Chapter 513 Reactions from all parties
Mrs. Xu's face turned extremely pale because she had previously opposed this marriage and was afraid of offending the eldest princess of Huai'an.
At this moment, Shen Ying was able to explain what it means to have an elder in a family like a treasure.
Just when everyone was panicking, he was a stable one.
"I said, what are you doing like this? They are here to hire people, not to cause trouble in our village. They didn't know the situation before, so they won't care about what they said. Don't scare yourself. Remember to say something nice later. .”
Lu Tong and Tang nodded in unison, "Yes! It's really nothing serious! Calm down and calm down"
Having said that, Lu Tong scolded Shen Yi hundreds of times in his heart for hiding the fact that Princess Huai'an came to Zhaohua County. Although he could understand Shen Yi's concerns, he just felt uncomfortable.
Matchmaker Chen walked to the yard with the betrothal gift list and began to read out the gift list.
From all kinds of jewelry to antique ornaments to silk and satin, there are even shops.
Everyone listened carefully for a quarter of an hour before it ended.
Mrs. Xu swallowed hard and murmured: "It's different for the princess's son to marry a daughter-in-law! He was hired back to the merchant village! What does that hot spring villa do?"
Tang's expression was a little more complicated, "Hot springs are hot water that comes out of the water. It won't be cold even in winter. You can take a bath in the ice and snow. There are not many hot springs, and there are probably only a few in Langya Kingdom. I didn’t expect that the eldest princess of Huai’an would use the hot spring villa to hire me. It seems that she really values this marriage.”
There are no hot springs in their area, and there is only one in Lizhou on the outskirts of Fucheng. It is a villa of a powerful person in the imperial capital. It makes a living, and the business in winter is very good. It is not an exaggeration to say that the daily income is huge.
When Lu Tong was promoted, he took his family there, and Tang still remembers it.
I don’t know where the hot spring villa that Shen Yuezhang received as a betrothal gift is located?
Han was very proud and was stunned for a while, "My dear! Ordinary people can't save this betrothal gift for hundreds of years!"
Tang smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, this is something you can't save without saving. Things like the hot spring villa cannot be owned by money. It also needs to be powerful and able to intimidate a party. Yue Zhang's marriage is indeed extremely powerful. OK! ”
It was so good that she was envious.
People outside were talking, and Matchmaker Chen in the room had almost finished accepting the gifts.
Shen Yi and Su Tai organized a banquet for their prospective son-in-law.
According to their customs here, this banquet also represents their attitude towards their prospective son-in-law. The richer the banquet, the more they value their son-in-law.
Amber and Matchmaker Chen were very curious and didn't know what kind of dishes the Shen family had prepared.
Yu Mei got Su Tai's signal and immediately went down to serve the food.
The first dish is the crispy lamb chops, which are seasoned with cumin and specially presented on the plate. The sides of the lamb chops are carved with carrots, radish and winter melon, and are decorated with rich peonies.
The second dish was roast suckling pig. This plate was so big that it required two people to carry it.
The third course is black pepper beef tenderloin.
Mrs. Chen and Amber watched silently. Except for the first dish, which was more exquisite, the second dish was just passable, and the third dish looked ordinary.
The two of them thought that given the Shen family's financial situation, it was impossible to prepare anything special, so they didn't hold out much hope.
Unexpectedly, the fourth dish came as a surprise to them.
Matchmaker Chen is here to "talk". She doesn't have to be reserved at all. When she doesn't understand, she just asks, "Mrs. Shen, this is..."
"This is a kind of sea crab that only lives in low-temperature and deep seas. It is very delicious."
The sea crab Su Tai was talking about was the king crab. She specially drove a fishing boat to catch it. However, she couldn't say the name because it would be taboo to say it, so she could only be vague. This king crab weighs almost ten kilograms. Wherever you place it, it looks domineering and conspicuous. The most important thing is that it is very fragrant.
Amber couldn't help but smile, and reassessed the Shen family's wealth.
The next course was the giant lobster. With the impact of the king crab, the people in the room reacted normally.
Wait for the big abalone, eastern starfish, bluefin tuna, and deep-sea cod to come up later.
Amber and Matchmaker Chen became more and more shocked as they listened.
As if Su Tai didn't think it was enough, she later added a dish of old wild ginseng stewed chicken soup, braised bear paws, and bird's nest and papaya soup.
The staple food is a pot of pancakes, a pot of steamed buns, a pot of seafood porridge, and a pot of green rice.
The wine is the best jade grain liquid in Langya Kingdom, and there is also a red liquid filled with colored glass, which looks very gorgeous and exquisite.
Such a large table is not only suitable for entertaining Murong Jue, but also the eldest princess of Huai'an.
Amber smiled from ear to ear.
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Matchmaker Chen swallowed hard, respectfully handed Murong Jue a pair of chopsticks, and quickly made up auspicious words in her mind.
She complimented Murong Jue on everything she ate, and she even rhymed with it.
Su Tai's eyes widened when she heard this, and she secretly thought that the matchmaker's bowl of rice was really not something that ordinary people could eat.
I don’t know what kind of brain that person has.
Just when Su Tai was thinking about it, Murong Jue ate all the dishes.
Seeing his satisfied look, Amber knew how satisfied he was with the food on the table. He immediately respectfully gave Shen Yi and Su Tai a blessing gift, and said crisply: "Master Shen, Mrs. Shen, my princess couldn't be here today out of understanding. Here is There are also some things that the eldest princess prepared for Lord Shen.”
Shen Yicheng was afraid to accept it.
Murong Jue also smiled and asked Xue Xiang to fetch a small box, "Mother-in-law, here are some gadgets I chose for Yue Zhang. They are not good things and cannot be put in the gift list, but they are better than exquisite. I can trouble my mother-in-law to do it for you." I'll hand it over to Yue Zhang."
Su Tai opened it in public and looked a little more pleased, "I'm interested, Yu Mei, send the things to the backyard to the eldest lady."
Murong Jue left satisfied.
As soon as they left, Shen Yi hurriedly called Su Chunlin and the others to come in for dinner.
Such a large table of good food would be wasted if not eaten!
He would not be so casual about Lu Tong, "Brother Lu, how about I ask my servants to prepare another table for food?"
Lu Tong sat down without saying a word, "I'm going to share the same meal with the son of the eldest princess of Huai'an. I'm not talking about you! Shen Yi, how can you keep such a big thing a secret! Fortunately, nothing happened in Zhaohua County. , otherwise my position as county magistrate will be over!”
Shen Yi hurriedly poured wine for Lu Tong to apologize, "You can't, you can't! Tell the truth to Brother Lu, the eldest princess was very low-key at first. When people visited our house, she used her identity as the mistress of the Xue family. At that time, we were also kept in the dark. Drum.
Xiao Tai also asked Madam-in-law about this matter. Madam-in-law didn’t know about it at the time. We only found out about it in the third year of junior high school. At that time, the eldest princess lived in our house for a few days. They said they didn’t want to make it public. They also mentioned the marriage of their children, which was not official yet. I can't go around saying it's a courtesy, right? ”
Lu Tong felt a lot better after hearing this. He drank three drinks in a row and sighed: "I never believed in fate before, but now I believe in you. You said your luck is really nothing to say! I can't even envy you."