When the group arrived at Chunran Hall, they could hear the lively talk in the house, and there was a faint sound of girls' pleasant laughter. When she entered the house, Zhong Lingyu saw Mrs. Liu sitting at her bottom, talking to Liu, and Mrs. Liu's daughter Liu Yuyao was laughing with Zhong Lingting. In addition to the second lady Chen's mother and daughter, the third lady Kong and her two daughters were also present.

Although the mother and daughter of the Liu family are frequent visitors, there is a difference between men and women, Zhong Lingming and Zhong Lingzhi asked Mrs. Zhong for a greeting, and then went to the hall next to them, where they were going to dine with Zhong Deqing, Zhong Deting and their cousins.

"Cousin is here?" Liu Yuyan saw Zhong Lingyu coming, hurriedly stopped laughing, stood up and saluted Zhuang and Zhong Lingyu.

Master Liu was older than Zhong Deping, so Mrs. Liu sat upright, just waiting for the Zhuang family to salute her.

After Mrs. Zhong greeted each other, she ordered: "It's not too early, Jingjing and Yao'er will have to go back later, tell them to hurry up and set up the meal." ”

Chen Shi answered and went to Zhang Luo.

Old Madam Zhong smiled and said to Zhuang's family: "It just so happens that Jingjing has brought some good river fish, which is delicious and nourishing, and I can see that you and Yu'er have lost weight, so I will eat more in a while." ”

Zhuang smiled and thanked: "Thank you for thinking about it." Then he turned his head and asked Mrs. Liu, whose name was Jingjing, "Cousin-in-law, I don't know what kind of fish you brought?" ”

"What's it called...... Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes and thought for a long time, knocked on her head full of pearls, and blamed herself with a smile, "Look at me, how bad my memory is, I also specially asked our master for his name before I came, but I can't remember it." ”

After speaking, she hurriedly said to Zhuang's: "But don't worry, Yu'er can't eat sea fish, I remember it." So when I asked the name, I also asked if it was a sea fish or a river fish, and our lord said that the man said that it was a river fish. Speaking of this, she slapped her face, "I remember, this fish is called saury, it is said to be extremely rare, and the guy spent a lot of money to buy such a basket, just thinking that Mrs. Gu likes to eat umami, and bought it to honor Mrs. Gu." ”

Zhong Lingyu pursed her lips and smiled, and praised Mrs. Liu's words: "You still have a heart and filial piety to your grandmother, cousin." Without waiting for Mrs. Liu to be modest, she continued, "But such an expensive fish, our juniors can't afford to eat it, so let's leave it to my grandmother and her old man to make up for it." ”

"Ouch, Yu'er is really filial, and it is not in vain that Mrs. Gu loves you. Don't worry, although your cousin has no interest, he opened a teahouse and ran the river last year, and he also earned a few taels of silver. As the saying goes, draught does not forget the well digger, the Zhong family is good to us, we dare not forget. No, I bought this fish, which is also a thank you to everyone. Although it is not much, one for one person is still enough. Mrs. Liu said with a smile.

When she said this, Mrs. Zhong had a lot of face, smiled happily, and said to Zhong Lingyu: "Since your cousin and aunt said so, don't be polite to her, just eat her." ”

The room filled with laughter.

Chen walked in and said, "Mother, the meal is ready, let's move to the side hall." ”

"Well, let's go." Mrs. Zhong wanted to get up, but Mrs. Liu took the first step to help her up and carried her to the side hall.

There were two tables in the side hall, one table for adults and one table for girls, everyone sat down in turn, and cleaned their hands under the service of the subordinates, and the personal maids had already helped the masters to set up the dishes.

The saury was no more than three or four fingers wide and more than a foot long, steamed on a white and translucent porcelain plate, sprinkled with shredded green onions, and placed in the center of the table.

Zhong Lingyu's table has a total of six people, and there are exactly six swordfish on the porcelain plate, one for each person.

Although Liu Yuyao was a guest here, this fish was brought by her family, so she persuaded instead: "Everyone is welcome, hurry up and try this knife fish." I heard my dad say it's delicious, but you have to taste how delicious it is. ”

Although the Zhong family is a businessman, Mrs. Zhong prides herself on being a talented person and pays attention to the rules. Although the people sitting at this table are all peers, Zhong Lingyu is the eldest sister, she didn't move chopsticks, and everyone else couldn't move chopsticks.

Chun Li saw that everyone was looking at Zhong Lingyu, so he asked for instructions with his eyes, and when he saw her nodding, he sandwiched a fish into the dish in front of her, and carefully picked out the thorns.

Zhong Lingting's eyes flashed slightly, and she motioned to the maid to help her clip one.

Zhong Lingyu looked at the fish processed by Chunli on the plate, hesitated for a moment, picked up a small piece with chopsticks, and put it in his mouth.

This saury fish lives up to its name, with delicate flesh that melts in your mouth. The most rare thing is that the incomparably delicious taste makes people's teeth and cheeks fragrant and lingers for a long time. Especially for people like Zhong Lingyu, whose taste buds are very sensitive, eating such delicious food is an indescribable enjoyment.

Zhong Lingyu is just a fifteen-year-old girl, delicious and delicious, and she also wants to indulge herself. However, she swept Zhong Lingting in her spare light, and the chopsticks stretched out to the fish stopped, and instead picked up a piece of hibiscus chicken slices to send to her mouth.

Zhong Lingting's mouth stopped.

She glanced at Liu Yuyao.

Liu Yuyao immediately understood, and said to Zhong Lingyu with a smile: "Big sister, why don't you eat it?" Is it because it tastes bad? ”

"I get a rash when I eat marine fish, and when I was young, I almost died." Zhong Lingyu said slowly and put the hibiscus chicken slices into his mouth.

The smile on Liu Yuyao's face froze, and then she regained her demeanor: "But this is a river fish, caught from the river, and it is from our province." Saying that, she laughed again, with a sweet smile, but with a little self-deprecation, "Big sister also knows that my father has been in the tea business for the past two years. But according to my family's financial resources, I can only move around in this province, and I can't go to places where there is a sea. This fish was caught by my father and brought back by a speedboat and wagon. Fish is a thing that pays attention to freshness, and if you delay it for a day or two, you can die most of them. This saury is expensive, how can my father be willing to throw the silver into the water? If it's far away, even if he has the heart, he doesn't have the financial resources to fulfill this filial piety, right? ”

She raised her eyes to look at Zhong Lingyu, her eyes were clear, and she was very innocent: "So, this big sister Yu can eat with confidence, and it will be fine." ”

At this time, a mocking voice interjected: "Yao'er, don't persuade you, otherwise someone will think you want to harm her." is suspicious all day long, and he really thinks of himself as a person. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell silent. Everyone peeked at Zhong Lingyu.

Zhong Lingyu turned her head to stare at Zhong Lingting, her eyes were cold, but her voice was still not slow, she was calm, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth when she spoke: "Lingting, Cousin Yao is still here, do you really want me to count out the things that my second uncle and second aunt have done one by one, to see if anyone wants to harm me, and see if someone treats me as a person?" ”

Zhong Lingting choked suddenly.

She didn't know what her father had done to Zhong Lingyu. But Zhong Deqing was against the tea farmers and stumbled on the big house; The second wife, the Chen family, bribed the Gao family again and used the Ye family to put pressure on Zhong Lingyu. These two things were deliberately publicized by Zhong Lingyu, and the Zhong family discussed them in private, and the masters also knew about it. Zhong Lingting naturally heard about it. In her heart, although Liu Yuyao is the Liu family, she is closer to her cousin than Zhong Lingyu and more like a family, and she doesn't have to shy away from the Liu family for the things her father does.

But those things of parents can only be done, not said, and saying them is equivalent to confirming the rumors with their own mouths; The closeness to the Liu family and the alienation from the uncle's family can only be done, and it can't be said.

The most terrible thing is that according to Zhong Lingting's cognition of her cousin, it really annoys her, and she can really do things to lift the details of her father and mother in front of outsiders.

The Zhong family can tear their own faces, and the second room can also do everything possible to seize the family property, but unless Zhong Deqing doesn't want to stay in Bacheng anymore, he will never dare to let Zhong Lingyu make these things public. Although businessmen are profitable, Fuling businessmen are the most honest. Zhong Deqing can be treacherous to his family, and he will force his relatives into a corner for a little benefit, who would dare to do business with you Zhong Deqing?