Chapter 1371 - 538: Lamb Offal Soup and White Water Lamb Head! Lunar New Year’s Eve Arrives—Preparations for the Reunion Dinner Begin!

Chapter 1371: Chapter 538: Lamb Offal Soup and White Water Lamb Head! Lunar New Year’s Eve Arrives—Preparations for the Reunion Dinner Begin!

In the kitchen, Lin Xu added some salt and pepper to the pot, stirred it evenly, then poured the lamb offal soup into a bowl and brought it to the dining room.

Besides lamb offal soup, he also prepared chopped scallions, chopped cilantro, Sichuan peppercorn salt, lamb oil chili, and other seasonings, allowing everyone to freely add their preferred ingredients to the soup.

This afternoon, Aunt Lin Hongxin and Aunt Lin Hongxia’s families both returned home.

They also need to prepare for the New Year, so there were fewer people dining, but there was still a large table set, since Chen Meide, Chen Meiliang’s families and Lin Hongjun, Lin Hongqi, Shen Guofu’s three families are quite numerous in number.

Chen Yuanyuan took a spoon to help everyone serve the soup. Just as she sat down, Lin Xu brought over some side dishes like pickles and sugared garlic from the kitchen, officially beginning the dinner.

Shen Guofu picked up a piece of lamb meat, slowly chewed it, and his face was full of surprise:

"This lamb head meat is really chewy and delicious. Xiao Xu, cook another lamb head tomorrow, let’s have White Water Lamb Head for the New Year’s Eve dinner."

Lin Xu replied:

"Sure, tomorrow I’ll head into the city to put up Spring Festival couplets, and I’ll buy another lamb head along the way."

To be honest, today’s lamb was a bit small; usually a two to three-year-old wether’s head is best for making White Water Lamb Head. Wether’s meat is tender and has no off-flavor, ideal for this white water boiling method.

Lin Xu added chopped scallions and cilantro to the lamb offal soup, along with a spoonful of lamb oil chili.

Once it melted, the aroma of lamb oil dispersed.

Taking a bite of lamb offal with its spicy flavor and unique texture, combined with the fresh taste of lamb soup, was absolutely perfect.

After eating a couple of bites of meat, the soup was still too hot to drink, perfect for soaking the dried bread.

Lin Xu broke the bread into small pieces and soaked them in the bowl.

Before he had a chance to eat, Shen Jiayue beside him sneakily reached out with her chopsticks, secretly picking up a piece of bread. After tasting it and finding it delicious, she picked up a piece of bread and started breaking it.

During the meal, Grandma Lin said:

"Tomorrow, Xu and Yueyue will go to the city to put up Spring Festival couplets, just as they recognize the family’s doorstep. Meijuan and Hongqi will go to your mother’s to put up couplets. Meide, Meiliang, and Hongjun will each go home to put up their couplets and arrange their affairs. If you can come back for lunch, do so; if not, solve it on your own. Don’t forget to visit the graves after lunch."

The family is getting better day by day, during the New Year, it’s time to let the old man know.

Grandma Chen picked up the conversation:

"After visiting the graves, we start preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner, making dumplings. This year, our big family is gathering for the New Year, let’s make it as lively as possible."

Shen Guofu said with a smile:

"Tomorrow you all go and be busy, Shuzhen and I will drive to the city to see if we can buy more New Year goods."

Although the food is mostly prepared, with chicken, duck, goose, and pork all included, there is no seafood, and Shen Guofu feels like something is missing.

With nothing on the schedule for tomorrow morning, I’ll drive to the city to buy some seafood so the New Year’s Eve dinner will be more sumptuous.

Lin Xu dipped a lamb rib into the pepper salt and lightly pulled it off, making an entire piece of lamb come off.

He chewed the tasty lamb meat and said to Shen Guofu:

"Tomorrow, you can drive my car to the city, Yueyue and I will take the X1."

Father-in-law has always thought the Meserati car was nice, so he should experience it; if he really wants to buy it, then talk to Hou Dingshan, the Vice President of Meserati, to see if a discount can be offered.

After all, this counts as helping to promote, so the price should be discounted somewhat.

Old Shen has long been craving Lin Xu’s car, and he said with a smile:

"Sure, I’ll drive it first to get a feel for it, and if it’s good, I’ll directly order two. I’ll keep one in Beijing and send one to my second brother."

Chen Meiliang needs to maintain appearances, and although the G63 is quite impressive, upgrading is necessary.

As for the G63’s arrangement, let the Vice President we recruited drive it, the company is negotiating with a Horse Farm leader from the Beijing Equestrian Club.

Once an agreement is reached, they’ll immediately come to Yinzhou to act as Vice President, responsible for building the Horse Farm’s framework.

After dinner, Lin Xu tidied up the kitchen, then went with Shen Jiayue, Chen Yuanyuan, Chen Shaokang, Lin Hongjun’s son, Lin Xu’s cousin Lin Bin, and Chen Meide’s son Chen Shaowei to the reservoir to set off fireworks.

Playing with fireworks like sky monkeys can be tedious after a while, and ground fireworks don’t offer much pleasure. With the reservoir unfrozen, you can’t feel the joy of throwing ground fireworks onto ice.

Instead, the two sound firework was quite exciting.

It explodes on the ground, then shoots up into the sky to spread into a big fireworks display, and everyone enjoyed it immensely.

Chen Shaokang asked Lin Xu:

"Cousin, will Uncle Shen buy a lot of fireworks tomorrow? Will there be any as pretty as these?"

Lin Xu said:

"There are fireworks costing over a hundred thousand, much prettier than these, reportedly even with sky patterns, just be ready to be amazed tomorrow."

The following morning, Lin Xu and Shen Jiayue went to their home in the city to put up Spring Festival couplets, visited a few old neighbors, and strolled around the nearby mall with Shen Jiayue. They bought plush toys that Dundun liked, new model phones for the elderly, and hand warmers.

Shen Jiayue also went to a sports specialty store to buy badminton and other sports equipment, intending to play badminton with Chen Yuanyuan or her mom when free, actively exercising.

This is not just to prevent gaining weight, mainly because only through effort can one eat more.

After purchasing these, the couple filled the back of their car with a variety of fruits: watermelon, Hami melon, cantaloupe, Sunshine Rose grapes, imported cherries, imported mangosteen, big bayberries... almost everything they could buy.

Plans for staying in the mountains this year mean naturally stocking up well on food.

The couple intended to eat something outside, but thinking there wasn’t much of interest, they drove back home to eat a meal of Grandma Lin’s flour paste noodles.

After lunch, they drove to Phoenix Mountain Cemetery, first visiting Grandfather’s grave then going to Grandfather-in-law’s grave.

After the tribute, they drove back to the scenic area to start preparing the highlight of the night—New Year’s Eve dinner!

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At 2 AM, someone here let off fireworks for half an hour, which disturbed my sleep causing today’s update to be late. This Chapter is 5000 words, asking for Monthly Tickets!