Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

Chapter 378 You are just dreaming

"Okay, okay, then I'll let you eat downstairs." Lou Bancheng waved his hand and said to Lou Xiao'e. The main reason was that Su Xingchen and Lou Tianxiao had already asked, so he didn't refuse. Moreover, he was still on the side of his daughter. If possible, he would mind letting his daughter follow Su Xingchen. Of course, she had to be the first wife, and being the second wife was impossible. Although he had a second wife, his daughter could not be someone else's second wife. "Let's go, let's quickly go to the table to eat." Lou Bancheng called Su Xingchen to the table.

After they sat down at the table, the dishes were served quickly. Su Xingchen had never eaten many of the dishes before, mainly because there were too many gamey dishes. There were also three fresh vegetables on the table, but of course they were not the three fresh vegetables we usually eat. Su Xingchen had eaten a lot of those three fresh vegetables. They were just potatoes, eggplants and peppers, so he was not surprised.

What he ate at Lou Bancheng's house was the authentic three fresh delicacies, which included tiger, bear and sika deer. If you take out any of these and feed them to people now, you will be sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, no one really cared. As long as you had money, you could eat them, and no one would say a word. But now we must not eat these protected animals, of course, unless you want to have a stable job.

Su Xingchen was halfway through his meal when Aunt Wu came up with a plate with an iron lid. After she placed it on the table, before she opened it, Lou Bancheng spoke up, "Brother Su, guess what's in this?"

Su Xingchen couldn't help but curl his lips. The people on your table are all jailbirds. It's easy to guess that there are also some in here. Su Xingchen said, "Brother, how can I guess? It's probably a wild meat, right?"

"That's for sure, there's a bear paw inside!" Lou Bancheng said as he stood up and lifted the lid. Sure enough, there was a bear paw lying in the plate.

It was the first time for Su Xingchen to see bear paws, let alone to see them served after being stewed. He couldn't help swallowing his saliva. This pig's trotter... bah, after stewing the bear's paw and putting the sauce on it, I thought it was a pig's trotter. Of course, it couldn't be a pig's trotter when it was this big.

"Brother, the preparation of bear paw is quite complicated. Before removing the hair, the whole paw needs to be soaked in water, and then soaked in ice with rice water for two or three days. The rice water can remove fishy smell and soften the meat. After removing the hair, bones and toenails, it needs to be soaked in secret sauce and sugar color. This is the most critical step. Stewing this thing is just like stewing dried abalone, add chicken feet, scallops, and even..." Lou Bancheng was about to say that there were various whips in it, but when he saw Lou Xiao'e still eating at the table, he swallowed his words.

Then he said to Su Xingchen, "You probably haven't eaten this before. You should try it quickly. It's very delicious. You can only have a bite in the winter when the bears are hibernating. One bear paw costs forty or fifty yuan." As Lou Bancheng said this, he picked up a piece of bear paw meat and gave it to Su Xingchen.

Su Xingchen felt that it was very extravagant just by hearing Lou Bancheng say this. This dish would cost 10 or yuan? No, if that was the case, this thing really was not something that ordinary people could afford. This dish cost or yuan, which was two months' salary for many families. Who could afford it if their family didn't really have the means? But what would Su Xingchen think if he knew that a bear paw was just sold by a hunter for yuan?

Su Xingchen stopped thinking about it and took a bite while picking up the chopsticks. "Hmm, not bad." After taking the first bite, Su Xingchen felt that this thing no longer looked like a pig's trotter. It tasted the same as a pig's trotter. But people said that this thing was troublesome to make, and it was not good to offend them, right? It was better to say that it tasted good.

"As long as it tastes good, then you can eat more." Lou Bancheng smiled immediately when he heard Su Xingchen say that the food tasted good. He was worried that the dishes he cooked today would not satisfy Su Xingchen. Since Su Xingchen was quite satisfied, that was enough. As they talked, the few of them drank.

At the moment, Xu Damao, who was eating at home, was pouting and telling his parents what he was thinking, "Mom and Dad, please go and talk to Uncle Lou and his family for me. I really like Lou Xiao'e. You don't know that the first time I saw her today, I felt that she was the only one I could have in my life." Xu Damao said to Xu Youcai and Xu's mother while holding chopsticks in his hand.

"Bah, how could I not know you? Do you like it? You are just greedy for my body, you are cheap!" Xu Youcai knew Xu Damao very well. Anyway, there were only three of them at the dinner table, so there was no need for him to save face for Xu Damao and he directly revealed Xu Damao's psychology.

Xu Damao was stunned. Although his words were not harsh, they were too harsh. Am I not your son? It would be fine if you didn't say you would help me, but why are you scolding me? Xu Damao was speechless.

"Hey, Old Xu, what are you doing? If I ask you, isn't this good? At least we know Lou Xiao'e inside and out. Besides, aren't they a good match? What's the problem? When the time comes, we will become relatives with Lou Bancheng, and our Damao won't have to worry about his job, food, clothing and other expenses." Xu's mother didn't agree with Xu Youcai's words. In her opinion, her son was the best. Lou Xiao'e was just a little better looking and had a better family background. What else did she have? (Bushi, isn't that enough? What does your Xu Damao have? He has no job, no grades, and no looks.) The most important thing is that Lou Bancheng's family background is not very good. Their family background is workers, so in Xu's mother's opinion, her son is more than enough to match Lou Xiao'e. However, the reason why Lou Bancheng was willing to marry Lou Xiao'e to Xu Damao was because their family background was good. He wanted to save the Lou family, but he didn't expect that in the end even Lou Xiao'e herself could not be saved, let alone the Lou family. If the Lou family had not run away in advance, they would definitely have been reported by their "good son-in-law" Xu Damao.

"Alright, I think you two are just dreaming. Lou Bancheng is of such status and position, how could he be interested in this silly boy from our family?" Xu Youcai curled his lips, took a sip of white wine and said