If Yan Xia couldn't see so many people, she would have thought all the guests had gone home.

What's wrong?

Yan Xia approached with a puzzled look.

It turns out they were just addicted to the food.

Everyone was holding a bowl, drinking soup and eating cold dishes.

Even Lu Baozhu was eating boneless chicken feet with sour and spicy sauce.

Chewing with a "gurgling" sound.

Of the five tables, three were for men and two were for women.

The women ate more elegantly, while the men did not care at all. By the time the hot dishes were served, three tables were empty except for empty plates and bowls.

"Manager Yan, no wonder your restaurant and pastry shop are doing so well. Even your home-style dishes are so delicious. No one else can compare!"

"That's right, oh my, I've never eaten such delicious food before. I went to the capital before and had a meal at Huiyan Restaurant, which cost me fifty taels of silver, but it couldn't compare to a single penny of your home-style dishes! If you opened a restaurant in the capital, wouldn't you make a fortune!"

"Why go to the capital? Just open it in Shuangqiao Town, and I'll be a regular customer! This spicy and sour boneless chicken feet is so delicious! I never knew chicken feet could be cooked like this. I used to think chicken feet were an ingredient for the lower classes and I didn't bother to eat them. Now that I think about it, I should really be punished. I've missed out on so many delicious foods over the years."

"Aunt Yan, I love all these dishes. No wonder everyone says the food at your house is delicious. It's true. My trip today was definitely worthwhile."

The guests chattered excitedly, mostly praising Yan Xia's delicious home-cooked meal.

Even Lu Baozhu was no exception; as she spoke, there was a chicken foot and half a bowl of soup in each of her two bowls.

Yan Xia was secretly overjoyed.

Of course it's delicious.

This is a recipe book from a ten-star chef that she bought from the system two days ago for two hundred points!

Don't be fooled by these ordinary boneless chicken feet; they're completely different from what you buy online these days. They have no fishy smell at all, and the sweet, sour, salty, and spicy flavors are perfectly balanced, making them irresistible. Plus, the maid carefully removes all the bones, so you won't find a single bone fragment.

The experience is doubled.

That manual was a full four fingers thick.

After deciding on the dishes to be used for today's banquet, Yan Xia copied them down by hand and handed them to the chefs in the mansion.

There are four cooks.

All of them were signed with permanent contracts.

We are not afraid that they will betray us with the secret formula.

The reason Yan Xia bought the secret manual wasn't for the banquet. Actually, she was tired of the chef's cooking. In modern times, she didn't have money, so she had to control her eating. But after coming to this dynasty, she earned so much silver.

Of course, we should try our best to improve the food.

Anyway, she still has several hundred points left.

Using a little won't hurt.

And sure enough, it worked! It's obvious that Lu Baozhu's appetite has been whetted.

We'll talk about teaching later.

It's definitely negotiable.

Yan Xia suppressed her secret joy.

He personally introduced the hot dishes to Lu Baozhu.

The banquet lasted until the afternoon. After the meal, the opera troupe that Yan Xia had invited arrived. She led the women and girls to sit in the courtyard of the second courtyard and listen to the opera.

Chang Lu and Chang Fu were responsible for entertaining male guests in the first courtyard.

Playing with the bamboo plaques and such that Yan Xia makes.

Because Lu Baozhu held the highest status, she sat in the main seat, with Yan Xia to her right and Chang Yu to her left.

As darkness fell, Yan Xia led everyone back to the first courtyard.

A five-tiered cake was placed on a long table in the middle of the courtyard.

It is very conspicuous.

After waiting for her children to make a wish and blow out the candles, Yan Xia had them take a knife and cut the cake.

Offered to guests to enjoy.

Because we ate too much at noon, we each ate a piece of cake in the evening.

So after everyone went home, no one ate dinner.

Including Lu Baozhu.

She returned to the mansion and happened to run into Magistrate Lu, who was off duty.

"Baozhu, where have you been? Dad came home early today to have dinner with you. Your mother is in Jiangnan County. Aren't you bored all by yourself?"

Magistrate Lu was only this gentle when he spoke to his daughter.

This is nothing like the way he used to angrily rebuke prisoners in court.

"Father, you eat. I'm full, I really can't eat anymore." Lu Baozhu let out a burp.

Touching her belly with her hand.

It's bulging and puffy.

She lost her composure at noon; she was so full from that meal that she felt like she was about to choke.

In addition to watching a play in the afternoon, I also tried some new pastries and drinks, and ate a big piece of cake in the evening.

I almost threw up.

"Oh? Where did you eat? Did you go shopping with your maid? Those snacks won't fill you up. What if you get hungry in the middle of the night? Let me have the cook make some of your favorite dishes, and you can have a bite later, okay?"

Magistrate Lu was worried that his daughter would go hungry in the middle of the night.

I started trying to persuade her to eat a little more.

"I'm not eating anymore, I'm really full, Dad. I went to Aunt Yan's house today. It was her eldest son Changfu's and second daughter Changyu's birthday. I gave a gift to Sister Changyu. I went to Aunt Yan's shop to eat pastries and drink sweet soup before and had a good chat with Sister Changyu. I had nothing to do today, so I just went to have some fun. I didn't expect that the dishes at Aunt Yan's banquet were things I had never seen or heard of before. They were so delicious. I ate until my belly was round. Look, my clothes are even tight. It's a good thing Mom isn't here, otherwise she would have scolded me."

Lu Baozhu stuck out her tongue.

It's pink.

It looks rather playful.

"You really deserve to be scolded. Your stomach isn't good, how can you hold your food like this? Someone, make a bowl of digestive soup for the young lady!"

After giving instructions to the maid, Magistrate Lu tapped Lu Baozhu's forehead with his finger.

But he had a smile on his face.

He couldn't even bring himself to pretend to be angry with his daughter.

"Daughter was wrong, Father~"

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