Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields Chapter 1240: Banquet
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When Mrs. Liang was deliberately thinking about getting rid of Lian Fangzhou, Lian Fangzhou was arranging to receive a gathering of the ladies.
This time, all the young ladies who were about her age were invited. The wife of Liang Yi in the Liang Mansion and the second young wife of the Liang Family were also invited.
For those elderly ladies, even though Lian Fangzhou has not invited him, he submitted a post saying that he did not dare to work with the elders. He only got together with his peers and joked, and waited until the first month to hold a formal meeting to entertain the elders. And every eldest lady and old lady gave gifts: the best soothing spice from the slap big one brocade box, a pair of Yunjinxiu purses that refreshing and soothing chest tightness, and a pair of horns from an old store in Beijing. Comb grate and a string of 18-piece bracelets made of amber or beeswax.
Things are not much expensive, they are better attentive and rare. After all, they are all good things that can only be found in the capital, and in this Nanhai city, money can't be bought.
Mrs. Liang in Liang's mansion naturally also received such a gift.
Opened it out of curiosity and looked at it. Seeing that Lian Fangzhou was prepared to do everything well, he was even more upset and depressed. He pushed aside and put it away and didn't show up in front of her again!
I gritted my teeth with hatred: This woman is very scheming! So willing to hook, how can you not hook a man? No wonder my son, who is too shrewd and never cared about women, was hooked by her!
Lian Fangzhou’s hospitality date is set on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. It happened to be the day that the weather was very good. The bright sunlight was shining down and it was warm and warm, making people feel a little lighter.
The rectangular flower hall on the top of Xieshan in the small garden of the post of the chief minister’s Yamen has already been cleaned and arranged as early as yesterday.
Early this morning, the courtyard under the front porch was filled with blooming rhododendrons, camellia, four seasons osmanthus, lilies, rose, cyclamen and other flowers. It exudes an elegant floral fragrance and adds a touch of coquettishness.
In the hall, chic flower arrangements are placed on the window sills of the coffee table, the chairs and seats are covered with delicately embroidered thin cotton brocade cushions, and the copper incense burner is lighted with an elegant fragrance. The plum blossoms and incense.
On the corner of the door porch, the small red clay stove and silver frost charcoal for making tea are also ready, just waiting for people to come and make ready-made tea.
The kitchen is also very busy.
All kinds of snacks and cakes have been prepared one after another since three days ago, and the preparations are naturally exquisite things that can only be found in Beijing.
Some have been stored for a long time and won't change their taste. Some were done yesterday, and some were cumbersome to prepare, but they needed to be cooked and eaten to perfection, so they were ready together. It is estimated that the guests are almost there before they start working.
There is also a luncheon dinner, and preparations are also busy.
The menu was prepared three days ago and the purchase is complete. The plan is to make roast duck, hibiscus chicken slices, cherry meat, Vance tofu, golden soup, fish paste, Longjing shrimp, several main dishes plus some local delicacies. Plus a longan and bamboo sun duck soup, a total of 13 dishes.
The chef is naturally the chef from the Jingzhong Mansion who is following.
It's not easy to choose these dishes. Lian Fangzhou made it easy to find out the taste preferences and taboos of the young banquet ladies.
It’s even more difficult to make. The hibiscus chicken slices alone are trivial and demanding. It is a dish that tests the chef’s skills the most. If you are not careful, you will not be able to make the chicken slices white. The effect of "delicate hibiscus" and the smoothness and deliciousness of the taste will also be greatly reduced.
For example, when smashing chicken mash, not only should the chicken be smashed into mud, but even the slightest fascia must be carefully cleaned, otherwise the taste of the chicken slices will not be tender enough!
For example, when adding broth hanging from old hen, chicken bone, old duck, pigeon, pork bone, scallop, longan meat, ginger, white pepper, etc. and egg white to the smashed chicken mud, once How much to add and how to stir after adding all depend on the chef's experience. If this critical step is not done accurately enough, the final chicken slices will be granular, and they will not easily become flakes and are easy to loose.
For another example, when cooking chicken slices, the oil temperature should not be too high. If it is too high, honeycombs will appear and the color will not be correct; when thickening, it should not be too thick or too thin. It must be just right to form a transparent glass. The chicken slices not only look crystal clear and attractive on the surface, but also taste more delicious!
All in all, this is a very troublesome table of dishes.
Lian Fangzhou has to rely on these to gain the favor of the young ladies, and he is naturally very willing to work hard to break into the local gentry ladies.
Not long after breakfast, the guests came one after another!
Bi Tao and her decent maids greeted her at the door, and Lian Fangzhou waited in the hall of flowers in the front yard of the back house.
When the guests enter the second door, they will also welcome them out.
Most of the guests banqueted today have met at the Qiuxing Temple last time. Everyone has seen the powerful methods and bright personality of this young and beautiful chief envoy, plus the fact that they are fundamentally She did not fall out of favor in front of the magistrate, and thunderously cleaned the back house again. She didn't dare to entrust it to anyone who saw her, and she couldn't help feeling a little in awe.
When we met each other, we were courteous for several weeks, and there was no situation where anyone was arrogant and deliberately making things difficult. It was a happy meeting.
When the guests arrived, Lian Fangzhou smiled and got up and invited everyone to take a tour in the back garden.
Everyone naturally smiled and said okay, and walked around with a smile.
Today is pure play and relaxation. Lian Fangzhou’s sincere enthusiasm and conversation topics are all the clothes, rouge, gouache, jewelry, and various gossip anecdotes that women naturally love. Everyone gradually let go. My heart gradually became easy-going, talking and laughing more recklessly.
Speaking of which, everyone has never been to the garden of the back residence of the chief ambassador. The wife of the former chief ambassador did not like to socialize. For one thing, the relationship between the government and the local tyrants was antagonistic. Secondly, she looked down upon her at all The women in these remote areas think that their characters are vulgar, the etiquette is impractical, and they are not worthy of association at all!
Stepping into it this time, I had to look around because of curiosity, joking and talking.
Lian Fangzhou also showed great interest. He listened to what everyone said with a smile, and said with a smile: "This garden is empty, and it looks really boring. When next spring comes, I still want to rearrange Sisters, who knows who is best at designing and decorating gardens in Nanhai County? Anyway, I recommend one or two. What kind of flowers and grass do you have in your house? I beg you to go, don't be stingy!"