Lin Wenjuan took Ah Chun to find wild vegetables early in the morning, she grew up in the deep boudoir, and she had an indescribable sense of happiness for this kind of fun. But these days she has been looking too diligently, and there is nothing left in the vicinity for a long time, only a few purslane, and she returns in disappointment. As soon as I entered the gate, I saw Geely sitting there eating jelly.

Seeing her come in, Geely obviously had a clear look, but he still pretended to be surprised to talk to her. "Why is the eldest lady here?"

"Knowingly ask!" Lin Wenjuan sat down, and Ah Chun went to the counter to pour tea. "What do you see? Xiaobai? ”

"Your brother, let my daughter go to your house on the day of the day, and even pay the deposit, is he so sure I will go?" Xiaobai tilted his head and asked.

"What to go! I'm so tired that you can't go anywhere, just stay here with me, and take me with you when you go to the land. ”

Geely hurriedly said: "Ouch, eldest lady, although you are married to the Chen family, but in the end your surname is not Lin?" The eldest young master was going to invite the people of the Chamber of Commerce that day, and the lord and the lady would attend, and even the old lady said that she wanted to come and sit, can you do this, if the little white girl doesn't go, who will be in charge? The eldest young master loves to eat the dishes made by the little white girl! ”

Lin Wenjuan slapped the table and said, "Who do I care if he invites him!" He has time to worry about other things, why didn't I see him stand up for me when I was bullied! ”

"Why didn't the eldest young master stand up for you? Otherwise, how can you hide here and live a clean life? Even Madame, who is in a hurry these days, hasn't slept well for several days. went to socialize inside and out, and told those ladies that the eldest lady was going to visit relatives. The old man was driven into the study by his wife because of this. Miss, you can't be so wronged. "Geely pouted, it's not worth it for the eldest young master.

After hearing this, Lin Wenjuan really stopped talking, and she also understood in her heart that she ran out so willfully, and she didn't even go back to her mother's house, hiding to welcome guests, and the Lin family didn't mention it, but Chen Heng's old lady was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she didn't know how to arrange her these days.

"My mother is okay, right?"

"It's okay that the eldest lady has a little conscience, and the lady is fine, but she is in a hurry, and I heard my mother-in-law say that her appetite is not good, and she can't sleep well at night."

Ah Chun saw that the eldest lady finally had a normal expression like usual, and she no longer had thorns, so she persuaded her with kind words: "Eldest Miss, don't make trouble, let's go back, even if we don't go back to the Chen family, let's go back to see Madame." Madame has a bad appetite, so don't get sick again because of this. ”

"If my mother gets sick because of this, he Chen Jiaxiu will be better!" Lin Wenjuan slapped the table violently, choking Geely, who was drinking water. "Look at your cowardice, go back and tell my brother, and I will go back with Xiaobai the day after tomorrow."

"Looks like your brother is pretty sure." Xiaobai is embarrassed, hasn't she thought about it yet? Why did you make a decision for her?

Geely didn't understand, how could this suddenly change?

"Xiaobai, you are the best, you see that my mother has a bad appetite, what should I eat on such a hot day?"

"I'm really convinced of you." Xiaobai gave a roll of his eyes.

When Geely rode a horse was very relaxed, when he left, he wasted his old strength, Xiaobai's huge food box could not be fixed at all, and in desperation, Xiaobai had to make a huge food box, so that the horses carried two huge food boxes, like a steamer in the afternoon, smoothly went to Huicheng.

"Don't worry, I promise the lady you see on Daughter's Day will be alive." Xiaobai patted Lin Wenjuan's shoulder and went to the kitchen to clean up the ingredients.

Lin Wenjuan smiled bitterly, Xiaobai really knows her best, and her brother! It's really annoying.

The content of Lin Wenhai's letter stated that the ingredients would be prepared by the Lin Mansion, and she could just make some side dishes to welcome guests without being too extravagant, but Xiaobai was still used to preparing things by herself.

The seventh day of the seventh month

Early in the morning, Xiaobai filled up the goods of the vending machine, took two bags of ingredients, and drove the carriage and Lin Wenjuan's master and servant to Huicheng.

The streets of the city have already begun to be decorated with lanterns and knots, many vendors are leaving early, and children are frolicking around the candy and juggling stalls in the company of their parents.

The Lin Mansion is not in the downtown area, except for the south-facing gate, there is only a corner door to the east leading to the large kitchen. Lin Wenjuan naturally got off at the main gate, and Xiaobai parked the carriage at the corner gate and went to the big kitchen.

The cook had already gotten the news, and when she saw Xiaobai coming, she welcomed her in warmly.

"The eldest young master has ordered, today we will only listen to the instructions of the little white girl alone, you don't have to worry about other arrangements in the lunch house, just concentrate on preparing the banquet for the evening. The ingredients are all here, they are all delivered early in the morning, and they are very fresh. ”

Xiaobai looked at the mess on the shelf, and even all the meat was delicately cut and separated, stored separately, and labeled in detail. I thought to myself, don't you want to make some ordinary side dishes? How did it make it so grand?

The cook took a mother-in-law and five little girls to stand aside in a regular manner, waiting for her to give orders, Xiaobai thought, the whole day is for the evening banquet, she is afraid that she can't be too casual, right? She thought about this menu in her heart, whether Lin Wenhai trusted herself too much or gave herself a problem, he didn't say how many people would come.

"Let's make two more seats, and when the time comes, there will be enough for us to be lively." Xiaobai smiled sweetly at the cook.

"The little white girl is kind-hearted, and she still thinks about us, but it's right to prepare more, whose banquet is not reserved for the rich, I heard that the people from the Chamber of Commerce are coming tonight, and Hongluyuan has set up six big tables early, and those envoy girls have been transferred there to serve, I heard Bailian say that the flowers in the flower market are going to be emptied, I really don't know what to do with so many flowers, and I can't see it at night." The cook said with a smile.

"You don't understand this, our master and young master don't pay attention to these, but those individuals in the Chamber of Commerce are the most picky, and they don't have any fame, so they have to learn the doorways of those schools." The mother-in-law has been in the market all the year round and has heard a lot, so she naturally understands these things best.

There are actually six tables! Xiaobai smiled and said: "What is the way of the school, the food is the same as ours, is it possible that after knowing a few more words, you can spit out golden beans?" ”

"Ouch, little white girl, isn't that what happened!" When the mother-in-law heard such rough words, she felt very kind, and even the cook felt that Xiaobai was not like those little girls who were holding it, she was very affectionate and sexual, and she looked very cute.

"A table of banquet, ten people sitting, four cold, five hot and one soup, perfect, very good. Aunt Ma, put on the cauldron, add firewood, and stew the elbows and steaks first. The mother-in-law listened to Xiaobai's instructions, shouted hello, and went outside the house to get firewood.

"Come on, light fifteen pottery stoves, and I'll deal with the hens later, and stew them first."

"You go and wash all the dishes on the shelf, if there is one thing." Xiaobai took a cursory look, there are almost a dozen kinds of vegetables, in addition to being used as side dishes, you can also make some cold dishes.

"You go and boil peanuts, and when they're done, peel them out." In the last hot and sour soup, Xiaobai felt that it would be better to put some soft peanuts.

"What about you, go and prepare a larger clay pot, put these pears on rock sugar and stew them, and these hawthorns, remember, you must not go away, otherwise it will be easy to paste the pot." Got it? The little girl nodded vigorously and went to the side with those pears.

"You go to Sister Bailian and ask her if there are any daisies in the flowers she bought in the morning, and if there are, say that Xiaobai wants them, and let her give me a pot."

"As for you, I feel thirsty, can you go make tea? went to find Geely, just said what Xiaobai said, and asked him to take out the eldest young master's Wushan beauty. ”

The little girls in the kitchen have only come in in the past year, and they don't recognize Xiaobai at all, and they haven't seen the eldest young master at all, so they rashly went to find the eldest young master's personal servant? She didn't dare, so she had to ask, "Huh? Isn't that right? ”

"Go ahead, no one will stop you." Xiaobai gave her a reassuring pill and pushed her out of the door.

The big kitchen is full of work.

Xiaobai picked up a large piece of pork belly to make the filling, Aunt Ma boiled the elbow and the big chop, added a handful of firewood, and then came over to ask what ingredients to add, Xiaobai handed over the work in her hand, took the seasoning jar and went to the stove.

Lainiang's clay stove was ready, and the clay pot was filled with water. Xiaobai put the seasoning in the iron pot, took out the hen from the bamboo basket, added medicinal herbs to the stomach, and handed it to the mother to put in the pot.

The little girl who went to look for the white lotus entered the inner courtyard for the first time, and went around a big circle before being led by someone to see the white lotus, the white lotus was busy arranging the stage, and when she heard that it was Xiaobai who asked her to find the little daisy, she asked her to bring a pot over, and also ordered the little girl to be sent back to the big kitchen safely.

Another little girl didn't have such good luck, she was timid, she couldn't find good luck, and she couldn't speak clearly, and she was scolded before saying that she was sent by Xiaobai to find the eldest young master to ask for a beauty in Wushan. The big girl knew that she had made a fuss, so she went to find Jili and asked for tea, and then followed her to the big kitchen, and told the little girl to fetch well water and make tea by herself.

Xiao Bai naturally didn't know that the tea sent by this little girl was actually boiled by Meiyu next to Mrs. Lin, and he praised the little girl and beckoned everyone to rest together.

At lunchtime, Geely took two small servants to the big kitchen with food boxes. Today's lunch in the house was ordered at Wenying Pavilion. There were two tables in the big kitchen. Xiaobai didn't have the heart to eat, Aunt Ma and Lainiang were also used to seeing Wen Yingge's food, so they only picked out some vegetarian dishes and ate a few bites, but those little girls were very happy.

After picking and washing the petals of the pot, Xiaobai is ready to make a dessert, which is very suitable for summer eating, cool and slightly sweet daisy jelly.

The twilight was shrouded, and the gate of the Lin Mansion was hung with red lanterns that were only hung on festivals, and lanterns were lit in every corner of the Red Dew Garden, and there were candlesticks next to the round table, which were as bright as day.