Husband and wife are hot on the kang

After seeing off the two old gentlemen, Yu Liangji got into the experimental greenhouse again. His saplings have grown up and cannot be moved now. They will be transplanted separately in spring.

The baby is reading and practicing some winter vacation homework in the front study.

On the third day, Shi Hongda returned with several jars of apples.

Qi Wu from Fucheng has remembered since he used to store apples in the cellar in Fucheng last year. He bought two large carts of apples this year and stored them all at once.

Shi Hongda saw too much, and sent Er Laojia and Mr. Lin and Hong to Fucheng for half a year. Anyway, there were so many of them, and after sending away half the car, they dragged them back to the county. Halfway down the car, and finally came back with a car full of apples.

This big cart of apples can't be eaten by all the people in the Hou Mansion, and they really can't eat them. The taxis that pull apples are really taxis!

"So many!" Yu Liangji looked at it and praised him. There are so many fresh, all-natural apples, all pink, and they smell very good.

Apple smells everywhere.

"Let's find a way to give away half of it. There are fresh apples for sale outside this year, and the price is quite high." Shi Hongda told Yu Liangji: "It costs two big dollars a catty!"

It is indeed not easy to store apples until now. In the past autumn, the highest price was only five copper coins. Now a small apple can be sold for two big coins a catty, and the price has tripled at least!

"Such a high price? The fruit farmers have made money!" Yu Liangji cheerfully waved his little paw: "Leave half of the carload for the Hou's house, and there must be a decoration for people who come and go during the first month. The remaining half carload is divided into one point." , send some to every family in the village, and add it to our annual gift."

The annual gifts that the Hou Mansion gives to the villagers don’t need any fuss from housekeeper He. Yu Liangji and Shi Hongda take care of them personally. For the apples they bring back, the family will give ten, and those with a large population will add five more, and then strawberries and small tomatoes. Plus two bolts of fine cotton cloth, two bolts of Songjiang cloth, and a jar of homemade licorice apricot and a jar of wine for the family, which was brewed by Lord Hou himself, which is very important.

This is considered an annual ceremony, and the main thing is not to look at things, but to look at the heart.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, the two of them paid homage to their ancestors' tablets, and then drove a large carriage to the door to send the worship to the early years.

When I got back, I was just in time for dinner.

This is the first year of the Hou Mansion, long before cooking, Steward He brought out an exquisite menu for Yu Liangji and Shi Hong to draw.

The names of the above dishes are all auspicious and pleasant to hear. To put it bluntly, they are absolutely delicious!

but!

Shi Hongda knew that Yu Liangji probably didn't read any of them carefully, because he was writing down his experimental experience on hand.

In the past, he could learn from the experience of his predecessors, but now he can only write these things based on his own experience, in order to pass them on to future generations, so that future generations can avoid a few detours.

"My lord?" He Demiao felt that the menu he planned was very good.

No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't be able to find fault with it. This is a New Year's menu that has been circulating in the capital for several years.

Unfortunately, he forgot that this is not the capital.

"These dishes, you can choose according to your choice. It will be enough for the New Year's Eve banquet after midnight. For this evening meal, let's have a hot pot." Shi Hongda ordered the dishes himself.

"Hot pot?" He Demiao thought he heard it wrong.

"Yes, hot pot, use big bone soup as the bottom of the pot, and put more sesame paste in the dipping sauce." Shi Hongda closed the menu: "Wash more vegetables, cut less lean pork, and just have two plates of mutton. They can't eat too much."

Mutton is hot and dry, so it’s good to eat at this time, but it’s not suitable to eat too much, because the two bodies are a little weak, and they can only drink mutton soup and eat mutton dumplings in winter.

After the adults said so, Butler He had no choice but to carry the things he had sorted out with great difficulty and went to the kitchen.

The kitchen in the Hou's mansion is very large. Generally speaking, it should be divided into large kitchens, which are used for eating and cleaning for everyone.

Ordinary families have several small kitchens. For example, the family has a small kitchen, so that friends come to have a midnight snack and a drink in the middle of the night; the wife of the housekeeper has a small kitchen. Well, eat snacks and make soup or something; the young master and miss have a small kitchen, so they can eat whenever they are hungry; and those who have concubines, such as the wife who is favored, set up a small kitchen for the master to wash their hands and make soup what...

These are all useless in the Hou Mansion!

At the beginning, some people thought that the Huang family had gone to the wrong place to manage the big kitchen, and they should be from the small kitchen of Master Hou.

As a result, it has been half a year since the official establishment of the Hou Mansion, and Master Hou didn't say anything about the small kitchen, and the food is kept simple, and it is served from the big kitchen, a big pot of porridge, the whole family, really the whole family, drink it!

It is true that people are treated equally, let alone be treated equally!

Steward He walked into the kitchen, everyone was busy, only Lao Huang's family was still enjoying themselves, there was a big pot in front of them, and half a pig skeleton was boiled in it.

Because everyone thinks that the menu will come down soon, so everyone washes vegetables, chops stuffing, cleans meat, plucks chicken feathers, kills ducks, catches big fish, whatever. have.

It’s just that Lao Huang’s family is not in a hurry or panic, and they are still in the mood to get together and teach the two children to read the recipes!

"Boss He." People greeted him one after another.

He Demiao waved his hand: "Stop it all!"

"Boss He, what did you order? Our side is ready!" The chef who was temporarily transferred back to the Hou's mansion from the old house was full of spirits.

"I didn't order anything." He Demiao looked directly at Chef Huang: "You won, and the hot pot was ordered, and your big bone soup is useful."

Everyone: "...!"

"I just said, don't make any fuss." Chef Huang stood up slowly: "There's still time to make a fuss after dinner."

He Senmiao feels that he has failed, and he doesn't know much about the family of three he serves.

Chef Huang smiled triumphantly, but he knew that Lord Hou and Your Excellency were real people!

After sending He Demiao away, Shi Hongda, who is a real person, snorted coldly. If he hadn't been troublesome, Yu Liangji would not have been pushed to the forefront.

Fortunately that matter has been resolved.

The people above ate hot pot, and the people below also ate a meal, frozen tofu, rapeseed, spinach and kelp, as well as soaked shiitake mushrooms and prepared dried mushrooms, fungus, and of course, slices of mutton and slices of beef.

These second chefs have fully demonstrated their knife skills.

The mutton was sliced ​​in the same thickness. If it hadn’t been confirmed that there was no electricity or electric meat slicer in this era, Yu Liangji would have thought it was cut by a machine!

"One person will be rewarded with ten liang of silver. This sword skill is not easy to practice!" Yu Liangji looked at the piece of meat that looked like a flower in Baicheng, and he really felt that there are talents from all over the world!

Now, the kitchen is boiling!

The embroiderers in the embroidery room have worked hard!

They are paid, and they are paid by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They don't have any extra money. If they want to save money, the salary is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is the reward from above.

The rewards given during the festivals are very generous, but this is the first time they are rewarded for their craftsmanship, and the people below are really excited.

New Year's Eve is rare, and craftsmanship is by my side!

Yu Liangji didn't know that his reward made everyone excited.

He is now working hard to eat hot pot, boiled vegetables and frozen tofu, and he eats it vigorously: "At this time today, I can eat hot pot!"

"At home, you can eat whatever you want." Shi Hongda put the tofu in front of him.

A table of vegetables and tofu, and several plates of sliced ​​meat, mostly beef, less lamb, and various hot pot dipping sauces.

"Yeah!" Yu Liangji quickly picked up the frozen tofu and went down.

Yu Baobao likes to eat rapeseed. He can't eat chili, and he is forbidden to eat spicy food at home, so there is no chili oil in his small dipping sauce, only a little sesame paste and fermented bean curd mixed with minced garlic and chive flowers.

Yu Liangji wanted to eat chili, but because his stomach was not healthy, Shi Hongda didn't give him chili at all, so he gave him some chili oil.

That's it, Yu Liangji also ate very deliciously, Shi Hongda has been cooking meat for the big and small, but Yu Liangji also picked up a lot of meat slices for him, basically letting Shi Hongda eat it himself.

After the meal, the family of three had nothing to do. Yu Liangji recalled that it was the same in the first Chinese New Year, when Shi Hongda proposed to play Dou Di Zhu.

This time the three of them also started to play, and Yu Liangji was able to win at first, but later he was left as a foil for others, because he discovered that Shi Hongda and Baobao can count cards!

And he can't remember what cards he played!

The game lasted past ten o'clock and ended almost eleven o'clock. Yu Liangji exported a lot of golden melon seeds, and Yu Baobao won eight golden peanuts and a lot of golden melon seeds.

"I won't play with you two again next time!" Yu Liangji felt that his IQ had been crushed.

Shi Hongda smiled and said nothing to the baby, bullying a person who can't remember cards, it's so interesting!

"Let's go out for a stroll." After sitting all night, Shi Hongda is fine, and so is the baby, but I'm afraid Yu Liangji won't be able to persist.

So after the family of three dressed neatly, they held hands, held lanterns, and toured the Hou Mansion. The Hou Mansion is a big place, and it took a long time to walk around. By the way, I would like to express my condolences to the people on duty in the Hou Mansion.

For example, the gatekeepers, watchmen, and patrols are all people who cannot stay away from their posts. They are very excited to see Master Hou and the young master.

After this circle, not to mention the activities, people have a new understanding of the Hou Mansion.

After strolling around, it seems that they are sending out burnt paper, which has always been done by Yu Liangji and Shi Hongda, and they have to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense.

When the clock passed zero, the sound of firecrackers rang outside, and as soon as the firecrackers in the Hou Mansion blew, the firecrackers in the entire Shibalipu also rang.

He Demiao had the fireworks specially bought by others set off. Compared with ordinary people's small fireworks, the fireworks in Hou Mansion are simply gorgeous and colorful!

Under the sky full of fireworks, the whole Shibalipu can be seen clearly, including the village not far from Shibalipu.

This night, the sky above the Hou Mansion was very eye-catching.

Yu Liangji led Bao Bao, Shi Hongda stopped Yu Liangji, Yu Bao Bao stood at the front, looking up at the sky full of fireworks.

For that evening meal, Shi Hongda ordered hot pot, but for the New Year's Eve dinner, they can't be allowed to mess around, and Director He directly made the decision once.

The first dish of the New Year’s Eve dinner is winter jasmine blossoms. In fact, the upper half of the cabbage is cut off, and the upper part of the cabbage is cut into the shape of petals with scissors. Then, it is made into a flower shape with broth and meat stuffing, which is very beautiful. , Even if you don’t eat it, it’s a pleasure to watch.

The second course is peony fish slices, the third course is hibiscus egg rolls, and the fourth course is peacocks.

The name he chose was also nice. When the first four dishes were served, Butler He said, "Flowers are blooming to make you rich!"

Then four hot dishes were served. The first one was the golden rooster announcing the dawn. In fact, it was a whole roasted chicken, roasted until golden brown. The little rooster from back then, after listening to the name and then looking at the dishes, Yu Liangji told the baby very earnestly: "In the future Always remember, hearing is believing, seeing is believing.”

Yu Baobai nodded desperately.

The second way is to have more than one year in a row. In fact, silver carp and catfish are joined together end to end. This is called "more than one year in a row".

The third dish is finally ordered normally, the sweet and sour pork ribs, but there are a lot of carvings on the side, which seems to be Xiao Huang's handwriting.

The fourth is rich and noble prawns, the white ones are as beautiful as a flower!

After that, there are boiled pork slices, which is called booming; there is also a bowl of fresh fish; baby vegetables in soup and duck in water are four soup dishes.

The soup is the famous tremella lotus seed soup.The drink for the baby is not wine, but hawthorn rose water.

The staple food is called Jinyin Manpan, but it should be called Jinyinyuanbao dumplings.