On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before dawn, Dong Shu had already woken up.

She was just about to get up quietly, but Xu Shiqiu next to her also woke up the moment she woke up, noticed her movements, hurriedly reached out to wrap her waist, and said, "Sleep again, it's still early." ”

"Where is it early, this morning the sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are going to come to the house for breakfast, although I told the kitchen yesterday, but as the main family, there is no reason to sleep directly to the door of the guests."

said so, but Dong Shu took advantage of Xu Shiqiu's movements and lay down again, but after lying quietly for less than a stick of incense, Dong Shu still got up again.

Xu Shiqiu was tossed by Dong Shu like this, and he also lost his sleepiness, thinking that his own Yuan Xi and the full moon were not a big deal, this time Zhou Ben was the mother's intention to make a big scene, and the little lady should be so worried.

"It's still cold, you can wear more, you really can't hold a stove in your arms." As he spoke, Xu Shiqiu also followed Dong Shu to get up, and when he saw movement outside, he knew that it was Ling Xiang and the others who also got up.

"I know, Xianggong is still away from your daily morning exercise, so it's better to sleep again." Dong Shu was talking, and she was neatly dressing herself in her hands.

Although their identities are different now, Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu are still not used to servants serving in the house, and they come by themselves to dress and wash every day.

When Xu Shiqiu heard Dong Shu's words, he felt funny in his heart, but he still couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are thinking about Yuan Xi's Zhou banquet, is it difficult for me to be a father?" You go to busy yours, I will go to the morning exercise later, and then I will take Yuan Xi in person. ”

As soon as Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she hurriedly stopped her movements, turned around and kissed Xu Shiqiu lightly on the lips.

"I knew that the husband was the best." Dong Shu spoke, and a pair of crescent moon eyes were also bright and scary.

It was Xu Shiqiu, who didn't expect Dong Shu to suddenly kiss him, without waiting for him to react, he just wanted to hold the little lady to deepen the kiss, and after saying what he just said, the little lady had already walked out a few steps quickly and stayed away from herself.

Xu Shiqiu couldn't smile bitterly at Dong Shu's actions, but in the end, he could only watch the little lady quickly get dressed, go out of the inner room, and call Ling Xiang and others to bring hot water in.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu's heart was kissed by Dong Shu just now, but it was hot.

After thinking about when tonight's guests would be able to leave, I thought about having a good time with the little lady twice tonight.

Dong Shu didn't know Xu Shiqiu's thoughts, she was worried about things, washed up, simply pulled her hair, and walked out with a big hat.

After all, she still has to go to the kitchen, and the smoke is heavy, so Dong Shu is not in a hurry to make up, but the clothes she wears are still the ordinary dresses she wears at home on weekdays, and only a big one looks more luxurious.

By the time Dong Shu came to the big kitchen, the big kitchen was already busy.

For a meal this morning, only the Xu family, even Xu Nuanwen, a married daughter, couldn't come back to eat.

But although there is only the Xu family's own family, the Xu Er family, who arrived at the Xu family yesterday, is also there.

Since their family and the Xu family, this is the first banquet in the third room of the Xu family, and now the sons of the Xu family are gradually coming out, and their Xu family's side branches can be regarded as handy.

In this way, the Xu family alone will have three or four tables of people in the morning.

"How's the preparation?"

As soon as Dong Shu arrived in the kitchen, she opened her mouth to ask, and as soon as her words fell, the two stewards of the big kitchen came to her one after the other.

The male steward in front replied respectfully in advance: "Madame Hui, yesterday the people in the big kitchen were divided into three groups to keep an eye on here, and the fire in the big kitchen has not stopped at night, just wait for the hour to arrive, and you can deliver food to the hall." ”

At the moment when the male steward's voice fell, the female steward and servant who followed him also spoke: "The food that Madame set a few days ago has been prepared. In addition, all kinds of small snacks are also prepared according to the dim sum recipe sent by the small kitchen on the lady's side. ”

After listening to the words of the two stewards, Dong Shu nodded with satisfaction.

"In the morning, I am all from my own family, although the food does not need to be gorgeous, but I must ensure that the masters are just right when they enter. The specially made Wufu noodles must be cooked carefully before they are served. ”

Dong Shu's voice fell, and the two stewards naturally immediately responded respectfully 'yes'.

Dong Shu said that the noodles were made by her after she accidentally saw the kitchen making dim sum with vegetable juice and noodles, and specially ordered the kitchen to make them.

Under her instructions, the kitchen used four kinds of vegetables, with pure white noodles, and specially made this 'Wufu noodles', which is a picture of the good intentions of a Wufu Linmen.

It's just that the winter vegetable juice is difficult to get, and even the Xu family can't buy so many vegetables to get the vegetable juice, so today's 'Wufu noodles' are not enough for everyone to eat, so no one can taste some, and if you want to be full, you still have to eat other things.

Not only this noodle, Dong Shu put a lot of thought into it, it was the soup base and toppings, Dong Shu also let the kitchen ponder for a long time, and specially prepared dozens of flavors, in order to have a happy meal for the family this morning.

Of course, in addition to the longevity noodles that will be available today, the big kitchen also makes a variety of exquisite food, including the traditional taste of the capital, the special food that Xu Shiqiu ate in the north this time, and of course, the taste of the south.

Dong Shu took a turn in the big kitchen and made sure that the big kitchen was indeed ready, so he returned to Shihuan Courtyard.

When she returned to Shihuan Courtyard, it was already the beginning of the year, she quickly wiped her body with hot water, changed into the first dress of today's banquet, and then walked to the house to prepare for makeup.

"The lady is not bad." Xu Shiqiu had already finished his morning exercise, but Yuan Xi hadn't woken up today, so he ate two pieces of dim sum and cushioned it.

Seeing that Dong Shu was about to make up, he hurriedly held the candlestick in his hand and strode towards her.

Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, and laughed before speaking: "For today's New Year's Eve Zhou banquet, my mother specially asked me to prepare a few more sets of dresses. It is said that it is a set in the morning, and then a set after breakfast, and a set of guests will be changed after the end of the week. ”

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Xu Shiqiu remembered that when he got up early to get dressed, he saw his three sets of new clothes in the closet.

"Didn't you make three new sets of clothes yourself, and so did I?"

As soon as Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, he knew that he saw the three sets of clothes that matched him, and said with a smile: "It's not you, Yuan Xi also did it, or my mother also made three sets of new clothes." ”

As soon as Dong Shu's words came out, Xu Shiqiu didn't know what to say.

After all, the current situation at home is not that it can't afford to make a few sets of new clothes, not to mention three sets, even thirty sets, which is also okay.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu didn't expect that this matter would be specially ordered by his mother, after all, his mother was not such a swaggering person before.

Dong Shu saw that Xu Shiqiu was silent, so he snickered and didn't speak.

In fact, Dong Shu didn't tell the truth, this time ago, each of their family made more than three sets of new clothes, only Xianggong was not at home before, only made five sets of clothes that could be used to feast guests when they went out, and they had three generations of grandchildren, but one person made more than a dozen sets.

Now Dong Shu has no shortage of good materials in her hands, and Mrs. Xu has a lot of good materials sent by Xu Nuanwen, so naturally she will not be reluctant to give up these materials.

Not to mention the materials for making clothes, Queen Hu not only gave Dong Shu clothes, but also good fur and jewelry, all of which were given a lot.

What's more, Dong Shu also felt that her mother-in-law was right, this Yuan Xi Zhou was the first time that they had a big banquet after the Xu family's three rooms returned to Beijing, and this should be a posture that should still be put out.

Thinking about things in his heart, Dong Shu's movements in his hands did not stop.

Now that she is used to dressing up by herself, her hand speed is not slow, and when she is dressed up, she carefully wipes some rouge, and it is close to three o'clock.

Just when Dong Shu was dressing up, Xu Shiqiu also changed his clothes, and at the same time, Yuan Xi also woke up and was cleaned up by the nurse and Mama Yan, and carried to the main room.

As soon as the three of them wore clothes of the same color and related patterns, they were praised by Mrs. Xu.

After the three of them finished saluting Mrs. Xu, Xu Er also arrived with his children and grandchildren, and even there was movement in the concierge, and Xu Mingyuan and Xu Xiaozhi also arrived with a family.

Everyone talked and laughed, and when the dining hall was seated, and the family did not use a screen to stop them, it was just the time of the hour.

According to the rules, the Ye family, the Jiang family, and Dong Shu should go to Mrs. Xu's side to serve, but Mrs. Xu is not a daughter-in-law, not to mention that in her eyes, they will all be her own family, so she doesn't have to care about these.

"Don't toss, the family doesn't have to care about so many rules." Old Lady Xu fell, Ye and Jiang immediately sat down again with a smile, and as soon as they sat down, they listened to Old Lady Xu continue to speak: "This morning's food is all prepared by her mother on Yuan Xi, she likes to study these foods the most on weekdays, you should taste them." ”

Mrs. Xu took the initiative to speak, and she didn't pay attention to the rule of 'eating and sleeping', and other people naturally knew that she was in a good mood and followed suit.

Only this time, everyone looked at the noodles in the small bowl in front of them, five colors mixed together, and they were a little stunned, it was the first time they had seen such longevity noodles.

"This is the Wufu noodles that I specially asked the kitchen to prepare, but there are not many because the vegetable juice is difficult to obtain." Dong Shu was a little embarrassed when she spoke, after all, there are really not many of them.

However, Dong Shu thought about it a lot, and everyone was not uncomfortable when they heard Dong Shu's words.

After all, it's still winter, and I don't know how much thought it took to get so much vegetable juice and noodles.

What's more, the taste of other meals is also very good, and even Ye's, who eats a lot of exquisite food on weekdays, has to praise the ingenious mind of the third brother and sister. ’

The family ate and laughed and laughed until the end of the hour, and then left the hall.

Everyone should go conveniently, Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu also led Yuan Xi back to change clothes, according to the rules, in a quarter of an hour, the guests should also come to the door.