After Hu Xianxian and her family discussed how to hold a banquet for her brother, she took her sister-in-law Ge Shumei to the small pavilion on the third floor where she used to live.

Hu Xianxian opened several large boxes of items that had been stained with a lot of dust, and she only left her personal and commonly used things, a set of Taoist robes given by the emperor and a hosta given by Pan Zongqiang, and the rest were given to Ge Shumei.

Ge Shumei let her personal maid pendant and Sanhua come together to select items, this imperial gift includes: a glass inlaid silver wire folding screen engraved with eight immortals across the sea; a pair of jade bottles inscribed with the words Qingfeng and Mingyue respectively; a set of purple sand tea sets; each painted pine, bamboo, plum silk fan three; three boxes of rouge paid tribute by Fanbang; a box of fragrant powder made from purple jasmine seeds; a pair of night pearls; three small lilac pearls; 90 off-white pearls; a statue of an old gentleman carved from boxwood; a gold brick depicting auspicious cloud patterns; Three silver bricks depicting turtles, deer, and cranes.

Ge Shumei looked at these items and said happily: "Immortal, the emperor really values you." Perhaps, one day you can get the honor of Concubine Duan Tian. ”

Hu Xianxian Muran replied: "Thank you sister-in-law Jiyan." ”

Ge Shumei asked the pendant and Sanhua to open a box left by Pan Zongqiang that year, which contained: a crested jade hairpin; a pair of golden flowers; a pair of ruby earrings; a skirt embroidered with Tillian; a green silk skirt embroidered with begonias; a pomegranate skirt trimmed with colorful cloud lace; A purse embroidered with double delphinium, inside the bag is silver nail clippers. Silver digging ear scoop. Silver thimble; A purse embroidered with a fat doll, and inside the bag is a date made of crystal. Peanut. Longan. Lotus seed.

Ge Shumei picked up the fat doll's purse and smiled with a red face and said, "How can this purse be so interesting?" ”

Hu Xianxian glanced at the purse and smiled, "It seems that Pan Zongqiang really wanted to marry me back then." ”

Ge Shumei put on her purse, looked at the few things left, picked up a silver hairpin inlaid with turquoise and handed it to the pendant, "You can take it." Thank you, Miss Gu. “

The pendant took the hairpin with a smile, thanked Ge Shumei first, and thanked Hu Xianxian again and again.

Ge Shumei glanced at Sanhua with an envious expression on her face, and handed her a box of lead powder, "Although this powder is not as moisturizing as the fragrant powder made from purple jasmine seeds, the effect of whitening and concealing blemishes is very good." ”

Sanhua took the powder with a smile, and the pendant said to her: "Sister Sanhua, you don't rub powder on weekdays, right?" If you dress up well, although you are better than those ladies, you are also a beautiful little jasper. ”

Sanhua couldn't close her mouth with a smile, Ge Shumei and the pendant covered their mouths and snickered, and Hu Xianxian laughed dryly twice.

When Hu Yong first entered the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, Hu Dacang invited people from the near and far branches of the Hu family's ancestors, and there were more than 300 people. These more than 300 people lined up from the inside to the outside in the order of seniority, from the main hall of the ancestral hall to the front of the incense field outside the hall.

Women are not allowed to participate in ancestor worship, and they all gather outside the incense field to watch the excitement.

Hu Xianxian also stood under a big plane tree next to the incense field to watch the ceremony, and a woman said to her: "The incense of our Hu family is getting more and more prosperous, and you are even more prosperous as a big official." ”

A woman next to her said: "It's prosperous, a lot of incense can be used today, and I don't know if the rice from this incense field has been sold for enough incense money this year?" ”

The rule of Hu Xianxian and their clan is that all the expenses for repairing the ancestral hall, offering to the ancestors, and sacrificing incense are all spent from the grain produced by these three acres of incense fields. This incense field is cultivated by the same clan in rotation, whether you cultivate it yourself or ask someone to cultivate it, and the harvest must be given to the patriarch. If it is the turn of the family to plant in the middle of the drought and flood, and there is no harvest, then they have to pay for the expenses themselves.

Hu Xianxian looked at the neatly lined worship procession, and the men, old and young, all looked solemn. Hu Xianxian learned from their solemn expressions and said, "I will donate ten acres of land as an incense field, and I will go and talk to the patriarch later." In the future, if there is a surplus of grain produced in the incense field, it will be saved, and when it comes to the famine year, there will be no need to post money. ”

The women beside her all laughed, and as soon as they laughed, Hu Xianxian regretted the promise to donate the land just now.

The woman who was worried that the grain she collected was not enough to spend didn't know that Hu Xianxian was in pain, and said happily: "This is good, plus the original three acres of land, it will be thirteen acres of land." The ancestral hall is just tinkering, adding oil and lighting lamps, and buying some fragrant wax paper money, as long as there is no catastrophe, everything is enough. ”

Hu Xianxian really asked Er Fat to find someone to buy land after the sacrifice was over, and the person who sold the land came, and the ten acres of thin land actually cost 1,000 taels of silver. Hu Xianxian had inquired before, and the land next to the small hillside near the ancestral hall was only eighty taels and one acres because it was susceptible to flooding. Hu Xianxian's words have been released, and he can't take it back, so he pasted all the money he was going to travel around.

Hu Xianxian laughed at himself for saving face, and he was busy for the three-day banquet.

In addition to the original chef cow in the kitchen of this Hongbin Building, the plug can also cook independently. Because of his close relationship with Hu Okura, Mud Daner also came to learn cooking skills from Da Niu and was able to help. and Liang Huifen has married Erfat, she is also a good cook, so some common dishes don't have to worry about Hu Xianxian.

Hu Xianxian mainly makes a dish called "puffer fish migration", which has the meaning of the wanderer's return home, which is in line with Hu Yonggang's recognition of his ancestors and his return to his ancestors. However, although the puffer fish is delicious, it is highly poisonous, and ordinary chefs do not dare to cook it at all.

Hu Xianxian relied on his familiarity with the parts of the pufferfish's toxin organs, and had a spell to determine whether the toxin had been removed, so he dared to make this dish, and he made dozens of servings.

In the past, chefs made only one serving of puffer fish, and the chef tasted it himself, and the chef did not react to the poisoning before the guests moved the chopsticks. This time, because of Hu Xianxian's name of "Fuhui Jade Girl", the guests were not afraid of poisoning, and they rushed to try it.

The three-day banquet in other houses is that the guests are getting fewer and fewer day by day, and the banquet in Hongbin Building is that the guests are more and more day by day. Some acquaintances who were not close to the Hu family before gave Ge Shumei heavy gifts, just begging her to say a good word for herself in front of Hu Dacang and Hu Yonggang, so that she could enter the table to taste "puffer fish migration".

Hu Xianxian was busy cleaning the puffer fish, and he had to guard the pot stove where the puffer fish was boiled step by step, which was very energy-consuming. But this is not the most difficult, the difficulty is to use spiritual power to find out whether the toxins of each puffer fish are cleaned up, and the slightest carelessness may poison people. After two days of feasting, Rao was a profound immortal body, and she also felt tired.

Liang Huifen saw that Hu Xianxian's face was pale, so she said, "Xianxian, you go and rest for a while, and I'll help you watch the fire." ”

Hu Xianxian rubbed his face, twisted his waist, and cheered up and said, "It's okay, you can rest for another busy day." Sister Huifen, it's not like you don't know, this 'puffer fish migration' pays attention to the milky white and rich soup, the pork meat is tender and smooth, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will stew the puffer fish and muddy the soup. “

Liang Huifen glanced outside and whispered, "Immortal, why do you bother with this? I can see that your sister-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp. ”

Hu Xianxian smiled, and was embarrassed to answer, but it happened that Sanhua jumped in, "I think the young grandmother is very good." ”

Liang Huifen "ho-ho" twice, pressed her chest and scolded with a smile: "You stinky Sanhua, why are you eavesdropping on others?" Alas, what are you rubbing on this face? ”

Sanhua raised his head and said proudly: "How could I eavesdrop, I just happened to come and ask if the soup was stewed." Sister Huifen, what about the powder I wiped, I can't see the pockmarked pit at all, right? ”

Liang Huifen pursed her mouth and wanted to speak to laugh at Sanhua, but Hu Xianxian waved her hand lightly and said to Sanhua: "Sanhua, go out quickly." Tell them to wait a quarter of an hour before the food is served. ”

After Sanhua went out, Liang Huifen laughed: "This Sanhua, the face is wiped as if it is arched out of the pile of white noodles, and the pockmarked pits are not filled with powder." ”

Hu Xianxian hooked the corners of her lips, "You Sanhua, don't say it, as long as she is happy." My sister-in-law's heart, I also understand, and let her. As long as my parents are happy and my brother is happy, everything is fine. ”