There are women in the farm family who are good at farming

Chapter 1240
When Mrs. Liang was planning and thinking hard to get rid of Lian Fangzhou, Lian Fangzhou was arranging to receive all the ladies for a gathering.

This time, all the young wives who were around her age were invited, Liang Yi's wife, the second young lady of the Liang family, was also invited.

For those elderly wives, although Lian Fangzhou did not invite them, he submitted a post to express that he dare not work for the elders. He only gathered with his peers to chat and laugh. The eldest lady and the old ladies all gave gifts: a brocade box of high-quality calming spices from the capital, a pair of Yunjinxiu purses for refreshing and relieving chest tightness and stagnation, a pair of ox horn combs from an old store in Beijing, and a pair of Eighteen child bracelets strung with amber or beeswax.

The things are not very expensive, but they are hard to find and rare. After all, they are all good things that can only be found in the capital. In this South Sea City, even the rich cannot buy them.

Mrs. Liang in the Liang Mansion naturally also received such a gift.

Out of curiosity, I opened it and took a look. Seeing that Lian Fangzhou had prepared everything thoughtfully and appropriately, she felt even more depressed and depressed.
He gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart: This woman is very scheming!If you are so willing to work hard, how can you fail to seduce a man if you want to?No wonder her shrewd son who has never cared about women was also seduced by her!
The day for Lian Fangzhou to treat guests was set on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. It happened that the weather was very good on this day. The bright sun shone down, and it was warm and pleasant, which made people feel a little lighter.

A long square flower hall on the top of the hill in the small garden of the chief envoy's yamen's back house had been cleaned up and arranged as early as yesterday.

Early this morning, the courtyard under the porch outside the door was full of blooming rhododendrons, camellias, four seasons osmanthus, lilies, roses, cyclamen and other flowers. It was gorgeous, as bright as brocade, and exuded elegance in the sun. The floral fragrance adds a bit of coquettishness.

In the hall, unique flower arrangements are placed on the tea table, desk, window sill, etc. On the chairs and sofas, delicately embroidered and soft thin cotton brocade cushions are carefully laid out. Hexiang.

In a corner of the porch outside the door, a small red clay stove and silver frost charcoal for making tea are also fully prepared, just waiting for people to come and make tea ready.

The kitchen was busy too.

All kinds of snacks and pastries have been prepared one after another since three days ago, and the preparations are naturally exquisite things that can only be found in the capital.

Some dishes will not lose their flavor after being stored for a long time, and they were prepared yesterday, while some preparations are cumbersome, but they need to be cooked and eaten now to be perfect, so they are ready together, and it is estimated that the guests will not start until the guests arrive.

There is also the lunch table, which is also busy with preparations.

The menu was drawn up and purchased three days ago. The main dishes are roast duck, chicken with hibiscus, cherry meat, Wensi tofu, minced fish in golden soup, and dried shrimps in Longjing, plus some local delicacies and a dish of longan Bamboo fungus and duck soup, a total of thirteen dishes.

The cook is naturally the chef from Jingzhong Mansion who followed.

It was not easy to choose these dishes, Lian Fangzhou had a hard time inquiring about the taste preferences and taboos of these young wives attending the banquet before deciding on them.

It is even more difficult to make. The chicken slices with hibiscus are extremely trivial and require a lot. It is a dish that tests the chef's skill the most. If you are not careful, the dish will not be able to achieve "chicken slices are as white as tender hibiscus" The smoothness and deliciousness of the taste will be greatly reduced.

For example, when smashing the chicken, not only must the chicken be smashed into mud, but also carefully pick out even a trace of fascia, otherwise the taste of the chicken slices will not be tender enough!

For example, when adding broth and egg whites drawn from old hens, chicken bones, old ducks, pigeons, pork bones, scallops, longan meat, ginger, white pepper, etc. to the mashed chicken, how much, How to stir it after adding it all depends on the experience of the chef. If this crucial step is not done accurately enough, the final chicken slices will be granular, and it is not easy to form pieces and easy to disperse.

For another example, when cooking chicken slices, the oil temperature should not be too high. If it is too high, honeycomb will appear and the color will be irregular; when thickening the sauce, it should not be too thick or too thin. The surface layer looks crystal clear and attractive, and the taste is even more delicious!

All in all, this is a very exhausting table dish.

Lian Fangzhou relied on these to win the favor of the young wives and break into the local gentry's wives, so he was naturally very willing to work hard.

Not long after breakfast, the guests came one after another!

Bi Tao greeted her at the door with her decent mother and maids, while Lian Fangzhou waited in the hallway in the front yard of the back house.

When the guests enter the second gate, they also welcome them out.

Most of the guests at today's banquet were met once at Qiuxing Temple last time. Everyone has seen the powerful skills and straightforward personality of this young and beautiful Mrs. Chief Envoy. The political envoy fell out of favor in front of her, and the back house was cleaned up again with thunderous means. No one dared to trust her when they saw her, and they couldn't help showing a little awe.

When they met each other, they were courteous and thoughtful, and no one appeared to be arrogant or deliberately making things difficult, so they had a great time together.

After receiving all the guests, Lian Fangzhou got up with a smile and invited everyone to take a tour in the back garden.

Everyone naturally smiled and said yes, chatting and laughing and crowded around.

Today is purely for fun, and even Fangzhou's sincere enthusiasm and conversation topics are the clothes, rouge, gouache, jewelry and various gossips that women naturally love. Everyone gradually let go of their hearts, and gradually Everyone is easy-going, and they are more casual when talking and laughing.

Speaking of which, everyone has never been a guest in the garden of the back house of the chief minister's yamen. The former chief minister's wife didn't like to socialize. The women in the area think that they are vulgar characters, have no etiquette, and are not worth dating at all!

Stepping into it this time, I couldn't help but look around out of curiosity, chattering and chatting.

Even Fangzhou showed great interest, listening to everyone's words with a smile, and said with a smile: "This garden is empty, and it's really not interesting to look at. When spring comes next year, I still want to rearrange it. Sisters, who knows who is the best at designing and arranging gardens in Nanhai County, at least recommend one or two to me, what kind of flowers and plants do you have in your house, I ask for them, don't be stingy!"

(End of this chapter)