Because of the split table system, twenty guests get twenty seats.

Twenty seats, the consumption of ingredients is very large.

During the banquet, the guests naturally did not eat much; But the three meats, two vegetables and one soup that should be there are essential.

And these guests weren't just themselves.

Which guest will not have three or two servants accompanying the escort?

Even, if Aunt Cai is also coming, there must be a team of Jingzhou guards to escort her.

Whether these servants or soldiers, it is impossible for him to go hungry, right? It's impossible to just let them eat white-flour steamed buns, right?

You must know that when the time comes, it will be a day of great joy for him Zhuge Liang!

Since they all have to prepare ingredients, Zhuge Liang naturally doesn't mind preparing more.

All the ingredients are almost prepared, and they are all stored in the cellar of the Zhuge family.

There is only beef, and there are very few that can be bought in the market.

So, Zhuge Liang spent a lot of money and asked a caravan in Xiangyang City to bring back a cow from the grassland.

In this era, ploughing cattle were equivalent to labor and could not be slaughtered.

If the cattle are slaughtered, the government will ask for the crime. Even if the world is in chaos now, don't think that the county orders of each county will not ignore the cattle. Even, in some cases, the government attaches far more importance to ploughing cattle than human life.

But it is precisely that the meat of this era is mainly beef, and mutton is secondary.

As for pork and dog meat, they are not allowed to be served.

Most of the beef in the bazaar is purchased from the grasslands, and of course there are also cattle that are secretly slaughtered. Therefore, the price of beef in the bazaar is old and expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it at all.

If the Zhuge family hadn't sold more than ten jars of Zhuge wine, the beef would only be fishy.

In the costume films and television of later generations, the knights drank wine in large bowls at every turn, ate meat in large gulps, and "Xiao Er, come to ten catties of beef" at every turn, which is pure nonsense. Where is the price of beef, where did the knights get so much money?

It's impossible to rob the rich and help the poor for a long time, right?

In addition, beef is also in short supply.

Whenever there is beef for sale in the bazaar, it will soon be sold out by the big families in the city.

The beef cattle that Zhuge Liang bought with a lot of money, according to the caravan steward, will definitely be able to be transported back before the end of the year.

……

On the eighth day of the lunar month, heavy snow covered the world.

Wollongong, in the thatched cottage of Zhuge Jia's family, Zhuge Liang's family is roasting around the stove.

On the stove, an iron kettle was licking the flames, and the kettle was gurgling, and a stream of aroma came out.

By the stove, Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Dan were very greedy, not rubbing their hands, as if they wanted to reach out directly to the kettle to catch food. Lu Qiling was not so urgent, the girl knew that when the food was cooked, her share was indispensable.

Today is Laba Festival, when the fire is roasted, Zhuge Liang is really idle, and by the way, he cooks a pot of Laba porridge.

In this era, there is no Laba Festival, and naturally there is no Laba porridge.

However, Zhuge Liang was greedy, but he didn't mind the Laba Festival and Laba porridge coming out in advance.

Glutinous rice, mung beans, red beans, peanuts, red dates, longan, put together, after a long time of boiling, and then add a little sugar, this is the main ingredient of Laba porridge. After boiling for more than half an hour, just smelling the fragrance, it is not too delicious, and it is no wonder that the two little radish heads are ready to move.

Zhuge Liang took the spoon, stirred a little in the kettle, and then took out two large bowls. handed over two large bowls of laba porridge to Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Dan, Zhuge Liang instructed: "Third brother, birth brother, serve it, send it to Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu!" ”

Aunt Niu is the cook, and Uncle Niu is the key to the family, and he is also a coachman and a handyman.

In Zhuge Liang's view, they are like service personnel in later generations, and they are also laborers.

Although Zhuge Liang always commanded them to do this and that, he did not treat them as servants.

What's more, even when the uncle was alive, the three brothers were still young at that time, and they were taken care of by Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu.

Therefore, usually, what Zhuge Liang eats, Uncle Niu will also let them eat. Not to mention the rewards for the New Year's holidays, at the end of each month, no matter how much or less, Zhuge Liang will also give them some example money.

Example money, in this era, in Zhuge Liang's family, can be regarded as the first initiative.

It must be known that before the Sui and Tang dynasties, no matter which big family or which scholar family, the servants were all private property, and they had no money to take.

Eating and drinking are all from the master's family, and you still want money?

During the New Year's holidays, it's good to have a reward!

Zhuge Liang gave Uncle Niu and them money, which can be regarded as a precedent.

Of course, Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu also know how bad it is, they don't push the money, and they take it, but they stick to the identity of the servant on weekdays and dare not go beyond it. Cooking a fire in the lobby like today, they won't come here alive or dead.

In the thatched house connected to the kitchen, Aunt Niu and her infant son need to be taken care of.

If there is no mistake in the memory of the original owner, Aunt Niu and their son will be called Ah San, who is the scholar Ah San who blocked Uncle Liu Huang at the door of the grass hall in the thirteenth year of Jian'an in the later romance.

……

Although Uncle Niu and they were servants, the laba porridge was cooked, but Zhuge Liang did not forget them.

The third brother and the younger brother held Laba porridge and sent it to Aunt Niu, Zhuge Liang continued to scoop Laba porridge with a spoon, a big bowl for each person, and there were a lot of leftovers in the kettle.

The two brothers have not yet returned, but the girl first picked up a bowl and took a sip gently.

"Whew, it's delicious!" The girl laughed.

During this period of time, Zhuge Liang was worried that his cultivation would be exposed at the wedding, so he kept suppressing his cultivation speed and instead concentrated on assisting Lu Qiling in her cultivation. The girl has changed the martial arts of the Star Sea, and her cultivation has made rapid progress, and now she has reached the ninth level of the martial arts foundation realm. If there is no accident, at most next summer, the girl will be able to build a foundation realm for martial artists.

At that time, if a girl wants to break through the Condensation Realm, she has to rely on her own qualifications, perseverance and chance.

After a while, Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Dan rushed in with a gust of wind, looked at the two large bowls of porridge that had already been served on the table, and cheered: "Finally, you can drink Laba porridge." As he spoke, he held a bowl in his hand, blowing softly and sipping gently.

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to take the opportunity to talk to the girl about cultivation, but he had to give up at this time.

Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Dan are not cultivation materials, so it's better not to talk about the path of cultivation in front of them.

The way of cultivation, whether it is a martial artist or a monk, is all about qualifications.

Even if you are extremely smart and your qualifications are not good, no matter how hard you cultivate, it will be in vain.

In the memory of the original owner, these two younger brothers were insulated from the path of cultivation. In the Zhuge family, only the eldest daughter of the later original owner seems to be a cultivation genius, and the other Zhuge clan members are all insulated from cultivation.

If you can't talk about the path of cultivation, you can only talk about your studies.

You must know that the studies of the two younger brothers were originally supervised by the eldest brother Zhuge Jin, but now it is he Zhuge Liang who supervises them.

"'Kindness is like water', the third brother, the birth brother, you all talk about it."

Zhuge Liang was drinking laba porridge while preparing to listen to the two younger brothers' understanding of this sentence.

When Zhuge Jun was about to answer first, he heard a loud question from outside: "Is Mr. Kong Ming at home?" ”