104 Chapter 103. New Year's Eve

My father entertained the villagers to sit down. Various cigarettes, melon seeds, dried fruits and playing cards were placed on the table. After sitting down, everyone started to play cards while eating melon seeds and drinking tea.

The cigarettes for the guests were foreign cigarettes that Wang Bo brought back from New Zealand. Someone picked up a pack and looked at it and asked in surprise, "Brother, why are these Chinese cigarettes?"

Father Bo laughed and said, "Xiaobo said that New Zealand doesn't have any good tobacco. This tobacco is specially exported in our country. Try it, try it. It's not very easy to buy in China."

Wang Bo brought back a large box of cigarettes. There is no famous brand of cigarettes in New Zealand. He mainly buys domestic and foreign cigarettes and American cigarettes. For example, there are several Dunhills.

There were people coming and going in the yard, drinking cups in the house, and Wang Bo and his mother were busy in the kitchen.

Today, there are four tables of catfish rice in their family, each table has about ten people, a total of more than forty people, and the five rooms of his house are almost full of people.

It is not a small project to prepare meals for more than 40 people. Wang Bo's parents have been preparing since yesterday. Dishes such as sauced meat, crispy fish, smoked fish, and dried fish are cold dishes. no difference.

Wang Bo also prepared salads according to the pattern of Western food, one is fruit salad, the other is vegetable salad, mixed with salad dressing and honey, and served with cold dishes first, the villagers enjoyed it very much.

Each table has sixteen dishes, eight hot, four cold and four soups. This is the tradition of their hometown. The sixteen dishes are all very large, but the fishermen have a good appetite. The more dishes prepared, the better.

The eight hot dishes are fried tenderloin, chili oil residue, elbow meat, five-spice fish roll, braised mackerel, steamed lobster, steamed king crab, and finally an iron pan catfish.

The four soups are chicken soup with sea mussels, lamb haggis soup, and sea cucumber and egg drop soup. In addition, Wang Bo served a lamb and scorpion pot, which can also be used as a soup dish.

People in the village only need big fish and meat to eat, and they don’t pay much attention to the taste and appearance. The big iron pot is kept churning, and Wang Bo and his mother are almost ready after working for a while.

Mother and father entered the house to entertain the guests, while Wang Bo and Zhong Dabao stayed in the kitchen, watching the heavy snow falling outside and began to drink and eat.

The two of them also prepared a pot of lamb scorpions. In addition, he specially cooked a spicy crab, spicy fried clams, stir-fried lamb tripe, and two cold dishes. Go up the grade.

Zhong Dabao is a carnivore, so he picked up a piece of lamb scorpion and ate it in his mouth. After taking the first bite, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "Damn it, this mutton is delicious!"

Wang Bo laughed and said, "Eat more delicious food. This pot is yours. I will bring you half a fan when I leave later. I brought back a lot from New Zealand."

The neighbors in the house were also praising the mutton. Father Bo said proudly: "This is the best lamb in New Zealand. It sells for more than 50 yuan a catty..."

"Fifty yuan of lamb? It's not expensive at all, uncle, let Xiaobo get some later." Someone said.

The blogger laughed and said: "I said fifty yuan is New Zealand dollars. New Zealand money, converted into our RMB, is more than two hundred yuan a catty..."

"Damn it, it's more expensive than a big lobster?"

"How is it possible? Xiao Bo said that this big lobster is from Australia, and one can cost over a thousand yuan." Father Bo said more and more proudly, and of course he meant to show off.

For parents, the greatest pride is to have a child who lives up to expectations.

In this way, the folks were surprised while drinking, and asked: "Then what is Xiaobo doing in New Zealand? To earn so much money, isn't it really a pyramid scheme?"

Bo's mother stuffed a piece of crab to the speaker, and scolded with a smile: "You don't know how to say, fourth son, eat more and talk less. My little Bo is doing foreign trade business, mainly because of the support of noble people."

"Then let Xiaobo also support our fellow villagers."

The person next to him smiled and said, "Do you want to follow Xiaobo? Then what can you do? Xiaobo speaks foreign languages ​​abroad. Last time I heard him call at the entrance of the village. His babbles are all foreign languages, just like American blockbusters. .”

Some people were not convinced, and said: "I can't say, but my son is fine, and it's okay to take my son out to learn more. Look at Xiaobo, he has a different temperament when he comes back this time. Do you feel that way? "

Father Bo chuckled, and said, "His second brother can talk, what kind of temperament does Xiao Bo have? Eat, eat, everyone, try this crab, king crab, which is different from the blue crabs here."

In the kitchen, Zhong Dabao had a similar topic. While gnawing on the lamb chops, he muttered, "Old Wang, take me to go abroad to have a look. You won't make money staying at home."

Wang Bodao: "If you really want to go out, I'll take you with me, but I suggest you stay here and start a fishery with my dad, and I'll share it with you, so you can make a lot of money."

Zhong Dabao was embarrassed: "What's the matter with me going to sea with your father? I'm not a relative of your family and I'm not from your village."

Wang Bo smiled and gave him a piece of crab that was stained with chili sauce, and said, "Whatever it is, the boat belongs to my family, so I will do what I say."

A catfish meal was eaten until evening, the villagers left, and Wang Bo and his parents began to clean up the mess. Zhong Dabao couldn't count on it, he was already drunk.

Bo's father and Bo's mother carefully cleaned up the leftovers on the plate, and Wang Bo threw them all away. Seeing this, Bo's mother felt distressed: "You brat, why are you living so hard?"

Wang Bo said helplessly: "Mom, Chinese New Year is coming soon, who do you let eat the leftovers? Besides, we are not short of money now, so we don't keep these leftovers, just throw them away."

Dad Bo nodded and said: "Yes, Xiao Bo is right, but try not to waste it as much as possible. Don't throw away this fried meat. Put it in the refrigerator and eat it after the New Year."

Wang Bo: "..."

Two days after the catfish meal, it was New Year's Eve. According to the custom, Wang Bo first went with his father to visit the ancestors' graves.

Their family is considered to be a sparsely populated family in Wang's fishing village, with only three generations of single descendants, and within four generations there are only two direct descendants, so it is particularly deserted when going to the grave.

But Father Bo didn't care, his son had gone abroad for a career, and when he came back, he filled a big boat for the family. One of his sons was comparable to hundreds of boys in the whole village, so he held his head high on the way to the grave.

First went to the graves of his grandma and grandpa. He had no impression of his grandpa. When he was very young, his grandpa died in an accident while fishing. Later, when he was in college, his grandma also died of illness.

Wang Bo has a deep affection for his kind and strong grandmother. After his grandmother passed away, he is no longer afraid of ghosts and gods.

Kneeling in front of the grave, he kowtowed and said in a low voice: "Grandma, you bless your grandson in heaven, you must be a human in New Zealand! Next time you go to the grave, grandson will bring his grandson-in-law to show you!"