Chapter 595 The banquet begins!
"Come here, eat it and show me!"

Wang Hongmei said this, looking at it with curiosity.

"You eat it, you eat it, I don't want to eat it!"

Guo Hongxia had no intention of trying it at all.

Put the spoon aside, sit down and continue to keep the fire burning.

Chen Hui took a spoon and dug out a piece of meat from the edge of the sea urchin.

As soon as he put it in his mouth, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

It’s delicious, really delicious!
Wild sea urchins this big are much more delicious than farmed ones.

"Is it so delicious?" Wang Hongmei also became eager to try it when she saw him like this.

"It's really delicious. I lied to you that you were a puppy!"

Chen Hui handed the item over again, then turned around and shouted, "Aunt Hongxia, you really don't want to try it?"

"No, no!" Guo Hongxia's voice of rejection came.

Chen Hui turned around and saw Wang Hongmei still struggling.

He scooped out two more bites with a spoon and ate them, then gave her the rest.

Then he went to work at the stove.

Pour out the cooked fish soup, clean the small pot, put a whole bowl of fish soup in it and cover it with a lid.

All done.

Then I heard a surprised voice behind me: "Wow! This is really delicious!"

"Aunt Hongmei, you're just eating now?"

"It's really delicious, right? I'm not lying to you."

Chen Hui said with a smile, took a rag and went out to wipe the round table clean.

Make a big pot of hot tea and wait for guests to come so they can take a sip while it’s still warm.

Wang Hongmei took the sea urchin and went to persuade Guo Hongxia again.

Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, he ate the remaining piece of sea urchin meat himself.

He also felt sorry for Guo Hongxia and said, "It would be a pity if you didn't try it. It's really delicious."

It seems that the time is almost up and the deer soup in the pot is almost done.

He asked Chen Hui to fan the charcoal stove and went back to cook lunch.

"Brother Chen Hui, I'm back!"

An Wenjing's voice came.

Chen Hui glanced at his watch and it was already a little after eleven o'clock.

She said to Guo Hongxia, "Aunt Hongxia, you should go home and cook first. Wenjing will light the fire."

"Okay! Then I'll go home and cook."

"I'll come over when the meal is ready."

Guo Hongxia was already a little anxious, and when she heard what Chen Hui said, she immediately stood up and spoke.

"No rush, they don't know what time they will eat yet."

"I'll call you after the guests leave," said Chen Hui.

Guo Hongxia nodded repeatedly, handed the apron to An Wenjing and left.

"Brother Chen Hui, I just ran into my uncle, and he said he would come over for dinner with the clerk later."

An Wenjing said while wearing an apron.

"After all, it's the county leaders who are coming, so he, as the village chief, must accompany them."

"The clerk is young and speaks well, so he can be used as a trump card."

Chen Hui said casually with a smile.

Move the steamed sea urchin to the back and keep it warm.

I chopped off an octopus leg, carefully cleaned each sucker, and put it in the pot to cook.

"Brother Chen Hui, should we just cook this directly?" An Wenjing asked.

"Mm, such a big octopus leg, the meat is thick and elastic."

"Just boil it, mix it with a few different dipping sauces, and eat it according to your own preferences."

As soon as Chen Hui finished speaking, two familiar voices were heard outside the door.

"Chen Hui, are you done?"

"I brought some ice and some flowers. See if they can be of use to you."

He Juanjuan and Huang Xiulian came in talking to each other.

"Someone's coming? So soon!"

Chen Hui strode out of the gate and looked towards the village.

"They are behind us. They will be here in four or five minutes." "You don't have to go to the village entrance to pick them up. I just saw your village chief and another comrade waiting there."

"I thought you might need this, so I brought it to you first."

He Juanjuan lifted up the bags she brought and shook them.

There were ice cubes as big as rice bowls, some fresh flowers for decoration, and some seasonings that she thought were special.

"Sister Juanjuan, you really understand me so well!"

Chen Hui took the bag and immediately took it into the kitchen.

First, beat the ice into crushed ice and spread it on a large plate.

Place the sliced ​​fresh sea bass one by one.

The room was simply decorated with the flowers brought by He Juanjuan, and the style immediately improved.

"What kind of fish are you using for sashimi today? The fish meat looks great. Is it delicious?" Huang Xiu Lian asked curiously.

“This is actually sea bass.”

"But this one is big and fresh, and it will taste delicious if you change the way you eat it."

Chen Hui said this and was about to go out with the plate.

"Everyone is hungry, it would be best if we could sit down and eat right away."

"Please continue working on it. I don't think there's anything ready to serve."

He Juanjuan took the things from Chen Hui and brought them to the table.

"Don't worry, I have arranged everything." Chen Hui said.

Take out a whole tray of side dishes that go with the sea bass and put them on the table.

He turned and went into the kitchen and took out three smaller plates.

They were packed with mixed bracken, pickled seaweed, and salad dried eggplant.

Serve on the table as a side dish.

Open the back pot and put the sea urchin steamed egg and fried home-cooked dishes on the table one by one.

I found two soup bowls and filled one bowl each with deer meat soup and tomato fish head soup.

An Wenjing put small soup bowls and rice bowls, as well as chopsticks and spoons on the table.

The table, which was empty just now, was full in just a few minutes.

He Juanjuan was stunned by what she saw.

"Juanjuan, someone is coming!" Huang Xiu Lian shouted at the door.

"Hey! I'm here!" He Juanjuan responded and went out to greet him.

Chen Kaiming and the clerk are both here.

The reception job was no longer his responsibility today, so Chen Hui turned and went into the kitchen.

I quickly picked two dipping sauces, one slightly spicy and one not spicy.

Take out the cooked octopus legs, rinse them with cold water, cut them into slices, and put them back together on the plate.

You can tell at first glance that it is a whole octopus leg.

Put the things in place and let An Wenjing take them out.

The guests have come in.

Chen Kaiming and the clerk asked everyone to take a seat, and they chatted lively and politely.

Chen Hui found the best-looking big plate in his house.

I took a big basin filled with seafood.

First take out the lobster inside, chop it into several pieces with a knife, and place them together in the middle of the plate.

Rusty crabs are placed in front and behind the lobster.

There are areas on both sides, with mantis shrimps, abalone, shrimps, razor clams and green clams placed in order.

Various screws can be inserted into any gaps, and wherever there is empty space, a few can be placed there.

After the dish is arranged, pour two full spoonfuls of soup on it.

"Chen Hui, come here quickly!"

"What you made is so strange, we can't even eat it!" Huang Xiu Lian came in and shouted.

"I'm coming!"

Chen Hui responded and carried out a large plate full of main dishes.

Place it in an empty spot in the middle of the table.

Several people's eyes fell on Chen Hui, and they all revealed surprise.

"I didn't expect that the chef today would be such a young guy."

(End of this chapter)