Chapter 398 - It's Not Just a Family Gathering for Small Talk
Bai Ko continued to rummage through the boxes, and at last she found a list, which seemed to be a complete set of rewards, in addition to all kinds of things and ornaments, and a box of silver, and after counting all of them, she put the list in the account book and waited for the evening to have time to enter it again.
The silver was naturally locked in Gu Yun's money box first, and the other things were temporarily put back in the big box, and after the outside of the bedroom was restored to be tidy, Bai Qiao went out and summoned all the girls to gather to greet the new year to the prince.
Miao'er took out a silver box for the New Year's reward that had been prepared a long time ago, which was rewarded by the young master himself, and the New Year's reward issued by the house a year ago is two different things, and it is the master's own pleasure to give more or less.
Bai Ko led all the maids and servants, in order of rank, to greet Gu Yun for the New Year, and then took the reward from him in turn.
Gu Yun, who had been poor for a few months and didn't dare to give rewards casually, knew that he would have a good extra income during the Chinese New Year, so he was quite generous at this time, and everyone was happy and smiling.
After the New Year's greetings, the girls retreated one after another to get dinner, and Gu Yun suddenly remembered something and stopped them.
"Wait a minute, don't make any big dishes, just cook a pot of white porridge, last night had a good meal, today in the palace is another good meal, the stomach can't stand it, I feel full when I hear the word meat now."
The girls were slightly stunned for a moment, and looked at Bai Ko together.
"By the way, ask Mother Pang if you want porridge in Jichengtang at night, and cook more if you want."
Seeing that the white steward also said so, the girls no longer had any doubts and went down.
"Why are they looking at you? Am I still talking? Gu Yun glanced at Bai Ko and pursed his lips.
"I drink porridge for dinner on the first day of the first lunar month, they just think it's too shabby, not like the New Year."
"What should the Chinese New Year look like? Eat big fish and meat six times a day? It's unlucky to find a doctor for the New Year. ”
"Don't be so mean, these new girls haven't opened their eyes yet, and they won't feel strange for the Chinese New Year next year." Bai Ko smiled and picked up the teapot and filled the teacup.
Gu Yun picked up the teacup and blew the hot air, drank half a cup comfortably, looked at the beautiful girls who were still standing in the room, and waved their hands to ask them to go down too.
"There's nothing for you to wait for now, just go down and play, just have Bai Ko here."
Meihuan led a group of old and new girls to salute and retreat, leaving Bai Ko alone to wait in the house.
Bai Ko sat down at the other end of the Luohan couch across the couch, opened the account book, copied the contents of the reward list in the account book, and recorded the cash cow in the account.
Gu Yun propped his left elbow on the couch, drank tea with his right hand, deliberately watched her write next to head with Bai Ko, and praised her progress in this handwriting, and she had not practiced calligraphy in vain for more than half a year.
Bai Ko was not harassed by him, and concentrated on finishing her business first, and only asked when he closed the account book.
"I saw other generations and grandchildren in the palace today, didn't you make any appointments?"
"Yes, on the eighth day of the first month, the Yuanhe Palace temple fair."
"With whom?"
"Not necessarily, it's just that a lot of people will go that day, so I was invited to go too, and it doesn't hurt if I feel bored and go on my own."
Bai Ko raised his eyebrows, took out a notepad and turned to the page on the eighth day of the first month to write down.
"Do you want to take the sixth young master with you?"
"I'll talk about it when I ask in the evening."
Bai Ko nodded, closed the notebook and put down the pen.
"If there is nothing else to do, the servant will retreat first."
"If there's nothing else, you'll have to sit here for me, and you'll want to run wherever you want to be my steward."
"Tomorrow, the two aunts will go back to their parents' house, and the east kitchen will start to cook Fu Shouquan in the middle of the night, since you eat porridge and side dishes tonight, you don't need to cook vegetables with a maid, and the maid will just go over there to take a look, and then tell them."
"You're really good at using your time."
"Thank you for the compliment, the servant went to get busy first."
Bai Qiao ignored Gu Yun's stinky face, smiled and took his things and got up to go out, changing them to wait for them.
After returning to the room and putting down the pen and paper, Bai Ko took out a few pastries from today's gifts, and carried them to the east kitchen along with a few packaged snacks made at noon, where he was also busy for dinner.
Zeng Zhu arranged for two first-class cooks to cook soup at night, and now those two are sleeping in their own room, and they have already been arranged, if they go on a business trip, it will only be Zeng Zhu's responsibility.
After confirming that it was correct, Bai Ko returned to Zhongming Courtyard with confidence.
After dinner, Gu Yun went to the second and third rooms to greet the elders, and when he came back, he went around Jicheng Hall and made an appointment with his younger brother Gu Chen to go to the Yuanhe Palace temple fair on the eighth day of the new year, and then went back to his house to rest for a while and then washed and slept.
Early the next morning, Bai Ko got up and went to the east kitchen to check the night situation of the cooks, and only went back to have breakfast when he saw that he was normal, and then rushed to the east kitchen to prepare for lunch.
At the turn of noon, Gu Xian and Gu Jie respectively took their husbands and children to their parents' house to pay New Year's greetings, and the long room that had not had the laughter of children for a long time suddenly became lively.
Gu Xian's eldest son is considered to be eight years old after the New Year, and he can just play with his uncle Gu Chen, and Gu Chen is also very thoughtful in taking care of his nephews and nieces in the retreat, only the one-and-a-half-year-old twins are still held by their respective nursing mothers.
The children of the rich and noble families have long been tired of eating the traditional snacks for the New Year, and when they heard that the grandmother asked them to bring snacks and snacks, they were just sitting upright at first, and they didn't really want to eat, until they saw that the table was fresh food that they had never seen, and the three older children finally became interested, and they sat around the table and tasted a few bites of everything, and then they couldn't stop talking, and when the freshly baked crème brûlée was delivered, they licked the spoon after eating, and ran to the front hall to beg grandma and grandma to give another one.
Since the children love to eat, the adults are naturally happy, and these foods were originally prepared for them, otherwise what is the meaning of eating the same as their own home when they arrive at their grandmother's house.
The girls smiled and went to the small kitchen of Zhongmingyuan, Bai Ko had expected this, and the prepared bowls of pudding puree were placed in the cafeteria, and the girls took care of them, and they could eat them at any time and put them in the oven at any time, and they could be taken immediately.
When it was time for lunch, the three eldest children also had their own children's meal, Bai Ko made them omelet rice, poured savory sauce, and added a lot of diced mountain and sea delicacies to the rice, the amount was appropriate, and with a bowl of Fushouquan clear soup, even a seven-year-old boy was guaranteed to be full, if it was not enough, he would go back to the dinner table to eat with the adults.
It was originally planned like this, and it was also approved by the eldest lady, but I didn't expect the elders and children to be too indulgent and indulge them to eat too many snacks before meals, Gu Xian's eldest son ate three servings of pudding alone, he was not hungry at all, his omelet rice was not even half eaten before he yelled that he was full, and his two cousins were the same, their nurses couldn't feed them while coaxing them.
The old lady was afraid that it would be so hard to support the children's stomach, so she allowed them to get off the table and play by themselves, as long as the subordinates followed closely, don't let them have an accident.
After the young children left, the old lady sent the people out again, leaving only the family to say something considerate, but they were not talking about the parents, but the latest news in the court, yesterday into the palace to pay New Year's greetings, civil and military officials gathered, can see the signs, even the female dependents can also say their own opinions, after all, the female family circle also has their own news channels.
The saint will be the age of Jiazi in a few years, although the queen's concubine was set up as the prince early, but everyone knows that as long as the prince does not ascend the throne for a day, the position of the prince can change hands at any time, and the age of the saint is here, there is no time to wait, and the person who wants to take this son is already the time to make the last fight.