Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Nanyang Chapter 113 Guo's Mother's Birthday Banquet
Time flies like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, a few days have passed. Today, Wu Yong got up early in the morning again, because he was going to take a group of teenagers to make a birthday banquet for others.
This birthday banquet was greeted by Guo Fei a long time ago, and it is said that Guo Sheng's mother will celebrate her seventieth birthday, and Guo Sheng will also rush back from the Luoyang Palace to pay respects.
Guo Fei has been busy with this during this time, collecting all kinds of ingredients, and also sent someone to inform Wu Yong to prepare three days in advance.
When Wu Yong came to the door, everyone else was waiting for him. Everyone got into the carriage arranged by Guo Fei and rushed towards Guangming Township with high spirits.
Because it was the first time to make a banquet for the nobles' family, everyone kept asking Wu Yong about various matters along the way, and at the same time talking loudly about Guo Sheng's development process.
Wu Yong saw their envious expressions, and couldn't help but feel a little chilly, who are you envious of, you actually envy a eunuch, do you want to be a eunuch! However, he was a little curious about Guo Sheng, this was the first powerful eunuch he had come into contact with since he crossed over.
Soon the group came to the gate of the Guo family's ancestral house, and after getting out of the car, Wu Yong and others couldn't help but be shocked by the grand manor in front of them!
At a glance, there are towering pavilions, surrounded by fields and ditches, orchards and bamboo forests, and you can see groups of slaves working hard.
Guo Fei had been waiting for them here for a long time, and when he saw a guard stopping Wu Yong and the others, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop them: "Let them in, I invited them to make a birthday banquet for the old lady, don't be rude." ”
The two guards hurriedly let him go, Guo Fei stepped forward and patted Wu Yong on the shoulder, laughed and said, "Virtuous nephew, you can be counted, if I can't wait for you any longer, I will personally come to the door to invite." ”
After Wu Yong greeted Guo Fei, he sighed: "Uncle, this is really an eye-opener for the kid." ”
"Where can I live here!" Guo Fei smiled bitterly, and then said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the kitchen, and all the ingredients are ready for you." ”
"Okay." Wu Yong responded, and then followed Guo Fei to the kitchen area of the manor.
At this time, many cooks were cleaning all kinds of ingredients, and when they saw Guo Fei coming, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing.
"This is Wu Yong, you all have to obey his arrangement, you have also read the menu in the past two days, and follow him to learn better." Guo Fei said.
"Yes." Everyone responded, and then they all looked at Wu Yong with curious eyes, as the chefs of this manor, when they first saw the menu of these twenty-four dishes, they were almost blindsided, because none of them could do, and they had never even heard of it.
When I finally heard that I didn't have to do it, but gave Wu Yong in Fuwang, I was relieved, and at the same time I was a little longing. As cooks, they have naturally heard Wu Yong's name, and recently Wu Yong often takes a group of teenagers to make banquets for people, and everyone who has eaten them praises them, which makes them want to take this opportunity to learn.
After instructing the cook, Guo Fei carefully instructed Wu Yong: "Today's banquet, you use dim sum to make it, if you can satisfy the old lady, you will naturally have benefits." ”
"Okay, I'll do my best." Wu Yong nodded to indicate that he understood.
Guo Fei patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then you are busy, I won't delay you for the banquet, there are still many things waiting for me to deal with." If I have any problems, send someone to inform me. ”
"Uncle is busy, don't worry about the banquet to your nephew, and the nephew will keep it so that the old lady can eat happily." When Wu Yong responded to this, he had already begun to think about how to distribute everyone to cook.
Hearing this, Guo Fei couldn't help but walk towards the main house with brisk steps. At the same time, he thought to himself: "Uncle Guo Sheng is also here today, I must let him look up at me." ”
As soon as he entered the main house, Guo Fei saw a group of people surrounding the white-faced middle-aged man who kept complimenting him.
"Uncle Guo is really a role model for juniors like us! He rushed back from Luoyang, 400 miles away, to celebrate his grandmother's birthday. ”
"Our Guo family can produce such a filial character as Brother Guo Sheng, it is really blessed by our ancestors."
"I heard that Uncle Guo is the most worthy in the palace, and the son of heaven will let Uncle Guo accompany him wherever he goes."
"Ahem, cough, when the son treats me well today, as a courtier, I should share more worries for the Son of Heaven." Guo Sheng said to everyone with a serious face, in fact, the compliments to everyone in his heart are very useful.
In fact, he came back this time, firstly, to celebrate his mother's birthday, but to see if he could bring novel items to the Son of Heaven. In recent days, Cheng Huang has always offered some novel food to the Son of Heaven, which has alienated him a little, which makes him very unwilling.
At this time, the old lady, who had been sitting on the side, that is, today's birthday star, saw Guo Fei standing at the door, so she beckoned to him and said, "Guo Fei, how is the preparation in the kitchen." ”
"Ancestor, you can rest assured, the dishes will come up in a while, and you will be satisfied with the storage." Guo Sheng said confidently.
"It's rare that you have such filial piety, and you've been busy with the birthday banquet for my wife since half a month ago, and I heard that you have almost never closed your eyes in the past few days, it's really hard for you."
"It is an honor for me as a junior to be able to do things for my ancestors. I don't have the ability of Uncle Guo Sheng, I can serve the Son of Heaven, but I can serve in front of my ancestors, and it is not in vain that my ancestors rebuild my family. ”
The people who can enter this main house today are the direct descendants of the Guo family, and of course, there are sons-in-law or daughters-in-law and the like, all of them are a family. It stands to reason that Guo Fei is not qualified to come in as a nephew, but who let him now control the Guo family's money.
Over the years, under Guo Fei's management, he has indeed brought a lot of wealth to the past. Therefore, including Guo Peng, the head of the family, they all looked at him differently.
"As long as you can speak, you can toast Uncle Guo Sheng with a glass of wine in a while, ask him to help you pay attention to whether there are vacancies in the imperial court, and let him help you find an official and a half-job." Guo Mu sat on the main seat, looked at Guo Fei and said with a smile.
Guo Fei knelt down with a plop and kowtowed: "My nephew and grandson thank the ancestors for their kindness, and in the future, I will definitely do things for the Guo family." ”
Guo Peng stood aside, disdainful of him, and thought to himself: "If there is such a good thing, can it be your turn as an outsider?" ”
The old lady asked Guo Fei to help him up, and everyone spoke again. Then a maidservant came and said, "Lord, word has come from the kitchen that it is time to serve." ”
"So fast! The ancestor will do it in a hurry, and I will arrange for someone to serve the food. Guo Fei said happily.
"Okay, let's bring it all up, I think everyone should be in a hurry, just let me, an old woman, also open my eyes and see how delicious this banquet is, recently someone has always said in front of me who has held a banquet again, and my ears are cocooned."
The old lady of the Guo family was also very interested in the banquet made by Wu Yong, and was helped by a maidservant to sit on the bench in front of the square table.
Seeing this, the others also took their seats one after another, and then craned their necks and waited for the food to be served.
"The dish is here." Guo Fei arranged for the others, and then came to the main house to wait, and when the maid came to the table with the food, he reported the name of the dish while serving it.
"This is cold salad heart-protecting meat, selected from the most nutritious part of pork, which not only tastes strong, but also nourishes liver and blood."
"This is shallots mixed with tofu, bean food is not only delicious, but also often eaten will have the effect of prolonging life."
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In the feast, the first thing to come up must be cold dishes. The names of these dishes are all the menus written by Wu Yong, Guo Fei is naturally clear, in order to have today's performance, he also specially asked Wu Yong about the characteristics and effects of these dishes.
Today's dishes are exquisite and appetizing, even Guo Sheng, the regular waiter, is the first time to eat it, so not long after these dishes are on the table, everyone is you clip a chopstick, I clip a chopstick, and soon the plate is empty.
"Uh, that's gone?" The old lady looked at the empty plate and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Guo Fei wiped a handful of sweat and said with a haha: "Ancestor, this cold dish is generally appetizing, and the amount is smaller, just because I am worried that the guests will eat too much and will not be able to taste the food in the back." ”
"Hmph, then this is too little, it won't be stolen by the next person." Guo Peng, the head of the Guo family, who was sitting on the left hand side of the old lady, snorted coldly.
"Okay, today is my mother's birthday, don't say these things, disgusting words, it affects my mother's appetite." Guo Sheng frowned, he didn't believe that the maidservants in the family dared to steal food. At the same time, I was a little tired of this brother's words, such a big person, he never spoke more than his brain.
Guo Fei didn't dare to get involved in this kind of thing, and just when he didn't know what to do, the maid brought a few dishes.
"This is a scrambled egg with leek......"
"This is fried three silk ......"
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With Guo Fei's introduction, everyone began to eat again.
"Well, this fried ham slice is really good, and it is very appetizing to the old woman." The old lady said with great satisfaction.
When she lowered her head and was about to take another bite, she found that the plate was empty, and there was not even one more.
"Why is it gone? You can't keep me a piece! The old lady was a little angry, and today she finally met some of her favorite foods, but they were all superficial.
As for the other people at the table, when they saw the old lady angry, they all lowered their heads innocently. Even Guo Sheng was a little embarrassed, he didn't know what was wrong, as soon as he picked up the chopsticks, he couldn't put them down.
Fortunately, the maidservant came with the dishes again, which eased the old lady's mood.
Then the speed of serving food became faster and faster, and everyone lost the eagerness they had at the beginning, and they all began to taste it, because they knew that there were many dishes behind, and they didn't want to eat themselves.
Soon the last sweet soup was served, and the old lady took a sip and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I think I really lived in vain before, so many delicious foods, I just tasted it for the first time today, I really hope I can eat it every day in the future." ”
When Guo Fei heard this, he hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "So that the old ancestor will know that these foods have only recently been passed down from the Taixu Immortal Realm, and everyone has never eaten them before." The nephew has ordered the cooks in the manor to follow Wu Yongxue to make this banquet, and keep the ancestors eating it every day in the future. ”