At twelve o'clock in the afternoon is the time for the birthday banquet to begin, the table in the lobby is already full of the Shang family's clansmen and guests, seeing Shang Fangyan and her come in, everyone invariably stood up, and Shang Fangyan led Chu Qiao directly through the huge hall under the attention of everyone and went directly to the old lady's room, the old lady's room set up five tables of banquets, and there was no doubt that all the people sitting on the table were the noble Shang family and guests.

At this time, on the five-table banquet in the house, only the main table was next to the old lady's position, and there were two seats left, obviously, it was Shang Fangyan and Chu Qiao's position.

There are a total of ten seats at the main table, in addition to the old lady, there are also Bai Yun, Shang Fangxu, Shang Haoyuan, the second master of the Shang family, Shang Haorui, Shang Yu, He Yashi, and Shang Zi.

There are ten positions at the main table, except for her and He Yashi, all of them are the most noble people in the Shang family today, she is naturally another person, and He Yashi is also among them, which shows how important He Yashi is in the minds of the old lady and Bai Yun.

Chu Qiao was curious for a while, who is this beautiful and delicate He Yashi? Why is she such a special existence in the Shang family?

Coming to the main table, Chu Qiao smiled and nodded lightly, as if he had greeted everyone with different looks, just when the maid wanted to step forward to pull the seat for Chu Qiao, Shang Fangyan raised his hand and instructed the maid to stand down, and then stretched out his hands to pull the chair for Chu Qiao under the surprised gaze of everyone, looking at Chu Qiao and said in a gentle tone, "Sit down." ”

Chu Qiao raised her eyes and glanced at Shang Fangyan, this glance was full of too much emotion, so much so that she herself felt that she had begun to love and attach herself to the man in front of her, the word "thank you" came to her mouth but swallowed it back, how could Shang Fangyan's extremely meticulous care for her today be expressed by the words "thank you".

Mingmei smiled, Chu Qiao just lightly replied with a "um" word and sat down on the chair that Shang Fangyan had opened, everyone saw the sweet scene of Shang Fangyan and Chu Qiao's affection, and their expressions were a little deeper, while Chu Qiao lowered her eyes, never looked at the different looks of everyone at the banquet, and didn't want to guess everyone's attitude and thoughts towards her, she just needed to know that the person sitting next to her was Shang Fangyan.

After Chu Qiao sat down, Shang Fangyan also sat down, looked at everyone, and then commanded a person who looked like a chief steward in his fifties standing next to him, "Pass it down and start the table." ”

"Yes, young master."

With the order of the chief manager, the servants with various dishes rushed in, and when all the dishes were ready, Shang Zi looked at the dishes on the banquet not far away, and then at the dishes at the banquet in front of him, and said with a bright smile, "The dishes are so exquisite, just looking at me makes my mouth water." ”

Shang Yu also nodded, and said with the same appreciation, "Yes, just looking at it makes my appetite greater." ”

And Shang Fangyan had already noticed that the dishes at the main table were different from the other tables, and couldn't help but look at Chu Qiao, who had been lowering his eyes, and when his gaze swept to the band-aid wrapped around her left index finger on her thigh, he understood what was going on, and his ink eyes couldn't help but flash a touch of appreciation and pleasure.

Bai Yun looked at the dishes on the table and none of them matched the dishes she had carefully selected, and couldn't help but look slightly gloomy, looking at the manager and saying unhappily, "Boss, what's going on?" ”

The chief steward standing on the side looked embarrassed, glanced at Shang Fangxu, and just as he was about to speak, Fang Xu's immature and crisp voice sounded.

"Great-grandmother, grandmother, these are all prepared by me."

Not only the old lady and Bai Yun, but even the other people at the table were surprised, and under everyone's surprised gaze, Shang Fangxu pointed to the dishes on the table and began to explain.

"Great-grandmother, look, this first dish is a cold dish, and the main dish is - Songhe Longevity! Made with shiitake mushrooms, dried chicken, cucumbers, egg whites, egg floss, vegetable floss, and cherries, this dish is light and perfect for appetizers. And the disc is: five sons to celebrate their birthdays, the four seas to celebrate, the jade fairy class, three star monkey head! These five sons offer longevity for five kinds of nuts, the four seas celebrate for four kinds of seafood plates, the jade fairy class is taro fresh mushroom, and the three-star monkey head is Liangbian lion's mane mushroom. Great-grandmother, you will taste it, you will love it. ”

Everyone was attracted by the cold dishes explained by Shang Fangxu, and the old lady nodded with satisfaction, picked up the food on the plate, looked at it carefully, and then sent it to her mouth to taste.

"The taste is really good, fresh and natural, and it won't rob the taste of the follow-up dishes, and the chicken is also very chewy, so that an old lady with bad teeth can eat it with relish, which is really good." The old lady opened her mouth to praise, looked at Shang Fangxu and said with a loving smile, "Our Xiaoxu is still the most well-behaved and considerate, and this generous gift is my favorite." ”

Shang Fangxu smiled, looked at Chu Qiao seemingly casually, and threw a "superb" look at her, and then replied, "Great-grandmother, then you must eat more today." ”

Chu Qiao received Shang Fangxu's gaze, and also raised his lips and smiled slightly, and also gave Shang Fangxu a "superb" look, if it wasn't for his help, I was afraid that this table full of dishes would be disliked instead of praised.

Shang Fangyan naturally noticed the eye contact between Shang Fangxu and Chu Qiao, looked at Chu Qiao, and then quietly reached over to hold Chu Qiao's left hand, and gently rubbed her injured index finger with his warm fingertips.

Chu Qiao felt the temperature of Shang Fangyan's palm, and she didn't react abnormally, but just looked down at Shang Fangyan's hand that was holding her five fingers, and watched Shang Fangyan's index finger gently rub over her band-aided index finger round and round, the throbbing ripples in her heart couldn't help but ripple wave after wave, and the warm current flooded, and her cheeks couldn't help but redden.

He Yashi, who was sitting opposite Chu Qiao, noticed Chu Qiao's and monk Fang Yan's small movements, and her heart felt like she had been poked by a needle, and she gritted her teeth in pain, but she could only try her best to hold back.

Shang Yu next to him glanced at He Yashi's abnormality in the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but raise his lips, and then put a piece of lion's mane mushroom on the plate in front of He Yashi.

Seeing this, He Yashi immediately restrained the look on her face and turned to a smile, and said "thank you" lightly.

Shang Yu just raised his lips and said nothing, put a piece of cold food in his mouth and tasted it, and observed the eye contact between Chu Qiao and Shang Fangxu, and immediately knew whose craftsmanship it was, and couldn't help but look up at Chu Qiao a few more times.

The second master, Shang Haoyuan, watched and heard all directions, and took in everyone's reactions.

The old lady smiled and bent her eyebrows, and couldn't wait to continue, "Okay, let's talk about it, what are these other dishes?" ”

Under the curious and expectant gaze of everyone, Shang Fangxu smiled and continued to explain, "Great-grandmother, this first hot dish is full of children and grandchildren, it is a pigeon egg steak antler dish; The second hot dish is a family delight, which is chicken loin with roasted quail; The third hot dish is immortality, which is sea cucumber cooked in snow; The fourth hot dish is Hongfu Qitian, which is roasted tofu with crab roe; The fifth hot dish is the Arhat Conference, which is a family portrait of vegetarians; The sixth hot dish is the fifth Qichang, which is steamed pomfret; The seventh hot dish is Peng Zu's birthday, which is Poria pheasant soup; This is the latter hot dish for rejuvenation, which is to roast the boy chicken with a golden turtle! There is also this soup called Ganquan jade liquid, which is a ginseng pigeon stew pot. ”

Listening to Shang Fangxu explain all the dishes in one go, the old lady and Bai Yun were already happily closed, completely ignoring Chu Qiao's unpleasant existence.

"The name of this dish is really too good and coincidental, little girl, come, tell your great-grandmother, is this the name of the dish you think?"

Shang Fangxu glanced at Chu Qiao seemingly casually, and only after getting Chu Qiao's nod to confirm that he said with a smile, "Great-grandmother, these are all things in the book, I'm just opportunistic." ”

The old lady looked at Shang Fangxu with a loving smile on her face, and praised, "Although our Shang family is outstanding and talented, there has never been anyone as smart as you, with such a little great-grandson as you, I am content in this life." ”

Bai Yun also stroked Shang Fangxu's head with love on her face, "Our family Xiaoxu is really getting more and more sensible." ”

The other people at the table also praised Shang Fangxu word by word, while Shang Fangyan and Chu Qiao remained silent.

Looking at Chu Qiao, who was smiling silently in front of him, Shang Fangyan felt more and more satisfied, in this play, these two people cooperated really perfectly.

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