kvmb Chapter 150 New Year
Chapter 150 New Year
"No matter what happens tonight, tomorrow is the beginning of the new year. Although the initiation ceremony cannot be held, clan members from other branches in the capital will come over tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings. Therefore, we should smile no matter what." Old Madam He said in a deep voice, looking at the table of lifeless young people.
Everyone agreed. Guo Xin looked at the dishes on the table and an idea occurred to him. He said, "Grandma, I wonder if the clan members will have dinner in the mansion tomorrow when they come over?"
"The clan members usually return to their own residences after paying New Year's greetings at 9:00 p.m., without having lunch or dinner. If we were to hold your initiation ceremony, you should have had lunch here."
Madam He looked at Guo Xin and the other three with pity and said, "I'm sorry to have wronged you. Even now, we haven't even completed the family initiation ceremony. If it was just because your grandfather is not here, we could have managed to do it."
"The reason why we don't do it is because of Your Majesty. Your Majesty has always been suspicious of your grandfather, and now he has finally agreed to let him go to the border with great difficulty."
"If we hold your initiation ceremony at this critical moment, I wonder what that person will speculate. He might even say that your grandfather was fighting outside in the name of war, but was actually gathering strength and plotting a rebellion, and this ceremony is just a celebration banquet in advance."
Guo Xin smiled sweetly, intending to comfort the depressed Madam He, and said, "Grandma, we all know about this matter, it's okay. It's just that tomorrow is the beginning of the new year, and it's also the first year we've been with you, so I want to make some food for you."
A little boy at the table next to him had his ears perked up. When he heard this, he immediately shouted, "Grandma! I heard that Sister Xin'er's cooking is always delicious. Many popular dishes in the capital seem to be made by Sister Xin. I want to eat them!"
The kids at the table were all young, the oldest was only nine years old. When they heard this, they immediately shouted, "I want to eat it too, and different chefs' skills make the same recipe taste different!"
"That's right. A new grandma cooked in the kitchen before. Even if it's the same recipe, the taste is different. My sister's cooking is definitely better!"
The little kids had been too depressed to speak before because of the depressing atmosphere, but now that the boy took the lead, they all started chattering and making a lot of noise.
Madam He looked at the little kids whose minds were full of food and couldn't help but laugh. "If you want to eat, your sister Guo Xin will have to trouble you. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for a general's mansion like ours to let the master cook on the first day of the new year, let alone for such a large group of people."
He turned around and looked at Guo Xin, who was only a few years older than those little kids, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, but you don't have to take care of everything. You can order the people in the kitchen around, so don't tire yourself out."
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The next morning, before Guo Xin got up to pay New Year's greetings to Madam He, she went to the kitchen. Today was the first day of the new year, so there would naturally be a lot of food. Although she didn't have to prepare the food herself, she still had to supervise.
The maid led her to the kitchen, and from time to time she looked at the young lady behind her whom she had just recognized. She was very curious, because this was the first time she met a young lady who was willing to cook.
Guo Xin didn't care about the maid's gazes. She had received a lot of such gazes since she came to the capital. Fortunately, most of these gazes were of curiosity or admiration. She guessed that He Liu played a role in this.
As I walked, I silently recited today's menu in my mind: chopped dogwood fish head, tofu balls, skewered lamb, mango sago, taro steamed chicken, dogwood chicken cubes, hot pot...
In the kitchen, Guo Xin arranged the tasks one by one, giving some instructions from time to time. After today, there might be another piece of news in the capital - the granddaughter of the General of Cavalry is very good at cooking, which can be said to be unique in the capital.
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At 12 o'clock in the morning, the table is filled with dishes. The colors are tempting and the smell penetrates into the nostrils, making people want to eat them as soon as possible.
Although the kids at the table nearby followed the rules and had not yet picked up their chopsticks, crystal clear saliva flowed from their mouths from time to time. They wiped their saliva with handkerchiefs from time to time, and the sound of sucking saliva could be heard.
Madam He looked at the dishes on the table and said with a smile, "There is always a saying in the capital that noble ladies should not enter the kitchen, but we don't have such a rule in our house. If you like cooking, it is also a great way to pass the time. You won't be like those women who are depressed to death because they can't get their husbands' love."
After that, he picked up a dish with his chopsticks and said, "It tastes really good."
Seeing that Madam He had already eaten, everyone stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the dishes they had already picked out. In an instant, the sound of chopsticks colliding with each other could be heard in the house.
Only three people were slightly different from the others. They looked at the dishes on the table, which had never been seen in the capital before.
Half a year ago, these dishes suddenly became a new trend in Beijing, and they followed the trend and tried them. The names of the dishes were the same as they are today, but the presentation and color were slightly different, so they didn't think much about it.
Although the taste was somewhat similar to that of the previous life, it was still somewhat different. I thought it was invented by a foodie in the Jokhang Dynasty. But now, this slightly rough presentation reveals the same taste as the previous life everywhere.
The eldest son of the He family saw the family in a daze and thought they were stunned by the food in front of them, so he reminded them: "Third brother, don't you want to eat?"
"Eat." He Jingmin said, but there was a hint of excitement in his words. Could it be that they could see their fellow villagers from their previous lives here?
The three of them stretched out their chopsticks at the same time, picked up the juicy pig intestines and put them into their mouths. All three of them showed the same expression, with a little confusion and puzzlement in their eyes, and the most of it was disbelief.
He Jingmin tasted the pig intestines carefully and found that they were a bit spicy and mushy due to poor control of the cooking temperature and ingredients, so he picked up another piece to verify the taste.
The three of them stretched out their chopsticks and put them into their mouths, chewing carefully, their eyes showing a slight shock and disbelief, as if they had countless things to say, but after all, seeing that there were quite a few people here, they swallowed back the words.
The eldest son of the He family, who had his mouth full, saw that the He Jingmin family liked the pig intestine very much. He swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Is this pig intestine so delicious? This is the first time I eat this thing."
After that, he picked up several pieces of pig intestines and stuffed them into his mouth, frowning and saying, "This pig intestine is really strange. I can't describe the taste, but there is always a garlic and spicy taste, and a burnt taste? If there is nothing else to compare it to, I might still like it very much, but now I have a choice, I'll eat something else."
Then he looked at He Jingmin's family and said, "So you guys are really fond of this. Eat more. I won't compete with you."