Mrs. Zheng, today's birthday star, wore a brocade robe embroidered with a red background, which made his already good complexion even more ruddy, and a white and translucent beard hanging down on his chest, which really had a childish face and fairy bones.

At this time, the window sash on the east side is wide open, and there is a red plum in full bloom in the eye, and the white snow that has fallen gracefully from the nine days falls on it, red and white, eye-catching and gorgeous, it is really a rare beauty.

Everyone gathered around the old man to pick some auspicious words and laugh, which made the old man laugh loudly and laughing.

Soon, Shopkeeper Luo, who was dressed in a stone blue robe and had a smile on his face, went upstairs to report that the banquet was ready.

Second Master Zheng, who was beside the old lady to greet the guests, stepped forward and pulled him and whispered, "Shopkeeper Luo, most of the guests who came today are distinguished guests from afar, and you must not make mistakes." ”

Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly smiled and promised, "Second master, don't worry, the little old man dares to guarantee the ticket!" If the dishes can't be praised by the guests three times, the little old man has no face to ask for the second master's money. ”

Second Master Zheng is also a cheerful person, and laughed when he heard this, "Okay, I wrote down what you said." If the banquet is really well done, I will reward an additional two hundred taels of silver! ”

"Great!" Shopkeeper Luo smiled happily, "Just take a look!" ”

Second Master Zheng had confidence in his heart, so he turned around and beckoned all the guests to sit down.

Soon, a row of six gray-clothed little men came upstairs with a large tray of fish, and four cold dishes, including sauced beef, garlic white meat, pepper-flavored belly, and drunken chicken legs, were neatly placed on the table.

Everyone glanced at it, except that they felt that the green onion leaves on the side of the plate were fresher than usual, but there was nothing special about it. Those few local guests who heard some rumors inevitably guessed in their hearts, could it be that this Baiyunju really went the way of Sun's Mansion?

Second Master Zheng sat firmly, smiling and giving his eldest brother, who was also puzzled, a reassuring look.

Before Master Zheng could open his mouth to ask, he heard the sound of the little guy going upstairs again, this time the little guy changed his previous silence and shouted loudly, "The jade longevity noodles are here, and Baiyunju congratulates the old lady Zheng on her seventieth birthday and a long life of a hundred years!" ”

The young man was like a breeze under his feet, and as soon as he finished speaking, he had already sent the large tray to the main table. Everyone looked at it, and in the tray was a large porcelain bowl burned into the shape of lotus leaves, and half of the milky white soup was filled in the bowl, and the slender noodles rolling in the soup were actually light blue color! This milky white lining is light green, not to mention how it tastes, just a glance into the eyes makes people feel very refreshing.

Old Man Zheng stroked his beard and praised it, and said with a smile, "How many times has the old man passed his birthday, and it is the first time he has eaten such a novel longevity noodles." ”

Master Zheng took the chopsticks with his own hands, picked out some noodles in the bowl and put them into the small porcelain bowl, held them in front of the old father with both hands, and said loudly, "I wish my father a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan!" ”

Everyone also got up in unison and shouted, "I wish the old lady a long life and a long life!" ”

The old lady smiled and thanked everyone, and asked them to sit down again, then took the small porcelain bowl in Da'er's hand, lowered his head and tasted a mouthful of noodles, chewed them carefully, and praised, "Well, the taste is really good, very refreshing!" ”

When Master Zheng heard this, he motioned to the little guy next to him to step forward, and distributed the remaining longevity noodles in the lotus leaf bowl to everyone, and said with a smile, "Everyone should try it too." ”

In the customs of Snow Country, there is a saying that picking up "Fugener", the longevity of the old man or the bowl of Kuanxin noodles when the newlyweds get married are very blessed, if you eat a few bites, you will pick up a lot of good luck. Of course, this is just a good omen for the people to be happy.

Everyone laughed and ate noodles while jokingly saying that if they were touched by the blessing of the old birthday star, they would definitely live a long life, which made the old man even more happy.

Naturally, there are also small servants at the rest of the tables who have already served longevity noodles, and they all share and eat them, laughing and talking in a low voice.

Soon, the longevity noodles were removed and it was the turn of the main course to be served. The voices of the little servants announcing the names of the dishes came and went, and the big dishes with auspicious and festive names and full of color and fragrance were put on the table one after another.

At this time, everyone changed the excitement of the party, and it was rare to be quiet.

For no other reason, the white porcelain plate on the table was full of emerald and green colors, which made them suspect that they were dazzled. After all, it was snowing outside the window at this time, and they just used the title of snow pressing red plums to chant poems, how could these vegetables that can only be seen in summer jump on the table in a blink of an eye?

Second Master Zheng took in everyone's expressions in his eyes, and was happy in his heart, and when he looked up, he was even more satisfied when he saw Shopkeeper Luo bowing down and waiting at the staircase. So he waved his hand and called him over, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper Luo, it's hard for you to be able to make such a novel birthday banquet in this big winter." I didn't make it clear just now, so you can tell everyone about the name and meaning of this dish. ”

Shopkeeper Luo respectfully agreed, and saluted the distinguished guests, and then said, "You don't know, our host will pay money to subsidize a small farmer to build a greenhouse in the autumn. Originally, I had the intention of helping the poor, and I didn't expect to be able to grow vegetables.

Some time ago, I heard about the old lady's 70th birthday, although we were worried about taking over the old lady's birthday banquet, but we didn't dare to respond without good ingredients. But unexpectedly, the day before yesterday, the farmer's family suddenly sent a few baskets of fresh vegetables, which made us all very happy.

The little old man thought, this may be the heavenly Wen Kui also knew that the old lady was going to have a big birthday, so he specially added color to the old lady's birthday banquet through the farmer's family. That's why I had the courage to come to the door and beg Mr. Zheng Er, and prepared this banquet with all my heart.

The little old man is not talented, here on behalf of our host, I wish the old lady a smile and a long spring. ”

The old shopkeeper's words are interesting and novel, and he has made Mrs. Zheng the mentor of Wen Kui, and all the senior disciples here are naturally the incarnation of Wen Kui, so everyone feels very comfortable in their ears when they hear it, and secretly praises this shopkeeper for really having a long mouth.

Old lady Zheng was also so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and said "reward", and the little guy next to her immediately took a big red reward and sent it to the shopkeeper Luo.

The shopkeeper Luo then thanked him, and then pointed to the dishes on the table and introduced them to everyone one by one, "This dish is called Fuguiniao Birthday, our son has a friend brought back the album from overseas, this Fuguiniao is a rare bird overseas, and the tail is very colorful when it is opened." Today, the chef specially rolled spinach, ham and meat sauce with bean skin to form tail feathers, carefully carved the bird's head, and specially presented it to the old lady on her birthday. ”

Everyone saw that the bird's head was slender and exquisite, and the bird's tail was brightly colored, which was extremely beautiful, and then heard that this was an overseas rare bird, and they felt even more novel, and they all laughed and said that today is really the light of the old lady, which opened their eyes.

The three fathers and sons of the Zheng family all felt that there was light on their faces, and naturally the fat cook got another reward.

In this way, the shopkeeper of Luo carefully introduced the dishes on the table one by one, such as the dishes named "Two Yellow Orioles Singing Cui Willow", "Three Thousand Years of Spring", "Carp High Tengtai Liquid Wave", everyone only listened to the name of the dish and felt that it had a three-point literary atmosphere, as a reader, he naturally liked it, although he had not tasted the taste, he couldn't help but praise it again and again.

Although the old man is old, he said that everyone dies once, and if he dies early or late, he will die. In fact, seeing that the hair is gray, the skin is loose, and the arms and legs are not neat, everyone is inevitably afraid in their hearts, and naturally they prefer to listen to some good words such as eternal youth.

In such a big winter, you can see the emerald green of the table, how could the old lady Zheng not be happy, and even wondered in her heart that Xu is heaven really knew that it was not easy for him to cultivate talents for many years, so he descended such an auspicious thing!

So, the old man had a great appetite, and while beckoning everyone to eat and drink, the smile on the corner of his mouth hung high from beginning to end, and his face was even more joyful. Seeing that the two filial sons of Master Zheng and Second Master Zheng are also happy, especially the Second Master Zheng praised himself dozens of times in his heart, and it was really wise to change the birthday banquet to Baiyunju.

Not to mention that the people on the third floor were eating and drinking lively, and the people on the second floor were also discussing, although the dishes on the table were not as full of fresh vegetables as the third floor, there were as many as four dishes.

Everyone's chopsticks abandoned the meat and went to the green place to greet him, and soon the plate was at the bottom. Of course, it is impossible to add such a rare thing to the plate, and everyone suddenly felt that they were still unsatisfied, so they drank wine and gossip, and every sentence was not separated from the killer feature offered by Baiyunju...

Just when everyone thought that the banquet had ended perfectly, the shopkeeper Luo Lao personally took the young men upstairs with trays again.

Second Master Zheng thought that it was too late to put on some dishes, but he glanced at the dishes on the table that were exactly nine, which implied that the ninety-nine thing had come true, so he shouldn't add anything? Could it be that Baiyunju doesn't know the rules of the birthday banquet?

Shopkeeper Luo came to the main table, saluted and smiled, "Distinguished guests, the stove was busy just now, and I was late for the main food, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

Hearing that it was the staple food that was going to be served on the table, Second Master Zheng greeted him with a heartfelt smile, "It just so happens that the wine is surging in my stomach, so let's pad your stomach with some rice." ”

However, in the two white porcelain gold-painted plates presented by Shopkeeper Luo with a smile, they were not filled with japonica rice, but a strange food with a length of one and a half inches. It seems to be kneaded into the shape of ingots with fine noodles, and it looks very small and exquisite.

This time, without waiting for everyone to inquire, the shopkeeper Luo first opened his mouth and introduced, "This is a new noodle dish developed by the chef of the restaurant, because the appearance is very similar to ingots, so it is named ingots dumplings to please a good mouth." ”

"Ingot dumplings?" Master Zheng raised his eyebrows, hearing that it was a novelty to eat, and he didn't dare to let his father eat it. So he first took one and put it in his mouth, and after chewing a few times, his brows relaxed, and it was difficult to praise out loud, "This food tastes so fresh!" Taste it too! ”

After speaking, he hurriedly put a few of them in the round plate for the old lady, and everyone also lifted the chopsticks again when they saw this, so the sound of praise soon sounded throughout the hall. Second Master Zheng took one bite at a time, and ate four or five in a row, then he stopped his chopsticks and scolded the shopkeeper Luo with a smile, "Shopkeeper Luo, you are really not kind, why don't you serve such delicious food earlier, are you afraid that our Zheng family will not be able to rely on the money?" ”