Bai Shan watched the two of them joking around from the side, smiling slightly without saying a word, his eyes seeming to hold a sense of nostalgia.
They often bickered like this when they were young.
Lunch was ready quickly. Lu Yulan instructed her younger brother to place the winter melon soup in front of everyone before serving the dishes.
Grandpa Lu looked at the exquisitely carved patterns and smiled, thinking that the two of them had gotten a good deal.
Once everyone was seated at the table, Grandpa Lu spoke up, "Drink soup before the meal. Eat up, and then you can leave. The snow is so heavy, I won't see you off."
As he spoke, he took a sip of the winter melon and old duck soup. It was indeed fresh and sweet, with a light and refreshing aroma of plants, without the fishy or gamey smell of typical meats.
It's less bland than a simple vegetable soup, and has more layers of flavor.
The flesh of the winter melon soup is edible, and the texture changes slightly depending on how far you are from the soup.
He Zhang, who had been quite happy, started to droop his face after hearing this. He was about to retort when Bai Shan pulled him back.
"Eat, eat, don't talk about serious matters."
As they talked, the group started eating. Braised winter melon is best eaten with steamed buns, not white rice. Taking a bite of the dish and a bite of steamed bun makes it less likely to choke.
Lu Yulan lowered her head, took a bite of the steamed bun in her hand, gave a bite to Xiaozhu, and then put a small piece of winter melon on her plate.
Bai Shan took a sip of soup, his eyes casually glancing at everyone at the table. He inadvertently noticed Lu Yulan's actions. "This second-tier beast is quite human-like," he remarked. "You've certainly raised a very refined pet."
"It's none of your business. My child can raise whatever she wants. If she wants to raise a dinosaur, I can get it for her."
Just as Lu Yulan was about to smile shyly, Grandpa Lu retorted, so she could only lower her head silently, not saying a word, as she hadn't heard anything.
Bai Shan smiled gently, not caring that Grandpa Lu had retorted, "Look at you, all I did was praise this pet for being quite intelligent and think I should get one for my granddaughter as a birthday present, is that all? Why are you so angry? Have I bullied her?"
Grandpa Lu glanced at him sideways and said, "Don't try to get close to me. I'm not selling. Even if I had some, I wouldn't give it to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a not-so-pleasant sound came from under the dining table.
Lu Yuanhong lowered his head and silently ate the food Lu Yulan offered him, earnestly and professionally cosplaying as a Pallas's cat.
Wu Lin and Lu's younger brother exchanged a glance, pointed at each other, and said at the same time, "Was it you?!"
Grandpa Lu immediately understood, and smiled when he saw Bai Shan's slightly awkward movements.
She turned the round table around to Baishan and Hezhang and said, "Come on, eat more. Lanlan specially prepared this dish for you today. You can't leave the table until you finish it."
"Old Lu, there's something fishy about that smile of yours. Are you up to something again?"
He Zhang looked at Grandpa Lu's excessively bright smile, his cheekbones practically popping out.
"So, are you going to eat or not? If you're not going to eat, then leave now."
"I'll eat, I'll eat."
He Zhang lowered his head helplessly. It was different when you needed to ask someone for a favor; this old man's face changed faster than a woman's.
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, He Zhangdi's face also turned red. They were all well-mannered seniors, so the first surprise was naturally unexpected, and the next thing was to try to control it if possible.
These are all juniors; if we don't do this, won't we lose face outside the empire?
Looking at the expressions of the two senior figures, Lu Yulan felt a little embarrassed. She exchanged a glance with her younger brother and decided to leave the battlefield decisively.
Before he could finish speaking, Hezhang stood up.
"I'm stuffed."
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