The new home has a new atmosphere, and there are a set of customs here. Shen Hao has no objection at all. Anyway, Old Hu is here to help, so he can just follow behind.
I have never lived in such a big house before, and after a rough walk around, I guess there are more than thirty rooms, right? Shen Hao always felt a little empty in such a big place.
But Lao Hu has experience. After explaining it to him, Shen Hao understood.
"The household's handymen, gardeners, plasterers, kitchen cooks, and guards all add up to at least fifteen people. If you want to have more manpower, twenty is not too much... ..."
No wonder rich people are commonly called "rich families". The owner of the family is Shen Hao, and the servants and servants total more than 20 people. If the family has more people in the future, wouldn't it become even bigger? What would you call someone other than "big business"?
Looking at the many other courtyards in the backyard, they should be designed for large families, but it is a pity that Shen Hao cannot use them at the moment.
Spending money comes naturally, and everything in the new house is of the best quality, mainly wooden furniture and decoration. But Shen Hao of the air conditioner did not choose the one with gold and jade casing. He chose the wooden casing, which is consistent with the style of the furniture at home, so it looks comfortable.
Of course, the house servants and servants do not have air conditioners in their rooms, and even if they do, no one would dare to use them. Just kidding, this thing burns pan spirit stones, isn't that just a waste of money? Aren’t the braziers and cattail fans fragrant?
The warmth in winter and coolness in summer brought by air conditioning is indeed comfortable, but the cost is staggering. Most people can't afford it and don't understand it. Is it worth going to such trouble just to keep cool and warm?
This is a very interesting concept of class. Depending on the class you are in, your philosophy will be different.
Is Shen Hao short of that pan-spiritual stone? He's not bad at all. Even if he doesn't have much in his hands, he can collect box after box just by saying hello to Fei Long. As for money? He has become extremely rich just from the profits from Wuliangye, and now with the huge profits from air conditioners, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the few wealthy households in the Jingjiu Dynasty.
Is it difficult to dress up the house servants and servants? Shen Hao didn't think that at least the Hu Tian people who had been following him and the three fox girls had to pretend that they were just pan spirit stones. What else?
Shen Hao walked around and was very satisfied. My favorite is the pavilion on the water, where we spent dinner.
"Send a message to Wang Jian, Wang Yiming, Tang Qingyuan, and Chen Sheng and tell them that I will hold a housewarming party tomorrow night. Then go and tell Li Erfu to prepare more ingredients for home-cooked dishes, and I will cook them myself tomorrow."
The news that Shen Hao was going to treat a guest was sent out by Hu Tian. Because the host had promised to cook the meal himself, it meant that they valued the banquet, so Hu Tian did not dare to be hasty. Not only did he use the best invitation card to write the post, but at the end Shen Hao signed his name, and then Hu Tian came to visit the family in person. They were delivered to each family one by one.
What is Hu Tian’s identity? The steward of Shen Da's family, the commander of Jingxi Black Flag Camp, is half a member of the family. It is a great honor to come to deliver the invitations in person.
Some people were not at home. After receiving the invitations, the people at home were a little panicked and did not dare to delay. They quickly sent family members to deliver the invitations to the invited people. At the same time, they racked their brains to collect the family treasures and think about the end. What is the right thing to give to congratulate someone on their new home?
While others were struggling with preparations, the people in Shen's mansion were also busy. Shen Hao, who claimed that he wanted to cook by himself, was not busy. He even had the mood to go to the commanding yamen. The things in his hands had been accumulated for several days and had to be processed in batches.
The preparations for the evening banquet had already begun in the back kitchen of Shen Mansion. The chef is Li Erfu and several of Li Erfu's assistants.
Of course, the cooking work will be left until Shen Hao comes back, but Shen Hao doesn't need to do the preparation work before putting it on the stove.
Shen Hao told Li Erfu that he would make several dishes today, including sweet and sour pork ribs, braised fish, duck in sour soup, twice-cooked pork, two stir-fried vegetables, two cold dishes to go with wine, and a plate of soy sauce beef. Make another pot of sweet potato stewed rice and enjoy together.
After all, these are home-cooked dishes, not complicated. What tests one's ability to control the heat and taste. Of course, Shen Hao is better at these dishes.
Around the time of Shenchu, Shen Hao came back from the commanding yamen. Now that he is the master of the yamen, the benefits are obvious. He can control his own time and is more flexible. Unless he is away for a long time, he does not need to report to anyone, and he can leave whenever he wants.
When I got home, I didn't expect that Wang Jian, the most familiar person, had already arrived first.
Although this is Shen Hao's new residence, Wang Jian had been here before Shen Hao. He checked inside and out several times, whether the back of the house was clean, and whether any of the newly recruited people in the house had to be cleared. Passed Wang Jian's level, or passed Blackwater's level.
Therefore, Wang Jian is currently more familiar with this house than Shen Hao. In addition, he didn't have to sit in the commanding office. He had more free time than Shen Hao. He came over first and thought about whether he could help.
"You arrived early. Come on, follow me to the kitchen and help light the fire."
It was Li Erfu's place to burn firewood in the kitchen before. Now that Wang Jian is here, Wang Jian will do it.
After taking two steps, Shen Hao asked again: "Have you ever burned a stove?"
"Don't worry, sir. I've been burned."
Wang Jian answered very simply. He did not lie. He actually went to the kitchen to learn how to cook. Although I'm not very good at it, there are no problems with the basics. Of course, Wang Jian did not know these things naturally, nor did he do them by chance, but he deliberately learned them. Because he knew that Shen Hao had the habit of cooking by himself. As Master Shen's number one confidant, how could he know nothing about the kitchen?
When they arrived at the kitchen, Li Erfu was kicked out by Shen Hao, and Wang Jian was asked to sit in front of the stove and watch the fire while he began to work on the side.
"First stew the duck. This duck was picked up by Li Erfu in the east market in the morning. It is a fresh old duck that is three and a half years old! It is very flavorful when stewed with sour radish!"
The old duck weighs five pounds. It has been trimmed but not cut into pieces. The stewed duck here is put into the pot whole, but Shen Hao doesn't like it because it's inconvenient to eat. Then I saw two flashes of black light on Shen Hao's fingers, and the old duck that was intact just now turned into lumps and was placed neatly in the clay pot.
It feels so good to use black cutter to cut vegetables! Shen Hao himself was slightly stunned.
The sour radish was pickled by Li Erfu last year. It is now considered an old radish and is suitable for making soup. However, because the freshly picked pickled radish is too salty, it needs to be soaked with water several times after cutting into pieces. When the saltiness is moderate, it can be put into the soup and simmered together.
"This old duck needs to be blanched first to get rid of the fishy smell..." Shen Hao said while doing it, and from time to time he would chat with Wang Jian about home affairs.
Just like doing other things, even when cooking, Shen Hao was in no hurry and seemed to be at ease.
