Under One Person, Engage in Black Technology

Chapter 155 Heading the House
Northeastern cuisine is a general term for the cuisine of the three northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.

It absorbs the folk food culture of Han, Hui, Mongolian, Korean, Manchu and other ethnic groups, blends in a lot of Shandong cuisine and Beijing cuisine's cooking skills, and also integrates Russian and Korean methods to form a unique style.

Its special dishes include sweet and sour pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and three fresh vegetables.

The Gao family's family banquet is a feast for witches and elves, and the banquet naturally features the hometown flavors of the exorcists and Northeastern cuisine as the main dishes.

Of course, if it were a hundred years ago, the Gao family’s family banquet would naturally be more sumptuous.

For example, this chicken stewed with mushrooms was originally called "Flying Dragon Stewed with White Mushrooms", but later "Flying Dragon" was no longer allowed to be eaten, so it was changed to "Pheasant Stewed with White Mushrooms".

Later, pheasants were not allowed to be eaten, so the only dish available was "chicken stewed with white mushrooms". However, "chicken" was not a good match for white mushrooms, so in the end it became chicken stewed with mushrooms. The same goes for dishes like "three fresh delicacies".

To put it more clearly, more than a hundred years ago, the Gao family's family banquet would have been something like "roasted deer tail", "stewed flying dragon", "braised bear paw", and "tiger bone wine".

However, nowadays we live in modern society. After the promulgation of the Wildlife Protection Law, the recipes of Northeastern cuisine have... lacked many raw materials, and its status has plummeted.

……

"Uncle, are you really not going to serve some solid dishes?"

"Just these... these few things? Aren't they a bit too shabby?"

The next day, in the kitchen of the Gao family's mansion, a nephew of the Gao family looked at the dishes prepared by the chefs and asked with a frown.

This dish is definitely not bad, it's just a little ordinary. It's okay for a small banquet with only family and acquaintances on weekdays, but it can be used to entertain guests...

After that, the nephew of the Gao family continued, "We eat it every year at home, and so do the others in the family. We don't lack anything and we're not picky about anything."

"But the boy Erzhuang brought back was his first time. Not only did he save half her life, but judging by the situation, he might even become your son-in-law in the future..."

At this point, he paused, pointed at the chef's spoon and said, "I'm afraid the ingredients are a bit too shabby. The most difficult dish is the snow-capped bean paste. Our chef Chen couldn't even use all his skills."

After hearing this, Gao Lian couldn't help but sigh and said to the boy in front of him, "Pengzi, I know it's a bit shabby. I want to change the venue for the banquet, and I asked Erzhuang before."

"But she said...this Liu kid isn't suitable for going out to eat hard food. Even if it's something he's not used to, he shouldn't do it. He needs to be very careful."

Gao Peng was also stunned when he heard his uncle's words. He touched his head and asked, "Is this really the case? Oh my god, how can he act like those high-ranking officials? What kind of leader is he?"

Gao Lian shook his head and replied, "I don't know. Er Zhuang said they first met online. Officially, they were both employees of the North China region, so they were half of the company's employees."

"But... how could someone who could create something like that and allow Er Zhuang to move freely be an ordinary person?"

"Hey, you know, my daughter may look carefree, but she's actually quite proud and arrogant at heart."

After a while, Gao Lian covered his forehead again, sighed a few times, and said, "Pengzi, you keep an eye on it here. I'll go... take a look inside the hall."

Seeing Gao Peng nod, Gao Lian took one last look around the kitchen and walked out.

……

Similar to how the North China region of NaDuTong was controlled by the Xu brothers, the Northeast region of NaDuTong was also firmly held by the Gao family. To put it bluntly, in the Northeast, the Gao family came first, and then NaDuTong.

Naturally, Nadutong's Northeast regional branch was built right next to the demolished Gao family mansion, and the distance is very close, only three or two minutes away.

This mansion is extremely wealthy. Although it cannot be compared with the old courtyard houses in Beijing, it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

The entire house is about 2,000 square meters. In addition to the regular functional rooms such as living rooms, halls, kitchens, bathing areas, martial arts fields, etc., the largest area is... the hall for performing rituals.

Actually, this wasn't surprising. The Gao family didn't have much of a legacy in the past, but starting from Gao Lian's father's generation, the entire family began to cultivate the witchcraft of the Chu Ma Xian. After all, being outside the Great Wall, the power of the Chu Ma Xian was strong enough...

Of course, there are still young people in the clan, like Er Zhuang, who are more suitable for other schools and methods, and the Gao family also supports their studies.

But the spirit mediums are now the mainstream of the Gao family.

After Gao Lian left the kitchen, he walked slowly for five or six minutes and arrived at the door of the largest part of the mansion, the [hall].

Seeing the tightly closed wooden door of the hall, Gao Lian first took out a handful of incense ash from the inside of his shirt with his right hand and sprinkled it on the wooden door.

Swish!
As the incense ash was ignited by a faint flame, Gao Lian put his hands together, formed a seal, closed his eyes and chanted an incantation.

After about ten breaths, the door of the hall began to tremble, revealing a crack.

When Gao Lian saw this, he pushed the door open with both hands, walked into the hall, and then closed the door.

As soon as one enters the main gate of the hall, there is thick darkness. Not to mention ordinary people, even Huang Dan, the man in Quan Xing who is famous for his eyesight, would not be able to see anything.

The reason, of course, is that the darkness in front of us is caused by magic.

And the practitioner.
"Boy, why are you here?"

"Silly Biaozi, Lian said he would host his family's 'family dinner' today."

"Boring, really boring. It looks like we won't get anything to eat here."

"You are a bunch of heartless people. Lian's son's son has been cured. Now you have the right to find fault with him?"

After Gao Lian entered the hall, the casters of the dark magic seemed to recognize him and popped their heads out, arguing with each other in the hall.

As their voices grew louder, nine rows of candles were lit in turn in each of the three directions: front, left, and right, dispelling all the darkness in the hall.

And these spellcasters also surfaced - a group of elves, or [immortals].

At this moment, these spirits, who had cultivated Qi for countless years in the form of animals to achieve enlightenment, were projected throughout the hall in the form of witch spirits, wandering around, quarreling, and fighting.

Seeing this, Gao Lian couldn't help but sigh. He clasped his fists first, then went to the incense pile on the side of the hall, took out thirty-two incense sticks, and inserted them into the sandalwood burners used by the thirty-two Gao family members to worship the elves.

"Excuse me, uncles and aunts, who is in charge today?"

(End of this chapter)