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Chapter 777 Forget the wine, let's have grape juice instead. Mom will take your pulse.
The others went out first, leaving Jiang Hanying and Li Chengxiao behind. One of them was responsible for picking up the larger pieces of fruit shells, while the other found a vacuum cleaner and vacuumed up the crumbs that couldn't be picked up.

"All done, let's go!"

She could already smell the aroma of the food.

Upon arriving at the spacious and comfortably furnished dining room, the four elders were already seated, but had not yet touched their chopsticks, as they were all waiting for them.

Tao Junman had just opened a bottle of red wine and poured it into the decanter when she saw the two of them coming over. She greeted them, "Come and sit down. Shu Heng, sit with your dad and your uncle. Han Ying, come over here."

Ye Mingxin also reached out and pulled the chair next to her outwards.

"Come on, Mingxin, Hanying, let's try this red wine today. I remember that neither of you likes wine that is too astringent, but this one is not astringent at all and is rather sweet."

Ye Mingxin picked up her wine glass. "It's been so long, but my sister-in-law still remembers."

"How could I forget?"

She had treated him like a younger sister back then, but now, looking at the face in front of her that was a whole generation younger than her, her maternal instincts seemed to be overflowing.

After Jiang Hanying sat down, she picked up a glass of red wine and waited for her aunt to pour it for her. But then a figure flashed before her eyes, and the next second her hand was empty.

Everyone sitting at the table was stunned.

Tao Junman almost poured the wine into the dishes placed below.

Looking up at his nephew who had just snatched the wine glass from his future niece-in-law's hand, he asked, "Shu Heng, what are you doing?"

Holding the wine glass he had just snatched, Li Chengxiao met the gazes of everyone sitting at the table and explained without changing his expression, "Hanying drank at the celebration banquet last night, and she drank again today. I was thinking that this frequency might be a bit too high, so maybe we shouldn't drink today."

"Just a little bit shouldn't be a problem. Hanying, would you like some?"

Jiang Hanying nodded. What she drank yesterday was yesterday's drink, and it has already been digested and absorbed. What does it have to do with today?

She ate yesterday, so why isn't she eating today?
Even though Jiang Hanying nodded that she wanted to drink, Li Chengxiao still held the wine glass and didn't return it. "Aunt, do you have any grapes or raisins at home? I'll go to the kitchen to make some grape juice now."

Several people:"……"

Is this some kind of affordable alternative to wine?

I'm feeling a bit speechless, what should I do?
Tao Junman finally nodded. "I think so."

Li Chengxiao immediately grabbed his wine glass and headed straight for the kitchen. A short while later, he heard the juicer start up.

The people at the dinner table first watched him go into the kitchen, and after he disappeared, they all turned their gazes away, exchanged a silent glance, and then subtly looked at Jiang Hanying.

Jiang Hanying was secretly swallowing as she looked at the plate of meat and vegetables in front of her. Noticing the gazes, she looked up and asked, "...Why is everyone looking at me?"

Did she just eat some dried fruit crumbs and still have them on her face?
"Ahem," Tao Junman put down the decanter she had been holding for a while, coughed lightly to cover it up, "Let's not wait for Shu Heng, let's eat first. Come on, Mingxin, Hanying, you two eat more."

Jiang Hanying immediately picked up her chopsticks; she had been waiting for these words!
When Li Chengxiao came out with a glass of freshly squeezed grape juice, he looked around at the group of people who had already started eating, then quietly walked behind Jiang Hanying, who was busy eating, placed the glass of grape juice next to her, and walked around half of the table to the seat he had reserved for himself.

While looking up to pick up some food, Jiang Hanying glanced across the table and saw the man holding a small cup of baijiu (Chinese liquor) toasting with his father and uncle. She immediately gave him a furtive glare.

"Only officials are allowed to set fires, while ordinary people are forbidden to light lamps! Humph!"
Li Chengxiao: I've experienced the feeling of having unspeakable suffering this time!

Once alcohol is served at a banquet, the meal should theoretically be extended indefinitely.

However, Li Fulin and Li Chengxiao, the uncle and nephew, were always quite restrained. Even when they were slightly tipsy, they could easily suppress their desire to continue drinking.

Li Xingchuan got more and more drunk because of his excitement. However, his son took the bottle away, and his older brother snatched the glass he had just finished drinking from his hand. He felt guilty towards the former and both respected and feared the latter, so neither of them dared to reach out and take it back. Now, even if he wanted to drink, he couldn't.

They could only obediently pick up their rice bowls and eat. On the contrary, Tao Junman and Ye Mingxin, the two sisters-in-law, slowly and imperceptibly finished a whole bottle of red wine during the meal.

Jiang Hanying, who only drinks grape juice: If you're not allowed to drink alcohol, just focus on eating!

While others were clinking glasses and drinking, she was able to eat a couple more bites!
Lunch took more than an hour to eat without us realizing it.

When Tao Junman first saw that the chef had enriched and increased the portion sizes of the dishes according to her requirements, and that the chef had confidently said that it would be enough even for ten people, she felt reassured.

But when you see only a few dishes left on the table at the end of the meal, it seems like it's a bit too early to feel relieved.

Looking at her future niece-in-law, who was still eating her chopsticks and enjoying even the side dishes, she hesitated for a moment but couldn't help asking, "Hanying, are you full?"

Her response was an exceptionally honest shake of the head.

Tao Junman: "...Then I'll go check the kitchen again..."

Li Chengxiao stood up before her, "Aunt, I'll go."

As she spoke, she walked over to Jiang Hanying's side and asked, "Is there anything else you'd like to eat?"

"Hand-pulled noodles?"

"Okay, how much do you want?"

Jiang Hanying thought for a moment, put down her chopsticks, and gestured to the size of a bowl, "How about this size bowl? Add two double-sided fried eggs, make them a little burnt!"

Those who saw her gesture: This isn't a bowl, it's a basin!

And the way they prepare the food so skillfully, it's obvious this isn't their first time.

Sure, sure!

"Okay, wait ten minutes."

Li Chengxiao once again skillfully headed to the kitchen.

After Jiang Hanying finished all the remaining side dishes to avoid waste, she put down her chopsticks, which she used too often, and took a sip of grape juice. Suddenly, her wrist, which was hanging under the table, was grabbed.

He turned his head in surprise.

Ye Mingxin smiled back at her, gently shook her head, and said nothing.

Just then, Tao Junman asked, "Mingxin, what are your plans for the future? I remember you graduated from Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, right? Are you going to continue your studies, or are you considering something else? I think you wouldn't look out of place going to university looking like this."

Ye Mingxin turned her head and said, "I want to visit the professor who wanted to take me as her disciple back then. We had agreed that I would formally become her disciple after I finished my postpartum confinement, but I left without saying goodbye. Even if she is angry that I broke my promise and doesn't plan to take me as her disciple anymore, I still want to apologize to her in person."

Tao Junman nodded repeatedly, "Of course."

Jiang Hanying listened for a while, then asked with some curiosity, "What did Mom study in college?"

"Major in Chinese Materia Medica, minor in Traditional Chinese Medicine."

"So you were taking my pulse just now?"

"Hmm, seeing you eat so much, I was worried so I took your pulse."

Li Chengxiao had just come out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of cooked noodles when he heard this, and his hand trembled, almost spilling the noodles on the ground.