Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

After Fang Yu returned home, she started to stir-fry the base ingredients, and the fragrant and spicy aroma wafted everywhere.

The workers nearby all looked up and exclaimed, "What are they making? It smells so good!"

"I don't know. Didn't you see it just now? When a high-ranking official comes, the best things in the house are definitely served to him."

"That big black bear was the best in the entire Xishan Village. It's a pity we didn't get to taste it."

"Stop talking, let's go back and eat."

After the workers left, the dishes Fang Yu had prepared were served.

The tent was small, and the table wasn't big either. It was the first time so many people had come to the house, so it did look a bit crowded.

After serving the dishes, Li and Fang Xin stood aside, looking like servants ready to serve.

Xiao Jingqi stood up: "Madam Fang, Miss Fang, please feel free to sit down and have a meal with us. There's no need to be reserved or consider my status. Just treat me like an ordinary person."

Despite saying that, Madam Li was still too nervous to look at him and could only wave her hand and say, "Please eat first, Lord Xiao. We're not hungry right now."

Fang Yu had already thought of this, and brought out a small table from outside, the source of which was unknown.

"Mother, Xin'er, bring in the remaining dishes. We can divide them into two tables."

Now, Li and Fang Xin are much more at ease.

Fang Xin pulled Fu Zhou over to sit at the same table with her, and immediately put a piece of hot bear meat on his plate, saying, "Your injury hasn't fully healed yet, eat more meat to nourish yourself."

Looking at the thick slices of meat in the bowl, Fuju was momentarily lost in thought: "Thank you, Second Miss, I can do it myself."

Before Fang Yu could even sit down, he came in from outside carrying a jar of wine in one hand: "Lord Xiao, you're in luck. Try my wine."

A jar was placed in front of Fu Ju, and Fang Yu casually said, "We're all home today, so it's fine. Drink as much as you like. This wine is very nourishing, so you can drink more."

Compared to before, Fu Ju was much calmer: "Thank you, Miss Fang."

In the meantime, Xiao Jingqi observed the reactions of Li Shi and Fang Xin. They didn't seem surprised at all about where Fang Yu's wine came from. At least, after being inside for so long, they hadn't seen a suitable place to put the wine.

"What's wrong, Lord Xiao? Do you look down on my simple meals?"

Seeing his blank stare, Fang Yu casually asked a question.

"No, we'll wait for Miss Fang."

Mo Jiu was still standing to the side when Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Does Lord Mo Jiu think my cooking skills are too crude?"

"..." There's no rule about masters and servants dining at the same table. Mo Jiu didn't explain, but turned her gaze to Xiao Jingqi.

Xiao Jingqi gestured for him to sit down: "Today, we will not consider status or the distinction between master and servant. Sit down and eat together."

Since there was no stove at home, Fang Yu decided to cook the ingredients separately in a hot pot while eating, and then serve them all at once.

Fang Yu personally poured wine for Xiao Jingqi: "It's just as good as Liuliangye, Lord Xiao. Try it, it's a perfect match for today's bear meat."

Believing her words, Xiao Jingqi took a sip, and an indescribable feeling spread from his throat to his internal organs. The wine tasted good, but there seemed to be an additional, inexplicable sensation.

"Would Lord Mo Jiu like to try some?" Fang Yu's smile was somewhat strange.

Mo Jiu shook his head tactfully: "I have important matters to attend to later, so I must decline Miss Fang's kind offer."

He picked up the tea beside him and said, "I'll offer this tea in place of wine to Miss Fang."

"Miss Fang, I wonder what this wine is made of? It seems different from the wine I've had before."

Xiao Jingqi savored the aroma of the wine and asked.

"Snake gall..." Fang Yu started to say but then stopped: "In short, it's all made from good medicine, and it's only good for your health."

This is no ordinary snake gallbladder; it comes from a mutated python, as thick as an ox. Naturally, this snake gallbladder is a valuable item.

Xiao Jingqi didn't distrust her; he was just a little curious.

Fu Ju, standing beside him, kept eating, because he unconditionally trusted Fang Yu.

……

While working in the fields, Zhu heard from others that a high-ranking official had come to the village, and she hurriedly went home to tell Zhang.

"What?!" Zhang slapped her thigh and stood up: "Sir, you're still staying for a meal at their place? What a joke!"

As she was about to rush out, Fang Wande tapped his opium on the table, saying, "You old hag, what do you think you're doing? Those are officials, not people we can mess with."

"No matter what, let's go and see. He's an official."

"You're not allowed to go!" Fang Wande suddenly got angry for no reason and growled.

Ultimately, Zhang could not resist the prevailing custom that men are the most important people in the world, and could only obediently comply.

Fang Ling went to the city early in the morning, while Fang Ping went to the stream to catch fish.

Zhu quietly returned to her room and told Fang Youcai, who was lying on the bed doing nothing and waiting to die, about it.

Fang Youcai, who was already listless, sat up abruptly upon hearing this: "What did you say? An official came to the village? And he even went to that mother and her two children's house for a meal?"

As soon as Zhu nodded, Fang Youcai immediately tried to get out of bed: "Quick, help me up. As the eldest uncle, how can I not go when important guests come to visit?"

Zhu didn't know what he was going to do, so she helped him up and whispered a reminder: "Father-in-law said not to go."

"Why wouldn't I go? My leg can't have been broken for nothing. I need to find an official to stand up for me and get justice for me!"

Fang Youcai became more and more agitated as he spoke: "I think they don't care about the fifty taels at all. We're all family. They'd rather break my leg than help me out. If word gets out, they'll be the ones who are being blamed!"

Fang Youcai only saw the mistakes of others and completely forgot the original reason why his leg was broken.

Now that Fang Ling is making money selling barbecue, she hasn't forgotten the losses she suffered at Fang Yu's hands before, and Zhu Shi is still a little scared if she really goes there.

After thinking for a moment, she still advised, "If you have money, I think it's better to let it go. I always feel that Yu-jie'er has a strange air about her. Let's avoid trouble."

It would have been better if he hadn't tried to persuade her. But once he did, Fang Youcai suddenly became furious. He stood up, grabbed his crutch, and said with a livid face, "You woman, you think you can get away with this just because my leg is crippled? You won't even listen to me anymore."

"No!" During this period of busy work, Zhu Shi had long lost her previous arrogant and incompetent demeanor. If you looked closely, she even had some of the timid and submissive qualities that Li Shi once had.

Perhaps because Fang Youcai had been throwing tantrums every day during this period, she had gotten used to it after enduring it for a while.

However, she still patiently continued to persuade her: "You know how ruthless Yu-jie is. Even if you go there now, will the officials listen to your side of the story? The official stayed for a meal, so he must be familiar with Yu-jie. Why don't you just let it go?"

Zhu was now somewhat regretful that she had spoken so hastily earlier; she should have first inquired about what had happened.