Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1192 - 508: Suzhou (Part 2)

The dinner was truly lavish, containing everything that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, or swam in the water, appealing in appearance, aroma, and taste. Yueyao looked on with a growing appetite. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Xiang Wei was not satisfied, however, and remarked to Mingzhu, "Songjiang perch, Yellow River carp, Yangtze River reeve’s shad, and Taihu silver fish are famous all over, but where are the silver fish? And the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab? How come none of these delicacies are here." She had been longing for them, but they were nowhere to be found.

Mingzhu never spoke politely to Xiang Wei: "You’re not leaving today or tomorrow, are you? You won’t be short of food, will you?" This woman, she didn’t appreciate the effort that went into preparing such a table of dishes, yet she complained about the absence of delicacies? Truly, such good intentions were washed away.

Yueyao laughed and said, "If you two aren’t eating, I’m going to start. I’ve not been eating well these past days on the boat." Back in Hangzhou, Xiang Wei somehow found a chef whose dishes were exceptionally tasty.

Mingzhu pointed to the various dishes and explained, "This dish is called ’Squirrel Fish,’ this one is Beggar’s Chicken; and this one is Biluo Shrimp... These are all famous Suzhou dishes, and the chef’s skills are top-notch, very authentic. You should try them."

Yueyao looked at the Beggar’s Chicken, its color a bright jujube red, with an inviting fragrance, and picked up a piece with her silver chopsticks, putting it in her mouth. After finishing, she nodded repeatedly: "Hmm, it’s tastier than the Beggar’s Chicken I had in Hangzhou." The same ingredient can taste completely different depending on the chef.

Xiang Wei also took a bite, and after finishing, she nodded in praise: "Not bad, the taste is indeed more authentic than in Hangzhou." Given that these were all famous Suzhou dishes, she decided not to pursue the matter further.

Everyone enjoyed the dinner to its fullest. After finishing, Yueyao asked, "Why hasn’t Niu Yanghui returned yet?"

Mingzhu laughed and said, "He’s probably gone to see your painting. Your painting is now rumored to be divine. If I didn’t know you for a long time, I might also become one of your followers?"

Yueyao exclaimed, "I thought you were one of my supporters! Since you aren’t, I don’t have to paint for you then."

Mingzhu quickly pleaded, "My mistake, my mistake, I am your loyal supporter." Mingzhu looked at Yueyao’s subtly amused expression and said cheerfully, "You promised me, you can’t go back on your word!"

Yueyao was only joking, there was no way she wouldn’t paint for Mingzhu.

Mingzhu somewhat grumbled, "Why didn’t you bring Brother Shengsheng and Brother Feifei over here? Maybe they could also find a famous teacher!" She knew Brother Feifei had apprenticed under Elder Wen.

Yueyao laughed and said, "Do you think famous teachers are roadside commodities, easy to come by? Leave the children there for now, we’ll bring them over after a while."

Mingzhu disagreed: "Dong Yuan’s family has already moved in, leaving the two children there, what if they are bullied?"

Yueyao laughed and said, "Brother Xuxu isn’t one to suffer losses, he won’t be easily bullied. Besides, they have a teacher to protect them, so they won’t suffer."

Mingzhu got a little curious: "Yueyao, how did the Gu Family split up? I heard there were several attempts to divide the family before, but none succeeded. Now that you’ve come, they finally succeeded in splitting up the family, is it your doing?" Then Mingzhu quickly added: "Well, even if it’s not your doing, it must have something to do with Xiang Wei."

Xiang Wei had eaten too much and was rubbing her belly, too lazy to pay attention to Mingzhu.

Yueyao said, "You’re really like Zhuge Liang, this matter indeed has a little to do with Xiang Wei, but she didn’t do much, just said a few words to my senior sister." Yueyao recounted the whole story.

Xiang Wei’s sharp tongue often hit people where it hurt. Mingzhu said, "Xiang Wei’s words are spot on, Mr. Yu Shan is Dong Yuan’s biological father, but not Gu Jianzhang’s biological father, naturally, Gu Jianzhang sided with his own mother in this matter."

Yueyao felt a bit sorry for her teacher: "Isn’t that true? The teacher actually treated him very well, like a son, but his actions are disappointing. However, Gu Zhe is a good kid, very filial to the teacher." With these few months, it was enough for Yueyao to understand Gu Zhe’s character.

Mingzhu was more interested in how the Gu Family split the family.

Yueyao shook her head and said, "The Old Madam of the Gu Family wanted to quell the anger of the family members and forced my senior sister to present her dowry. With Xiang Wei’s words beforehand, this matter hit the nail on the head, and my senior sister immediately turned hostile, telling my brother-in-law that if the family wasn’t split, she would divorce him."

Mingzhu exclaimed, "Driven to a certain extent, even a little white rabbit can become a tigress." Dong Yuan used to be very talented, but after marriage focused on family and children.