Chapter 250: Family Banquet
There is an atmosphere called uneasiness wafting in the main room of Rongyue Pavilion, it is obviously an autumn breeze, cool and pleasant, but Erfu's head in the corner is holding back a layer of fine sweat, and a pair of plain white slender hands are stirring uneasily, like a child who has made a mistake and has been caught red-handed.
The fourth master's face was as usual, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, a pair of big hands were playing with the small tea cup with ice cracks, his eyes were full of a cunning and evil smile like a fox, he swept his eyes at Erfu as if he had not intended it, and said softly: "Tell me about the master, what have you been doing these days!"
Wulanala looked at Erfu's uncompetitive appearance, and secretly said that this Nizi would not be able to escape from the palm of the fourth master in this life, and she was afraid that she would not be able to do that ruthless thing, but it made the hidden worries in her heart loosen, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, making her look like watching the play in the front row.
Erfu secretly raised his eyes and looked at the Wulanala clan who was sitting next to the fourth master, and pleaded for help, and after getting the other party's eyes begging for more blessings, he cried with a small face, and lied without the slightest confidence: "There is nothing to do, but just follow Fujin to look at the account book and meet the stewards who are working outside!"
"Really?" The fourth master knocked on the small kang table carved and painted with gold on the rosewood wood for a long time, turned the six-character mantra rosary of the imperial green carving in his hand, glanced at Erfu, and asked in a tone full of disbelief.
Erfu, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, only felt as if he was sitting on the nail board, and the whole person was very uneasy and twisted his body slightly, awkwardly avoiding the fourth master's sharp eyes like X-rays, and his little head was lit like pounding garlic. For fear of missing the filling, she didn't forget to look at the Ulanala clan, but it was just her small action. In the eyes of the fourth master, who was more than 1.8 meters tall and sat on the top, it was completely a move to cover his ears and steal the bell.
Looking at Erf's clever little actions, the Ulanala clan regretted telling her about those pickling things, this product is completely second-hand, okay!
"I thought that my sister had nothing to do, so I told me about all the messy things in this house!" What's more, the scheming fourth master!
"Actually, I pestered Fu Jin to say it!" Erfu was a righteous person, and when he saw that the Ulanala clan had admitted it, he hurriedly interrupted and said. I was afraid that the fourth master would be angry and the Wulanala clan was treacherous and vicious, but he completely forgot that she was also a woman in the house.
"Master is not in the house these days, but the relationship between the two of you is much better. The lord was also happy when he saw it.
Fu Jin can not hesitate to hand over those privacy measures to the Guerjia clan. Sure enough, we have the bearing of our old Manchu aunt/milk!" The fourth master saw that the trouble was almost over, but he no longer stared at people with a straight face, slightly hooked his lips to show a smile, cleared his throat, and said lightly.
The Wulanala clan knew that the fourth master wanted to hold Erfu's side Fujin, so she told her about teaching Erfu how to govern the family, and saw the faint smile of the fourth master as expected, although his heart was a little sour. But it's more about contentment.
In the past two years, her relationship with the fourth master has gradually drifted apart. Ulanala felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Since the year of the hanging bun, the Wulanala clan who was married by Kangxi Ye secretly fell in love with the little four children's shoes with a straight face all day long, and knew from Eniang's mouth that the fourth master was a little pitiful in the palace, she not only felt sorry for the situation of the little four, but also admired the independence and courage of the little four, which can be said to be a stupid like for many years.
If not, she would not regard the stupid and ambitious Li family as a prestige in the elder brother's office, let alone watch the fourth master carry women into the mansion one by one, although she once had her hands stained with the blood of those women, but she never did it when the fourth master really liked them, not that she was afraid that the fourth master would turn his face if he knew the truth, but that she didn't want the fourth master to be sad.
"I heard Zhang Bao come back from outside and say, this capital is full of black-faced generals, it seems that they are arresting some great characters, which makes the concubine feel very worried about the master, but fortunately, Su Peisheng next to the master brought back your letter, otherwise I am afraid that Sister Erfu will go crazy!"
"Ye is also afraid that you will think too much in the house, so I don't let them talk about things outside, this Zhang Bao is a mouthful. Your body is not good, so don't think about it so much all day, you should also take care of your body, even if it is not for the master, you should take care of Honghui and take care of him!"
The fourth master has not been close to her for a long time, and at this time, he suddenly approached in front of Erfu, which made Wulanara's face red all of a sudden, and looked at Erfu who was sitting below with some embarrassment, but found that Erfu was pretending to look at the scenery and shaking his head, so he stabilized his feelings, and glanced at the fourth master coquettishly, as if he blamed the fourth master for making her ugly in front of Erfu.
"Erfu has also lost a lot these days, so I should make up for my body......" The fourth master's face was as usual, he turned his eyes to Erfu with a smile, and said in a low voice.
Erfu was rejoicing in order to escape a catastrophe, and was suddenly called to his head at this time, and looked back stupidly for a while, that cute and stupid appearance, it seemed that the fourth master couldn't help laughing, and the sorrow that had been trapped in his heart these days disappeared all at once.
"It's rare that my grandfather is back today, the concubine accompanied my sister to cook a few side dishes, called Honghui and a few of them over, let's have a good meal!"
"Okay, okay!" Erfu saw that he could escape the fourth master's questioning, and his eyebrows and smiling appearance were like Maitreya Buddha in the temple, and he didn't wait for the fourth master sitting at the top to respond, so he couldn't wait to drag the Wulanala clan out, and left the fourth master who still wanted to speak in the room.
Fortunately, the Wulanala clan is a person who knows the rules, and before going out, he didn't forget to bless the fourth master, and sent Fu Mama and Yuhua and others to invite Honghui, Hongxuan, and Xiaoqi to come over, otherwise it would really be a lonely old man in the room.
Although the small kitchen of Rongyue Pavilion is not large. But it is also a sparrow, although it is small, and it has all kinds of organs.
Pots and pans are polished brightly on the shelves on one side, all kinds of dry goods, seasoning ingredients are orderly placed in the hollow carved cabinets in the corner, and the two large stoves are blazing with red fire. Two thick maids with small hairbrushes are holding iron tongs to stir up the fire, and on the long table in the center are seasonal fruits and vegetables and fresh poultry eggs and meat, and two chefs in aprons are changing their knives and making preparations.
"Master, side Fujin!" As soon as I saw the Ulanala clan and Erfu walk into the small kitchen, the four people who were busy next to them hurriedly got up to salute and said softly.
As the four blessings cultivated by the Ulanala clan for many years. It was definitely out of the hall and into the kitchen, and the first-hand cooking skills were learned from the chefs in the house. It's much better than Erf, a halfway monk.
After a few moments, the sound of tinkling was endless, and Erfu fiddled with the red bean paste filling in her hand. While admiring the graceful movements of the Ulanala clan. whispering a few words from time to time, the two women who used to fight against each other, at this time, washed their hands and made soup together, which can be said to make Mama Fu, who was helping next to her, look straight in the eyes.
The two chefs were not idle, cutting the meat and vegetables to be used, and picking up the chicken soup and beef that had been simmering for a long time, and preparing a few cold dishes and boiled vegetables in a short time.
Ulanala stir-fried a dish of rape shrimp with his own hands, and Erfu also made a scrambled egg with hibiscus and a crystal fish fillet. Only then did he wash his hands and clean his face with Yuhua's hands and walked out of the small kitchen. With the maid carrying the food box, they returned to the main room together.
Although Hongxuan is just five years old, he has already read and read under the guidance of Xiao Qi, and he is shaking his head and reciting the thousand-character text he memorized two days ago.
Next to Honghui sat on the top with the fourth master, from time to time to remind Hongxuan, and did not forget to whisper to the fourth master, very like a big brother, while Xiao Qi fiddled with the patterns that Fu Mama found out, and was following Fu Mama to practice the embroidery method of flat needle embroidery, serious and small, but really not like Erfu, who was lazy to the extreme.
"Master, Honghui, Hongxuan, Xiaoqi, come to the hall to eat!" "The Ulanala clan asked the maid to set the table, leaving Erfu to stare at the maid to set the meal, and walked into the east room with a smile, and called loudly.
"E-Niang...... "As the fourth master's mansion, no matter who gives birth to a child, they all have to call her E-niang."
At this time, the voices of the three children of different sizes were mixed together, and it sounded like a beautiful symphony, which made the smile on the corner of her mouth magnify a little, and took over Hongxuan, who was still endorsing, and asked Mama Fu to take Xiao Qi, and then beckoned Honghui to accompany the fourth master and go out together.
Two three-foot square carved cloud-patterned rosewood eight immortal tables together, on which are placed eight meat, eight vegetarian dishes and sixteen dishes, and two fine white porcelain stew cups are placed on both sides of the long side, each with a maid holding a plain porcelain soup spoon embedded with silver edge to serve, inside is the big kitchen stewed all night a grade of official swallow, this time also embezzled by the Ulanala clan.
"It smells really fragrant, after eating the craftsmanship of the dining room in the palace, as soon as I smell this smell, the gluttonous worms in the master's stomach have been adjusted out!" The fourth master smiled and asked the maid to move the chairs on both sides, and sat alone on the short side of the Taishi chair, and the gentleman invited a wife and a concubine to sit down, and said softly.
Xiao Qi and Hongxuan have been successfully cultivated by Erfu to develop the quality of foodies, seeing those sweet glutinous rice snacks, this little mouth can't help but smack, especially dog-legged Erfu and Wulanala to sit down, and even slapped on the vacant seat next to the two, and gave up the position corresponding to the fourth master to Honghui.
"Okay, let's move the chopsticks as a family, look at these two little gluttonous cats are drooling!"
As he spoke, the fourth master had already taken the chopsticks in the maid's hand, sent the maid who wanted cloth vegetables next to him, and sandwiched two pieces of freshly hot, fragrant and delicious sweet and sour carp and sent them to the snack plate of Wulanala and Erfu, and then picked up the rock sugar bird's nest served by the maid and took a small sip.
The fourth master led the Wulanala clan and Erfu and others to eat in full swing, and the Song family, who had just sent the maid to the big kitchen to get nourishment, was so angry that he fell on the green jade mountain on the Bogu shelf, and then he was still angry and crooked on the beauty couch, eating candied candied fruit to dissipate his anger.
And the Li family heard that the fourth master went to the courtyard of the Wulanala clan as soon as he returned home, and he lost his appetite at this time, and he held a fan with a picture of the beauty of Xi Shi Huansha in his hand, and he kept cursing in his mouth.
Mama Shen looked at her master's imprudent appearance, and hurriedly sent the maid who was waiting in the room, and then persuaded softly, implying that the son of the Wulanala clan was just a decoration, so why bother with her old woman who had no son and no favor!
Although this is true, Li is not a real fool.
Although she has no son, she can raise someone else's son as her own son-in-law, not to mention others, Erfu alone already has a son by her side, and her favor has been constant, who can guarantee that she will not have another son in the future, who can guarantee that these two women will not be united because of interests, it is a real strong combination.
Thinking of this, the Li family seemed to be a little unable to sit still, and counted the women in the house with his fingers, except for her clan sister Xiao Li in her courtyard, it was the Song family's Song Shu Fujin who lived in Tinglan Yuan, although the person was a little weird now, but she had to admit that she was a capable person, if she was given a chance, it was difficult to guarantee that she would not give birth to a son, and for such a person, she would never push her to the side of the Wulanala clan.
"Mama, is the warm Lingzhi stewed chicken in the small kitchen ready?" Li Shi thought of this, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile full of calculation, and asked softly.
"Knowing that the master likes to eat, those ghosts and elves in the small kitchen have been keeping them warm on the stove.
Master, but you want to eat it now, the old slave will let someone send it!" Mama Shen stood up from the small pestle in the corner of the wall as she spoke, and was about to walk out with her sleeves rolled.
Li Shi hurriedly pulled the hem of Shen's sleeves, and also stood up with Shen's movements, walked to the dressing table and sat down, and said softly: "Mama don't worry, I want to go around Tinglan Yuan, comb my beautiful hair bun for me, and then let Miyun find out the rose-red embroidered golden floral makeup satin in the cage, I have been in the house for more than ten years, and I always have to remember these old feelings!"
Mama Shen was slightly stunned, then understood what Li meant, nodded again and again, and dexterously pulled a shelf for Li with ten fingers, and chose a set of red gold silk inlaid turquoise head face to wear, with a bamboo blue placket, supporting the Li family who had finished changing, carrying a food box with a ganoderma lucidum stewed chicken plain white porcelain stew cup, and a maid holding a gold-painted vermilion lacquer tray with a gift to Tinglan Yuan.
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Listening to Lan Yuan, the Song family just broke the treasure of Qingyu Shanzi, and now he regretted it a little distressed, so he heard the movement of the maid, although he was too lazy to pay attention to the Qi Concubine Li, who is known as the second goods, but it was not good to roll up Li's face in person, and straightened the robe on his body with a black face, and let people lead Li into the door, and he didn't even raise his eyelids in a big smile, let alone go out to greet him in person. (To be continued......)