delicious little cook

Chapter 694 The Caravan Is Back

The day when Gu Yan returned home was as lively and grand as when Gu Xu brought his wife home. Firecrackers were lit from the time the newcomer's carriage entered the square gate, and another firecracker was hung outside the gate of Lord Ye's mansion. In the main hall to greet the newcomer and salute, all relatives and friends related to the Gu family were present, Gu Yan led her husband to introduce the elders and brothers to him one by one, then the young couple temporarily separated, Gu Yan took the arm of the aunt, talking and laughing to the back of the house Go, gossip with the female guests and share the joy of new life.

Bai Kou was fully dressed and was busy working in the east kitchen. A cook had burned her hands by the steam the first day and had to rest for a few days. Bai Kou sent the girl from Zhongming Yuan to do odd jobs, and she also cooked the dishes herself, ensuring that the lunch was safe. .

After successfully finishing Gu Yan's homecoming banquet, the New Year's Eve banquet has to be seriously dealt with in the mansion. At the same time, the shops and factories under Gu Yun also have to prepare for the end of the year banquet. I bought a lot of seafood, and I plan to eat Poon Choi at the Wei Ya Banquet, instead of the traditional banquet of cold, hot, bowls and dishes.

It usually takes three to four days or even four or five days to prepare for a Poon Choi banquet, which is not much trouble compared to ordinary banquets, but it can save a lot of washing dishes and bowls after eating. Bai Kou chose a container with a large open top Sand bowl, you can add a charcoal stove to heat the dishes when they are cold.

Bai Kou didn't have time to stare at making Poon Choi, so she taught her elder sister Bai Rui to take charge of it. It has been more than a year since Bai Rui settled in Tianshuifang, and her health has improved a lot. According to the family tradition, Bai Kou taught her this dish, which made her very happy. She carefully wrote down every preparation step, and repeatedly ensured that there would be no mistakes.

After the workshop in Tianshuifang was moved to the factory, there were only two places left: the big car dealership and the shop, and the newly remodeled women's tea room. There were few people eating the banquet, and Bai Rui and Qing Yu could cook together Come over, the trouble is on the factory side, there are many people, and there are more preparations to be done.

Bai Kou wrote the recipe and handed it to Mengmei. Since the girls' school started, she has been studying every night and doing her homework seriously. After a few months, she has learned a lot of words. The girl who went to class with her at the beginning persisted until now. There were very few of them, Bai Kou silently wrote down their names, and asked Mengmei to take them as main assistants this time.

Mengmei read out the words on the recipe word by word, and immediately asked questions about words she didn't know or sentences she didn't understand, and Bai Kou answered them patiently until Mengmei had no more questions.

The news of eating seafood at the end-of-the-year banquet quickly spread around the factory. When Bai Kou came, he brought seafood ingredients. The rest of the chicken, duck, fish, radish and shiitake mushrooms could be bought on the spot. Having never eaten seafood, many people took the time to run to the kitchen when they heard the news. Seeing the baskets of seafood with their own eyes, they were so beautiful that their mouths drool.

Mengmei obeyed Bai Kou's instructions and took a group of girls who were studying to prepare for the banquet. She assigned errands to each of them and asked them to bring a few assistants to manage together. This was the first year-end banquet since the factory was built. , must be done well.

After the new year is over, the annual holiday is over, so the end-of-year feasts at shops and car dealerships are eaten one day earlier, and government schools are also on holiday at this time. Gu Yun shoulders the burden of maintaining social relations. He leaves early and returns late every day, and he has to spare two days Time, to attend the end-of-the-year banquet at the big car dealership in Tianshuifang and the workshop in Xilefang, and give out annual rewards for the New Year to the subordinates. The ordinary clerks and workers get an extra month's wages, and the middle-level deacons and ordinary accountants get two extra months. , the shopkeeper and the accountant took three months, everyone cheered and thanked the son for his generosity.

All the production lines in the factory have been shut down for maintenance one after another, but the flat glass furnace is still burning. Bai Kou wants the workers to work hard a few more times before the year to see if the current yield rate can be stabilized. She still hopes to catch up. Make enough large mirrors to give the people of the capital a huge surprise after the year.

Only after receiving a generous annual reward, the workers continued to work vigorously. Bai Kou has relaxed the standard. There are some flaws around the edges of the mirror, but the part that reflects the figure in the middle is not allowed, even if the person looking in the mirror may not have any flaws. If the eyesight sees the bubbles, impurities or other things in the mirror surface, it doesn’t work.

Under such requirements, the workers buried themselves in their work, tried various methods to improve the rate of good products, and could not even take care of their own Chinese New Year. However, seeing the increasing number of finished large dressing mirrors, the workers became more and more motivated. Gao Gao, the family also understands and supports it very much. The women unite to prepare for the big and small things of the New Year by themselves, so that the men can work hard.

Seeing that the plan was promising, Bai Kou immediately informed Gongzhong, Da Furen, Ning Peilan and the Ou family, and they all sent their respective shopkeepers from the silk and satin shops to the workshop to discuss the details of the unified action. From New Year's Eve to the third day, everyone must be closed for rest , the craftsmen also have to visit relatives and friends, and they may not necessarily pick up jobs if they pay more money. On the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar new year, businessmen accept the God of Wealth before the big and small shops open for business, so they only work on the fourth day of the fourth day.

During the rest of the discussion, these cooperative shopkeepers came to visit the exhibition room and saw the glass box in the middle. Immediately, someone had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to install a large mirror. A group of people discussed on the spot, and then went to The workshop that made the mirror frame inspected the wood, and after all kinds of brainstorming, it really came up with a feasible idea. There was no need to find craftsmen on the street, the craftsmen in the workshop could do it, and Bai Kou readily ordered to do so.

The shopkeepers quickly went back to make their preparations. They had to prepare a big curtain to cover the mirror when they closed at night, otherwise they might be frightened by themselves in the mirror in the dim light.

Bai Kou entrusted the work in the factory to the stewards, and there are still many things waiting for her in the mansion.

The old lady in the mansion heard that the grandson gave the workers a pot of vegetables for the end teeth feast, and was a little interested, but the menu of the New Year’s Eve dinner has been set long ago, and it is impossible to change it temporarily, so she decided to eat it in the mansion on the seventh day of the lunar new year. Once back to Poon Choi, Bai Kou was busy with the work in the factory, and he owed this recipe all the time and didn’t write it down. Naturally, the masters had to use better ingredients for their food. Abalone, ginseng, wings and belly were all served, so they had to spend more time making it. Good preparation.

Mrs. Gu also invited Gong Changji and his wife to celebrate the New Year together in the mansion. They celebrate the New Year by themselves this year. The main reason is that Gong Changji knew that he would definitely stay in Yan Wang Mansion immediately after dinner, so he had to bring them into the palace together. He was too lazy to bother with all the outfits for New Year's greetings, so he had time to dress neatly in the early morning of the first day of the new year. The old prince and the old princess have been used to doting on this young boy since childhood, so there is nothing wrong with him, so let him do as he pleases.

On New Year's Eve, Gong Changji and his wife planned to visit the house in the afternoon, but when they were dressing up in the house, a girl from outside came in to report that the caravan to buy goods in the northern border had just entered the house.

Gong Changji and his wife looked at each other, and immediately postponed the time to go out. Gong Changji first went to the main hall of the front yard to meet the caravan captain and the head of the guard who followed the car, read the information they brought back, and listened to them tell about the situation in Spring Water Castle. See and hear.

After chatting here, seeing that it was getting late, the palace chief went back to his bedroom to change his clothes, took his wife across the street to visit the door, and went to the Rong En Hall to greet the old lady and everyone. Before the New Year's Eve dinner, the palace chief continued He seized an opportunity to have a private conversation with Gu Yun.

"The caravan is back."

(End of this chapter)