She said with some disdain: "This bamboo flute is still a little bit bad. The sound it produces is flawed."
She looked at Madam Tu and said, "Madam, if you want to hold a flower viewing banquet in the future, it would be better to prepare all the musical instruments."
"I think the jade flute sounds better than this bamboo flute. Madam, you can prepare a new one next time."
Mrs. Tu: “…” Qing Luo had a lot of things to do at this time.
And the jade flute. She will never do this again.
She smiled stiffly and said, "I'll try to prepare."
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by try your best? Your Tu family can't even afford a jade flute?"
"Didn't I hear that your Tu family is the number one family in North City?"
She said with some disdain: "So you are so poor?"
To deal with someone like Mrs. Zhu who can't even put on a show, you have to use a hard slap in the face.
But to deal with a smiling tiger like Mrs. Butcher, you have to use a soft knife to achieve the best effect of slapping her in the face.
Based on the brief contact, she found that Mrs. Butcher was quite sophisticated. Even if she didn't like her, it didn't show on her face or in her expression.
Like to embarrass her by sideways.
The key point is that this butcher is a very face-conscious person.
So she deliberately stepped on the other person's face and rubbed it on the ground, which made Mrs. Tu uncomfortable and crazy.
Sure enough, these words made Mrs. Butcher's face turn a little uglier.
Shi Qinglu was just a village woman, but she actually looked down on the Tu family in public. She really didn't know what she was talking about.
She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger and said, "Of course our Tu family can afford a jade flute. I will ask someone to prepare it. If the princess comes to visit us again in the future, I will prepare it for her."
Shi Qingluo nodded in satisfaction, "Very good."
"But I don't like things that have been used by others. If you want to prepare something, I want a new jade flute."
She saw the maid take out the bamboo flute from a new box.
She checked it again to make sure it was new before she picked it up and blew it.
Mrs. Tu: "..." Why does this damn girl have so many demands? But she could only hold back her temper and nod, "Of course."
She immediately changed the subject, "I made apricot blossom wine with apricot blossoms last year, and I would like to invite you to taste it today."
She made another gesture of invitation, "I have specially asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of dishes for this purpose. Please move over."
All the women agreed with a smile.
"I've heard that the flower wine brewed by Madam Tu is the best in North City. Today we are in for a treat."
"Yes, the peach blossom wine that Mrs. Butcher brewed last year was sold out as soon as it was released. I missed the chance to buy a bottle."
"Mrs. Tu is not only an expert at brewing flower wine, but her plum wine is also delicious. I was lucky enough to have tasted it once."
Everyone is very fond of the wine brewed by the butcher.
Mrs. Tu finally regained some face. She was very proud in her heart, but she said modestly: "I brewed it just for fun. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Shi Qingluo saw Mrs. Butcher's lips curled up, this person really loves face and likes to be praised.
The flower wine brewed by Mrs. Butcher is a specialty of North City, and she saw that it was indeed included in the intelligence collected by her young husband.
The reason why Mrs. Tu was so loved and trusted by the head of the Tu family, in addition to Ruan Songling's previous help, was mainly because she had a talent for brewing wine.
The big families all have many unique secret recipes, such as papermaking, sugar making, extracting refined salt, brewing wine, etc.
The Tu family once made their fortune by brewing wine. The reason why they maintain their status as the largest family in North City and their huge expenses is that they own the largest winery in North City.
Almost all the major cities and counties in the northern border have Tu family wineries, and half of the wine used in large restaurants comes from the Tu family.
After marrying into the Tu family, Mrs. Tu learned how to make wine and took a different approach to specializing in flower wine and fruit wine. She gained respect in the Tu family and had a great reputation outside of the family because of this.
No wonder we are using brewed flower wine to entertain everyone today. In fact, the main purpose is to show off.
Shi Qing curled her lips, not knowing whether she and the butcher were incompatible. She was not good at cooking, but good at brewing wine.
She had brewed a batch of wine in the capital, but it was not suitable for Kaifeng at that time, so she brought it to the northern border.
Several batches of wine were brewed in Heyang County, including high-, medium- and low-alcohol liquors, as well as fruit wines and flower wines.
She wanted to see whether the flower wine brewed by this butcher lady could really be called the best in North City.
Soon, everyone followed Mrs. Butcher to the place specially set for the banquet.
After sitting down, the maid started serving the dishes.
Although everyone had lunch, many people were a little hungry now.
Shi Qingluo looked at the dishes served. The presentation was okay, but the taste was a little disappointing to her.
And several of them were dishes whose recipes she had given to Prince Jin before.
A total of thirty-eight dishes were served, but Shi Qingluo found that many of them were repeated.
For example, braised lamb, braised chicken, braised venison, braised beef...
There were quite a few braised dishes alone, which was more than enough.
Cows can not only pull carts, but are also the main force for plowing the land. Naturally, Daliang also has laws that prohibit the indiscriminate slaughter of cows.
The wealthy families in the capital are more restrained and rarely eat beef for fear of being contaminated by ginseng.
In North City, because Prince Jin doesn't care and even likes to eat beef, beef is often on the tables of the aristocratic families, and it also serves as a display of status.
Speaking of which, Shi Qingluo glanced at the dishes on the table and found that nine of them were beef.
Is Mrs. Tu trying to show that their Tu family is very privileged?
After the dishes were served, they were praised again by many ladies.
Cooking is simple nowadays, and this kind of dish is indeed quite rich.
Mrs. Tu smiled and said, "Everyone, please enjoy the feast."
Then he told the maid to bring apricot blossom wine.
Shi Qingluo, Xi Rong and Xiao Baili followed the crowd and picked up a few dishes, then put down their chopsticks at the same time.
The taste is really just average, not to mention better than what Shi Qingluo's mother-in-law and sister-in-law cook, even what their cook cooks tastes better than this.
There's nothing we can do, the three of them are now picky.
Mrs. Tu couldn't help but ask, "Princess, you stopped eating so quickly, are you dissatisfied with the banquet?"
This was of course asked intentionally.
I originally thought that village women like Shi Qingluo and Xiao Baili would be surprised to see such a sumptuous banquet, and would not be able to stop eating.
Who knew that he just picked up a little bit casually and then put down his chopsticks as if with disgust, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Shi Qingluo nodded and said truthfully: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, I'm very dissatisfied. The taste of these dishes is really unsatisfactory."
"Not only does the meat smell fishy, but it also tastes bad."
"Before I came here, I had high hopes. I thought that the Tu family was the largest family in North City and would definitely give me a lot of surprises."
She sighed, "What a pity. It's really hard for me to put it into words."
(End of this chapter)
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