Chapter 433: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner
"Eniang, let's talk about next year." Eight Masters said.
Guo Luo Luo also breathed a sigh of relief, waiting for next year's draft, her children will be born, and she will not be afraid of those little goblins who have just entered the mansion! Mao's was ahead of her to take the lead. People who enter the mansion in the future, she will not let them be favored easily.
The concubine saw that the eighth master was a little embarrassed, smiled, and didn't mention this topic again.
For a few days in a row, the eighth master and Guo Luo Luo returned early, and Baylor Mansion seemed a little deserted.
Concubines like the Zhang family and the Liu family, in addition to being able to have a more sumptuous meal on weekdays like ordinary slaves, have no special treatment. When I arrived at Mao Tongtong's Yile Garden, it showed an unusual liveliness.
After the New Year, Mao Tongtong pestered the eighth master to write blessing characters and couplets, and asked Qingzhu to take a few little maids in the courtyard to make some silk flowers, ribbons and the like, and decorate the courtyard. Red lanterns are also hung under the corridor, and the atmosphere of the New Year comes out.
In the past few days, the eighth master and Guo Luo Luo are not there, and Yile Yuan is more comfortable. She also has a small kitchen here, the ingredients are also abundant, Shen Gonggong's craftsmanship is good, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is rich and delicious.
This is still the first year that Mao Tongtong has lived after the eighth master left the palace and built a mansion. Compared to the Elder Brother's Institute, Yee Lok Yuan is obviously much better. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Mao Tongtong left the four big girls who were serving closely, Mother Luo, as well as Wu Youcai and Quan Dali, and the rest of them were considered to be on vacation, so that the small kitchen could get more good dishes and let them go happily.
"We won't talk about so many rules today. Our master and servant are also lively and lively together! Mao Tongtong looked at a few people in the room: "Come, sit down, don't be restrained." ”
"Gege, that's not good." Green bamboo is difficult.
"What's this! The doors of our courtyard are closed, and no one will come today, what are you afraid of! I wanted to do that last year. It's a pity that it will be in the palace, it will be too eye-catching. Mao Tongtong said.
Several people looked at each other, and they all dared not move. Nothing like this has ever happened. From the day they entered the palace as slaves, the humility of the master and servant was engraved in the bones.
"Come, Qingzhu, you take the lead." Mao Tongtong beckoned.
Qingzhu hesitated, but still didn't move.
"What's the matter, I have to invite you one by one! Slippery! Mao Tongtong frowned.
It is said to be one table, but in fact it is two tables. Mao Tongtong sat alone on the kang, with two small kang tables in front of him, on which about a dozen small plates were placed. And Qingzhu is a round table next to the kang, and the dishes are the same as Mao Tongtong.
"The slave and maid are the oldest, so they sit down first." It was Mama Luo who was the first to sit down at the table.
"That's right! Lord Belle and Fu Jin went to the palace for the New Year, let's just be together! If I were to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner alone, how boring it would be! Mao Tongtong laughed.
With Mama Luo taking the lead, everyone took their seats one after another. Green bamboo, green seedlings, green onions and green leaves, sat down next to Mama Luo in turn, and at the bottom were Wu Youcai and Quan Dali, the two little eunuchs.
"Look, we're pretty lively!" Mao Tongtong looked at the full table, the smile on his face became even bigger, and he raised the bowl in front of him and said, "I can't drink, so I'll toast everyone with milk instead of wine today!" ”
Everyone also hurriedly raised the wine glass in front of them and said: "The minions also respect Gege, I wish Gege a big fat boy in the coming year, and the mother and son are safe!" ”
It can be said that this is the wish of all the people in Yile Garden. With the eighth master's favor for Mao Tongtong, he will definitely be able to seal the side of Fujin if he gives birth to an elder brother. The eighth master is Baylor, and he can have two side blessings. Now there is not a single one in the house!
"Okay, borrow your auspicious words!" Mao Tongtong said with a smile.
After drinking this first cup, Mao Tongtong moved his chopsticks to pick up the dishes first, and everyone ate them.
At first, they were a little restrained, after all, as slaves, they had never eaten with their masters, let alone a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
At this time in previous years, the slaves and maids who served their masters did not have the opportunity to eat first, and they had to take turns to eat two bites of hot food. Like today, Gege also specially asked the kitchen to make a table of dishes for them, so they could sit down and eat slowly.
"The New Year's dinner is going to be lively, let's not talk about the rules of eating and sleeping. Any of you who will enforce the alcohol order, come and have fun, and let me have a good time! Mao Tongtong said with a smile.
A few people, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't speak.
"Wu Youcai, do you drink well?" Mao Tongtong named.
"The minion can't drink much!" Wu Youcai waved his hand again and again, and said, "The slave belongs to a cup of pour!" ”
"Really? Look how good you can drink! Mao Tongtong said with a smile. Wu Youcai is not small, and he is also strong, Mao Tongtong has always thought that he has a good amount of wine.
"Gege looked at the minion's face, but he was afraid that it was already red." Wu Youcai touched his face and said. He'd just had a drink.
"It was peach blossom brew just now, it's not intoxicating!" Mao Tongtong said in surprise. But as soon as the words fell, she found that Wu Youcai's face was indeed red.
"The slave still remembers the year when he first entered the palace, and the slave was about seven or eight years old. The old eunuch with the slave made a bowl of wine-stuffed meatballs on the night of the Lantern Festival. The slave was greedy and ate all the bowls. As a result, he got drunk on the spot and slept until the next morning. "Wu has a way of wealth.
Everyone was stunned, and then they couldn't help laughing.
"Ouch, you can get drunk with a bowl of wine-stuffed meatballs, Xiao Wuzi, your amount of wine is really too bad!" Mao Tongtong couldn't laugh.
Wu Youcai's face was flushed, and he said, "The slave didn't expect it." The old eunuch said that the slave drank too little, and he could exercise it by exercising more. As a result, after a few attempts, the slave was still the same, and the old eunuch gave up. ”
"Quick, which of you will make a bowl of decanting soup for Xiao Wuzi! This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has just begun, don't let him fall asleep! Mao Tongtong said with a smile.
"Minions go." Quan Dali stood up with a smile.
"Come on, come on, what other interesting things do you all have, let's talk about it today, let's have fun together!" Mao Tongtong looked at everyone and smiled.
With the beginning of Wu Youcai's interesting story, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed. When Mao Tongtong asked again, someone responded.
"Slave and maid, let's talk about one." Miao smiled.
She is usually a lively and articulate person. This will make her volunteer, and everyone will be interested.
Then Qingmiao told a story about when she first entered the palace, she was smart and secretly ate steamed buns, but she was discovered.
They all entered the palace at a young age, and such things resonate the most. This will be a joke, but if you think about it, it may not be sad.
Mao Tongtong listened to them while eating, and couldn't help but feel sympathy in his heart. Speaking of which, they're just teenagers.