October 18, 2000 is Liuxia Hui's birthday.

Different people have different ways to celebrate their birthdays.

Some people like to be high-profile. Every year on their birthdays, they call their friends to get together, which is as lively as a wedding scene.

Especially in later generations, it has become a routine operation for many people to go to those places of fun or KTV to live a life.

Not to mention the distance, Liu Xiahui's wife in her previous life, before she was with him, she would go to KTV to open the largest private room every year on her birthday, and then invite friends to come and play.

As a result, friends brought friends with them, and friends' friends brought friends with them.

Birthday parties that only invite more than ten people often develop into birthday parties that nearly a hundred people attend.

Liu Xiahui and his wife are two extremes. He has always been low-key on his birthday. He basically eats a meal with his family, even if he celebrates his birthday.

At most, the food is just a little more hearty than usual!

It’s no exaggeration to say that it was not until 2007 that Liu Xiahui had a birthday in Jingjiang, and his friend bought him his first birthday cake in his life!

For people of their generation, it is really incredible to have a birthday cake only after their 23rd birthday.

Moreover, in the next ten years, Liu Xiahui did not hold a birthday party in a high-profile manner.

Influenced by him, my wife gradually became less prominent in her life than before. She could basically do it with a big meal + cake + red envelope!

Of course, then again, it is because of the lack of money. If you have money, Liu Xiahui is actually not short of romantic cells.

This year's birthday, Liuxiahui didn't mean to have a big show.

However, with so many relatives and friends here, it is necessary to make a sumptuous lunch for a lifetime.

Originally, according to the customs of Liuxiahui’s hometown, few people have passed away at noon, and usually have a child at night.

However, now the spicy chicken pot opens until 5 pm in advance. With the preliminary preparations, everyone has to get busy before four o'clock.

There are also two stalls of white-cut chickens, and people will also have to set up stalls in the afternoon.

So, after thinking about it, Liu Xiahui still thought it was more appropriate to have a baby at noon. Everyone has time to get together and have a good meal.

As for sister and sister Lan, they cannot go out after school at noon according to regulations, but there are exceptions in everything. If the parents come forward in person, it will definitely be fine.

...

At noon, what I did at the rental house today was a seafood banquet, and Liu Xiahui cooked in person.

Seafood has different value in different periods.

Liu Xiahui remembers reading it on a news story in his previous life that in 1945, poor families in Zhonghai could not afford rice and flour because they were too poor to afford rice and flour, so they could only eat "hairy crabs" every day.

The seafood at that time was worthless!

Not to mention 1945, even when Liu Xiahui's parents were young, seafood was not worth much.

Later generations sold sandworms hundreds or thousands of yuan per pound. At that time, someone actually exchanged them for sweet potatoes. I am afraid no one dared to believe them when they said it.

However, it is 2000 now. Although seafood is not as expensive as later generations, it is already the highest-end ingredient and the price is not affordable for ordinary families.

Like my cousin, cousin, cousin, Guan Chunzhi and others, they have never eaten a meal of seafood seriously.

At most, I ate squid when I went to the wedding banquet. Some of them were particularly particular about wedding banquets with prawns and sandworm soup, and they had basically never eaten other seafood.

Liu Xia Hui's family is different. Liu Yuansheng is not only the most famous gambler in the village, but also the one who is the best at eating and willing to eat the most. When Liu Xia Hui was young, there were basically no missing sandworms, shrimps and crab meat at home.

Among them, sandworms are mainly used to make soup, and the most common thing my mother makes is sandworm and winter melon soup.

First, use oil to scent the sandworms with low heat, then add water and boil for tens of eight minutes, then add winter melon and cook it out of the pot.

There is no need to add any seasonings to the whole pot of soup, just add an appropriate amount of salt and it’s OK.

Although the soup made in this way is simple, the unique sweet taste of sandworms will definitely make you miss it. You still want to drink it again after drinking it!

As for shrimp, my mother often uses it to cook porridge.

It sounds funny. When he was a child, Liu Xiahui was picky about food and always sneered at the sweet and delicious shrimp porridge. Every time his mother cooked this porridge, he deliberately brought it to exchange for white porridge with his stingy aunt, which made her so angry that her teeth itchy.

Finally, there is crab meat, which my mother uses to make Baizhou fried food.

Baizhou Big Fried is one of the most famous local specialties in Baizhou County, also known as bamboo shoots and meat lines.

The specific method is not explained here. In short, the Baizhou fried rice with crab meat is really not ordinary delicious. This is also one of Liu Xiahui's favorite dishes.

Compared to these three seafood that I often eat, Liuxia Hui's family eats less other seafood, and it is estimated that they can eat less than ten times a year.

Even so, the countryside in this era is already unique. Except for Liu Yuansheng, a foodie, no family in the village is willing to eat like this.

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At twelve:30 noon, at Liu Xiahui's instructions, everyone began to help serve the dishes.

Steamed flower crabs, steamed prawns, steamed mudworms, steamed raw food, steamed scallops with garlic vermicelli, stir-fried 600% fried squid, mudworm sauerkraut soup, sandworm winter melon soup...

A few cold dishes and green vegetables were arranged in a large table, which opened the eyes of the relatives and friends.

The table is made up of two tables. After all, there are quite a few people eating today. Liu Xiahui's family of four, two cousins, two cousins, three cousins, and Helanlan and Guan Chunzhi.

There are thirteen people in total, and you will definitely not be able to sit down without playing the table.

After everyone was seated, Liu Yuansheng looked at his son and said, "Xiaohui, today is your birthday. How about you say a few words?"

Liu Xiahui waved her hand and said, "It's all my own people, so there's no need to do this. Everyone should start it quickly. Seafood must be eaten while it's hot. If it's cold, it won't be delicious!"

Liu Yuansheng smiled and said, "Xiaohui is right, don't be polite, hurry up and eat while it's hot!"

"Well, cousin Xiaohui, I wish you a happy birthday!"

"Xiaohui, I wish you a happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday, Lao Liu!"

All relatives and friends picked up their wine glasses as soon as possible and simply said a birthday wish!

They are all rural people, and they don’t care so much. Birthday gifts do not exist.

Liu Xiahui thanked him, and took the lead in taking the initiative, took a scallop and started eating!

The relatives and friends who had long been drooling in their mouths were no longer polite at this time, and they all took action on the delicacies they had never tasted before when they grew up.

Then... no one talks again!

Even the Liuxiahui family, who ate a lot of seafood, felt that the taste was excellent, not to mention that it was the first time I ate it. These first-class seafood instantly conquered their taste buds.
Chapter completed!