"As for the dog and the goose, they were pets raised by my grandfather and his friends."
"pet?"
Liu Song and He were even more puzzled.
Yan Funing tapped her forehead with the back of her hand and said with a smile, "Pet is a pet name for an animal that you carefully raise. Yes, a pet name."
"Come to her advantage." Liu Song reacted, "Is there anything my daughter can help us with?"
"Not at the moment, uncle and aunt, go and do your work."
"Okay, call us if you need anything."
Around noon, more than ten cold dishes were placed in ice basins and loaded onto the Yan family's carriage.
Then, they added meat and bone sticks for the dogs and cooked a large bucket. They also filled a basin with grain for the geese, and added small fish and shrimp in a large bucket. All this food was loaded onto the tavern's horse-drawn cart.
There is a lot to eat, so we need someone to accompany us on the way to the eastern suburbs.
As he spoke, he walked to the pavilion, put his hands on his hips and shouted towards the roadside, which was more than ten feet away: "Girl, it's so cold, what is he doing here?"
Seeing that there were very few bowls and chopsticks, the elders began to suspect that there might not be any for us either.
The old men smiled and said:
With a goose and a hook following me, I put my hands behind my back and hurried towards Nanyuan, not to see Yan Funing.
Liu Song said, "The restaurant is fine."
"Shan Weiyi, this is his grandson, right?"
The elders stood up, and no one said, "First, see what dishes the Duke's daughter has sent. It will be too late for us to leave."
Yan Funing called the four waiters together and said to Liu Songhe, "Uncle and aunt, I'm taking Xiaowen and the others with me. If the restaurant is busy at noon, I'll have to trouble you all."
Yan Funing continued, "That dish is braised beef with soy sauce made from the sirloin. It's cut horizontally, and it's soft and tender. Grandfather, you uncles can try it too."
“It’s not made just for Grandpa.”
Yan Funing also said something else, "Grandfather, all the uncles, you are back."
The old Duke was quite pleased with himself: "Alright, today you have to deal with Ke Zhong, and let them go."
The front commander followed his men to carry the dishes over.
"The old Duke is not going to have a good time." The old men said one after another.
Hearing this, Yan Funing understood and nodded in agreement: "Grandfather Yuan, you are leaving now."
The old Duke turned around and laughed, "His eyes are really evil. He is really your grandson."
"Mom, I know."
He looked around and said, "Old buddies, sit down and start eating."
Yan Funing quickly ordered the waiter to pass over the dipping sauce.
I'm sure the old men weren't surprised by the overflowing table of food.
"Grandfather, come and bring him food."
Only the old Duke stroked his beard over and over again.
As a result, the old men envied the old Duke's not-so-sensible grandson, and their praises stopped.
This kind of scene is even more pleasant.
Inside the pavilion, the old minister discussed with everyone: "Let's just have a quick lunch today, and then find a lake to let the geese splash around in the afternoon."
The old Duke took the lead in eating and nodded repeatedly.
I simply ate all the remaining dishes, and I had to eat the dishes made by my own grandson first.
Old Master Yu said, "They are indeed relatives."
As everyone was talking, no one showed any intention of leaving the pavilion and going to the farmer's house to have a proper meal.
He picked up a small shrimp and peeled it.
Seven waiters, plus Li Xinheng, Liu Chengwen, Caiyu, and Yan Funing herself, the four of them served the dishes and slowly placed all the cold dishes in the car on the stone table in the pavilion.
"There are so many rich daughters from wealthy families who are rude but can cook."
Old Master Yuan narrowed his eyes and saw two carriages parked on the side of the road. A pretty young lady got on one of the carriages at the back. She looked quite familiar.
The old Duke then smiled broadly: "That's still a little short."
The two carriages arrived at the eastern suburbs just at dinner time, and the sun was getting hotter.
The old Duke finished his speech and said, "Girl, did he make this especially for Grandfather?"
The pavilion was the same one where I had just been fighting geese and walking the dog.
"Yes, yes, let's see."
As we looked at each other, Yan Funing called out crisply, "Grandfather, all the uncles, those dishes were prepared by you and the restaurant's chef. It's cold, do you know if they suit their appetite?"
We finished eating half an hour ago.
"sensible!"
He waved her hand and said, "Be careful on the road, my daughter." She reminded her son who was driving, "Be smart."
Following behind was the restaurant carriage driven by Li Xinheng.
I simply went back to Dongyuan.
"Listen, listen, the old Duke's grandson is not rude."
Not only that, the dishes and chopsticks were also broken.
"Mrs. Bo is Miss Yan's elder sister. So, your grandfather can be considered as the half-grandfather of the Yan family?" Old Master Yuan was quite pleased with himself.
At that time, no old man sneered: "Old Yuan, he really knows how to get close to people."
Seeing his grandson leaving, the old duke frowned and wondered if that girl was okay.
Yan Funing personally put a pair of jade chopsticks into her grandfather's hands.
Yan Funing ordered the servants to clean up and put all the bowls, chopsticks, plates, empty buckets and basins under the car.
Yan Funing's soft voice lowered.
As soon as the dishes came down, the ice basin in the car was also put out, and the pavilion immediately became much cooler.
Yan Funing raised her hand and introduced, "The claws of the shrimp haven't been cut off yet. The shrimp meat was iced before being cooked, so it might not be chewy. Grandfather, all the uncles, please don't try it. If you think the shrimp meat is too hard to swallow, try the shrimp paste, which is made with shrimp meat."
The old man dipped the shrimp in the sauce, took a bite, and his eyes lit up: "Well, although it's not chewy, the shrimp meat is very tender."
Seeing that we were eating happily, Yan Funing raised her hand and ordered someone to carry food for the geese and dogs from under the car.
The shrimps and shrimp paste were taken away by the old man just now, but I can give in now.
Old Master Yu sighed, "The old Duke is just unlucky. All us old buddies are busy fighting geese and walking dogs all day long. Whose grandchildren have ever come to visit us? Except for the old Duke's family."
In just a moment, all the old men were seated.
The old man ate the shrimp paste and praised it highly: "It's tender and delicious, and you can swallow it with just a little chewing. Those dishes are bad."
In the evening, the old Duke returned to the Duke's Mansion.
The old duke stroked his beard and said, "Don't say that. The main issue is you and your grandfather."
There are stone tables, stone benches and armchairs, everything is there, it's a good place to have a meal.
"Naughty, naughty, be careful on the way back." Old Master Yuan said with a smile, "Girl Yan, he will come to your Yuan family to play when he has time. Your granddaughter-in-law is his biological sister."
The dogs were now lined up in a row, gnawing at their bones in unison, while even the geese were quite unorganized, gathering around the basin to eat grain and the bucket to eat large fish and shrimp.
The stone table was cleaned and the floor was swept.
The pavilion is quite small, and because the elders often play games here, we invested in its renovation a few years ago.
"You think that all of you uncles are my grandfather's friends. If you make too much, he will give it all to his friends and eat it all himself. So, I made less."
Liu Chengwen waved his whip and the Yan family's car left first.
After he finished speaking, the old men slowly extended their chopsticks to the shrimps.
"It's cold, so I guess there won't be anything greasy. Shan Weiyi probably hates greasy food, so you can finish it off for her."
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