The two hundred and forty-ninth feast
"It's delicious, it's delicious!Wow, Brother Yun, this Aunt Liu's cooking is even more delicious than you!" Qi Qi praised softly while enjoying the food.
Chu Yun smiled slightly, and hurriedly picked up vegetables for her, suddenly realized that he was losing sight of one or the other, and hurriedly picked up vegetables for Wan'er, Dongfang Wan saw that he was only caring about serving vegetables for them, and after a while, all the bowls were stuffed, and he couldn't help but smile: "Okay, okay, Brother Yun, so many people are watching." β
Chu Yun stopped the dishes and chopsticks, and laughed loudly: "What are you afraid of, they are not outsiders, and I serve vegetables for my fiancΓ©e, it is only right, what is there to be ashamed of." β
The two girls glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile, and then their eyes moved to Senior Sister Xiao, but they saw Senior Sister Xiao smile faintly. Qi Qi saw that her bowl was empty, and hurriedly served her vegetables.
"I'll just come by myself, Qi Qi!" Senior Sister Xiao remembered how she treated Qi Qi before, and she still felt ashamed in her heart.
"Senior Sister Xiao, you have to eat more, I heard Brother Yun say that you have broken through the third order one after another in one breath, which is really amazing! But you have to eat a little more! This is your favorite fish maw. Qi Qi said softly while unstoppably picking up vegetables for Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was slightly stunned, and asked loudly, "Qi Qi, how do you know that I like to eat fish maw?"
"I knew that Senior Sister Xiao had always been prejudiced against me, and my sister told me that to solve the prejudice between people, start with the preferences of the other party, and I will ask the master what you like to eat, and eat more. Qi Qi laughed softly.
Xiao Yandeng's heart tightened, and a small tear welled up, and then his face was moved, and he smiled: "You also eat more." β
Seeing that this senior sister finally let go of those obsessions she had had, Chu Yun and the three of them were all happy in their hearts.
At the other dinner tables, people who were already familiar with each other moved their eyes to Chu Yun's side from time to time, and then turned around and smiled happily at each other and began to whisper.
"Alas, he's finally going to get married. β
"Why don't you go and join in the fun?"
"Say what, you, eat vegetables!"
The two male servants next to each other glanced at each other, and suddenly mustered up the courage to pick up vegetables for the woman they had been secretly in love with for ten years.
This is a confessional tradition in the Cangyun Empire, if you like a woman, you will serve her dishes at the dinner table, and if the confessed woman does not agree, she will take the dishes back again, and if she agrees, she will taste it slowly.
The two male servants waited anxiously for an answer, they knew that these two women had a certain admiration for Chu Yun, but they did not give up because of this, let alone frame Chu Yun because of this, but instead asked Chu Yun for a few tricks to make the girl happy.
Of course, Chu Yun was very willing to help them, so he came up with such an idea for them.
The two girls glanced at each other, then smiled shyly, brought the fish maw in the bowl to each other's mouths, and swallowed it in one gulp.
The two male servants were overjoyed, and then their eyes moved to Chu Yun, with gratitude and admiration, this was still Chu Yun's trick for them.
"From now on, be kind to our sisters!" said one of the women, laughing softly.
The man couldn't stop nodding, and then bowed to each other: "Yes, yes, I will never dare to disobey." In addition to being excited, he didn't know what to say, so he had to learn from Chu Yun's appearance and smirk.
They have long been accustomed to saying things like swearing to serve the head of the family, and they can't say anything at this moment.
"Okay, I know that you can't say a word of love, and if you have the opportunity to ask Chu Yun for advice, I don't like to go to bed, you won't say a word of love. "The other woman was even bolder, they were all women who had crawled out of the pile of dead people, and this mind was by no means comparable to that of ordinary women.
"Yes, yes, yes. The two men were ecstatic, they were full of liver and gall, and they were born and died by the side of Steward Xiang, and they never frowned in the face of life and death, but for women, they really couldn't learn Chu Yun's "shameless" way.
"No wonder Brother Yun respects his Father Xiang so much, this momentum is even more powerful than my master, hehe! It's so good!" Qi Qi ate more than half of the spicy fish in one go, and then moved his eyes to the two middle-aged beauties next to Father Xiang, seeing them competing to pick up vegetables for Father Xiang, he smiled: "It's so good." β
She also hopes that Father Xiang can recognize them as soon as possible and stop waiting for the woman who doesn't know how to cherish it.
Just when everyone was having a good time, according to the custom, Steward Xiang suddenly stood up and raised his glass to everyone, and everyone immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and toasted to Steward Xiang.
"This year, fortunately for everyone, I can have today, one-third of it depends on my wisdom and decisiveness, one-third of it depends on the destiny of heaven, and one-third depends on everyone's help, please!"
Indeed, if a group does not have a good leader, it is a plate of scattered sand, so this one-third of the credit should indeed be counted on the head of the butler.
In the same way, if a group does not have excellent subordinates, it is also a plate of scattered sand, so of course, this one-third of the credit should be counted on the heads of these excellent domestic servants in front of them, and the last one-third will be handed over to the Mandate of Heaven.
Seeking truth from facts is exactly the leadership style of Steward Xiang, and these servants who follow him are all impressed by his realistic personality style, and they will never frown for his life and death.
"Father Xiang, please!" Chu Yun and his party said in unison, and even Senior Sister Xiao Yan called Steward Xiang "Father Xiang" at this moment.
"The head of the house, please!"
"Brother Tian, please!"
According to their different identities, everyone said some words of tribute, and everyone had bright smiles on their faces, and being able to be one of them was the greatest pride in their lives.
There is no doubt that these people have long been interested in Steward Xiang, and they almost have a kind of blind worship.
"Okay, eat, eat, eat! I will have a good time today, but it's still the old rule, three glasses of wine!" Steward Xiang said succinctly.
He is reluctant to say too much about drinking and mistaking things, and it is his leadership style to be concise and to the point.
Everyone has been struggling in this family for ten years, of course they know the style of their family master, and in the past ten years, except for a few of them, the rest have long regarded this "three glasses of wine" as an iron law.
Seeing such a scene, Qi Qi and Dongfang Wan finally understood why their brother Yun politely rejected those two hard-working women, this big family didn't need useless people at all.
Looking at the two sad women, Qi Qi's feelings for the Holy Mother are no longer overflowing, but they understand the meaning of human society more well, and they also understand more about Father Xiang's way of dealing with it, if those two illiterate women are allowed to join this Chu family, what does this make these excellent subordinates think? There is no doubt that this place will become a plate of loose sand in an instant.
"Father Xiang is really wise, alas, it is my sympathy that is too overflowing. Qi Qi couldn't help but blame herself, then raised her wine glass, drank it all, and punished herself.
"This man is really not simple, but how can he live in this Chu family just like Brother Yun? Alas, if it is a woman, you can come to our Xianyun Pavilion. After Xiao Yan glanced around, she secretly regretted in her heart.
"No wonder Brother Yun is so good, alas, it would be nice if I had such a good father. Dongfang Wan inexplicably remembered his useless father, the drunken wreck, looking back on the past, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and then her eyes moved to her Brother Yun, who was looking forward to the future, and said happily: "The past has passed, I believe that Brother Yun will definitely be able to take me to see all the scenery in this world!"
"This family is not something that can be added by just one person, and fortunately I have a pair of sharp teeth, and that remark is not a complete rejection of their kindness. This is Xiangfu, not the Western Zhou, my Xiang father is the wise and decisive Xiang father, not the mediocre and incompetent King Zhou You. Chu Yun couldn't help but think of the emperors in history who were ruined because of women, such as King Zhou You and Empress Li.
How could his own father destroy the loyalty of his subordinates for the sake of a woman?
Everyone ate for a while, only to see Father Xiang wave his hand, and Aunt Liu and Aunt Shen picked up their wine glasses and walked towards everyone. This is the second part of the family banquet, that is, the two "vice presidents of the board of directors" toast these subordinates in front of them according to the size of their contributions, which is a very high-scale etiquette in the traditional culture of the Tian Yuan Continent.