Chapter 824 Rest
The new home has a new atmosphere, there is a set of customs here, Shen Hao has no objection at all, anyway, there is an old Hu Zhangluo, so he can follow behind for a walk.
I haven't lived in such a big house before, and I took a rough look around, probably there are more than 30 houses? Living in such a big place, Shen Hao always felt a bit empty.
But Hu has experience. After explaining to him for a while, Shen Hao understood.
"Handymen, gardeners, plasterers, kitchen cooks, and guards in the house, there are at least fifteen people in total. If you want to have more manpower, twenty is not too many."
No wonder rich people are commonly called "big families". The head of this family is only Shen Hao, and there are more than 20 servants and slaves in total. If there are more people in the family, wouldn't it be even bigger? What is it called if it is not called "big household"?
Look at the backyard so many other courtyards should be designed for the big family, but it is a pity that Shen Hao can't use it now.
Spending money is like flowing water. Everything in the new house is the best, mainly wooden furniture and decoration. However, Shen Hao did not choose the gold and jade casing for the air conditioner. He chose the wooden casing uniformly, which is in the same style as the furniture at home, so it looks comfortable.
Of course, there is no air conditioner installed in the servants' and servants' rooms, and no one dares to use it if it is installed. Just kidding, this thing burns Pan Lingshi, isn't that just burning money? Isn't the brazier and cattail fan fragrant?
The air conditioner brings warmth in winter and coolness in summer. It is indeed comfortable, but the cost is astonishing. Most people can’t afford it and don’t understand it. Is it necessary to make such a fuss just to keep it cool and warm?
This is a very interesting concept of class, and the concept of the whole person will not be the same if the class is different.
Is Shen Hao short of that Pan Lingshi? He is not bad, even if he doesn't have much in hand, he can collect boxes by boxes if he says hello to Feilong. As for money? He has become extremely rich just from Wuliangye's share of profit, and now he has to add the windfall profits from the air conditioner. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the few wealthy households in the Jingjiu Dynasty.
Handymen and servants are not easy to pretend in the house? Shen Hao didn't think that at least Hu Tian and the others who had been following him, and the three fox girls' houses were supposed to be installed, and they were just pan-ling stones. What's the matter?
Shen Hao walked around inside and out, very satisfied. My favorite is the gazebo above the pool, where dinner is always used.
"Send a post to Wang Jian, Wang Yiming, Tang Qingyuan, and Chen Sheng, which means that I will hold a housewarming banquet tomorrow night. Then go tell Li Erfu, prepare more ingredients for home-cooked dishes, and I will cook by myself tomorrow."
The news that Shen Hao was going to treat was sent out by Hu Tian. Because the master said that he wanted to cook in person, which means he attaches great importance to this banquet, so Hu Tian didn't dare to be hasty, not only used the best invitation to write the post, but Shen Hao signed his name in the end, and then Hu Tian came to the family in person The family sent them up next to each other.
What is Hu Tian's identity? Jingxi Black Banner Battalion Commander Shen Da's housekeeper, half of the family, personally came to deliver the invitations, which is very honorable.
Some people were not at home. After receiving the invitations, the family members panicked and did not dare to delay. They hurriedly sent the family members to deliver the invitations to the people they invited. What is the right thing to send to congratulate the other party on their housewarming?
When others were struggling with preparations, the people in Shen's residence were also busy. Shen Hao, who claimed to cook for himself, was not busy. He even went to the Commander's Yamen in the mood, and the things in his hands had accumulated for several days, so he had to deal with them in batches.
And the preparations for the evening banquet had already started in the back kitchen of Shen's residence. The chef is Li Erfu, and several assistants of Li Erfu.
Of course, the work on the stove should be left to Shen Hao when he comes back, but Shen Hao doesn't need to do the preparations before cooking.
Shen Hao explained to Li Erfu that he would cook a few dishes today, sweet and sour pork ribs, braised fish, duck in sour soup, twice-cooked pork, two stir-fried seasonal vegetables, two cold appetizers, and sauced beef. Make another pot of sweet potato stewed rice, and work together.
In the end, these are home-cooked dishes, not complicated, and the test is the individual's fire control and taste. Of course, Shen Hao is good at these few dishes.
Shen Hao came back from the commander's yamen at about the same time in the early days of the application. Now the advantage of him being the master of the house in the yamen is obvious. He can control the time by himself, which is more flexible. Unless he leaves for a long time, he doesn't need to report to anyone, and he can leave whenever he wants.
When I got home, I didn't expect that Wang Jian, who knew the way the most, had already arrived first.
Although Shen Hao's new residence is here, Wang Jian has been here before Shen Hao. He has checked the inside and outside of the house several times, and whether the back of the house is clean or not, as well as the new recruits in the house. Pass the level of Wang Jian, or the level of Heishui.
So Wang Jian is more familiar with this house than Shen Hao at present. In addition, he didn't have to sit in the commander's yamen, he had more free time than Shen Hao, so he came here first to think if he could help.
"You arrived early. Come on, follow me to the back kitchen and help light the fire."
The back kitchen used to be Li Erfu's place to burn firewood, but now that Wang Jian is here, Wang Jian will come to burn it.
After walking two steps, Shen Hao questioned again: "Have you ever burned the stove?"
"Don't worry, my lord, this subordinate has burnt it."
Wang Jian answered very simply, and he did not lie. He really went to the kitchen to learn how to cook with a fire. Although not very good at it, there is basically no problem. Of course, Wang Jian didn't know these things, nor did he do them out of whim, but he learned them deliberately. Because he knew that Shen Hao had the habit of cooking in person, how could he, as Mr. Shen's number one confidant, know nothing about the kitchen?
When they got to the back kitchen, Li Erfu was kicked out by Shen Hao, and then Wang Jian was asked to sit in front of the stove and watch the fire, and he began to work on the side.
"First stew the duck. This duck was collected by Li Erfu at the East Market in the morning. It is a fresh old duck for three and a half years! Stewed with sour radish is very delicious!"
The old duck weighs five catties, and it has been beaten, but it has not been cut into pieces. The whole stewed duck here is put into the pot, but Shen Hao doesn't like it because it is inconvenient to eat. Then I saw the black light flashing twice on Shen Hao's fingers, and the old duck that was intact just now turned into a lump, neatly stacked in the clay pot.
It feels so cool to chop vegetables with black cuts! Shen Hao himself was slightly taken aback.
The sour radish was pickled by Li Erfu last year, and now it is considered an old radish, which is suitable for stewing soup. However, because the sour radish that was just taken out is too salty, it needs to be soaked in water several times after being cut into pieces. After the salty taste is moderate, it is put into the soup and stewed together.
"This old duck has to be blanched first to get rid of the fishy smell." Shen Hao said while doing it, and chatted with Wang Jian from time to time.
Just like doing other things, even when cooking, Shen Hao was not in a hurry and looked at ease.