The Tian family's cooking smoke was lingering from the chimney on the roof early in the morning, and it had not stopped at noon. The guests for the banquet came one after another. Everyone was talking and laughing, and gathered around the table.
The topic is inseparable from Datong. One said that he has grown taller, another said that he is more handsome, and some said that he looks like the No. 1 Scholar...
Haitang and Datong greeted the guests.
Haitang also specially asked the mute girl to cook spiced melon seeds and spiced peanuts in advance and serve them as snacks for everyone.
"Are you happy that so many people praise you?" Haitang asked.
"What are you talking about, ma'am? If I had my way, I wouldn't have to spend so much money. It wouldn't be a title on the gold medal list, and it wouldn't be a return home in glory. I have nothing in my hands and I can't afford the support of the folks." Datong said with shame.
The melon seed skins and peanut skins that everyone ate were all thrown on the ground. The food was delicious and there was a lot to eat. Although it was before the meal, Haitang had already expected that after the meal, there would be endless work. This day
Coming down is much more tiring than dyeing cloth.
Haitang deliberately placed the old widower's table in a conspicuous position.
"Miss Haitang, you are so kind-hearted. You still think about us old guys who are about to die." Uncle Sun took the lead and said, and other old men echoed.
"Of course. My mother-in-law will come out later. You have to ask her for advice on how to raise your son so well and teach him so well. My mother-in-law likes to chat with people around her age. Do you have any?
I told you, take some of these melon seeds and other things with you when you leave after dinner, I will leave them just for you," Haitang said.
"Ahem, definitely, definitely." The old man at the table replied with a smile.
Datong is not good at entertaining guests. He has to say the same sentence many times and is already exhausted. Haitang doesn't like to entertain guests either. Except for paying special attention to the old man at the table, he doesn't pay special attention to the others.
There was a table directly opposite in a good position. Wang Po didn't know where to smoke and she stuck a big red flower in her head. She got rouge and gouache from who knows where. She rubbed it like a white-faced wolf and her spit was flying all over the place.
, everyone at the table was blown away by her boasting.
The dumb girl, Tian Niu, and Lamei brought the dishes cooked in the kitchen one by one.
"Son, please sit down and eat quickly. Let those women do these things. This is not what you should do." The old lady patted the dust on Datong's body, refused to let him serve the food, and pulled him to the table.
Next to Wang Po, she was forced to sit down and winked at Wang Po.
Lamei pushed Bai Haitang and asked her to look at the table over there.
From the corner of her eye, Haitang could already see Mrs. Wang starting to chatter with Datong...
"Sister Haitang, aren't you afraid that Datong will be confused by what Mrs. Wang said, like his mother, who failed to control himself and fell into trouble?" Lamei whispered.
"What's yours is always yours, what's not yours will eventually go away." Bai Haitang continued to serve everyone. Although he was good at socializing, he still greeted everyone with a smile.
He didn't pay much attention to what Wang Po and Datong said.
Tian Niu can never forget the "good husband" whom Po Wang introduced to her. Except for Mr. Wang, all the dishes on other tables have been served. Only Po Wang's table has a good location, but you have to wait until the end. Come up.
By this time, almost half of the food at other tables had been eaten, and the dishes were quite cold and had lost their taste.
Wang Po saw Tian Niu's thoughts and had no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis in silence.