Chapter 683: Creative Competition
Zhu Junyang almost vomited blood, when did he bully this stinky boy? The one who was bullied, is he good? The heart is hurt, beg for hugs, beg for coaxing, beg for comfort, otherwise you won't get up!!
Xiao Shi was about to fly happily, proudly flew a demonstrative look at Zhu Junyang, and said coquettishly with a smile: "The second sister is the best, the second sister really hurts me!" With your words, who dares to bully me? ”
"Childish!" is such a big person, and he is still coquettish to his sister. The most annoying thing is to be coquettish to his daughter-in-law. Zhu Junyang doesn't admit that he is jealous!
Yu Xiaocao felt that the resentment emanating from her husband was about to materialize, thinking that she would have to make a lot of effort to appease this large animal when she went back, and after saying a few words to her younger brother, she finally made an invitation: "Three days later, we will hold a unique 'tasting party' in our house, and we need some young students to be judged." When the time comes, you can invite a few people who have a good relationship to come over. ”
"Try? Is it about good food? I have to cover this news, or I'm afraid I'll overcrowd your outer courtyard! "Thinking of the last birthday banquet, Xiao Shi still has palpitations. Originally, it was a family banquet, but I didn't expect to empty the entire medicinal food room to entertain all the guests.
Yu Xiaocao briefly said her plan for this party: In fact, it is the creative pastries made by the little girls in the inner courtyard and sent to the outer courtyard for the young boys to judge, and the first, second and third places will be judged, and the winners will have prizes. She has all the prizes in mind, which is a membership card for her "creative pastry". With this membership card, you can spend half price on all purchases at "Creative Pastries"!
Yes, even the prizes are for the promotion of her shop that has not yet opened! With such an owner, why don't you worry about her business when you say it's not prosperous?
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Zhu Junyang is not happy, very unhappy! The newlywed period should have been a sweet moment for the two of them to live in the world of the two. However, he was snubbed by his newlywed little wife!
Since returning to the palace on the day he returned home, his little wife has been busy. First, she invited craftsmen to build five large tin ovens in the back garden, and then summoned the preparatory pastry chefs of her pastry shop to the house for pre-competition training. The subordinates of the family were commanded by the little wife, and they were willing to do it.
Mei Xiang, who is the manager of the inner court, and Liu Dequan, the chief of the inner court, have a twelve-point spirit. This is the first time that they have organized a party in the Xuwang Mansion, and they are all the ladies and powerful children of the upper echelons of the capital, and everything must be arranged in all aspects, so as not to fall into the reputation of the Xuwang Mansion. The steward in charge of purchasing is even more conscientious, and he has to ask Yang Liu next to the princess for instructions every day, for fear of missing any important materials.
Laying out the back garden took most of the grass most of the day. Fortunately, the people of the palace are powerful, otherwise it would take two days to achieve the effect she wants, which is really a bit mysterious! As long as she came up with an idea to look at the overall situation, the stewards of the outer and inner courts immediately arranged for her properly and turned her request into reality. This is also the time for the stewards and servants of the palace to show their abilities to the princess! They all cheered up, for fear that the princess would not be satisfied.
Although, they are all people arranged by the prince. But who in Beijing doesn't know that when they didn't get married, the master was obedient to the heroine. After getting married, he carried out the twenty-four filial husbands to the end, and he couldn't wait to stick to the heroine all the time. can make Zhu Junyang pick the right person, which one is not like a human spirit, and he has already seen through the heroine of this mansion. Even if during the newlywed, the master was in a very unhappy mood, and still told them to fully cooperate with the hostess. Tsk, if anyone dares to be treacherous and slippery, and is opened by the heroine, the prince will never say a word for them, but will clap his hands and praise. For the sake of their own errands, especially those stewards, don't they have enough strength to show their abilities in front of the heroine?
Even if the people under his hands fully cooperated, the hard-working grass was still very tired. In order to ensure the perfection of this activity, Xiaocao commanded the people during the day, and at night, he also picked up his own planning book, bit the pen to think creatively, and recorded the inspiration in his head for the next day. Sometimes, in the small study in the inner courtyard, I stay in the middle of the night.
Seeing such a serious and hard-working little wife, how could Zhu Junyang be willing to trouble her again? If you love her and spoil her, you must fully support her! Despite being extremely unhappy, Zhu Junyang still followed the principles of a good husband and shared a lot of work for his little daughter-in-law.
I don't know who spread the news, on the second day of preparing for the "Handmade Pastry Creative Competition", from the morning, Xiaocao began to receive a letter of worship, all of which were the wives of the well-known families in Beijing and their daughters ranging from eight to sixteen years old to visit, the purpose was to invite a trial meeting.
Originally, Xiaocao's purpose in organizing this activity was to invite the girl that the second brother liked to have fun, so that Princess Jing could meet this future daughter-in-law. I was afraid that the girl would be embarrassed, so I invited some girls who knew each other to accompany her. The idea of making pastries with your own hands is also to increase the fun of the party.
Princess Jing and Xiaocao, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, are only invited from relatives and friends of the two families. Only twenty posts were prepared, Princess Jing took ten, and Miss Han divided five blank posts and asked her to invite her familiar friends. There are only five left.
However, on the second day, from the morning, Xiaocao began to receive visiting guests, sometimes at the same time to receive several ladies and ladies who had come together. In the evening, there were also prayer stickers handed over. She was so busy that she ate a few bites of lunch hastily. At the end of the day, there were more than 20 people who came to ask for posts. The key is that some people, whether it is Xiaocao or her man, have never crossed paths with them, and they are not even nodding friends, and they actually lick their faces and come over to ask for a post for the party.
Good guys, the number of people who were originally invited has suddenly doubled, and the number of people that need to be prepared has to be multiplied. Fortunately, the back garden of King Xu's Mansion was large enough, and a batch of materials were urgently replenished to ensure that the next day's party would not be blinded.
As for the guests in the outer courtyard, they never got out of control. Zhu Junyang gave his subordinates those generals who had made meritorious contributions to him, five or six classmates and friends of Xiaoshi, young talents among relatives and friends in King Jing's Mansion, and relatives of the Han family......
Xiaocao has to thank the event for setting a hurry, otherwise the people who came to ask for posts would not be more than twenty. Many people who are a little behind in the news can't help beating their chests when they learn that they missed this opportunity to brush their presence in front of King Xu and the princess and show their faces in front of the young talents in Beijing, and then pay close attention to the dynamics of the palace of King Xu, looking forward to Princess Xu's next party invitation.
On the day of the third day of the party, all kinds of carriages were parked in front of King Xu's mansion, and judging from the marks on the carriages, almost all the powerful families of the imperial court were above the third grade, of course, not only these.
In the name of Xiaocao organizing such a grand gathering for the first time to come to help, Princess Jing came to see her daughter-in-law openly. As a result, the daughter-in-law didn't see it, and began to busily entertain the ladies with heads and faces.
As the owner's little grass, you can't be idle! Fortunately, several of her good sisters, He Wanning and Lord Minglan helped her a lot. When these two were in the boudoir, they came into contact with the upper-class ladies, and the families they married were also upper-class. The ladies and young daughters-in-law who received the invitation, almost none of them did not recognize, and they were quite handy in entertaining. Leave the guests to them, and Xiaocao is also relieved.
When I learned about this gathering, I was able to make my own snacks. Not only did it attract the interest of the young girls, but their sisters-in-law and married sisters were also full of interest. So, in some posts, Hula came to the family, there were mothers and daughters who came together, aunts and sisters-in-law together, and sisters and sisters who came together. Fortunately, Xiaocao was relatively well prepared, otherwise he would have been caught blind on the spot.
The ridiculously large back garden of King Xu's Mansion is divided into two parts at the moment. The middle row of bamboos is separated, inside is the place where the ladies and ladies are active, and the outside is the place where young talents drink tea, play games, throw pots, and shoot arrows. King Xu's Mansion almost gathered all the talents of the Beijing Chinese martial arts, and those ladies cast meaningful glances from time to time across the sparse bamboo forest.
A clear swirling stream of water connects the garden inside and out. On either side of the current, low tables and brightly colored blankets are placed. In the current, from time to time, flower petals fall and flow downstream......
Xiao Shi and a few of his classmates, looking at the flowing water, couldn't help laughing: "Xuwangfu is going to imitate the ancients' Qushui Liuzhen to organize activities!" It's quite elegant! ”
In the garden, in addition to some ladies, young grandmothers, and some children who are less than thirteen. Xiaocao explained the rules of this competition, focusing on "creativity", "beauty" and "taste", and the top three in these three items are rewarded.
The big girls and little daughters-in-law were eager to try it after hearing the details of the event. Xiaocao didn't say much and soon announced the start of the game.
The creative pastry competition is divided into four groups: "Biscuit Group", "Cake Group", "Chocolate Group" and "Other Group". Children under the age of 10 are gathered together to make relatively simple cookies and chocolates with the help of trainee pastry chefs.
These are really not technical, and many molds of animals and flowers are prepared on site. The prepared dough is made into various shapes with molds and baked in the oven to create fragrant biscuits. Chocolate is also made by pouring melted chocolate syrup into a mold, cooling and taking it out. In order to be afraid that the children will be hot, each child is beside him, in addition to the intern pastry chef, he is also followed by two careful maids to resolutely put an end to potential safety hazards.
As for the older children, as well as the ladies, they are all handmade. Pinch the biscuits into your favorite shape, decorate the petit fours with cream, jam and chocolate, and add some creative ingredients to the chocolate to create a different taste......