Mama Leng was ushered in, saluted Yi'er in a proper manner, and said hello, Yi'er got up, personally helped the person up, and then let Wu'er sit down.

Mama Leng saw that Yi'er was polite and polite, and she felt that she was useful, and after thanking her, she sat on the chair.

Yi'er said: "Mama is the old man next to my grandmother, and my qualifications and prestige are not comparable to my younger generations. ”

Mama Leng said, "Miss is polite. If you want to say that this banquet is entertaining, it is simple to say that it is simple, and it is complicated, it is also complicated, it depends on how you do it! This master knows things, and the subordinates work together, and things will naturally come to fruition, but if ...... Hehe, Miss is an understanding person, so the old slave won't repeat it. ”

Yi'er smiled and said, "Mama is very right. ”

Mama Leng also smiled with her, and then remembered the purpose of coming in, so she said: "The fifteenth Mid-Autumn Festival is a family banquet, but now there are some difficulties, and the old slave does not dare to call the shots, so I returned to Miss and asked Miss to get an idea." ”

Yi'er picked up the list in her hand and looked at it again, and said, "The difficulty that Mama said refers to the problem of the silver taels?" ”

Mama Leng said, "Isn't it! Miss, you see, what you have in your hand is the purchase fee that needs to be purchased according to the budget of twenty tables, which is a lot more than the two hundred taels of silver that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has handed over. It stands to reason that the land where our eldest princess's mansion goes out to purchase are all familiar shops, even if we don't give enough silver for a while, things can be done back first, but there is no such precedent in the past, if this is spread, outsiders still think that there is something wrong with our eldest princess's mansion, and even this idea of broken silver is very nervous, so ......"

Yi'er waved her hand and said, "Since there is no precedent for this, naturally we can't do this." Mama is right, our grand princess's mansion, we have to pay on credit to hold such a family banquet and go out to procure, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth when they spread it? ”

Mama Leng said: "It's just that if it's not, how can this matter be good?" ”

Yi'er said: "I see that there are four-color fruits on this list, among which Mangji persimmon and papaya are not fruits in the Yundu area, and they are not seasonal vegetables and fruits in this month, and the price is a little more expensive." ”

Mama Leng said: "Miss doesn't know, our princess's mansion has a banquet, these four-colored fruits are all set, because the eldest princess likes it, it hasn't changed for many years, besides, this is just a small out, even if it is saved, it can't save a few silver." ”

Yi'er nodded, and said: "If you want to invite a banquet in the future, the princess's mansion also invited the chef team of Baoshan Building to come over as the chef, and the opera team of Sichun Court came to sing on stage?" ”

Mama Leng nodded yes.

Yi'er said again: "What is the use of this ebony carved embroidery screen ordered in Tianwailou?" ”

Leng Mama said: "This is used in Shuofeng Garden, when the time comes, the young lady will kowtow to the eldest princess in Shuofeng Garden and pour tea, and officially recognize this godfather." The eldest princess said before that Shuofeng Garden is good, but it is too quiet, so the slave maid thought about going to Tianwailou to order this screen. ”

Yi'er asked a few more random questions, but Mama Leng didn't want to streamline them on the grounds of old rules or the eldest princess's liking.

Yi'er smiled and said, "I don't hide it from Mama, this list prepared by Mama is very comprehensive, and it can be seen that Mama is really thinking about it, there is only one point, I want to change it here." ”

Mama Leng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Where does Miss want to change?" ”

Yi'er said: "Mama, this is preparing twenty tables, I thought that since the guests who came that day could not determine the number of people, it was better to prepare a little more, so the portion of these twenty tables had to be increased to thirty tables, so be prepared." ”

"Thirty tables?" Mama Leng exclaimed, "My miss, these twenty tables have exceeded the budget by a large margin, if there are thirty tables, where will the two hundred taels of silver be enough to spend?" ”

Yi'er said: "Thirty tables are indispensable, Mama think, if we only prepare twenty tables, what if there is a banquet at that time?" As for this silver tael, although grandmother only approved the two hundred taels first, but it was also careless for a while, and grandma will take your selfish self out first, and respond to emergencies. ”

Mama Leng was stunned for a moment, she couldn't believe her ears anymore, and said in a half-sharp voice: "Miss, is this joking with the old slave?" ”

Yi'er said: "Mama looks at me like this, like she is joking?" ”

Leng Mama said: "Miss, you see, the old slave is a human slave and maid, he receives some monthly money on weekdays, and then he gets the master's reward, what kind of private money can he save when he is in the sky?" With such a large sum of money, where can the old slave afford it? If you really say the pad, Miss is the master, even the point that flows out of the teeth is enough for the old slave to eat and drink for this life, and the young lady and the eldest princess are grandparents and grandchildren, and the horizontal and vertical are a family. ”

Yi'er made a bitter face and sighed: "I also know that what Mama said is reasonable, but what is my situation, others don't know, can Mama still not know?" I was kicked out and homeless, but fortunately I met my grandmother, take pity on me, and let me move into this eldest princess's mansion. ”

Leng Mama slandered in her heart, when Yi'er moved in, there were big bags and small bags, several extra-large cages, even if those guys had been in the eldest princess's mansion for decades and were used to seeing the world, she was also a little moved and surprised, this time it was good, this person actually called out in front of her to be poor, what a dime iron hen!

Slander in my heart, but these words can't be spoken, Leng Mama's face is a little ugly, and she is a little speechless for a while, but she can't speak.

Yi'er said a little helplessly: "Mama, look, you don't want to advance this silver first, and I, I'm a poor person, and I can't take out this money, so we can only think of this way from other places, for example, this list!" ”

"Checklist?"

Yi'er said: "For example, these four-colored fruits, although they are only small, but since we want to save them, isn't it saved from these small places one by one?" I see that this fruit can be saved. ”

"But without these four-colored fruits, wouldn't there be no fruit at the banquet?"

Yi'er smiled and said, "Mama forgot, what is behind my Juan Fangzhai?" ”

"Pear orchard?"

Yi'er said: "I see that the autumn pears are all big and big, and the appearance is good, we pick some to entertain guests, which can be regarded as local materials, which is a specialty of our eldest princess's mansion, and the meaning of this is no worse than the four-color fruit that was procured!" ”

Mama Leng frowned and said, "Even if you save these four-colored fruits, it's ......."

Yi'er said again: "Don't worry, Mama. These four-colored fruits are indeed only a small place, but the expenses of the chef team of this treasure restaurant and the troupe of Sichun Court are really large. ”

Mama Leng waved her hand again and again, and said, "This can't be saved, can't be saved." ”

Yi'er said: "I'm not very good at listening to operas, I've heard of the reputation of this Sichun Court for a long time, so I won't mention it, it's just this treasure restaurant ......."

Mama Leng hurriedly said: "The eldest princess is used to eating things in the treasure house, if the young lady rashly changes the cook of another family, the old slave is afraid of ......"

Yi'er didn't wait for her to finish, and took over: "As the saying goes, no matter how delicious the delicacies of the mountains and seas are, you can eat them every day, taste them all the time, and there will be a greasy day, and it is good to change the taste occasionally." ”

Mama Leng said a little frustratedly: "Which restaurant does the young lady plan to invite the master of the restaurant to come over and take charge of the spoon?" ”

Yi'er said: "There is a Desheng Building on Tilan Street, and the fame is not as good as the Baoshan Building, but the taste of his things is good, the most important thing is that the Desheng Building is cheap, if you know that the eldest princess's mansion invites their master to come to the house, I am afraid that it is not money, but they will be happy to come over." ”

Yi'er's words are not exaggerated, the eldest princess's mansion invites a banquet, it is completely conceivable that those real noble families will personally come to the house to congratulate, if those small restaurants can get this opportunity, it is equivalent to showing their faces in front of these noble ladies and misses, if they do well, once it spreads, it will be a living word-of-mouth reputation, and it is also the reputation of the center of the noble circle in Beijing, what does this mean for a restaurant with a small reputation, there is no need to repeat it.

Mama Leng was a little speechless.

Yi'er didn't care about her, and continued: "There are also these dishes on the list, since I have changed the restaurant, I have to change this dish if I want to come, so I don't have to worry about this matter for now, it is the Desheng Building, and I will send someone to negotiate after I come down, and I don't have to worry about it." ”

Mama Leng said meaningfully: "Miss is the master, the old slave is the servant, and the eldest princess has full authority to take care of this matter. It's just that Miss should be clear that this is a wedding banquet set up by the eldest princess's mansion, and Miss can't ......"

"You can't lose your grandmother's face!" Yi'er smiled and said, "Mama don't worry, my grandmother handed over this matter to me, no matter how ignorant I am, I won't make any jokes to make my grandmother's face dull." ”

Mama Leng was stunned, quickly stood up from the stool and chair, and said, "It's the old slave who lost his words, Miss forgive me." ”

Yi'er waved her hand and said, "Mama is also thinking about her grandmother, how can I think so much about blaming Mama?" By the way, there is also that screen, I thought that if it was just for a dry family banquet, it would be a bit redundant to spend so much money to buy such a screen, and it would be saved. ”

"But the garden of abundance ......"

Yi'er said: "Mama doesn't have to worry about this, after I come down, I will send someone to the antique shop to rent a few authentic antiques, and the landscape calligraphy and painting will come back, and clean it up, and it will not be bad." ”