Degenerate Father is a Good Father (5)
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That night, Du Yun Han let the whole family gather for a meal. Perhaps because Du Yun Han was rather happy, he made an exception to let third yiniang as well as all the children in the house all go.
Du Xiao Li met for the first time the rumored number one beauty in the capital, Du Ke Xin. She was indeed very beautiful. Du Xiao Li believed that her own face was not bad either, but she was still a point inferior. However, this was probably because she was still just thirteen, and her face still hasn't matured yet.
Unfortunately, Du Ke Xin although looked beautiful, those eyes carelessly exposed her jealousy, discontent, and resentment, destroying that little face of hers. Just like an extremely beautiful ink painting totally ruined by an extra stroke of the brush towards the end.
"Xiao Li, this is your second older sister, Ke Xin." Du Yun Han pointed to Du Ke Xin and introduced her. "Ke Xin, this is your younger sister Xiao Li, that is Xiu Heng."
"Eldest brother, third sister." Du Ke Xin greeted the two with a smile, but that smile didn't reach the bottom of her eyes.
"Second sister." Du Xiao Li also smiled, while Du Xiu Heng only nodded towards Du Ke Xin.
"This is your fourth younger brother, Ke Hui." Du Yun Han pointed to the boy next to Du Ke Xin and said.
"Fourth brother." Du Xiao Li called out.
"Hmph, nothing more than bumpkins from the countryside, to actually also be able to eat together with us, really reducing one's status!" The two eyes on Du Ke Hui's slightly chubby, but fair like woman's face didn't conceal his disdain in the slightest.
(T/N: Well aren't you a honest little sh*t; I guess that's better than being two faced, that or he just too stupid to be good at acting.)
'Bang!' Du Yun Han instantly slammed his chopsticks onto the table, his eyes angrily glaring at Du Ke Hui, "Say that one more time?!"
Du Ke Hui seemingly was very scared of Du Yun Han, and seeing him suddenly get angry, his body cowered. Afterwards, he shot a glare at Du Xiao Li and them, before silently lowering his head.
"Eldest brother, third sister, sorry. My younger brother is still small and isn't sensible. Please don't mind." Du Ke Xin smiled at the two of them and apologized.
Du Xiao Li glanced to Du Ke Xin and Du Ke Hui, declining to comment. If she really wanted to stop him, would she still let him finish these words? Moreover, she didn't regard them highly either, because after she finished saying this, without waiting for Du Xiao Li and them to speak, she immediately had her attention shifted away, saying to Du old madam, "Grandmother, I reserved a private room at Feng Xue Lou. Tomorrow, we'll be going out to eat lunch together with Miss Chen and them. Afterwards, we'll also gather together for a bit in the afternoon and won't be able to come back until nighttime."
"You actually managed to reserve a private room at Feng Xue Luo?" Fifth Yiniang said in shock, "That Feng Xue Luo, although has only been open for a few years, it currently has already rose to the rank of the most prestigious restaurant in the capital. Heard all the dishes there are all very unique, and also tastes super delicious. Every day there's an endless stream of people going there to eat, but they have a rule that every day each private room will only receive reservations for noon and evening, these two times. That's why, it's very difficult to reserve a private room."
"That's right. During the day, younger brother and I had waited in line for a very long time." Du Ke Xin proudly said. To have been able to reserve a private room at Feng Xue Luo, she would also be able to show off in front of those people tomorrow.
"You all personally waited in line?" Du old madam was somewhat upset. A dignified Prime Minister Manor's miss, even needed to wait in line personally to reserve a private room?
"Grandmother, don't underestimate that Feng Xue Luo just because it's a restaurant. The owner behind the scenes is very mysterious, and moreover, seems to also be very influential. Never mind us, even if princes or wangyes want to go reserve a private room, they all need to personally go, just they don't need to wait in line, that's all." Du Ke Xin said.
"What kind of restaurant is that? Such big airs? To actually make the princes and wangyes personally go!" Du old madam exclaimed.
"Till this day, no one knows who the true owner of that restaurant is. In the beginning, there were also people who refused to comply, and thought of ways to stir up trouble, but were all sorted out. Furthermore, they were even sorted out till they were obedient, no longer daring to go cause trouble." Speaking of Feng Xue Luo, Du Ke Hui lifted his head and excitedly said.
"That impressive?!" Du old madam said in surprise.
"Of course. Else, how can it become one of the top restaurants!" Du Ke Hui said.
Du Xiao Li and Du Xiu Heng both didn't speak, only silently listened to Du Ke Xin and Du Ke Hui's expressive descriptions.
Seeing the two of them not having any expression, Du Ke Hui said, "As expected, country bumpkins are just country bumpkins, don't even know about Feng Xue Luo!"
"Father, tomorrow, how about letting third sister come together with me. Tomorrow, a few misses just happened to be going too. I can bring third sister to get to know them, letting third sister get use to the capital sooner." Du Ke Xin looked to Du Yun Han and said.
"Tomorrow, a few officials' sons are also going!" Du Ke Hui interjected.
Du Yun Han felt it was reasonable and said, "Then the two of you bring along Xiu Heng and Xiao Li too. Xiu Heng, Xiao Li, tomorrow go out together with them, get acquainted with people around your age, and make some friends."
"Yes, father." Du Xiao Li, seeing everyone all looking to her, couldn't directly refuse his intentions in front of everyone either. Going to see what those official families' young masters and misses are like wasn't impossible either. Thus, she agreed.
Du Xiu Hen, seeing Du Xaio Li agree, also nodded his head too. But their expressions were both indifferent, and didn't get excited because they were going to Feng Xue Luo.
"Really a bunch of country bumpkins! Tomorrow, don't wear those countryside clothes of yours, so as to avoid embarrassing the Du family's face!" Du Ke Hui disdainfully said.
He really was unable to make sense of why his older sister wanted to bring them along. Wasn't this just adding trouble for herself?! But the things she did, she'd always had her own reasoning, so he as the younger brother didn't need to bother. Tomorrow, he just need to worry about going to Feng Xue Luo and eating a big meal.
"Ke Xin, later come to my room, I'll give you two thousand taels of silver. Tomorrow, don't worry and just eat whatever you want, don't make the Prime Minister Manor lose face, understand?" Zhong Mei Qing put down her chopsticks and said.
"Yes, mother." As soon as Du Ke Xin heard there was money, and even two thousand taels, she happily promised. She knew she was going not just for the money, but also......
Soon after, during the meal, Du Ke Xin and Du Ke Hui, as well as that fourth yiniang and fifth yiniang, continuously chatted about Feng Xue Luo. Du old madam left after eating for a while, and once she left, they chatted even more happily.
Du Xiao Li watched them smiling in delight, inwardly thinking to herself, didn't ancient people particularly paid close attention to not talking while eating, why weren't they like that?
Actually, they normally were indeed like such, just she didn't know, because Feng Xue Luo held a special place in everyone's heart, making them excited to the extent that they'd long had these rules forgotten to the back of their heads.
"Father, can I go together with big brother and big sister too?" Du Xue Qi, who'd been quietly sitting in a corner eating, suddenly spoke.
"Xue Qi, properly eat, what are you saying!" Third yiniang placed some vegetables before her into Du Xue Qi's bowl.
"But it sounds so fun, I really want to go too." Du Xue Qi said.
Du Yun Han, seeing that Du Xue Qi was about to cry, said, "Ke Xin, tomorrow, bring Xue Qi along too."
"Why bring her along, she so small. Moreover, the ones going tomorrow are all young masters and misses with status." Du Ke Hui refused, completely forgetting that he currently wasn't the Du manor di son anymore either.
"I, I...." Du Xue Qi lowered her head. It was obvious that these words, she probably frequently heard before, but it still upset her very much. A shu daughter's position in the manor was also rather awkward, completely unable to compare with the di daughter and di son.
"Father, tomorrow, just let Xue Qi come with us. I'll watch her." Du Xiao Li suddenly spoke, gathering everyone's attention towards herself.
T/N: At this point in the story, there aren't really any major schemes, just bunch of petty bullying, guess cause they still underestimate them for being from the countryside.
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