"You should be able to use these two books now. There are also some annotations written by me on them. They are my gift to you."

Xu Mingyan was overjoyed and bowed sincerely to express his gratitude after taking it.

"Taifu Xie, was this book given to you by Master Zhang?"

When Madam Taifu said this, she thought it was some Lord Zhang.

"Yeah, did he show it to you too?"

Gu Lingze scratched his neck a little embarrassedly and said, "I was the one who gave this book to Master Zhang in the beginning."

"What?!"

After Xie Xiru finished shouting this, he began to walk around the study room. After walking back and forth for more than ten times, he shouted with veins bulging on his forehead, "All of you get out!"

Just as Gu Lingze and his companions reached the door, Xie Xiru called out to Gu Xiuyi again.

Even after Gu Lingze and his friends had walked far away, they could still hear Xie Xiru's roar.

"My own..."

"Zhang Huanian, that old bastard..."

Gu Feirui looked at Xu Mingyan somewhat awkwardly.

"Your teacher used this book to knock away two of my grandfather's paintings, so he is a little angry. I hope you don't mind."

Xu Mingyan smiled gently and said, "Teacher Xie is a person of true character. I can totally understand that."

Gu Feirui talked to Xu Mingyan for a few words and brought the war to Gu Lingze.

"Lingze, why didn't you send a copy of this book to your grandfather?"

Gu Lingze felt a little depressed. "When I finished writing, Master Zhang was in a hurry to leave."

"Besides, this happened several months ago. How can I still remember it?"

Gu Feirui and Gu Lingze were arguing with each other, and then they walked to the main hall.

"Why are you guys back so soon?" asked the old lady.

"Grandma, Grandpa got angry and kicked us all out."

"Why is your grandfather angry?"

Gu Feirui recounted what had happened, and the old lady laughed after listening.

"People get more and more irritable as they get older. Ignore him and go check out the fish your uncle brought back."

"Is this the strange fish we are going to eat today?"

The old lady smiled and nodded, and Gu Feirui hurriedly took Gu Lingze away.

"What kind of fish is so rare? Mom said she has never seen one before."

The two went to the kitchen and asked the cook, and then were taken to a large wooden barrel together.

When I opened the lid, I saw seven or eight live fish swimming around inside, which looked a bit strange.

"What kind of fish is this? Why are there spots on its body?"

"This is red-spotted grouper. It tastes best when used as sashimi." Gu Lingze's eyes lit up.

"What is sashimi?" Gu Feirui asked with interest.

Oops.

Gu Lingze realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and felt a little embarrassed.

"Hurry up and tell me what the sashimi you just mentioned is."

It’s no wonder that Gu Feirui is a foodie like him, and he is more proactive than anyone else when faced with such problems.

“Sashimi is fish sliced ​​very thinly and eaten raw.”

"Eating raw fish? That's too fishy."

When Gu Lingze heard this, he was inexplicably inspired, "If you don't believe me, I'll cook it for you."

Gu Lingze did it as soon as he said it. He asked the chef to cut the whole white radish into shreds for him.

Then he asked someone to kill the fish and he personally took the knife to cut the fish.

If you want sashimi to taste good, knife skills are also very important.

Fortunately, Gu Lingze had seen how the chef in a Japanese restaurant prepared the dish before, so he was not unfamiliar with it.

After cutting the shredded radish, put it in cold water to cool it down, then take it out and place the cut fish fillets on top.

The fish meat, as thin as a cicada's wing, is placed on top of the shredded radish, which looks as white as snow and makes people's appetites grow.

Unfortunately, there was no sashimi soy sauce and wasabi, so Gu Lingze used soy sauce with some sugar and water as a dipping sauce.

After thinking about it, he prepared to make a dish of pearl glutinous rice balls for the old lady, and turned around to look for ingredients.

The cook walked to Gu Feirui with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Master Sun, Master originally wanted me to braise this fish, but now you see..."

"It's okay, just tell your uncle the truth, he won't blame you."

Seeing him say this, the cook felt relieved.

By the time Gu Lingze's pearl glutinous rice balls came out of the pot, the other dishes were almost ready, so this dish was placed on the table together with the sashimi that had been prepared previously.

As soon as Gu Tianhua and Xie Luocheng came in, they saw these two unique dishes.

"What is this?" Xie Luocheng asked, pointing at the sashimi on the table.

Before Gu Lingze could explain, Gu Feirui couldn't wait to speak, "Uncle, this is the sashimi that Lingze made with the fish you brought back."

"You and Daddy sit down quickly, I can't wait."

Xie Luocheng smiled and tapped his head with his fan, "You are just greedy."

He turned his head to look at Gu Lingze who was standing beside him, and suddenly his whole body was shocked.

"You, you are Lingze?" He didn't expect that there would be such an illusion between his sister's eyebrows.

He was gently bumped by Gu Tianhua beside him and quickly put away his shocked expression.

"Meet Mr. Xie."

Xie Luocheng laughed twice and said, "Why call me Sir? I have no official position. I am just a businessman."

"Lingze, just call me Uncle Xie."

At this time, Mr. Xie walked in, snorted coldly, and glared at Xie Luocheng and Gu Lingze.

The two looked at each other, feeling somewhat awkward.

"Uncle, where is my aunt? Why doesn't she come to eat with us?"

"You call him aunt again. If he hears you and beats you up, I won't care."

"What about my uncle?"

"He was feeling a little unwell, so he rested in the inner room after he came back. I asked the kitchen to prepare some of his favorite dishes and will bring them to him later."

Gu Feirui nodded, "Then I'll go see him after dinner."

After everyone sat down, they all waited for Mr. Xie to pick up the chopsticks first.

Xie Xiru raised his hand, picked up a pearl glutinous rice ball and placed it in Mrs. Xie’s bowl, and everyone started eating.

Although the Xie family is a scholarly family, they do not have the rule of not talking while eating or sleeping.

Gu Feirui looked at Madam Xie's satisfied expression after eating and said quickly, "Grandma, Lingze made that specially for you."

Old Madam Xie smiled gently at Gu Lingze. Before she could say anything, she heard Old Man Xie snort again and pick up a pearl glutinous rice ball for himself.

Xie Luocheng picked up a piece of sashimi and put it in his mouth. Unexpectedly, the taste in his mouth immediately amazed him.

The meat is delicious and melts in your mouth, without the fishy smell you might imagine.

Gu Lingze also picked up a piece of sashimi for Zhao Chengmo with his chopsticks, and the two smiled at each other.

After that, everyone who had eaten the sashimi praised it highly. Gu Lingze had already prepared to answer questions, but he didn't expect that no one asked him, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After dinner, Gu Tianhua called Zhao Chengmo away alone, and Xu Mingyan also followed Mr. Xie to the study.

"Lingze, your uncle wants to talk to you about ice making." Gu Xiuyi said.