Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 157

A total of twelve dishes were selected, which are crispy chicken wings, burnt pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed fish, braised tiger head (actually it is braised lion head, but no one in the world has ever seen a lion, so, wood Ai decided to change the name to Hutou, which everyone is familiar with.) Longjing shrimp, crispy yellow vegetables, cucumber fried pork slices, dry fried beans, fish-flavored eggplant with soy spinach and double crispy.Meat and vegetables are half and half. Although fresh vegetables are more precious and popular in this season, meat is still indispensable, so we can only find ways to make it unique and exquisite.For example, shrimps are not fried, but fried with Longjing tea; the fish is also steamed instead of greasy braised;The staple food is spring pancakes with fresh vegetables, and the wine is Zhuangyuanhong, which has been cellared for 20 years.

There are six tables in the medium-sized seats, and the guests are some respectable people in the government office and the top-ranking business owners in Kao City.For example, meritorious officers in charge of internal and external affairs, household accounts for population and household registration management, field accounts for water conservancy and fields, gold accounts for city rent collection, soldiers for patrolling the city, merchants Liu's, Chen's, and Qian's, etc., are all shops everywhere. He has a lot of money, and he has a good relationship with Xiao Heng on weekdays.

Ten dishes are set, sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed fish, braised tiger head, scallion fried lamb, dry fried shrimp, stewed pork with beans, eggplant with sauce, shredded sweet potato, minced meat and cucumber shredded cabbage.Although it is not as novel and meticulous as the top-grade noodles, half of the dishes are made of fresh vegetables. In such a winter day, such noodles are quite rare.The staple food is small pies stuffed with cabbage pork and celery pork, and the drink is corn wine that has been cellared for ten years.

There were ten tables at the lower-class table, and there were a lot of people invited. A small number of them were shopkeepers of the subordinate shops of Xiaofu, and the rest were low-level officials such as Shaofu, headhunters, market officials, prison officials, etc. in the yamen.

Xiao Heng has been operating in Kao City for seven or eight years, and his current achievements are not only due to his harmony and precise vision, but also because of his generosity and generosity. Whenever the store has something to do, he uses these The lower-level officials will never let people help for nothing.As the old saying goes, county magistrates are not as good as county magistrates.Many times, these little people can often determine the development of things, so he never despises these people, and of course he is also liked by these people.This time, many people shouted to congratulate him when they met him.He simply asked Liniang to prepare a few more tables, and took the opportunity to ask the store manager to get closer to these people, so that they can talk when they meet in the future.

This inferior table noodles is said to be inferior, but there are also ten dishes, namely grilled elbow, braised pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, fried meat with green onions, braised fish in braised sauce, boiled shrimp, fried eggplant, sweet and sour cabbage , bean sprouts fried leeks and smooth tofu.Compared with the second-class noodles above, these dishes are more affordable and delicious, not only can satisfy the gluttony, but also have fresh vegetables.The staple food is scallion pancakes, and the drink is ordinary corn wine.

Originally, according to Mu Ai's idea, the congratulatory banquet is not divided into grades.

In modern times, whether it is a wedding banquet, a housewarming banquet, or a school entrance banquet, as long as they come, they are all guests. Although the leaders and elementary school students who work at home are sitting separately, they all eat the same table.

In the past two years since she traveled here, she has held several banquets, like the old lady's birthday banquet, and she also set up ten tables.At that time, the clan elders and ordinary villagers ate the same dishes and snacks.

It's a pity that when she told Liniang, the professional headed mistress almost laughed her teeth out. She laughed enough before explaining to her the rules of the banquet in detail.

In this time and space, the concept of hierarchy is very important, and the word "honor and inferior" seems to be deeply rooted in the soul of everyone.Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are strictly hierarchical. No matter where they go to dinner, everyone has their own circle of acquaintances, or they are all merchants, or they are all officials' wives, or they are all family friends. In short, there is a clear distinction.It is very natural to be arrogant towards the inferior and humble towards the superior.

This time, Xiao Heng was canonized as the prince of An Guohou, and he suddenly jumped into the hierarchy of power. He belonged to the high-ranking taxis. Those shopkeepers and yamen officials who were invited could come in for a meal, and they already had a lot of face. I don't mind even if I eat boiled vegetable leaves.And those middle-level merchant bosses or subordinates of government offices, even if you let them sit with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, they will still feel uncomfortable, because their class status has not yet reached this level.As for the high-level people, if they are allowed to condescend to sit on an equal footing with a group of merchants and officials, how can they feel comfortable?
Therefore, there are rules for everything, and according to status, deciding which table to sit with whom is the rule of the banquet.

In fact, when Liniang was explaining to Mu Ai, many scenes of going to the banquet filled her heart.Her status is embarrassing. Seriously, she is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis of An Guo's Mansion, and the child she gave birth to is the eldest grandson of the Marquis of An Guo's Mansion, so her status is naturally noble.But their family has been engaged in business all the time, doing such a low-level career, which can be described as humble.Therefore, most of the time, she was afraid of going to the banquet. Fortunately, the two wives of the Wei family were family friends, and Mrs. Chu was a very close friend. Most of the time, she followed them to the official table.However, there are those who think highly of themselves, who don't say anything in the open, but they often exclude her behind the scenes.She couldn't tell her husband, so she could only get angry secretly.Now that there is another banquet to attend, she can sit proudly at the seat of the official's wife, and it will be a distinguished guest...

Mu Ai couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she still hasn't fully integrated into this time and space, and can't understand their deep cognition of rank.If she went to a banquet and was treated differently by others, she wouldn't be scolded on the spot, but she was dissatisfied, and it was absolute that she would not have any contact with her in the future, because her self-esteem was hurt and she felt that she was looked down upon by others.

Of course, she will not say these words. The food and drinks are settled, and the snacks are also ordered to be prepared for the sky. Even if she has finished helping, the rest of the food preparation, vegetable cutting, and cooking are all done by the people below. up.

The so-called master moves his mouth and slaves run away, this is also a benefit of the hierarchy.

During the day, the servants in Xiao's residence were extremely busy.There are spacious banquet halls in the six yards of the two entrance halls of the entire mansion, so there is no need to build sheds.The waiting seats are placed in the first hall, and the middle seats are placed in the second hall. The hall of the main courtyard is for high-class male guests, and the adjacent Tinglan Courtyard is for female guests.

The stewards only need to direct the maids and servants to clean up everywhere, arrange rooms for men and women to change clothes and rest, set up tables and chairs, hang red silk and so on.

These wooden mugs couldn’t help, so I closed the courtyard door, gathered a few children around, and looked after the books while taking care of them and playing.There was no need for Liniang to send someone to deliver food at noon, so she went into the small kitchen in the courtyard and steamed two large plates of golden steamed buns, fried four refreshing side dishes, and a pot of delicious crucian carp tofu soup.

Ask Chun Equinox to bring a portion to Ouyang and send it to the ear room, and the rest are placed on the table. The mother and son are about to have dinner when someone knocks on the courtyard door. Chun Equinox goes out to check and welcomes Liniang in. , "Knowing that the girl is going to cook in person, I didn't ask the kitchen to prepare it, and came to eat directly." After finishing speaking, she complained that Mu Ai, a sister-in-law, would be lazy when she was a sister-in-law. Mu Ai pointed at Cheng'er, and said with a smile, "I Didn't I show you my precious son!"

When Liniang saw her fat and lovely son, she immediately forgot about being tired. She ate four wotou and two bowls of soup in a row, and went on to "fight" energetically again.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, guests began to come to the door one after another. Liniang dressed up noble and dignified early and went to the second gate to meet the guests.Mu Ai knew that when the Wei family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came over, Liniang would definitely find her to accompany her, so she took a bath after eating and resting for half an hour.

At the spring equinox and summer solstice, the three of Xiaoan seemed to be afraid of losing their grandmother's poor clothes and being looked down upon by others. They took out all the dresses in the suitcase to match them. In the end, it was Mu Ai who had a headache from the noise, so she pointed to a slanted-breasted rose purple dress. The brocade shirt with peony pattern and a light imperial concubine-colored beaded gauze skirt, after putting them on, the spring equinox combed carefully for half a quarter of an hour, and finally combed the venetian temples, and the summer solstice immediately handed over a long fringed skirt The red gold phoenix-tailed agate hairpin, Xiao An also quickly put on a pair of emerald drop pearl earrings.

Mu Ai usually doesn't like these gemstones or pure gold jewelry, but today is a festive occasion, so it is inevitable to pay attention to one or two things, so the girls took out all the precious jewelry from the bottom of the makeup box, and chose them with joy. Choose, and then put on one by one, and afraid that she will refuse, always sneaking eyes on her face.

The careful looks of the girls made Mu Ai a little funny. Women love gems and beautiful clothes by nature, but she is usually lazy, reading on the couch, or drawing with her sleeves rolled up. If she is in a good mood, she can also cook Wouldn't it be a pity to dirty these gems of clothing by cooking something good?Simply wear some homely dresses, which are comfortable and don't need to be taken care of all the time.

After everything was done, Chun Equinox opened the mirror in the makeup box and held it in front of Mu Ai. Mu Ai carefully looked at herself in the glasses. Her skin was as white as jade, her eyes were like stars, her temples were towering, bright and dignified.Feeling in my heart, wandering around in modern times, often eating and sleeping in the wild, how can I still look like a woman, but now I have been pampered for so long, and I am nourished by spiritual energy, and I am more and more beautiful and graceful.If she drew a picture of her appearance at this time and presented it to Ye Zi, she would definitely not be able to recognize this slender and noble girl as the wild girl who often sat with her on the street and drank beer.

Mu Ai sighed in her heart, and took out the cosmetic bag stored in the space, which contained eye shadow, lip gloss, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, mascara, and sunscreen, all of which were of good brands.This is also the time after returning from Tibet, Ye Zi couldn't stand her sloppy appearance, so she spent all her year-end bonus to buy it for her.At that time, she was pressed on the chair and did it for half an hour before she was announced to be released. As a result, she immediately fell on the bed and rolled over, causing Ye Zi to yell, and finally gave up on her as a stubborn slacker.

Although she still doesn't like makeup, she cherishes all these cosmetics and bought a new mobile phone for Ye Zi later, because Ye Zi has been looking forward to the year-end bonus for a long time just to buy a mobile phone, but in the end it was all spent on her .

Those precious friendships, those happy times that drove her away from loneliness, have all stayed in that time and space, and in her heart...

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