Chapter 163: Crab Feast
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Jinxiu smiled: "I don't blame the second father, he is nervous about my mother, and he is his first child in the belly, and he would rather believe what people say." In this case, the crab will be placed with me, and I will make it for you! Don't worry, my craftsmanship will definitely satisfy you, let's have a crab feast tonight, and invite Da Niu Erniu and Jinyu Jinyun to have a good time! ”
Xie Xiaoyu clapped her hands happily: "Wow! I'll take two more baskets and bring my sisters to do it together, and then call my little sisters and a few girlfriends, and I owe them a meal, so I'll pay it off tonight! ”
Splendid: "......"
Send a few crabs and let me feast for you, and I have to serve wine and other side dishes, Miss Xie, are you really good like this?
But the words have been spoken, and they are too lazy to take it back, a few cooks in the big kitchen are idle, find something to do for them, make a few delicacies, everyone is young, just have fun together!
Since the young lady has a small kitchen, she no longer cares about the big kitchen, and today suddenly requisitioned the big kitchen to open a crab feast, after Wang's mother knew the news, she went to the big kitchen to take a look, and saw four or five baskets of crabs placed there, each crab is as big as the mouth of the middle bowl, fat and round, crawling around, Wang's mother couldn't help but smack her lips and swallow saliva, pile up a smile, and go to talk to the peach and fragrant branches of the chef who stood on the side to watch the cook brush the crabs:
"The two girls have worked hard, so many such good crabs, I don't know where the third grandmother bought them?"
Xiangtao looked at the people cleaning the crabs, and seemed to be too engrossed to hear it, Xiangzhi raised her head, blinked her eyes, and said with a smile:
"It turned out to be Wang's mother, good mother! Mom asked about this crab, but it was not bought by our young lady, but the fourth girl of the Xie family sent it, and the fourth girl Xie was going to send some to General Zhongyong's mansion, but the lady over there had the body to eat the crab. Therefore, Miss Xie Si simply sent the crabs to our house, and the young lady thought about making all the crabs, and invited the second girl, the third girl and her cousins from the General's Mansion to gather in the house. Miss Xie heard that our young lady knew how to make several crabs, so she specially sent two more baskets. When the time comes, I will also bring a few girlfriends with us, and everyone will have a glass of wine and talk! ”
The corners of Wang's mother's mouth twitched: This third grandmother, after marrying into the Luo family, why can't she be familiar with it, and shouldn't her surname Luo? There are so many fat and big crabs, just thinking about inviting her sister's relatives and friends to eat, can you forget the old lady, the eldest lady, the second master and a few girls in the countryside? The old lady has a headache and uses medicine and does not eat crabs. But the eldest wife, the second master, and the third girl are the favorites to eat! When I was in the capital, a large number of fat crabs did not come into the house during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even the people could taste a mouthful of freshness...... When I came to Chizhou this year, everything is not as good as the capital, and I am really unlucky to have such a small family in the countryside, who does not understand the rules and does not know the sophistication of people, and does not leak the benefits of oil and water to the next person!
Mother Wang sneered and said with a forced smile: "I didn't expect that the third grandmother would have a few ways to eat crabs, not only to open a crab feast, but also to spread a message to Dongshan Village?" The eldest wife, the second master, the third girl and a few cousins in our house love to eat crabs the most! There are three grandmothers who may not know. The eldest lady's mother's house, a few young masters and young ladies over there in the Zheng Mansion are also good at this, especially the second master of the Zheng Mansion housekeeper, who can't eat a few crabs every year, and can't sleep! I saw that these baskets of crabs were fat and big, and it was extremely rare, and if I sent some to Zhengfu, my relatives would be very happy! ”
Xiangzhi said: "What I just said, didn't Mother Wang hear it clearly?" This crab was specially given by Miss Xie Si, not bought by the young lady, and Miss Xie Si and her friends were also invited to the crab banquet in the evening! The young lady is embarrassed to make fewer crabs, what if there are not enough to eat when the time comes? And also. It's best to eat this crab fresh while it's alive, the countryside is too far away, and it's too late to catch up, so if you send a few. I'm afraid I'll die if I walk for two days, so I can't eat it! ”
"Isn't there a Chen Liu in our house, who used to send fresh lion's mane mushrooms to the old lady every day, and he could run back and forth from the countryside to the state city in half a day? This crab is jumping around, drenching some water in the basket, and the horse can't die after walking for half a day! And there it is. Zheng Mansion is just a few streets away from the city, and he won't die if he sends it over! ”
Mother Wang said to herself, ignoring that the crab was specially given by Miss Xie Si, who does it matter who she is? Since it is sent to the Luo family's door, it is the Luo family's things, how can the owner distribute it? At this time, it is a good season to eat crabs, and you young people don't first honor your elders when you get a good one, you just want to enjoy yourself, what is the reason!
Xiangtao, who had been silent, raised her head and smiled at Mother Wang: "These crabs were brought by Miss Xie Si, and she invited her friends to eat and play together, and the young lady didn't send them to the countryside, but also for the elders!" This thing stinks when it is sent to the countryside, and it is not good to smoke the old lady! Since Mother Wang has to ask the young lady to take it as a gift, then I have to tell the young lady to go - how can I say that Mother Wang is also the housekeeper mother in the house, and the eldest lady kept you here to help the young lady steward director, how could the young lady not listen to Mother Wang's words? Even if you would rather offend your friends and make people laugh, you should listen! I'm going! ”
Xiangzhi added: "Go, go, go, don't delay, I'll just watch here!" ”
Mother Wang listened to Xiangtao's words and tasted wrong, she just mentioned a few words, where did she dare to ask the young lady to listen to her? She can still tell who is the master and who is the slave in this house!
Hurriedly ran up a few steps and grabbed the peach: "Why is the girl so anxious?" I'll just say ......"
Xiangtao shook her off: "Mother Wang, what did you say casually?" The room is full of people listening, what Mother Wang said just now is unfilial piety, disrespect, and ignorance of human feelings! We all sound harsh, let alone the young lady? ”
Mother Wang's face turned white and pointed to the peach: "You, you little ...... Child! How can you talk nonsense? I didn't mean anything like that! ”
"Really?"
"Not really! I dare to think like that, young lady, the sky is thundering! ”
Xiangtao turned her head and squinted her eyes slightly at Wang's mother, sneered in her heart, and said: "It's good if you don't have it, don't do it behind your back in the future, talk nonsense, that's really going to be struck!" ”
"Alas! Don't you dare! Wang's mother nodded hurriedly.
Xiangtao walked back to Xiangzhi and stood beside him, Xiangzhi chuckled: "Bickering can't be compared to the real thing, she should hit her nose and go to ashes, she is in charge, and she has lost face in front of the cook!" ”
Xiang Tao snorted: "Thought we were afraid of her!" Hou Ye Ke said: As long as you can protect the young lady, you can do anything! What about people who are big wives? It's the old lady in front of them, we don't have to be a head shorter! ”
Xiangzhi thought of the handsome and innocent Hou Ye, as well as the few servants who were as cold and silent as the Hou Ye and walked straight, unconsciously straightened his waist and raised his chin.
Mother Wang walked out of the big kitchen in a gray way, and met the kitchen manager Mother Zhu at the door, Mother Zhu was carrying a basket in her hand, which was sorted ginger, onions, garlic, parsley, etc., sighed to Mother Wang, and said in a low voice:
"Why are you here? The third grandmother is a bride, although the old lady and the eldest lady have gone to the countryside, but on the surface, the eldest lady is still in charge of the house, and the money in the public account is not in the hands of the third grandmother. Even if the eldest lady and the young master and girls want to eat crabs, it should fall on you, it's really confusing you! ”
Wang's mother was full of shame and couldn't answer a word.
What happened in the kitchen quickly reached Jinxiu, who agreed with Han's mother's opinion, but didn't know about it and ignored it.
The crabs were all cleaned, and Mother Zhu prepared all kinds of ingredients according to the instructions of the young lady before going to the young lady.
Jinxiu came over and divided the crab into several parts, personally instructed the cooks, burned all the big stove pots, cooked deliciously in an orderly manner, and other dishes and snacks, and arranged for the small kitchen to do it, and Xiangling took care of it over there.
The crab banquet in the evening was held as scheduled, the big cow and the second cow came first with Jinyu Jinyun, and then Xie Xiaoyu and her three cousins and five boudoir friends, all of whom were young masters and young ladies from big families in the state city, thirteen or fourteen to sixteen or seventeen years old, no matter how to follow the rules and etiquette on weekdays, they got together at this time, faced with many delicacies, and saw that the noble Mrs. Hou was also the same age and had no shelf, one by one they couldn't help but get a little carried away, showing the lively and cheerful nature of the young man who loves to talk and laugh, and the atmosphere of the dinner was cheerful and warm.
Jinxiu paid attention to seeing that her two cousins and these rich children got along properly, and there was no discomfort, although Jinyu Jinyun was a little too jerky and not very open, but she was also well-mannered, and she had questions and answers with people, and she looked gentle and chaste, not humble or arrogant, and she had a little bit of the taste of an official lady, and secretly said in her heart that the nurturing mother who Xie Jiagang found was very good.
In addition to Xie Xiaoyu's crabs, most of the other dishes are taken out by the gourd cave, the chrysanthemum wine is given to Luo Zhen by a general of the Dengzhou Guard, and it was shipped before August 15, there is a wine shop in the general's house, it is said that there are several kinds of famous wine, thirty jars of chrysanthemum wine are made of the first batch of autumn chrysanthemums, and the splendid ten altars are put into the cave, and they are taken out to drink tonight, the wine is clear and fragrant, mellow and sweet with a little wonderful astringency and bitterness, it is indeed extraordinarily delicious.
Sure enough, like things gather, Xie Xiaoyu, the little girl who loves to eat and play, made friends with all foodies, a group of young men and women originally paid attention to some rules and tasted quietly at two tables, and soon became excited by the delicious food and wine on the table, eating and drinking gradually became bold, the little girls because they wanted to taste other dishes and couldn't reach them, they would not hesitate to stand up and stretch out their arms to coerce, and the young man on the other side of the table had sharp eyes, and found that the women were eating some exquisite snacks that they didn't have on the table, in fact, they were designed for greedy lips to eat spicy, I couldn't stand the few refreshing desserts prepared by the little girl, the young masters suddenly stopped doing it, and couldn't help but say that they raised the table and asked to eat together, and the girls didn't object to it except for laughing and joking, knowing that they were used to playing like this on weekdays, so they didn't say anything, anyway, she didn't care.
The taste of food was irresistible, and when the stomach was full but not enough, the boys and girls began to fight wine, and the laughter at the banquet became more and more joyful.
At this time, Luo Fang suddenly returned! (To be continued.) )