Transmigrated into the fat wife of the future prime minister

Chapter 266 Buddha Jumps over the Wall

The time commitment is nothing; Gu Yunyi must have never eaten this before. Some dishes take several days to prepare.

Xu Qingmeng's words were so well-said that they not only heightened Gu Yunyi's anticipation, but also made He Shi and Old Master Pei look forward to tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner.

However, even though everyone was looking forward to it, they could only wait until tomorrow, but they were very satisfied with the meal today.

Of course, delicious food takes time to prepare.

In the evening, everyone ate a simple meal, and the Gu family began distributing New Year's gifts to the servants, workshops, and hot pot restaurants.

Those servants and workers in the workshops who had families or relatives and wanted to ask for leave to go home were all granted permission by the Gu family.

However, the servants chosen by the Gu family were mostly young people; the rest were people who had lost contact with their families at a young age or whose families no longer existed.

Spending the New Year at the Gu family's place was very good; they treated us well. There were more people at the workshop, so Xu Qingmeng had already bought everything, including New Year's goods and food, and delivered it to the workshop.

The He family believed they hadn't skimped on the reward money, but compared to the Pei family, it certainly couldn't compare. However, in the prefectural city, it was already quite generous.

Even those who served in the courtyard received excellent treatment, not to mention that Aunt Rong and the others usually cooked hot pot broth in the courtyard.

All the gifts have been distributed, and everyone's New Year's gifts were prepared well in advance. Now all that's left is to wait for the New Year.

The next morning, Xu Qingmeng got up very early, but even though she got up early, she didn't get up as early as Gu Yunyi.

After Old Master Pei arrived, he took on the task of training the two. Although Old Master Pei was not young, he was still a general and his health was still very robust.

After Gu Yunyi finished his training, he invited Mr. Shen over.

Including Grandpa Pei, the three of them were chatting outside.

The preparations for the morning were quite simple. Madam Pei's stomach isn't very good, so I made millet porridge. Xinting made steamed buns, and the side dishes were various pickled vegetables.

Madam Pei and Mr. Pei weren't that particular; as long as their daughter was around, even water tasted sweet.

After breakfast, the Gu family got busy.

On Lunar New Year's Eve, there's still a lot to do at home.

The most important thing is making dumplings. This is essential, and we should make extra, because it's a must-eat meal on New Year's Eve, especially since there are many people in the family.

The custom here is to eat dumplings all day long on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

After that, it's time to go out and explore, put up couplets, and do a thorough cleaning—these are all things to do today.

Of course, Xu Qingmeng didn't need to worry about these things; her main task today was to cook that pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is quite complicated to make, and this dish probably doesn't exist in this era. After all, when we talked about it yesterday, even Grandpa Pei and the others hadn't heard of it.

This is Xu Qing's dream, which is intended to be the signature dish of Zhuyunzhai. Therefore, we must be extremely careful and avoid any mishaps.

When Xu Qingmeng was making it, only Xinting was by her side, teaching her step by step. In her opinion, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was actually quite simple; the difficulty lay only in the procedure.

The two were busy in the kitchen, while Gu Yunyi, Mr. Shen, and Old Master Pei had already finished writing the couplets outside.

At that moment, Yun Mo was putting up couplets at the door with Yun Sheng when Fang Ziheng came over carrying Xiao Yuanbao.

"Oh my, Brother Gu, the calligraphy on your couplet is so beautiful." Fang Ziheng looked at the Gu family's gate with its bright red couplets with great envy.

Another day of envying Gu Yunyi for having such a good teacher. "Mr. Shen and my maternal grandfather are inside. My grandfather's calligraphy is also excellent. If you want, just go in and have Mr. Shen and my grandfather write a couple of pieces for you. We still have plenty of red paper at home."

Fang Ziheng was stunned. He dared to speak to Mr. Shen, since they were already familiar with each other, but he was a little hesitant when it came to Gu Yunyi's maternal grandfather.

After all, that's General Pei. Although he's no longer in office, he's not someone they can all get close to, so they're still a little nervous.

Gu Yunyi noticed his hesitation and asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you going in?"

"Um... is your maternal grandfather, General Pei, here?" Fang Ziheng asked nervously.

"Just keep a calm mind."

"Is that okay?"

"Go quickly. Mr. Shen knows you well, we're quite familiar with each other. My grandfather is very approachable and easy to get along with."

"Then I'll go!" In the end, Mo Bao overcame the pressure in her heart and put the little Yuanbao down from her arms.

"Yuanbao, you play here with your aunt and uncle for a while. Daddy will go inside first."

Xiao Yuanbao didn't say anything, just stood next to Gu Yunyi, looking at the couplet covered in paste with curiosity.

Gu Yunyi noticed that he was staring at him. Although he was jealous because Zhizhi liked Xiao Yuanbao, he had to admit that Xiao Yuanbao was indeed quite cute and made people feel happy.

"Little Yuanbao, do you recognize what characters are written on this?"

Xiao Yuanbao hesitated. In the Gu family, Xiao Yuanbao was loved by all the women, and even Yun Sheng and Yun Mo couldn't avoid him. However, Gu Yunyi rarely played with the children, let alone monopolized his precious daughter, even though Zhizhi didn't understand.

But that doesn't stop him from being jealous.

Little Yuanbao was a little surprised when Gu Yunyi suddenly said that.

Although Xiao Yuanbao doesn't talk much, he understands quite a few things.

Little Yuanbao seemed to understand, sometimes shaking his head and sometimes nodding rapidly.

Gu Yunyi didn't really think that such a young child could give him any reaction.

However, it was just a subconscious question that came out. Little Yuanbao stretched out his chubby little hand and pointed to the words on it.

Gu Yunyi immediately understood, squatted down and asked, "Yuanbao means you recognize these characters?"

Little Yuanbao stared at him with his big, grape-like eyes and nodded seriously.

Gu Yunyi was stunned!

He subconsciously pointed to two characters on the couplet and asked, "Does Yuanbao know how to pronounce this character?"

Yuanbao stared at the word, thought for a moment, and didn't say anything, but held up two fingers.

Gu Yunyi patted his head and said with a smile, "Yuanbao, we have to read it out loud!"

Then he remembered that every time he made Yun Sheng read, he would tempt her with candy. Then he remembered that the little guy liked Zhizhi, so he looked at Yuanbao and said, "Yuanbao, be good. If you can read out what this word is, Uncle will give you candy and take you to see Zhizhi."

Although candy is very tempting for children, Xiao Yuanbao didn't seem to want it, but when he heard that he could see Zhizhi, his eyes lit up.