Chapter 879 Extra 3: The story of Jiang Taisun’s rise to power (1)
The first time Jiang Weiguo realized that he might lose the power to control the family's New Year's Eve dinner was two hours before the New Year's Eve dinner.
Because she had learned from last year’s failure to buy pork during the Chinese New Year, as early as October this year, Grandma Jiang called the Li Cuihua family next door to help pay attention to good pork in the village and ordered half a fan of pigs in advance.
The pig was killed in the afternoon of Xiaonian.
The Jiang family's flight arrived at 11pm the night before the Lunar New Year. Fortunately, everyone is now rich and can afford first-class flights. If they had taken the first-class seat on the high-speed rail, they would probably not be able to reach City Z even if they were killed.
Except for Jiang Weiming, Jiang Weiguo and Grandma Jiang rushed back to the countryside to process the pork that day, and everyone else had to stay in Z City for two days. Clean the house that has not been occupied for a year, build up some popularity, and then go back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year.
By the way, Jiang Weiming was originally going to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year with Jiang Yong's family in Shanghai this year. But because Xu Cheng was inspired by the dishes of Jiang Feng and Chef Arnold during the finals and decided to find his original intention. All employees of "Zhiwei" magazine have to work overtime during the New Year this year and will have to make up their annual leave after the Lantern Festival. Jiang Yong can only let Jiang Weiming start this year. Celebrate the New Year with the Jiang family and take him to the Magic City after the Lantern Festival.
On the other hand, due to the rush of time, everyone did not spend the New Year's Eve together. Each family just ate whatever they wanted, and the big meal and dumplings would be left until the official New Year's Eve.
Although the three old men were eager to return to the countryside, they didn't get up very early in the morning due to the fatigue of traveling. By the time they rode the minibus all the way to the entrance of the village, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the pigs were already being killed.
The three of them stood at the entrance of the village and heard the heart-rending screams coming from the pigs inside.
"Isn't this the one we decided to kill? Oh, the old man told you to leave early, leave early! The pigs are starting to be killed at this late hour, hurry up, hurry up, go home and get a basin to catch the pig blood, just in case What should I do if Cuihua spoiled our pig's blood? The last time I asked her to help me buy a roast goose, she gave me the goose's butt. "Grandma Jiang became anxious when she heard the pig's braying. She didn't even need her luggage to go home. run.
"Why are you so anxious? Didn't I tell you last time that she didn't want the goose's butt, so who would want the goose's butt if not the goose's legs?" The old man chased after helplessly carrying two suitcases.
When she walked to the door, Grandma Jiang bumped into Li Cuihua who was directing her grandson to run faster while holding the basin.
"Liangliang, hurry up, Zhang Tuzi, who is sharing the pigs with your Grandma Jiang and her family today, likes to take advantage of others. If you go later, he can give you all the pig blood. By then, Zhao Lanhua will have to say yes again I blackened their pig blood.”
"Cuihua!" Grandma Jiang seemed not to have heard what Li Cuihua had said to her just now.
"Orchid!" Li Cuihua pretended that what she just said was not hers.
"Liangliang, run faster. When the blood sausage is filled tomorrow, Grandma Jiang will bring you a bunch!"
Zhao Liang immediately ran quickly holding the basin, his fat body containing infinite energy.
The younger ones were asked to pick up the pig blood, but the older ones stopped where they were and started chatting.
Li Cuihua first nodded to Jiang Weiming and Jiang Weiguo, and then couldn't wait to pull Grandma Jiang aside. She was extremely excited and said in an extremely exaggerated tone: "Lanhua, your Xiaofeng is very successful this time. He is even on TV. Yes, I won the first place in the world competition. The one you asked me to watch last time. I watched the live broadcast of some game, and it was pretty good to watch, but it was too long, more than ten hours. I listened to it from noon to evening, and while playing mahjong in the afternoon, the faceless host was too full of nonsense. Too many, and I made a lot of mistakes and lost all afternoon.”
Grandma Jiang immediately grasped the key point: "Who did you play cards with that afternoon?"
"Who else can it be? Lao Wan and the others. Let me tell you, Lao Wan and the others went back and watched the game later. After seeing Xiao Feng win the championship, they kept telling me that they must come to your house to play cards during the Chinese New Year this year and win the world championship. So happy." Li Cuihua said happily.
"That's definitely no problem. I'll ask Xiao Feng to make tea for you then." Grandma Jiang never mentioned asking Jiang Feng to make tea and snacks.
The old man listened for a while and found that the two people were talking about meaningless things. He was thinking about the pig being killed and wanted to put his luggage home first before going to watch the pig being killed.
Seeing Jiang Weiguo about to leave, Li Cuihua quickly stopped him: "Lao Jiang, you can enjoy a happy life in the future, and you don't have to be busy during the New Year. Xiaofeng must be responsible for your New Year's Eve dinner in the future, right? After decades of hard work, I can finally take a break.”
Jiang Weiguo was stunned.
Grandma Jiang was also stunned.
In other words, although Jiang Feng's cooking skills have now surpassed that of the old man, and Jiang Feng has been helping out since last year, the two of them never thought that the power of taking charge of the New Year's Eve dinner should be handed over to Jiang Feng.
No matter how I think about this matter, I always feel that Jiang Taisun is trying to usurp the throne.
Li Cuihua saw that their expressions had changed, and thought she had said something wrong, and was about to change her words when the old man nodded and said:
"Yes, I can take a break this year."
Grandma Jiang looked at the old man like she was an alien.
"It's good. This year's New Year's Eve dinner will be hosted by Xiao Feng, so we two old people can rest and enjoy the happiness." Jiang Weiming said with a smile.
"Hmph." The old man snorted, dragging the two suitcases and walking in uncoordinated limbs, with happiness written all over his face.
Li Cuihua:?
Is Lao Jiang happy or unhappy? Did she just say the wrong thing?
On the other hand, Jiang Feng, who was still completing his New Year celebrations in City Z and gathering with his estranged classmates and friends, didn't know that he had successfully usurped power and the throne invisibly, and his grandson succeeded in ascending to the throne.
This year's Jiang Feng can be said to be very impressive.
First, it topped the list of trending searches, and then it was on several trending searches. It participated in a popular competitive cooking reality show and won the championship. Even a layman who doesn't know anything about cooking will know more or less that this young chef is now very good, and he is a little familiar with Tai Feng Tower and even the name Jiang Feng.
Even passers-by who had nothing to do with Jiang Feng looked familiar, let alone classmates who had been with him for several years.
On the day of the junior year, Jiang Feng attended two class reunions.
There was a primary school reunion at noon, a junior high school reunion in the evening, and a high school reunion at noon the next day. The schedule was quite full, and the purpose of the gathering was very clear.
Everyone wants to chat with this old classmate who has made a big splash this year, and it would be best to try the legendary hot-searched dish.
Because it was a New Year's party, not many people came. There were only about ten people in each party. Some students had not yet gone on vacation, and some had already returned to the countryside. Jiang Feng did not disappoint everyone. He fried two plates of S+ grade carrot yam as a token to open their eyes and appetizers.
At the same time, it can also drive business in Tai Fung House.
Jiang Feng didn't believe it. After tasting the S+ grade caramelized yam that he fried and told everyone clearly that the price should be less than one hundred yuan, those old classmates who worked in Peiping could still control themselves from eating at Tai Feng Building next year.
Of course, he will not tell everyone that the price within one hundred yuan is ninety-eight yuan.
I won’t tell you that if you want to eat a dish like shredded yam, you have to rely on your ability.
Generally speaking, although the class reunion is quite boring, because everyone has not been in contact for many years and has nothing in common, and basically just finds something to talk about, it is not that boring. After all, meeting old classmates is definitely a happy thing. , not to mention Jiang Feng himself is the center of this class reunion.
How can it be boring to listen to others praise yourself?
Jiang Feng also read "Knowing the Taste" again this morning.
The junior high school class reunion ended very early in the evening. Maybe it was because of the New Year's Eve. Many people went out to have a meal together at night, and then had another meal with their families when they returned home. They were rushing to catch up, so they dispersed very early, at seven o'clock. A little more and it will fall apart.
The dinner place was very close to Jiang Feng's community. There was no need to take a bus or take a taxi, so Jiang Feng walked back. At the entrance of the community, he happened to bump into Pan Ling and Chen Xiuxiu who were returning from buying food in the supermarket.
Chen Duxiu is very busy every year when the New Year comes. He basically travels out of town on business, and sometimes he doesn't even get back until the New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, it was normal for Chen Xiuxiu to buy groceries and cook meals alone at home, but how could Pan Ling be with her.
"Jiang Feng, you're back too. When did you come back? I didn't seem to see you yesterday." Pan Ling greeted Jiang Feng enthusiastically.
Jiang Feng glanced at the vegetables Pan Ling was carrying, which included stale cabbage, a little branless white radish, half-dead shrimps, and at a glance, he knew they were scraps of spare ribs.
Sure enough, even after two years, Pan Ling's grocery shopping skills still haven't improved at all.
I just don't know if his cooking skills have improved. The nightmarish pot of mutton soup two years ago still remains in Jiang Feng's memory.
"I just arrived last night." Jiang Feng said, "Isn't it New Year's Eve today? Why don't you go home for dinner?"
"My parents were sent abroad by the company this year. I don't want to go back to the countryside so early to celebrate the New Year at my grandparents' house. Anyway, there is no one in Xiuxiu's family. I have been living with Xiuxiu these days." Pan Ling explained.
Jiang Feng glanced at the hot pot meatballs and a pack of hot pot base ingredients held in Chen Xiuxiu's hand, and asked, "Have you been cooking by yourself these past few days?"
"No, Xiuxiu and I are not very good at cooking. We all order takeout, but isn't it New Year's Eve today? I just want to cook hot pot at home." Pan Ling said.
Jiang Feng:?
Eat bran radish slices, half-dead shrimp and stale cabbage?
Jiang Feng glanced at Chen Xiuxiu.
Chen Xiuxiu looked back at Jiang Feng as if he was a social beast working overtime, and there was even a little resentment in his eyes, as if Jiang Feng was the culprit who made her work overtime.
Jiang Feng:?
"What hot pot should we eat on New Year's Eve? My family made dumplings. I asked my dad to eat less. You two go to my house to eat dumplings. We will have hot pot tomorrow." Jiang Feng invited the two of them to eat dumplings at home.
Pan Lin was about to refuse, saying that since the ingredients had been bought, the two of them could just eat hot pot at home without disturbing them.
As a result, Chen Xiuxiu made a quick decision and stuffed the hot pot balls into Pan Ling's arms: "Great, we won't be polite. Lingling, take these back and put them in the refrigerator. I'll go to the supermarket outside to buy a bottle of vinegar. Uncle Jiang's house may not have vinegar." .”
"Jiang Feng, is your family jealous?"
Jiang Feng was stunned, and subconsciously took out his cell phone to send a text message to ask his biological father if there was any jealousy in the family, because Chen Xiuxiu might have been right, and there might not be any jealousy in the family.
Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Feng took out his phone, he saw the WeChat message Jiang Jiankang sent him an hour ago, asking him to go to the supermarket to buy a bottle of vinegar—Jiang Jiankang and Wang Xiulian forgot to buy vinegar when they were shopping for vegetables this morning.
"No..."
Chen Xiuxiu walked out immediately.
"Buy two more preserved eggs, my mother wants to eat preserved eggs!"
Chen Xiuxiu: <(⊿)(End of this chapter)