The sixth day of the sixth month of June is a good day for good fortune.

On this day in previous years, there were five or six groups of greeting people through the streets and aisles, blowing and beating, and it was lively.

But this year, it was particularly deserted.

First, the eldest young master of the Xingguo Mansion and the lord of Linlang County of the Dongwang Mansion got married, and the official eunuchs who wanted to get married on this day avoided it one after another.

The eldest young master of the Houxingguo Mansion was kicked into the cow dung by Chu Bei, and the lord of Linlang was clamoring to withdraw from his family, although this family affair has not yet been withdrawn, but the original date of marriage was canceled.

Hou Ye discussed with the Hou of Zhennan to postpone the date of marriage, and postponed it to this good day of June 66.

However, it didn't take long for it to be postponed to the eighth day of June.

Many people are drumming in their hearts, isn't it bad to have the sixth day of the first month of June, otherwise such a good day, why don't you want Zhennanhou Mansion?

Then, many small families who set the date of marriage on this day were postponed, and then on this day, it was deserted.

Looking out the window at the sunny sky, the sky was as blue as blue, and there was not a trace of clouds in sight.

The old lady chuckled and said, "Zhennanhou is still afraid that it will rain, I think this day is exceptionally good." ”

Mother Sun stood aside and said with a smile, "The weather is really good today, and the meaning is good, but it's okay for the third girl to get married two days late, and you can talk to the old lady more." ”

"Yes, if you get married, you can see it in the mansion and ****," the old lady's voice was a little reluctant.

She likes to be quiet and lively.

In the morning, there are a bunch of beautiful appearance, soft voice granddaughter Cheng Huan kneeling, talking and laughing, people are also more energetic, in the afternoon quietly chanting Buddhist scriptures, praying for the Hou Mansion, this is what the old lady likes.

It's just that the daughters in the house are of the same age, and in less than two years, they will all get married, and how lonely the house will be then. The old lady didn't dare to think about it.

The old lady was in the mood of marrying her daughter, both happy and sad.

Mother Sun knew that the old lady was reluctant to marry her granddaughter, so she smiled. "Old lady, the weather is good today, and there are a lot of ladies who come to add makeup to the third girl, and they are all playing in the garden at this time, let's go and take a look?"

The old lady was moved when she heard this. smiled, "I'm a little lazy, it's good to go out for a walk." ”

The garden is very lively.

Qingyun didn't expect that there would be so many ladies to give her makeup, and she didn't remember how many people came, anyway, Magpie said that she had already received sixty makeup supplements.

Some people are very raw, but they all recognize her.

One by one, they pulled her to talk. It's just that Qingyun can't be called by name, that's called an embarrassment.

These ladies have all come to the Hou Mansion to participate in the banquet, Qingyun has invited them, then they can be regarded as friends, she is happy to get married, and she naturally wants to come to add makeup as friends.

Qing Yun couldn't refute such a reason.

And sending makeup means sending blessings, as long as she sends it, she has to accept it. Can't refuse.

Qingyun is a thousand dings and thousands of instructions to the maid, you must remember who sent the makeup, and what you sent.

After receiving a gift from others, it is natural that you will have to return the gift in the future. Otherwise, it would be rude.

Looking at the good makeup, it gradually evolved into a makeup banquet, Qingyun felt that these ladies came to give her makeup, but it was secondary, and playing was the main purpose.

Hou Fu didn't expect that so many ladies would come to add makeup to Qingyun. In addition, it was noon, and these ladies were happy to play, and they didn't mean to go home at all.

People come to send makeup blessings, you can't let people go hungry, this is not a big kitchen will be difficult, I don't know what to prepare to eat, hastily prepared, afraid of losing the standard, when the Hou Mansion loses face, afraid of being punished.

The big kitchen is in charge, and this is not looking for the eldest lady.

The eldest lady is busy, she has no time to take care of her, and she doesn't want to take care of her, so let her come to the old lady.

Garden, gazebo.

The old lady was drinking tea, looking not far away, where the banquet was held, many ladies were happy, and the laughter was even more pleasant than the sound of the piano.

The old lady's mood has never been better.

But soon, the haze came, and Mother Liu, the steward of the big kitchen, hurriedly ran over and told the old lady about the difficulties of the big kitchen, "The slave has already instructed the big kitchen to prepare food with all her might, but there are too many ladies here today, and there is no time to prepare ......." ”

Some of the big dishes are to be prepared the day before the banquet, or even two days before the banquet.

But no one's banquet, even a decent dish, will be laughed at to death.

The old lady frowned, she also knew that it was not the fault of the big kitchen, she looked at the sky, this time until lunch, even if it dragged on, it could not be more than an hour.

"Let the big kitchen be prepared as much as possible," said the old lady.

Mother Sun said, "Old lady, why don't you ask the third girl?" If the Hou Mansion had food like cakes, even if the food was a little worse, it would be a shameful life. ”

The old lady thought for a moment and instructed the maid, "Call the third girl over." ”

Qingyun was playing games with those girls, and the maid came over and called her, but she didn't hear it.

The maid could only dare to pull her cloud sleeves, Qingyun turned around and asked, "Something?" ”

The maid nodded, "The old lady is looking for the third girl to talk." ”

Qingyun glanced at the gazebo and asked Zhou Ziting to continue playing instead of her, while she walked towards the gazebo.

Stepping up to the gazebo, Qingyun saw Mother Liu.

As soon as she turned her head, she knew what was wrong, and when she saluted, the old lady smiled and said, "Grandmother didn't expect that there would be so many ladies to give you makeup, and it was as if she had made an appointment together, the big kitchen didn't have time to prepare food, do you have a way to make them happy and have fun eating?" ”

The old lady said, and Mother Liu looked at Qingyun pleadingly, "Third girl, the big kitchen is really too late to prepare, and the time is too short......." ”

Mother Liu just didn't kneel down for Qingyun, how could Qingyun not agree?

These ladies are here to add makeup to her.

Qingyun thought for a while and said, "Grandmother, I'll try to help as much as possible, by the way, the big kitchen has no time to prepare the big dishes, so why don't you copy a few side dishes to deal with it." ”

Mother Liu hurriedly said, "It's okay with the side dishes." ”

Qingyun nodded, and then walked out of the pavilion.

Stepping down the steps, she gave Qingying a few words, and Qingying said with wide eyes. "Girl, isn't that for a wedding feast?"

Qingyun shook her head and said, "I can't take care of it so much, let's talk about it first." There are still two days left, enough to prepare for the wedding feast. ”

Qingyun made up her mind, but Qingying couldn't persuade her, so she could only go and sue Sù Weichi.

Qingyun walked to the middle of everyone's ladies and said with a smile. "Don't be busy, everyone, I heard two words."

The group of ladies stopped, Qingyun smiled, "I'm very happy today, I never dreamed that so many friends would come to give me makeup, everyone's blessings, let me be disrespectful, and ashamed, see you have a lively play, I just came up with an idea." Why don't you have a banquet now? ”

Qingyun's mention yì was unanimously agreed by everyone.

Even if she doesn't mention yì, everyone regards today as a banquet, not a banquet, but a banquet.

Qingyun smiled, "Since everyone agrees, but I want to say sorry first, today's lunch may be very simple, just some light side dishes, which are counted as snacks for everyone to fill their stomachs." The dinner party is an hour earlier, everyone is full of food and drink, and then go home, what do you think? ”

Qingyun's voice has not fallen. Then a girl answered, "Why do I think I should keep my stomach and eat at night?" ”

A group of ladies laughed.

At the gazebo, the old lady shook her head and smiled.

They are still too stubborn, since they can't catch up with time, why force it. said directly to Qingyun, only prepare some light side dishes for lunch, and it is not rude to say it in advance.

In addition, the dinner makes up for it, but everyone looks forward to what to eat at the dinner party.

Qingyun stood there, seeing what everyone meant, and really planned to keep her stomach and eat dinner.

Qingyun said with a smile, "Everyone should keep their stomachs for dinner, I don't object, but eat a little bit for lunch, otherwise you won't have the strength to play, I'll go and prepare food for everyone, and let Cousin Ziting and them play with you." ”

The ladies who stood nearby were a little embarrassed and said, "We are here to give you makeup today, but we are really sorry to trouble you to prepare food for us, isn't this our trouble for you?" ”

Qingyun smiled, shook her head and said, "The person who comes is a guest, it is the duty of the Hou Mansion to let you eat and have fun, why bother, the banquet is in a hurry today, and when I have the opportunity, I will have a good banquet for you." ”

After speaking, Qingyun retired with a blessed body.

She and Liu's mother went to the big kitchen, and first arranged lunch, six dishes and one soup, three meat and three vegetables, all of which were some simple side dishes.

Although those ladies said that they would keep their stomachs and eat them at night, they had a lot of fun in the morning, and they consumed some body, and before they knew it, they ate a bowl of rice.

After dinner, they went on to play, and it was a great pleasure.

Moreover, more than a dozen people came in the afternoon to add makeup, knowing that they had been playing all morning, it was called a regret.

Qingyun was in the big kitchen, instructing her subordinates to squeeze juice, without a moment's pause.

There is no juicer, so you can only use stone grinding, wood grinding, and then filtering with gauze.

"If you get so much juice, you can send it to the ice cellar to freeze it, and you won't need to squeeze it again," Qingyun commanded.

The kitchen maid and daughter-in-law hurriedly responded.

Qingyun walked to the table, it was full of bayberry, there were more than a dozen plates, sprinkled with sugar, crystal clear, Qingyun took a stuffed mouth, the sweet and sour taste, made people feel shocked.

She smiled, "Take these to the ladies to taste." ”

Five or six maids took the bayberry out.

Those ladies have eaten bayberry, but most of them are boiled sour plum soup, put in the ice cellar to cool for a while, when the weather is hot, it tastes, it is called a refreshing.

In this way, there are still very few simple sugar mixed with bayberry, but it is delicious.

"I think if I continue like this, I won't wait for dinner, I'm going to hold on," said a lady from one of the girls.

Everyone on the side glanced at her with disgust, "Then you still stuff it in your mouth?" ”

"I can't stop controlling it......."

"There's still half an hour to go to dinner, and I really can't eat anymore."

One of the ladies said, and when she saw another lady taking the plate away, she changed her words again, "I'll try the last one." ”

"Didn't you say you wouldn't eat it?"

“…… It's the last one, it's really the last one. ”

She ate sour plum and said, "Go back and ask the maid to do the same for me, it's much better than sour plum soup." ”

"Okay, I know that I can eat it when I go back, and I still stuff it in my mouth, don't eat it yet, go over there and play for a while, otherwise there will be delicious food, you really can't eat it, see what you do?"

Gazebo.

The old lady also ate a few bayberry, and Mother Sun saw it, "Aren't your teeth sour?" ”

The old lady smiled, "It's not so sour, I can eat a few, you can taste it too." ”

Mother Sun and the old lady are masters and servants, but they are like sisters, the old lady let her taste it, and she didn't shirk it, so she tasted one, and it was not as sour as she thought.

The old lady vomited the nucleus, and Mother Liu hurried over, she saw it and asked, "Time is running out, how is the preparation of the big kitchen?" ”

Mother Liu shook her head, "The slave maid doesn't know, the third girl has been busy letting the maid wash and chop vegetables, and there are still several stoves that have not lit a fire." ”

"No fire yet?" The old lady's brow furrowed.

At this time, it should be the time when the big kitchen is busy, why is there no fire.

Mother Liu only shook her head, she didn't know.

Mother Sun trusted Qingyun very much, and only smiled, "The third girl is measured, let's wait quietly." ”

Soon, half an hour passed.

There is a maid who comes to invite everyone to have a dinner party, or a place for lunch, but it is not very different from noon.

In the middle of the main hall, several tables were put together, and large blue and white porcelain plates were placed on them, and various ...... were placed on them Lettuce.

There are washed and clean green vegetables, which are verdant, and there are also thinly cut beef and mutton, and there is tofu......

There are more than a dozen of them, to say the least.

"What is this going to eat?" There are all the ladies muttering quietly.

Then I heard Qingyun say, "If you like spicy food, sit here, sit here if you are a little spicy, if you can't eat spicy food, sit here, please sit down." ”

A group of ladies sat down in confusion according to their preferences.

Waiting for them to sit down, Qingyun said, "What we eat today is called shabu-shabu, the way to eat is very simple, there are washed and cut vegetables over there, what you like to eat, just take what you put in the pot, you can eat it when it is cooked, in addition to your own hot vegetables, there are more than a dozen kinds of cooked vegetables, pastries, as well as fruits and juices for everyone to choose." ”

The way to eat shabu-shabu is simply unheard of, and many people are interested.

But now the pot has not been served, Qingyun smiled, "I am still preparing the base, it is estimated that it will take a quarter of an hour, everyone will taste the dessert I prepared for you first." ”

After speaking, Qingying instructed the maid to bring dessert.

Looking at the small bowl in front of me, and eating with a little cold, a group of ladies look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what this is.

I couldn't help but eat it first, tasted it, and immediately screamed coldly, and was reluctant to spit it out, so I swallowed it hard, and then said, "It's so cold, it's delicious!" (To be continued.) )