In the luxurious banquet hall of the Xie family in Peiping, there was only one table of wine. On a huge golden nanmu table, there were a dazzling array of water treasures, mountain treasures, bird treasures, grass treasures, bear paws, bird's nests, and camel humps.
Deer tail, shark fin, black ginseng, you name it.
This is just a family dinner for the Xie family.
Of course, it is a more grand family banquet. It is not annual or festive. Mr. Xie Chuanzhong was so solemn today that even his most beloved wives drove away, only taking his wife and legitimate son with him.
, there is a reason for setting up such a family banquet.
Xie Chuanzhong was born as a shepherd boy. He was not like Zhu Yuanzhang who had led troops in wars for decades. After being trained in battle, he became a hero in his own right. He became rich overnight, even though he had been extremely wealthy for several years.
Yes, but whether it's the way he talks or looks, he always looks a bit rustic. It's a taste that comes out of his bones and cannot be concealed.
The same goes for his wife Huang. She was originally just an ordinary village woman. This Xie Chuanzhong has an advantage. It is not easy to get rich and have a wife. Although he is now prosperous and has many beautiful concubines, some of whom are several years younger than his eldest daughter, but
He still treated the yellow-faced woman with whom he shared weal and woe with respect as a guest. Although he rarely spent the night in his wife's room, the relationship between the couple was still very strong, and all the household affairs were left to his wife to take care of.
He and his wife have several children who are not too young anymore. The youngest is about the same age as the girl sitting at the top. They sit there upright and don't dare to move their chopsticks because their father said this is Yingtian Mansion.
The nobles who came here had many rules and told them not to show their ugly eating faces in front of others and make others laugh, so the family sat around the table like this and only watched the food. To be precise, they only watched the little girl eat by herself.
The little girl ate very carefully, chewing slowly and looking calm. Xie Chuanzhong and his wife sat on the left and right of her, and the chief position was given to her. They looked at the way they were cautious about this woman and smiled and agreed. It was good.
Xiang is still afraid that others will be a little dissatisfied.
If Xia Xun and Ximen Qing saw this girl, they would probably be shocked. The girl sitting at the top, plain and graceful like an orchid, turned out to be the sesame cake girl who had been with them all the way.
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The sesame cake girl didn't eat much, and she didn't take a serious look at many of the dishes. She picked up a piece of Hericium and chewed it slowly. After the Hericium was swallowed, she put down her ivory chopsticks and wiped them with paper towels.
He wiped his mouth and hands, then nodded and said: "Well, this dish is cooked well."
Xie Chuanzhong and his wife, who had been holding their breath to see her reaction, suddenly smiled. Xie Chuanzhong said quickly: "Then eat more, then eat more."
On the other side, his wife Huang quickly stood up and brought the dish to the sesame seed girl.
"No need, I don't have a big appetite."
Xie Chuanzhong glanced at the table. He saw a large table of delicacies from all over the world. He had been eating for more than half an hour. The girl had eaten less than ten chopsticks in total, and couldn't help but smile secretly.
The sesame cake girl said calmly: "Thank you, member..."
Xie Chuanzhong stood up quickly, lowered his hands, and said respectfully: "Auntie, please tell me, just call me Chuanzhong, but I can't be called a member."
The sesame cake girl waved her hand and said: "Sit down, even if we are a family, we don't need to be so reserved. Although I am older than you, I am still much younger than you. You are always so polite, and I don't feel comfortable."
Xie Chuanzhong sat down hurriedly, his back still straight, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, but the rules cannot be broken. The elders are the elders. We will inherit the rain and dew for eternity, and we should uphold the virtues. My aunt is the same age as Chuanzhong's grandfather.
No matter how young you are, you can't mess with these rules."
The sesame cake girl smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, sir. Although I appreciate your warm hospitality, I won't recognize you easily until I find out. So you don't have to rush to meet me as a family member now."
Xie Chuanzhong blushed and said hurriedly: "Auntie, this can't be wrong. Beat my grandfather. That's what my father told me. I can't read, but I remember clearly, my father, my father told me since he was a child.
, I am a descendant of the Xie family in Yangxia, Chen County. I have been told to recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors when I want to make a career in the future, and not to forget my ancestors."
"Okay, okay, don't be impatient, listen to me slowly."
The sesame cake girl glanced around the large Xie family and sighed faintly: "Well, to tell you the truth, except for Xie members, our Xie family in Yangxia, Chen County has been passed down to this day, and it has long been unable to compare with the glory of the past. Our Xie family
As for the side branches, they walked leisurely to a pavilion, looked at the heavy snow falling outside, and said happily: "It's snowing so heavily. If it snows like this a few times, it will be a good harvest next year."
"You, even though you have a huge family fortune and a lot of gold and silver, you still can't forget those few acres of land in the countryside."
Huang dusted off a few snowflakes that had fallen on her husband's shoulders angrily, and said, "I was so scared just now that I didn't even dare to breathe. He is a person from a wealthy family. Don't look at his decline. Look at it.
Her appearance and demeanor, well, I can't learn them no matter what. But is your method good? I see that this girl is a very shrewd person."
"Hehe..." Xie Laocai smiled slyly, and a shrewd look flashed across his simple and honest face: "Why not? Money can make the devil push the devil, and money can make the grindstone push the devil. I don't believe it...
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He stretched out his hands with redness and said loudly: "In the first half of my life, I was poor and looked down upon by my fellow villagers. Now that I am rich, the nobles look down on me. My grandma is a bear. No matter how much she goes to a banquet or drinks, it doesn't matter to me."
Holding a gun and a stick, you are sarcastic. How often do I come back angry? But if I recognize the Xie family of Yangxia, Chen Jun, as my ancestor, why do you still look down on me? Let's compare, I am richer than you; you laugh at my background.
Lowly? Who is lowly? Who is lowly! My ancestors are more capable than you, hehe...hehe..."
"Look how beautiful you are," Mrs. Huang touched her husband's forehead and said worriedly: "Can you really hide it? You shouldn't have let the news out first. Now everyone is staring at our family. If this girl doesn't
If you admit it, it will be very embarrassing, and I will not have the face to go out in the future."
"Okay, don't worry, stop nagging, my ears are calloused. Didn't you also see it when we went to Tongzhou to pick her up? Even though she is dressed plainly and elegantly, she is still not as good as ours.
Lao Xie's family only has fame, and I, Xie Laocai, have only profit. If she recognizes me, she is famous and beneficial, and I am both profitable and famous, what's wrong with that?"
Huang said: "That's not what you said. I heard that these aristocratic families are very strict about their rules. Even if they are poor and starve to death, they will still pretend to be aristocratic families and refuse to associate with ordinary people like us. Don't call them that.
See what's wrong."
"Well..." Xie Laocai thought about it and ordered: "You are a woman, you have easy access. Go back and talk to her, try to trick her and see what she wants to check. I asked Mr. Jiang to spend a lot of money.
There are many people waiting for her. They are either the most powerful civil servants in the government or famous Confucian scholars in Peiping. We will make her whatever she wants to see. She just wants to see our ancestral graves, and I can do that too.
I'll create a big piece for her overnight, and I'm sure there won't be any flaws!"
Xie Laocai suddenly remembered something and said again: "I think she trusts the little girl who is close to her the most. If you do some favors to that girl, it might have a big effect. At least she can say good things to us in front of Miss Xie.
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When Xie Chuanzhong said this, he said with great satisfaction: "Give her a message through the little maid named Nan Feifei. As long as she allows me to recognize my ancestors and join the Xie family's genealogy in Chen County, I will donate money to repair it."
Ancestral temple, I, Xie Laocai, are short of everything except money. I want to use money to create a noble ancestor, hahaha..."