On the last day of the old year, Ren Yan saw Mak Fenghui again.

On this day, the sky was still bright, and the shopkeeper had already called the jade gourd to count the big money; He also brought someone to hold a dozen red lacquer plates, one of which belonged to the two owners, and the other belonged to him.

When the silver dollars in hand were added up to about three months' wages, everyone was beaming, shouting and laughing for a while, and they rushed home. The sunset outside has not set, and Ren Yan is strolling on the street with a small purse while it is bright.

The Xiannong Altar in Xicheng is about to open tomorrow, and someone is cleaning up the green glazed tiles on the top of the mountain; There are a lot of shops and merchants crowded outside the fence, if you occupy a good place, the Ming'er temple will open and make a lot of money.

Ren Yan glanced back and forth, and went straight to the stall where the fire was burning; The big-bellied shopkeeper knew her, picked three or five pieces of full and golden fire for her to put in a paper bag, and said with a smile that he hadn't seen the seventh master for a long time.

The burnt cake was breaded with tender meat grains, and the taste was dispersed by taking a bite, leading the rats two streets away to turn back.

Before the shopkeeper said two sentences, he was about to ask the guests to squeeze their stomachs flat, and hurriedly said goodbye, chopping meat with a knife in one hand, and scooping water into the basin under the small wooden table with the other hand, ready to make stuffing.

Ren Yan squeezed out of the crowd, touched his eyes and beckoned to the side and back; I didn't look at the movement before, but only then did the two young men approach embarrassedly and whispered Miss Ren's hello.

Ren Yan divided three pieces of fire and burned them to them, and asked with a smile: "It's cold and I don't know how to find a leeward place to wait, isn't it cold?" ”

The two gentlemen just laughed and refused.

She withdrew her hand: "The one for you seventh master is in my pocket, this was originally bought for you, go home immediately, and eat it on the way." ”

"Hey, thank you."

Gu Tingwen sent people to guard her, and these people were very disciplined and refused to show up easily; But as time goes by, Ren Yan can recognize a few clearly.

It was dark in a flash, and she didn't dare to delay outside, so she called the intersection to wait for the car and took her to the house.

Ming'er Gu Mansion drank and feasted, and the inner and outer courtyards were already draped at this time.

Hit the gate to the inner hall all the way to the red felt paving, a straight splendid avenue, two flaming red lanterns; Even the round pier handrails on the pond arch bridge are called goodbye to all kinds of colored lights, and they look like reserved ladies in makeup from a distance.

The little girl and the little girl came in and out, moving the bonsai and falling on the seat, the copper pole under the pestle under the corridor picked up a big palace lamp, and there were two pairs pinned to the branches, like the head of the jade lion that had been revitalized for three or five years.

On the northwest corner of the tower, open the window of the three-crossed six-fold rhombic sill, here can almost overlook half of the city, the Gu Mansion under the Ambilight is naturally in full view, and the fiery red can burn up the entire city, a thrilling scene.

The hundred-year-old domineering of the Gu Mansion can be seen now.

The little girl with her was used to seeing such a scene, and she had no other thoughts except for the cold: "Miss Ren, you want to look, I will move the mattress for you, and the wind is always blowing like this, and the night is uncomfortable." ”

Ren Yan rubbed his hands and wanted to go downstairs: "Look at the freshness, let's go down." ”

"Hey." The little girl was relieved and smiled again, "The seventh master told me that I can come back early tonight, set off fireworks at eight o'clock, and then come up with you to see, we are not ready yet." ”

"That's a good idea!"

She loves to be lively and is full of yearning for fireworks.

When the girl closed the window, she slowly withdrew her gaze.

The terrain is high, and you can see it clearly from several courtyards nearby. The masters who were confined in the courtyard also rushed out to see the excitement, and they would disperse, leaving only Mai Fenghui still wandering.

Ren Yan entered the garden, he was sitting on the rockery and supporting his knees, occasionally sighing, and was not surprised by her appearance: "Master Ren is off work?" ”

"See you again, Master Mai!"

Mai Fenghui wanted to invite her to sit, but there were cold stones all around her, so she had to smile wryly: "The seventh master allowed us to come out for a walk, the scenery of this courtyard is very good, and I am reluctant to leave after watching it for a long time." ”

Ren Yan also smiled: "It's okay, it's just a banquet tomorrow, let people lead around the place, the right to relax, everyone is hard!" ”

"It's not hard." Mak Bong-fai shook his head kindly, "It's our duty." ”

He is a reserved person, his face flushes when he can't say a few words, and he is not very embarrassed; Ren Yan was thinking about things in his heart, and he was speechless for a while.

The Master Mai I saw before and the one I saw today, if you want to say that they look the same, you can feel weird when you speak; Last time, it was a flame about to burn, but this time it was a half-quiet soft water.

In addition to being good at cooking, will Mak Bong-fai change his face?

"How can you think that?"

A moment before eight o'clock, Gu Ting heard that she had come to the house, and her clothes had not been changed, so he took her to the corner tower.

said that he was asking people to serve, but when he didn't know where the interest came from, he let the objects that left wine and food and watch fireworks clean up everyone, and he brought a sleeve and began to light the candlestick.

The corner tower is not often people come up, and even the candlesticks are mottled with old rust; Just now Ren Yan asked the girl why she didn't change it to a new one, and the little girl compared the number in a panic, which was about enough to buy thirty percent of the Gu house.

Ren Yan shut up.

This saw him wax gracefully, and suddenly gave birth to the illusion of time turning.

When I was a child, I listened to my mother's story, and the Confucian student who rushed to the exam strayed into the fairy world in the painting and had a splendid relationship with the fairy, and then the fairy refused to come out of the painting, so the Confucian gave up his body and entered the painting, and stayed with her.

Mother envies, and she envies.

Now, is she considered complete?

Gu Tingwen didn't listen to her reply for a long time, turned around with a candle, sat on the small table in front of her, and looked up at her: "What are you thinking?" ”

She told him the story.

Gu Tingwen commented: "It's beautiful. ”

"Really?"

He took her hand: "Want to hear me tell the truth?" ”

Ren Yan nodded.

He lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand: "If I ......"

So what?

"I can't bear the pain of lovesickness."

She smiled, her face so hot.

He looked serious and sat down beside her: "Eat." ”

She took a bite of the snack, and there was a bang outside, and the bright red fire exploded in the air, like bean paste and sugar filling flowing from the snack.

The girl was guarding downstairs, and at first she could see the young couple upstairs watching the fireworks in front of the window, but then the fireworks dispersed, and the window was closed in the dark night, and she blushed and beckoned to stay away.

When Gu Ting heard that someone was called to come up and serve, a couple of children were sitting at one end of the Arhat couch, his suit and shirt were folded with several fine traces, but Ren Yan turned his head and rushed to the wall with a red face, and he went to shake her hand but was neatly shaken away.

"Ming'er Qi Honghentang will be closed for three days, so you don't have to go to work." When she went downstairs, she was willing to say something to him seriously, "You can sleep until noon, isn't it beautiful?" ”

He knocked on her head: "Tomorrow will get up at five o'clock in the morning." ”

"Do what?"

"Come with me to welcome guests."

She shouldn't.

Gu Tingwen still smiled: "Second brother and second sister-in-law, are you willing to let me be alone?" ”

"I still carry filial piety."

"Yes." He sent her into the house, and the girl brought new clothes, an ivory white jacket and a sandalwood dress.

Solemn and solemn colors, as well as a set of head, plain velvet flowers.

He casually fiddled with two pieces of appreciation, and finally dispersed the wine, so he didn't let himself open his mouth to stay, and he was reluctant to go out: "Good night, my fiancée." ”

Lazy and merry, he really ate too much wine, Ren Yan remembered the charm in the corner tower, and pouted and glared at him.

The little girl laughed.

The morning is hectic, and the sun is almost the sun when you have time to rest.

Ren Yan and Gu Tingwen sat together, separated by a few sheets, and on a few of them were placed shaking hands; The second young grandmother came to invite, but Gu Tingwen did not let go.

The sticky energy made the guests unbearable, and the old man in the first seat laughed first: "I can't complain about not agreeing to ask someone to come into my mansion to be a cook, how can I have the strength to grab the chef with Qi'er, or the big girl in his heart." ”

The crowd laughed.

Unexpectedly, he looked at Ren Yan: "Miss Ren, don't mention Tingwen, are you willing to enter the old man's mansion to be a master?" ”

This Mr. Xu is the one in the presidential palace, so the masters in the house are all living ancestors in Da Nari, and they have to worship when they hear a name.

If you put it on hold, you will go upside down if you can't keep it, but can his family succeed?

He is now close to Gu Tingwen, the call of Qi'er and Qi'er, the situation in Beijing is changing, and in a flash, the two of them turned against each other, and she became the knife that stabbed Gu Tingwen's heart.

The sharpest one, the cold light flashed, and it was cold to the heart!

But when people asked, she couldn't help but answer; Belittle yourself, no one looks good on your face, pretend to be stupid!

Fortunately, people are here to eat and discuss, and they don't really want to dig up the cook, so they make do with it for a while and pass.

Today's banquet is Du Liren in charge, his cooking skills in the north and south are transparent, and the dishes that have been tossed for a month are all superb, and the wings have been feasted, and the head is a hundred flower chicken.

In the dishes of Guangdong, the carefully selected tender chickens weigh only one and a half catties, but they cannot be less than a catty; Then choose the best meat from these selected chickens and use them for cooking.

Cut the back of the cleaned chicken body, peel off the chicken skin evenly on both sides, and then remove the head and wing body respectively, and put it in the steamer.

The work of steaming the meat was first shelled by several pairs of prawns sent from Jiaozhou, and the shrimp meat was smashed into a pulp; You have to chop the fat and lean meat into fine mince, add spices, egg whites and corn flour and mix them into the shrimp puree to make a delicate filling.

Moved the meat into the oven, then skimmed the chicken skin and grease, pricked a few fine holes in the bamboo needles and spread them on the bamboo grate, and smeared a thin layer of corn flour.

This will be a spread of marinated shrimp puree, followed by a layer of crab paste and crab roe and minced crab meat. Smooth out the filling, then apply chicken eggs and pat flattened, and put it in a steamer to cook.

Clip it out and cut the rectangular strips to sit on the Japanese word array, put back the chicken head and chicken wing body, and form a prototype.

Cook the lard in the hot pan twice and then add another oil, cook the wine and the first soup and spices to thicken, and the sesame oil will be evenly poured into the pot and poured on the chicken, so that the skin and meat are soaked in taste.

Rao is so not finished, now in the depths of winter, it is necessary to take new white chrysanthemum petals to press open and inlay in the pan circumference; If it is summer and autumn, it should be decorated with nightshade incense, so as to the taste of the fragrance of flowers.

The plain porcelain plate holds the bright and crispy chicken, which is refreshing and sweet, and it is the best to warm it in winter.

What's more, the chicken skin in the dish is delicate, more rough, less not crispy, and extremely important to the heat. I can't complain that Master Du is sought after, and the reputation of the master of the red case, Fu Toukui, is well-known.

Ren Yan tasted it, praised it, and whispered: "If you call for the same people like this, it won't end well." ”

Gu Tingwen smiled: "Don't worry. ”

Du Liren triumphantly retreated to the side, followed by Mai Fenghui's snowflake chicken Nao.

Master Renmai lowered his head and was cautious, but his steps were fast and steady.

Ren Yan saw it first, but it was the cold light in his sleeve-