Chapter 292 Let the Guests Go Back Hungry
Gu Tang didn't want to argue with her, so he said, "Are you praising me, sister-in-law? It's a pity that I am naturally beautiful and I haven't put on any makeup. If you want to be more beautiful, you can only go back to the furnace and be remade."
Yu was illiterate and didn't know what "re-forged" meant. She asked in confusion, "What does "re-forged" mean? Will re-forging make you beautiful?"
There were both men and women sitting at the table, all from the same village. As there were more men than women today, it was a waste for several women to occupy one table. So the stingy Gu Liansheng arranged for men and women to sit at the same table.
When the other people at the table heard this, some didn't understand it like Yu, while others knew it in their hearts but just didn't say it.
Looking around at everyone, seeing that no one could answer her question, Yu asked Gu Tang very persistently.
"What did you mean by that? I don't understand."
Don’t understand? That’s right!
Gu Tang blinked and said sincerely, "I was just praising you. You'll still be a beauty if you dress up nicely!"
These words touched Yu's heart, and her pretty round face was filled with joy: "You are just like your father! You know how to flatter people with your mouth!"
Gu Tang: ...
Gu Tang: ???
No, sister-in-law! What you said doesn't sound right!
The more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Gu Tang wanted to ask more questions, but her third uncle glared at her and told her not to ask any more.
It's over.
Now Gu Tang became even more curious.
"Oh! The groom is out!" Yu suddenly said, looking at the east wing.
Her words caused everyone to look towards the east wing.
Seeing everyone's curiosity, Yu whispered, "Did you see the ceremony just now?"
Everyone shook their heads and no one came to see.
Gu Tang and his friends were at Gu Tianbao's house before. The others, like his third uncle, were all hiding at home by the fire to keep warm because it was too cold. No one came out to watch the fun.
If you catch a cold because of a lively atmosphere, that would be a big deal!
Getting sick in the middle of winter can be fatal at any time. It's not worth it.
Yu looked very proud, as if you had missed a great show, which successfully made everyone feel anxious.
Gu Tang was more curious than anyone else. She praised Yu, "Good sister-in-law, I know you are amazing. You can't hide anything from you. Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us."
Yu loved to hear nice things, so when Gu Tang praised her, she blurted out everything.
"You don't know, there were a lot of jokes when we were paying our respects just now. First, our Tongsheng master said that his parents were seriously ill, so he wouldn't let them come out to receive the greetings, and only asked Qian to pay her respects to the empty seat.
After the ceremony, Master Tongsheng asked Qian to go to the west room to offer tea to the old couple, but as luck would have it, Feng wet the bed!
Our master, the young scholar, asked Qian to serve them, but who would have thought that Qian was so powerful that she refused to do anything and even said in front of everyone that she would not serve the old couple today, tomorrow, or in the future.
If you push her too far, she'll just take her dowry, get the divorce letter, and leave! Whatever you say, she's already been married once, she's not an older girl, she's thick-skinned and isn't afraid of what people say!
Oh no!
This is a good one!
Gu Tang secretly praised him and asked, "So far, my uncle-in-law has not been able to defeat my sister-in-law. So, is this matter over?"
"I have to forget it. Otherwise, if Qian really leaves, who can he marry in the future? Qian came with a dowry, so she is very confident!"
While the two were talking, Gu Tang saw Gu Liansheng coming towards the shed out of the corner of his eye.
He secretly kicked Yu's foot and winked at her, indicating that Gu Liansheng was here.
Although Yu Shi may not be good at other things, she is indeed very experienced in this area.
Gu Tang kicked her feet and blinked, she understood instantly and changed the topic to the family reunion banquet on the seventh day of the New Year.
"...I heard the invitations were sent? Why didn't they send it to my family? I was thinking of going to the banquet."
“Many relatives didn’t invite us. The weather is too cold. The host suffers, and so do you who are here to enjoy the feast.
My father said, let's do it this way for this year, as long as it's a token of our appreciation. Next year, when it's my grandfather's birthday, we'll invite a troupe to come over and make it really lively!"
Yu loved listening to opera and started laughing immediately, but before she could say anything, Gu Liansheng's voice suddenly came from the side.
"What a coincidence! My father's birthday is the day before Third Uncle's birthday."
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this.
Few outsiders know about this, only the Gu family knows it best.
But Gu Tang was an exception. She was an outsider and didn't know about this.
She ignored Gu Liansheng's words and looked at her third uncle: "Grandpa, is that so? I never heard anyone say that when I was at home."
This was a reference to Gu Liansheng.
It was also a response to Gu Liansheng.
Mr. Gu’s birthday is very close to that of his brothers. He celebrates his birthday at home every year, but never talks about it.
Unfortunately, Gu Liansheng was not very smart and could not understand what Gu Tang meant.
He looked at Agou with jealousy. Seeing that what Agou wore was a hundred times better than those of his classmates who came from wealthy families, his eyes turned red with envy!
If he wore such precious clothes, those classmates who looked down on him would surely bow down to him and fawn on him!
It’s a pity that such wealth fell into the hands of the second son’s family!
God is unfair!
Thinking of this, Gu Liansheng stared at Gu Tang intently and actually threatened her in public: "You are a filial son. Since you hired a troupe for your uncle, you should also treat your uncle equally and hire one for your family. We should celebrate properly!"
These words really refreshed Gu Tang's cognition.
She said, "I am indeed filial. The Third Uncle you mentioned is my grandfather, so of course I have to be filial to him. As for outsiders, they all don't want to do it. Who is filial to their father? Who wants to pass the responsibility on to someone else? Haha, there is no such good thing in the world!"
Gu Liansheng's face turned red, and he finally understood what Gu Tang meant, and instantly became angry.
Seeing this, Third Uncle slammed the table and reminded Gu Liansheng, "It's time to start the meal. Lianshan said you asked someone to calculate the time for the meal. If that's the case, then don't miss the good time."
When Gu Liansheng met his third uncle's eyes, it was as if cold water was poured over his head, and he woke up instantly.
Today is my big day, I shouldn't make a fuss.
He calmed down, then turned around and left without paying any attention to his third uncle.
Everyone was annoyed by his rude attitude and started talking to each other in low voices.
Third Uncle sighed. With this attitude towards life, even if he had a high talent for studying, it would be useless. He would not be able to achieve great things, nor could he become an official.
Even if you can become an official, you will not have a good ending in the future.
Yu was rather afraid of scholars, and when Gu Liansheng was here just now, she didn't dare to say a word.
Now that Gu Liansheng was gone, she came back to life and secretly gave Gu Tang a thumbs up, praising Gu Tang for being so awesome!
Not long after Gu Liansheng left, three women came out from the kitchen carrying trays to serve food.
Gu Ping'an tugged at the corner of Gu Tang's clothes, a flicker of excitement on his face: "Here they come! The food is here!"
As the words were about to fall, the woman holding the tray stopped over here and motioned for everyone to take the dishes off the tray and put them on the table.
The two ladies stood up first and brought the food on the tray to the table.
Gu Tang was eager to try the dish with his chopsticks. He wanted to see how it tasted. He couldn't let Gu Liansheng lose on the seventh day.
After the dishes were served, Third Uncle wanted to invite everyone to start eating.
He glanced at the dishes on the table and was stunned.
What is all this?!
There were three dishes on the table at this time, one was stir-fried pickles, one was boiled radish shreds, and one was stir-fried cabbage.
Is this a banquet?
Third Uncle subconsciously glanced at everyone. Except for the dumbfounded Gu Tang, everyone else was quite accepting of it. They had eaten worse meals than this and could totally accept it.
Others can accept it, but Gu Tang cannot.
She gave up the lively atmosphere of Gu Baoshan's house and endured the cold to sit in the straw hut to eat the banquet, but she was served three vegetarian dishes without any oil!
She's not a rabbit!
She is not a vegetarian!
Agou and Gu Ping'an beside her understood her and knew that Gu Tang would not eat these three dishes.
Gu Ping'an whispered to comfort him: "This is just the beginning of the service, wait a minute, there will definitely be meat later!"
Agou also nodded: "Yes, let's wait and see."
Who doesn’t serve meat at a wedding?
Both of them are full of confidence!
Gu Tang didn't say anything, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Soon, the remaining dishes were served one by one: cold kohlrabi, stir-fried kohlrabi, cold mushrooms, stir-fried mushrooms...
As the dishes were served, even the vegetarian monks would sigh, "At least use some oil when cooking!"
If you don’t even add oil, it’s not stir-frying, it’s boiling!!!
The ninth dish had already been served, and Gu Tang had already accepted her fate. She casually picked up some mushrooms and ate them, leaving the rest untouched.
"Why aren't you eating, girl?" Yu took the time to look at Gu Tang and found that she had hardly moved her chopsticks. She was very puzzled.
Gu Tang didn't hide it and said with a dull face: "I braved the snow to come here, I thought there would be meat."
Yu agreed with this: "I think so too. When your cousin married Wei, and your father married your mother, I heard the banquet was the best in the village. They served three main dishes: roast chicken, roast fish, and mutton soup!"
On weekdays, your cousin eats and dresses quite well, but today he didn't set up many tables for dinner, which shouldn't be the case. I don't know how your cousin does things, he's so unreliable!"
As he was talking, another dish arrived.
When it was served on the table, Mrs. Yu was delighted: "The general said there was no meat, and immediately brought a bowl of broth!"
Gu Tang was also happy. She took a sniff, thinking she would smell the aroma of meat, but... she did smell the aroma of meat, but it was also tinged with a fishy smell!
This bowl of broth is made with pork. It is not fried or stir-fried before cooking. It is simply cut into small pieces and stewed with water. When it is cooked, it is scooped into a bowl and served to the table.
The pigs here are not the improved pigs of later generations, nor are they castrated pigs. They are not fed with grains, but with a variety of things, some of which are dirty.
Don’t expect the pigs raised in this way to taste very good.
In addition, there was no seasoning to remove the fishy smell, and the meat was just water pig. Gu Tang really couldn't eat it.
You don’t have to eat meat… you can be vegetarian too!
Gu Tang twirled his chopsticks, picked up another bit of mushroom and put it in his mouth. Then he paused. The dish had gone cold...
"What's wrong?" Agou asked hurriedly when he saw that she looked unhappy.
Gu Tang shook his head and didn't say the food was cold. He just sighed. Gu Liansheng was really amazing!
He was the one who prepared this banquet, and it was an eye-opener for me.
There was a bowl of meat soup, but Gu Tang and Agou didn't touch it either. Gu Ping'an and Third Uncle moved their chopsticks once, and then didn't move again.
The remaining broth was eaten up by others.
After we finished eating, the pancakes were served.
This time it was Yu's turn to be dumbfounded: "There are only ten dishes! There are eleven people crammed into our table! And each person can't even get one dish?!"
The woman who came to share the bread had a gloomy face. When she heard what Yu said, she couldn't help but complain:
"Master Tongsheng's family didn't prepare anything, so we put together some dishes ourselves, and that's how we got ten dishes together.
If we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we won't even have eight dishes. The same goes for the pancakes, which are only half the size of the ones we usually eat. One per person, no more!"
"What the hell? You can't even eat your fill?!" Yu was dumbfounded.
Hosting a banquet without letting the guests eat enough?!
Oh my god! This is the first time I’ve seen this!
Not only Yu was excited when she learned about this, but everyone started whispering about it, with no hiding of their dissatisfaction and contempt on their faces.
Gu Tang originally didn't plan to take the pancake, but when it was her turn, she took it anyway.
She basically didn't eat anything, just filled her stomach with some bread and went back to have another meal.
After finishing the pancakes, everyone got up one after another and walked home without looking back. No one stayed to talk to Gu Liansheng.
Gu Tang and his group were the first to leave. When everyone saw them get up and go back, they also got up and left.
In the east wing, Qian already knew what happened at the banquet and was very angry at the moment.
Why is this Gu Liansheng different from before?
When he came to see me before, he spent money lavishly and without any scrimping, so why would he arrange the banquet like this today?!
After all the guests outside had left, Qian couldn't help but come out of the east wing and go to the main hall to settle the score with Gu Liansheng!
Gu Liansheng was feeding Feng in the west room at this moment.
After Qian came, she didn't care whether the old couple would be angry or not, and directly told them what happened at the banquet. She also scolded Gu Liansheng for embarrassing her. How could she have the face to see people in the village in the future?
Feng couldn't speak. After knowing this, she could only worry and could do nothing.
Mr. Gu was able to speak, but the first thing he did was to scold Qian: "You uneducated thing! How can you, a woman, speak to your own man like that?! Your Qian family taught you this!"
Qian was not afraid of Mr. Gu and rolled her eyes at him: "Yes, yes, I am uneducated and I can't let the guests go home hungry.
Your Gu family is well-educated, so you can do such a thing. I can't compare to your Gu family!"
"You!" Mr. Gu was so angry that his face turned pale and his chest hurt again.
Gu Liansheng was in a terrible headache. He couldn't offend Qian, and he also wanted her dowry.
The old man couldn't let him get too angry. If he died of anger, outsiders would start to talk about it.
He patiently persuaded Qian: "Go back to your room first. I'll explain to you later after I've fed your mother..."
Qian was reluctant, but after looking around the house, she felt that the old couple was extremely annoying and became furious when she saw them!
After a moment of silence, he reluctantly went out.
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