Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 251 The man who is so powerful that he laughs like a fool

Fan Wenjie recalled that when he left the Fan family, his sister's shrill voice almost pierced his eardrums.

The Fan family was frightened at the time, so his parents only sent his two brothers to their grandmother's house.

He looked at his eldest cousin and his wife again, but found that they were not even looking at him.

At this time, the two pairs of brides and grooms had finished their tea, and the table was filled with a rich lunch.

The table occupied by Xiao Jin and his wife was the main seat. The people sitting there remained the same: the old lady of the Xiao family, Xiao's father, Xiao Wangshi, and Xiao Litao's three legitimate sons.

The eldest aunt of the Xiao family sat at the head seat at the women's table, while the eldest uncle of the Xiao family and the second uncle Fan and his two sons sat at the table next to the main seat.

Usually, Xiao Laoer is the head of the table, but today he wants to sit with his wife.

So the host of that table was the fourth oldest, Xiao Lichuan. He stood up and said gently, "Uncle, cousin, cousin, don't be shy. I'll serve the food."

"Do you have to separate dishes when eating in your family?" Uncle Fan was so surprised that his voice was a little loud. He saw the delicious food everywhere and didn't know which dish to start with!
There were crystal pork knuckle, anchovy shark fin, flying dragons, golden Buddha's hand rolls, hydrangea scallops, stir-fried guinea fowl, fish fillet in milk sauce, and some dishes he couldn't name...

"Well, our sister-in-law is afraid that the food will be wasted if we can't finish it, so we have a fixed amount of meat for each meal."

Xiao Lichuan said as he skillfully served everyone some Japanese dishes. "Whatever is in front of you is yours, but you can also exchange your favorite dishes."

"Uncle, please treat my two cousins." Xiao Laoba said as he exchanged the crystal pork trotter on his plate with the milk fish fillet with Xiao Lichun beside him.

The Fan Wenjie brothers looked at it with great curiosity. They remembered that their father loved eating fish. When they were about to make an exchange, they heard their father talking.

"You all should try it. There are many special dishes here. Let's all try different dishes."

"Yes, please, father." The Fan brothers said in unison. Although they were not favored in the Fan family, they were well educated.

Uncle Fan usually didn’t know what his stepmother and eldest brother ate because he and his son were not qualified to eat in the front hall.

But during the New Year and other festivals at the Zhenxi Marquis' Mansion, the three of them, father and son, were qualified to appear in the front hall, and he had never seen so many meat dishes.

However, Uncle Fan thought it was very reasonable. When they were young, his grandfather told them that the Xiao family was once famous all over the world.

A hundred years ago, the Xiao family was much more noble than their Fan family!

The rise or fall of a family only takes one generation!
The Xiao family once had a legendary figure on the battlefield. His reputation spread far and wide.

However, a person's life is limited. The hero sheds tears, and a generation of heroes dies of old age.

Decades later, fate played a cruel joke on Xiao's great-grandfather and pushed him into a desperate situation, where he was eventually defeated on the battlefield.

A single failure by the great-grandfather of the Xiao family was enough to change the fate of the entire family.

What is even more shameful to the world is that the Xiao family's once glorious prince has refused to go to the battlefield again since his father's tragic defeat.

The Xiao family has guarded the northern border of Dasheng for more than a hundred years, but suddenly I heard that the Xiao family is unwilling to guard it anymore.

Originally, the Northern Di army was defeated by the Xiao family army and was almost conquered. The Northern Di general was even ready to report to the Northern Di emperor to ask for peace.

Upon suddenly learning that the Xiao family army was going to change their commander, the Northern Di army excitedly launched a fierce attack, as if to take advantage of the enemy's weakness to kill them.

The Dasheng Dynasty lost two cities in a row, a result that damaged the reputation of the entire family and made Prince Xiao subject to suspicion and ridicule.

The once glorious family fell into disrepute overnight, and the late emperor, in anger, demoted the Xiao family's title and also gave them a name.

The Great Sheng Dynasty lasted for two generations of emperors. Although the weather was good and the country was strong, it was difficult to quell foreign threats and the country was not at peace.

Until a few years ago, the Xiao family had another brave general, who was said to be very brave and good at fighting at a young age. Although Xiao Jin had not received much education and went to the battlefield at the age of twelve, he was gifted.

His literary talent was as powerful as wielding the palms of his hands to stabilize the country; his military skill was as powerful as winning battles thousands of miles away and making his name known throughout the world. He not only repelled the Northern Di but also helped cross the northwest border.

Uncle Fan was eating delicious food while reminiscing about the past. Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Jin who was sitting in the main seat.

And he was helping his wife peel shrimps and smiling like a fool!

Xiao Jin handed the peeled shrimp to his wife's mouth, but Wen Qingwan shut up and asked him to eat one first before she did.

He never wanted to refuse her words because she was the one of his dreams.

God had mercy on him and let him marry his sweetheart, and she was so gentle and considerate, just as he wished.

He wanted to take a bite, but Wen Qingwan seized the opportunity and stuffed a whole shrimp in: "Eat it all."

Xiao Jin felt a wave of honey in his heart, so sweet that he smiled after eating it. However, he didn't know that in Uncle Fan's eyes, he smiled like a fool.

The Xiao brothers and sisters looked at their eldest brother and sister-in-law with envy and smiled happily.

When Uncle Fan looked at the Xiao family, his resentment dissipated a lot.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Xiao Mansion will be where he stays until his death. Having these people accompany him for the rest of his life is much better than staying at the Fan Family.

When his father was still alive, he had a happy childhood. Later, when his father passed away, he was sent back to his ancestral home in Jiangnan by his stepmother.

There, he worked from sunrise to sunset and rested from sunset to sunrise, and also met a kind lotus picker.

They made a solemn vow under the moon, with the stars as witnesses of their love, and they only hoped to get married on the day she reached the age of 15.

Suddenly one day, his stepmother sent someone to his ancestral home to pick him up and bring him back to the capital city to marry at the Fan family.

Although that happened twenty years ago, he still remembers it clearly: it snowed heavily that day.

The housekeeper went to Caihe's house in person and said he would help him cancel the engagement. Everyone in the Lotus Village was shocked and they were indignant and loudly scolded him for being fickle.

Caihe, who was only one year away from marriageable age, also cursed him as a heartless man!

Although he knew what was going on, he just couldn't express his grievances!

His stepmother, who had always disliked him, suddenly wanted to summon him back to the Fan family to get married. In fact, she just couldn't bear to see him do well!

Just when he thought he had seen the light after the clouds had cleared, he was plunged into darkness and suffered.

He once hoped to return to Fan Mansion, but after meeting Caihenu, he no longer wanted to return to Fan Mansion.

However, in the Great Sheng Dynasty, filial piety was more important than heaven, so he was powerless to refute it.

His aunt was a maidservant who came with his stepmother as a dowry, and his life belonged to his stepmother from birth.

When he returned to the Fan family, he found out that the girl he was going to marry was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Cheng'en.

The huge Cheng'en Marquis Mansion gradually declined because two generations of men were incompetent.

But the legitimate daughter of the marquis's mansion was not worthy of a bastard like him. Even though he knew his stepmother's intentions, he just couldn't say it out loud.

"Dad, aren't you full?" Fan Wenjie saw that everyone had put down their bowls, but his father was still holding on to his chopsticks tightly.