The whole family traveled through the hidden mountains, and the general always came to get the wool

The next morning, Xiao Yi had breakfast and left.

Shen Jingzhou originally wanted to take his wife home, but Bai Youyou felt that there were many things on the farm that she had not seen and did not want to leave.

In the end, Shen Jingzhou had no choice but to stay and accompany his wife. After all, it was not the first time that he shamelessly ate and drank for free at the Su family.

The two of them didn't stay for many days. On the third day, Bai Youyou's mother, the prefect's wife, sent someone to call them back to the city.

When he came, he asked the nanny beside him to bring a lot of thank-you gifts to thank the Su family for taking care of Bai Youyou.

Even if Bai Youyou wanted to play on the farm again, she had to go back.

When leaving, Su Weixi asked the servants to prepare some fruits and vegetables from the farm for the two to take back.

I also prepared a few baskets of strawberries and two baskets of watermelons for Bai Youyou's parents' home. The first batch of watermelons in the field have ripened.

Bai Youyou happily followed Shen Jingzhou back to the city with her favorite fruits and vegetables.

As soon as she left, Su Ma and Su Weixi both breathed a sigh of relief. After all, there was an active pregnant woman jumping up and down in the farm every day, and everyone was quite worried.

As time went by, more and more strawberries and watermelons on the farm were ripening.

Su Ma remembered that she had attended a banquet with some ladies who were on good terms with her, so she asked Shi Zhuangtou to prepare some strawberries and watermelons and send them to Su Mansion in the city.

He asked the housekeeper to send two watermelons and a small bamboo basket of strawberries to each family according to the list, and said that they were fresh fruits produced on his own farm so that everyone could have a taste.

Originally, she just thought of it as an ordinary social interaction, so Su Ma didn't think much about it.

Unexpectedly, at noon the next day, Butler Sun hurried in from the city with a large stack of visiting cards in his hand.

Su's mother opened the box and began with a simple greeting. Then she praised the taste of the strawberries and watermelons sent by the Su family. Finally, she asked if there were any more strawberries and watermelons sent by the Su family, and whether the elderly and children in the family liked them and she was willing to pay a lot of money to buy them.

Mother Su never expected that a simple gift she gave would cause such a chain reaction.

Thinking that these fruits were grown by his daughter for the family to eat, and that he had discussed the gift giving with her before, and that someone now wanted to buy them, he also had to discuss it with her, he asked Nanny Sun to call Sun Weixi over.

After a while, Su Weixi was called back from the field by Nanny Sun, and Su Ma told her what happened.

"Sure, Mom, I knew this would happen when you sent it out before." Su Weixi agreed generously.

She had this plan before giving it away, because strawberries can't be kept for a long time like watermelons.

However, thinking that there was only one acre of strawberries this year, if there were too many people who wanted to buy them, the Su family might not be able to supply them, Su Weixi had another idea.

"Mom, I see you have received quite a few posts. If you sell them, other people who come after hearing about it may not get them. I have an idea here, do you want to hear it?" Su Weixi said to Su Ma mischievously.

"Kid, just tell me what you think."

Afterwards, Su Weixi told Su Ma about his thoughts.

If everyone in the city wants to buy strawberries, the Su family might offend people no matter who they sell to or who they don't.

It would be better to sell them strawberry seedlings and tell them how to grow them.

Rich families have farms and fields, so they must be able to spare some land for their own farming. As for the careful maintenance of the fields, they also have the manpower to do so.

"Your idea is good, but how do we tell them? It will be too much trouble to tell each family one by one." Su Ma began to worry.

"Oh, mother, this is easy. Don't those ladies like to hold banquets? Our family has never held a banquet, so let's send a message to everyone and invite them to the strawberry banquet." Su Weixi thought of the banquets that the wives of officials liked the most.

"This is a good idea." Su Ma immediately clapped her hands and decided to use Su Weixi's method.

Then the two began to discuss how to organize and where to hold the banquet.

Finally, it was decided to hold the banquet on the farm and directly invite the ladies to experience the joy of picking strawberries.

Although the farm is not as big as the mansion, this farm used to belong to the Duke of Zhenguo. It has everything that is necessary, so it is not indecent.

After the two of them decided who to invite, they drew up a list.

Su Ma was responsible for arranging the seating, while Su Weixi was drawing up a menu for the banquet.

After the invitations were prepared, they asked Butler Sun to arrange someone to deliver the invitations, and the replies they received were that they would definitely attend the banquet on time three days later.

During these three days, Zhuangzi was extremely busy with everything.

Because of the banquet, An An and Ning Ning had a few more days of vacation. They ran around the farm every day and played with the children from the farm and nearby villages.

To hold a banquet, it is necessary to have more people, so Su Ma asked housekeeper Sun to go to the city to bring many servants who stayed in the mansion to the farm.

Fortunately, Su Ma, following Nanny Sun's reminder, hired a lot of servants for the house and had Nanny Sun train them all, otherwise there would really be a lack of manpower.

After Bai Youyou knew that the Su family was going to hold a banquet, she was afraid that this was the Su family's first time hosting a banquet and they lacked experience, so she asked Shen Jingzhou to send a nanny to help.

Along with the maids came a letter from Bai Youyou, which said that after returning to the city, she was being looked after by the maids sent by her wife, Mrs. Bai, otherwise she would definitely come to help.

The letter also said that she would attend the banquet with Mrs. Bai on the day of the banquet.

Su Ma was very welcoming to the maids who came to help. Although Nanny Sun was experienced, she had lived in the capital before and might not be familiar with all the rules of the border town.

In addition, there are some relationships between families that Su Ma and Sun Ma are not very clear about.

The arrival of several maids really helped a lot.

For example, what is the lady of that family allergic to? Although the two ladies are sisters, they have had some dirty things happen between them. Normally, whenever someone holds a banquet, they will be separated from each other, etc.

Su Ma and Su Weixi have broadened their horizons.

Su Weixi has been trying out dishes for the past three days. Although she has made them before, she is not familiar with them as she hasn't done it for a long time.

Moreover, it was obviously too much for her to handle preparing food for so many people at the banquet by herself, so she also had to teach a few cooks.

Fortunately, the cook herself had cooking skills and she knew how to do it after watching Su Weixi do it a few times.

Although it is called a strawberry banquet, the dishes are not all made of strawberries, it’s just that strawberries are the main ingredient.

Su Weixi has not yet made dishes like fried pork with strawberries like some university cafeterias in his previous life.

She mainly used strawberries to make desserts and drinks, and the other dishes were prepared according to the dishes that would be served at an ordinary banquet.

Considering that there were limited manpower at home and Zhuangzi had a large garden, Su Weixi decided to follow the modern style and hold a buffet-style banquet.

So we added a barbecue to the menu, and included grilled vegetables, grilled meat and grilled fish.

Su Ma agreed with this idea wholeheartedly. In the past, she often did not eat enough when attending banquets, and she often secretly brought snacks with her.

"But will people not understand some of the dishes?" Although Su Ma thought that the buffet format was better, she was worried that others would not understand.

"Oh, mother, this is easy. We can write a description of each dish next to it. Most of the ladies can read. We can also arrange a few eloquent maids to stand by and explain it to everyone."

"It sounds almost like a trade fair, hahahaha." Su's mother thought of some trade fairs she and Su's father attended in their previous lives.

"You know what, they really do look alike." Su Weixi also laughed.

With the concerted efforts of everyone in the Su family, the Su family's strawberry banquet is finally ready.