Sometimes the eyes are really casual, although this little black dog is dirty, but the little face with a crumpled flesh and this sticky temperament, Lin An fell in love with it at a glance.

What's more, she had already said that she would have a dog at home after the new house was built, and it just so happened that Baozi also liked it, and it was good for the two of them to keep it.

When Mama Qian heard her say this, she didn't hesitate and immediately agreed, "What Mrs. Lin said, we are worried about not knowing what to do with it, if you like it, take it away, and save me from sending some chicken and duck offal, you can rest assured, there will still be a reward." ”

"Great!" Baozi smiled all over his face and touched the puppy's head, "I can raise you!" ”

"If you like it." Lin An stood up, "Let it stay inside first, you can feed some things, my mother will go to the kitchen to get busy, and we will take it away when it's over." ”

"Good!"

Baozi responded obediently, and hurriedly went to fill the water for the puppy, and Lin An went to wash his hands and continued to return to the kitchen.

The Qin family took care of her so much, and Lin An also took the dishes of this banquet very seriously, but fortunately, these Qin family members were also capable, and everything was carried out in a clear manner when they listened to the orders.

The back kitchen is busy all day and night, and the banquet in front of it is also very lively.

Although Qin Jingxuan, the eldest girl of the Qin family, has a quiet temperament, it is the birthday of Double Ten, and the Qin family still values it very much, and invited several good daughters of the Qin family in Pingxian County to come over to congratulate her.

In the courtyard, there are screens, tables and chairs, a high platform is erected, and fresh potted flowers are placed on the left and right.

Seeing that it was lunch time, everyone sat in their seats, Qin Jingxuan gave an order, and the back kitchen began to deliver food to the front.

Mama Qian and Lin An were familiar with each other, so they took the maids to deliver the dishes according to her words, and the maids followed Mama Qian with the prepared dishes one by one and brought them up in order and put them in front of the tables of each family.

Mama Qian stood aside and shouted loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a banquet specially prepared by the eldest girl of my family. ”

The name was also taken by Lin An, the birthday banquet, the natural dish name should be more festive, and I thought about some bells and whistles, but in fact, the first dish is also simple, it is the fruit before the meal.

Five kinds of delicately cut melons and fruits of various colors, and then drizzled with almonds and jasmine boiled to the smell of goat's milk, adding the fragrance of the fruit also looks good. There were also desserts before the meal, honey peanuts, two-color bean cake and candied melon strips, as well as the sour plum soup she squeezed out with sugar and ice cubes with sour plums, which was sent in front of the main dish, just to appetize these ladies.

Qin Jingxuan knew that the chef today was the little lady who cooked for her last time, and she was already looking forward to this banquet, but this time she finally sent food up, and she began to talk more. "Everyone should be at home, don't be restrained, these are all made by the chefs who the Qin family is looking for temporarily, and I don't know if it suits your appetite."

Sitting not far from Qin Jingxuan was Qin Haoran, the third brother of the Qin family, he was a prodigal by nature, and he originally disliked this kind of formal occasion the most, but his sister's birthday, of course, he still had to come to cheer.

He looked at the five blessings that were delivered, the corners of his mouth were grinning, and the fan in his hand was closed, "Hey, isn't this just a fruit, the name is fancy, and it is drenched with goat's milk, which is new enough." ”

"Not really." A young lady who had already reached out and tasted it on the side followed up, "It's the first time I've seen fruit soaked in goat's milk, but it's really a little more flavorful, this goat's milk is not fishy at all, and there is a sweet feeling, those sent by my family always have a fishy smell, although this dish is simple, it is also very good to make." ”

"Yes, this plum soup is also delicious, sweet and refreshing, just appetizing. Sister of the Qin family is different, the first course of today's banquet is not like the well-behaved banquets I ate in the past, which is quite exciting. ”

"A few sisters are too good at boasting, this is the first one, I have to take a good look at the name like this, what is new in the future."

"You......" Qin Jingxuan couldn't help but shake her head when she looked at her younger brother, waiting for her to dismantle her own platform, this kind of thing can only be done by her third brother. As far as you talk a lot, you said that our father is upright and gentle and gentle, and your second brother is a dragon and phoenix among people, how can you get this, but they haven't learned their strengths at all. ”

"Big sister knows how to make fun of me." Qin Haoran was accustomed to listening to his sister's verbosity, so he was very disapproving, took a piece of watermelon and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely, "Father, mother, and second brother are good in every way, and now I am not the only one who accompanies you on your birthday, in the end, I am good to you." ”

"Nonsense!" Qin Jingxuan sighed, "Father and mother see that we are all the same age, I am afraid that the two elders are here, and we juniors are restrained, as for your second brother, it is a distinguished guest from the family today, and he went to accompany him, you can't talk nonsense about your eldest brother." ”

"Got it, just kidding." Qin Haoran snorted and laughed, who made his sister the most regular, he just couldn't help but tease her. However, he didn't know about the distinguished guests at home, and he didn't know where the distinguished guests came from, so he let the second brother not even come to his sister's birthday banquet, but just went to accompany others.

"Okay, sister of the Qin family, the third son is playing with you." The people on the side also spoke up, covering their mouths with handkerchiefs, and even smiling always followed everyone's beautiful appearance, "The third prince is a little troublesome when he is young, but don't say it, compared to the second son of Qin, the third son is much more interesting, I think this girl in Pingxian County who is not out of the cabinet, everyone likes the third son." ”

"Eh, you guys...... It's my sister's birthday, so it's all on me......"

A few people laughed, and the next dishes were also served one by one. Originally, the young ladies who still had the kung fu to make fun of Qin Haoran immediately put their minds on the next dishes.

"This second dish is a cold dish, and the four joys are happy."

Lin An, a cold dish, also went for appetizers, a total of four plates, white-cut chicken, salted buffalo beef, pepper oil shutters and spicy strips.

From the third course, it is officially the main course of the banquet.

"The third way, magpie Dengmei."

Magpie Dengmei is a bit more difficult to make, but Lin An has always liked to study this kind of fresh and strange dishes in the past, and he always finds recipes everywhere to make them, and he is used to doing them.

Magpie Dengmei should be regarded as a dish in the state banquet in the Qing Dynasty, use fermented flour to make a round table at the bottom, and pull out a long strip and knot to make the shape of a magpie, pinch out the head and tail of the magpie with your hands, put it on the bottom of the head, and then use the crushed carrot to wrap the flour together with the dough that has changed color after fermentation, pinch out the shape of the plum blossom and embellish it on the round table, take a clean brush dipped in black sesame sauce to draw branches on the plum blossom, and finally wrap the red dates with flour strips to make lace embellishments next to the round table.

After everything is done and steamed in the steamer, a beautiful magpie Dengmei's big steamed bun cake is made.

Where have those young ladies seen such a dish, they don't dare to blink just by looking at it, and they don't know where to start.

Now, no one cared about what jokes they wanted to make with the third prince, they all put their heads on the dishes, and they praised one after another so much that they couldn't stop.

The fourth way is to have more than every year. It's actually simple to make fish, but in order to make it beautiful, Lin An also spent some effort, the head and tail of the fish were cut out separately and cleaned, the fish meat in the middle was kicked off the fish bones, and the spicy taste was made by boiling fish fillets, and then all of them were picked out. When arranging, the head and tail of the fish are still on both sides, the bottom is made of boiled greens in the middle, the fillet is covered with the top, and the mint leaves and fresh flower petals are used on the side.

The fish meat processed in this way not only has the refreshing taste of boiled fish fillet, but also looks good-looking and does not have the greasy appearance of thick oil soup, and also preserves the appearance of the whole fish, which is considered auspicious.

The next dishes are also made by Lin An, from the name to the dishes, they are all auspicious and good-looking, not to mention the taste, not to mention dealing with these young ladies and gentlemen, even if they are taken to the palace to compare with the imperial chef, Lin An is not weak.

A few dishes were served one after another, and when Mama Qian came to the back kitchen, her face was full of smiles, "Mrs. Lin, thank you for your hard work!" Don't you know, when you make these dishes and serve them, I'm about to be praised by those ladies, and none of them don't like it! I'm looking for you to have a banquet today, and I'm really looking for the right one. ”

"If you like it, it's fine." Lin An was quite surprised by this result, otherwise she would have really disappointed the hours or two that she was busy in the kitchen. "And this last course, Mama will also serve it."

"This is still Lin Niangzi, come on." Mama Qian didn't dare to ask for credit, "Last time, the eldest girl said that she wanted to see you, and today is just right, you just happened to meet you, the eldest girl is very happy, and she will definitely give you a reward, and it is worthy of your busy work for so long." ”

"Okay." Lin An didn't shirk it, rewarded, since the Qin family was coming over, there was naturally no reason to refuse.

She washed her hands and straightened her clothes, and headed to the front yard with the last course of pasta.

"What about me?" After Baozi finished teasing the dog in the yard, he stepped forward after looking at it, after all, it was a strange place, and he still didn't dare to stay too far away from Lin An.

Lin An didn't make a decision on his own, but just looked at Mama Qian on the side.

"That's it, the little boy will follow, but it's better not to go into the banquet, you can take the puppy to play in the garden on the side for a while, just let it out."

"It's fine." Lin An nodded, knowing the worry in Mama Qian's heart, after all, on this occasion, several young ladies are here, and the buns are still too small, so as not to say anything wrong, it is better not to go. "Then do as Mama said."