Chapter 24 Dinner is ready

Lu Yao slept soundly and even had a dream.

In her dream, she saw her parents from two lifetimes. As expected, no matter which world they were in, they had never changed from beginning to end.

Seeing that she was still brooding over what happened back then, they told her that everyone has their own life and path to follow, and that these are all destiny.

Now, they have gone to another world and started another journey.

Just as she was lamenting that she didn't know what kind of mission they were undergoing and how many worlds they would have to go through to complete it, a voice of "Dinner is ready" came from a distance, and she woke up from her dream instantly.

She opened her eyes and met the man's deep eyes.

The man's eyes were very beautiful, with double eyelids, narrow but not small, long eyelashes, and the white of his pupils were in the right proportion. The white of his eyes was not the ordinary white, but had a very light blue tint, which was moist and shiny.

Being looked at by such a pair of eyes, which were so affectionate and focused, Lu Yao was almost obsessed with it.

Fortunately, she quickly came to her senses. She coughed lightly to cover up her embarrassment: "You didn't sleep?"

Judging from the man's expression, he probably didn't notice his embarrassing situation.

Chen Yanrong curled his lips, "Just woke up." He replied softly.

Yaomei is thin-skinned, so he just pretends not to know.

The two of them had their own thoughts, smiled at each other, carefully got out of bed and went to the door to wait for the meal.

Two big men were responsible for distributing the food. The stronger one of them carried a bucket in one hand and a wooden spoon in the other, while the thinner one carried two buckets. They came to the door of a cell and put the bucket down. The thinner one took a bowl from the bucket and handed it to the other man. The man took the bowl, scooped a spoonful of the contents of the bucket and handed it to the person in the cell. The thinner one also took a steamed bun from another bucket and handed it to the person in the cell.

A bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, this is their lunch.

The cell where Lu Yao and the others were located was at the very back of the alley, one side against the wall and the other side connected to the cell where Old Lady Wang and the others were located by a wooden fence. So, according to the order of release, they were the last ones.

The two were not in a hurry.

But the people in the cell next door were very anxious.

Shen Juanjuan and her sister were already extremely hungry. When they heard that dinner was served, they rushed to the door.

“I don’t know what I’m eating.”

Neither of them had eaten breakfast and had been looking forward to this meal.

only……

When the big man walked up to them carrying the wooden barrel and saw what was in the barrel, their faces turned pale green in an instant.

"Dislike it? Then don't eat it!"

The fat man took the bowl and prepared to serve the porridge, but when he saw the two girls' disgusted faces, he immediately put the bowl back and said sarcastically, "I thought you were the high and mighty young lady?"

"That's right," the thin man continued, pointing to the cells not far away: "Did you see those people? They're from the Earl's Mansion."

The Earl's Mansion is a truly wealthy and powerful family.

Following the direction of each other's fingers, they saw that some of the people there were holding bowls and slurping the porridge in the bowls, while others were biting steamed buns with big mouthfuls, as if they had not eaten for a long time. How could they have the elegance and arrogance of the Earl's Mansion?

The two girls swallowed their saliva. They would never become like that.

The big man stopped talking to them and knocked twice on the cell door with a wooden spoon, saying viciously, "Do you want to eat more? If not, I'm leaving!"

Of course you have to eat.

only……

Everyone in the Shen family looked at the bucket.

There are not even a few grains of rice to be found, vegetable porridge with yellow leaves, and black steamed buns?

Are these really for human consumption?

Seeing that they were hesitating, the two big men simply picked up the bucket and went to the next room.

Wang Yalan, the mistress of the household, quickly apologized with a smile, "My two lords, we are new here, and we would appreciate your guidance."

As she spoke, she took off a gold hairpin from her head and handed it over.

This gold-thread hairpin is produced by Linglong Pavilion in the capital. Countless ladies are flocking to it, and of course, the price is also very attractive.

Although the big man didn't understand these things, he knew that what the lady was wearing was definitely not cheap. He didn't hesitate to put it in his arms and asked the other party what she wanted to know. If it didn't violate the rules, it would be okay to just say a few words.

Lu Yao, who had been paying attention to the movements here, couldn't help but admire her. She was worthy of being the mistress of the house who could defeat the official lady and directly take the position. She was versatile, knew how to advance and retreat, and could bend and stretch. It could be said that the male protagonist's success was also due to the contribution of her mother.

After listening to the big man's introduction, Wang Yalan wanted to ask him to help prepare some good food, but when she thought about when they didn't know when they would leave and what would happen in the future, and that she had almost no other valuable things on her except these jewelry, she gave up the idea.

After thanking the big man, Wang Yalan quickly called everyone to come and get the food.

In her opinion, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head when you should, and you have to survive first before you have other opportunities.

Don’t want it? Then just starve yourself!

She first took the old lady's portion over, then went back to get her own portion. As for the others... they could eat it or not.

Old Mrs. Wang originally wanted to complain, but she had already heard Wang Yalan's analysis of the current situation in a low voice. Now she had no choice but to swallow her anger and just hoped that the disaster of the Shen family would pass quickly.

She looked at the bland soup and hard steamed buns in front of her and couldn't help but sigh. How could their Shen family have encountered such a thing?

I don’t know how my son and grandson are doing now.

Thinking of this, she became extremely anxious and had no appetite at all.

Neither Old Lady Wang nor Wang Yalan expressed their opinions, and the other female members of the Shen family did not dare to make trouble and lined up honestly to get their meals.

Soon it was Lu Yao and his friends' turn. The two of them cooperated very well, and the big man was very polite. He even picked up some drier fish from the bottom for them.

Fortunately, they were at the innermost part, and the Shen family members had just been ridiculed by the big man and his men, so they were not staring at this side. If they saw such obvious differential treatment, they would probably be so angry that their chests would hurt.

After everyone left, under Shen Yanrong's cover, Lu Yao replaced the porridge in the bowl with salted egg and mustard greens porridge, which was not strong in taste but delicious and nutritious, and also replaced the steamed buns with buckwheat buns that looked similar.

As for the bowls, I don’t know whether they have been washed or who used them, so they must be replaced.

Fortunately, with her accumulation from two lifetimes, she can almost find a similar substitute.

After everything was done, the two woke up the children and prepared to eat.

The porridge tasted very good, with the fragrance of mustard greens, the soft and salty fragrance of salted eggs, and the fluffy, soft and sweet steamed buns. The two children ate so much that their eyes almost squinted.

Fortunately, I knew where this place was and didn't exclaim in surprise.

The women of the Shen family next door looked at Lu Yao's family of four eating so happily and looked down on them. They thought that things from the countryside were different. Only poor people who had never seen the world would covet food that even dogs wouldn't eat.

only,

The things that dogs wouldn't eat eventually ended up in their stomachs.

At once……

Very frustrating.