The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu got up early on the morning of New Year's Eve. Before and after the New Year's Day, Li Fu gave everyone in the workshop a holiday.

The New Year should be celebrated in a proper manner. If there is no holiday even for the New Year, the bastards really treat people like cattle and horses.

In the study of the house, Xiao Tao, Shitou, Wu Liangye, and Lao Zhao were all there.

Li Fu called them together to discuss the New Year's Eve in the house tonight.

This year is different from previous years. There are more people, and there are still rules.

In addition, Li Fu also has to prepare red envelopes for the people in the house.

Let Xiao Tao do this. Tell the accountant and take the money out. Xiao Tao will come to divide the money according to Li Fu's instructions.

When it's night, according to the custom of the New Year, Li Fu, the master, will personally hand it over to them.

In addition, Li Fu made a list and gave it to Shitou, asking Shitou to take people to buy some things that would not be prepared in ordinary houses.

"Old Zhao, tell the people in the house that tonight, we will stay up together to celebrate the New Year." Li Fu said.

"My dear, in the past, there were not many people in our family, so it was understandable to stay up together to celebrate the New Year, but now there are more people in the house, and your status is different. It's not good to have different status."

"It doesn't matter. Staying up to celebrate the New Year is for fun. There are only three or two people in the house. Chatting for half a night will make people sleepy. It's boring. It's the New Year. I just want to have a lively and festive time."

Apart from other things, the atmosphere must be there.

Otherwise, what's the point of celebrating the New Year?

That is, I can't celebrate the New Year with the people in the house on the farm. Otherwise, Li Fu can bring all the people in the house here.

Nowadays, most of the people in the house are the old people from Jinyang. After the house was built, they brought their families here. This year's New Year, they just happened to celebrate the New Year in their new home.

Old Zhou, Zhang Huan, and Ma Shisan, all of them had families and were given new houses in the manor, including the guards in the manor.

So, Li Fu let them go home for the New Year, and when he returned to the manor after the New Year, he would let them come back to work.

Before coming to the manor, Li Fu also distributed the New Year's red envelopes to them in advance.

"Wu Liangye, go get a carriage and bring back the things I ordered in advance from the workshop." Li Fu said.

"Yes, my lord." Wu Liangye bowed and responded.

Everyone in the manor was busy all morning.

Knowing that everyone in the manor would stay up together tonight, everyone was looking forward to it.

Don't worry about not sleeping at night, anyway, staying up is a custom. On such a festive day, the owner of the house will be happy and there will definitely be rewards. Sometimes, the rewards are more than the monthly salary issued by the manor.

Festivals are also good days for the servants in the house.

They cleaned the largest room in the house and placed a charcoal stove under the window. The charcoal fire burned more vigorously, and soon the room became warmer.

It will be warmer when there are more people in the house at night.

In the afternoon, Li Fu found Lao Zhao and asked about the explosive rod.

"It's all ready. It will be lit directly at the gate in the evening." Lao Zhao said.

Although he has already made gunpowder, Li Fu will not make gunpowder again by himself, after all, it has been handed over to Li Shimin.

If he still makes these things at home, if the emperor knows about it, will he still sleep at night?

An important part of staying up all night is the issue of eating at night.

Liu Niang's cooking skills are unquestionable, but Li Fu also brought back some ingredients from the farm that Liu Niang had never handled before.

That is... Li Fu's "treasure" pig offal.

When those things were sent to the kitchen, Liu Niang's reaction was exactly the same as the cook in the manor house. She was completely upset.

In the afternoon, everything was ready, and all the instructions were given. Li Fu was idle and had nothing to do.

He strolled and strolled to the kitchen yard.

Liu Niang and the others were busy.

Some were washing vegetables, some were picking vegetables, some were cutting meat, and some were chopping stuffing.

"My dear, why are you here?" Liu Niang glanced into the yard in her busy schedule and found that Li Fu had strolled in.

"There is nothing else to do, so I came to see you when I was free." Li Fu smiled and said, "How is your busyness going?"

"Everything is being prepared step by step. Tonight, I guarantee that I can prepare a large table of dishes." Liu Niang said confidently.

"Have you prepared all the ingredients I brought back according to the recipes I wrote?" Li Fu asked.

"AllIt's being stewed in the big pot. According to your instructions, there are still some to be cooked. "Liu Niang said: "I have left about a quarter of the fried ones unprocessed. After the New Year's Day, if there are guests in the house, they can be cooked at that time."

Li Fu nodded. This arrangement is very good.

Li Fu was also thinking about buying some chicken racks and frying some chicken breast bones, but there is no such thing for sale in Chang'an City.

All the wealthy families buy live chickens and kill and cook them in the kitchen. There are no shops selling finished products outside.

If Li Fu wants to eat this thing, he must kill several chickens, or even more than ten or twenty chickens in the kitchen of his own house and cook them separately.

It is obviously too late now. Let's talk about it later.

As for the house now With so many people, even if they killed twenty chickens, they would not be afraid of not being able to finish eating.

In the kitchen, a lot of fried food was prepared. In the twelfth lunar month, Liu Niang asked the farm for a lot of lard and boiled two pots of lard, ready for the New Year. Anyway, it won't go bad in this season. After boiling it, put it in a jar and find a clean place to put it. When it's time to use it, just scoop it out with a spoon, and it will be fragrant.

The servant in the yard ran into the kitchen yard from outside with a fan of meat.

"Liu Niang, come out quickly, good stuff." The person who came shouted excitedly.

"I'm coming, what's the matter?" Liu Niang responded and walked out.

Li Fu also came out of the house to watch the fun.

After seeing Li Fu, the person who came bowed and saluted.

"My dear."

"What are you holding?" Li Fu was stunned.

This color, this texture, this taste...

"My dear, this is sent by General Cheng's family. "The servant said, "He sent us to the gate, handed us over and left. The concierge has already told the housekeeper Zhao, who is probably looking for you right now."

"Did the man who delivered the meat say anything else?" Li Fu asked.

"He said that General Cheng said a cow on his farm accidentally fell to death, so you can eat the meat without worry."