lucky star girl

Chapter 222
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Dong Shu woke up before dawn.

She was just about to get up quietly, but Xu Shiqiu who was next to her woke up the moment she woke up. When she noticed her movement, she quickly put her arms around her waist and said, "Go back to sleep, it's still early."

"It's so early, the elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law will come to the house for breakfast this morning. Although I told the kitchen yesterday, as the master, there is no reason to sleep until the guests come to the door."

She said so, but Dong Shu took advantage of Xu Shiqiu's movements to lie down again, but after lying quietly for less than a stick of incense, Dong Shu got up again.

Xu Shiqiu also lost sleepiness after being tormented by Dong Shu. He thought that his family didn't have a big event on the Lantern Festival and the full moon. .

"It's still cold, you can wear more, you really can't hold a heater in your arms." As he spoke, Xu Shiqiu also got up with Dong Shu, and seeing the movement outside, he knew that Ling Xiang and others had also got up.

"I know, Mr. Xiang still has a little time before your daily morning exercise, so it's better to sleep a little longer." Dong Shu said while dressing herself neatly with her hands.

Although their identities are different now, Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu are still not used to servants serving in the house, and they do their own dressing and washing every day.

When Xu Shiqiu heard Dong Shu's words, he thought it was funny, but he still held back his smile and said, "You're thinking about the Zhou banquet on Yuanxi, so I, as a father, don't think about it? You go and do your own thing, I will go to morning exercises later, and then I will take Yuan Xi with me."

When Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she hurriedly stopped, turned around and kissed Xu Shiqiu's lips lightly.

"I knew that my husband is the best." Dong Shu said, her crescent eyes were frighteningly bright.

Xu Shiqiu, on the other hand, didn't expect Dong Shu to kiss him suddenly. Before he could react, he was about to hug the little lady to deepen the kiss, but the little lady who had finished speaking just now had already walked a few steps away quickly, away from him.

Xu Shiqiu couldn't help but smile wryly at Dong Shu's actions, but in the end he could only watch the little lady get dressed quickly, leave the inner room, and called Ling Xiang and others to bring hot water in.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu's heart was warmed up by Dong Shu's kiss just now.

After thinking about when the guests tonight would be able to leave, I thought about having two fights with the young lady tonight.

Dong Shu didn't know what Xu Shiqiu was thinking, she was thinking about something, after washing, she simply pulled her hair, and then walked out wearing a cloak.

After all, she had to go to the kitchen, and the oily smoke was heavy, so Dong Shu didn't rush to get dressed, but she was still wearing the ordinary dresses she usually wears at home, and only a big cloak looked more luxurious.

When Dong Shu came to the big kitchen, the big kitchen was already busy.

For the meal this morning, only Xu's family members, even Xu Nuanwen, a married woman, couldn't come back to eat.

But even though there was only Xu's family, Xu Er's family, who arrived at Xu's yesterday, was also there.

This was the first time the Xu family's third family had a banquet since their family was united with the Xu family. In addition, the sons of the second Xu's family were gradually becoming promising, and their family's Xu family's side branches could be considered to be very good.

In this way, there will be three or four tables of people in the Xu family alone in the morning.

"How are you preparing?"

As soon as Dong Shu arrived in the kitchen, she asked. As soon as she finished speaking, the two stewards of the large kitchen came to her one after the other.

The male steward in front replied respectfully in advance: "Returning to Madam, the people in the big kitchen were divided into three groups to watch here yesterday. meal."

The moment the male steward's voice fell, the female steward who followed him also said: "The meals that Madam ordered a few days ago are all ready. In addition, all kinds of snacks are also prepared according to Madam's order." The dessert recipes from the small kitchen over there are ready."

After hearing what the two stewards said, Dong Shu nodded in satisfaction.

"It's all my family in the morning. Although the food doesn't need to be fancy, you must ensure that the masters eat it just right. The specially made Wufu noodles must be cooked carefully before being served."

After Dong Shu's words fell, the two stewards naturally responded respectfully with 'yes' immediately.

The noodles Dong Shu mentioned was that she had accidentally seen the kitchen making snacks with vegetable juice and noodles, and specially ordered the kitchen to make them.

Under her instruction, the kitchen used four kinds of vegetables and served them with pure white noodles, and specially made this "Wufu Noodles", which is a picture of Wufu Linmen's kindness.

It’s just that it’s hard to get vegetable juice in winter, even the Xu family can’t buy so many vegetables to get vegetable juice, so today’s ‘Wufu Noodles’ are not enough for everyone, so no one can taste some, if they want to be full , or to eat other things.

Not only this noodle, but also the soup base and toppings, Dong Shu also let the kitchen ponder for a long time, specially prepared dozens of flavors, in order to make the family happy this morning.

Of course, in addition to the birthday noodles that will definitely be available today, the big kitchen also made a variety of exquisite food, including the traditional taste of the capital, as well as the special food that Xu Shiqiu ate in northern Xinjiang this time, and of course the taste of the south.

Dong Shu walked around the big kitchen, making sure that the big kitchen was indeed ready, and then returned to Shihuan Courtyard.

When she returned to Shihuan Courtyard, it was already the beginning of Mao Shichu, she quickly wiped her body with hot water, changed into the first set of dresses for today's banquet, and then went to the room to prepare for dressing.

"My lady's outfit is pretty good." Xu Shiqiu had already finished his morning exercise, but Yuan Xi hadn't woken up yet, so he ate two pieces of snacks to make a cushion.

Seeing that Dong Shu was about to dress up, she hurriedly raised the candlestick in her hand and strode towards her.

When Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she laughed and said, "For today's Yuanxi Catch Zhou Banquet, Mother specially asked me to prepare a few more sets of dresses. She said one set in the morning, and another set after breakfast. At the end of the night grabbing week, after lunch, I will change to another set to see off the guests."

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Xu Shiqiu remembered that when he got up early to get dressed, he saw his three new sets of clothes in the closet.

"Didn't you make three new suits yourself, and me too?"

As soon as Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she knew that he had seen the three sets of clothes that matched her, and said with a busy smile, "It's not you, Yuan Xi also made three sets of new clothes. "

When Dong Shu said this, Xu Shiqiu didn't know what to say.

After all, with the current situation at home, it's not that I can't afford a few sets of new clothes, not to mention three sets, even thirty sets are also possible.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu didn't expect that his mother would specially order this matter, after all, his mother was not such a showy person before.

Seeing that Xu Shiqiu was silent, Dong Shu snickered and didn't speak.

In fact, Dong Shu did not tell the truth. Before this time, each of their family made more than three sets of new clothes. Only the husband was not at home before, so he only made five sets of clothes for going out and entertaining guests. , but one person made more than a dozen sets.

Now Dong Shu has no shortage of good materials, and the old lady Xu has a lot of good materials sent by Xu Nuanwen, so naturally she will not be reluctant to part with these materials.

Not to mention the materials for making clothes, Empress Hu not only gave Dong Shu clothes materials, but also a lot of high-quality furs and jewelry.

What's more, Dong Shu also felt that her mother-in-law was right. This time Yuanxi Caught Zhou was the first time that the third family of the Xu family had a big banquet after they returned to Beijing. This should be put on display.

Thinking about things in her heart, Dong Shu's hands didn't stop.

Now she is used to dressing up by herself, and her hand speed is not slow. When she is dressed up, she carefully puts on some rouge, and it is approaching the third quarter of the hour.

While Dong Shu was dressing up, Xu Shiqiu also changed her clothes. At the same time, Yuan Xi also woke up and was packed by the nanny and Yan Yan, and carried to the main room.

The three of them were wearing clothes of the same color and related patterns, and they were praised by Mrs. Xu once they arrived at the main courtyard.

After the three of them finished saluting to Mrs. Xu, Xu Er also arrived with his children and grandchildren, and there was even a movement from the porter, Xu Mingyuan and Xu Xiaozhi also brought their family.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and when the dining hall was seated, and the family did not block it with a screen, it happened to be Chenshi.

According to the rules, Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Jiang and Dong Shu should serve Mrs. Xu, but Mrs. Xu doesn't like to torment her daughter-in-law, let alone her family in her eyes. Don't care about these.

"Don't worry about it, the family doesn't have to care about so many rules." Mrs. Xu said, Ye and Jiang immediately sat down again with a smile. As soon as they sat down, they heard Mrs. Xu continue to say: "This morning The meals here are all prepared by her mother on Yuanxi, she loves to study these foods most of the day, you should try them carefully."

The old lady Xu took the initiative to speak, and did not pay attention to the rules of "no talking when eating, no talking when sleeping". Others naturally knew that she was in a good mood, so they followed suit.

Just now, everyone looked at the noodles of five colors mixed together in the small bowl in front of them, and they were a little dazed. This was the first time they had seen such birthday noodles.

"This is the Wufu noodles that I specially asked the kitchen to prepare. Because the vegetable juice is difficult to get, there are not many." Dong Shu was talking, but she was a little embarrassed, after all, there were really not many noodles.

But Dong Shu thought too much, everyone didn't feel uncomfortable after hearing Dong Shu's words.

After all, it's still winter, and I don't know how much thought it took to get so many vegetable juices and noodles.

What's more, the taste of other meals is also very good, even Mrs. Ye, who eats a lot of exquisite food on weekdays, can't help but praise, "The third brother and sister are so clever." '

The family laughed and laughed until the end of the day before leaving the hall.

Everyone should go conveniently, Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu also led Yuan Xi back to change clothes, according to the rules, in another quarter of an hour, the guests should also come to the door.

(End of this chapter)