Chapter 245 Buying New Year’s Goods

"A complete success."

This time, nothing went wrong while Wang Jianye was preparing the state banquet at Fang Zeyuan.

The three dishes he made, braised pork, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and monk's tripe, all reached legendary level of perfection.

Those important guests will definitely rave about these dishes.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be reluctant to let him go, and would have asked him to make a few more dishes of spicy and sour potato shreds.

Afterwards, Sha Zhu asked again how the banquet was held and what the process was. He was very curious as he had never been there.

Not only had he never been there, but his father He Daqing, who was a chef, had never been there either.

It’s because he and his father’s level are far inferior to Wang Jianye, so there is no such good opportunity at all.

Yi Zhonghai announced the end of the whole institute meeting and asked everyone to go home and rest early.

Then, like the other two managers, he carried the ceramic jar back.

Wang Jianye had just returned home when his second uncle Liu Haizhong came to visit him not long after.

"Jianye, what dishes did you prepare for the state banquet in Xiyuan? I'll go prepare the ingredients for you tomorrow morning."

Before leaving, Liu Haizhong specifically looked for Wang Jianye, wanting Wang Jianye to cook for him the dishes that Wang Jianye prepared at the state banquet at his home.

In this way, he can experience what kind of dishes the real big shots and big leaders eat.

This time, when Wang Jianye came back from the state banquet, Liu Haizhong hurriedly found Wang Jianye and asked him about this matter.

"Second Uncle, I made three dishes at Xiyuan, namely, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, braised pork and tripe.

If you want me to make it, then you can prepare the ingredients. To make spicy and sour potato shreds and braised pork, you need potatoes and pork belly. To make this Luohan tripe, you need pork elbow and pork tripe..."

Wang Jianye told Liu Haizhong all the ingredients needed to make this Luohandu dish and asked him to go back and prepare them.

"Okay, I'll go to the market to buy vegetables tomorrow morning."

Since Liu Haizhong cannot experience the true power of a leader, he can only experience what the leader eats.

It also satisfies his long-cherished obsession with becoming an official.

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The Little New Year falls on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Big New Year falls on the 32nd day of the twelfth lunar month. From the day of the Little New Year, people in the city begin to prepare for the New Year.

You have to sweep the house, paste New Year pictures, cut window flowers, paste the word "Fu", paste couplets, paste hanging money, steam buns, take a bath, cut your hair, and keep busy until New Year's Eve.

Today is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. There is already a New Year atmosphere at home. The house has been swept clean, and we bought red paper. We asked Wang Jianting and Wang Jiannan to cut out window decorations and paste them on the glass. They look very beautiful.

Some of these have been bought, including New Year pictures, blessing characters, couplets, hanging money, firecrackers, etc. Some have not been bought yet. Tomorrow, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, I will prepare to buy all the things I need.

The next morning, Wang Jianye got up early, washed up, and cooked a pot of home-cooked noodles of state banquet quality at home as usual.

The legendary level of boiled noodles is just one level higher than the state banquet level of boiled noodles. They just taste better, but have no other special effects.

Besides, when it comes to the New Year, don’t let your family members cry over the delicious food. Isn’t it good to be happy? Therefore, what Wang Jianye prepared was only at the state banquet level.

Although it is only at the state banquet level, it tastes very delicious and is much better than the home-cooked noodles made by ordinary people.

After breakfast, Wang Jianye went to the market with them and bought couplets, blessing characters, New Year pictures, chicken, fish, meat, eggs, fried peanuts, melon seeds, fruit candies, snacks, mixed dishes, bacon and other things they needed.

There were a lot of people in the market, basically like Wang Jianye's family, with the whole family out.

Some are responsible for bargaining and paying bills, some are responsible for carrying things, some are responsible for running around and having to be found by others, some are responsible for dragging their feet, and some will shout for food when they see others selling candied haws or something like that. In short, the market is very lively. After working hard for a year, they have to work hard for a few more days, but everyone is very happy because the New Year is coming.

After shopping for the whole morning, the family had not yet finished their shopping, so they ate a bowl of wontons at a stall.

I ate a little to fill my stomach, and then continued shopping in the afternoon.

They kept shopping until around three in the afternoon. At almost four o'clock, the family returned to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang with the things they had bought, tired but happy.

Some of these things were placed on the back seat of the bicycle, some were tied to the handlebars with ropes, and some were carried by the brothers Wang Jianwu and Wang Jianwen in their hands.

"Wow! Your family bought so many New Year's goods!"

"That's a lot! It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"Brother Wang, can I come to your house for the New Year?"

"..."

I bought so many New Year goods, it’s the first time in the courtyard.

Amid the envy of everyone in the yard, Wang Jianye and his family returned to their home in the backyard.

After arriving home, the brothers Wang Jianwen and Wang Jianwu were so tired that they sat down on chairs.

In order to buy everything before dark, I rarely sat down to rest. The whole trip was quite tiring.

"Hurry up and pour some water."

Zhang Lan gave an order, and then sorted the purchases into categories, especially the meat, which had to be hung high to prevent rats from stealing it.

There were also some snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds, mixed candies, and other snacks that Zhang Lan bought and put them in the cupboard.

Otherwise, if it was just placed on the table, it would probably be eaten up by the children in the family in a few days.

Or if neighbors come to visit and put these foods on the table, you can't just give them away rudely.

If we make this concession, they will definitely eat a lot.

Although Wang Jianye gave a lot of money to his family, his family now lived a much better life than before.

However, these habits are difficult for Zhang Lan to change.

"Nannan, go wash two potatoes for me. Tingting, go peel the onions and garlic..."

Wang Jianye tied an apron on himself and asked his younger brothers and sisters to help him with odd jobs.

After walking around for a whole day and only eating a bowl of wontons outside, Wang Jianye must be hungry now, so he planned to cook early.

After finishing, he will go to the house of the second uncle next door, Liu Haizhong, to make three dishes: spicy and sour potato shreds, braised pork and monk's tripe.

Wang Jianye had promised him before, so naturally he would not go back on his word.

After working for more than an hour at home, Wang Jianye prepared a large table of six dishes in total.

All of them are at the state banquet level and have triggered many special effects. After eating them, he and his family can increase their lifespan by six days, their IQ by three points, and their concentration time by two minutes.

After eating and drinking at home, Wang Jianye rested for a while and then went to Liu Haizhong's house next door.

"Second Uncle, are all the ingredients I asked you to prepare ready?"

(End of this chapter)