Siwen Houji, with the other day.

Set up my people, Mo Bandit.

I come to Mou, the emperor's life is bred,

There is no such boundary. Chen is often in the summer.

The festivals of the eunuchs are always very grand, and the Da Sima Mansion is even more so. After the lid was ripped off, the simple lunch was over. At this time, the most important moment of the Wang family was ushered in: ancestor worship.

The style of ancestor worship in the Han Dynasty was extremely prevalent, which was related to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Since Dong Zhongshu proposed to "depose a hundred schools and respect Confucianism alone", the Confucian school that was once known as the Ming family in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods has dominated the trend and has become the ideological and cultural foundation of the entire Han Dynasty, especially the concept of heaven and earth monarchs and teachers has been brainwashed over and over again by the emperor of the current dynasty, and now the emperor in the court does not dare to casually seize love, so from top to bottom, ancestor worship has become a family's top priority on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The ancestor worship ceremony of Wang Mang's family was held in the ancestral hall of the Wang family. Since Wang Mang took office as the Great Sima, the position of the patriarch of the Wang family has naturally fallen on Wang Mang. In order to show his attention to Du Wu, Wang Mang specially arranged for Du Wu to be the guest of the ancestor worship ceremony, so Du Wu was led to a warm pavilion outside the Wang ancestral hall, and the freshly pasted window paper emitted the pungent smell of tung oil. Du Wu frowned and opened the window.

At the time of Shen, the ancestor worship ceremony officially began. With a burst of bells and drums, Wang Mang appeared at the door of the ancestral hall with Wang Yu, Wang Shu and other men in the clan. There are already servants put the three animals and all kinds of melons and fruits on the offering table, the old housekeeper lit the incense in front of the incense case, Wang Mang led everyone to kneel down and bow first, and after everyone finished saluting, the old housekeeper brought a plate over, on which was placed a great Sima's appointment edict.

Wang Mang respectfully placed the edict in front of the offering table, picked up the wine glass, and recited loudly: "The ancestors are above, and the unfilial descendants Wang Mang led the descendants of the Wang family to respectfully invite the ancestors to taste ......"

In the Kuang Mansion in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, Kuang Xian is also leading his descendants to worship his ancestors, different from the Wang family, only the head of a sheep and a pig's head are placed on the table, there is no head of a cow, the most conspicuous one on the table is tantamount to the Huai wood card engraved with "the god of the late Han Dynasty Prime Minister Kuang Gong Heng Zhi Gui", Kuang Heng Weiyi's portrait is placed in front of Kuang Xian's own handwritten "Luzhou Month", a four or five-year-old boy is standing in front of the table reciting the chisel wall to steal the light, the child's voice is immature and clear.

As soon as the ancestor worship ceremony was halfway through, Shisu came to the warm pavilion and pulled Du Wu back to the small courtyard, and the old housekeeper who was presiding over the sacrificial ceremony saw it and shook his head again and again, this child was spoiled.

"Sir, is there anything fun, Shiso is about to suffocate to death, everyone is busy, even the pipa has gone to make noodles." Shisu shook Du Wu's arm and pleaded, and Du Wu's head shook back and forth with his body, amusing Shisu all at once.

"Since the pipa has gone to make noodles, let's go and have a look, although the gentleman is far away from cooking, but Mr. still wants to see what is delicious, today's lunch is really not full."

Zi Su agreed, this meal at noon was originally a small meal, Da Sima was the third duke, he could eat three meals a day, and there was a supper at night, and the average person in Chang'an City could only eat two meals a day, and one meal was rare, as for the people outside the city, two meals a day were rare.

When I entered the kitchen, I saw the pipa kneading dough. Du Wu rarely came to the kitchen, although he showed his skills in the restaurant last time, but Wang Shu and the others did not let themselves get close to the kitchen at all, and persuaded the gentleman to cook from afar, and everyone was afraid that others would accuse Sima Fu of treating the master slowly. In desperation, Du Wu never entered the kitchen again, but occasionally taught the pipa how to make cold dishes, etc., which alone has flattered the pipa, and his cooking skills have soared, so that the cooks in the house often bring snacks to the pipa to ask for advice. There is one point, Mr. Routing, which everyone likes to eat, does not eat a bite, but only occasionally eats some fish and puts a lot of messy things, but it is still delicious to eat.

When Pipa saw Du Wu, he happily called out to Mr. and lowered his head. Shisu snorted beside him, and when he looked at the pipa again, his face was already red. Du Wu glared at Shisu, and the little girl stuck out her tongue and hid behind the fat cook to make a grimace. Du Wu smiled and said to the fat cook: "Get some Chinese cabbage, as long as the vegetables are helped, chop them up and marinate them with salt, and then get a piece of pork, cut them into small pieces, adjust them with condiments and set them aside, and Mr. will make you a new dish today." ”

Hearing Du Wu say this, the kitchen was in a bang. Everyone knows that Mr. is a food everyone, but he usually has no chance to apprentice, and Mr. is so interested today, how can he miss such a good opportunity? The fat cook immediately began to mobilize people to arrange the work. Du Wu asked people to find grapes, celery, and carrots, and all of them were mashed to extract juice and noodles, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, the noodles in Pipa's hands turned into pieces of colored dough. Du Wu personally adjusted the filling, and the fat cook whispered to Zisu: "Little lady, don't you want to make flat food, sir?" ”

The fat cook was stomped on his feet, and Shisu pouted and said, "What do you want you to do?" Mr. is making flat food, and it is better than what you make, just the color of these noodles, even if you want to break your pig's head, you can't make it! ”

"That's, that's, hehe." The fat chef responded again and again, and said in his heart that the little lady doesn't look very heavy, why does it hurt so much to step on people, and Brother Thumb is estimated to be wasted. His eyes didn't dare to blink, and he watched Du Wu put the prepared filling into the dough and wrap it up, and said in his heart: "Isn't it still flat food?" It's just that the bag looks good. ”

The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the Great Sima Mansion began, and the female dependents went to the inner hall as usual, and there were six people seated in the huge hall: Wang Mang, Wang Yu, Wang Yu, Wang An, Wang Lin, and Du Wu. Because it was a reunion banquet, no singing and dancing were arranged, Wang Mang raised the knighthood, sighed about the hard work of this year, and took the lead in drinking the jue wine. At this time, the servants rushed in, and a number of delicacies such as stewed soft-shelled turtle, braised carp fillet, roasted venison, fried caviar, fried quail, mixed with orange shreds, vinegar and black fish were served to the table of several people.

A few people were about to move, when the old housekeeper suddenly ran in, knelt down and said, "Boss, the Empress Dowager is about to arrive at the house." ”

Wang Manghuo got up and hurriedly walked out, and at the same time, Wang Yu, Wang Shu and other family members who got the news also went out to greet him. Du Wu grabbed the pipa that was running out, wanting to find a place to shelter, and at this time he had already heard the eunuch's duck voice coming from the gate: "The empress dowager has arrived!" Unable to dodge, the two had to kneel on the ground to greet them, and Wang Mang bowed down and asked, "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, why is the Empress Dowager here?" The ministers will enter the palace tomorrow to ask for peace, and also ask the empress dowager to cherish the phoenix body. If there is a mistake, it is difficult to escape the blame for the death of the minister. ”

Du Wu peeked at it, only to see a gray-haired old lady being helped to get off the chariot, helped up Wang Mang, who was kneeling on the ground, and said softly: "I am cold and lonely in the palace, and I want to find some fireworks, so I thought of Aiqing here, I won't bother it, right?" ”

"The Empress Dowager is here, and the courtiers are shining, which is the blessing of the ministers."

"That's it, Jujun, don't talk about monarchs and ministers today, my aunt is just coming back for a reunion dinner, and the others will disperse. I first went to the ancestral hall to pay homage to the ancestors of the royal family. ”

The layout of the hall has changed. Wang Zhengjun sat in the north and faced south, Wang Mang sat on the left hand, Wang Yu on the right hand, and Wang Shu made the next head. After some red tape, the old housekeeper reported that the new dim sum prepared by the little lady Shiso for the Queen Mother had arrived.

Wang Zhengjun said with a smile: "In the end, I am a girl from my own family, I know that it hurts, and I don't know which kid will be cheaper in the future." Bring it up and let me see it. ”

The old housekeeper beckoned, and a group of servants walked in with food boxes one by one, opened the food boxes, and saw that there was a plate of flat food inside, but it was very beautiful, and the color of the dough was also colorful, extremely beautiful.

Wang Zhengjun nodded: "Although it is just flat food, it is extremely exquisite, I have a piece of jade here, and I took it to appreciate the little girl of perilla, it is rare to have a piece of filial piety." It's just that this color is so beautiful, how is it done? ”

Wang Mang hurriedly thanked him, and as soon as he got up, he heard the old housekeeper say: "The Empress Dowager Qiqi, the little lady said that the color of the dough is made of the juice and noodles of various melons and fruits. The purple one is grape juice, the green one is celery juice, the red one is carrot juice, and the black one is made with soba noodles. The little lady also said that this is called dumplings, which are made by the gentleman in the house, and said that they are pinched into the shape of ears, and the ears will not be frozen off in the winter after eating. ”

It is better to be able to do than to be able to speak, and it is better to be able to sing than to be able to speak.

Obviously, the old butler is the one who can sing the most. Obviously Shiso was bored and greedy, but when she got to the old housekeeper's mouth, she became a gentle, considerate, understanding and filial little girl, coaxing the old lady to be happy, nodding again and again, and said: "I have eaten so many flat food, this is the first time I have seen it, dumplings, dumplings, a little vulgar, in the future, this snack will be called a flower cluster." ”