Chapter 86: The Banquet (I)
"The day after tomorrow is the birthday of the eldest lady, so rest early these two days"
Yang Gu took the basket in Hua Mian's hand, and saw that Hua Mian was still dressed in a coarse cloth maid dress, "Why are you still wearing this?" Sister Juan didn't give you a notice? ”
"I said it the other day, but I thought about it anyway, I worked in the kitchen, and I didn't have a chance to meet the guests."
The maids also issued new clothes with a more summer feeling, nothing more than a few kinds of tender yellow and light green peach pink, Hua Mian felt that she was a chef who rotated around the stove every day, and wearing this fresh color would not be able to let go of her hands and feet because she was worried about rubbing the ashes, or this earthy blue coarse cloth clothes were more down-to-earth.
"No, some chefs will have the opportunity to be arranged to serve the guests at the banquet during the birthday banquet, and there are more guests walking in the courtyard during this time, so in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, it is still necessary to change new clothes."
"Okay, okay, I know, Master Yang, how did you become like Aunt Juan recently" Obviously, he still took the cold route like that before, and he looked at him differently from other chefs, and guessed what special identity background he had, but recently he suddenly became too talkative for some reason, it wasn't because he was introverted before, right?
Seeing a large number of ingredients being transported into the backyard of the large kitchen, according to the needs of different types of recipes, whether fresh or various dried goods, the manpower transferred from all over the place also started their own work under the assignment of the chronicler.
Huamian is the first time to see such a big pomp, everywhere you go are busy people, this is not yet the right day, it is already so lively, and I don't know what kind of scene it will be the day after tomorrow.
On the day of the birthday banquet, although the main banquet will start from Shen Shi, the people in the big kitchen almost didn't sleep the first night, and a car of top fresh ingredients was sent directly to the big kitchen from the west gate overnight, and the sky was still dark, and the big kitchen was already a busy scene with bright lights.
Steward Wu sent someone to send the flowers that Huamian had booked in advance, and Huamian and Yang Gu picked and washed and kneaded various ingredients step by step according to the previous preparations.
Everyone in the courtyard is beaming, the attendants and maids are wearing new dresses running around the garden, like butterflies, according to the invitations held by the guests, for them to lead, located in front of the garden of the four doors of the parlor are all opened, the main table and the upper seats of the banquet are arranged here, the rest is arranged in the garden of the four sides of the guest seats.
After the guests sat down, they talked to each other, and there were attendants serving tea and pouring water on the side, and sending all kinds of snacks, until a housekeeper shouted "The birthday star has arrived" on the side, and I saw several young young masters and ladies in the house hugging a lady who was graceful and luxurious from clothes and appearance.
Walking on both sides of the maid each holding a small gilt incense burner, the distance is still far away when the aroma has been conveyed to the banquet table, there are fragrant guests smell after the can't help but admire, "worthy of the Sikong Mansion, a hundred smells are better than a sight, actually use this high-quality dipterocarp as a incense, the eldest lady is good"
In the midst of admiration, the eldest lady and her entourage have arrived at the banquet area, and all the guests have stood up and saluted, handing over the gift slips in their hands to the maids holding trays on both sides, and all kinds of festive and auspicious words are floating in the air.
Several older young masters and young ladies followed behind, Sikong Jing beckoned all the guests to sit down, although Sikong Yun and Sikong Ming were not good at dealing with this kind of scene, they still obediently followed them under the arrangement of the third brother.