Chapter 253 Wedding Banquet

"Wow! What a fresh big carp!"

That’s not all, Lao Li opened the bag next to him.

The prawns inside were also very lively.

Jiang Bo smiled and said:

"They were just brought here from Jingu. They are all alive."

The look in Lao Li's eyes can only be described as shock.

"This...this is too powerful."

Old Li called his apprentice to help unload the goods from the tricycle.

While he was shocked, he couldn't help but think of something in his mind.

He is a straightforward person and speaks his mind directly.

He pulled Jiang Bo aside and whispered:

"Jiang Bo, if you do this, I'm afraid you'll...lose money."

He roughly calculated that based on the specifications of the meal, and assuming there were ten people at a table, the cost of the ingredients alone would probably be dozens of dollars. If you add the wine, it would be even more.

Jiang Bo said indifferently:

"It's alright! It's not a big deal. It's a rare occasion for us to get together."

Seeing that Lao Li was still hesitant to speak, afraid that he would lose a lot, he said:

"Oh, Uncle Li, don't worry."

"I'm a buyer. I have channels to get things, and the prices are better than those on the market!"

In fact, many things were produced by Jiang Bo’s portable space, or exchanged for the output in the space outside, so he didn’t have to spend any money at all.

And the colleagues in the branch office gave a lot of gifts.

Jiang Bo looked at the gift list and found that most people gave four or five dollars, which was quite a lot.

Department leaders like Zhao Shiying and Xu Jingshan followed even more.

Chen Dalong even gave a full five hundred yuan.

Although there is usually some money left after doing business, Jiang Bo does not want to make that money.

Since his colleagues are so considerate of him, his feast must not be bad.

However, no matter what, Lao Li was sincerely considering Jiang Bo, and Jiang Bo felt quite touched.

It seems that not all people are like some people in the courtyard.

Jiang Bo said to Lao Li:

"You guys keep busy. I'll go return the tricycle and then pick up Xiaoyun."

"Thank you for your hard work today!"

I'll give you a big red envelope later.

Jiang Bo didn't say the last sentence, but he had already made up his mind.

"Okay, okay, let's go!"

Old Li waved his hand.

Then he took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand.

Said with emotion:

"This young man is so cool!"

Then he rubbed his hands and asked his apprentice to prepare the dishes.

I rolled up my sleeves, picked up the scissors, and started processing the prawns.

Lao Li didn't plan to let his apprentice prepare such precious ingredients, he planned to do it himself.

He raised his knife and cut a perfect incision on the shrimp's back.

Then cut the shrimp whiskers and pull out the shrimp thread, all in one go.

……

When it's time to get off work in the evening.

The people in the kitchen were still busy. Except for the colleagues on duty, everyone had gathered in the cafeteria.

"Comrades, today is a big day for Comrade Jiang Bo and Comrade Ye Xiaoyun."

"I suggest that they give everyone a performance, okay?"

Jiang Bo and Ye Xiaoyun looked at each other.

In that era, wedding banquets looked more like work party, and it was basically customary to let the newlyweds perform.

Jiang Bo was also well prepared, he and Ye Xiaoyun had already discussed it.

Ye Xiaoyun carried the accordion that she had prepared long ago and said to everyone:

"Then the two of us will perform a poetry recitation for everyone!"

"On the vast sea, the wind is blowing up the dark clouds."

"Between the dark clouds and the sea, the seagulls fly proudly like black lightning. ..."

Gorky's "The Seagull".

This prose poem was very well-known at that time, and Jiang Bo also talked about it in the later literacy classes, so everyone was very familiar with it.

So, gradually many people started to recite along, and along with Ye Xiaoyun's melodious accordion sound, the atmosphere reached a climax for a while.

"This is the brave petrel, flying proudly above the roaring sea, amidst the lightning; this is the prophet of victory shouting:

——Let the storm come more violently! "

Thunderous applause broke out in the cafeteria.

"Comrades, sweep up the melon seed shells on the table, we're ready to serve the food!"

Someone shouted and everyone started to work in unison.

Soon, several of Lao Li's apprentices came out with dishes.

A pot of steaming pork ribs, pork belly and cabbage stewed was served on the table.

Although the purchasing targets of the West City Branch were met well and there was no shortage of meat in the canteen, the aroma of such a large pot of stewed meat and vegetables still made people salivate.

Moreover, that pig was not bought from outside, but was raised in Jiang Bo's personal space, and the taste was amazing.

Much more fragrant than regular black pork.

However, before everyone had time to marvel, the chefs in the kitchen served a large plate of braised carp to each table.

The entire tail of the big carp was sticking out of the plate, and most of its head was also sticking out. It looked like it weighed at least three or four pounds.

Lao Li's cooking skills are really impeccable. With the addition of bean paste and white wine for seasoning, the braised fish is so fragrant that people can't help but want to eat it.

As soon as the fish was served, the kitchen brought a large pot of stewed chicken with mushrooms to each table.

There was a whole chicken on each table, filled to the brim in a white porcelain bowl.

Seeing Lao Li's apprentice walking back in a hurry, Zhao Shiying pulled him back:

"Hey, Xiao Huang, how many more dishes are there?"

"There's also a braised prawn, a plate of Mushu pork, a plate of shredded pork with fish flavor, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and..."

"Anything else?"

Xiao Huang blinked and said:

"Oh, the rest are vegetarian."

"Director, please let me go. There are so many dishes to prepare today that my chef's wok is about to emit sparks. I have to help quickly."

Zhao Shiying let go of Xiao Huang and said to Jiang Bo who was sitting diagonally opposite him:

"Xiao Jiang, today's dish is too hard!"

Fish and meat are fine, as they are all on the daily shopping list, and Jiang Bo has never made things difficult for the purchasing department.