Rebirth of an abandoned woman

Chapter 118: Anxiety

The weather in the afternoon was good. The dinner tables were placed right in the front yard of the house. There were a total of four tables with enough seats for everyone, including the Sang brothers, Shi Fengju, the village seniors, and Li Zheng.

The women served the food and wine before leaving.

In the kitchen, there was another table. It was for the people who helped out to have their lunch. The spread on this table was simpler, but the food was still of prime quality.

When the officials saw fish, chicken, duck, and a variety of meat, paired with the best wine in town, they were delighted and courteously took their seats. The Sang family are prudent people!

Li Shi went into the kitchen and looked around, "Aiyo, have the dishes for our Ma'am Sang been prepared? I'll bring it to her!"

The women in the kitchen smiled and answered, "Sister Fang has already sent it, why would she wait for you?"

Li Shi turned and headed to the nearby room after hearing their reply, ignoring their mockery behind her.

Sang Wan and Fang Shi sat facing each other while they ate, and was startled for a brief moment when Li Shi barged in.

"Oh, Sang Wan's already eating! Hehe, I thought nobody would care about you and went to order them to prepare food for you. Who'd have thought that your sister-in-law had already brought food over for you!"

Fang Shi could not even be bothered to put down her chopsticks. She raised her head and smiled faintly, "This is my house and Sang Wan is like a younger sister to me. Should I not receive and treat her as well? You should stop worrying about anything irrelevant! I see that you've been busy the whole morning, why don't you go to the kitchen and help yourself to the food?"

Sang Wan smiled quietly and lowered her gaze.

Li Shi was expecting Sang Wan to urge her to stay, but Sang Wan acted as if she had not heard their conversation and remained silent. Li Shi sat of her own accord and smiled, "I'm not going back to the kitchen; it's inconvenient with so many people there. I'll stay here and share the meal with you!"

"Up to you, but there are no empty bowls here!" Fang Shi said without expressing any emotions.

Li Shi was about to return to the kitchen to take a bowl, but she did not wish to be mocked by those rude women in the kitchen. Looking ahead, she saw Zhide standing at a side and smiled, "Can I trouble this missy to help me grab a bowl and a pair of chopsticks from the kitchen?"

"Second Auntie Sang, you shouldn't order people around like that! She belongs to the Shi family and is a guest here as well, understand?" Fang Shi frowned and said.

"Isn't she Sang Wan's maidservant? I'm Sang Wan's blood-related aunt, can I not even order her maidservant around?" Li Shi said indifferently.

"You—"

"Sister-in-law!" Sang Wan could hear the vehemence behind Li Shi's words, and Li Shi's words surely angered Fang Shi greatly. But if a ruckus were to happen, the guests outside would be able to hear and that wouldn't be good. She gently stopped Fang Shi before saying to Zhide, "Go! She's an aged person and should not be ill-treated!"

Sang Wan made it clear that her gesture was out of politeness and not kinship.

"Yes, Ma'am!" Zhide did not really mind. She bowed and turned to leave.

"So only Sang Wan still knows etiquette!" Li Shi looked at Fang Shi gleefully before speaking to Sang Wan with a smile while patting on her hand. After scanning Sang Wan from head to toe with her greedy eyes, she complimented, "Aiyo, Sang Wan, your golden hairpin and the material of your dress looks expensive! They look really beautiful!"