At this time, the time was already a quarter past noon, and lunch was already half an hour later than before.

Liu Luo was also very anxious in his heart, but he still had to maintain his apparent calm, and only secretly sent someone to the back kitchen to ask Mu Lingluo.

Although Xia Lian was on one side, she watched her small movements carefully, her eyes flashed, but Liu Ayayue next to her suddenly covered her stomach and rubbed it, Xia Lian hurriedly said, "What's the matter, Yue'er?" But you're not feeling well? ”

Old Madam Liu was happy, but was suddenly interrupted by the pale Liu Ayayue, who didn't like it in her heart, frowned and said, "Good family banquet, what are you doing?" ”

Liu Ayayue flattened her mouth, as if she felt wronged, she only hung her head, and said in a low voice: "It's worried about the old ancestor, right...... I haven't had much breakfast this morning, and I'm a little hungry at this time. ”

"It's a worry for my mother, come, Yue'er, you eat some fruit first." Xia Lian also helped apologize.

Mrs. Liu pursed her lips stupidly, but she also felt a little hungry in her belly, and she didn't feel it when she was chatting just now, but it was really a little at this time. "Why hasn't it been served yet? How long has it been? Even the master of Juyunlou doesn't have a reason to make people hungry, can he still make a flower into the dish? ”

Liu Luo's face was embarrassed, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while, Xia Lian stared at it and said with a smile: "Isn't it, is there something going on in the kitchen?" ”

"......No," Liu replied quickly.

But the more she did that, the more suspicious people became.

At this time, even Mrs. Liu looked at her differently, "What's the matter?" What can happen to this good girl, second daughter-in-law, don't you have something to hide from me? ”

Xia Lian said softly: "I just heard about something, it seems that there is a problem with the ingredients purchased, I'm afraid it is a good omen that I can't make up these two or eight pairs of auspiciousness......"

"Really?" Old Madam Liu was stunned for a moment, "The meaning of these two or eight double auspicious is set in the past, and it must not be broken, if the ancestors and ancestors know, they will be thundered by the sky!" ”

"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. This is absolutely nothing. Liu Luo flatly denied it, and turned to look at Old Madam Liu, "Mother, don't worry," she gritted her teeth, "We will never do such a thing to break the rules of our ancestors." ”

The women in the clan next to her looked at her suspiciously, and Xia Lian couldn't help but smile when she saw that Liu Luo was so sure: "Really? That ......"

"It's for you to wait for a long time," Mu Lingluo had already changed her clothes, the light red dress set off her bright eyes and teeth, and her skin was as white as snow, she blessed her body, and said with a smile: "I just saw the excitement of the old ancestor here, so I hurried over first." Isn't there something going on? The ancestor and mother are hungry, and the back is ready, come on, serve the food! ”

Everyone had already sat down, and as soon as Mu Lingluo's words fell, they saw waves of brightly dressed maids rushing behind them, holding delicious food in their hands, and came to the table one by one.

Because it was a family banquet, but in the end, considering the difference between men and women, the middle was separated by a screen, with men outside and women inside.

Mu Ling landed on the table, touched Liu Huanyuan's little cheek sitting beside him, only patted the position beside him, and said, "Second aunt, sit down first, don't be busy!" ”

When Liu Luo was seated, the dishes also came up one by one, the first dish on the table was, osmanthus perch, just put it on, you smelled the fragrance of osmanthus, the whole perch was floating with green onions, and the body was drizzled with sauce, and it was extremely delicious to look at.

Someone moved a chopstick, the fragrance of osmanthus in the entrance can't help but make people obsessed, "this, where does the smell of osmanthus come from, there is no fishy smell and ginger flavor at all, you can only taste the fragrance of osmanthus, just like eating osmanthus cake, it is really strange." ”

Mu Lingluo squinted and smiled: "Because the osmanthus is placed in the belly of the fish, the chef said that the ginger and garlic are more flavorful, I am afraid that our women will not be used to eating it, and when I saw that the osmanthus in our yard was blooming, I asked to pick the osmanthus and stuff it into the belly of the fish." The men's banquet is made of ginger and garlic, because osmanthus is not suitable for men. The dishes for this men's and women's banquets are made separately, so it takes a lot of time, and the women's side is a little different from the men's side, and they are all made according to the women's taste. Look at this soufflé fried begonia flower, but only we have it here, the ancient poem has never been cloudy, women take flowers as their skin, and the moon as their appearance? The chef specially wasted time to marinate in syrup, and then wrapped in egg whites for crispy frying, which ensured the floral fragrance and deliciousness of the begonia flowers. Because it was quite time-consuming, everyone waited for a long time, it was really Ah Luo's no, I didn't expect this cooking to be so labor-intensive, Ah Luo said no to the elders, and called the second aunt to be misunderstood. ”

Because of the limited amount of things that I asked my subordinates to buy later, I had to re-plan the menu, and even the ingredients such as minced garlic were not enough. Therefore, in the end, Mu Lingluo discussed with the chef in charge, under normal circumstances, the women's side eats less than the men, but the dishes on the men's and women's banquets are always the same, and the portions are the same, so in the end, the women's side can only reduce the amount of enough dishes.

Mu Lingluo finally came up with the idea of filling the times with flowers, women have always liked to be elegant, Rao is Liu family was originally mud legs, but he couldn't stand staying in Beijing for so many years, and he must be looking forward to his own knowledge and interest like all the nobles in Beijing. I'm afraid it's time to find it chic and interesting.

Sure enough, someone tasted it and immediately praised: "The master of this Juyunlou is different, and the things made here are also extremely chic and novel, I am afraid that the nobles of the Jingzhong family have not been treated like this." Why should Ah Luo apologize, you are doing your best like this, but we took advantage of it. To be able to eat such a delicious meal, it is worth waiting for a long time, this Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet for so many years, this is the most popular for me. Ancestor, your granddaughter is a good one, and she is so delicate that she is worthy of other people's dragons and phoenixes. ”

"Yes, yes, there is no need to apologize, we have seen your intentions, where will I blame you! It's just that others are ignorant and don't know your good intentions, but now we all know about it......"

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After this praise, Old Madam Liu also felt that she had face, and Mu Lingluo's ingenious preparation was really beyond her expectations, although the portion was less, but it couldn't stand up to the brilliance of the dishes. Listening to the praise of others, Rao is that she doesn't like Mu Lingluo, and she has accepted all the orders at this time.