Chapter 60, Banquet in Prison
The next day, early morning.
Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun were practicing separately in the morning as usual, one was practicing the whip technique, and the other was practicing the body technique formation.
Xiaorou also got up early today to prepare breakfast.
"Eh? Why did you make so many delicious things today?" After Jiang Ruoyun came back from practice, he found that Xiaorou had made a table of breakfast, and everything looked very delicious.
Xiaorou seemed a little panicked and explained: "Today is the day when the young lady goes to the prison house to attend her birthday. Only after eating a lot can she look energetic."
Lu Feng came over after washing up. Looking at the delicious food on the table, he also felt a lot of appetite. He reached for a delicate snack.
"No, this is for the young lady. It is the purple sweet potato dumpling that the young lady likes the most," Xiao Rou nervously stopped Lu Feng.
"It's okay, just give it to Lu Feng if he likes it," Jiang Ruoyun said with a smile.
"No, I made this specially for the young lady." Xiaorou's attitude was unusually resolute, her eyes flickering, with a hint of fear.
At this time, Lu Feng had already eaten other snacks. Seeing Xiaorou acting like this, he thought it was because of her hard work. Without thinking much, he held half a pastry in his mouth and said vaguely: "It's okay, everything I eat is the same. "
It wasn't until Jiang Ruoyun finally picked up the dumplings to eat that Xiaorou relaxed a lot, and her nervousness turned into worry.
Before leaving, Xiaorou pulled Lu Feng and whispered: "Protect the young lady."
At the end, seeing Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun walking away, Xiaorou's eyes were filled with tears, and her tears fell unconsciously.
Following Jiang Caiyun's instructions, she ground the pill into powder and mixed it into the dumplings. She was ready to leave and had no shame to stay in Shuizhuxuan any longer.
After cleaning everything inside and out, Xiaorou left with a look of reluctance, finding a quiet place to wait for the father-daughter reunion after the birthday banquet.
Jiang Ruoyun has not attended a birthday banquet in prison for many years. The last time she went was when she was twelve years old. It was also at the banquet that year that she was so famous that her reputation as a genius spread throughout Qinglong. Every corner of town.
Now that she is in the stage of recovering her strength, she is naturally not qualified to compete for the limelight of being famous.
Cheng Zhishu, Ma Qiufeng and others who were left behind by her have now reached the spirit gathering realm. Even Yan Jingjing, who does not know how to practice, has also reached this realm.
There are so many people who can steal the show at this banquet.
Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun were not the first ones to rush to the prison house. They already had many guests when they arrived.
There are dozens of stone tables placed in the living room, each with a name written on it. Just take a seat according to the number.
"It's okay," Lu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and saw at a glance that his and Jiang Ruoyun's seats were arranged at the end, not too far forward. When he came back, Lu Feng was a little worried if the prison officer arranged them in a dazzling position. How to explain.
There was a bench behind the stone table, which was just right for Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun. As soon as they sat down, the maid placed several pots of diced plums and brewed a pot of fragrant tea.
"It won't start until everyone is together," Jiang Ruoyun explained. It was the same scene back then, but at that time, although she was outstanding, she had no place.
Unlike now when he established his own business, he had a place in the name of Shuizhuxuan.
This also made Jiang Ruoyun feel a little strange. Logically speaking, Shuizhuxuan was not famous in Qinglong Town and was not qualified to be invited to participate.
Jiang Ruoyun glanced at Lu Feng suspiciously, feeling vaguely that it was because of him.
After coming back to his senses, he looked outside the door and saw that the people arriving one after another were all carrying a gift box in their hands. Jiang Ruoyun suddenly said in shock: "It's over. We came to the birthday banquet and we didn't prepare any birthday gifts."
Seeing the anxious look on Jiang Ruoyun's face, Lu Feng smiled and said, "Take the mountain fruit wine we made last time. You can't buy such an amazing wine in the market."
"Isn't it too shabby?" Jiang Ruoyun said bitterly.
"If it's too valuable, he won't dare to accept it for fear of the prison officer," Lu Feng muttered.
Jiang Ruoyun didn't hear clearly what Lu Feng said. Her attention at the moment was completely focused on the person coming at the door.
"Grandpa," Jiang Ruoyun muttered softly.
Lu Feng looked over and saw that Jiang Batian's face looked a little haggard and his figure had lost a lot of weight. It seemed that Jiang Ruoyun's departure from the mansion had a considerable impact on him.
As one of the largest households in Qinglong Town, the Jiang Mansion will naturally not be absent from the prison officer's birthday. The two palace masters, Jiang Batian and Jiang Aotian, obviously gave the prison house a lot of face by personally coming forward, and Jiang Feng and Jiang Caiyun were also followed. people.
The two palace masters had naturally arranged their seats. Although Jiang Feng and Jiang Feng were both direct descendants, they did not have a seat and could only stand on both sides of the stone table.
The moment Jiang Caiyun entered the door, his eyes fell on Lu Feng, and he was extremely surprised!
"Why is he here?"
"You seem to be fine?"
A bad premonition appeared in Jiang Caiyun's heart. Jiang Ren has not returned yet. If he thinks about it now, it may be a disaster.
"Even slaves have a place, why should we stand?" Jiang Caiyun muttered dissatisfiedly. Although his voice was low, those around him could hear it clearly.
Jiang Feng frowned upon hearing this, and when he saw Lu Feng sitting upright, he couldn't help but feel extremely angry.
"Did Jiang Ruoyun take that pill?" Jiang Caiyun whispered in Jiang Feng's ear.
"Her father is still tied up by us in the abandoned warehouse. How dare she be disobedient?" Jiang Feng smiled mischievously, as if Jiang Ruoyun had made a fool of himself in public and was beaten to the ground.
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Jiang Mansion's group was much further forward, far away from Lu Feng and the others.
Therefore, Lu Feng and the two did not hear the conversation between Jiang Feng and Jiang Caiyun.
Jiang Ruoyun's eyes focused on the door again, watching people coming one after another.
"Sister Qiao~" Jiang Ruoyun stood up and greeted Qiao Xueer who was walking towards the door.
Qiao Xueer paused, stretched out her hand to respond, smiled gently, and then followed her elders to the front.
"Alas, Sister Qiao's family is really strict. She is not allowed to get close to Brother Tang Yuan. I don't know if Brother Tang Yuan will attend today." Jiang Ruoyun said helplessly.
Not long after, Mr. Yan came with Yan Mingchi and Yan Jingjing, and the living room gradually became lively.
Yan Jingjing was dressed in men's clothing today. Her short and sharp hairstyle made her look somewhat heroic. The only thing that remained unchanged was her bright and round eyes.
Lu Feng couldn't help but think of her words in front of Yan He's tomb. It seemed that she really planned to use Yan Qing's name to resist the important responsibilities of the Yan family.
The moment she entered the door, Yan Jingjing noticed where Lu Feng was and waved her pink fists as if she wanted to hit him.
Now that she has the strength of the Soul Gathering Realm, she is confident that she can fight Lu Feng, kneeling down and begging for mercy to show off her frivolous attitude that day.
Lu Feng smiled helplessly and pretended not to see it.
After the people had almost arrived, the prison officer walked out of the inner hall and took charge of the overall situation. Naturally, he couldn't help but be polite at first.
"Thank you for coming today..." the prison officer said at length.
Lu Feng felt a little tired and complained: "How long is he going to talk about this?"
"We have to talk about it until the luncheon. Later, the prison officer will summarize the big and small things in Qinglong Town over the past year, sum up the past, plan for the future, and finally everyone will give gifts." Jiang Ruoyun was also a little helpless.
Only then did Lu Feng realize what it means to talk to oneself, and what it means to be able to talk for a whole day.
The melons and fruits on the stone table are almost eaten, and the tea has been replenished several times. The prison officer is still talking.
When lunch was approaching, the prison officer stopped and sat down to take a sip of water.
The Cheng Mansion is the largest household in Qinglong Town. At the signal of the head of the family, Cheng Zhishu stood up, holding a plant in both hands, and said: "Lanzhi Cypress Taro has an excellent effect of nourishing the soul and nourishing the meridians. Cheng The government takes this as its congratulations and wishes the prison officer to be in high spirits and live a long and prosperous life every year."
"My good nephew is interested." The prison officer smiled kindly and ordered people to put it away.
Ma Mansion presented: "A sweat jade..."
Qiao Mansion presented: "A purple tear from the stars and the moon..."
Juxiang Garden presents: "A piece of wishful ointment..."
Looking at the gifts presented one after another, Lu Feng found that although their gifts were all kinds of strange, they were all of high quality. Although they were not particularly valuable, they were definitely not market items.
Finally it was Lu Feng's turn. After thinking about it, Lu Feng stepped forward. They were the only two people from Shuizhuxuan. Naturally, it was Lu Feng who stepped forward. After all, in the eyes of interested people, Jiang Ruoyun was his contract owner.
The timing of Lu Feng stepping forward was also a coincidence. It happened to be just when the previous family's gift presentation was over and the prison officer's subordinates had not yet returned from receiving the gifts.
Shuizhuxuan offers "a jar of natural fruit brew, which can nourish spiritual energy and activate meridians."
Lu Feng said calmly, raised his hand and took out an ordinary wine jar and handed it to the prison officer.
Some people present had already laughed at Lu Feng, looking at Lu Feng's stupidity and lack of respect for the world.
"Is he really stupid or has his head soaked in water? He actually handed the gift directly to the prison officer?"
"To actually use such a low-quality wine jar to hold spiritual brew..."
Everyone had mixed feelings and looked at Lu Feng with amusement in their eyes, but Lu Feng didn't care at all and continued to walk towards the prison officer with a smile.
"Prison...Lu..." The prison officer was a little flattered, but fortunately Lu Feng stopped him with a look and handed the natural fruit wine into the hands of the prison officer.
The prison officer was still a little scared when he received the call, which made Lu Feng feel dumbfounded. He thought to himself: "It's just a broken token, how can you be so nervous?"
"Go and investigate the identity of that young man..." The head of Ma Mansion ordered a young man beside him.
Those who were not familiar with Lu Feng also began to guess his identity. Although the prison officer's panic lasted only a moment, the attentive people still noticed it.
Those who had previously laughed at Lu Feng felt like they had been rejected. Instead of seeing Lu Feng make a fool of himself, they saw the prison officer accepting the gift with respect.
Ordinary people only thought that the prison officer was a good person and did not take it to heart after being surprised.
