Chapter 904: Looking Forward

"Tomato Stewed Beef Brisket" The beef fully absorbs the flavor of the tomato. The tomato sauce also blends with the beef during the slow cooking process. The taste made Princess Hejia want to swallow her tongue. Even a few children love this taste very much

"Black Pepper Beef Tenderloin" is fresh and tender, lined with the special aroma of black pepper, salty and delicious, which greatly satisfies the taste buds.

"Boiled beef" is supplemented with bean sprouts, duck blood, broth, lettuce or other vegetables, and vermicelli. Spicy and thick, smooth and palatable, strong fragrance, with hemp, spicy, hot flavor.

On the way back, Princess Hejia touched her chubby belly, raised her eyebrows proudly at her son and daughter, and said, "How is it? Mother didn't lie to you, did she? It's definitely worthwhile to come to my aunt's house."

Situ Xuan endured it, and finally couldn't hold it back: "Mother, can we eat and take it? The snacks are fine, and I also ordered their five-spice stewed beef and beef sauce. Would my aunt think that Are we bothered?"

"How come! What is the relationship between me and your cousin? Who can eat and take in the Ning Palace in the capital? Your mother and I are the only ones... Don't worry, your cousin has long been used to it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have prepared the braised beef and sauce earlier!”

Princess Hejia touched the packing box next to her happily. The beef sauce is delicious with steamed buns and noodles. Is two cans a little less? Come back to play the autumn wind in a few days!

Sensing her thoughts, Situ Xuan looked at her hesitantly—oh, forget it, my mother didn't listen to what he said, so I'd better go home and let my father persuade him. To deal with the princess mother, the son-in-law's father is the best way!

"Ah! Today's goal can only be considered half achieved!" Princess Hejia sighed, "I didn't get the post for my good sister. This princess regrets it, regrets that she should not have said so much."

Situ Xuan rolled his eyes in his heart, he would only regret it if he didn't post it—it was too late! Who was full of confidence and patted his chest to promise to others? Princess, please restrain yourself. We have a close relationship with my aunt and cousin, as long as we know it ourselves, we don’t have to show it off to let everyone know!

"Brother, my aunt brought me a box of snacks, and asked me not to tell the princess..." Second brother Situ Xian whispered in his ear, and winked to tell him not to reveal it. If mother knows, their box of snacks will be confiscated.

"Where did you hide?" Situ Xuan couldn't help asking when he saw that he had nothing in his hand when he got into the carriage.

"Biao Aunt asked the wet nurse to wrap it in a bundle of clothes, and took it to the servant's carriage. It seems that your servant also has a share." Situ Xian's eyes sparkled. He has a brother and a sister, and he can eat a whole box of dim sum by himself!

"Then you don't want to finish eating all at once, lest you lose your appetite!" Situ Xuan's mouth hooked slightly, and he held back his smile. After all, he is only an eight-year-old child, and he doesn't have much resistance to delicious snacks.

"What are you two whispering? Say it so that mother can listen to it too." Princess Hejia was thinking about going to the door tomorrow to ask if she could soften her cousin's heart. When I looked up, I saw the two sons whispering head to head, and asked.

Situ Xian was flustered for a moment. He looked at his brother pitifully, for fear that the matter of dim sum would be revealed. Situ Xuan said calmly: "Second brother said that the fried beef brisket with tomatoes at noon tastes very good, and asked if our family can make this dish as well."

"Stupid son! Our chef's skill is far behind that of Ning Wang's Mansion. Besides, the ingredients are not easy to get. Killing farm cattle casually will be punished. And this foreign persimmon... there is no such thing in our hot spring village. Seed, there is nowhere to buy it in winter!"

Princess Hejia reminisces about the delicious food at noon. If she hadn't been afraid of her cousin's strength, she would have robbed the cook of King Ning's mansion back to the princess' mansion. It would be great if she could live in Prince Ning's Mansion permanently!

"Then... how come there are tomatoes at my aunt's place?" Seeing that the alarm was lifted, Situ Xian began to throw small question marks out of his belly.

"Your cousin Ning doted on your cousin and built a glass greenhouse in the back garden. Not to mention foreign persimmons, you can grow watermelons and cantaloupes in it. Your cousin's family has no shortage of fruits to eat in winter! You boy, you don’t want to give you to your cousin and aunt as a godson, you really don’t know how to enjoy the blessing.” Princess Hejia nodded her second son’s forehead.

Situ Xuan's face was full of black lines: "How can I sell myself for the sake of stuttering? If the second brother really agrees readily, princess mother, you should say that he has a white-eyed wolf and no heart. The pros and cons are all yours." reason."

"Brat, have you lost your guts? Dare to pick on my old lady, look at my magic trick of tickling!" Princess Hejia knew that her eldest son was ticklish, so she started to move her hands if he couldn't explain it. Situ Xuan was so frightened that he quickly pushed his younger siblings to the front.

Little friend Situ Xian blinked his big eyes, and continued the topic just now: "Princess, why don't we build a glass greenhouse? Aren't you worried that there will be no fruit to eat in winter, and your skin will not be tender?"

Princess Hejia let go of the eldest son, pinched the little face of the second son, and sighed: "You think the glass greenhouse is so easy to build? Your cousin's aunt's glass greenhouse can't be bought without tens of thousands of taels of silver. As for your cousin, who is rich and powerful, she is willing to spend this money!"

"Is there no money in our family? Mother, I will give you all my New Year's money. You save it to build a greenhouse." Situ Xian took out all the red envelopes received today from his purse, put them in the palm of Princess Hejia, and blinked. Looking at her with big warm eyes.

"It's our Xian'er who is caring," she gritted her teeth and said, "Build! Isn't it only tens of thousands of taels of silver? The dividends from our family's daily chemical factory in the past two years can almost build one. Just... the past two years There is no dividend for your investment!"

Situ Xian clapped his hands and said, "Princess, next winter, will we be able to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes and watermelon fruit plate?"

"Well! Let's build a glass greenhouse in the spring, and go to your cousin's house in winter to learn from it, and strive to eat vegetables in the greenhouse next winter. I went to your cousin's house to see it, in order to make full use of it. space, the flower shelves are full of vegetables.”

The three mothers were chatting all the way... In Prince Ning's mansion, Gu Ye and the eldest princess held their chins and looked at each other worryingly. Gu Ye did not know how many times he sighed: "Mother, what do you think we should do? Everyone knows that it is not a crime to invite anyone or not? But, if we invite all relatives and relatives, how many times do we have to open?" Table? A few more cows will not be enough!"

"Let me tell you, when Chen'er comes back, let him decide and write the invitation. Let him do the job of offending people. Let's take a look at the menu again. It's a whole cow banquet. I think I need to add some other popular dishes..." Keng Zi, Rong and Princess Chang are good at it.

"Hmm! Brother Chen must have an idea, so I'll leave it to him! I have the menu of the Manchu Banquet here. Let's filter it and pick a few that no one has tried before. When the time comes, it will be very good. The female banquet The desserts on the side are the most popular ones in Qingfenglou and Fuxinglou. We are a party purely to taste food, so of course we want to let the guests eat to their fullest!"

"Okay, you are good at this, you can decide. The location is on the side of the Dongkua courtyard. The place is big, and the male and female guests are separated by a lake, so there is no need to use screens or anything else." The eldest princess made a decision. road.

"It's winter, is it really good to put the banquet outside? Don't let the full moon snow and disturb our banquet!" Gu Ye really didn't think there was any fun in eating against the cold wind.

The eldest princess smiled and said: "I have already checked with the people from Qin Tianjian. It was a rare good weather. The female guests are in the plum forest, and the cold wind is covered with plastic film on all sides. If you are afraid of monotony, you can enjoy it before the banquet." Make a painting competition or something, paste the paintings of ladies and gentlemen on the film, it will be special!"

"Mother's idea is good! It's not as good as the men's side. Calligraphy and painting are not separated from each other. Maybe you can earn calligraphy and calligraphy from famous calligraphers and painters!" Gu Ye showed the expression of a little money fan.

"Those famous people are very lofty. If you post a post, they may not give you face! However, you are right, first post the post, and let them see if they come. If one or two really come, our whole game will be ruined." Banquet, it’s a payback!” The eldest princess was also assimilated by her daughter-in-law, and wrote down the names of several famous calligraphers and painters. This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are really not family members who do not enter the house!

The two tossed all afternoon, and finally sorted out the list of close people. These must be invited. When Ling Juechen came back, he saw the names of several famous families on the list who had never been there before, and looked at his mother and daughter-in-law suspiciously.

Gu Ye chirped and told him all of his little calculations. Ling Juechen nodded and said nothing. Several famous calligraphers and painters were stunned when they received the posts: They have never had friendship with Prince Ning's Mansion, so why would King Ning think of sending them posts?

They were hesitating whether to go or not, but their wives and children happily began to prepare the clothes and jewelry to wear on the day of the banquet, as well as what gifts to bring when they came to the door for the first time.

When these highly respected calligraphers and painters announced that they were not going to go, they immediately became the public enemies of the whole family, as if they were the eternal sinners who harmed the family.

In the end, Ling Juechen made a final decision, except for family members within three generations, friends who had a lot of contacts on weekdays, and colleagues in the army. Do not post anything else!

On the Ling family's side, within the fifth generation, there are only one lineage, so there are not many posts to be posted. On the side of the eldest princess, the old Zongling of the clan, the two half-sisters, King Jing... King Qin's blood relationship is much farther away from the royal family.

However, the youngest son is awesome! On weekdays, he flattered Prince Ning's mansion and called "Auntie" one by one, but now it finally paid off.

Under the envious and jealous gazes of his colleagues, Ji Xianrong showed off his invitation card: Did you see it? The post of "Full Cow Banquet" in Prince Ning's Mansion! You didn't receive it? Oops, I'm so sorry. But... I can open your eyes and see the appearance of the flower posts in Prince Ning's Mansion...