delicious little cook

Chapter 626 These Two Men
At the beginning of the luncheon, when the wine was in full swing, the female relatives upstairs suddenly heard the laughter of the men from the garden, and people went to the window to look at it, only to find out that the men were drinking and having a good time. , the female relatives looked interesting, and they became a little interested, and wanted to play.

Ning Peilan immediately sent her girl downstairs and told her husband to play together.

So after some preparations and arrangements, the female guests came down from the upstairs, and the tables in the garden were replaced with table tables, connected end to end, and arranged in two rows, with men and women sitting in one row facing each other. After talking about the rules of the drinking order, The lottery began to circulate in everyone's hands, and those who couldn't answer were fined a glass of wine.

Gu Yun became the winner of the audience with his superb poetry and prose skills. Gong Changji specially gave him a jar of aged wine as a prize. Amidst the laughter of everyone, this happy birthday party ended. Before the end, he invited everyone Make time for a housewarming party at your new home.

Gong Changji and Ning Peilan are not procrastinators, they move as soon as they say they want to move, apart from moving within one month after entering the palace to receive the gift according to the will, they are also young couples who want to enjoy a newly married life without being disturbed.

So on the day after Ning Peilan's birthday, the servants of Duke Ye's mansion saw a large cart full of luggage in front of Chengjun's mansion diagonally opposite.

Moving is not an easy task, and Ning Peilan's dowry would have to be moved again. For this reason, the couple's current bed is the palace chief's own bed, not Ning Peilan's dowry bed.

The servants escorted the dowry to decorate the main room, and it took the carpenters two days to assemble the dowry bed in the bedroom. In addition to the palace chief’s own large and small luggage, there was a long queue of carts to carry the luggage. I can't forget it at a glance. After five or six days of busy work, the servants of the family finally tidied up the Chengjun Prince's Mansion so that the prince and concubine can move in.

The official relocation of Gong Changji and his wife did not pick a day for retirement. They just wanted to move quietly first, that is, when they arrived at the gate of their palace, the family servants took out long firecrackers from the gate, and the entire Tianshuifang residents were shocked. Knowing that Prince Cheng moved into his new home today, the neighbors came to congratulate him one after another, and in Duke Ye's mansion diagonally opposite, the three wives who had known the news in advance sent their servants to congratulate each other with gifts.

In the afternoon, after taking a nap, the street calmed down, Ning Peilan changed her clothes, and went across the street to visit Mrs. Gu alone with her maid.

In terms of seniority, the palace chief Ji is one generation higher than Gu Yun, that is, he is of the same generation as Ye Guogong, so Ning Peilan's visit is a peer visit, and he will perform peer salutes in front of Mrs. Gu.

Mrs. Gu took Ning Peilan to Rong En Hall to meet the old matriarch, and invited the wives, daughters-in-law and girls of the second and third bedrooms, and a large group of female relatives chatted and laughed for a lively afternoon.

Before Ning Peilan resigned, she specially asked Mrs. Gu to tell Gu Yun that she would invite him to the house for dinner when he got home, and she, the concubine of the county, would do the cooking herself, but she would also borrow Bai Kou as a helper.

Mrs. Gu readily agreed, and immediately sent a girl to Zhongming Yuan to inform her after seeing off the guests.

When Gu Yun and Bai Kou came back from Fuxue and Xilefang respectively in the evening, when they heard about this, they washed their hands and changed their clothes. Bai Kou also brought her congratulatory gifts, two glass pickle jars filled with Assorted pickles.

The two of them crossed the street and went to the door. The servants at the door had already received their orders, and the housekeeper of the palace was waiting inside the door. When he saw Gu Shizi coming, he hurriedly led the way and gave up his seat in the main hall to serve tea. Bai Kou was invited to the back house to meet the princess.

When the couple saw Bai Kou coming, the palace chief Jicai leisurely put on the airs of a county prince, and went out the second door to meet Gu Yun in the main hall. While Ning Peilan invited Bai Kou to drink tea, she went back to the bedroom and changed into old clothes for cooking , the girl carried the two kimchi jars, and a group of people went to the kitchen.

In the brand-new kitchen, the placement of the tables, cabinets, and wall shelves all refer to Bai Kou's opinions. Even the kitchen utensils are customized according to the tools used by Bai Kou. An old mother in her 40s is the kitchen manager. He and the handymen were all brought out from Prince Yan's mansion, and there were two young cooks from Yachifang, who only served the prince and princess, and the existing staff in this kitchen was more than sufficient.

"How is it? It's all arranged according to your opinion, can you see where there is a mistake?" Ning Peilan was not in a hurry to cook at all, and first took Bai Kou to visit the kitchen.

Bai Kou carefully walked around to check it, then turned around and gave Ning Peilan two thumbs up.

"It's pretty good. The kitchen is the focus of fire prevention. The major fire prevention points mentioned by the servant girl are pretty good."

Ning Peilan smiled triumphantly, took Bai Kou's hand and patted it in the palm of her hand, "With our friendship, you don't want to be a maidservant in front of me. I don't like it."

"Okay, I'll just change my mouth."

"That's right, come on, take a look at tonight's menu, shouldn't we start now?"

Ning Peilan took a piece of paper from the cook and handed it to Bai Kou. On it was the menu for tonight. The ingredients had already been washed and neatly placed on the long table.

Bai Kou was holding the menu, she didn't do it herself, she just ordered the two cooks to do things, and kept taking things that needed to be used from the kitchen cabinet and seasoning cabinet.

Ning Peilan washed her hands outside and came back to wait, watching from the sidelines as Bai Kou taught the cooks how to use the grater correctly to cut out the required strips of different thicknesses.

"You slacker, after using this thing, don't you need to practice sword skills?"

"This is originally for housewives. The knife skill is not good, and it needs to be cut evenly, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. What should I do? The grater knife solves all problems."

"I see, your girls use this thing the most, right?"

"It was originally inspired by them and I tried to make it. Otherwise, when they practice good cooking skills according to my standards, they wouldn't get married."

Bai Kou's words immediately amused everyone present.

Under the guidance of Bai Kou, the chefs handled the ingredients calmly, and finished the side dishes when they were divided into plates. Ning Peilan was still watching the fun, when Bai Kou ordered the servants to light a fire, and the hot pot was cooled Oil, ready to cook.

Ning Peilan hurriedly stood in front of the stove and listened to Bai Kou's instructions meticulously. The seemingly out-of-the-ordinary order of cooking, but the finished products were cooked continuously. The kitchen manager with decades of experience was very satisfied .

In the main hall, Gong Changji felt as if he hadn't chatted for a long time, and the food was served on the table.

Gu Yun giggled, and without waiting for the palace chief to greet him, he took a bite of food with his chopsticks.

"Well, Bai Kou has successfully brought out a new apprentice."

"Hey, that's too much. You know how to praise Bai Kou when the princess cooks."

"Yes, thank you, Princess, for cooking, but the method and taste of this dish are clearly Bai Kou's style. Bai Kou directs the dishes cooked by Princess Wang in the kitchen."

"Yes, yes, as long as your tongue is the best, your Bai Kou is the best."

"My Bai Kou is of course the best."

"I'm not going to be fooled by you. I'm married and have a wife."

"You traitor to the alliance."

"The loose sand alliance formed by the mob, I sympathize with you, anyway, I have a wife."

"Go, go, stop showing off in front of me."

"Look, it's fried, it's fried, it really looks like a puppy."

"Do you have to flip the table?"

"Okay, okay, I won't mess with you anymore, the dog is rich and noble, don't forget each other, bark bark bark."

"You wait for me, don't fall into my hands."

"Do you have a chance? Shall I introduce one?"

Gu Yun rolled his eyes, put down his chopsticks, and took a sip of his wine.

"So there is something waiting for me here? Your ability to formulate words has indeed improved."

"Isn't this a matchmaker for you?"

"Dignified prince of the county, instead of sharing worries for the country and the king, you want to change your career?"

"You should listen first."

"All right, all right, tell me, do you know me?"

"Yes, you have helped her."

"Tong Mingli?"

"Yo, the reaction is quick. Could it be that you also think about her every day?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Gu Yun suddenly looked towards the door nervously, "Don't ask Bai Kou to hear it."

"...You can't do it?!"

Gu Yun rolled his eyes in displeasure, Gong Zhangji raised his hands in surrender, "Don't worry, they women eat in the inner house, and they didn't come out so soon."

"That's about the same." Gu Yun breathed out, picked up his chopsticks and continued to eat, "Tell me, okay, how do you want to match her with me?"

"Because you are her sweetheart."

After Gong Changji finished speaking calmly, he snatched a plate in front of Gu Yun quickly with his eyes and hands, so as not to be smeared by his saliva.

Gu Yun threw down his chopsticks, folded his hands angrily and stared at Gong Changji.

"I don't want to eat, why do you want to invite me to this meal first?"

"I invite you to dinner because I'm moving today."

"Then do you have to deliberately bring up a spoiling topic at the dinner table?"

"Tsk, do you think I am willing?"

Gu Yun was dumbfounded, "You've only been married for a few days?!"

"Mistress inside."

"What an embarrassment to a man." Gu Yun snorted contemptuously.

"Believe it or not, I told Bai Kou exactly what I said?"

"you dare!"

The palace chief returned the same contemptuous look, "It's really embarrassing for a man."

"Too lazy to argue with you, I'll eat my meal."

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to eat, I'm afraid you'll really overturn the table, so let's talk about Tong Mingli first?"

"It's not up to me to decide." Gu Yun had to put down his chopsticks, and raised his wine glass, "I am the canonized eldest son, and I am also the eldest son of the eldest son of the family, but Tong Mingli did not marry me. Corresponding to her family status, her father Tong Hanlin said that Hanlin is a close minister of the emperor, but his status is not even as good as Liang Zhongshan, otherwise her Tong Mingli family would not be bullied so badly by a commoner. She thought Marrying me as a wife is beneficial to her family, and can even take care of her entire Tong clan, but not to me, it's not fair."

"So she can only think about it?"

"There is no other way but to dream."

"Okay, you can tell her to give up."

"Tong Mingli has seen her in a bad mood these two times. How could your wife know what's on her mind?"

"Tong Mingli has liked you for several years. When Ye Junting was still there, they fought openly and secretly several times. Almost everyone in their circle of sisters knew about you. At the last birthday party, Tong Mingli was sitting in front of the window and staring at you, calling me Bingxue's clever daughter-in-law saw it."

"Just talk about things, don't keep praising your daughter-in-law, so that your servants won't be afraid of people's jokes when they hear it."

"Maybe you hang Bai Kou on your mouth and say, don't let me praise my wife? Are you too lenient?"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about anyone else, my wife has eaten this dinner, I really don't want to discuss this kind of issue with you."

"Don't worry, Tong Mingli doesn't know about this. I'm just trying to find out what you say first. I'm definitely on your side. Besides, Tong Mingli's appearance, her family won't make another marriage appointment for her in the short term. This incident has caused her family to suffer, as long as you two don't meet again, she can't help it."

"That's good. I have to concentrate on preparing for the next spring. Don't trouble me. I'm not like you. You are the prince of the county. You don't have to worry about food and drink all your life. I have to earn fame and wealth by myself. My family Still counting on me to shine on the lintel."

"Okay, okay, don't talk, don't talk, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, the vegetables will be cold."

The men ate in the main hall of the front yard, while Ning Peilan and Bai Kou ate in the main room of the back house. The two sat at the same table, not only chatting about housework, but also long-term business plans. Both of them are good at business A woman who is right next door is really like a fish in water.

After dinner, each of them rested for a while, Bai Kou bid farewell to Ning Peilan, and went to the main hall in the front yard to wait for the eldest son, when Gu Yun saw her coming, he said goodbye to Gong Zhangji, and he laughed a few words.

Bai Kou heard the palace chief laughing, and asked curiously after leaving the palace, Gu Yun smiled, and took her back to the mansion through the side door, there was no one walking around in the alleyway so late.

"It's nothing, it's just a little joke." Gu Yun put his hand on Bai Kou's shoulder, lowered his head slightly, and kissed her forehead.

"A little joke among men? Well, it's really boring." Bai Kou wrinkled her nose, not interested.

Gu Yun giggled, and took Bai Kou's hand into the stable along the long alleyway. He didn't want to mention Tong Mingli's matter.

Gong Zhangji went back to the inner house and talked with his wife about Gu Yun's performance at the dinner table. Hearing that he was blown up, Ning Peilan was a little bit sorry, but she no longer cared about it.

My sister is affectionate, but Lang has no intention of doing it. If you shave your head and pick your son, this will not work. So far it is the best.

After the palace chief moved out, the manpower sent to Chunshui Castle was ready, so he used the reason of going to the border market to buy exotic goods. Two days later, a caravan left the capital and headed for the northern border. He is the elite bodyguard of Gong Changji.

The caravan was really going to buy goods, Ning Peilan didn't hide it from Bai Kou, and even invited her to join her as a partner. Anyway, this trip will bring things to many relatives and friends, so adding Bai Kou's list will not be troublesome.

Next, Ning Peilan started to work on the housewarming banquet again, and invited Bai Kou and her girls to help again. Bai Kou was the chef, and the cooks and handymen in the palace were all at her disposal.

As a good friend, Tong Mingli was naturally invited to come here, but this time she was unable to meet Gu Yun. The male and female guests were entertained in the front yard and the inner house respectively. Tong Mingli was unhappy from the beginning to the end of the serious banquet. She didn't even bother to pay attention to the entertainment, and the ladies and ladies present didn't mess with her when they saw her like this, and left her alone.

Ning Peilan was a hospitable and thoughtful hostess, but she couldn't do anything about Tong Mingli. She seemed dissatisfied with the banquet. Ning Peilan pitied her for her previous experience, so she didn't say anything, pretending she couldn't see it.

After the banquet was over and the guests were finished, Bai Kou got a big red envelope from Ning Peilan, and took the girls back home to rest with a smile. Gu Yun was still chatting with the palace chief in the front yard, and came back after a while. Lunch break at home.

(Author's words: Happy New Year's Eve! The Year of the Monkey is auspicious! A single chapter of 4 words is presented. Don't say that the price of worms has increased. This is an increase in word count! Thank you for your long-term support, worms love you, and love you all the time!)

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