Dong Qiangqiang conveyed the landlord's intention to everyone, and everyone agreed that it was acceptable. Only Lao Bai expressed different opinions.
"Old Dong, except for you, everyone else is busy tomorrow. Of course, you must have your own arrangements. I think the meal can be left here, but after the fun, everyone should go back to the B&B to have a good rest. After all, there are many people here this time. Although the villa is large, it doesn’t have enough bed and quilt. If you explain it to the old man, I believe she won’t really fall out with you.”
Dong Qiangqiang felt it made sense and nodded in agreement.
"How many dishes do you plan to cook?" Tong Lele asked.
"With so many of us, dumplings alone would definitely be too monotonous," Dong Qiangqiang opened his palms and gestured, "So my original plan was to make five cold and five hot."
"Since the old man doesn't like oily fumes, just put less oil when cooking. It doesn't matter if you skip one or two dishes. Isn't there still wine?" Lao Bai advised.
"It's hard for you to come here. As a local landlord, I definitely can't make do with it. You can have less oil, but you can't have less vegetables. At worst, I just open the kitchen window wide when cooking."
"Brother Qiang, although I don't know how to cook, I have no problem helping you." Lu Shan volunteered, "Cleaning pots, washing dishes, and washing vegetables are all a piece of cake."
"Okay, these will all be yours in a moment." Dong Qiangqiang was not polite to him.
"I can't make dough, but I can roll out dumpling wrappers." Tong Lele said while rolling up her sleeves.
"Leave the dough to me." After finishing speaking, Lao Bai glanced at Tong Lele and said, "The bag is fine too."
"I can also make dumplings." Lao Ding agreed. "It's no problem to set the table. I can also pack away all the fruits that everyone brought."
"Let me help you make the bed." Lu Wei said calmly, "That way your classmates can rest when they come."
"I don't know what you're talking about, but I bring a laptop and I can help you play movies on your computer so you can watch them while packing." He Yuanjin patted his backpack and said proudly.
Lei Lanting was looking at the old gun carefully with squinted eyes, muttering to himself: "This rifling is really amazing. How did the Germans make such an amazing thing in the first place?"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the surroundings were quiet, and when he raised his head, he realized that everyone was staring at him.
"Lei Lanting, put down the gun," Lao Bai said with a smile, using his hand a little more. "Everyone will be helping to make dumplings soon. Tell me what you can do?"
"Then what have you done?" Lei Lanting asked, rolling his eyes.
Lu Shan quickly repeated it.
Lei Lanting half-opened his mouth and was speechless for a while. After a few seconds of silence, he choked out one word: "Eat?"
He Yuanjin thought he was embarrassed, pinched him behind his back through his sweater, and complained in a low voice: "Don't be embarrassed."
After feeling the pain, Lei Lanting's body instinctively dodged to the side. Fortunately, he still had the quick wit and immediately raised his hands to surrender: "Peel the garlic. I'll peel the garlic for everyone. Is that okay?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw Lei Lanting looking like he had bronchitis.
Lao Bai waved his hand: "Okay, you can peel the garlic and clean up the garbage."
"No problem, keep it with me." Lei Lanting agreed nonchalantly, huddled in a corner with the old gun in his arms and savored it carefully.
Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. In less than an hour, the large wooden dining table in the kitchen could no longer hold any more dishes.
Spicy and sour potato shreds, stir-fried broccoli, sweet and sour pork ribs, white chopped chicken and braised grass carp all gathered together in the center of the table like the star of the night: pork belly and leek eggs.
Dong Qiangqiang is actually not very good at cooking, especially fish, but in order to welcome his friends, he went online to find instructional videos. Unexpectedly, he could actually cook a cat and a tiger, especially the sweet and sour pork ribs, which were fried in sugar. The quality of the fish is not that good, but it is still praised by everyone.
To his expectation, the cold dishes on the dinner table were not only his cold shredded jellyfish, boiled peanuts, preserved eggs mixed with tofu, cucumbers and spicy cabbage, but other people also brought out their own dishes.
Lao Bai held out a large pot of crystal-clear, red-oiled pig ears with white inside. This dish is a perfect accompaniment to wine, and Lao Bai’s intention is self-explanatory. Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw the dishes. It seemed that he would have to have a big drink tonight. What Lao Ding brought was braised pig's trotters and chicken feet with chili peppers, which were also served with wine. He must have met Lao Bai, and it seemed that he also had a main force to accompany the wine. Tong Lele got celery and peanuts, He Yuanjin contributed six large packages of spiced beef jerky, and siblings Lu Wei and Lu Shan worked together to make a large bowl of vegetable, chicken, and fruit salad.
Lei Lanting didn't bring anything with him, and he knew he was in the wrong, so he worked as a waiter for everyone, setting tables, pouring wine and drinks, and finally punished himself with three drinks to appease the "public anger".
"Hey, Lei Lanting, are you punishing yourself? I'm embarrassed to point it out to you." Seeing Lei Lanting happily filling the cup with the Luzhou Laojiao he brought, Lao Bai couldn't help but speak.
"Of course it's self-punishment. Punish me for coming here empty-handed, punish me for not being able to see, punish me... in short, just punish me with a cup first." After Lei Lanting finished speaking, he immediately raised his head as if he was afraid that Lao Bai would come and snatch the cup from his hand. He drank the first glass first, and then filled himself up with the second glass as fast as lightning.
"Can you wait? The master hasn't made a speech yet, why are you so anxious?" After Lao Bai lectured Lei Lanting, he turned to Dong Qiangqiang and nuzzled his lips, "It's your territory, come and start the show."
"That's right, I'll bring you a cup and let Dong Qiangqiang address everyone first." After Lei Lanting finished speaking, he also drank the second cup.
Dong Qiangqiang worked hard all night and cooked a table of meals for everyone. He was very satisfied and waved his hand: "I don't have much to say. Thank you for coming to see me from so far away. I am very touched. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!" Happy New Year! Good health! Those who go to school will graduate soon. Those who work will have a prosperous business. All the best!"
Dong Qiangqiang didn't think too much about it when he said it. When his eyes swept over Lu Wei's face, he suddenly remembered that his sentence "graduate from school early" was very inappropriate. He immediately secretly observed Lu Wei, but she didn't show any strange expression, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well said!" Lei Lanting pretended to clapped his hands twice, poured the third cup into his stomach, wiped his mouth after drinking, "Everything is in the wine, everything is in the rice. Let's start!"
"Merry Christmas!" Tong Lele raised her wine glass, red wine rippling in the glass, "Happy New Year!"
Everyone raised their drinks one after another, and the sound of clinking glasses could not be heard.
Looking at his friends talking and laughing in front of him, Dong Qiangqiang felt an indescribable excitement surge in his chest. At this moment, Lu Shan lightly touched his arm and reminded: "Brother Qiang, your phone is ringing. ”
Only then did Dong Qiangqiang realize that BJ's mother had called him. Usually, the calls from home were mostly in the afternoon in Germany, but he had never called him in the evening in Germany. Thinking of this, he quickly stood up, rushed to the next room and answered the phone.
"Mom! Merry Christmas. Are you and Dad okay?"
"Qiang Qiang, are you okay over there?" Mother Dong's voice sounded hoarse and tired.
"I'm having dinner with my friends," Dong Qiangqiang glanced at the clock on the wall, "It's not even 6 o'clock yet. You got up too early. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I'm staying with your dad in the hospital."
In an instant, Dong Qiangqiang felt a thunder explode in his ears.
"What did you say? What happened to Dad?"
