Chapter 141: The Hongmen Banquet
Jiang Li frowned and glanced at the man.
I don't think she just said who made it for her.
She didn't want to let everyone know that she paid Ruan Yuntang to make the perfume, so that everyone wouldn't be jealous of her or envy Xiao Ruan.
Now that everyone knows about it, there's nothing she can do.
She stood up with guilt, pulled Ruan Yuntang over, and sat him down beside her before whispering:
"Xiao Ruan, I haven't told you yet, and I don't know how everyone knows about it."
Ruan Yuntang glanced at Ruan Moli, who was sitting behind Qiao Cui with a well-behaved face, and smiled.
"It's okay. Everyone knows I work in the incense factory anyway."
Jiang Li was relieved. Just as she was about to speak, Qiao Cui suddenly smiled and said:
"Ms. Zheng, I heard your perfume smells really good. Why don't you show it to everyone?"
Hearing this, Jiang Li's face turned unhappy.
Everyone originally said they wanted to try it, and she wasn't a stingy person. But just when Qiao Cui went to see her, she emphasized that she must bring the perfume so that everyone could broaden their horizons.
It's as if this welcome party was held just to give them some perfume!
Besides, her perfume costs more than 200 yuan a bottle, which is equivalent to two months' allowance for the men in her family.
Jiang Li is a respectable person after all. Even though she thought so, she still took out the perfume from her bag.
She sprayed it twice on her wrists, rubbed her tender white wrists against each other twice, and then slowly applied it behind her ears and onto her neck.
The movements were performed as smoothly as flowing water, gracefully and elegantly, leaving everyone stunned.
Qiao Cui glanced at him with disdain and spat inwardly, "Pretentious and pretentious!"
While thinking this, she was breaking the peanut shells in her hands, eating the peanuts and laughing:
"Jiang Mei is indeed from a big city. Her outfits are more exquisite than those of us country girls!"
This statement praised Jiang Li, but it also made others feel uncomfortable with her.
But everyone couldn't help but give face to the newly appointed political commissar's wife, and they also smiled and said:
"Yes, it's really thanks to Sister Jiang that we can smell such a nice perfume!"
"Before us, no one knew about perfume!"
Jiang Li felt a little embarrassed by the constant praise from everyone.
Seeing that they were all staring at the perfume in her hand, Jiang Li didn't think much about it, she put the perfume on the table and said with a smile:
"I'm new here and I didn't bring any good gifts. If you like this perfume, why don't you all try it?"
In an instant, the sisters-in-law on both sides smiled and said:
"How can we accept this? It would be a waste for us to use it."
She said this, but her eyes were fixed on the perfume, especially when someone reached out to pick up the perfume, her hand followed suit.
Jiang Li didn't like what she said and said directly: "How can this be a waste? Women dress up to please themselves."
After she finished speaking, she waved her hand and said, "If you like, spray more. It's okay."
"Thank you so much, Sister Jiang. We won't be polite!"
In an instant, those people held the bottle of perfume as if it were a treasure, and even imitated Jiang Li by rubbing it on their wrists and necks.
Qiao Cui was left out, and she curled her lips in disdain, but said nothing.
Ruan Yuntang glanced at Qiao Cui and Ruan Moli's unusually quiet faces, and his long eyelashes drooped slightly.
After a while, Qiao Cui went to the back kitchen.
The table became more lively, and soon Jiang Li became the center of attention.
Everyone who sprayed her perfume spoke to her affectionately and praised her highly.
Jiang Li responded with a smile on her lips, but she never got too close to anyone. She only took the initiative to chat with Ruan Yuntang.
After a while, Qiao Cui shouted, "Dinner is ready!"
The people at the table hurried to help go to the kitchen to serve the dishes, and Jiang Li and Ruan Yuntang followed.
The dinner was very rich, with stir-fried river shrimp, braised fish, stir-fried beef, and scrambled eggs with leeks...
"Oh my goodness, Sister Qiao, you've prepared such a feast today!"
"Yeah, this meal will cost your old Chen a month's allowance!"
Everyone at the table was incredulous.
Qiao Cui raised the corner of her lips and looked at Jiang Li.
"As the representative of our family compound, I welcome the new family members who have moved in. This is what I should do, and it's nothing to brag about."
"Thank you, Sister Qiao." Jiang Li thanked him without changing her expression, and said with a smile: "When my house is decorated, I will invite everyone to my house for dinner."
The people at the table sensed the undercurrent between the two and laughed dryly, "Then we won't be polite then."
The meal began.
Ruan Yuntang glanced at the dishes on the table, his long eyelashes hiding the light in his eyes, and said to the person beside him:
"Aunt Jiang, please eat less seafood. Haven't you had mouth ulcers recently?"
Jiang Li looked at her doubtfully, then smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just eat a few bites. Aren't there other dishes here?"
"The other dishes are also spicy and stimulating, so you should eat less." Ruan Yuntang reminded in a low voice.
Hearing this, Jiang Li glanced reluctantly at the spicy and fragrant dishes on the table, but turned her chopsticks around and picked up a few small green vegetables to eat.
Qiao Cui saw this and said with a smile, "Why, Sister Jiang, are you not satisfied with these dishes?"
In an instant, everyone looked up at Jiang Li.
"No, I've been having a sore throat lately and can't eat good food," Jiang Li explained.
Qiao Cui smiled and said, "That's easy. There's a steamed crab dish in the kitchen. I'll ask my daughter to bring it over. Just dip it in vinegar and it'll be fine."
After saying that, she shouted into the house, not giving Jiang Li any chance to refuse.
After a while, Chen Zhishuang came out with a plate of food.
She had lost a lot of weight, her face was pale and she looked haggard. When she put the dish next to Jiang Li, she glanced at Ruan Yuntang with dark eyes, then turned and left.
Ruan Yuntang looked at her back and frowned.
She really underestimated Chen Zhishuang's devotion to Jiang Yubai, and it seemed that she even hated her.
In just the moment she was distracted, Jiang Li had already eaten a crab amidst everyone's dissatisfied gazes.
"Aunt Jiang, you can't eat seafood with the wound in your mouth. If the wound becomes inflamed and eroded, you'll have to go to the hospital."
Ruan Yuntang urged loudly.
The people at the table widened their eyes when they heard this, then withdrew their gazes and dared not say a word of advice.
Don’t blame them if Jiang Li gets into trouble in the end.
Qiao Cui said calmly:
"Xiao Ruan, you're making a big deal out of nothing. This seafood is really good. If it weren't for welcoming Comrade Jiang, I wouldn't be willing to spend this much money to eat it."
Ruan Yuntang put down his chopsticks, glanced at the table of people who agreed with him, and said slowly:
"I know you mean well, but you can't force someone who can't eat this to eat it regardless of their health."
She paused and sighed softly:
"Plus, this table is full of irritating foods and seafood. Not only will it irritate those with minor aches and pains, but even those with allergies will break out in rashes and other conditions!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the people at the table changed.
The pain fell on themselves, and they finally became anxious.
"Xiao Ruan, you said these will stimulate those diseases?"
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