From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 164: Bai Family Fish Feast

However, Huang Wenxun took Li Zhen to the Bai family in their ancestral city. This time, no one made things difficult for them, and their great-aunt Bai Yu even came out to meet the guests.

"I heard that your in-laws are here. If you have time one day, please invite them to come and visit me. I haven't seen my relatives from my hometown for many years." Bai Yu said with a smile.

This Bai Yu was born to Madam Wushuang, and is a sibling of Master Ang. Madam Wushuang was the one who chose a good son-in-law from her maternal uncle's family.

Bai Yu was not particularly close to Madam Wushuang or the Great Immortal Xiyu. The person she was closest to was her brother, Master Ang, who had treated her like a father since she was a child.

Until Master Ang got into trouble, she never returned to Xiyu Blessed Land. She didn't believe in the rumors. The person who could have murdered Master Ang must be his closest family member, that is, her cruel parents.

"When my nephew returned home, he told Old Taishan that my mother-in-law hadn't seen my wife for many years, and I had been accompanying her for the past few days. I was confused and worried for a while.

I should have come to see you a long time ago, since we're such close friends." Huang Wenxun said jokingly.

He was thinking about the situation in Xiyu Blessed Land, and guessed that Bai Yu wanted to find the Yue family to inquire about the situation, so he just went along with it.

"It's okay. Since you're accompanying your wife, I won't bother you any more. You just need to give them a message and come over before you leave.

I, an old woman, also want to see my family. I am really getting old and I am nostalgic more and more."

After Bai Yu finished speaking, she asked the servants to serve tea and snacks, asked them to wait for a moment, and went to call the seventh brother to come and meet the guests.

Huang Wenxun didn't want to wait for two full hours, from morning to noon, which made Bai Yu very impatient.

Since she became the old lady of the Bai family, apart from her husband's seclusion for cultivation, she is the eldest and lives her daily life as comfortably as possible.

Today, I just wanted to say a few words to Huang Wenxun, reminding him to bring a message to Xiyu's Yue family and come to her place to ask a few questions.

As Mr. Bai Qi entered the living room, he saw the impatience on his mother's face and knew that she was angry, so he hurried forward to pay his respects.

"Mother, I'm sorry for taking the trouble to come out and entertain you. It's all my fault. I went to exchange incense and money with Jin Tong.

I was afraid he would make things unclear again, so I checked and delivered the goods on the spot to prevent him from causing trouble later."

Bai Yushi was still dissatisfied and said, "You still have to look after this matter yourself, just leave the steward there to take care of it.

I didn't know that there were guests waiting at home. Even if you couldn't get away, you should have sent a message back. How can you do things like this?

I'm so pissed off that I've made customers wait so long here. I'm going to get mad at what people will say if this gets out."

"Yes, yes, mother is right. I will remember your teachings." Mr. Bai Qi flattered with a fawning look on his face.

Bai Yu and her husband gave birth to more than a dozen sons, the most useful of whom were the third, seventh, and eleventh sons. All business transactions were managed by the seventh son.

"It's almost noon now. Let's set up dinner in the West Flower Hall and you should accompany the guests." Bai Yu gave the order and took the maids back to the inner house.

Mr. Bai Qi couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He knew that his mother was angry and it was not appropriate for her to show it in front of the guests.

Ever since the last time he sought resources for spiritual practice and was extorted for 100,000 incense coins by the Golden Snake Boy, Bai Yu has been dissatisfied with him.

Unexpectedly, the spiritual fields at home were also affected by the disaster. My eleventh brother, who was in charge of this matter, had been scolded by my mother three or five times.

The Bai family is currently in an awkward situation in the ancestral city. Everyone knows that the Bai family only needs to wait for Bai's father to successfully overcome the tribulation so that they can branch out and build the twenty-sixth city.

However, Father Bai has been in seclusion for a long time and there has been no movement. The ancestors of the ancestral city have also been in seclusion for some time. The old clans in the city have now suffered from the disaster and are dissatisfied with the eldest branch of the Zhe family who are in charge of the ancestral city.

The Bai family is caught in the middle, and they don't get what they want. The old family considers them as a branch of the city lord, while the eldest wife considers them as the largest branch of the royal family.

After meeting with her clansmen a few times, Mrs. Bai Yu claimed to be ill and could not go out, leaving her three sons to suffer the consequences. The Bai family now has no choice but to endure it.

When Mr. Bai Qi saw Huang Wenxun and Li Zhen, he was still happy. Nothing in the world is greater than the money used for talismans.

"It's getting late now, so let's follow Mother's instructions and go to the West Flower Hall for dinner. I have two chefs specializing in Huaiyang cuisine.

You can't eat it in the East China Sea. I'll drink three cups as punishment to apologize to you two. It's all because of the Golden Snake Boy." Master Bai shook his head after saying this.

The Golden Snake Boy is a direct descendant of the eldest branch of the ancestral city. According to seniority, he is of the same generation as Bai Laoqi, and he is the sixth child in the eldest branch.

Regardless of his identity or his practice of incense and Taoism, Master Bai Qi was hesitant. He really couldn't do anything to him, and he felt like he was in a dilemma.

Huang Wenxun and Li Zhen witnessed with their own eyes that the Golden Snake Boy stood at the gate control formation, blocking the road and extorting 100,000 yuan in incense money.

Then, Master Bai Qi led the group to the West Flower Hall. The three demons did not say much, and after just a few steps, they arrived at the West Flower Hall in the inner hall.

After the host and the guest were seated, Mr. Bai Qi clapped his hands and immediately served the dishes. The Bai family's kitchen was always ready, the fire on the stove was off, and the soup and ingredients were all ready.

"I'm taking advantage of you two and ordering a long fish feast, which we don't eat at home except during the New Year holidays.

This Long Fish Feast, also known as the Little Dragon Feast, is a recipe from the Huaishui Dragon Palace. It uses the fallen dragon long fish to create a flavor similar to dragon meat, which is very beneficial for replenishing vital energy."

Master Bai Qi introduced the Huaishui Dragon Palace's Little Dragon Banquet with a touch of exaggeration, explaining that the fish used were long fish that had transformed into dragons. Although they were called little dragons, they were actually wild dragons. The fish used during the Bai Mansion's New Year's Festival were also top-grade fish containing dragon blood. The fish used for the current banquet were merely ordinary spiritual fish.

The long fish is the eel, and the fallen dragon is the loach. Bai Laoqi has been in the business world for a long time, and he is used to talking nonsense and flattering himself.

Huang Wenxun didn't understand the difference. Li Zhen's family was in the East China Sea, and his father Li Boler worked in the Longsun Mansion. He vaguely remembered that the Huai River Dragon King was a dragon loach that had become a spirit.

This dragon loach is also one of the dragon beasts. It is one of the products of the intercourse between the Azure Dragon and hundreds of beasts. However, it is not well-known and has not made it into the ranking of the Nine Sons of the Dragon.

But after all, it is a kind of origin, a member of the dragon clan, and it is not to be reduced to ingredients for dragon banquets. It is a bit strange to say that it is a recipe of the Huaishui Dragon Palace. It is a universal truth that one should not eat one's own clan members.

Fortunately, the dishes came up soon, and were served in four batches. First, there were six cold dishes, and the manager brought a jar of Shaoxing rice wine.

When the cold dishes were served, Mr. Bai Qi first drank three cups as punishment, and then raised three cups in toast, and the meal began.

Li Zhen looked at the cold dish and recognized that it was eel, not loach, so he tasted it occasionally. The taste was relatively light, but very delicious.

Mr. Bai Qi introduced the cold dishes while eating. They were: stir-fried tiger tail, fried crispy fish, stir-fried pancake intestines, shredded ginger eel, braised lychee eel, and stir-fried sesame eel.

Li Zhen doesn't like gourmet food, and eating fish is a common meal in the East China Sea. He has also attended the grand banquets held in Longsun Water Palace.

However, he was used to pretending to cooperate with Bai Laoqi's comments and making various expressions of praise, but he couldn't help criticizing Bai Laoqi in his heart.

Huang Wenxun eats well. He practices the Bashe swallowing method and has a knack for eating. He can taste all the ingredients and the cooking time with just one bite.

Yu Bajie often teased him about this at home, saying that he was wronged. If he had become a spiritual chef, he would have broken through to the fifth level and become an immortal chef.

Then eight large bowls and eight small bowls were served. This was the second dish, called sixteen bowls. The third dish was sixteen plates, also called sixteen dishes.

These are the 36 main dishes of the long banquet. The dishes are not fixed and are made according to seasonal vegetables. The whole banquet has a total of 120 dishes, divided into seasonal dishes and daily dishes. It will take four or five seasons to eat all of them.

The last section has four kinds of dim sum, namely: Shaomai, fried silver thread, crispy dumplings, and long fish three-fold pancakes.

In this way, the first six cold dishes opened the banquet, the last four dim sum closed the banquet, and there were four dishes of eight kinds each in the middle, totaling forty-six dishes, all made from eel.

Eating them one by one is like eating a magic medicine made from a long fish. This is also the secret of the Long Fish Banquet studied by the Dragon Palace. Medicine and food have the same origin and can replenish the spirit.

Fortunately, he achieved a breakthrough in his cultivation without eating a single meal. After all, Li Zhen was cultivating the freight trade route of the God of Wealth, so it was useless to rely on eating to improve his cultivation.

My brother-in-law Huang Wenxun can do it, but for him, this meal is just a taste. If he wants to make a breakthrough, he needs to eat seriously for a few months.

After a long fish feast, they returned to the living room. The three monsters had just shared a jar of rice wine, and no one got drunk. After all, rice wine is not drunk if you drink a little.

“I’m very happy that you can come this time, but the current situation is unstable, and it’s not easy for the Bai family to help take the lead.

Why don't you take the lead this time and post to a few companies? You all met last time, so you have a basis for cooperation." Master Bai Qi said directly.

The Bai family has some influence in the ancestral city, and can shelter from the wind and rain, so they can naturally feel some waves, especially the recent friction between the old man's family and the eldest wife.

After all, the Bai family became prominent because of their ancestral city, and it was also because they were a branch of the Zhe clan's royal family that they could cooperate with all the cities at will.

Right now, the Bai family is caught in the middle between the husband's family and the eldest wife's family. At this time, the only thing they have to do is to bow their heads and submit, or learn to keep a low profile.

This time, leaving food for lunch was a well-considered plan by Bai Laoqi. His current relationship with Donghai belongs to him, not the Bai family.

Letting go now doesn't mean we won't cooperate in the future. Treating you to a meal is a gesture of kindness. Saying this now will hurt the friendship.

"Uncle, this time is different from before. My cousin brought a lot of rare treasures from the East China Sea, so we can not only buy but also sell." Huang Wenxun said.

“The rare treasures from the East China Sea are indeed hard to come by, but the Bai family is in trouble right now, so I won’t get involved.

Since you are here, I will also tell you a secret: there will be chaos in Wuzhou in the south, and there will also be chaos in Zhongzhou and Beidi in the north.

Now the five associations and eight trades in Shui City are secretly tightening up. The jobs you picked up a few days ago were all based on the orders thrown out by the eight trades.

You can only move in and out quickly now. Once chaos breaks out on both sides, the water market will be closed and it will be difficult to do business again." Master Bai Qi couldn't help but remind him.

Huang Wenxun had heard from his wife's brother about what was happening in Wuzhou. He didn't expect that there would be chaos in the north as well. It felt incredible.

"Uncle, why is the North so chaotic? It's impossible. The Eastern Capital is in Linzi, the capital of the North, and that's where the Tyrant Army is stationed.

Besides, the water market is close to Fuling Lake, and there's a navy stationed here. They can't close the market even if things get chaotic, right?" Huang Wenxun found it unbelievable.

"What's wrong with that? How did the Eastern Demon Sect get beaten so badly? This is the situation now. You can decide for yourselves." After saying this, Mr. Bai Qi served tea and sent the guests away.

　I'm vomiting blood. I can't write 4200. 3200 is right. It can't be written into a recipe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)