In a big house in the east of the city.
There are still three hours before the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner in the evening, but the servants of the entire Ren family have been busy since morning.
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and we need to prepare Chinese food, so the people in the Western kitchen were sent outside to help pack souvenirs for the Ren family to give to relatives, friends, employees and clients.
Gift boxes of all sizes and shapes filled the warehouse of the Ren family compound. The housekeeper was counting the gift boxes and arranging the driver.
All the gifts must be packed and sent out before sunset.
The reason why the butler was able to complete the task so smoothly was that Dai Yuecheng had sorted out the names of all relatives and friends, as well as the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts that needed to be sent, into different categories a month ago.
They also marked each one so that the servants could do their jobs smoothly and decently.
Outside the garden, there were also a dozen gardeners and servants, busy decorating the garden with lanterns, cleaning and repairing the courtyard.
Although everyone worked quickly, they were all careful and thorough in tidying and cleaning.
Because they knew that the eldest wife would need to review and check everything when she came back.
The busiest people must be the chefs in the Chinese restaurant. Every dish they make today is a top-notch dish.
The first dish, Boiled Cabbage, has a light flavor and is Mrs. Ren's favorite. It uses more than a dozen ingredients, including old hen, pork ribs, dried scallops, ham, cabbage, ginger, scallions, cooking wine, salt, and pepper. It's brought to a boil over high heat until the foam begins to form, then simmered over low heat for several hours until the broth is clear.
The cabbage is then carved into the shape of flowers, and the thick soup is poured little by little over the blanched cabbage before being decorated on the plate.
The second dish was three sets of duck, Mr. Ren's favorite. The chef prepared a domestic duck, a wild duck, and a pigeon early in the morning, along with appropriate amounts of mushrooms, ham slices, bamboo shoots, and seasonings such as green onions, ginger, cooking wine, and salt.
Kill and clean the domestic duck, wild duck and pigeon, and then debone the three birds separately. Then stuff the pigeon into the wild duck's belly through the opening, and then stuff the wild duck into the domestic duck's belly through the opening, to make the "three sets of ducks" raw material.
Finally, put the duck meat and secret ingredients into the casserole and simmer for several hours to get this delicious dish.
The third dish is a simple home-cooked dish: stir-fried beef with tangerine peel and celery. Because the young master has a weak heart, this is one of the recipes provided by the nutritionist.
The method is simple, just stir-frying is enough. But the ingredients are not sloppy at all.
The tangerine peel is 30 years old and is more expensive than gold. The beef is Kobe A5 Wagyu beef flown in from Japan early this morning, and the auction price today is $6,000 per piece.
As Ren Tingyi liked to eat celery, Dai Yuecheng cultivated a small piece of land in the backyard of his home and personally took care of and planted the celery just to provide Ren Tingyi with more food.
As for the eldest wife, who was the least picky eater in the family, the kitchen specially prepared candied snowflakes for her.
The precious Indonesian snow fungus, which costs $2,000 per two taels, is soaked for 6 hours in advance, during which time the chef constantly changes the water and picks out impurities.
Add rock sugar and simmer for several hours to create this delicious dish.
Oh, there is another owner of this house, that is the second young master Ren Tingxi.
But the second young master rarely appeared in this house, let alone eating at home, so no one knew what he liked to eat.
Therefore, the responsibility of making dishes that Ren Tingxi likes to eat falls on Aunt Rong every year, and this year is no exception.
Dai Yuecheng's tasks for Aunt Rong were, first, to personally invite the Second Young Master home for dinner. Second, to prepare the food for him, regardless of whether he showed up or not.
Whether he eats or not is his business, whether he cooks or not is the kitchen's business. The second young master may not go home for dinner, but the etiquette that should be observed at home must be maintained.
Having a reunion dinner at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival is something that the entire Ren family prepares carefully every year. No carelessness or neglect is allowed.
Ren Tingxi clearly rejected Aunt Rong early this morning, so the second young master will definitely not come back today. So what dishes should she prepare today?
She just made a plate of shredded pork with fish flavor. The second young master liked to eat this dish anyway, so she didn't care about anything else.
Dinner starts at 6 o'clock in the evening. All family dinners start at this time. This has always been the rule of the Ren family.
After Dai Yuecheng took care of all the affairs at home, he and Ren Tingyi arrived at the restaurant half an hour early.
Sit on the left side, facing the main entrance.
The main seat is reserved for Mr. and Mrs. Ren. The rules and regulations of this family are clearly set.
The servants prepared five sets of dishes, and dozens of people in the family were busy all day preparing the dinner for these five distinguished hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ren arrived at the restaurant 10 minutes early.
"Mom and Dad." Ren Tingyi stood up first.
"Mom and Dad." Dai Yuecheng followed closely behind.
After the parents were seated safely, the couple remained standing.
"Tingyi is not in good health, so don't stand. Sit down quickly," said Ren's father kindly.
"Yuecheng too, you have worked hard today to run this family. Don't stand, sit down." Mother Ren also looked at Dai Yuecheng gently.
Ren's mother was very satisfied with this eldest daughter-in-law who was generous, well-organized and graceful.
Hearing their parents calling them, Ren Tingyi and his wife slowly sat down.
When the elders are standing, the young should not sit. When the elders are sitting, the young should sit only when told to do so. This is the upbringing that the Ren family should instill in their children and grandchildren.
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