Chapter 21: Manchu-Han Banquet
Shu Wan and Li went to the dining room. The servants had already served all the dishes and were waiting for the host to come and start the meal.
Shu Wan was surprised by the table full of dishes.
There’s so much, can you finish it?
A large round mahogany table was filled with a dazzling array of delicacies, including all kinds of delicacies from land and sea.
Abalone and lobster are the most common.
Shu Wan took a quick look and found some that she recognized: the "Hong" shredded cucumber with chicken, the "Fu" shredded pork loin with melon, the "Wan" shredded spicy tripe, the "Nian" shredded mushroom and hair algae, anchovies and shark's fins, golden Buddha's hand rolls, golden crispy sparrows, dried sea cucumbers, flower mushrooms and duck feet, and the mountain treasure of spiny dragon buds...
These are just the hot dishes. Shu Wan can’t recognize some of the cold dishes, desserts, and soups…
This is a full banquet!
The Shu family really demonstrated the phrase "rich and willful" to the fullest! That's right, the Shu family has nothing, they are so poor that they only have money! At this time, Shu Zheng also came over, and after he sat down, Li and Shu Wan also sat down.
Today's meal was prepared for Shu Wan and Rong Chen, so Shu Wan and Rong Chen were invited to sit at the main seat, but because Rong Chen did not come, Shu Wan insisted on sitting next to Li.
"Dad, Mom, are these... just for the three of us?" Shu Wan asked tentatively.
Even if ten more people come, they won’t be able to finish all these dishes.
"Yes, today is the day you return home. We should have invited all the relatives, but your father thought it was too much trouble and just wanted the whole family to have a simple meal, so he didn't notify anyone else!" Li explained to her with a smile, "Why? Wanwan feels like eating something else? Mother will tell the kitchen to prepare it." She thought Shu Wan felt that it was not enough.
"No, no!" Shu Wan waved her hands hurriedly. She didn't mean that. She just felt that the meal Li was talking about was too "convenient"...
Even ten Shu Wans might not be able to finish this, and they still need to add more dishes. Are her parents trying to feed her like a pig? "Well, then, let's eat. Wanwan, eat more. Look at you, you've lost weight!" Li looked at her and spoke with great distress.
Shu Wan: ...
She had only been married two days.
Did she lose weight? She couldn't help but sigh that for a family like the Shu family that ate delicacies every day, it was a miracle that the original owner didn't eat like a ball.
But the original owner's father was not so lucky. At first glance, you could tell that this man was a wealthy man. His round belly and chubby face made him look honest and cute!
Shu Wan couldn't stop laughing in his heart.
A family of three prepares to eat.
"Oh, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!" At this time, an exaggerated laughter came from outside the door, and the voice was heard before the person was seen.
The three of them looked up and saw a middle-aged woman holding a silk handkerchief and walking in with a smile, followed by a bruised Li Zihao! Yes, this woman was Shu Wan's aunt, Shu Er Niang, and Li Zihao was her son. Shu Wan and Li Zihao were cousins.
Li Zihao and Shu Wan were born on the same day, only half an hour earlier than Shu Wan, so Li Zihao took the title of the older brother.
Over the years, Li Zihao has celebrated the original owner's birthday together and has taken advantage of the original owner in many ways. The original owner paid and Li Zihao just talked, and he managed to coax the original owner into not knowing what day it was!
Shu Wan lowered her eyebrows to hide the disgust in her eyes. In her memory, this aunt was not a good person either. She often asked the original owner to take the good things at home out to honor her. At that time, the original owner was coaxed by Li Zihao and was confused. She didn't think Shu Erniang had any evil ambitions. She just thought that as a niece, it was her duty to honor her aunt.
It's not that the Shu Zheng couple didn't know about these things, they were just too lazy to care about them. The things Shu Wan gave away were not enough to cover the rewards they gave to the people in the mansion at the end of each year!
"Second Mother, why are you here!" Li stood up and her smile faded. She didn't like her sister-in-law from the bottom of her heart.
Her sister-in-law's eyes were always full of calculations. Every time the greedy Shu Er Niang came to the house, she would plunder and take back countless good things. But her daughter was always happy to give others whatever they asked for. She was so angry that she almost had a heart attack.
But what can I do as I only have this one daughter?
But I felt even more disgusted with this greedy sister-in-law.
"My niece is coming home today, can't I come back to see her?" Shu Er Niang looked at Li with a reproachful look and sat down. "Wan Wan, are you used to living in the Rong family? Have you suffered any grievances? If those people in the Rong family dare to bully you, tell your aunt and she will help you vent your anger!" She took Shu Wan's hand affectionately.
Shu Wan pulled his hand back calmly.
"I'm fine!" She said in a calm tone.
"Is that so?" Shu Er Niang looked at Shu Wan with some confusion. Why did she feel that there seemed to be something different about this girl? Why was she so cold towards her today? In the past, she would come up to her warmly and call her "Aunt" in a very affectionate manner when she saw her?
What happened today? Is she so cold because she didn't marry her son as she wished?
Thinking of this, she quickly called Li Zihao.
"Zihao, hurry up and meet your uncle and aunt. This child is really ignorant."
"Hello, uncle and aunt!" Li Zihao then bowed and said, "Wanwan!" At the end, he smiled in what he thought was a very handsome smile and called Shu Wan.
It's a pity that he was beaten up by Shu Wan last night, so his face was swollen and his eyes were bruised. He didn't look good at all and looked like a pig's head.
Shu Wan ignored him and pretended not to hear.
"Well, what happened? Why is he so miserable?" Shu Zheng nodded in response, then asked about Li Zihao's injury.
"I don't know what happened to this kid. He came back yesterday covered in wounds and he wouldn't tell me anything when I asked him." Shu Er Niang said to Li Zihao symbolically, "You are so ignorant. If you were as sensible as your sister, I would feel relieved." Before she finished, she did not forget to praise Shu Wan.
"I did it by accident!" Li Zihao still said the same thing, and subconsciously glanced at Shu Wan while speaking. He didn't dare to say that he was beaten by Shu Wan, because if he did that, he would not be able to hide the fact that he broke into the City Lord's Mansion at night, and he would definitely be beaten by his uncle again.
So I can only give Shu Wan a discount.
But he has already kept this matter in mind, and if he has the chance, he will get it back from Shu Wan.
Not only was he beaten by Shu Wan, but when he was leaving the City Lord's Mansion last night, he had some bad luck. Either he stepped on a cobblestone and fell hard, or an unidentified object flew from somewhere and hit him hard on his hands and feet, leaving him covered in injuries that were even more serious than those caused by Shu Wan.
The most terrifying time was when he accidentally stepped into a trap in the City Lord's Mansion and almost had his neck cut by a sword.
He crawled out of the City Lord's Mansion last night.
When he went there, he clearly didn't find any traps. He really didn't know what the hell was going on.
All this was caused by Shu Wan, he remembered that.
(End of this chapter)
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