The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 195: Working Together to Prepare the Banquet

Seeing Dayaniang's distressed expression, Cao smiled gently and said, "We didn't buy much. As long as everyone enjoys the food and doesn't mind, that's all."

"Oh my, there's so much meat and so many candies and snacks, who would dislike it?"

"That's right, buying so many things to prepare for the feast is unique in our village!"

"Sister-in-law, why don't you put away some of the snacks and candies and save them for you to eat during the New Year? It would be such a waste to just eat them like this! And there's too much meat, save some for us!"

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Seeing the village chief's wife holding a basket and about to collect the snacks, Lin Xi hurriedly stopped her with a smile.

She took the basket and put it aside, took out a peach and stuffed it into the hands of the village head's wife, and said with a smile: "Auntie, these are bought for the villagers to eat. Everyone can eat as much as they want today, don't feel bad!"

Cao also echoed the sentiments, urging everyone to eat quickly, have some snacks and fruits, and rest for a while before continuing to work.

The village chief's wife saw this and stopped persuading them. After eating two pieces of snacks, she asked everyone to get busy again.

Lin Dayong and Lin Kang were chopping meat with kitchen knives; the village chief's wife and a few others were using boiling water to scald the dishes, so they could be used directly after a while; Lin Xi, Lin Ping and Lin An were packing candies, melon seeds and snacks into plates, with several plates placed on each table; Cao and a few wives and old women were sitting on small stools picking and washing vegetables. The yard suddenly became lively, with everyone talking and laughing, looking so happy!

"Dayong, we caught two silly roe deer. Let's have some extra food for everyone today!"

Just as everyone was busy, they saw the village chief and a group of people coming over with two silly roe deer!

Lin Dayong did not hesitate to agree, and cleared a place with a few brothers. In a short while, they killed the roe deer!

Seeing that there was so much meat to eat today, everyone was so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

At this time, the kids who were supposed to be doing morning exercises came running down the mountain. When they got closer, I saw that some of them had a snake hanging around their necks, some holding a rabbit in their hands, or a pheasant hanging around their waists. In short, no one was empty-handed.

"Oh my! We are in for a treat today!"

Looking at what the children brought back, the village chief stroked his beard and said happily.

"Children, take the things to the riverside to clean them up, kill them and clean them, then bring them back. Hey, Yuanyuan, I'm afraid of snakes, take them away quickly, peel and chop them, then come back!"

Seeing that her mother and several aunts were frightened, Yuanyuan chuckled, said hello to Lin Xi, and took her friends to the river to clean up the prey.

"Sister-in-law, shall we just cook the dishes written on this menu?"

Dayaniang had studied with her son and daughter for a while and knew a lot of words. She pointed at the menu on the table and asked Cao with a smile.

"Yes, let's cook the dishes on the menu first. The owner of Fulin Restaurant said yesterday that he would bring the chef over today. Let's wait for them to come and let them take a look."

Cao said with a smile as she fried the meatballs.

Dayaniang nodded and continued to help Cao.

"Speaking of the owner of Fulin Restaurant, girl Lin Xi, what kind of business are you doing with him?"

When Damazi's mother heard Cao talking about Fulin Restaurant, she immediately remembered what happened yesterday. While adding firewood to the stove, she looked at Lin Xi who came over to get the bowl and asked curiously.

Lin Xi told everyone about the meat jerky business with Fulin Restaurant. When the wives heard Lin Xi say that he could teach their families how to make meat jerky, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

Their lives have gotten better recently, so they started to worry about their parents' families, which are still having a hard time. During this period, each daughter-in-law has sent food to support her parents' families several times.

But I was afraid that if I sent it too often, my in-laws would be unhappy. I was in such a dilemma, but I didn’t expect Lin Xi to reveal such good news!

"Lin Xi girl, are you serious?"

Goudan's mother suddenly grabbed Lin Xi's arm and asked in disbelief.

Seeing Lin Xi smile and nod, she let go of Lin Xi and laughed foolishly.

There are many boys in her family, and there is not enough food. Now, she can earn some money and buy more food, so she can survive this winter.

After hearing what Lin Xi said, the village chief pondered for a while, discussed with the men in the village, and then walked to Lin Xi and said, "Lin Xi girl, do you think it would be better if we built a meat jerky workshop ourselves? The chickens, ducks and pigs raised by relatives can be sold to our village. We can offer a higher price. This way, we can prevent the meat jerky recipe from being spread by one person, and we can also ensure the quality of the meat jerky, so that no one will sell poor quality meat jerky to Fulin Restaurant, which will affect our reputation."

"What the village chief said makes sense. Let the village chief discuss this matter with everyone. I will be responsible for connecting the villagers with Fulin Restaurant. I will not be involved in other matters."

Lin Xi didn't want to worry about these things. She just wanted to teach everyone how to make a living and let them do it on their own. Once she had trained her friends, she would completely relax.

Seeing his wife giving him a sidelong look, and seeing that the other women were not as happy as before, the village chief hurriedly said loudly: "Brother Dayong has just agreed to let everyone teach the methods of setting traps and hunting to the women's family, so as long as they set traps, hunt, raise pigs and chickens well, their lives will be better, don't worry!"

When the women heard this, they thought to themselves: this way, the family will just earn less money from the hard work of making dried meat. If they learn how to hunt and set traps and there are continuous mountains nearby, as long as they are diligent, they will definitely have no problem filling their stomachs.

After thinking about it, the women happily got busy again.

The village chief took the men to the side to discuss building a workshop. After discussing the details, he came back and told Lin Xi, and then the matter of building the workshop was decided.

By the time the boys had packed up all the prey and brought it back, it was just dawn. At this time, the owner of Fulin Restaurant came over with three cooks and two waiters, and brought a lot of gifts.

"Boss, thank you so much. Not only did I ask you to help me, but I also accepted so many gifts from you. It really cost you a lot of money!"

Lin Dayong had no choice but to accept the gift and bow to the shopkeeper to express his gratitude.

The shopkeeper quickly waved his hand, telling him not to be polite, and after exchanging a few words with the villagers, he asked the cook and the waiter to get busy.

During this time, the shopkeeper saw the grapes on the table and was surprised that the Lin family actually knew such a wealthy family. He paid more attention to the Lin family.