Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 348 Farewell without saying Goodbye Second Watch(4)_1

Chapter 348: Chapter 348 Farewell without saying Goodbye Second Watch(4)_1

Cai Wei laughed and said, "I’ve been running around with you all morning, my legs are about to fall off. You think giving me a good meal is enough to settle the score? There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world."

Huo Yuan smiled softly and sighed, "Little sister, you’re too sharp-witted. I thought I could find a capable helper just by offering a meal. It seems that a meal can’t satisfy you. Well, it seems I must spend some more silver and buy a hairpin as a token of my gratitude."

Cai Wei was just joking with him, she did not actually think a meal was too stingy. Hearing him make up excuses to give her a gift, she quickly retorted: "Actually, just having a meal is fine. But it has to be at the most famous restaurant in Lin’an Prefecture, and it has to be the best meal."

Huo Yuan smiled gently: "Sounds good!"

He took the opportunity to dine with little sister Cai Wei seriously, not wanting to see any flaws in the meal.

The restaurant Huo Yuan chose was opened by Cheng Bingshen, the most famous royal chef of the palace, who retired and returned to his hometown, Lin’an Prefecture. The chefs at the restaurant were all his family members, deeply versed in Chef Cheng’s culinary skills. The old royal chef himself, demonstrates his cooking skills daily by creating meals that cost five times more than his nephews’ meals.

Despite this, Chef Cheng’s meals were highly sought after by merchants and wealthy households in Lin’an City, many took great pride in being able to dine with him.

Huo Yuan had already discreetly sent a boy to book Chef Cheng’s meal at the Tribute Restaurant while he was house hunting with Cai Wei. After looking at the house, he playfully went to the Tribute Restaurant with Cai Wei for a meal.

The restaurant was elegantly decorated in an ancient style, exquisite and not vulgar, every intricate detail reflected the designer’s ingenuity.

As soon as Cai Wei entered the restaurant, she was captivated by its elegant decor and the fragrance that permeated the air.

She followed Huo Yuan, eyeing the beautiful decor in the restaurant while sniffing the air.

Oh, how fragrant, she thought!

Huo Yuan walked ahead, enjoying the soft sniffs from behind and his lips curved into a slight smile. His amiable face revealed a gratifying smile, it felt good to be with her!

In the most luxurious private room of the Tribute Restaurant, Cai Wei experienced high-end services of an ancient five-star restaurant.

As soon as she and Huo Yuan sat down, several girls dressed in the same attire, carrying washbasins, spiced meat, towels and lard, came to them and knelt on the floor to help them wash their hands.

Cai Wei was somewhat unaccustomed to being served in this way. She looked at the girl who was kneeling in front of her, holding up the washbasin, and couldn’t help worrying. Would the girl get tired’s her arms if she held this heavy copper basin of water for too long? What if she didn’t have a good hold on the basin and spilled the water on her?

Huo Yuan, on the other hand, was accustomed to the maids’ services. He calmly sat on his chair, washing his hands. After rinsing and drying his hands, he gestured for the maids to leave.

After washing her hands, Cai Wei also imitated him, waving her hand to the maid to leave. Huo Yuan looked at Cai Wei’s tender white hands, turned his head and stopped the maid who was holding the lard and about to leave. He took the lard from her and only then did he let her leave.

"The winter wind is harsh, and my sister has been bustling about outside all day. Apply some lard to your hands to prevent them from splitting and becoming ugly and painful," he said.

As he spoke, Huo Yuan took the delicate jade hand of Cai Wei that was resting on the table and began applying the lard himself.

This was the first time in Huo Yuan’s life that he had served a girl like this. Although his face remained calm, his heart was pounding like a drum.

He held her soft, delicate hand, focusing solely on this task, seemingly with no distractions, no other thoughts, yet his handsome face turned red, even his ear tips were blushing.

Cai Wei was stunned for a moment. As she came to her senses, her instinct was to pull her hand back, but Huo Yuan’s firm grip wouldn’t let her retreat.

She stared blankly at the large hand holding her small one. That hand was pale and slender, the bones distinct yet not protruding oddly, a very beautiful pair of hands. Yet, as she regarded these hands, her mind inexplicably flashed back to the sight of another hand holding her own from the night before.

That hand was not as fair and delicate as Big Brother Huo’s, nor as soft and good-looking in complexion. Due to years of martial arts practice, calluses were spread all over that hand, parts of it rough and poking at her.

However, those hands had once caught her in time when she was knocked back by Tianjizi, and had also held her as she was injured by Saknu, carrying her a long way, a very long way...

Cai Wei’s mind wandered uncontrollably until her hand, thoroughly applied with the pork fat cream, was released. Only then did she come back to her senses.

"Little Sister Wei’er, give me your other hand!"

Huo Yuan extended his hand towards Cai Wei’s hand that had not been applied with the pork fat cream yet.

Cai Wei shook her head, unconsciously making a fist and hiding this hand behind her back.

Joking aside, she wouldn’t willingly offer her hand to him. He had just taken advantage of the situation and successfully seized the hand resting on the table. She couldn’t strictly resist like a chaste woman, so she had to let him do as he pleased. But this time, she couldn’t let him succeed no matter what.

He wants to touch her hand? Over her dead body!

Seeing her pouting her little face, determined not to let him apply the pork fat cream again, Huo Yuan didn’t press further for fear of provoking her displeasure. He just smiled faintly and spoke gently to the maid on one side, "Serve the dishes!"

The maid bowed and went out to get the dishes, and in no time, a line of enchanting women in pastel-colored silk dresses entered the room, each with delicate plates, presenting a plethora of sumptuous dishes on the table.

Since it was winter, dishes such as mutton hot pot, wild chicken hot pot, lamb ucha, and venison tail roast were served. Additionally there were four meat dishes, one plate of steamed dish, one plate of braised dish, two snail box appetizers, as well as bright green japonica rice and silver hot pot with lamb strip soup.

Apart from these, there were ten kinds of grain and flour oven dishes and milk products such as small bamboo roll bread, small elephant eye bread, snail steamed bun with bean paste, and other various specialties.

Seeing such a massive spread of tribute dishes on the table made Cai Wei’s head spin, she held her chest and sighed, "Big Brother Huo, can we finish all these dishes? How much will this cost?"

Huo Yuan laughed and said, "Not much!"

Then, he slowly said a number.

Upon hearing the figure, Cai Wei choked, her jaw almost dropping!