Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 256 Thank You Matchmaker

After exchanging gifts, the Song family's buffet officially began. Princess Baohua had already smelled the fragrance coming from the workshop. Grandpa Song was afraid that she would look down on the crude food in the village, so he was trembling when he went to the table.

"It's just simple food, please don't despise it, Princess." It was the first time that Grandpa Song felt so restrained at a dinner party that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet. When he first went to the Marquis' Mansion, he was not as nervous as he is now. After all, his current partner is a royal relative, and a royal relative who has served three emperors. He was prepared to be picky by Princess Baohua.

However, Princess Baohua did not dislike the food as imagined. Instead, she looked very interested and eager to try it.

He waved to the people who were still standing and said, "Don't stand, sit down, everyone. You are the host family today, don't be nervous, sit down and eat together. Fengyue, bring your future wife to sit next to me."

Gu Fengyue obediently pulled Song Chunlin to sit next to Princess Baohua. Princess Baohua pointed at Song Chunlin with a smile and said, "Little brother of the Song family, come and sit next to me. Wow, this child is so good-looking, white and tender, and looks blessed. No wonder Fengyue wanted to marry you off so early."

Song Chunlin sat next to Princess Baohua with a shy smile, Gu Fengyue sat next to him, and Gu Fengyun sat on the other side of Princess Baohua. It was not that he did not let Grandpa Song take the main seat, but Princess Baohua's status was too high, and Grandpa Song was just a commoner now, so he was not qualified to sit next to the princess.

Due to her status as a princess, only Grandpa Song, the three male brothers Song Dazhuang and Song Chunlin sat at this table. The others went to the next table. Even the village chief and the head of the neighborhood were not qualified to sit here.

Because of their physical disabilities, Lu Ming and Fu Nian did not sit in the main hall, but went to the guest room with the other children of the Song family. Song Chunming was driven to the guest room along with other children by the Song family since Princess Baohua came in. Now that Song Chunming has grown up a little, although his eyebrows do not look like the late emperor, he looks a bit like his grandfather, Emperor Shengyuan.

Princess Baohua was raised by Emperor Shengyuan, so she was naturally very familiar with her brother. If Song Chunming walked in front of her, she would immediately recognize that Song Chunming was actually a member of the royal family. Even the eunuch and the nanny beside her might recognize Song Chunming. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Song Chunming stayed in the guest room with the other children and did not come out.

The people brought by Princess Baohua naturally set up a few other tables in the yard. They originally thought that there would be nothing good to eat in the countryside, but when the dishes were served, everyone's eyes widened, looking at the table full of delicious food in disbelief.

"Who is the Song family? Look at this banquet, it's even more sumptuous than the one in the imperial palace."

"Many of these dishes are unfamiliar to me. I dare say that even the royal chef cannot make such delicious dishes."

Not only were Princess Baohua's entourage shocked, but Princess Baohua herself and her accompanying nanny were also extremely shocked.

The eunuch sat at another table in the main hall with the village head and the headman. At first, he thought that the Song family could not produce anything good, so he planned to just eat a few bites and put down his chopsticks. But when the dishes were served, he could not stop eating. This was delicious, and that was delicious too, especially the prawns and lotus root slices. There are very few seafood and lotus roots in the north. In previous years, the lotus roots in the palace were also transported from the south all the way. He did not expect that the Song family could buy such fresh lotus roots and shrimps at this time of year.

The dishes on Princess Baohua's table were somewhat different from those on the next table, because Gu Fengyun said that Princess Baohua's usual diet was relatively light, so Aunt Song went into the kitchen and cooked a few light dishes and served them up, together with the original dishes, making the table full.

Princess Baohua said, "Enough is enough. I am the only one who can eat. There is no need to go to such trouble. The dishes on the table look good to me, and are not inferior to those at the palace banquet."

The nanny beside her had followed the princess for many years. She served the dishes to her according to the princess's habits and took a piece of almost every dish with her chopsticks, neither more nor less. She would only take an extra piece when she saw a dish that the princess liked.

After the meal, except for Princess Baohua, Song Chunlin was the only one who was full, while everyone else at the table didn't eat much.

Princess Baohua watched Song Chunlin eat and smiled kindly, "This is how young people should eat. Eating more will help you grow taller. Tangli, give this child some fish, too. Does the little guy like it?"

Song Chunlin swallowed the food in his mouth and said crisply, "I like it. It's sweet and sour appetizer. You can eat it too."

"Okay, okay, I'll eat too." Princess Baohua seemed to like children very much. Looking at Song Chunlin's cheeks puffing up as he ate, she thought he was so cute that she couldn't help but want to feed him.

Song Chunlin was almost full, but he could not resist the constant coaxing and praising from his elders and ate too much without realizing it. In the end, he had to pat his stomach and tell Princess Baohua that he was really full.

Looking at Song Chunlin's small round belly, Princess Baohua felt a little embarrassed and asked hurriedly if there was any food that could help digestion so that she could give the little guy some.

Grandpa Song said, "We always have sour plum soup at home. It's under the kitchen. The child will go find it later. Princess, don't worry."

Princess Baohua heaved a sigh of relief when she heard about the sour plum soup: "That's good, child, go and have a drink and take a walk, you will feel better after digesting the food."

Song Chunlin responded, and Gu Fengyue beside him also put down his chopsticks, stood up, said something to Princess Baohua, and left hand in hand.

Seeing the two of them being so inseparable, Princess Baohua said with envy, "It's still good to be young."

On the way back, Princess Baohua was sitting in the carriage. The nanny beside her came in holding a pair of brocade boxes, saying that they were matchmaking gifts from the Song family.

Princess Baohua looked at the somewhat ordinary brocade box and opened it carelessly. As soon as she opened it, she let out a soft "hmm".

The nanny looked at the brocade box and found that inside it was a ginseng of extremely good quality. The nanny was well-informed and had seen century-old wild ginseng, but she couldn't be sure of the age of the one in front of her.

"This... Your Highness, this ginseng is probably more than a hundred years old."

Princess Baohua naturally knew about it. She asked the nanny to open another brocade box, which also contained medicinal herbs, a Ganoderma lucidum as big as an adult man's palm.

"Hiss~" Even Princess Baohua gasped.

This purple ganoderma is extremely precious. One of the reasons is that it has harsh growing conditions and grows very slowly. A purple ganoderma of this size would probably take three or four hundred years to grow. I don't know where the Song family got these two treasures.