Zhao Da Zhuang to go alone.

"It's good. Nothing happened on the way. The tofu has been delivered. This is the money the shopkeeper paid." Zhao Dazhuang handed the purse in his hand to Sui He.

Sui He took the purse, shook it, and put it in his arms: "Okay, you've worked hard, go and have a rest, we'll have dinner soon."

"It's not hard." Zhao Dazhuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and went to the side to rest.

With the last bowl of bean curd cake on the table, the dishes on the table are ready.

Just after finishing the meal, there was a noise at the door. Second Grandpa and his friends came back. Second Grandpa, Village Chief Zhao, Master Cui, and Old Man Lin sat down at the table in the main hall.

When Master Cui saw the food on the table, he was slightly surprised. Village Chief Zhao and Old Man Lin were also secretly surprised. If the opening meal was so good, what would the feast be like on the day of the beam raising?

"Everyone, hurry up and start eating. Don't be polite. Treat it like your own family." The second grandfather said, picking up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and took a bite. This is the rule of starting a meal. The host has to start eating first, and then others can start eating.

"Everyone, eat, so you can get back to work." Seeing the second grandfather picking up his chopsticks, others also picked up their chopsticks.

The other villagers who came to help each held a porcelain bowl in their hands and sat down at the table in the yard. There were not enough bowls and chopsticks at home. Fortunately, these villagers were from the same village and lived close to each other, so everyone brought their own bowls and chopsticks.

The villagers looked at the dishes on the table and looked at each other in bewilderment. They really didn't expect that a meal to start work would be so sumptuous, with such a big pot of meat and meatballs. The villagers present swallowed their saliva and dared not pick up their chopsticks. This was more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year!

"Don't be polite, everyone. Since the food is served, it is for everyone to eat. Don't just stand there and watch, eat quickly," Sui He said with a smile when he saw that no one was eating.

The villagers then picked up their chopsticks and reached for the pot of roasted meat. Knowing that the villagers of Qingshan Village rarely had meat to eat, Suihe bought some fatter meat, filling the pot with fat meat.

"This meat is so delicious!" someone exclaimed.

"Yes, I haven't eaten such delicious meat in a long time. This is better than the food during the Chinese New Year," another person echoed.

"Isn't this white and tender thing tofu? I've heard that the Chen family sells tofu. Is this it?" Someone at the table picked up a piece of tofu, but used too much force and the tofu broke on the table. The person quickly picked it up gently and said, "This tofu is really tender. It broke without me even using any force."

At this time, the second grandfather raised the bowl in his hand and said to everyone: "Today's meal is to thank everyone for coming to help. There is no wine, please make do with it. I will use water instead of wine. Thank you for your willingness to help."

Everyone raised their bowls in response, and for a moment, the yard was filled with laughter.

The adults were eating at the table, and the children were running under the table. When they saw their own children around, some adults would pick up a piece of meat and feed it to their children.

"Grandma, aunts, you must be tired, let's eat quickly." Sui He walked into the kitchen. The aunts set up a small table in the kitchen, and the table was filled with the same things as those in the outer room.

"Suihe, why are you here? Go out and eat." Aunt Liang saw Suihe coming in and hurriedly pushed him out: "We are the only ones inside. Go out and eat."

"I'm going out, I'm going out right away, Sister Youliang, you guys can eat when you're done." Sui He was pushed out by Sister Youliang and stood in the yard.

"Brother Suihe, come quickly, there is a seat here." Zhao Dazhuang saw Suihe appear in the yard and quickly moved to the side, calling Suihe over.

"Da Zhuang, you guys eat quickly, I'm not hungry yet." Sui He looked at the group of teenagers at the table and the half of the food on the table, and his mouth twitched. With the speed at which they were eating, could he grab them if he went to the table? Forget it. He wasn't hungry now anyway, so he would eat later.

Everyone enjoyed the meal at the start of work very much. All the food on the table was eaten up cleanly, leaving nothing behind, even the baked bean curd cakes were gone.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back to the homestead to work. If they were lazy and didn't work hard, it would be a shame to have such a good meal today.

After they finished eating, Aunt Liang and Aunt Li came out to clean up the mess, some washed the dishes, some returned the tables, chairs and benches. These things were borrowed and had to be returned after use.

After working all afternoon, they finally cleaned everything up. When the aunts left, each of them held a large bowl filled with meatballs and meat.

These are the leftovers from cooking. The weather is hot and these cooked foods won’t last long. Suihe and his friends can’t finish them all, so they give a bowl to each of the aunts who came to help and let them take it home.

Take this meat home and cook it with some vegetables. It can be eaten for several meals. These are all real fat meat.

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