The Wang family and Tian Chrysanthemum family went to the town's market to buy, but Mrs Wang was originally reluctant to spend money, but when she heard her daughter say that those pieces of paper were sold for fifty taels of silver, she also became excited.
Cotton usually costed ten gold coins for a catty. Now that it was only eight gold coins, buying ten catties was equivalent to earning twenty gold coins! Lady Wang gritted her teeth and bought the cotton for the next thirty pounds. This time, she would have cotton for herself and the children to make clothes for the winter.
Since the cotton had been bought, Tian Yuqiao urged Mrs Wang to buy some cloth. Anyway, she had come!
Lady Wang bought another half a piece of red muslin, which was used to make clothes for her and Qiao'er. Then she bought a white muslin, which she intended to keep for the children, who now had only one suit of clothes and no change of clothes.
She even bought five feet of green silk for the jade hall. She planned to use it as a coat when she left it for the school.
The two brothers had already said that they would definitely not go to school, so Lady Wang and Tian Yuqiao could only give up.
He spent about two hundred taels of silver to buy the cloth, but Tian Yuqiao paid without batting an eye. Lady Wang's heart was bleeding, while Tian Yutang turned his head away. He didn't dare to look at the way Tian Yuqiao was paying because he was afraid that he would be reluctant to part with her.
Mrs Wang asked the owner to deliver the goods to the mule cart at the city gate. Yuan Ji stayed there and watched as the cloth shop assistant packed the bags.
Lady Wang turned her head to Tian Yuqiao and asked, "Qiao'er, mother's brain is a little muddled. See, do you think our family is lacking anything? At that time, we'll have to treat you guys to wine, do you want to buy some eggs or something? "
Tian Yuqiao frowned and began to count on her fingers.
She roughly estimated that the Village Head and Elder were definitely going to be invited. There was also the Tian Ju family, Widow Li, as well as the Ceng father and son.
As for the children from the old house, she would inform them to come over at the last minute. After all, moving home was an important matter, so it was better not to call them over. She did not want anyone to gossip about her.
It seemed that the meat was not enough, so she went to buy another thirty catties. Anyway, she could keep the leftovers at home for later.
The butcher felt that she was very generous when she bought the meat, so he didn't bargain. Therefore, in order to get a customer, the butcher even gave Tian Yuqiao more than five pounds of meat.
This item was something that most people did not like to buy. Basically, they would just throw it away, and now it was time for a personal relationship.
When Tian Yuqiao saw the skin, she was immediately happy. As long as she tidied up and removed the pig hair, the skin would be boiled into meat and then frozen for eating.
After thanking the butcher, the family bought more or less the same thing. He decided to buy a hundred eggs directly from Tian Ju Hua's house. They would be priced according to the market price.
They were exhausted from the day, and Tian Ju Hua was surprised to see them buy so much cotton.
In the next two days, Lady Wang had already filled the rice and surface vats of her new house to the brim. Even the meat and oil vat was also filled to the brim.
The day before the move, the pillar had also brought back two firecrackers from the town.
Tian Yuqiao and Tian Yutang followed Mrs. Wang to the old residence and told Old Master Tian that they would move tomorrow and treat them to a banquet.
Old Man Tian didn't have much of an expression on his face. He already knew that his second son would definitely be able to come and invite him over. However, what surprised him was that the guest was from his family.
Lady Li, on the other hand, was still holding her stance and putting on her dirty face. She didn't say a word to Lady Wang.
After notifying the matter, Lady Wang led the two children away and went back to prepare.
There were some dishes that had to be prepared in advance. For example, those that needed to be oiled had to be prepared in advance. Otherwise, it would be too late to prepare by tomorrow.
The people who came to help were naturally Tian Ju Hua's wife and Widow Li. These people were all skilled workers, plus Wang Shi, so it was not a problem to make those five tables.
The day before, after he fried the radish meat buns, Tian Yuqiao also told her about Master Hui Yuan's recipe of soft fried pork loin and smooth meat. Lady Wang tried it out and it worked.
The inside of the spine was wrapped in egg juice and then salted with seasonings.
Cut up all the meat and put it in the cupboard to keep it from being eaten by rats.
Early the next morning, all the clan elders that were invited had already arrived. Since Lady Wang did not have a male host in charge, the Village Chief personally helped to arrange a meeting with the male guests.
Aunt Chrysanthemum helped as the head of the kitchen, and Lady Wang personally called for the people from the old house.
The seeds were fresh, and when Lady Gao came, her eyes were shifty. She grabbed the seeds from the basket and kicked them into her pocket.
Lady Wang also found it embarrassing to say anything more, so she could only helplessly look on.
The entire morning, Madame Li did not stir up any trouble, and by noon, the five tables were already filled with people.
The Village Head and the few elders, as well as old man Tian, sat at a table. The father, son and pillar of the Ceng family were sitting at the same table as Tian Dajiang's group. The women of the house were sitting at the same table as the children. As for the remaining table, she left it for her family members, Ju Hua and the others who came to help.
After the firecrackers sounded, Lady Wang began to prepare dishes for everyone.
The dishes were served quickly. There was meat butchering, meat slicing, soft fried tenderloin, turnip soup, and meat jelly. Vegetarian dishes are also very rich, there are agaric stir-fried cabbage slices, garlic eggplant strips, dry stirred beans, cold mixed crispy cucumber, green pepper stir-fried potato shredded.
No one in the village had ever eaten this soft fried tenderloin and meat slick before. After all, it was made from stored meat. No one had a wealthy family, so how could they bear to eat so extravagantly?
As for Mu Er, they had not seen her and could not help but become curious.
As for the creamy white, extremely smooth and delicious meat jelly, no one had ever heard of it before.
"What kind of food is this?" Why do you have to eat it with garlic sauce? " Madame Gao's face was filled with curiosity as she looked at the piece of meat jelly between her chopsticks.
"Yeah, that's weird. Why is there flowers here?" The Jiang Clan didn't understand either.
With all the dishes served, the main dish was white bread and buns. Everyone was having a good time eating. At this time, Mrs. Wang led the women who helped with the cooking to the table and started to eat as well.
After hearing Lady Gao and the others' inquiry, Lady Wang said, "Oh, this is made from meat, called meat jelly. It tastes pretty good. It's very cold, so if Eldest Sister-in-Law and Third Sister-in-Law like it, they should eat more."