Chapter 18: The Family Feast

After seeing the arrival of the eldest lady, the little maid standing there immediately opened the curtain and welcomed her in.

When Mrs. Bai Rong saw Bai Zhen'er coming in, she smiled and beckoned to her: "Sister Zhen'er is coming to my mother's side." “

She obediently walked to Madame Bai's side, raised her eyes and called out to the woman in front of her, "Mother." “

When she saw the relieved smile on Mrs. Bai's face, Bai Zhen'er's eyes shifted to Bai Yuan, who was sitting on the main seat on the side, and her voice was the size of a mosquito: "Father." "Ahem, okay, now that you're here, sit down." Bai Yuan's face was a little unnatural, he rarely spoke since his daughter recovered from her illness, and it was already very good to be willing to take the initiative to call people at this moment, and he didn't care about the size of Bai Zhen'er's voice in his heart.

It wasn't until she saw Bai Zhen'er obediently sitting next to her mother that Bai Jing shouted: "Why doesn't the little sister call the eldest brother?" The tone was plaintive and hesitant.

"Okay, eat first, Sister Zhen should be hungry." Mrs. Bai reluctantly diverted Bai Jing's words, and beckoned her subordinates to officially serve the food.

Lord Bai also directly ignored his son's gaze and waited for the food to be served seriously.

That's it? Bai Zhen'er was a little puzzled, didn't she say that she also invited a real person from Scarlet Bamboo? Why don't you wait for the master to take a seat?

As if seeing Bai Zhen'er's doubts, Mrs. Bai glanced at Lord Bai, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, and in the end, Mrs. Bai still didn't say anything, just cared about picking up vegetables for Bai Zhen'er.

"My favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, and braised pork?" After finishing the dishes, the eldest young master of the Bai family was shocked to discover this fact, not only did he not have the dishes he liked, but he also did not even have meat.

The eunuch's house is also particular about eating, today is a big feast, so there are six hot dishes and six cold dishes, the Bai family has always been frugal, and there will not be so many dishes in ordinary times.

"Today is Sister Zhen's reception banquet, Sister Zhen doesn't eat meat, so today I only served some vegetarian dishes, which was specially invited by the master outside, I heard that I used to serve the Queen Mother in the palace, and the craftsmanship of making vegetarian dishes is a must." Mrs. Bai took the chopsticks and picked up vegetables for Bai Zhen'er.

Yes, now his status has declined, Bai Jing took a deep breath, didn't say anything, lowered his head and ate a bite of food, well, it tastes good.

Sure enough, it came out of the palace, the taste of the dish was not bad, and Bai Jing's face became a little better.

The master of the palace? Bai Zhen'er tasted it, and as soon as the dish entered her mouth, a familiar taste came to her heart.

is really the master in the palace, Bai Zhen'er looked at the vegetarian dishes in front of her with tears and laughter, and lost her appetite for some reason.

"Sister Zhen, isn't this dish unappetizing?" Madame Bai noticed Bai Zhen'er's movements.

"Yes, I don't like it." She simply nodded and admitted, "The chef in the house makes it very delicious, and besides, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and I want to taste the sweet and sour pork ribs that my eldest brother said." ”

"It's my mother who is not thinking about it, next time Sister Zhen wants to eat, just tell my mother."

"Yes." She nodded, looked down at the familiar dishes in front of her, and a thick sigh slipped through her heart, she didn't seem to be able to touch the previous things at all, such as the similar red palace gate, and the vegetarian dishes she was used to in her previous life.

The closer she got to these things, the more she was reminding her of the things of her previous life, and the entrance was a familiar dish, but she ate the sandalwood fragrance in Ci'an Hall, as if she was still staying in that lonely palace.

She really doesn't like this feeling.

After Bai Jing finished eating a bowl of rice, he raised his head and saw Bai Zhen'er looking gloomy, and her frowning little face looked very aggrieved.

Suddenly, Uncle Bai's glass heart began to overflow, and he turned his head to the personal servant on the side and said, "Liu An, go and bring the food box that is warm in the master's room." ”

originally wanted to use the food box to show off in front of Liu Chen, but it seemed that this time it would not work, but he made a promise to that Liu Chen patted his chest, and when he thought of Liu Chen's face after the things couldn't be taken out, Uncle Bai felt his heart hurt, and he was so angry that his heart hurt.

Lord Bai opened his mouth at this time, "What kind of crooked things did you find from the outside?" “

Bai Jing raised his eyebrows, why didn't you stop it just now, now it's an afterthought, although he thought so, the uncle of the Bai family didn't answer his father's words, and waited for Liu An to send the things over.

Wait, I must let you, an old stubborn, see what is called crooked and evil today.

After a while, Liu An came over with an ordinary food box, and Bai Jing personally took the food box, stood up and put it on the table.

Before opening it, he sold Guan Zi carefully, "I spent a lot of time to get a dish, the name is fish flavor tofu." "The name is quite strange, don't sell it Jing'er, hurry up and open our eyes." Mrs. Bai had a smile on her face, she knew that this son had spent a lot of work recently, just to make a bet with Liu Chen, the second son of Anyang Palace, but she didn't expect that this son was willing to contribute at this time, and it was obvious who he wanted to come for.

It seems that after Sister Zhen'er's illness recovered this time, the relationship between this mirror and Sister Zhen has improved a lot, which is a good phenomenon.

Lord Bai snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything, he naturally guessed his son's intentions.

Bai Jing looked at Bai Zhen'er, "Little sister wants to know what this is?" If you want to eat big brother, open it, if you don't want to, then big brother will take it. ”

Such a show-off tone aroused her interest, and she raised her head and said, "Then the big brother will open it." ”

"Cheng, whatever the little sister says is what it is." Uncle Bai opened the food box with a smile, and then brought out a vegetable plate, looking at the flowers, it was very delicious.

"Come, it's rare to show filial piety, and we'll also try it." Mrs. Bai first used chopsticks to clip the dishes for Bai Yuan, and then after she sandwiched the dishes for Bai Zhen'er, she began to use the chopsticks.

"You've never eaten before." Uncle Bai looked at the person in front of him with confidence, this dish was eaten by him inadvertently in Dongda Alley, wondering why the food in Hualou was so good, but it took a lot of effort to find the person who cooked.

Bai Zhen'er tasted it, this taste is really special, sweet and sour, and the tofu is also very delicious, and it is not old.

"Oops, this tastes weird, although it sounds delicious, but it's not suitable for those of us who are older, our teeth are sore." Madame Bai covered her mouth, and her eyes narrowed with sourness.

Bai Zhen'er felt that the taste was okay, so she took another pair of chopsticks.

"How's it delicious? Big brother didn't lie to you. Bai Jing looked at Bai Zhen'er triumphantly, looking like she was coming to praise me.

She hooked the corners of her mouth, looked at Bai Jing and replied, "Well, it's delicious." ”

After hearing his little sister's affirmation, the Bai family's uncle swept his father proudly, look, look, it's still the master's attention, okay, the little sister not only ate, but also smiled.

Seeing Bai Zhen'er smiling at him cutely and taking small bites to eat contentedly, Bai Jing's heart began to bubble, it would be worth it if he was ridiculed by Liu Chen.

The next meal became very relaxed, except for someone who came in and said something in Lord Bai's ear, after Lord Bai's face changed, the rest of the qi ē was normal.

After the meal, Mrs. Bai didn't leave Bai Zhen'er much, saying that Bai Zhen'er went back to rest early after the boat and car were tired today, and after saying goodbye to Mrs. Bai and Master Bai, she returned to her small courtyard.

Just as Young Master Bai was about to retreat, Bai Yuan stopped him, "Come to the study." ”

Bai Jing sighed in his heart, isn't this the autumn queen's reckoning?

"Master, for Sister Zhen's sake, let's spare him once." Madame Bai interceded for Bai Jing on the side.

Bai Yuan snorted coldly, and finally said, "It cost a lot of money this time, right?"

Bai Jing touched his nose and didn't answer Bai Yuan's words, this time it cost a lot of silver.

Bai Yuan glanced at Bai Jing, "In the future, if there are any things to play outside that can be bought to coax Sister Zhen'er, if the silver is gone, just go to the account room to get it." "Really?" Bai Jing stretched out his hand and pinched his face, this is not a dream, my father used to kill his own silver, this little sister is really a pearl, why is he so prosperous. "If you use it indiscriminately, I won't spare you." Bai Yuan added at the end.

Bai Jing hurriedly bowed his head and made a gesture, "Yes, father, please rest assured, my son will definitely not be dishonored." "The money is in hand, and it's not up to him to decide how to use it.

Oops, this time I got rich.

Anyway, Bai Zhen'er returned to the small courtyard, and when she was sitting in the inner room waiting for Xiao Tao to get her clothes, she heard a noisy sound outside.

After listening for a while, she only heard the words "auntie", something or something, and her doubts came to her heart, she put on her clothes and walked out, "What are you doing?" "Miss, why did you come out?" Xiao Tao saw Bai Zhen'er who came out, and her face changed.

Bai Zhen'er didn't speak, and looked at the little maid holding something on the side.

After seeing Bai Zhen'er's eyes, the little maid said to her: "Miss, this is a gift from our aunt, because we can't attend, so we sent someone to congratulate Miss on her recovery." ”

Auntie? Why didn't she know that there was an aunt in this Bai Mansion, Bai Zhen'er glanced at Xiao Tao with a smile, and then said to the little maid: "Put things down, aunt has a heart." ”

"Yes." Yingluo put down the things in her hand and turned to leave, she wondered a little in her heart, why has this young lady changed a lot? In the past, this eldest lady would definitely say that she would go to see her aunt tomorrow, but why didn't she say anything this time.

After the little maid left, Xiao Tao knelt on the ground and bowed her head silently, she knew that this time she had committed Miss's taboo.

Bai Zhen'er turned around and sat on the main seat, holding the box sent by the little maid in her hand, without saying a word.