Chapter 186 (2/2)

Zhenzhu, who was a good cook, brought over the breakfast and smiled when she heard her words, “General Fang’s family is very generous . They left all of this to the Yu Family . ”

Lady Fang sat at the red mahogany round table, rinsed her mouth with warm water, and then said, “Young General Zhao is close friends with Xiaocao’s father, and Xiaocao’s father has also saved Young General Zhao’s life before . There’s nothing wrong even if they gave them more things, let alone this house . Where’s Furong? Not up yet?”

“She might have been too tired yesterday . Miss Furong was raised in a pampered lifestyle, so how can she withstand all of yesterday’s happenings?” Linglong said with a smile, “Should I go wake her…”

“No need . Let her sleep some more!” Lady Fang wasn’t someone who liked to make things difficult for others . She picked up her chopsticks and prepared to eat breakfast .

Fang Zizhen had never cooked here, so there wasn’t anything in the kitchen, except for the several catties of white rice, wheat flour, and vegetables that Xiaocao brought over yesterday . Therefore, compared to the breakfast eaten at the General Estate, this breakfast was rather crude . There was a pot of plain congee, several deep-fried dough cakes, and stir-fried greens . Even the second-ranked maidservants in the General Estate ate a more sumptuous meal! Zhenzhu was worried that her master would dislike this breakfast, so she lowered her head perturbed .

Lady Fang grabbed some greens with her chopsticks and chewed it in her mouth . She slightly creased her brows as she swallowed it . Then she lowered her and drank a mouthful of plain congee, which was so plain that it couldn’t arouse her appet.i.te . She lightly sighed and put down her chopsticks—Indeed, it was difficult to live a frugal life after one got accustomed to luxury ah!

“G.o.dmother—are you awake?” The sound of Xiaocao’s crisp voice, which was like the singing of larks, came from outside the door, and then the gates were pushed open . With her hair styled into a playful double bun hairstyle, a figure dressed in an emerald green cross-necked dress hopped inside the door, carrying a large food basket that looked somewhat uncoordinated with her height .

Linglong hastily went forward and took the food basket from Xiaocao’s hands . She smiled and said, “Miss Cao’er is really early ah . Madam has just gotten up and is eating breakfast right now!”

With crescent-like eyes, Xiaocao said with a face full of smiles, “I came at just the right time then!”

When she entered the main room, she glanced at the nearly untouched breakfast on the table . Looking at the plain congee and greens, even she didn’t have an appet.i.te, let alone her G.o.dmother who was used to living in a pampered and comfortable lifestyle .

“G.o.dmother, I made lean pork and century eggs congee, crispy egg pancake, chives stuffed potstickers, steamed eggs with shrimps, as well as sweet potato pancake made with the sweet potatoes that I dug out yesterday! Try it while it’s still hot!” Yu Xiaocao pushed aside the plain congee in front of her G.o.dmother and replaced it with the hot and fragrant lean pork and century eggs congee that she made . After that, she took out all the food inside the food basket and put them all on the table .

Looking at the table full of fragrant and delicious breakfast, Lady Fang was very moved . Her daughter must had woken up very early to make such a sumptuous meal for breakfast ah! She didn’t know much about an ordinary family’s breakfast, but she guessed that it must be extremely simple . Her daughter must have specially prepared these seven to eight mouthwatering dishes for her . Her eyes brimmed with tears, and she felt very happy with the feeling of having a daughter being filial to her!

“G.o.dmother, quickly eat! It won’t taste as good when it gets cold!” Yu Xiaocao ladled a small bowl of congee and grabbed a piece of luscious sweet potato pancake, which was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, for her G.o.dmother . She watched her eat it with a face filled with antic.i.p.ation for praises .

Lady Fang was amused by her expression . Unlike the sweetness of other sweet snacks, the rich taste of sweet potato melted in her mouth and stimulated her taste buds . ‘Mhm, this sweet potato pancake tastes great . I wonder why this tasty sweet potato is considered a food eaten by low status commoners?’

After eating a piece of luscious sweet potato pancake, she drank a mouthful of the fragrant century eggs congee . She immediately fell in love with the unique and novel taste . There were also the crispy egg pancakes, soft and refres.h.i.+ng steamed eggs with shrimp, and the delicious pan-fried dumplings… Lady Fang felt that this meal was even better than all the breakfasts that she had eaten in the past . In particular, the look of her daughter, Xiaocao, eating with relish could really stimulate the appet.i.te of the person watching her .

Xiaocao brought over a lot of breakfast, so even after the mother-daughter pair filled their stomachs, there were still a lot leftover . All the food that was leftover was awarded to the two handmaids . When Zhenzhu and Linglong were serving their master to eat, they had already been tempted by the rich breakfast . They had been well-trained, so it was hard to tell on the surface . But, in actuality, they had been drooling over the food for a long time already .

By the time Xia Furong woke up, there was only the plain congee, pancake, and stir-fried greens made by Zhenzhu . This n.o.ble young miss had never eaten this kind of food, so she threw a tantrum . However, she didn’t eat much last night because she was fighting with Xiaocao, so her stomach had long been growling in hunger . If she didn’t eat, then she would have to starve! With the thought that her aunt has eaten the same food, Xia Furong ate until she was sixty or seventy percent full while feeling aggrieved .

As soon as Lady Fang arrived here, she had noticed that there were many things that she needed to buy . Knowing that Xiaocao needed to visit her watermelon shop in town after eating breakfast, she decided to go together with her . Xia Furong still had lingering fears about the rough and b.u.mpy mountain roads yesterday, so she volunteered to stay at home . She only had a little maidservant with her, so Zhenzhu, who was a good cook, stayed at home with her .

They went to town on the Fang Family’s horse carriage . It had been specially improved, so it was naturally very comfortable . After pa.s.sing the mountain road, Xiaocao rested comfortably in her G.o.dmother’s arms, taking a nap with her eyes closed .

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