Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

The sound reached Shen Jiaxing and Allen in the front, and the two of them finally stopped after realizing it belatedly.

After looking at each other, they both walked over at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Alan asked.

Henry smiled and said, "Ms. Ai invited us to her house for dinner. We are discussing when to go."

Mary rolled her eyes. "No."

Alan patted Mary's head lovingly, "My cousin is still a child at heart, please don't mind it."

Ai Shutong then realized that the two were actually related. "No, Mary has a very good personality. I like her very much."

After hearing this, Mary raised her head proudly and glanced at Alan.

Allen could only shrug helplessly, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Ai Shutong and Mary laughed at the same time.

Henry was a little angry. Why were his words ignored?

Shen Jiaxing looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late. I'll take you to eat authentic Chinese food."

Alan and Henry both drove here, and while they were getting in the car, Henry and Mary started arguing again.

Here's the thing.

Ai Shutong was brought up by Shen Jiaxing. He felt that since he brought her up, he had to bring her back intact and not let Ai Shutong lose even a hair.

So he pulled Ai Shutong into Allen's car.

But Mary and Ai Shutong had just become good friends and they had something to talk about, so Mary also wanted to get in Alan's car.

Henry was unhappy, "Oh, dear Mary, please give me some face and get in my car."

Mary didn't care about his face, "No, I want to be with Ai."

Finally, Mary got what she wanted and got into Alan's car.

Shen Jiaxing was giving directions in the passenger seat, while the two ladies were chattering in the back.

The two were talking about Lin Ma's specialty dishes when the car stopped. Ai Shutong looked out the window and saw Qianmen, a very busy street.

Shen Jiaxing: "We're here, get off the bus."

As they spoke, several people got off the car and waited for Henry to arrive. Shen Jiaxing led them for a short distance and came to the door of an antique restaurant.

"Do you smell the fragrance?"

Allen: "You can eat it soon, why are you standing here smelling it?"

After saying that, he walked in first.

As everyone walked into the hall, a waiter came up to greet them. He was wearing a cotton gown, his trouser legs were tied up with cloth strips, he had a melon-shaped hat on his head, and a snow-white face towel on his shoulder.

With a big smile on his face, his white teeth were exposed as soon as he opened his mouth, "Sir, Miss, do you want to eat in the restaurant or in a private room?"

Shen Jiaxing didn't expect there would be a private room. "It would be great if there was a private room at this time."

The waiter led them into a spacious private room and said, "To be honest, this room is usually reserved for the boss. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have dared to bring it in."

As he spoke, the waiter quickly wiped the chairs a few times before asking everyone to sit down.

Ai Shutong also figured it out. It turned out that they were only allowed to enter this private room because of Mary and the other foreigners.

This also made Ai Shutong realize that in this land, Chinese people have a lower status than foreigners.

When Shen Jiaxing saw Ai Shutong's spirit suddenly wilted, he knew what the problem was. He sighed and patted her shoulder gently.

Seeing her looking over, he nodded slightly, as if to encourage or comfort her.

"I'm treating you today, let's see what you think of." Shen Jiaxing handed the menu to Ai Shutong first.

No one else had any objection.

Alan and Henry were both educated as British gentlemen, so they naturally thought that the lady should be served first. Mary thought that Ai Shutong was young and she should order first.

Ai Shutong was not shy either. She ordered a grilled round fish with golden legs and handed the menu to Mary.

Mary opened it and saw that it was all in Chinese. She didn't recognize many of the characters. She lowered her head and leaned next to Ai Shutong and asked in a low voice: "Ai, which one do you think tastes good?"

Ai Shutong: "What flavor do you like?"

Mary: "Salty, sour, sweet, I like them all." After a moment's hesitation, she added: "A little bit spicy is fine."

Ai Shutong looked at the little bit she was gesturing and said with a smile, "Then let's have a hanging oven roast duck. Its sauce contains sweet bean sauce and sesame pepper. You can dip it in whatever flavor you want."

Mary nodded happily, "Then I want a hanging oven roast duck."

Alan ordered a dish of braised prawns.

Henry ordered a four-happiness meatball. I don’t know if he ordered it because Ai Shutong mentioned it just now.

Seeing that everyone ordered meat dishes, Shen Jiaxing ordered some stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and after thinking about it, he added a plate of first-class tofu.

Alan and the others nodded repeatedly during the meal.

"Why haven't I eaten these before?" Mary was very confused. She has been in China with her father for two years, and this is the first time she has eaten these dishes. They are so delicious.

Shen Jiaxing was relatively familiar with these foreigners. "That's because you usually go to Western restaurants and have never been to a time-honored Chinese restaurant like this."

"These time-honored Chinese restaurants are very interesting to eat at. I'll take you somewhere else to eat when I have the chance."

Allen reached out and hugged Shen Jiaxing, "Shen, you are so good to me, I can't bear to leave you."

Shen Jiaxing pushed him away in a panic, "Alan, don't be like this all the time. We Chinese shake hands, not hug. Luckily we are in a private room. If we were eating in the lobby, people would think there is something wrong with us."

The other three looked at them and laughed.

Alan was not angry when he saw them laughing. He even tried to hug Shen Jiaxing again like a fool. Shen Jiaxing was so scared that he quickly changed seats with Mary and stayed away from him.

Ai Shutong was eating and laughing here, but the air in the Hengshu Prince Mansion in Donghuai Hutong, West City was filled with solemnity.

"Crack!" The tea bowl with white background and blue pattern shattered to the ground.

Heng Su and Li Yanran knelt on the ground with a plop. "Mother, please calm down."

Madam Du and Madam Li, who were already kneeling, kowtowed and confessed their guilt, "Old Lady, please calm down. This is all our fault."

Guaerjia coughed heavily, "Calm down? You have made me lose face, how can I calm down?!"

"Hengsu, tell me, is that evil creature Aixinjueluo Mintong?!"

Heng Shu had black spots under his eyes and his eyelids were red and swollen. He forced his eyes open and looked up at his mother. "This, this, this is hard to explain."

Guarjia's lips trembled with anger. The maid Grape quickly handed her another bowl of new tea. She took a sip and waved her hand. Grape immediately put down the tea bowl and covered it.

"Yanran, you speak!"

Li Yanran secretly glanced at Heng Shu and said, "I, I, I don't know either."

Guaerjia grabbed the tea bowl and threw it towards Li Yanran. Unlike the first time when she threw it at Hengshu, this time she hit the target right on Li Yanran's forehead. A string of blood beads immediately fell from her forehead.