Generals take care of their children: The master mother leads the system to farm

It's true that plans cannot keep up with changes. Because of this banquet, there is no need to deliberately draw Zhuangzi's promotional posters.

On the day of the banquet, after eating, drinking and strolling around, once everyone left the manor, wouldn't the news have spread out?

A human megaphone.

Those who delivered the invitations were either literati or wealthy families. This was a sight that appealed to both the elite and the masses, both the people and the scenery.

"Father, please paint two more paintings and hang them in the teahouse together with the one at the entrance of the manor. Sell one and hang two. That teahouse will never have to worry about lack of patrons in the future..."

"Also, is there anything missing in this little courtyard? If there is anything missing, please ask the two brothers Qingyang to send a message to the mansion, and my daughter-in-law will immediately have someone go get it and send it over."

These days, Gu Chongguang goes to Xiaoleshan to visit the garden during the day, and draws a pot of flowers or a scene when he feels like it.

After coming back to check on the place last time, Li Changle asked Sun Daxing to buy some bedding and daily necessities to decorate the place and do a thorough cleaning.

There are also two large desks in the study, prepared for the old and the child to use one each in the future, so they can stay there for a few days when they have free time.

Now I come up to paint and stroll in the garden to enjoy the quietness during the day, and go back to eat and sleep at night, check Li Shixi's homework, and deal with my granddaughter's occasional coquettishness.

Gu Chongguang is a pretty good grandfather. Even though he's a novice, he has a gentle temperament and can handle children's mischief. Now he's playing with Yu'er in Xiaole Mountain.

Li Changle brought a lunch box up the mountain, which was filled with small meat patties and white fungus and mung bean soup made by Jiang, as well as snacks and fruits, as lunch for the two generations.

His daughter-in-law had a plan in mind, so Gu Chongguang naturally had nothing to say. He went over to the other end of the swing, picked up the fish, and led it to the viewing pavilion.

Li Changle just served a bowl of mung bean soup to each person, "Father, you two can play here, your daughter-in-law will be busy these two days. I have to take care of the layout of the restaurant for entertaining guests at the foot of the mountain, and also the ingredients..."

Gu Chongguang: "You go and get busy." After a pause, he said: "You better take it easy. This is the only bit of dignity I have left. Don't let it go."

Li Changle chuckled, "Got it."

She only dared to make a fuss about his paintings. After all, Gu Chongguang was capable and would not fail.

How could he brazenly bring up his identity as General Gu's son?

Those who are sensible don't say anything, they all come here just for the calligraphy and paintings, and for the leisure time of hermits.

If he came to bring up something else, Gu Chongguang would have asked Leng Qi to throw him out without her having to intervene.

The craftsmen at the foot of the mountain were still finishing their work, and the servants in the farm were also doing the cleaning.

Li Changle went down the mountain and went straight to the barbecue restaurant.

The tables and chairs inside have been set up, with two six-meter-long and one-meter-wide dining tables placed on both sides of the wall.

The dining tables and chairs have been moved from the store to the yard.

Fortunately, the store was spacious enough, and the yard was prepared for setting up tables for dining. A bamboo frame was built on the roof, and morning glories were already climbing on it.

Li Changle let out a long sigh. All that was left was to prepare the menu for the day.

Don’t think you are just having BBQ in the BBQ restaurant, she is going to host a buffet party!!

These literati all believe in the saying "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen". It is not appropriate to cook by yourself.

She thought of the buffet, so she just scooped the food onto the plate herself. Raising her hands wouldn't be considered rude, right? It also saved her the trouble of arranging the dishes.

After Li Changle coaxed the fish, which were tired from playing during the day, to sleep at night, he started to make a menu.

The dishes on the menu must not only be tasty and attractive, but also have to be plentiful.

The person in charge of the cooking...

She has to go and discuss it with Shopkeeper Li.

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Ma were not able to handle such an occasion, and two people were not enough in the kitchen that day.

The next day she went to find Liping.

Liping has been itching to go these days. He also wants to go and see the elegance of Mr. Qingxian.

Although neither of his two sons was a serious scholar, it did not prevent him from having a deep-seated respect for people who study.

What’s more, he is a lay Buddhist like Gu Chongguang who is well-known in the Great Yan Dynasty.

When Li Changle asked him to borrow a chef, he lent the two head chefs of Wanjia Restaurant without hesitation.

Li Changle originally wanted to just borrow an envoy, but he couldn't let the restaurant stop doing business, right?

Li Ping gave them both directly, and asked for "passes" for himself and his son Li Haichuan to enter the manor that day, saying that he also wanted to meet the legendary leisurely hermit, and that his son should go to the kitchen to help.

The other person had contributed a whole day's turnover to the restaurant and even sent his son to do hard labor. This was full of sincerity, so Li Changle did not refuse it out of ignorance.

We are partners after all, so it is reasonable and logical for us to show a good attitude.

She suggested that the chef make a menu for her reference and then purchase the ingredients after the menu is finalized.

Judging from the number of people who delivered visiting cards, it was indeed a lively dinner party.

Moreover, those who came were people of some status, so the menu could not be casual. This was a matter of great importance to the reputation of Gu Chongguang, the head of the Gu family.

Of course, I also don’t want to ruin the barbecue restaurant’s reputation.

Li Ping said that he would bring two chefs to the manor tomorrow to discuss the menu and select dishes with her.

The two chatted about some irrelevant things, and about the orders for the small condiment packets, which had also been placed in Kyoto.

More and more businesses in the south are placing additional orders.

Li Changle felt as if the silver had grown wings and flew into her pocket.

She couldn't help but praise Li Ping again. She made a good choice of partner and he never let her down.

She is a fool-proof model of making money.

If it happened to other time travelers, if they brought a system with them, they would probably have made a fortune by using the system in a short period of time.

It has been more than half a year since she started this business, and only recently have she seen some results.

She was too embarrassed to tell her saintly system that she was a good host.

On the way back, Li Changle suddenly felt like chatting with the system to relieve his boredom.

"You've been a bit quiet lately, Xiaotong."

"Huh? Why aren't you making any noise?"

"Xiaotong?"

Is he gone?

Li Changle was so shocked that he quickly opened his consciousness and found that the system page was still there, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't block the system or put myself in a dark room...

Upgrading again?

He activates the upgrade mode at every turn without telling me in advance. How arrogant.

……

Li Ping rushed to the manor with the two chefs from the restaurant and Li Haichuan.

He dared not delay what the noble wanted to do.

Li Changle entertained them in the flower hall in the front yard, and Jiang served them tea, fruits and snacks.

After discussing with the chef, we decided on the menu.

There are plenty of fish and shrimp in the fish and shrimp pond in the village, and we can catch the fresh ones and use them when the time comes.

Go to the nearby villages and collect some chickens and ducks.

There are two soups, old duck soup and hen stewed with mushrooms soup.

Fish-flavored shredded pork.

Cumin potato chips.

Shoot the cucumber.

Garlic pork ribs.

Braised pork elbow.

Hand-shredded kiln chicken.

Spicy fried fish nuggets.

Fried peanuts.

Dongpo tofu.

Braised prawns.

Two green vegetables.

The chef who specializes in vegetarian dishes has also added two menu items.

There are about twenty or thirty dishes in total, and they will be served in large ceramic bowls when they are ready.

She can arrange the ingredients based on what's available in the farm. If there's something not available in the farm, she can just spend some contribution points to buy it.

The fruits are grapes and strawberries grown in the village.

For after-meal pastries, Ma and Jiang can make them. Although their taste may not be as classic as that of Yonghezhai in the county, they are still unique.

A sweet pear soup with white fungus.

For wine, serve glutinous rice wine.

After dinner, a few small clay stoves are placed in the tea room, tea is boiled, and pastries are served. You can chat and brag as you like.

Li Changle took Li Ping and his son and the chef to the barbecue restaurant and tea room.

Several people kept sighing along the way, the various scenery was too much to take in.

Li Ping: "I have always known that ordinary farms are used to grow crops and raise livestock, but Miss Li has built a farm in such a unique style. I am ashamed of myself."

Li Haichuan was more direct than his father. "Does the farm still need people to work? Madam Li, do you think I can do it?"

Li Ping slapped him on the back of the head, "Are you still thinking about farming? Stop messing around with the crops, you little brat. Stay in the restaurant."

Li Changle looked at Li Haichuan and said with a smile: "You are the young master of the restaurant. I dare not ask you to come to my farm to work. They are just rough jobs."

Li Haichuan thought that he was doing rough work in the restaurant now, and his father was watching him every day, which was not easy.

But his father was watching him, so he timidly kept his mouth shut.

"Shopkeeper Li knows that the manors of those powerful and wealthy families are also very well built."

It's just that few people do business in the manor. Private manors of the rich and powerful are generally not open to the public.

Leng Yi pushed open the door of the barbecue restaurant, and Li Changle let a few people in.

The barbecue restaurant has a stove in the back kitchen. Even if it is a barbecue business, there will also be a frying menu.

The two cooks looked at the furnishings in the kitchen and lobby and had an idea of ​​what was going on.

After leaving the teahouse, the group walked back. Li Ping said goodbye to the three of them and said that they would come early the next morning to prepare. He also took charge of buying some of the ingredients. He said that he opened his own restaurant and had a fixed supplier for many of the ingredients, and he would bring them together on the day of the banquet.

Li Changle was naturally grateful. Even if he asked someone to buy it himself, it would not be so suitable.

She knew that many people in the nearby villages raised chickens and ducks, so she was happy to let her subordinates go and do some work to earn a few coins. She told Liu Tiechui and he would arrange for Liu Dahe and his men to do it.

The people in the village were assigned tasks by Liu Tiechui. Recently, there has been construction in the village, and most of the manpower has been invested in this matter. It was not until these few days when some finishing work was completed that Sun Daxing started to recruit people. Every one of them was assigned to the relevant plots of land or work according to what kind of work they could do. Those who didn't know how to do it had to learn it.

With this allocation, it seems that there are not so many people available in the manor. After all, once the manor opens later, more people will be needed.

In this way, preparations were made one after another. Every day, a group of people gathered at the gate of Zhuangzi. Many scholars who did not submit their invitations were inspired to write poems by looking at the peony painting hanging on the wall, and they composed poems on the spot with their friends who came with them.

Li Changle was impressed by the elegance of these literati that was everywhere.

There is no distinction between high and low levels of knowledge, but there is a clear distinction between social classes and identities.

But worldly prejudice is a product of every era, and her current identity puts her in a clear opposition to many people.

On May 13th, the gate of the village was crowded with people starting at around 10 o'clock in the morning.

No one dared to disturb him too early because they all knew that Gu Chongguang had been in poor health since he was young.

Horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts arrived at the gate of the manor one after another. The gatekeeper took a list of the invitations that had been submitted in the past few days and checked them one by one against the names reported by the visitors.

The horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts were parked in front of the manor. Those who arrived bowed to each other and greeted each other. Most of them were scholars in blue and white robes, who went into the manor in twos and threes, chatting.

Occasionally, there would be old men with beautiful beards, who would be led by Liu Dahe to the study in the front yard of the house.

The peony painting that had been hanging on the wall for many days and guarded for many days was also taken down and hung in the tea room.

When Li Changle had people move flower pots from Xiaoleshan, she did not just bring down a few pots as she had told Gu Chongguang. Instead, she had people move down the pots of peonies that Gu Chongguang valued the most, as well as a few pots of Phalaenopsis orchids and several colors of chrysanthemums.

Yaohuang, bean green and a pot of Phalaenopsis were moved to the study courtyard where Gu Chongguang lived in the house, and the others were placed at the other end of the tea room.

Someone in the teahouse had already lit the small clay stove and placed a copper kettle on the table, waiting to make tea for the guests as soon as they arrived.

The study in the house was relatively quiet, and Gu Chongguang was still teasing his granddaughter.

Yu'er showed great interest in her grandfather's painting skills and couldn't let go of all kinds of paint. She spent the whole day painting, and her face was stained with paint, which was unbearable to look at.

Gu Chongguang was not angry, and said calmly: "If you can't learn well today, continue to learn tomorrow. If you can't learn it tomorrow, just learn every day. Learning has no end, and the same is true for reading and painting."

It was still a gentle breeze blowing on his face as he gently helped his granddaughter wipe her face and wash her hands.

Li Changle didn't have the heart to tell him that your granddaughter is just a flash in the pan. It's just based on experience.

Let him hold on to this optimistic thought and slowly witness the changes in this little girl.

There were voices at the door of the study, and Mo Zhengde was brought in by Liu Qingyang.

As the old man came in, his beard shook and he pointed to the corner of the yard.

“Chongguang, this is, but…”

"Hey, Brother Zhengde is here." Gu Chongguang stood up from behind the desk and went to greet him.

Although when his daughter-in-law moved the flowers to the study, he said that there was no need to display all the good things, as it would arouse envy for no reason.

But seeing Mo Zhengde's expression at this moment, Gu Chongguang felt a little complacent.

Alas, in his garden, the flowers are so colorful and beautiful, what a sin.

He couldn't suppress the smile on his face, and he helped Mo Zhengde to sit on the armchair.

"Brother Zhengde, don't get excited. I'll have someone bring the flower pots in, and we can enjoy them slowly."

Mo Zhengde nodded when he heard this, "It must be Yao Huang, right? Oh, the last time I saw peonies was at Luo Yang's place... It's been seven or eight years since I last saw them."

"I never thought that there are people in the North who can grow peonies so well."

For some psychological reason, Gu Chongguang moved aside to reveal a pot of Phalaenopsis orchid beside the desk. He then picked up the copper kettle from the small clay stove as if nothing had happened and poured a cup of tea for Mo Zhengde.