Chapter 17 Birthday Greetings
Knowing that Lin Yu would also help him think of a money-making business, Lin Xue was very happy.
And the reason why Lin Yu wants to give Lin Xue a way to get rich is also because he wants to take care of his little sister. Lin Xue and Li Yueling exchanged marriages, and neither of them got the bride price, so they had to rely on their own hard work. On the surface, Lin Xue seemed to be lucky, because Gao Tang helped them work, and the Li family only had one son. But in fact, the Li family is an outsider, and it has been struggling for so many years to have an old house, and there is only a vegetable field in front of the house and behind the house, and there is not even a field. Over the years, everything had to be bought on demand. Fortunately, Li Youfeng and his father can weave baskets, and his mother can do some needlework, otherwise he really can't get by. Otherwise, he would not have exchanged marriages with the Lin family at the beginning. In contrast, although Li Yueling does not have a bride price, at least after the separation, they can use the money given by their father and mother, plus their own private house, to build a big house. And there is also the land left by my father.
Lin Yu thought that when she said this, Sun would be annoyed, just like she was angry with her, and she shouldn't teach Li to make pastries, so it can be seen that Li was only a little stunned at the beginning, and he was already unfazed.
In the next few days, the big steamer that Daquan was looking for someone to make was also brought back, and everyone made drawer cloths, cleaned all kinds of household goods, etc., and was very busy.
And on the twenty-fifth day, Daquan and Taifu didn't go up the mountain anymore, and stayed at home to help Lin Yu work.
Taicai and Li Qing are both eight years old, and they can't do anything, so Lin Yu gave them the task of lighting a fire. Because Taicai usually likes to listen to Lin Yu's words, so as soon as he gets Lin Yu's orders, he will immediately execute them, children love to compete, Li Qing also follows him, the two little guys compete benignly, and they can also complete the task very well.
Taifu is a little clumsy, which is completely inherited from Daquan. He didn't expect them to make some delicate pastries, as long as he and Daquan boiled the red beans, mung beans, white beans, and red dates and mashed them to strain out the fine bean paste. Otherwise, let them rub the crystal ball and do some simple work.
The eight types of dim sum are pumpkin cake, double bean cake, golden silk roll, crystal ball, taro cake, jujube paste yam cake, glutinous rice cake and golden radish cake. Among them, the pumpkin pie is pressed out with a small mold, with the word "Fu" on it, and the inside is a sugar heart, which needs to be fried; Double bean cake is made of white beans and mung beans, fried with bean flour and sugar, and then pressed with water; The gold silk roll is also made of pumpkin, which evolved from the modern "silver silk roll" and only needs to be steamed; The crystal ball is simpler, water chestnut powder and bean paste, one rub can be; The taro cake is filled with chopped pine nuts and steamed; Jujube paste yam cake is pressed into the shape of a flower with a mold, and there are layers of mille-feuille cake; The glutinous rice balls are wrapped in red bean paste, steamed and rolled on top of fried rice noodles; Golden turnip cake is a savory pastry that is steamed and baked until golden brown.
These dim sum look simple, but every procedure such as dough, grater, fried powder, and frying is very troublesome, so several people are also very busy. But there is no way, this is what you eat, there are no preservatives, you can only race against time.
At noon on the 26th, the Ding family needed to send four catties of each pastry, which was picked up by the small donkey cart of the Daxin family. The thirty-two catties of snacks were sent by Daquan.
And these people in the family began to be busy with the pastries on the morning of the twenty-seventh, although the donkey cart of the Daxin family is fast, and it will be able to reach the county seat in less than half an hour, but it is not easy to make the remaining forty-eight catties of dim sum in one day, not to mention that there are two hundred birthday cakes? So everyone lit the lamp and boiled the oil, and did it for a long night. The next morning, I got up again and fried the pumpkin pie, and finally finished it at the end of the day.
Because the remaining balance had to be settled, this time it was Sun and Lin Yu who went together.
At this moment, there are not too many people outside the Ding Mansion, but the door that was closed in the past is now wide open, and the red carpet is rolled in all the way from the door, straight and straight, it should lead all the way to the inside of the fifth entrance.
Daxin drove the car to the side door, and let people tell Mrs. that the snacks had been delivered.
I thought that Mrs. Ding would let people settle the balance after the inspection, but I didn't expect the other party to say that the master and servant of the family are all in it to celebrate the old lady's birthday, and since she is here, she will also let her go in to ask for good luck.
Lin Yu felt a little inexplicable. The two have never had any contact at all, but this time there was a transaction, and I always felt that it was too rash to go in like this. But since the lord wants to ask for good luck, it is not a matter for them not to go in, so they simply plan to give a few extra pastries today, so it is better to take them as a congratulatory gift, so they go in with the person in charge.
It turned out that the fourth and fifth entrances of the Ding family were inner houses and were not open, and today's banquets were held in the third entrance. The so-called Xi Shou is another name for Qi * Shou, because the cursive word "Xi" is very similar to "Seventy-seven".
Entering the birthday hall, about 20 subordinates lined up on both sides, one by one they were saying auspicious words to the old lady, and the old lady grinned toothlessly and handed them red envelopes filled with a lot of money.
When Lin Yu and the others arrived, there were only two people left, so after worshipping, Mrs. Ding immediately smiled and said to the old lady: "Father, you praised the delicious pastries this time yesterday, and it just so happened that they came to deliver them again today, and the daughter-in-law made the decision to let them come over and show you." ”
"Hmmm! Good! As soon as the old lady finished speaking, the person in charge on the side motioned for the two to go over to congratulate the old lady on his birthday.
The two of them took a few steps forward, and stopped at the place where they had just gotten off the people's birthday celebrations, Lin Yu had just made a blessing, and before he finished his movements, he heard a "plop" sound, and Sun had already knelt down.
Before Lin Yu could embarrass himself, there was a sneering laugh on the side.
Lin Yu had to continue to finish his actions and said, "The two aunts and sisters-in-law of the Lin family congratulate the old lady on his birthday, and wish the old lady a prosperous sun and a long moon!" ”
"Hmmm! Good! The old lady nodded and smiled.
"Yes, grandpa, how good you see, people are not slaves and non-slaves, they will kowtow to you when they come up, you can see sincerity!" A woman in her thirties giggled, her eyes full of disdain for the two.
When Sun saw that Lin Yu was not kneeling in the afterglow, he knew that he was afraid that he had misunderstood the etiquette, so when Lin Yu got up, he also got up. At this time, the woman was sarcastic, and suddenly her face was hot.
Lin Yu smiled and said, "Yes! My sister-in-law is a good citizen, and she will not kneel to the old lady like a slave. But why didn't this lady say that the old lady smiled and was very kind, so that people looked at it cordially and wanted to respect it? The sister-in-law is affordable, so naturally when she sees an old birthday star like the old lady, she unconsciously gives a big gift! ”
"Hmph, since you said that grandpa is kind and people can't help but make a big salute, why don't you kneel?" The woman was unforgiving.
Lin Yu smiled slightly and said, "My blessing is already the greatest etiquette. This dynasty stipulates that after the palace maid leaves the palace, she does not need to kneel to anyone except for activities such as going to the hall and sacrificing. ”
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