The three of them spent a whole morning, waiting for thirty or forty dishes, and then made a final decision after the food tasting, and agreed to Bai Ko's construction, except for a few big dishes for the appearance, the rest are cooked according to the amount of four people, and the twenty-four dishes ensure that the guests are full and well-fed without much waste.

Today, the saint has repeatedly used the reason that the capital has a large population and a tight food supply, and strictly forbids the officials and people in the city to waste food, and even the palace has set an example.

With the scribbled notes, Bai Ko returned to Wenling Courtyard and began to tidy up, and did not go to the east kitchen at noon, Pang's mother had already sent someone to ask her for leave, so that she could concentrate on writing out the menu.

After the lunch break, Bai Ko finished the list of ingredients and cooking steps, and sent someone to Yan Bo and Zeng Zhu respectively.

The girls who went out to deliver the letter came back and said that the house received a lot of gifts this morning, and even the mother-in-law who guarded the back door of the kitchen had gossip, in addition to seeing the grandson of the big housekeeper and his friends showing off that there were people in the family to give gifts, she was also asked by a group of matchmakers from nowhere to inquire about the addresses of the three families of Meizumi and Xiaoqian Xiaojing.

Bai Ko really felt that the matchmakers were really well-informed, but the grandchildren were promoted to the sons, and the matchmakers went crazy, why didn't I see them so enthusiastic before.

Xiao Qian and Xiao Jing shrugged and felt that it was none of their business, they knew that their family would not be led by the matchmaker, and the beautiful sisters were angry for a while and slowly calmed down, knowing that their family would definitely take the opportunity to give birth to a moth, they were powerless to stop it, and simply focused on letting Bai Ko take over all the affairs in the courtyard.

It took Yan Bo three days to buy all the ingredients, mainly because the seafood is difficult to find, the spot in the house is leftover for the New Year, and the number of types is not even, and the new goods in the market this year have not come up, and the old goods have not been in stock last year, and it took several large seafood shops to finally make up the quantity.

When the ingredients arrived, Bai Ko immediately arranged a food trial, this time accurately controlling the amount of each dish, the old lady and the six old ladies had a total of seven people to eat thirty or forty dishes, even the necessary whole chicken, all duck and all goose She designated the one-year-old little guy, and it was a waste to do more.

The old men and ladies have not been idle these days, first the whole house is rewarded, each person has a new piece of clothing, and then next month's monthly routine will be given an extra month.

After enjoying the whole house, I quickly drew up a guest list, decided the final number of people to prepare the ingredients, and the kitchen also had to further adjust the cooking time of each dish according to the number of people.

After the 24-course menu was finally decided, the whole government worked together to get everything done for the banquet before May 29.

In the early morning of the twenty-ninth morning, at the end of the hour, the Rong'en Hall, Jicheng Hall and Wenling Courtyard were already brightly lit, and the holy decree made it very clear that it was necessary to enter the palace in the early morning to face the saint, and the Tianshui Fang, where the Guogong Mansion was located, was in the southeast corner of the imperial city, and the distance was close, so there was no need to rush to go out early.

Gu Yun, who casually filled his stomach and was half-full, dressed neatly and rushed to Jicheng Hall to meet his parents and grandmother, and the four of them went to Babu Lane together, women rode cars, men rode horses, and guards in front and behind were crowded, not going to the main gate, but quietly going out from the side door with lanterns.

Bai Ko yawned and went back to the house to get some sleep.

I didn't wake up until dawn, and the daily morning sprinkling and cleaning in the courtyard were finished, and Bai Ko's hair was not combed to go out to find food first, and she sat in the small kitchen waiting for the girl to fry her and didn't sleep enough.

"Are you alright? Hold on for a few more days, and you won't be so busy after your filial piety. Meilun touched Bai Ko's forehead, everyone is so tired these days that their feet don't touch the ground, but the most tired is Bai Ko, she has too many errands, but she can't do without her.

"After I got out of filial piety, I had to start learning to ride a horse."

"Don't be dissatisfied, you can go out with the young master after learning to ride a horse, there must be several days a month, we are all envious to death, remember to bring good food back."

"Bring it, bring something delicious, I'll bring you anything delicious." The white chicken nodded as if pecking rice, and just as the girl put a plate of freshly fried raw fried in front of her, a face almost put it on the plate.

After eating a full stomach, Bai Ko finally had some energy, Bai Ko went back to the house to dress up, took off the tea stalks that had been inserted in the ear piercings for so many days, took out the pair of silver cloves that the second lady rewarded and put them on, changed his mood, and then went out to the east kitchen.

First, she said good morning to Aunt Nie, who was sprinkling water and dusting to cool down, and the aunt pointed to the door of the east kitchen with a gossip expression, and Bai Ko immediately walked in quickly with curiosity.

The courtyard was full of noise.

Mengmei, who has been low-key for a long time, scolded in the middle of the courtyard like a shrew, and accused someone in the courtyard of being jealous of the third lady for choosing someone from the young cook, so she deliberately spread the scandal between her and Wen Gushan to the third lady, there were no good people in the kitchen, and everyone wanted to see her die.

Bai Ko raised her eyebrows in surprise, she was busy for half a month, and the eldest lady allowed her to neglect the errand here, and she only had time to come over in two or three days, and she repeatedly stepped on the time to come in, and left after finishing her work, and didn't eat lunch, preferring to go back to Wenling Courtyard to eat a bowl of cold noodles, and only talk to the stewards if she had something to say.

Isn't it that she hasn't cared about the gossip in the courtyard these days, so I'll show her such a scene today?

Mengmei scolded fiercely in the courtyard, but no one paid attention to her, whoever picked up the stubble would be burned, and no one was fooled by the old man who was used to quarreling.

But Bai Ko suddenly came in differently, instantly reversing the atmosphere and shifting everyone's eyes to her.

"White cardamom! You must have hurt me! Mengmei suddenly rushed towards Bai Ko with a fierce momentum, and her teeth and claws looked particularly ferocious.

Bai Ko hurriedly flashed sideways and avoided Mengmei's blow.

"Mengmei, don't go too far!" Lu Doudou shouted and rushed up to grab Mengmei.

"Doudou, back off!"

Bai Ko patted the hem of her skirt and drank Lu Doudou back with full anger, which made the onlookers stunned for a moment.

Zeng Zhu came out of the pantry with his arms crossed, and didn't look at the crazy Mengmei, "Bai Ko, do you want me to report to the eldest lady to suspend Mengmei?" ”

"I was in charge, now is the time to employ people, so I have to spare people and spare people."

"As long as you are kind-hearted, you don't hold grudges."

"Steward! You're going to call the shots for me! Mengmei suddenly cried and went to hug Zeng Zhu's thigh.

Zeng Zhu avoided it in disgust, and Mengmei threw herself into the air and fell to the ground