Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 221: Fun at the Wedding Banquet
"To my shame, not only have I never eaten it before, I have never even heard of it." This was the first time that Duke Su spoke calmly to Duke Xie's mansion.

He was in a particularly good mood because he had tasted all the dishes at today's wedding banquet, but he would not tell his mortal enemy.

"Hahaha...I thought I was ignorant!" Duke Xie laughed and teased.

One of them is the head of the civil officials, and the other is the head of the military generals. They are always at odds with each other in the court.

Normally, the two families would not invite each other to banquets, but they would meet in the court every day.

Today, the Xiao family arranged the two of them to sit at the same table. At the beginning, neither of them spoke.

Duke Xie was a military commander with an impatient temper. When he was eating the sixth dish, he couldn't help but ask his arch-enemy.

He thought he would be ridiculed by his archenemy again, but unexpectedly he agreed with what he said.

The two of them said a few words each and then stopped talking. They just reached out their chopsticks to pick up the spicy crayfish on the plate at the same time.

As soon as Duke Xie picked it up, the crayfish on the chopsticks slipped down. His hand trembled and he wanted to quickly stuff it into his mouth.

When Xie Xiaofeng saw his grandfather picking up a crayfish and trying to put it in his mouth, he immediately pinched it with his hands.

And kindly told his grandfather, "Grandpa, crayfish taste better if you peel them. I will peel them for you."

Duke Xie was a little embarrassed, but he was a well-known old fox who remained calm even when faced with a huge crisis.

He quickly adjusted his mood and said with a smile: "So you have to peel crayfish! Hahahaha..."

Xie Xiaofeng had eaten crayfish with Xiao Si several times, so he was very skilled at peeling the shrimp.

Su Jiu and Su Xiaomin had eaten crayfish countless times at the Xiao family farm, and would help his grandfather peel shrimps when they returned home.

Su Changning, the eldest son of the Duke of Anguo, also ate it once with his cousin. The two brothers each peeled one and put it in their grandfather's bowl.

Minister Shen and Marquis Zhenxi had eaten crayfish before, after all, they both had a son who loved eating, drinking and having fun.

So they know how to peel them themselves. Fortunately, they know how to peel the shrimps themselves, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to eat them.

The two dukes came to the table with a thick face, so don't even think about bringing your son along.

This was really the first time for Duke Xie to eat crayfish. He closed his eyes and tasted it carefully, his expression changing constantly, as if he was savoring something.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, looked at his mortal enemy and sighed, "Crayfish is indeed the best delicacy in the world. I am lucky to be able to eat such a delicacy in my life."

In response, Duke Anguo agreed on the surface, but in his heart he snorted coldly: Humph! Old man, you will be envious of others in the future.

My grandson and granddaughter work for Madam Xiao, and they get a share of all the delicious food.

If Su Jiu knew what his grandfather was thinking, he would definitely sneer.

Who was it that said he was a good-for-nothing dandy, and that he was foolish enough to be blackmailed by the wife of Marquis Weiwu?

At that time, his grandfather didn't care about him so much. Later, when he saw him taking Min'er with him every day, his grandfather got angry.

Finally, his sister had no choice but to make a plate of French fries for his grandfather to taste, and from then on his grandfather fell in love with potatoes.

In order to get a bite to eat, his grandfather unprincipledly agreed to let his granddaughter disguise herself and go to the farm with him.

Duke Xie was secretly thinking: My eldest grandson is about to marry the daughter of the Xiao family, and there will be plenty of unknown delicacies to eat in the future. If Xie Xiaofeng knew that his grandfather thought this way, he would definitely ask his grandfather who had been suppressing him and not allowing him to come to the Xiao family to see the bride!
But they didn't say it out loud. Everyone at the table was scrambling to eat more, and no one knew what anyone was thinking.

For example, Duke Xie didn't know how to peel the shrimps when eating them, but this didn't happen at other tables.

Because the person in the Xiao family who is responsible for entertaining guests will come out to remind them when each dish is served.

There were several experienced people at the table of the two dukes, so no one stepped forward to give them any hints.

Suddenly, a fragrant aroma wafted into the air, making people's appetites grow. Everyone looked up, and was stunned for a moment, and then their eyes lit up.

Because what appeared on the table was a big bowl of beef brisket stewed with potatoes. The color and appearance were undoubtedly very tempting.

Although the newly grown potatoes of the Xiao family have not yet been widely sold, the wealthy families in the capital city have still been able to buy some through some connections.

Several cooking methods are also provided. The potatoes cooked by the chefs in each mansion are all delicious, but it is relatively difficult to buy potatoes.

The chef of the Xiao family should be the originator of cooking potatoes, and the potatoes he cooks must be more delicious than the ones in their house.

"Oh my God! These potatoes are so much more delicious than the ones I make at home. Wow..." Duke Xie couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Duke Xie is absolutely right. It is delicious." Marquis Zhenxi and Minister Shen said in unison, their faces revealing an intoxicated expression.

Upon hearing this, Duke Su also laughed heartily and patted his belly, saying, "Well, I didn't expect it to be so delicious."

In fact, he has been eating different dishes made with potatoes every day recently, but none of them are as delicious as those made by the Xiao family.

Xiao Jin and his wife sat in the pavilion with the emperor's family to eat and drink, but they heard everyone's words clearly.

As far as Wen Qingwan knew, Duke Su was the head of the civil servants in the Great Sheng Dynasty, but he was also the head of the Su family.

As the head of a great family, what kind of delicacies have you not tasted?
But there were many delicacies that he had never eaten, such as the Xiao family's dishes.

But these are all raised and grown by themselves. Who in Dasheng can eat so much?
Almost all the branches of the aristocratic families depend on the main family for their livelihood. To put it more clearly, there are more people who eat and do less real work.

Even among the branches of the Duke's Mansion, there are only a few officials, and they are lucky enough to be able to support the food, clothing and other expenses of their own families.

There are some promising people in the master's family, but after they married three wives and four concubines and maintained a group of servants, there are very few left.

Aristocratic families may seem to be quite arrogant, but the more aristocratic and prestigious they are, the more they lack money.

The huge families are interconnected, and they do have deep roots and a lot of say, but they also need a lot of money to support them.

The aristocratic families look down on businessmen, but some of them are extremely wealthy.

The chambers of commerce they control are spread all over Dasheng, and some even involve other countries.

Their industries are innumerable. Although the children of wealthy families all look down on businessmen, they do not look down on money.

Even if a big family has illegitimate sons who are involved in business, they may privately do some business that the legitimate sons look down upon, but the legitimate sons still have to rely on the money earned by the illegitimate sons to support the family!
When the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion was poor, why were no relatives willing to associate with them? Because no one had extra money to help others.

It is not easy to make money in any year. The heads of each family can guess the financial situation of the Xiao family based on the lavishness of the wedding banquet.

They all thought that the Xiao family had recently produced two businessmen, which was why the Xiao family had the money to discover so many delicious foods.

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