Chapter 1224 - 386: Beware of Kidney Deficiency
Considering there were nearly twenty people including children, it wasn’t very convenient for men and women to sit together, so they simply set up two tables—one for men and another for women and children.
With a banquet, alcohol was naturally indispensable. Scholar Mansion had stored a variety of fine wines brought from Liu Yang Village. Mo Yan took out two kinds, with higher alcohol concentration and older vintage for the men’s table, and those with a lighter vintage and lower alcohol concentration for the women and children’s table, which included a sweet wine the children enjoyed drinking and couldn’t get drunk on even if they drank a whole cup.
At the dining table, Mo Yan sat with Lady Han, helping to look after Han Family’s youngest son who was still clumsy with chopsticks; after expressing her thanks, Lady Han focused solely on caring for her little daughter who could only manage to drink soup with a spoon.
Cui Qingrou also thoughtfully attended to the younger ones who couldn’t reach the dishes far across the table, showing great patience with the children, and any observant person could see that she genuinely loved kids.
After the meal, Mrs. Liu quietly approached Mo Yan and said with relief, "I had thought that being a lady of a World Family, she might inevitably carry a touch of arrogance. Now, having seen her with my own eyes, I realize I was superficial. Girls brought up in a Century-old Family really are good indeed. In the future, you sisters should get close to her, and you will benefit from it."
The so-called benefits, of course, did not refer to material things but the far more precious nurturing—a family that can steadfastly weather centuries of ups and downs and remain standing owes it not only to generation after generation of wise Family Heads but also to the cultural depth accumulated over time.
The Cui family’s daughters, regardless of their looks, were sought after for marriage because they were very different from ordinary families. Moreover, if the women of the Cui Family were dissatisfied with their lives in their husbands’ homes, they would never endure grievances; even if they divorced, no one dared to look down on them.
This was the sense of security of the women from the Cui Family, and if the girls around could absorb some of it by constant exposure, it would be a boon beyond what others even dared to dream.