delicious little cook

Chapter 369 Entertaining Foreign Guests is Trouble
"Everyone in Qingliu aims to be a Beijing official. After your second aunt gave birth to the eldest grandson Gu Xu, she has been very proud for so many years. When I married your two elder sisters, she hugged her son a lot. I rolled my eyes, and I was not convinced by my housekeeper. Fortunately, I gave birth to you two brothers, and she gave birth to two daughters. It was only a few years since Gu Xu got the title of genius. Began to be proud again. I know she has been dreaming of seeing the bridal sedan chair of the future daughter-in-law carried in from the main entrance of Duke Ye's mansion. Who would have thought that your second uncle's current post is in another place. Although it is on the ground of Zhili, it is not In Beijing, if you ask Gu Xu to marry at his father's place again, your second aunt will definitely die of anger."

"Gu Xu is just the eldest grandson, not the eldest son, so why should we use the marriage that our Lord Ye's mansion gave him to support the scene? Besides, it's just a son getting married, but he has to work. The old father took a long vacation and rushed all the way back to the capital to wait for the wedding. After the end, I hurried back. Hehe, there are as many officials who are idle at home waiting to fill their vacancies as river sand. Any official position in Zhili is robbed bloody. Your notebooks are flying all over the sky."

"Your second uncle is definitely not so stupid. At his current age, he can still work hard in the officialdom. It is possible for him to rise from the fifth rank to the fifth rank, or even from the fourth rank. He will not let you The second aunt came here to ruin his future."

"However, plan ahead. When Second Uncle comes home, I'd like to ask Dad to play the side drum with Second Uncle."

"You don't need to tell me that your father will do it. He is much more experienced than you in official affairs."

"How will the uncle of the future in-laws be entertained tonight? The third sister said that the second aunt has rested from the exhaustion of the journey and has not seen any guests. I haven't gone to say hello all afternoon."

"What are you doing?!" The eldest lady frowned deeply, "I have invited a distinguished guest to my house, and if the marriage fails, how dare you neglect the guest?!"

"Second Aunt must have never expected that Gu Xu would suddenly be so drunk that he couldn't wake up. Originally, it happened that Gu Xu was going to do the cleaning up."

"You did it on purpose. If the future in-laws have a grudge in their hearts and ruin the marriage, your second aunt will hate you to death."

"Well, anyway, I don't expect to have much relationship with them anymore." Gu Yun raised his eyebrows like a rogue, "Should we pay attention to that honored guest? Otherwise, just let it hang around like this, even though it's her second room's embarrassment that will be lost. , but if it is said, it is Ye State Duke's Mansion."

"Gu Wan and Gu Chan didn't come to greet me this afternoon. The three of them, mother and daughter, are really interesting. They brought guests home for the New Year, but found that they couldn't entertain them and didn't say a word."

"Bai Kou is already preparing dinner. If grandma comes out to entertain guests, I'll go back and ask her to add a few more dishes."

"Wait a little longer. Your father is coming home soon. Let him think about what to do. You can't just let your grandmother entertain a foreign guest. That's not appropriate. You have to accompany your father."

"It should be so, then I will go back first, if you want to add food, hurry up and talk."

"Okay, you go first."

Gu Yun resigned from his mother and went out. When he walked to the small kitchen, he saw Bai Kou was still sitting in the cafeteria watching the girls doing things. This time he walked in with a tiptoe, and looked at the delicious food inside the Malatang pot.

Bai Kou asked someone to bring him a pair of clean bowls and chopsticks, and let him do what he wanted.

Gu Yun was half full, wiped his mouth and went back to his room to rest. At that time, Bai Kou had already washed his hands, dressed neatly and entered the kitchen.

The old man came home on time, the butler greeted him at the gate, and first reported the second lady's arrival and the honored guests, but Mr. Xu was still drunk, and the second lady and the ladies didn't come out to say how to entertain the old man. It's about a distinguished guest, so I have to ask the elder what to do, I can't be left alone by the host on the first night when he comes from afar.

After listening to the story of the big housekeeper, the old man walked into his own main room with an incomprehensible expression on his face. The eldest lady was already waiting for her husband to come home in the bedroom. The lady waits for the master to wash his hands and change his clothes.

After the couple greeted each other a few words, the eldest lady helped the husband remove his heavy coat. The elder walked to the washbasin and washed his hands while telling his wife about the future uncle in the second room. In the guest room in the front yard, except for the servants who waited on the guests attentively, the people in the second room never asked about it.

The eldest lady immediately had an innocent and bewildered expression on her face.

"Eh? What's the matter? I haven't heard of it. I know that the mother and daughter have come back, but Gu Wan and Gu Chan have never been here or the old lady since they arrived home. In your place, no one has ever mentioned to me that there are foreigners at home."

"It's weird, what does the second room mean? Don't you plan to marry this in-law?"

"Shouldn't you send someone to the second room to ask first? The guests they bring back are naturally treated by them first. Maybe they have already agreed with them to have a good rest tonight and not to mention anything else?"

Seeing that her husband had finished washing his hands, the eldest lady replaced the washbasin with a washbasin of clean hot water.

"No, if it is agreed, the butler will not ask me how to entertain that distinguished guest tonight."

"Huh? Erfang is stupid? Is it true that the guests you brought back are leaving him alone like this?"

The old man wet the face towel, bent down and wiped some water on his face, closed his eyes and wrung the towel to dry his face in one breath, sighed, put the face towel on the beam of the washbasin shelf, turned around and went to Sit down at the table and drink tea.

"As the head of the family, since I know about this matter, I have to ask about it. Otherwise, if they are neglected, they will have to blame me on Ye State's mansion. It's not worth it. Why should I accept this?"

"The master is right, then send someone to the second room to ask, if they can't entertain, please ask the mother-in-law to come forward, you can be an accompanying banquet, and I will ask Bai Kou to see if I can add some dishes."

"Just do it first."

The eldest lady nodded in agreement, opened the door and went out to call Pang's mother and Jin Gan to give instructions. Jin Gan immediately went to the second room, and Pang's mother went to Rong'en Hall, and said to the old man that there was a preparation.

Both of them asked in the name of the big master, because the big housekeeper would definitely say that if he didn't say anything, he would be negligent of his duty. How could he not say anything to the head of the family about such a big matter as the future in-laws.

I heard that the eldest grandson's future in-laws came to our house to celebrate the New Year, and the old man needed to come forward to entertain him. The old lady happily agreed, and specially asked Mama Pang to tell Bai Kou to make yesterday's pine nut pearl and three non-stick, because these two things The dishes are all bright yellow, and they look good on the table. For the seafood in Gu Yun's hand, he can pick some convenient ingredients and make it hot or cold.

Pang's mother agreed with a smile, returned to the hall and sent her to the wine cellar to get some good wine, and she immediately went to find Bai Kou.

(End of this chapter)