In the Chinese New Year's Eve, every household was busy worshipping their ancestors. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this has nothing to do with the three masters and apprentices of Mochizuki, they and a group of servants get up at the end of the day, and they start to work at the end of the day.

The soup stock used in many dishes has to be boiled at this moment, and the oil for the whole table has to be refined by yourself.

Ah Yao longed to have three heads and six arms, handle all the ingredients, and clearly list the important and moderate things in her mind, but the reality is different from imagination.

Mochizuki looked around and saw that his apprentice's hands were trembling, and he was very slow to do things: "Don't panic, you have to be organized, first do the dishes, and then help prepare the whole dishes, after noon, it will be much easier at night." ”

Ah Yao's head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and she started to watch the dishes, but her heart was thinking that the old lady's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was really lively.

The hill formed by the preserved fruits of the ring cake, the fish play lotus field cut out of gold leaf and red paper, and several auspicious and festive patterns of pine cranes and chrysanthemum quails in the forest are the "dishes" placed on the table, only to see but not to eat, but indispensable.

In the front hall, there is an endless stream of people who come to visit, and the people between the doors and walls of the alley send servants and concubines to send New Year's plates, mutton, herring, fruits, and boxes are stacked in the side hall after ordering, and the maids are busy giving rewards according to the relatives of each family.

In the inner room, the old lady looked at Meng Qianxiu, the righteous son who rushed back, and arranged the 10,000-year-old grain for her in the inner room.

The bamboo rose is filled with washed white rice, and various fruit ingots such as red orange, wuling, and water chestnut are placed. The plum bottle is inserted with pine and cypress branches, and there are copper coins, fruits and calendars hanging on it, and the wall is hung with a picture of ninety-nine to eliminate the cold, such as white rice ingots cake to be steamed for the New Year, and the meaning of taking surplus grain.

"Mother-in-law, if you don't go out to host again, I'm afraid Xiao Sui will cry. "Xiao Sui is the maid who takes care of Mrs. Meng on weekdays. Meng Qianxiu supported Mrs. Meng and moved to the front hall.

"That's such an exaggeration, my bad old woman doesn't come to see on weekdays, each family just sends someone to send a New Year's plate, how big a thing, every year, the girl will do a good job. Mrs. Meng raised her hand, stopped the topic, held Meng Qianxiu's hand and asked him about his current situation: "Besides, you have lost a lot of weight in the past year, it's good to be motivated, don't exhaust your body, this time you plan to stay in the town for a few days, and then leave after the New Year?"

"Mother-in-law, you are worried, I will not leave in the future, and I will always stay in Jiangliu County. This year, I found a western seat and moved to Jiangliu County with the main family, which happened to be right across from you, and you can come and go often in the future, can you be happy?" Meng Qianxiu pointed out to Mrs. Meng the high-walled compound opposite.

That was the original Lu family.

Lu Yuanwai was deprived of his fame, Lu Yuanwai helped his son to abuse children, Lu Yuanwai and his son were beheaded after the autumn, the female relatives were matched, and the family property was confiscated. Lu's house was empty, and the grass on the wall didn't grow a few inches, and a new owner was ushered in at the end of the year.

The Lu family has had a murder, and the backyard is full of bones, and I don't know how much resentment has accumulated. Many people want to start but have concerns about it.

Mrs. Meng was surprised.

Meng Qianxiu smiled and explained to her clearly, the main family also knew that the Lu family had been murdered before, because their family members were used to living in a big house, no matter how small they were, they couldn't live in it, so they were not afraid of shadows, so they bought the Lu family and renovated it.

"The house is cleaned today, I want to bring the girl over to sit and chat with you, do you see that it is convenient for you?"

"Well, I also want to meet her, what kind of girl will make me so brilliant that I am willing to be Mr. Xixi. Old Madam Meng smiled, did not refuse Meng Qianxiu's request, and pondered for a moment: "The clansmen will arrive at about noon, and they will leave after dinner. You help me cope with one or two in the garden, people are old, although they like to watch the excitement, but in the midst of so many people, they can't bear it. ”

As Mrs. Meng expected, her people stepped on the meal to carry the New Year's gifts, and everyone's stomach was thundering, asking to stay for the meal, and Xiao Sui led people to the garden to take a seat.

The garden erected scaffolds one by one, not to mention five or six sheds, hung up the gauze tent, and placed a charcoal stove inside to burn the red charcoal fire, and the old lady Meng's clansmen rushed in, and the seats were full in an instant.

Before Xiao Sui left, these people began to talk.

"I heard that this year, the old lady invited the cook Mochizuki, she is worth a lot of silver, and the old lady is so generous!"

"How is it more expensive than the grandsons of Fanlou in Beijing?"

"What kind of people are the Sun family, that is even the prince has to obediently follow the regulations, and make an appointment a few months in advance to be able to meet, she Mochizuki is just a cook, she comes and goes when she is called, how can she be compared with Sun everyone!"

"You can't say that, the big feast is rewarded with 10,000 yuan, and 20 horses of silk, this is what she is worth, if you can pay this 10,000 yuan, Mochizuki may listen to your dispatch. ”

"Oh my God, is the old lady crazy? money is not reserved for the children and grandchildren of the family, but cheapens outsiders, in exchange for me, I will never do this. ”

Hmph, this money is cheap and outsiders don't leave it to you, a bunch of white-eyed wolves!

Xiao Sui scolded in his heart with a dark face, and hurried back to the flower hall.

The old lady was talking to the girl Meng Qianxiu had brought.

"Xue Nianzhi, what a good name, Xue is the Xue family in Hedong?" the old lady read the name and asked.

Xue Nianzhi lowered his head and smiled.

The old lady saw her reaction, and thought of them buying the opposite house, and felt that she couldn't guess wrong, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she held her hand affectionately and refused to let go, and gave her a jade bracelet to meet her.

Xiao Sui glanced at it, Xue Nianzhi Hao carried a jade bracelet like rippling blue waves in spring, the water head was excellent, the old lady was used to wearing it, the jade bracelet had been raised for many years, and it was even more crystal smooth and smooth, the old lady was not even willing to give it to Meng Qianxiu, but gave the bracelet to this little girl to wear, which shows how much she pleases the old lady.

The kitchen was as tense as the last sprint, the head of the kitchen Mochizuki did not move, constantly stir-frying, the oil and temperature in the pot tightly locked the gravy in the meat, and finally the spoon picked up the bottom and covered the dish on the plate, Ah Yao quickly took it over, made the final decoration and plating, and the maid brought the dish out.

Everyone was busy.

Frozen pears, frozen grapes and other fruits, dried fruits such as pine nuts and longan, atractylodes ginseng and other carved gold herbs, carved oranges, green plum lotuses and other carved nectar fried cold dishes, fragrant herring, ginkgo fried shrimp, braised Dongshan goat, hand-washed crab, ingots to the sun meat, duck tongue sticks, variegated fried flower steamed buns, radish chicken soup, flowing water came up, and soon the table was filled.

When the people in the garden saw their parents using chopsticks, they didn't care whether the old lady in the inner room had already picked up the chopsticks, so they started eating.

Xue Nianzhi waited for the old lady to pick up the chopsticks, and then she moved the chopsticks, only one bite, she was stunned, and chewed slowly.

After the meal, she curiously asked who the cook was. (To be continued.) )