Tomorrow is the birthday party, and everyone in Cai Taishi's house is very busy now.

Lanterns were decorated, red silk was hung everywhere, and everyone's face was beaming with joy.

Cai Sui had a son in his old age, so he naturally thought highly of his son. Needless to say, Cai Jing was very fond of his grandson, so no one dared to neglect this birthday party.

Li Qi arrived at Taishi Cai's Mansion early this morning. As soon as he entered the door, he met an old acquaintance. It was the Butler Wang who turned him away from the crab roe banquet last time. But things are different now.

Who doesn't know Li Qi? Li Qi regards Taishi's Mansion as his home. He can come and leave whenever he wants, so there is no need for any notification.

"Hey, Butler Wang, are you here to greet me?" Li Qi cupped his hands and smiled.

Butler Wang also has a certain status in Taishi Cai's house. How could he have greeted a cook? He was just about to go out when he happened to bump into Li Qi. A flash of resentment flashed in his eyes. He has always been the one to stand at the banquet held by Taishi Cai.

Welcoming guests in front of the door was an opportunity for their servants to show their faces. However, Li Qi was solely responsible for this birthday party. Li Qi naturally kicked him away and replaced him with Xiaoyu.

His position made Li Qi hate him so much in his heart.

"Master Li is now a famous person in front of you. Who am I to greet you? I'm helping you get the red carpet." Butler Wang said with a smile. He has now been reduced to an errand boy.

Wow, how miserable is this.

These words are really sour.

Li Qi smiled slightly and suddenly said in a commanding tone: "Okay then, remember, bring me the red carpet as soon as possible. I will check it later." With that, he walked in directly.

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Butler Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses. His face turned purple. He gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see how long you can stay cool."

Li Qi entered Taishi's Mansion and went directly to the back garden of Taishi's Mansion. It was at least as big as a football field. There was an artificial lake the size of a swimming pool, and it was surrounded by birds and flowers. It was a scene from Taishi's Mansion.

At this time, two ten-meter long tables were placed on the wide grass in the middle. Behind the two long tables were dozens of ordinary tables and chairs. Directly above them was a table about two meters in diameter and long.

, a round table with a hollow center.

In front of the big round table is a big room. Under the eaves of the big room, there are three wooden tables made of high-quality materials.

There are wooden pillars erected everywhere around. These wooden pillars are used to hang lanterns. But there are more than ten red cloths on the head gathered from the surrounding branches to the top of the big round table. One can light twenty at the same time.

A large candle lantern hangs under a red cloth.

However, now there are only Cai Yong and a few of his cronies standing in the open space, so it seems very empty and quiet.

"Steward Cai."

Li Qi greeted him, cupped his hands and smiled.

"Master Li, you are here."

Cai Yong returned the gift, then smiled and said: "The furnishings here are all arranged according to your arrangement. Do you think there is anything that needs improvement?"

Li Qi looked around, nodded and said: "Very good. Very good. Thank you for your hard work, Butler Cai."

"I haven't done anything, but Master Li is probably exhausted these days." Cai Yong said with a slight smile.

"Where, where."

Li Qi smiled faintly and asked again: "By the way, are those maids here?"

"I've been here a long time ago. Now I'm changing clothes in another courtyard."

Cai Yong said, frowning and curiously asked: "Master Li, why are the clothes you designed so weird?"

Li Qi smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, Butler Cai. I'm just doing this for convenience."

"Oh I got it."

Cai Yong nodded slightly.

Li Qi said again: "Steward Cai, I'll leave this to you first. I'll go to the kitchen to take a look."

"Well, then go ahead and I'll just watch over here."

After Li Qi said goodbye to Cai Yong, he rushed to the kitchen again.

At this time, in the kitchen, hundreds of cooks were preparing some difficult ingredients for tomorrow night. When they saw Li Qi coming, they hurriedly put down their work and saluted him. Now they were completely convinced by Li Qi.

Li Qi smiled and nodded, letting them continue working. Then he wandered around a few times and gave some pointers to some places. Seeing that there were no major problems, he asked them to finish handling these things and quickly went back to rest. Tomorrow will be five

Update, gather in the kitchen on time.

The amount of dishes Li Qi is going to cook this time is extremely large. From tomorrow's five o'clock until the end of the banquet, there may not be a chance to breathe. If you don't get a good rest, the error rate will greatly increase.

Fortunately, the Taishi Mansion's human and financial resources are very strong, which also alleviates some of the pressure on Li Qi's shoulders.

Li Qi also told the cooks to pay attention to the kitchen where they left after taking a break, thinking that Xiaoyu's side should also be ready.

Before entering the front yard, I heard bursts of shouting coming from the yard.

"Slow down, slow down."

"If this breaks, be careful with your heads."

"More up, left, left."

When Li Qi heard Cai Yong's voice, he was curious as to what they were doing. When he went in, he saw only two or three servants carrying something similar to a plaque, as if they wanted to hang it on the eaves.

What the hell?

Li Qi took a closer look and gasped, this---isn't this the portrait I painted for Mr. Cai?

This painting is actually the sketch he made last time when Cai Jing forced Li Qi to use the best drawing paper in Taishi Mansion.

The only difference is that the portrait has now been changed from black and white to color, and a border has been added.

Day! What does this old guy want to do?

Li Qi looked confused, walked up to Cai Yong and asked, "Steward Cai, what are you doing?"

Cai Yong was concentrating on directing the servants. Suddenly he heard someone talking behind him. He trembled all over. He turned around and saw it was Li Qi. He smiled bitterly and said, "Oh, this is what the master asked us to hang up this portrait. Li Qi."

Master, your painting skills are really amazing."

"Butler Cai, thank you very much."

Li Qi smiled sheepishly, wiped the cold sweat off his head, and murmured to himself, I didn't expect this old guy to be so narcissistic. If he knew that the portrait I painted for him was a portrait of his deceased, I wonder if he would use me to flog the corpse. Fortunately, these days, I can still

I don’t understand the meaning of this. Otherwise, a good birthday party would not be turned into a condolence party because of this portrait.

"Second Master."

"Second Master."

Just when Li Qi was secretly rejoicing, Cai Sui didn't know what was coming and hurriedly saluted him.

Cai Sui nodded, walked to Li Qi's side, looked up at his father's portrait and said, "Master Li, I heard that you painted this painting?"

Li Qi nodded and said, "Not bad."

"I didn't expect you, a cook, to have such skills. You don't know that my father regards this painting as a treasure. Even I can't touch it. Yes, the painting is really good. I heard that you created this painting yourself.

"What's the name of the sketch?" Cai Sui looked at Li Qi with a smile and asked.

Li Qi said modestly: "I made the second master laugh."

"If anyone dares to laugh at your paintings now, why don't my father break his legs?"

Cai Sui laughed. With a look of envy on his face, he said: "Master Li, this painting of yours really looks like it. I wonder if you can paint one for me too."

"ah?"

Li Qi opened his mouth slightly and looked at Cai Sui in surprise.

Cai Sui frowned slightly and said, "What? Are you unwilling?"

"Where. When the banquet is over, I will definitely help the second master draw one."

Li Qi broke into a cold sweat and squeezed out a smile. It wasn't a big deal to help Cai Sui draw a picture, but what he was worried about was that Cai Jing hung the painting here, obviously to make him uncomfortable.

, when the guests came and saw this painting, if they asked him to draw one for him, he would have to suffer from cramps in his hands.

Cai Suan nodded with satisfaction, looked around and said, "Li Qi, did you arrange this?"

Li Qi was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "It was arranged by Butler Cai, but it was all my intention."

Cai Sui saw that the decoration was very strange. He pointed at the long table and asked curiously: "Are you letting the guests dine at this long table?"

"of course not."

Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, my banquet is a buffet banquet."

"Buffet?"

Cai Sui glanced at him curiously and asked.

Li Qi nodded, and then told Cai Sui some ideas about the buffet banquet.

Cai Sui seemed to understand, and said: "You mean, let the guests run to this long table to pick up the food, and then go back to the table to eat? Isn't this too troublesome?"

Li Qi smiled and explained: "The second master is right, but this is the fun of this buffet banquet. In previous banquets, there would be at most ten or twenty dishes on a table, which means that there would be the most number of guests."

You can only eat so many dishes, and it's very troublesome when there are many guests.

And this buffet banquet can serve fifty or sixty delicacies at once for all the guests to taste. Whatever the guests want to eat, they can pick it up themselves without worrying about others. This is one. The second is to facilitate the communication between the guests.
To be continued...