Hearing what Aunt Wang said, Wan was finally relieved. After Aunt Wang counted the dishes in the kitchen, she got on Uncle Wang's donkey cart and returned to her village.
Aunt Wang couldn't sit still for a moment. The two of them, who had not had lunch, got off the donkey cart directly at the door of Wen's house. Before anyone came in, a voice came in, "The Wen family, are you at home?"
As soon as he heard Aunt Wang's voice, Wen Hou, who was chopping firewood at the door, immediately opened the courtyard door and welcomed the person in, "Auntie, come in quickly."
Wen Hou looked at the two people's tired appearance and asked: "Uncle, aunt, you just came here right after you came back from there. Look at the donkey and the mud on the car."
At first glance, you can tell that this is not the style of Uncle Wang who loves cleanliness.
Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Yes, I can't sit still for a moment, so I quickly settled the matter, and I feel more at ease."
Hearing Aunt Wang's voice, everyone in the Wen family quickly welcomed her in. Wen Yu asked, "Aunt Wang, are you sure?"
"I'm sure, it's like this. My parents' family background is like that, so the standard of the banquet is not particularly high. It's only one day, one meal at noon. We originally planned to give the cook two taels of silver, but now we'll give you two taels of silver, Xin.
My son mentioned before that he would bring his own condiments, so I added one more tael of silver, so I will give you three taels of silver in total. I don’t know if that’s okay, but I’ll talk to you about this first, and then we’ll talk about the next step.”
Three taels of silver was quite a lot. After all, it was only for one table at noon. You can imagine how much the young man valued this banquet.
"Okay ma'am, ma'am, please tell me what the dishes are."
"Because there are no vegetables in the field, I have to buy them outside. For vegetables, there are 5 dishes in total, and for meat dishes, I bought 2 pigs to kill. Oh, there are 15 banquet tables in total, and I also buy some tofu.
For the rest, see how many dishes you can make."
Aunt Wang thought about it for a moment and said, "Xin'er, I've only ever tasted the sewage you made and it was quite delicious. Maybe I can make this dish that day."
"Okay." But if it is a table of 15, the two pigs' sewers are a bit short. "Then I will buy a few more pairs of sewers separately, at least three pairs, otherwise 15 tables will not be enough."
"Okay, this stuff is easy to buy. I'll also buy some offal when the time comes. It'll be delicious when fried together."
Wen Wen said: "If there are too many, Xin'er can fry them separately. The internal organs are also delicious if they are fried separately. If there are two pigs, stew the pig's trotters and feet in soup. This thing is very oily and will turn white when stewed.
There is plenty of oil on the table and it looks good. I also keep the pig blood from the other two pigs, which can be used to make pig meat. This one is also delicious. The ribs are burned directly. The meat can be made into meatballs, but I need a few men to mince the meat.
, will there be anyone by then? My brothers are not enough."
The key was that her brothers had thin arms and legs, and she was really afraid that the meat from two pigs would tire her brothers out.
"That's enough. These few of your family, plus my three sons, are enough for you. If it doesn't work, I'll arrest them on the spot." Aunt Wang said with a proud face. After all, the usefulness of having a son has finally been realized.
Her family has never lost in manual labor, let alone her good popularity.
"Okay, do you need to keep some of this meat?"
"I don't limit you. You can use them all. Do you have any other ideas?"
"That's great. Didn't aunty say there is tofu? Use tofu and meat to make tofu balls, and the meat to make meatballs. Then I will cook them with vegetables. I can also add some glutinous rice to make pearl balls. These meat dishes are very good.
, the ribs can also be fried, but you can’t just eat meat, is there any fish?”
"Yes, one fish per table."
"Then let's braise it, make a sweet soup, a small soup with fermented egg and glutinous rice, and add the five vegetables you mentioned..." Wen Wen counted the mentioned dishes plus the ones not mentioned, a total of 12 dishes, "12 dishes
There should be enough food.”
Aunt Wang smiled and said: "That's enough, that's enough. 12 dishes is a lot, and the dishes you mentioned are all hard dishes."
"That's right." After saying this, Wen Yu quickly said, "Auntie, when will this pig be killed?"
Aunt Wang said: "It's too late to kill the pigs the day before the wedding banquet. The pigs are killed very quickly and the meat can be cut with knives. But some dishes need to be prepared in advance."
"Yes, we started a day in advance." It's best to make the meatballs a day in advance, otherwise it will be too late to fry and eat them the next day.
The time mentioned by the aunt was five days later, which was actually the sixth day, so they could just go to Aunt Wang’s natal house the day after they finished teaching the Zhang family’s recipe, and there would be no delay at all. “Then the aunt will take these few days.”
The food for the day is ready, and we will go there with you the next day when we come back."
The two families chatted happily, and the time naturally passed quickly.
Three days passed by in a blink of an eye. Before dawn, the Zhang family's carriage stopped at the door of the Wen family. The movement of the carriage, which was so early at this time, did not even alarm a single villager.
Wen Yu and Wen Xin were already prepared, so as soon as the carriage arrived, they got on the carriage and left the village.
I have to say that riding a horse... was not as comfortable as expected. I don't know if it was because of the carriage or because she was not used to riding. Anyway, the swaying made her want to vomit, but one thing was that the speed was still very fast.
Quickly, they entered the city at dawn.
However, the Zhang family had not gotten up yet, so Wen Xin said: "Brother, why don't my brother and I go buy some food nearby? We haven't had breakfast yet and we won't go far. We will be there in a while."
Seeing that Mrs. Zhang had specifically told them to treat these two people well, the driver could not stop them. He just told them: "Then you go and come back quickly."
"Um."
Wenxin and Wen Yu walked around twice near Zhang's Mansion but couldn't find anything to eat. Wenxin was speechless, "There's no food nearby. How could you go to the market if you want to eat?"
Wen Yu smiled and said: "The market is too far."
"Then you have to eat it." Wen Xin's mind changed and she thought of space, and she said, "Whatever brother wants to eat, Xin'er will make some for you."
Wen Wen bought some quick-frozen food, which can be eaten in a few minutes in the microwave or fried in a pan. It is very convenient.
Wen Yu said: "Okay, let's go to a place where no one is around."
The two of them wandered around to a deserted place. Wenxin entered the space and fried four beef patties and brought them out on plates. Wenxin ate one and Wen Yu ate three, and she even poured them out for each of them thoughtfully.
He ordered a glass of milk and said, "Second brother, eat it quickly."
Wen Yu looked at the cake and milk. He knew that this food was unusual and he didn't ask any questions. He just said: "This cake smells really good."
Wen Xin said: "The beef patties taste delicious."
It is rare to eat beef in this era, because cattle are used for farming, and cattle are not eaten under normal circumstances. Unless there is an accident and the cattle is almost dead or already dead, then beef will be eaten.
, but that can only be eaten by high-ranking officials. One can imagine the price of beef. How can farmers like them afford it?