Chapter 461: Eating the Marquis Fu's Food

Qin Han thought that every time she came, she had never been treated as an honored guest like this.

Besides, she had brought her children too.

Qin Han felt bitter; the Jiang family were merchants, wealthy, and she had been very welcome when she returned to her maiden home. But ever since Qin Bi married and then divorced the He Young Master, everything had changed.

Even though Qin Bi had caused a scene by marrying and divorcing immediately, her father, brothers, and mother had still protected Qin Bi. By rights, there was no need to protect a concubine-born daughter. To this day, Qin Han still did not understand how her father and brothers could go to Marquis Qin Yan to arrange a marriage that would end in immediate divorce for Qin Bi.

Normally, her father and brothers had never shown much importance to Qin Bi.

Now that Qin Bi had married the Rong Young Master, her status naturally overshadowed her.

Originally, among the concubine-born daughters of the Marquis Fu, Qin He had the highest status as the Princess Consort of the Xue Young Master. Her marriage to a wealthy merchant made her stand out among the other sisters as the best of the concubine-born daughters.

But suddenly, Qin Bi had overshadowed her.

Jiang Shi picked up a piece of spiritual duck and gave it to Jiang Ren first: "Jiang Ren has a spiritual root; if his opportunities are good, he will surely enter the path of cultivation. This spiritual duck has gentle spiritual energy, suitable for young children to eat."

Qin Di, as the maternal grandfather, naturally showed no favoritism and said, "Give the children a few more pieces of duck meat."

This was more like it. Qin Han did not say a single polite word, waiting for Jiang Shi and Lin Shi to serve the two children pieces of spiritual duck meat. There was plenty of duck meat, but it could not compare to the spicy duck legs; giving them a few pieces was not as good as one piece of spicy duck meat.

"Are all the male cousins eating in Aunt's courtyard?" Jiang Ren asked while eating the spicy duck meat.

"Yes," Qin Xun smiled. "Rong Yang hasn't woken up yet, so your aunt cannot leave."

Jiang Ren asked, "Can I go too?"

Qin Xun was stunned, turned to exchange glances with Qin Tang, Jiang Shi, and others, and found it hard to answer the little girl. Qin Bi had never said she disliked Qin Han's children, but compared to her own children, the difference was obvious.

Qin Bi thought of her nephews and nieces everywhere, but treated Qin Han's children as if she couldn't see them.

Ignoring them meant she did not like them.

The relationship between Qin Bi and Qin Han was average; if Jiang Ren went over, everyone would feel awkward.

"Your male cousins are very noisy; with so many people, you won't get to eat the dishes. Those half-grown boys can eat a lot; you two siblings cannot compete with them." He Shi, who still liked Qin Han's children, spoke up: "You should sit at the table with your maternal grandfather and grandmother. It would be better than going there, getting noisy, and not eating enough. Don't go."

Jiang Ren wanted to go; he lowered his head to eat the spicy duck meat and looked over at Qin Han.

Qin Han thought that the spicy duck legs and duck heads and wings were all on the other table, and her own children couldn't get them. No matter how she picked at this table, there were no spicy duck heads or legs. If she went to the other table, they might even get a few good pieces of meat.

So Qin Han said, "Let the siblings Jiang Ren and his sister go. It's fine if the children are noisy; it's lively to eat together."

Lin Shi took a deep breath. How could they not understand the hint? Normally, Qin Han was so good at handling things! But when it came to Qin Bi, one after another, they were as if they had no ears. Qin He was like this, and now Qin Han was like this too.

Although both Qin Bi and Qin Han were in their maiden home, eating their maiden family's food.

But in Qin Bi's courtyard, Qin Bi was the one who decided.

Qin Han, you are close to Qin He; don't you know that yourself? What do you mean by sending the children to Qin Bi's place? You are just asking to be disliked. Lin Shi didn't even need to ask; Qin Han must think that the food her children eat in Qin Bi's courtyard doesn't belong to Qin Bi.

Qin Han had done things like this many times; Lin Shi had figured it out and could guess what Qin Han was thinking. It was much the same as what Qin He thought: everything eaten in the maiden home belongs to the Marquis Fu.

She thought it wasn't eating Qin Bi's food, so she felt justified.

"There are fewer children at this table," Qin Tan said. "Eat whatever you want; it's much better than going to Qin Bi's courtyard. Don't go. By now, that table has probably eaten almost everything; there won't be any ingredients left."

"That's right," Zhu Shi also said. "Why make the children run back and forth in such cold weather? The food won't even be warm."

Qin Tang picked up his chopsticks and said, "Eat here."

Qin Han felt even more bitter. Why did everyone favor Qin Bi? But since the words had been said to this extent, she could not force the children to go over; that would just be asking to be disliked.

Since Jiang Ren couldn't go to Qin Bi's courtyard, he ate his meal listlessly.

Qin Xun, as the uncle, was really something. He served the two children a piece of spiritual duck meat. With that, almost nothing of the spicy spiritual duck remained; most of it had been sent to Qin Bi's courtyard, and there wasn't much meat to begin with.

Qin Xun had his reasons. Qin Han had asked for spiritual food several times, but her wishes had rarely been granted. Today, since they were eating spiritual food, he let Qin Han's children eat a few more pieces.

As an uncle, he didn't want to neglect Qin Han's children, but mainly, the Marquis Fu had just become a cultivation family with a weak foundation, especially the Fourth House, which had no foundation at all and couldn't take care of everyone.

He couldn't give the cultivation resources given to Qin Bi to Qin Han; that was not how things were done.

Since Jiang Ren gave up on going to Qin Bi's courtyard, he lowered his head and ate, ate, ate. His younger brother even knew to serve Qin Han a chopstick of meat. Qin Han smiled and said, "I won't eat it; there's hardly any good meat left on the duck bones. You eat it."

Qin Tan and Qin Di saw this and thought this child was better than Jiang Ren.

But everything cannot be compared. Compared to Rong Yang, Jiang Mo and Qin Han's children were far behind. Rong Yang was a child raised by the Rong Young Master; his entire bearing carried an air of nobility.

Qin Di originally wanted to tell Qin Han to eat a piece of spiritual duck meat too. Before he could mention it, Qin Han picked out a piece of spicy spiritual duck meat and ate it. Now, with only a few pieces of duck meat left, almost all of it was eaten by this mother and her two children.

Qin Tan and his wife often ate spiritual duck at their own home and didn't fight over one dish, but Qin Han's disregard was a different matter. You know spiritual food is good; can others not know it tastes good?!

We saved it for you to eat, and you really didn't stand on ceremony.

Qin Han was born of a concubine, so her upbringing was slightly worse, which was understandable; no one wanted to say anything. Anyway, Jiang Shi and Lin Shi, these two sisters-in-law, saw it all; who knew what they were thinking.

Because her husband often took care of the Fourth House, Qin Han did not feel she should be polite when returning to her maiden home.

Only Lin Shi picked up a chopstick of spiritual duck meat, and He Shi ate a piece; no one else touched this spicy spiritual duck. The two children could eat, and soon the duck meat was gone.

Qin Han asked the others, "Only the soup is left. Mother, will you drink the soup?"

He Shi waved her hand: "No."

The spicy spiritual duck was very spicy and not light; He Shi did not drink it.

Hearing this, Qin Han reached out, picked up the large bowl, and served the two children. Jiang Ren and his younger brother even drank the soup; in the middle of winter, their faces turned red from the heat. Lin Shi took a deep breath.

After the meal, the bowls and plates were cleared away.

Seeing that the two children looked healthy after eating, Qin Han's mood improved. She found a reason to take the children to her courtyard. Jiang Shi and Lin Shi thought for a moment and followed along.

Qin Bi and Qin Han lived in the same courtyard. Their relationship was average, but they had never quarreled or caused unhappiness. Qin Han followed Jiang Shi and Lin Shi to see how the children were doing after eating.