Wei Changying felt that it was very stressful to entertain such a group of husband guests. Shen Zangfeng obviously took this into consideration and had no intention of letting his wife stay for a long time. After seeing the ceremony, he invited everyone into the hall to serve tea.
When everyone filed into the room and took their seats, they gave Chief Wei a wink. Chief Wei understood what he meant, so he stood up and apologized to everyone, saying: "There are seasonal fruits in the well behind, and it's a good time to drink cold drinks to relieve the heat. Please treat me." Sit down and drink a little tea, I will go and give you instructions."
Liu Xixun and others should be polite and ask her not to bother her too much. Wei Changying insisted on going to supervise in person on the grounds that they all came specially to visit Shen Zangfeng and could not neglect them.
After leaving the front and passing through the Moon Cave Gate, Guard Chief Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhu Lan: "Go and ask them to fetch the fruits from the well, cut them into nice pieces and send them to the front."
He also warned, "Don't go in person. Ask someone to go ahead and call the maid in the corridor to come to the moon cave door to get it." Nian Chuan was there. Last time he came, he broke the dewdrops and went in. Now he doesn't want to bring Zhu Lan and the others. Also compensated.
Zhu Lan said with a smile: "My maid knows that Mr. Nian is here today too."
Wei Changying nodded: "Be careful, don't let him see it and ask for it from your husband. My husband has always treated him like a guest, also called him sir. It's not easy to refute his face."
"Don't worry, young madam. As soon as Mr. Nian came here today, Chen Ju came over and told Zhu Shi that we all know it. We are all far away from the Moon Cave Gate!" Zhu Lan assured with a smile.
I didn't want Mrs. He to be around. She was Zhu Shi's direct aunt, and she noticed it sensitively: "Shen Ju came over to tell Zhu Shi? Why did he tell Zhu Shi instead of telling others?"
Zhu Lan's face changed, and he realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly covered it up: "Aunt He, it's like this. At that time, Shen Ju didn't dare to stay in our place for too long. At that time, Zhu Shi was feeding Cuixier and them in the corridor, and happened to see him , I went over and asked him what happened, and Shen Ju told Zhu Shi."
This explanation is reasonable, but Zhu Lan's uncomfortable expression when he answered was difficult to hide from the aunts like Huang and He even though he tried his best to hide it. He was about to shout and ask, but Huang secretly pulled his sleeves and frowned before he stopped. Huang smiled and said, "We understand, you just do what the young lady ordered first."
After dismissing Zhu Lan, He said: "Then Shen Ju..."
"Chen Ju is highly regarded by the young master, and his status is different from that of Shen Die." Huang said in a low voice, "Besides, it may not be what you think. Let's pay attention first and see the matter clearly before we decide what to do. Otherwise, if The matter is just Zhu Lan's guess, we are going to fight, there is no need to make people laugh. "
Wei Changying also said: "Zhu Shi is in front of me every day, and I have never seen her pay attention to Shen Ju. I'd better find out more about it first."
Zhu Shi and Shen Ju are both servants of their own families. Whether they succeed or not, everything is under the control of Wei Changying. At this moment, guests came to the yard. Wei Changying needed to deal with the front line more at this moment, and called Qin Ge and Yan Ge: "You two lift up the black plum drink hanging in the well and send it to the front line. By the way, I said Yes, invite them all to stay for dinner, and ask everyone if they have any taboos, so that we can pay attention in the kitchen." Although these two maids are confidants, they have plain appearance, so they are not afraid of being asked by Nian Chuan.
Sure enough, Qin Ge and Yan Ge took the order and came back safely after a while to report: "Several guests declined at first, but then the young master agreed after repeated invitations."
"Do you know their tastes and taboos?" Wei Changying nodded. It was expected that everyone would stay for the meal, because when Gu Naizheng was dragged away, he had been clamoring to stay for the banquet. It can be seen that they were afraid when they came. We discussed that we would have dinner in Jintong Courtyard today.
After all, when the weather is so hot, these young men generally don't bother to ride in cars or sedans. Most of them come here on horses, and they can't use ice like carriages. Now that we have come to Jintongyuan, if we don’t eat here and go back in the heat, how can we still have the appetite to eat again
Although they were disturbed by Gu Naizheng before, now that Gu Naizheng was dragged away by Gu Yiran, everyone gradually turned the situation back to the right path, and naturally followed the previous plan.
Qin Ge said: "Master Liu Shiliu said on behalf of everyone that there are no taboos. As for the taste, it is better if it is richer."
Wei Changying asked: "What about the others?" Today, except for one Nian Chuan, all of these guests are from aristocratic families. Even Nian Chuan was treated courteously and well-fed by Shen Zangfeng. It can be said that none of them are food. A master who never tires of semen? One or two may be easy to talk to, but now there are eight guests, how can they all have the same taste
"Young Master Liu Shiliu later said, 'We came uninvited and it was already embarrassing our brothers and sisters, so how dare we disturb them more?' The other young masters all said they didn't care." Yan Ge said with a smile.
Wei Changying was also dumbfounded: "It would be fine if I said this from the beginning. I should state my request first and then propose it like this..." She laughed and shook her head and said, "You can't just listen to him. Liu Xixun is Donghu people, where it is bitterly cold, seem to have a bold and rough temperament, and it is not surprising that their tastes are heavy. I think the two cousins of the Su family, the young masters of the Deng family, Liu Youzhao and Pei Yu are all careful people, and I am afraid they like lighter dishes. Although Gu Wei was not as nervous as Pei Yu and couldn't speak in front of a woman, I saw him very silent twice. I think his behavior was more delicate and attentive. As for Mr. Nian, Although he doesn't look obscene, his temperament is... His food should be cooked moderately, so that he won't always have an excuse to ask for water and salt and take advantage of our maid! "
Qin Ge smiled and said: "Then the maid went to the kitchen to send a message, but what are they using on the table?"
Chief Wei said: "Ask the kitchen to choose what they are good at, and then send someone to the front to keep an eye on it. If your husband is free, ask them what they like when they are not paying attention."
Qin Ge agreed and went. Wei Changying thought for a while and ordered Yan Ge: "Get a few jars of wine and hoist them into the well to calm down. Although there is an ice mirror, it is easy to get hurt if you eat too much ice in this hot weather." Stomach. At this time, they are already using frozen drinks and boiled fruits. It would be inappropriate to use chilled wine at the dinner. "
Considering that the eight guests had different requirements for wine, Captain Yingte warned: "It seems that Mr. Liu Shiliu likes spirits, but there may be some people among them who are not good at drinking other than spirits. , and prepare some less intoxicating wine such as lychee green. If the well in our yard is not enough, we can use it elsewhere. "
Yange and Jiaoge went to do it together.
Zhu Lan, who had gone to pass the melons and fruits before, ran back and said: "The melons and fruits were delivered, but the sister who was waiting in front just came over and said that the young master of the Gu family in Hongzhou pushed the melons and fruits she handed over. He also frowned. "
"Gu Wei?" Wei Changying frowned and said, "Is it possible that he doesn't like fruit?"
"Your servant is thinking that Mr. Gu doesn't like Pai's fruits?" Huang reminded, "Actually, the second master of our family is also like this. No matter how hot the weather is, he won't eat Pai's fruits. He will definitely eat ordinary fruits. "
Wei Changying murmured and ordered Zhu Lan: "According to what aunt said, you can ask someone to send another one that has not been touched."
This time Zhu Lan went away for a while and came back with a smile and reported: "Aunt Huang is right, Mr. Gu really doesn't like the fruit that has been touched. When he took the fruit that had not been touched, he immediately showed his face and started eating. "
He added, "I heard from the sister in front that even our young master was surprised, saying that he had never known that Mr. Gu didn't like Gu Guoguo. But Mr. Gu said that it was because he had not been feeling well in his stomach for the past two days, so he didn't eat it. Dare to eat the fruit of Pai, which I didn’t care about before.”
"It's really hard to reconcile everyone's opinions!" Wei Changying sighed. Gu Wei was silent. Who could tell from his expressionless face that he was not feeling well with his stomach and intestines recently, thus preparing him for trouble? Past fruit? This was the first time she had received a guest from her husband since she came here, so naturally she didn't dare to neglect it, but she met a guest like Gu Wei who would rather be rude and push away the consequences of the past than explain it...
If it weren't for Huang's experience, Wei Changying would have no idea how to guess why Gu Wei did what he did.
Shaking his head, Gu Naizheng, who was the most difficult to serve, had been dragged away by Gu Yiran. Wei Changying felt that he should be thankful. The people who are left now are really not difficult to serve. After all, compared to Gu Naizheng, who can provoke a life-and-death fight with just a few words, these eight guests are much more virtuous.
Wei Changying also ordered people to take care of everything, and report any accidents or changes in time -
After making this arrangement, Wei Changying finally breathed a sigh of relief before remembering to ask Huang: "You arranged for your second son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter to live in Ji's residence. Why didn't you tell me?" This question was raised in Ji's residence. When I heard Mr. Huang introducing Ni Weiyi at the door, I wanted to know, but I was eager to let Ji Qubing see Shen Zangfeng, and in order to give Mr. Huang some dignity in front of others, I didn't question him on the spot.
Huang was already prepared to answer this question, and said with a wry smile: "This is the request of Divine Doctor Ji."
"Ji Qubing?" Wei Changying was startled for a moment, and then said, "This is really funny. You are using my people, but you are not allowed to tell me?" No matter how good-tempered she is, she can't stand this kind of thing. If he doesn't listen to her anymore, who does he belong to her
Mrs. Huang said: "My servant knows the crime."
"I don't want to ask about my aunt's crime." Guard Chief Ying frowned and waved his hand, "I mean, Ji Qubing requested this, but today I agreed to accompany my husband to go there. This time I saw Wei Wei They, aunt said that Weiwei is aunt’s granddaughter, why don’t you let me know?”
Huang said awkwardly, "My maid was thinking that maybe Divine Doctor Ji didn't really mind that Madam knew about it, but was just expressing an attitude." She then explained, "The old lady told my maid to win over Divine Doctor Ji and not offend her. So Divine Doctor Ji I asked not to tell the young lady, but the servant never said anything." (To be continued)