The Cao family only arranged for one brother from the family to send the bride off, and the rest were matchmakers and wedding wives hired from outside. There were no standard features like maids and mothers-in-law.
It's not that the Cao family didn't make arrangements, but that Cao Yingying herself refused. She knew that the Zhao family was not a big place, and she also knew that her mother-in-law would not have a maid to serve her in the future. How could she, a daughter-in-law, be more powerful than her mother-in-law? Besides, she She once lived in Zhao's house for a month. During that month, she was able to live well without anyone taking care of her.
It can even be said that that month was the happiest month she had lived since her mother passed away.
She liked the atmosphere of the Zhao family very much, and she didn't want to destroy the pure beauty.
However, these servants who have been serving her will not stay in the Cao family forever. After she settles down in Dahe Village, and after the mulberry garden officially starts raising silkworms, some of these people will come to Dahe Village to help her take care of the mulberry garden. , others will go to other Zhuangzi shops to help manage...
Cao Yingying walked all the way out and crossed the threshold. At this time, the Cao family brother came over to pick her up and put her on the sedan chair.
"Yingying..."
Cao Defu burst into tears.
"My Yingying, dad can't bear to leave you. If you get married, who will help me read those account books..."
As soon as Cao Yingying's tears came out, she immediately retracted them.
Her father is really...well, she is also a little worried. After she gets married, the family's account books may fall into the hands of the stepmother again. She is a stepmother who has too many tricks...
"Yingying, wuwuwu..."
Regardless of his image, Cao Defu cried bitterly while holding the sedan chair.
"Don't worry, father-in-law. My son-in-law will definitely take good care of Yingying and live up to his trust." Zhao Ergou held his father-in-law's shoulders and said firmly, "If my father-in-law needs someone to look at the account books, just give me an order. , my son-in-law can come to Cao Mansion at any time."
"Very good, very good!" Cao Defu patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, "That's it."
Mrs. Qi on one side secretly tightened her handkerchief. The bitch in Aunt Meng's belly has not been dealt with yet, and now there is Zhao Ergou, who is deliberately trying to make things difficult for her, right?
While she was thinking to herself, she felt a gaze sweeping over her. She raised her head and met Zhao Ergou's cold eyes.
She immediately suppressed her vicious thoughts, took Cao Defu's arm, and said softly: "Master, the auspicious time has come, let Yingying go out smoothly, and come back in three days. If you have anything to say, we can talk to you when you come back. Not too late."
The curtain of the sedan chair was lowered, four bearers lifted the sedan chair, Zhao Ergou mounted the horse, the honor guard played and played, and the firecrackers at the entrance of Cao Mansion crackled.
In the commotion, the sedan chair gradually walked away.
By this time, it was already time, the sun was getting stronger, and Dahe Village was getting more and more lively.
The whole village comes to the banquet, and they don’t come empty-handed. They bring some gifts. Common ones are red cloth, red eggs, a few kilograms of rice, two kilograms of meat, brown sugar, etc. Some close relatives will prepare more generous gifts, and some are bent by the process. People who show kindness will also add more gifts, such as Aunt Wang, Aunt Fugui, Mrs. Zhu, etc.
People in the village will not be idle when they come. They will lend a hand and do whatever they can. People are everywhere in the yard. Here a group of people are peeling garlic, there a group of people are picking vegetables, and in this corner they are scraping fish paste. , making balls here...
"Big-headed lady, the meatballs are fried and sent to the kitchen."
"The sour fish soup is ready here. Someone can bring it to the kitchen."
"I don't know if the roasted mutton is good or not. I'll call Dashan Niang to take a look..."
Cheng Wanwan was checking the dishes in the kitchen. Although it had been arranged, she still needed to check it again in person because the dishes were different from the traditional wedding banquet dishes in Dahe Village. Each dish was very complicated and she had to check it herself.
The first is pre-dinner snacks. Four snacks are prepared for everyone when they are seated and waiting for the meal, including steamed dates, carved spring bamboo shoots, walnut crisps, and goat cheese.
The second is the main course of hot dishes, a total of eight dishes, including teal duck in pot roast, braised river fish, delicious pickled fish, delicious braised pork, white-cut chicken, braised trotters, braised snails with mushrooms, and Sixi meatballs.
The third is the main meal and auxiliary dishes. Two dishes are prepared, roasted whole lamb and braised meat platter. The focus is roasted whole lamb.
The fourth is the vegetarian soup, including Zaosheng Guizi soup, stir-fried wild bracken, vegetarian fried fungus, and lily stewed snow fungus.
Fifth, after-dinner snacks, there are still four candied and dried fruit snacks.
When the villagers saw that the temporary kitchen was filled with countless delicacies, they all swallowed their saliva countless times in silence.
When people in their village hold weddings, poor families don't even hold wedding banquets. They just give out some wedding cakes and that's it. Some families will arrange some banquets, but there are only six dishes, one meat dish, and the other five are vegetarian dishes. , even so, the villagers would praise the meal as good, but the dishes of Dashan’s family... they didn’t know where to start, and they were all at a loss for words.
"Auntie, the sheep outside seems to be roasted." Chunhua trotted in to report, "What should we do next?"
Cheng Wanwan calmly washed her hands, and then started seasoning. She bought cumin directly from the mall, poured it into a small plate, and carried it outside.
The roasted whole lamb is in a separate area at the end of the courtyard, slightly far away from the main courtyard. The main reason is that it is too fragrant, which will lead to unstable military morale.
The racks of sheep were slowly roasting on the fire. A woman was responsible for keeping an eye on the four sheep, constantly turning over the food. After an hour of roasting, the whole roasted sheep had turned into a burnt color, and the aroma continued to spread. Cheng Wan Wan's saliva almost flowed out.
She walked to the nearest sheep, picked up a knife and cut off a small piece of meat, sprinkled some cumin powder, and put it between her lips and tongue.
This is lamb leg meat. The meat is tender and the skin is golden yellow. It tastes crispy and charred. The plump meat blooms between the lips and teeth. The aroma of meat and cumin is fully diffused, making people want to take another bite after one bite.
Countless pairs of eyes were staring at Cheng Wanwan, and she was too embarrassed to cut another piece of flesh.
She put down the knife, coughed and said: "It's already cooked. Cut the meat slices into thin slices and place them on the plate. Just place the lamb ribs whole..."
"Auntie, a distinguished guest is here!" Donghua ran in and said.
Cheng Wanwan nodded, got up and went out to greet the guests.
As soon as she left, Donghua started to drool and secretly tugged at the hem of her mother's clothes.
Mrs. Sun poked her head: "You are the most greedy, so bear with it. I'll have enough for you when the party starts!"
The big-headed lady smiled and said: "It's normal for children to be greedy, but there are hundreds of tables today, and I don't know if the mutton is enough, so I can't give it to you in advance. After all the meat on this thigh is removed, the mutton leg will be given to you." You chew it, let’s see if you want it?”
Donghua nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, thank you Aunt Big Head."
So she sat down here and started to gnaw on the bones. With so many lamb legs, there would always be a lot of meat left...
At the entrance of the courtyard, guests from outside the village came one after another.
Cheng Zhao came on behalf of the Cheng family, Wang Yuanwai and Mrs. Wang, Mr. Qian and Qian Hui, Shopkeeper Zheng of Rujia Restaurant, Shopkeeper Chen of Nanfu Academy, Shopkeeper Zhou of Jixiang Restaurant, Shopkeeper Yang of Zuixian Restaurant... Mrs. Shen, County Magistrate Shen and Shen Zheng, and Mr. Wu, whose presence in the village is extremely low...
As well as the merchants who stayed yesterday, they also took advantage of this time to visit.
The yard suddenly became more lively.
