The Queen Mother, who had just returned from buying candied haws, heard Qian Jiujiu's words and snorted coldly, expressing her dissatisfaction with Qian Jiujiu. Qian Jiujiu was immediately furious.
Damn it, she regretted it. Why did she bring the Queen Mother along? Why did she bring a few old people along when she could just enjoy her free time? Mu Yexiao shook Qian Jiujiu's hand.
Qian Jiujiu calmed down, and the carriage continued to move forward. However, the atmosphere inside was really too depressing. Xiaoman couldn't stand it and shouted directly.
"Stop the car. Sister, brother-in-law, old lady, stepfather and stepmother, Xiaoman suddenly doesn't want to go to Bi'an Garden anymore. I remembered that there is something I haven't done yet! I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Xiaoman opened the door and got out of the carriage, taking Siqi, her personal maid, who was following behind the carriage, and left. After walking for a long distance.
Siqi looked at Xiaoman and said, "Miss, why are we leaving so suddenly? Where are we going?"
Xiaoman rolled her eyes and said, "The atmosphere in the carriage just now was too tense. It really made people feel a little uncomfortable. Let's just walk around. We still have to go to Bi'an Garden."
"It's just that we're not going today. Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious. Let's go to Food for Heaven first."
Siqi was a little depressed. They had just finished breakfast. Why go to Shiweitian? However, this was the young lady's idea, so she naturally had the right to speak. She followed Xiaoman to Shiweitian.
After traveling for a while, Xiaoman and Siqi finally arrived at the door of Shiweitian. Shiweitian is a three-story building, which was considered a tall building in ancient times.
Shiweitian was already open, Xiaoman took Siqi in and said, "Waiter, let's get a private room."
The waiter quickly agreed: "Come on, objective, follow me."
Then he took the two of them upstairs, opened the door of the private room, and invited Xiaoman in: "I'm here, please, what would you like to eat?"
Xiaoman looked at the waiter and said, "Bring up one portion of each of your restaurant's signature dishes. Go ahead."
The waiter was a little surprised. These two girls came here. Could they eat so much? You know, they have quite a few signature dishes. After thinking for a while, the waiter spoke.
"Sir, we have many signature dishes at Shiweitian, and I'm afraid you two may not be able to finish them all."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. If you can't finish it, I'll just pack it up. Just serve the dishes. I heard that food is the most important thing in Suzhou, and it's the place with the most delicious food."
"Don't let me down, this is a place that deceives the world and steals its reputation."
When the waiter heard this, his face changed. Why did he feel like this little girl was here to challenge him? However, he still politely turned around and served Xiaoman and the other person.
Siqi just stood aside, Xiaoman looked at her and said, "Why don't you come and sit down? We are outside. Come to the table. You are blocking my view by standing there."
Siqi's mouth twitched. She was clearly standing behind the young lady. Could it be that the young lady's eyes were on the back of her head? Of course, she didn't dare to say this.
Moreover, she has been with the young lady for quite some time, so of course she knows what kind of personality her young lady has. If the young lady asks her to sit down, then she sits down.
So Siqi walked over to Xiaoman and sat down, and the two of them waited for the food to arrive. Waiting got a little boring, so Xiaoman stood up and stood by the window.
Looking downstairs from the second floor, Xiaoman found that the environment in Suzhou was indeed very nice. Soon, Xiaoman saw several figures standing under a tree outside the restaurant, talking about something.
It looked a bit sneaky, and Xiaoman became even more curious. She had very good hearing, so she listened carefully and heard some things intermittently.
"We must grab that flower pot, we can't let him win..."
Just hearing this, Xiaoman pouted. She knew without thinking that this had something to do with the flower fighting competition. She had originally thought it was fair! She had never expected that there was something dirty about it.
Thinking of this, Xiaoman shook her head. Siqi looked at Xiaoman curiously: "Miss, why are you shaking your head?"
Xiaoman came over and sat down. Just as the waiter came in to serve the dishes, he heard Xiaoman say, "It's okay. I was just thinking that this flower show doesn't seem very fair."
"Listening to what the housekeeper said, I thought that the flower contest would not discriminate between the rich and the poor. As long as the flower was good, you could win first place! It turns out that's not the case."
Siqi obeyed her mistress's words: "Miss, don't you think about how common this kind of thing is?"
The waiter felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "That's not the case! The Flower Fighting Competition is hosted by the Jiang family this year. The Jiang family is famous for being fair and just."
Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect it. She smiled and said, "I am just sighing. You, the waiter, are really protecting the Jiang family."
The waiter pouted: "This lady doesn't know that the Jiang family is the owner of the food-oriented family, and they are our boss. Our boss never bullies the poor and is very fair."
Oh, although Xiaoman believed it on his face, he still looked a little unconvinced in his heart: "I know, your host is the best, go on and serve the dishes."
The waiter looked at Xiaoman with a somewhat unconvinced expression, but Xiaoman was a customer and as a waiter he naturally could not say anything and had to continue serving the dishes.
Xiaoman looked down at the dishes served by the waiter: "They are all edible flowers. It seems that most of the signature dishes of Food for Heaven are related to flowers."
Siqi didn't say anything, and Xiaoman asked Siqi to answer. After muttering to herself, she began to taste the food, picking up a piece of lily first.
Put it in your mouth and chew it gently. The mouth is full of fragrance and a little crisp, which brings out the taste of lily to the fullest. Xiaoman nodded.
Looking at Siqi: "You can eat it too, it tastes good."
When the child came up with another dish, he heard these words. He became even more dissatisfied and was sure in his heart that this was a guy who came to mess things up.
The food cooked by their restaurant's chef is so delicious, but it only got an average review. The waiter looked at Xiaoman with some disdain.
Then he put the dish down, turned around and walked out without saying a word. As soon as he left, the waiter had a gloomy face. Another waiter next to him looked at him curiously.
"What's wrong with you? Are the guests inside difficult to serve?"
The waiter finally got someone's attention and started talking nonstop. Someone actually disliked their signature dish, saying that the taste was just okay.
They also said that the Jiang family was unfair and simply annoying. The two spoke loudly, and the shopkeeper heard them and glared at them.
"You two shut up. Talking about the guests behind their backs, don't you want to do this anymore?"
After listening to the shopkeeper's words, the two waiters dared not say anything anymore. They had to lower their heads and go back to work. However, Xiaoman's behavior still got out.
Xiaoman had no idea about this and only took one bite of the signature dishes that were served, and then stopped eating, even though they tasted good.
But it was still far inferior to her cooking skills. Siqi ate a lot, however. Xiaoman stood up only when he saw that Siqi had almost finished eating.
"Let's go and check out, then we can go out and have a good look. I heard that Suzhou's embroidered handkerchiefs and silk are very good, we should go and have a look."
Siqi nodded: "Then I will go to pay the bill now, Miss, please wait for me."
Soon the waiter came in and looked at the dishes on the table, many of which looked untouched. Then he heard Siqi ask for the bill, and the waiter asked considerately.
"Ladies, do you need to pack?"
Packing? Xiaoman just remembered that she did say so when she first came, but at that time she was thinking that if the food tasted good.
She wanted to bring it back for Qian Jiujiu and the others to taste, but now she felt that the taste was just average, so she gave up the idea: "No, let's pay."
The waiter looked very strange. Did this woman have a lot of silver? He looked at Xiaoman and said, "Miss, a total of 1,050 taels of silver."
The meal cost one thousand taels, but Xiaoman didn't even blink, and followed the waiter to pay the money. The waiter took Xiaoman and the shopkeeper away, and left.
He had to quickly clean up the private room, as there were many dishes left uneaten, so he might be able to eat some secretly. The waiter moved quickly, but was still discovered by the other waiters.
A scramble soon broke out, and the news spread directly to the kitchen. Even the chef heard the news and quickly came to the private room, where he saw a table full of dishes.
It was true that not much was eaten and the food had not been packed up yet, which made the chef quite depressed. In the past, the dishes he cooked were eaten up in no time after being served on the table.
The chef felt insulted and looked at the waiter: "Is this lady still here?"
The waiter trembled a little: "He should still be paying the bill with the shopkeeper."
When the chef heard this, he turned around and left. When he got to the checkout counter, he asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, has the guest in the window room left?"
Just as Xiaoman paid the bill and was about to leave the front door of Food for Heaven, the chef called her, "Miss, wait a moment. I have something to ask you."
There are many customers at Shiweitian, and they are all waiting for the chef to cook for them. But when they see the chef come out, they naturally pay attention to him.
Xiaoman turned around and looked at the chef: "What can I do for you?"
The chef looked at Xiaoman and said, "Miss An, I am Jiang Chun, the chef of Food for Heaven. I saw that you ate so little just now. Are you not satisfied with our food for Food for Heaven?"
Xiaoman looked at Jiang Chun in surprise: "Chef Jiang, huh? From what you said, it seems that I don't eat much, so you won't let me leave, right?"
Jiang Dachun suddenly became more embarrassed: "That's not the case, it's just that Jiang is thinking about making more delicious food. Miss eats little, but did she find any problem with the food?"
"Could you please enlighten me, young lady?"