Chapter 10,

There were a lot of people in there, and Su Guoer didn't even plan to choose that place when renting a house.

As soon as she heard Su Guo'er's words, she knew that she really wanted to meet him. She was immediately delighted and blurted out, "Yes! Yes! He just bought a house in Jing'anfang near Baokangmen. The yard is not big, but it is more than enough for a family of more than ten people. And sister, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. This Lu Ping'an lost his mother when he was twelve years old, and his father never remarried. Now he is also strong and healthy, working as a boatman on the canal. But on weekdays, he can also do some carpentry work. He is very skillful and can make money to supplement the family income!"

"If you have children in the future, you can hire a maid to help you take care of them. It doesn't matter. It will save you a lot of trouble without a mother-in-law."

This is the truth..., without a mother-in-law, she can be the head of the family after she gets married. Although the two of them haven't even started dating yet, Su Guoer still has to prepare for the future, so she agreed to Liu Mama's matchmaking and agreed to meet Lu Ping'an after she leaves the house.

Things are different now. In the Wei Dynasty, commoners are still relatively free to marry, and are not bound by the cumbersome formalities that the ladies of noble families are bound by, so... Su Guoer has to choose her husband carefully.

The kitchen was cleaned up, and Mother Liu left with a group of maids to clear the kitchen. Su Guoer took two maids and two old women to start preparing the ingredients.

There are a total of eleven dishes to be prepared today, seven meat dishes and four vegetable dishes, including a cake and a sweet soup. Most of the dishes are meat dishes, which are enough for four people and meet the standards of a banquet.

The seven meat dishes include: Rouge goose breast, crab meat dumplings, lamb tongue rolls, coral fish, Yunjin Yufeng duck, Piaoxiang chicken, and fried quail with three fresh bamboo shoots.

As for the vegetarian dishes, there was a mixed five-treasure stew, rose gold velvet cake, vegetarian amber eggs, and almond ice ball soup. The brocade duck was the signature dish of Mingyue Tower. Su Guoer had tried it once before and the taste was almost the same, so she included it in the list. So, of the eleven dishes, four were her father's creations.

Sweet and sour coral fish, assorted vegetable stew, rouge goose breast and crab meat dumplings are all her specialties. Of course, the preparation process is also extremely complicated. It takes an hour just to peel the crab. So she first cleans the plump river crabs, puts two slices of ginger on the bottom of the plate, and steams the river crabs.

Over there, Su Guoer quickly cut off the tenderest piece of meat from the goose's chest to make rouged goose breast. The rouged goose breast needs to be marinated in advance. The marinated goose breast is slightly roasted on the barbecue grill and then put into a ceramic pot and fried with green onions, ginger slices, pepper leaves, etc., then added with the marinated water and simmered for a while. After it is simmered, it can be sliced ​​and served on a plate.

The Assorted Vegetable Stir-fried Five Treasures Stew uses the first fresh bamboo shoots harvested that morning. Only the tenderest, slightly sweetest ones are sliced ​​and set aside. Chinese yam, gourd, cucumber, and wood ear mushrooms are then added and stir-fried with scallions and light oil. The dish's signature color is its clear, vibrant color, each piece coated in light oil, and the subtle aroma of the cucumber and other ingredients wafts through.

As for coral fish, you need to remove the bones and leave only the tender fish meat, then carve it into the shape of a flower and fry it in a pan. After the flower blooms, pour in the jam she prepared. The jam is made from pears, peaches and a little sugar, and then pour it into the fish pot and simmer it.

The crab meat and crab roe have been picked out and Su Guoer has made them into crystal dumplings and steamed them in a steamer. While the crab meat dumplings are being steamed, the other dishes are also ready.

The servant from the front yard had just come over and asked when the meal would be ready, and asked Su Guoer to deliver it.

After Su Guoer had steamed the crab meat dumplings, she took her two maids to the Qingfeng Courtyard in the front yard. The prince was entertaining his guests in the pavilion in the Qingfeng Courtyard.

Drinks are ready.

When she was preparing a banquet with her maid, she saw from afar that the prince and several men in brocade robes were talking and laughing as they walked across the corridor bridge towards the pavilion. However, there seemed to be a lazy man following behind them. Since they entered the garden, he had been following behind everyone and looking around. He did not talk to Prince Pei, but just looked around. When he saw Su Guoer and the others in the pavilion, his eyes paused.

The guy's name was Qi Zhang, and he looked like a dandy young man from a declining aristocratic family.

After seeing Su Guoer and the others, his eyes were like fish beads glued to Su Guoer's figure bending over to arrange the dishes. She had a slender waist, a beautiful face, and a beautiful figure. This girl... was absolutely stunning! !

Then he immediately passed Master Pei and the others, stepped onto the covered bridge before them, and walked to the pavilion in two steps. He said, "Young lady, are you the cook of this mansion?"

Su Guoer was startled and when she turned around, she saw a smiling face, but the face was so ugly that it was beyond description. She looked away and didn't look at it again.

Prince Pei happened to be following behind them. He looked at Su Guoer and answered for her: "This is my maid. Brother Qi, why are you still standing there? The banquet is ready. Please take a seat."

Unexpectedly, Qi Zhang was so audacious that he didn't respond to Master Pei's words. Instead, he turned around and excitedly said to Pei Yuanqi, "Master, your maid is so beautiful! She's much prettier than the ones in my house. Why don't you sell her to me? I'll pay you five hundred taels of silver!"

These words scared Su Guoer so much that she stepped back and bumped into the pillar behind her, which attracted the prince's attention. Then he turned around and looked at Qi Zhang with his hands behind his back in an ambiguous manner.

But Qi Zhang couldn't understand people's expressions and kept talking to himself: "Perhaps the prince would like to come to my house later. I can ask my concubine Honglian to serve him for a night. I bought her from Yangzhou. She has a stunning figure!"

Before he could finish, a man wearing the same green cloth shirt stood out from behind the prince. This man looked taller than the man who was speaking. He hurried forward and stood in front of the prince. He pulled Qi Zhang down and bowed, then said with his hands clasped, "My brother is young and outspoken. I didn't mean to offend you, prince. Please forgive me!"

Qi Zhang was just too stupid. After getting out from under his brother's clutches, he said unconvincedly, "So what? Isn't it normal to exchange maids and concubines with classmates?"

"We are all slaves anyway. Isn't being a concubine better than being a maid? If Brother Pei is willing to sell her to me, I will definitely treat her well and never let her suffer any injustice following me!"