The Bride's First Day in the Family

Zhou Wanwan was not about to take on this hot potato. Qian Huihui was extremely anxious and ran to several restaurants on the street to ask around.

No one dared to accept it.

Just kidding, there's only half an hour left. If the food isn't served within half an hour, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Besides, they need 50 tables; who can possibly cook that?

No one could possibly do that.

Left with no other choice, Qian Huihui took 4,000 taels of silver and booked the banquet.

The Xie Family acted quickly; after receiving the money, the master sent someone to find seafood.

Other families don't have seafood, but Zhou Wanwan's family has more seafood than they can eat.

Now Zhou Wanwan's seafood is all placed inside the tree. As long as the tree has spiritual energy, the seafood can maintain a constant temperature and will not rot or spoil.

Moreover, the fish remain exactly the same as when they were caught, some even still lively and jumping around.

That's why they can guarantee the quality of these seafood.

The master muttered:

"Qian Huihui is just acting strangely; she insists on spending 50 taels of silver on something that could be done for 10 taels."

Bah! Does it have to cost 80 taels? Are they just burning money?

The seafood inside those big trees was quickly carried out, basket after basket.

The takeout orders will be ready soon.

Steward Xie sipped his tea and said, "These guys are quite professional. I wonder how Zhou Wanwan trained them beforehand; we didn't need to interfere at all."

"Don't worry about all that, as long as they can get things done, that's fine. Although the takeout business doesn't make much money these days."

But it's still possible to earn 10,000 taels of silver a month.

Without these people, who knows what would have happened?

Steward Xie nodded:

"It's not like we haven't tried to train our own people, but we just can't seem to get them to work."

Even if we tried to recruit those imperial chefs, we were still too slow. Unlike these people, they're so fast!

Someone whispered, "Isn't it strange that these people won't let us into the kitchen?"

They definitely can't go into the kitchen, because the tree people do most of the work there.

Some tree-people have even learned to cook fried rice; these tree-people also need to have spiritual power.

Zhou Wanwan only needs to attach a gemstone or jade to them.

As long as they have stored energy, these tree-people can cook and are not even afraid of fire.

Dozens of tree people tried and all succeeded.

Tree-people actually learn much faster than humans because they have more experience.

Some trees have stayed in one place for hundreds of years, so they can be considered to have seen a lot.

Like here, there were several tree-man cooks who were outside the Imperial Kitchen at the time.

They learned whatever the imperial chefs taught them.

Therefore, their skills are in no way inferior to those of ordinary imperial chefs.

Most importantly, these tree-men don't cost any money!

Tree-people are drawn to spiritual power and energy, not money.

Qian Huihui said with a satisfied look:

"That's good, that's good. As long as the banquet can start normally, that's fine."

Some people just go too far. We've already said all that, and they still won't help us.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Zhou Wanwan nodded in satisfaction. The food delivery business was booming.

She made a net profit of 50 taels per table in one go. 50 tables, that's 2,500 taels. Pretty good.

Zhou Wanwan quickly finished eating and drinking, let out a burp, and led the Princess, Zhou Fusheng, and Liu Su'e back to the small courtyard next door.

The eldest princess said, "Such a family of scoundrels, I'm afraid they won't be able to return the main house to us tomorrow."

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter whether I pay it back or not, as long as I get 2,000 taels in hand."

Besides, now that these people are living in our house, they're part of our family. We'll be relying on them to support us from now on!

The eldest princess frowned and said, "You plan to rely on them to support you? Do you think they'd be willing to support us? Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"Nothing is impossible, don't worry!"

I wonder if they'll bring out those gold bracelets and necklaces tomorrow.

If we actually took those things out, we'd be incredibly embarrassed!

The eldest princess scoffed and said, "Anyway, we'll just watch the show."

Zhou Wanwan nodded, and the next morning they were woken up by a knock on the door.

A maidservant said, "Our matriarch invites you over. Today is the new bride's first day in the household, and she needs to serve tea!"

The eldest princess scoffed coldly, "What an airs! I'm not going."

The maid looked at her and said, "The old lady said you must go. You are the young master's own grandmother, how can you not go?"

The eldest princess looked at her calmly and said, "Who is your identity? How dare you question this princess? Guards, beat her!"

The lady-in-waiting beside the princess slapped the maid several times, and the maid ran away crying.

Zhou Wanwan said, "It's nothing more than asking us to give the bride a gift."

Old Madam Zhou waited in the living room for a long time and asked, "Why haven't they arrived yet?"

The maid covered her face and said, "Grandma, they didn't take me seriously at all. That princess slapped me across the face."

Old Madam Zhou, "I'll go invite them myself. If the Princess doesn't come, fine, but Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e must come."

Those are all freebies; we'll take whatever we can get.

She walked directly to the courtyard, looked at Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e, and said:

"You are, after all, his uncle and aunt, and this is the bride's first day here."

Aren't you going to even say hello or offer a gift?"

Liu Su'e said calmly, "Why should we go and join in the fun?"

Old Madam Zhou said:

"You guys are something else now, you're rich, and you treat us relatives differently."

The Empress Dowager said, "You must be filial and not forget your roots."

Helpless, Liu Su'e could only walk towards the flower hall with Zhou Fusheng.

The flower hall was very lively today.

Everyone gathered early in the morning.

Zhang Guilan looked at Liu Su'e and said:

"Hey! Who's this? Things are different now, aren't they! They're living a good life thanks to their daughter."

They don't even respect us anymore.

Liu Su'e looked at her and said:

"Zhang Guilan, you don't need to be so sarcastic. If you're so capable, why don't you live a good life by relying on your daughter too!"

Don't you have a daughter too?

Zhang Guilan snorted coldly and said:

"Relying on your daughter is nothing special; relying on your son is the real deal."

My two sons are both very successful! They both passed the preliminary imperial examination!

Zhou Wanwan said calmly, "My three older brothers are all scholars, and even I am one."

Zhang Guilan was so angry that her face turned green.

Second Zhao Zhaodi looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Wanwan's changed a lot Wanwan! I heard she made a lot of money recently!"

Wanwan, we're all family, you can't keep anything from us!

Qian Huihui rolled her eyes and said:

"Zhou Wanwan, what's the use of keeping all this money on you?"

We're all family, so why don't we just take out all that money? Your cousins are all very capable.

He'll definitely be the top scholar in the imperial examinations someday, and maybe then he can even help your family out."