When Chen Suinian began to call everyone to eat, the entire living room was filled with dishes!
The dishes included steamed tender bamboo shoots, farmhouse stir-fried pork, braised fish, chicken stewed with mushrooms, celery, and just the right number of nine dishes!
The aroma of the food wafted through the air, rich and fragrant.
Everyone's eyes lit up!
Especially Lu Chen and Chen Ping'an, whose mouths watered uncontrollably!
In particular, the chicken stewed with mushrooms had an enticing fragrance that made Lu Chen drool.
The various aromas made the entire living room feel refreshing!
Chen Ping'an and Lu Chen each filled their bowls with rice, pressing it down firmly.
They paid no attention to others, focusing solely on their meals.
Meanwhile, Qi Jingchun and Ning Yao ate gracefully and quietly! But their pace was not slow!
Chen Suinian casually took a few bites of the dishes, then pulled out a small wine jug and a cup, sipping slowly!
Lu Chen looked at him, mumbling about the chicken stewed with mushrooms, his words unclear.
“Chen Suinian, why aren’t you eating? This food is so delicious... really good!”
Chen Suinian replied, “This food is what I’ve been eating since I was a child. No matter how good my cooking is, it’s just that!”
Lu Chen glanced at Chen Suinian and continued to shovel rice, “No, it’s not that you don’t like it... I like it! If you can’t eat it yourself, just make it for me!”
Chen Suinian sneered, “Dream on! If it weren’t for Mr. Qi, Ning Yao, and my brother, you wouldn’t even be able to come in and mooch off my food! Don’t you think you look like a starving ghost right now?”
Lu Chen helplessly replied, “Is it my fault? It’s your cooking that’s too good! This chicken stewed with mushrooms is the best I’ve ever had!”
Chen Suinian said, “Can you eat properly? Everyone else is eating quietly, and you’re the only one talking so much.”
Lu Chen didn’t care how Chen Suinian belittled him; he just wanted to fill his stomach first. A few words wouldn’t cost him two pounds of meat!
It seemed that the reason for taking Chen Ping'an as a disciple had just increased, allowing Chen Ping'an to connect more with Chen Suinian in his little cave abode!
As long as Chen Ping'an stayed behind for dinner, he could mooch off the food!
At that time, he would be Chen Ping'an's master. With Chen Ping'an's character, even if Chen Suinian didn’t like him, Chen Ping'an would still make his brother keep him for dinner!
Not bad!
The Taoist was truly clever!
Ning Yao was also eating quickly; she had been traveling and hadn’t had hot meals since she started cultivating!
This food was indeed much better than the meals from her childhood at the Sword Qi Great Wall!
Ning Yao had sharp eyes and a keen nose!
Amidst the many aromas, she caught a whiff of the wine fragrance from Chen Suinian's cup!
Ning Yao felt that although the food was delicious, her throat was a bit dry! So she swallowed hard!
Ning Yao smiled at Chen Suinian and said, “Hey, Chen Ping'an's brother, what are you drinking?”
Chen Suinian glanced at Ning Yao and replied, “Wine.”
Ning Yao said, “My throat is dry! Do you have any ‘water’?”
Hurry up, give me a cup of wine, I want to drink! Got it?
Chen Suinian ignored her, waved his hand, and conjured a cup filled with cool water!
“Here! Water!”
Ning Yao looked at the cup in front of her, which was genuinely filled with water, and at that moment, she truly felt Chen Suinian's cunning!
She didn’t believe that Chen Suinian couldn’t tell she wanted to drink wine!
Chen Suinian smiled faintly and said, “Drink? Why aren’t you drinking? And don’t call me ‘hey’! I’m Chen Ping'an's brother, but I have a name!”
Ning Yao realized, so she smiled and said, “Chen Suinian! I want to drink the wine from that jug of yours!”
Chen Suinian nodded, “Alright, but you have to drink that cup of water first before I can pour you some wine!”
Ning Yao expressionlessly drank the cup of water, then directly held out the cup to Chen Suinian, “Pour wine!”
Chen Suinian said with satisfaction, “What flavor of wine do you want?”
Ning Yao replied, “Anything!”
Isn’t it all from the same jug? Are you messing with me?
Chen Suinian had no choice but to pour a cup of wine into Ning Yao's cup. As soon as she held it under her nose, she realized that this wine was completely different from the one in Chen Suinian's cup!
Ning Yao took a small sip, her eyes lighting up; it was sweet rice wine! Surprisingly good!
Ning Yao downed it in one go; after all, it wasn’t strong!
Ning Yao then held out her cup to Chen Suinian again, “Chen Suinian, it’s good, give me another cup!”
Chen Suinian poured another cup, and Ning Yao downed it again!
This went on repeatedly, and Chen Suinian was starting to get a bit annoyed!
“Kids should drink in moderation! Don’t overindulge! Got it?”
Chen Suinian casually found an excuse to send Ning Yao away!
Ning Yao pouted, a bit dissatisfied! It was hard to come across such delicious sweet rice wine, and she hadn’t had enough!
Besides, how could sweet rice wine get you drunk?
At this moment, Lu Chen also transformed into a cup and held it out to Chen Suinian, “Suinian, wine!”
That cup was even bigger than Chen Suinian's wine jug!
Chen Suinian's expression instantly turned cold, clearly speechless at Lu Chen!
Chen Suinian glanced at Lu Chen, then at Qi Jingchun and the others, and each transformed into a large cup, filling them with wine from the jug!
Chen Ping'an watched as such a small wine jug poured into such large cups, yet it never seemed to run out of wine!
Chen Suinian filled Qi Jingchun and Lu Chen's cups with clear wine, while he poured Chen Ping'an the sweet rice wine that Ning Yao had drunk earlier!
Qi Jingchun nodded and thanked him!
After a while, most of the dishes on the table were nearly finished, and only then did Qi Jingchun and Lu Chen start to drink slowly!
Qi Jingchun took a sip and was pleasantly surprised.
Chen Suinian smiled and introduced Qi Jingchun's wine, “This is made from peach blossoms I collected from the April Mountain. After the peaches are harvested, I brew it again, and finally adjust the proportions of both! Even the brewing barrel is made of peach wood! I named it, ‘Peach Blossom Abundance’!”
Qi Jingchun took another small sip and smiled, “Not bad! Peach Blossom Abundance!”
Isn’t this the wine that Ah Liang brought me last time?
Last time I asked Ah Liang for it, but he refused, saying he had very little, and it wouldn’t do!
So this wine was actually brewed by Chen Suinian!
Ning Yao looked left and right, then fixed her gaze on Chen Suinian, “Chen Suinian, what about mine? Where’s mine?”
Chen Suinian laughed, “Didn’t I pour you some earlier?”
Ning Yao said, “That doesn’t count! That little bit doesn’t count!”
Chen Suinian replied, “Well, I can’t help that. I brew very little wine, and today I only took it out to share because I saw guests! Usually, I sip it slowly!”
Ning Yao was exasperated and laughed; it was nonsense! She had seen Chen Suinian drink several cups!
She was speechless and had reason to suspect that Chen Suinian was deliberately targeting her!
So she turned her head away from Chen Suinian and instead looked at Chen Ping'an's wine cup!
At this moment, Chen Ping'an was still slowly eating!
She slightly raised the corner of her mouth and said to Chen Ping'an, who was still eating, “Chen Ping'an, we’re friends, right?”
Chen Ping'an, confused, replied, “Yes, what’s wrong?”
“Didn’t I help you in your time of need? Didn’t I help you slay that Fu Nanhua?”
Chen Ping'an nodded, and Ning Yao smiled, “Then can you share half of your wine with me?”
Chen Ping'an nodded blankly and said it was no problem!
Ning Yao directly took Chen Ping'an's cup, smiling as she poured it into her own cup in front of Chen Suinian!
Chen Suinian looked at Chen Ping'an, speechless!
Now you’re completely under her thumb; what will you do when she really becomes your wife in the future?
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