novelhk Chapter 277 Crab Feast
Chapter 277 Crab Feast
After seeing the food on the plate, everyone was stunned for a moment.
However, out of trust in the Gu family, he did not show it.
After everyone was seated, Mr. Gu began to speak: “Today’s banquet is because of two happy events.
The first thing is that my son Fuer finally returned home after being away for half a month.
The second thing is that the shopping mall we built outside has reached the final roof-capping time.
Once the roof is completed and aired for about three months, the shopping mall will be able to open for business!
At that time, you can sell the goods or handicrafts you have in your hands.
By then, we will have a stable income."
Hearing this, everyone applauded happily.
"Great! Mr. Gu, we must prepare well and stock up more goods to sell outside the valley.
However, we will have to trouble Mr. Gu to help us sell them.” The fat shopkeeper said first.
"Mr. Gu, we also have our toiletries and care sets. I'll have to trouble you to help arrange the sales when the time comes." The fierce woman also said.
"Mr. Gu, we can also stock up on our salted eggs."
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For a time, those who had obtained the recipe began to report their own products, for fear of being forgotten.
Mr. Gu quickly waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and when everyone stopped discussing, he said, “Don’t worry, everyone has a share.
The shopping mall will have a supermarket on the first floor, which will sell a variety of products.
A supermarket is the same place as our grocery store, and you can sell your products in the store.
And on the opening day, you can come along to celebrate and see our shopping mall.”
"Grandpa Gu, is this true? Can we leave the valley too?" someone asked happily.
"Grandpa, will you bring us back after we leave the valley?" someone asked hesitantly, fearing that the Gu family would take them out and not bring them back.
"Of course we have to bring you all back. Of course, if anyone doesn't want to come back, they can stay in Zesheng County." said Mr. Gu.
“Grandpa Gu, we all have to come back. We can learn knowledge and various prescriptions in the valley.
Besides, the products we make can be sold, so why would we think of leaving the valley when we are here?" said one person.
"That's right, that's right, Mr. Gu, please don't drive us out of the valley. We have long regarded this place as our home." One person shouted, and everyone echoed.
“Okay, don’t worry, everyone. Since you don’t want to leave the valley, we will naturally not let you leave.
Everyone should work hard from now on and try to prepare more goods so that there won’t be enough to sell when the time comes.” Mr. Gu urged.
"Don't worry, Mr. Gu. We will definitely find time to stock up on more goods."
"Master Gu, if we leave the valley, can we buy some servants to help us?"
Old Master Gu glanced at his granddaughter, and Gu Fu nodded quickly at his grandfather.
Old Master Gu then said to everyone, "Of course you can. If you want to hire someone to help you, you can buy a servant to help you as long as you have enough money. But you can decide where to live."
"Yes, Mr. Gu." Everyone responded in unison.
Everyone was very happy to hear this. They just needed to work hard for a few more months, stock up more goods and save more money.
When the time comes, they can go out and pick a few capable people to help them with the work.
Mr. Gu looked at the happy crowd, waved his hand and asked everyone to stop, then continued: "That's all for today. Now you can enjoy the food with peace of mind.
In addition, I wonder if you have ever eaten this ingredient on the table. This is a new ingredient we recently discovered, called crab. It tastes very delicious, and you can try it. "
After listening to what Grandpa Gu said, everyone looked towards the table. In addition to some vegetables and mushroom stir-fried dishes that they were familiar with, there were also some red and yellow hard-shelled things on the plates, which looked even more bizarre and ferocious.
"Mr. Gu, is this a crab? Its shell is so hard. How do we eat it?" someone asked curiously.
Hearing this, everyone picked one up curiously and started to observe. After looking at it, they all looked puzzled.
Mr. Gu explained to everyone: "It is said that scholars are more particular about eating crabs, and they will use the eight crab dishes to eat them.
We are all family, so we can be casual and just eat with our hands.
It’s just that crabs are quite cold, especially the crab heart, which is extremely cold and cannot be eaten.”
As he spoke, Mr. Gu picked one up himself and raised it so that everyone could see it, then he began to demonstrate while speaking.
"Get the crab, remove the crab legs first, and open the lid. The white lump-like thing is the heart, which is cold in nature and cannot be eaten. Just take it out and throw it away.
The mouth and teeth must be removed, and the crab intestines in the belly button must also be taken out, which cannot be eaten. You can enjoy the rest.
You can only know the taste after you taste it yourself, so enjoy it to your heart's content. There are plenty of crabs for today."
Everyone was envious of the food, and after Mr. Gu finished speaking, everyone couldn't help themselves and picked up one to try.
Everyone just felt that the taste was sweet and fresh, with that unique taste of crab that they had never felt before.
But it is extremely delicious.
At this moment, someone said in surprise: "Oh! Why does Old Master Gu still smell like alcohol? Could it be that this crab drinks alcohol?" someone asked in confusion.
“Haha, that’s pickled drunken crab.
I just want you all to try this flavor, so the marinating time is a bit shorter, so the taste may not be as good.
You can have a taste of it, and next time we will pickle more and invite you to taste it." Grandpa Gu said with a smile.
"This tastes really good. To be honest, I usually like to drink a little wine, and this drunken crab is most to my taste.
Oh! Thank you, old man, for letting me taste both delicious food and fine wine. "
"Hahaha, if you like, then eat more. There is rice wine on the table for you to eat with the crabs."
"Okay, okay, thank you, Mr. Gu." After saying that, he buried his head in eating.
After hearing this, others also found their favorite flavors and started trying them.
After the dinner, everyone was full and everyone was curious about the crabs and rice wine.
After eating and drinking, they surrounded Mr. Gu and asked him many questions about rice wine and crabs, and Mr. Gu answered them one by one.
Everyone gained a lot of knowledge and learned a lot of information.
It was not until the moon reached the zenith that everyone went back together.
In the following period of time, except for Gu Fu who went out of the valley to deliver food and meat once, no one else went out again.