Although Peng Shaohe is King Xinsheng and doesn’t lack money, perhaps he’s been used to being frugal since childhood. He also adopts a frugal and simple thod of educating his son and grandson. Peng Ze and Peng Ze’s father are well educated by Peng Shaohe. Though they are the son and grandson of King Xinsheng, they haven’t picked up any bad habits of wealthy offspring.
On ordinary days, the Peng Family’s als — breakfast, lunch, and dinner — are just like those of ordinary folks, with no lavish dishes or exotic delicacies. The Peng Family mbers are accustod to this lifestyle, not feeling superior to others. However, with An Yiqing and Gu Yelin visiting, considering Peng Shaohe’s emphasis, today’s lunch was like a feast, with all kinds of fish and ats served.
An Yiqing sat at the table, looking at the entire table filled with dishes, creatures from the water, from the sky, from the land — chicken, duck, fish, ats, rare and precious ingredients, all were present. It seed that as long as it was edible, Peng Shaohe brought it with no hesitation.
Peng Ze sat to the left of An Yiqing, holding chopsticks and staring blankly at the delicacies before him. It’s not that he hadn’t eaten such dishes before; although he usually lived frugally, his family had the typical comfortable life. However, today’s spread made Peng Ze’s eyelids twitch. He felt that his grandpa might have been possessed by a nouveau riche spirit.
"The dishes are ready! Little girl, General Gu, make yourselves at ho! Eat as if you’re at your own house!" Peng Shaohe waved extensively, shooing all the servants away. Taking a seat at the table with a broad smile, he spoke as if he had just won the lottery.
An Yiqing twitched her mouth, cleared her throat lightly, and tried to tactfully ask, "Grandpa Peng, isn’t there a bit too much food...?"
"Too much? Not at all, not at all! You and General Gu are honored guests of the Peng Family. How could I, soone so hospitable, slight you? Hurry up and eat before it gets cold!" Peng Shaohe widened his eyes, "You little girl are so skinny, barely any at on your bones, eat more to grow strong!"
With that, Peng Shaohe picked up the communal chopsticks, placing several pieces of braised beef in An Yiqing’s bowl, and then added chicken, lamb, pork — all kinds of at, piling them into An Yiqing’s bowl until it looked like a small mountain.
"Grandpa Peng, that’s enough, I’m not a big eater, please stop." An Yiqing ca back to her senses and quickly stopped Peng Shaohe. Looking at the full bowl of at, her temples throbbed and her head ached.
Peng Shaohe looked at the food in An Yiqing’s bowl and thought it was still too little, but he didn’t add more. By his standards, a al that could fill several bowls was far from enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.
The "naïve" Peng Shaohe didn’t know that, twenty minutes later, he would completely change his mind. An Yiqing wasn’t a small eater, but she usually didn’t eat so much at. During the period when her spiritual power was severely lacking, eating five big buns in one al could barely fill her stomach. Even now, with the help of the Jade Spirit, although her spiritual power was plentiful, her abnormal appetite hadn’t reduced much.
So, when he saw Gu Yelin serve An Yiqing rice for the fifth ti, Peng Shaohe’s chopsticks fell onto the table with a "clatter." The "nerve" in his brain snapped with an audible "twang!"
"Sister Xiao Qing, are you... pregnant...?" asked Peng Ze, who had long been stunned by An Yiqing’s appetite, swallowing hard and stuttering. Having been sick from a young age, he’d turned into a bit of a dical expert, so he knew more dical facts than his peers. In his mind, only pregnant won would eat this much.
But... he hadn’t seen any pregnant woman eat five bowls of rice in one go. How many babies could one have to eat that much?...
As Peng Ze pondered this, his gaze uncontrollably shifted to An Yiqing’s stomach. Seeing its flatness, as if nothing had been consud, he was filled with awe. "Goodness, is Sister Xiao Qing’s stomach a bottomless pit?!"
"Er..." An Yiqing was left speechless by Peng Ze’s query. As she swallowed the food with difficulty, she shook her head, "I just have a bit of a big appetite."
Peng Ze was even more speechless. Eating five bowls in one al was considered "just a bit" big?
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