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Chapter 376 - You Have Not Entertained Us Well (Third Update for Moon Ticket)

Chapter 376: Your Hospitality Is Lacking (Third Update for Moon Tickets)

The food on the menu looked exquisite and delicious.

Xia Chujian and her three roommates had only seen menus from luxury restaurants posted online on the Star Network before.

But those menus couldn't compare to this one.

Xia Chujian had also been to luxury restaurants in Da Fu Prefecture, the capital city of Guiyuan Star, but compared to this, she understood why Guiyuan Star was the most backward of the Empire's five major planets.

She flipped through it for a long time, not knowing what to order, purely because she didn't understand what appetizers and desserts were.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her roommates, who were also at a loss.

They had never been to such an occasion before and didn't know how to act appropriately without being rude.

This was the only dignity they had left in front of the Nobles.

Xia Chujian didn't bother to think too much.

She directly closed the menu and said to Quan Yuxun and Quan Caiwei, "Chief Quan Da, Caiwei, we're not familiar with the dishes on this menu. Just recommend a few signature dishes for us to try."

Her frankness made her three roommates blush instantly.

They seemed to feel that they had exposed their inability to be presentable in front of the Quan Family, a top-tier Noble family.

Xia Chujian was used to it and relieved her three roommates by saying, "I'm different from my three roommates. They've seen more of the world than I have."

"My family was poor since I was a child. Even the bullets for practicing shooting were sponsored by kind people."

"When I was very young, my family couldn't even afford low-grade Advanced Nutrient Solution. I only ate two meals a day, skipping dinner and going to bed early because I wouldn't be hungry when I was asleep."

She wasn't lying. When she was a child, she and her Aunt had indeed lived a very hard life for a while.

Quan Caiwei was indeed the quickest to empathize, her eyes reddening as she quickly said, "I didn't consider it carefully. Chujian, I'll order. I know which dishes are the most delicious and the ingredients are the freshest and most nutritious."

Then she quickly said to the waiting waiter, "Bring a table of your Rank S feast. The ingredients must be the freshest, and have the best chef cook it, understand?"

The waiter bowed and agreed, but couldn't help but glance at Xia Chujian when he straightened up.

In his five years of working here, this was the first time he had seen a guest who dared to "expose their shortcomings" so confidently in such a high-end setting.

Moreover, it was with an air of "your hospitality is lacking" and a confident tone, as if their inability to be presentable was not their problem, but the host's problem.

Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi were almost in tears, and instantly didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed anymore.

They didn't know if what Xia Chujian said was true or false, but in any case, her words had relieved their embarrassment.

Quan Caiwei quietly took Xia Chujian's hand and whispered, "Chujian, do you still... need Advanced Nutrient Solution now? I have an allocation of Advanced Nutrient Solution. I can send you a few boxes every month."

Xia Chujian almost said "yes"...

She wanted as much as possible. The number of people she had to support at home was increasing, and that stuff was rare. Even if people whose Genes couldn't evolve ate it, it could strengthen their bodies.

But she still held back. After all, she wasn't without an allocation of Advanced Nutrient Solution. The Special Security Bureau's benefits were sent every month.

Two boxes, sixty tubes, were really enough for her Aunt and Wu Fu to eat one tube every day.

Xia Chujian also shook Quan Caiwei's hand and said with a smile, "I don't need it now. Those are things of the past."

Quan Yuxun said calmly from the side, "Second Lieutenant Xia came from a poor family since she was a child, but she is still exceptionally talented. Since she showed her talent in firearms, she has received a lot of sponsorship. So the difficulties in her childhood were just a test, a short period of time."

Xia Chujian's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly realized that she had almost exposed herself in front of her roommates...

Because she had repeatedly emphasized that she had received sponsorship from the Zong Family since she was a child, even for bullets for practicing shooting, it was impossible not to sponsor her in other areas.

This was a loophole.

Fortunately, Quan Yuxun filled it for her.

Xia Chujian smiled at him and said, "Chief Quan Da also knows my family's situation. I have nothing to hide."

Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi all said, "It's all in the past, Chujian. If you need help in the future, don't be polite."

Xia Chujian nodded quickly, "Got it, thank you, sisters. Do you think I'm a polite person?"

Under Xia Chujian's lead, the atmosphere in the private room gradually warmed up.

Quan Caiwei was also a very good conversationalist. Soon, she started chatting with Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi, who were sitting on the other side of her.

She wasn't a soldier and was particularly interested in these three Interstellar Fleet female pilots, listening to them tell interesting stories about their flights.

Quan Caiwei tilted her head, chatting with Xia Chujian's three roommates.

Quan Yuxun, however, looked at Xia Chujian and said in a low voice, "...That childhood experience of yours, was it made up?"

Xia Chujian picked up a glass of Golden Fruit juice from the table and took a sip, also lowering her voice, "Of course it's real, why would I make that up?"

"...Really that poor? It shouldn't be like that on Guiyuan Star..." Quan Yuxun mused.

He knew Xia Chujian's family wasn't wealthy, and he knew this girl constantly had the word "poor" on her lips, but he still hadn't imagined it could be to this extent.

Xia Chujian shrugged, "I was little then, two or three years old, Aunt had to take care of me and couldn't go out to work, just eating away at our savings at home. As for why we often didn't receive the low-level Advanced Nutrient Solution, you'd have to ask my aunt, I really don't know."

Quan Yuxun was speechless, "...Bringing up things from when you were two or three years old, is that polite?"

Xia Chujian turned the juice glass in her hand, and said seriously, "Why can't I talk about it? I'm giving you nobles some background knowledge. When interacting with us bottom-of-society types, you have to follow our experiences, so you don't make any faux pas."

Quan Yuxun was almost amused to anger by her, "...We make a faux pas?"

Xia Chujian said matter-of-factly, "Of course, you're the hosts, but you didn't investigate your guests' situations clearly, making the guests feel awkward and uncomfortable. Isn't that impolite of you as the hosts?"

Quan Yuxun: "..."

He had to admit, Xia Chujian's reasoning wasn't entirely wrong.

Because when families like theirs hosted guests, they always did their homework beforehand.

For example, everyone's dietary preferences, whether there were any foods to avoid.

Also, what grudges existed between the guests, and how to arrange the seating so that everyone felt at home—these were all common considerations.

Today, he originally thought he had been humble and polite enough, but after Xia Chujian pointed it out, he realized he still hadn't reached the extreme.

The reason was simply that these four people hadn't reached the point where the Quan Family would treat them as "guests."

For Quan Yuxun, who was used to being meticulous in every aspect, this was a huge gap in his handling of people.

He was so tired.

Quan Yuxun pursed his lips, not wanting to speak anymore.

Fortunately, soon, dishes of food began to be delivered into the private room one after another.

Quan Caiwei introduced them, "This is one of the three cold dishes, Purple Gall Oysters from the Nine Li Sea. They can only be eaten within three hours of being caught, after three hours, they turn into a puddle of Clear Water."

"This is also a cold dish, Snow Feather Goose Liver, taken from the Snow Feather Swan on Mount Taishi's slopes, steamed with matsutake mushrooms and then chilled, it's exceptionally delicious."

"Here's another cold dish, Black Armor Raw Beef Slices, also from the Black Armor Meat Cattle in the primeval forests outside Changliu County. They're different from the Unicorn Cattle of Guiyuan Star, but the meat is tender and juicy, only suitable for eating raw."

"These are the hot dishes, Rainbow Shadow Scallops, Dragon Sea Urchin, Clear Stewed Unicorn Beef, Braised Heavenly Pool Pork, Pan-Fried Pig Blood Sausage, Green Yi Fruit Pan-Fried Mandarin Duck, and Morel Mushroom-Fed Lobster Meat Pastry."

"Finally, there's Unicorn Milk Stewed Clam Chowder."

"The dessert is Mount Taishi Peak Fragrant Fruit Chestnut Cake. The Fragrant Fruit Chestnut, a specialty there, is as big as an egg, and it's delicious whether eaten raw or made into a cake."

"The key is that it's also resistant to storage, doesn't require a fixed low temperature, has plenty of moisture, and becomes more fragrant and sweet the longer it's stored."

"If you want to take some specialties back with you, I recommend the Fragrant Fruit Chestnut unique to Changliu County on our Cangge Star."

A table full of dishes was laid out.

Xia Chujian and her three roommates all found it novel.

Everyone quickly started eating, and the three roommates couldn't even lift their heads.

Xia Chujian, however, after tasting a little of each, only ate the Clear Stewed Unicorn Beef.

The good thing about this dish was that it didn't have those messy ingredients, mainly highlighting the flavor of the Unicorn Beef itself, which Xia Chujian could accept.

In Xia Chujian's opinion, the other dishes were more outstanding in appearance than in taste.

Each one looked like a wax-sculpted work of art, and tasted somewhat similar, bland and tasteless.

Quan Caiwei ate with great interest, and also said to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, this is the best feast here, all made with our Quan Family's own family recipes..."

Xia Chujian suddenly realized, "This club, is it owned by your Quan Family?"

Quan Caiwei smiled and winked at her, "...Not on the surface."

Quan Yuxun, sitting between the two of them, had long been watching the way Xia Chujian ate.

To be honest, if Quan Yuxun hadn't eaten at Xia Chujian's house, he would have thought Xia Chujian was being pretentious and picky.

As someone who grew up in poverty and only ate two meals a day, she shouldn't have the problem of being picky about food. That would just be doubly pretentious.

But he had eaten the dishes made by Xia Chujian's Aunt, so he could completely understand Xia Chujian only eating braised Unicorn Cattle.

In fact, he only ate that dish as well.

Before he had eaten the dishes made by Xia Chujian's Aunt, he had already liked this dish very much.

The dining table was silent for a moment. Everyone stopped talking while they ate.

When everyone had eaten about a third of their meal, the opera on the stage opposite finally began.

The curtain opened, revealing a lively scene.

On the stage, a group of men and women in heavy makeup and gorgeous, brightly colored dresses, shook small fans in their hands, tiptoed as they danced, and began to sing along with the melodious orchestral music.

The first to sing was a woman in a "death Barbie pink" dress.

She must be the protagonist, because she looked the most beautiful, and her body proportions were the best.

That death Barbie pink color, which would be a terrifying color scheme on anyone else, only made her skin look like snow, delicate and lively.

This is the third update. Reminding all my darlings to cast your Moon Ticket in the last few hours! It's really fast, another month has passed.

Unknowingly, it has been six and a half consecutive months of updating six thousand words every day.

So my darlings shouldn't look at the number of chapters updated every day, but the number of words, right?

I update twice a day, which, if converted to the chapter word count of other authors, could be three or six updates a day...

There will be a new update at five minutes past midnight tonight.

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