Chapter 220 Returning with a Full Load
Chapter 220 Returning with a Full Load
The New Year's banquet is the day after tomorrow. I just hope that God will be kind enough to stop the rain.
"Miss, they've arrived. The carriage from the manor has returned."
The sound of snow falling in surprise came from the pavilion, and Xue Ruanruan's lips curled into a bright smile.
"Clean up the kitchen, everyone come out and move the supplies."
"Yes, Miss."
The cook, the female cook, the maids, and the fire-tending girl all stood in the courtyard, waiting for the carriage to arrive.
One after another, horse-drawn carts loaded with supplies drove into the backyard, numbering more than a dozen, which was quite a sight.
"Young Miss, all the supplies have been transported back to the manor. Please inspect them."
The lead guard jumped off the carriage and knelt on the ground.
"Thank you for your hard work, let's start unloading."
"Yes!"
The first five carriages were filled with meat, all of which were whole, processed pork, beef, mutton, venison, and roe deer meat, totaling twenty or thirty heads and several thousand kilograms.
The servants were all stunned; they had never seen so much meat before. The young lady was far too extravagant.
"Put all this meat in the warehouse."
The contents of the three carriages behind were even more astonishing: they contained marine creatures, which only grow in the ocean.
The guards carried buckets of fresh fish, crabs, prawns, conch, sea cucumbers, mantis shrimp, pineapples, snails, oysters, sea cucumbers, and other delicacies, a dazzling array that was hard to look away from.
As instructed by Xue Ruanruan, a warehouse was specially set aside to store the seafood.
The rest are vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, and other food items.
Crisp and fresh vegetables that look like they were just picked from the ground; colorful fruits that look delicious and juicy; watermelons that can only be eaten in summer; mangoes as big as an adult's fist; golden and crispy dried fruits; a dazzling array of food...
The servants of the General's Mansion were all stunned. Where did the young lady buy so many things? Many shops outside had to close down because they couldn't buy any.
The young lady is really capable; she managed to get so many things.
Without further hesitation, everyone followed Xue Ruanruan's instructions, picking out the ingredients needed for today's cooking and storing them in the kitchen, while the rest were all placed in the storeroom.
The kitchen in the backyard of the general's mansion was not small, and it was quickly filled to the brim, leaving no room to move.
Everyone had never seen so much food before, and they all stood there dumbfounded, staring at Xue Ruanruan in bewilderment.
"What are you waiting for? There's no room for all this stuff in the kitchen. Move the rest to the storeroom. This is all for the New Year's banquet the day after tomorrow. Don't leave it in the kitchen, take it all out."
Xue Ruanruan was in a flurry of activity, directing the servants to move away the ingredients she had prepared for the New Year's banquet.
Despite the biting wind and frigid weather, the servants were sweating profusely and feeling extremely hot.
The cooks and maids also hurriedly helped to organize the ingredients in the kitchen.
Even with five or six people working together, it still took them more than half an hour to sort and arrange everything neatly.
Just when everyone thought all the goods had been transported, carriages continued to drive into the backyard.
There were ten carriages in total, the horses panting heavily from exhaustion, their wheels sinking into the snow because of their weight, leaving two deep ruts.
"Young Miss, the grain has been delivered."
"Okay, unload it over at the grain depot, don't bring it over here."
Xue Ruanruan was wearing an apron, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her delicate, fair face.
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