Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 87
Just now Xue Hong followed Huang San to the gate of Deyue Tower, and when he saw that the restaurant was decorated elegantly and handsomely, he cherished it at a glance.

Besides, the word Deyuelou is not unfamiliar to Xue Hong. The name of this restaurant can be heard in the modern age hundreds of years later. It can be passed down for a hundred years, and there is a reason for it.

So Xue Hong wanted to buy Deyuelou so that the Xue family could manage it well.Not only to add property to the Xue family, but also because of those three words that are still so familiar after a hundred years.

However, the second master of their Xue family has a hobby, love to eat.

I think back then when he decided to take the risk and look at the mountains and rivers of the world, a large part of the reason was because he wanted to fulfill his dream of eating delicious food all over the world.

Anyone else would guess that this matter could only be a dream, but for Xue Sheng, the second master of the Xue family, the key to deciding the matter lies in whether he wants to go or not, and how determined he is to go, rather than material issues.

Therefore, the second bedroom of Xue's family has traveled all over the world over the years, and has gathered chefs from all over the world.This time back to the south, Erfang not only brought back strange things from all over the world, but also brought back dozens of skilled chefs.

Although not all of them are well-known, their craftsmanship has their own strengths, so that although the members of the Xue family live in the old house of the third bedroom, the food is prepared by the chefs of the second bedroom, and they change different tricks every day. , that is called a contented person.

too exaggerated?otherwise.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were many rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.Regardless of whether it was selling salt, selling silk products, selling porcelain, or selling jewelry and hairpins, in short, the commerce in the south of the Yangtze River was once prosperous.

But scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the lowest grade.Although they are rich, in the eyes of others, they are nothing more than local rich men, and their social status is not worth mentioning at all.

So these uncles who are so poor that they only have money left spend all their time in indulging in pleasure, and they can use anything as an excuse to fight for wealth, among which gardens and home cooks are the main ones.

Your social status is low, so there are naturally many restrictions, but no one restricts you from spending money.

So the rich businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River raced to build houses one by one, with pavilions, pavilions, exotic flowers and plants, and moved them home without money. The houses were built bigger and more beautiful.This is the beginning of Suzhou gardens becoming famous both at home and abroad.

After the house is built, people have to be invited to the house to have a look, and when they come, people have to take care of the food.Visitors with tricky tastes are demanding more and more from the host's cook, what's so difficult about it?Since you have money, spend a lot of money to hire a good chef to keep it at home.

No matter what your cunning tastes and eccentric proclivities, a home with a lot of cooks can handle all kinds of guests.

Of course, Huaiyang cuisine cooks are the most supported by wealthy businessmen in the Jiangnan area.

In those years, the status of Huaiyang cuisine in the Chinese gourmet circle has been rising steadily, and a large part of the reason is that it depends on the mutual comparison among the rich businessmen in Jiangnan who have more money and burn their hands.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for a large family to raise a large number of cooks.

However, no one in the south of the Yangtze River seems to believe in the saying that a gentleman cooks far away. All the children among the common people will try their best to learn how to cook. If the masters of rich families fall in love with her, then this life will be considered secure.

Now Xue Hong intends to buy Yuelou, but this business is in Jinling after all, and their family will naturally return to the capital after the Chinese New Year. It is better to let his second uncle run this business.

So the three brothers went back and told the second master Xue Sheng about this matter, and it really caught his attention.

The second master sent someone to inquire about the situation of Deyue Tower that day, and went to see it himself, and was very satisfied with this restaurant.

Immediately, I met with the old and new shopkeepers of this restaurant, Master Xue Er offered a high price, and the old shopkeeper also knew that Yuelou was in the hands of his son, and he was afraid that poor management would eventually destroy the signboard left by his ancestors , so he reluctantly gave up, and gave the restaurant real estate to the Xue family, the only condition was that the signboard could not be changed.

As for how Master Xue Er will manage the restaurant after he takes over, that is something for later, so there is no need to remember it. Now that the year is approaching, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month was originally chosen to open the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

On this day, all the front doors of the Xue family's old house were opened, and the ceremony and music were played together. The patriarch Xue Ying opened the ancestral hall and greeted the ancestral frame in person.

The Xue family has been in business for generations, and many descendants have settled in different provinces. Only a few of them can return to the clan to celebrate the New Year. This time, only a few dozen descendants of the Xue family came to worship the ancestors. Looking at the genealogy, the number of them is no more than ten. two three.

I saw that the men of Xue's mansion were divided into Zhaomu and established in a lineup. There were candidates for the officiant, the accompanying sacrifice, the offering of the noble, the offering of silk, the holding of incense, the display of the blanket of worship, and the guarding of the burning pool. Silk libation, read Zhu Wen.

There are also female relatives who offer offerings in the ancestral hall. All kinds of dishes, libations, and tea are passed on to the female relatives of Xue's mansion before they are placed in front of the altar.

After the dedication, everyone in Xue's residence kowtowed to their ancestors.All the people left Zhao and right Mu, held incense and worshiped, and knelt down together.The elegant bird is unknown, only the clang and clang, the slight swaying of the golden jade pendant, and the rustling of kneeling boots and shoes.

After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the ancestors, another family of Xue's elder family led all the children to return to the clan.

Xue Pan, Xue Hong, Xue Baochai, and Xue Baoxiang held incense and bowed their heads again. The patriarch Xue Ying wrote the names and dates of birth of the four of them on the genealogy. When writing to Xue Hong, he added " Eight years old, a scholar in the 45th year of Kangxi".

Since then, Xue's parents' house has truly completed the ceremony of worshiping the ancestors.

Because although there are still older relatives in the Xue family, Xue Yi is the oldest in the old house of Xue's mansion.

However, this year in the south of the Yangtze River was shocking. Xue Hong never knew that there were so many rare treasures that could be seen as a New Year’s gift, such as pearls, emeralds, agates, corals, gold and silver jewelry. Some people even use boxes of gold ingots as annual gifts.

It is said that Jiangnan is a rich land, but the courtesy between merchants is nothing more than reciprocity, do you want to be so embarrassing?

No wonder the Holy Majesty is quite afraid of the rich and noble families in the south of the Yangtze River. These people's single family is indeed not enough to be rich and invincible, but when several families are united, it is estimated that their financial resources can surpass half of the national treasury.

Aside from other things, the four Xue Hong brothers and sisters received a rough calculation of the gifts they received during the Chinese New Year this year.

After all, it was the Chinese New Year, and the little people seemed to have a few taels of silver on their bodies, and they discussed going out and strolling in the street together.

This time it was Mrs. Xue Wang and his wife Xue Ding who led the maidservant and the children of the family. The children of the third bedroom of the Xue family, from Xue Pan to Baoxiang, four boys and five girls went out together. How lively.

(End of this chapter)