Noon was approaching, and the food at the Su Family was ready.
The dragon and phoenix soup was brought to the table.
Su Sikong, who originally said he had already left, was unexpectedly seated high at the main seat, next to Patriarch Su. Seated at the bottom left were a few elders of the uncles’ generation, and seated at the head of the bottom right was Qin Yi, today he was the newly-wedded son-in-law. Continuing downwards were the young juniors, a full table.
On the won’s side, the Su family’s grandmother sat at the head, on both sides sat a few daughters-in-law, and further down were the younger generations.
Coming late, Su Pan’er glanced at Su Sikong, her eyebrows raised, didn’t he say he was leaving?
As everyone else had already taken their seats, Patriarch Su finally began to speak.
"Today it is rare that Sikong is at ho for a al, and it also happens to be that it’s the fourth girl’s ho-visit day, everyone please enjoy the al. Ah! No need to be polite, eat, eat. Co, Qin Yi, you should eat too."
While talking, he was the first to serve himself with chopsticks, marking the start of the al.
"Grandfather, after you! Everyone, please go ahead." Qin Yi politely replied with a smile, showing perfect manners.
Not for nothing is he a scholar!
He really is deserving of his reputation, his actions are reasonable and well-founded, and joyful at first glance, such a pity...
Su Sikong turned his gaze on Su Pan’er, his face gloomy and he gave a cold humph before starting to eat.
Su Pan’er was so hungry that her stomach was rumbling. She didn’t have ti to look at his face. Once the al began, she quickly picked up a piece of snake at and started devouring it in front of her, like a gust of wind sweeping over the dragon and phoenix soup.
This scene fell into Su Sikong’s eyes: "As expected, an uneducated and unruly girl, doesn’t know the manners of distinguishing between superiors and inferiors at the dining table, she does not know any etiquette at all. If outsiders saw this, she would have completely humiliated the Su family!"
He stared at Su Pan’er, his eyes were especially cold.
Su Pan’er ignored him and casually replied: "Etiquette? I don’t understand what etiquette is, but it’s much better than so hypocrites who are pointed as the disgrace of the family, isn’t it?"
Don’t think she doesn’t know about the good things this grand-uncle has done! Just look at his body full of fat, and you can easily tell what kind of person he is.
"You!.. Indeed a sharp-tongued unruly girl. You’re really not from the Su family, you’re completely different from us!"
Su Sikong showed a bloodthirsty smile.
At his words, Qin Yi couldn’t help but pause, not from the Su family, what does that an?
Could it be that Pan’er...
Su Pan’er, with a piece of at clamped in her hand, interrupted: "If all the seeds of the Su family were like you, I would have probably been scared in the womb and refused to co out. Can’t bear to disgrace myself!" Imdiately she stuffed the piece of at into her mouth, continuing to feast while disregarding him.
Smash!
Su Sikong directly slamd his chopsticks!
He quickly stood up from his chair, pointing at Su Pan’er and swearing: "Damn girl, who are you cursing? Are you intentionally trying to get on my bad side today?"
"To get on your bad side? Pfft!"
At Su Sikong’s words, Su Pan’er almost spit out her food: "Like I have the ti for that, I haven’t even had enough to eat yet! Don’t buzz around like a fly, you don’t find it annoying but I do!" Ignoring his reproach, she continued to devour her al.
The comnt made Su Sikong’s face instantly turn red with anger, his body trembling. With a flick of his sleeve, the two bowls beside him fell to the ground!
Smash——
The bowl fell to the ground and shattered.
Just as he was pointing at Su Pan’er to reprimand her angrily, Mrs. Su-Hua from the won’s table cut him off.
"Pan’er, today is your blessed return day, don’t talk carelessly, lest you ruin the mood!"
While speaking, she hastily served a large amount of food into Su Pan’er’s bowl: "Your eldest uncle, it’s rare for you to co ho. Do you think Pan’er deliberately offended you? You started having prejudice against her ever since her return ho. Your eyes weren’t seeing right, your nose wasn’t detecting things properly. Didn’t you say earlier in the courtyard that you treated Pan’er better than your own daughter?"
Speaking, she cast a glance at Su Yue’er who was sitting next to her.
Su Yue’er’s fingers holding the bamboo chopsticks turned white, and she could hardly maintain her smile.
A shadow of cruelty flashed through the slit eyes of Su Sikong: "Is Fourth Sister blaming this official?"
"What a joke the deputy county magistrate said, how dare I, a humble woman?"
Mrs. Su-Hua put down her bowl and chopsticks, full of vigor, the protective instincts of a mother leopard were thoroughly aroused: "You are a deputy county magistrate, and Pan’er is just a foolish girl. If others knew that you, an esteed county magistrate, were bickering with a foolish girl, wouldn’t they laugh their heads off?"
This remark made Su Sikong’s face shake with anger. For a ti, he couldn’t find suitable words to rebut.
Seeing that things were escalating, Patriach Su coughed heavily twice: "Alright, everyone, let’s eat. This big pot of at still can’t keep your mouths shut? Eat now."
He then turned to Su Sikong, an old face with deep wrinkles seed to bloom like a flower in autumn: "Sikong, being a man of great tolerance, don’t act like these petty won. Eat quickly. Don’t you have to return to the county city later?"
Su Sikong continued to glare at Su Pan’er without speaking. The brothers sitting next to him all had faces of amusent and all stopped their chopsticks.
Seeing the unfavorable situation, Su Lao Si hurriedly got up to diate: "Child’s mother, what kind of speech is this? We’re all family!"
Then he glared at Su Pan’er, turned his head and said to Su Sikong with a face full of smiles: "Eldest brother, Pan’er this foolish girl is dull and Mrs. Su-Hua is long-haired but short in knowledge. Please be generous and don’t get upset with won. Co on, let’s have a toast as brothers!"
He laughed again and again, picked up the newly brought bowl to refill Su Sikong’s, then he handed over the wine bowl with both hands with a humble old face.
The flesh on Su Sikong’s plump face was trembling continuously. He held back ti and ti again, grunted heavily, picked up his robe and sat down, picked up the wine that Su Lao Si had passed over and guzzled it down.
The bowl of wine was quickly drained!
Heh...
He let out a long pent-up sigh, biting on his molars and sneered: "Heh heh, how can this official make a fuss with a fool! She just got married and her character has changed so drastically, she’s no longer as sensible as before, and all etiquette has been forgotten. So I was trying to teach her a lesson, to prevent her from behaving rudely in front of strangers! Co on, co on, eat! Everyone eat!"
Everyone quickly offered a toast, joking around, putting behind the unpleasant scene just now.
Only a little boy about six or seven years old sitting at the end of the table secretly gave Su Pan’er a thumbs-up, which raised Su Pan’er’s eyebrows in astonishnt.
Looking for him in the mory, it was her real brother, Su Ke!
After finally having enough to eat and drink, Su Pan’er left the table and started picking her teeth on the side, completely ignoring the pointing and whispering about her by those sisters.
"Fourth sister! Fourth sister, you were so imposing today, Ke’er is very happy!"
With a cheeky face, Su Ke, whose eyes were shining brightly like stars in the sky, ca forward with the aid of a crutch, excitent and joy he couldn’t hide.
Seeing the majestic deanor of his sister who used to be bullied, his heart was overjoyed!
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