Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 677: Servant?

Look at how Ye Dezhang is being squeezed.

But Ye Ning and Xu Huizhen have thicker skin and don’t feel embarrassed.

Xu Huizhen is getting anxious.

She’s here to ask for money, not to give a dowry to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei doesn’t deserve it!

"This... this... the matter of the dowry can be discussed later. When we return, our family will have a discussion." Xu Huizhen said hesitantly, not daring to finalize the dowry on the spot.

In the "our family" that Xu Huizhen mentioned, it’s unclear if Ye Fei is included.

However, it’s best they don’t discuss it with Ye Fei, otherwise, Ye Fei would surely make them bleed.

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Alright, then we can discuss the betrothal gift based on the dowry you decide on later."

Ye Ning didn’t want to have a falling-out, especially not in front of the Zhao Family, so many things were left unsaid.

It seems they won’t achieve their goal today.

Ye Ning never expected the Zhao Family to be so shameless as to haggle over some money.

She thought it was a small amount, and the Zhao Family, just to avoid trouble, would shell it out readily.

But she didn’t expect the Zhao Family to be completely different from her assumptions. Moreover, it’s already noon, and Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei have returned.

It’s lunchtime now, and if they don’t leave, surely the old house would keep them for a meal.

Of course, Ye Ning wouldn’t stay just to mooch a meal from the old house.

But as long as they stay, once both families sit down for a meal, it would be as if the old house admits their in-law status, and both parties would be equals.

Ye Ning’s calculations were quite clear, but unfortunately, the old lady never took the usual path. For those without shame, she never gives any face.

Before Ye Ning could speak, the old lady, with a smiling face, said, "Have you talked about all the matters for today’s visit yet?"

Ye Dezhang and Xu Huizhen, reacting slowly, nodded subconsciously.

The old lady smiled and said, "Since everything’s been said, we won’t see you off. Please take care as you leave."

"What?" Xu Huizhen, with her thick skin, directly spoke up, "It’s lunchtime, aren’t we dining together?"

Xu Huizhen grumbled inwardly, how could the Zhao Family be so rude and not follow the rules.

It’s already lunchtime, and they’re still asking the guests to leave.

At this moment, Aunt Lin, still wearing her apron, came out smiling, and said, "I’m sorry, I didn’t know we had guests today. Your visit was sudden, and I wasn’t prepared, so we don’t have enough dishes ready, only enough for our own family." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Without thinking, Xu Huizhen asked, "Then what about Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei? Won’t they have food to eat?"

Xu Huizhen said, "The two of them also returned quietly without notice."

Even if Aunt Lin claims there isn’t enough food, does that include Ye Fei and Zhao Gushen?

It’s truly surprising that such a large family as the Zhao Family doesn’t even have enough food for a few more people. How embarrassing.

Aunt Lin then smiled and said, "Impossible. The young master and young madam are family. There’s always food for them, anytime they come. Usually, when the young master and young madam visit, it’s not called coming over; it’s called coming home. Who needs to announce their return to their own home? Naturally, whenever they come, there will always be enough food, but it’s only when outsiders visit that there isn’t enough."

Aunt Lin’s words were quite blunt, almost directly saying that all three from the Ye Family are outsiders whom they never welcome, no matter when they come.

They wouldn’t give them a single meal, even if they had enough ingredients at home.

Xu Huizhen never thought such a lowly servant would dare to be so rude!

The old lady is the highest in the Zhao Family hierarchy, and even if her words aren’t pleasant, Xu Huizhen wouldn’t dare to say anything.

But Aunt Lin, a mere servant, who does she think she is?

Where does she get the right to speak!

Not keeping her mouth shut, she dares to mock the guests. Who gave her the courage!

Xu Huizhen gave Aunt Lin a cold glance, forcing a smile with a grimace, and said to the old lady, "Madam, I usually hesitate to speak up, but your servant here is truly out of line. Is this how she talks to guests?"

Xu Huizhen smirked and said, "I know the Zhao Family looks down on us humble folk. But no matter what, guests are guests. You, as the elder, may say what you wish about us, and we have nothing to say. However, shouldn’t your servant be disciplined?"

"When a servant acts like this, the shame is on the Zhao Family. Though I haven’t interacted with many prominent families like the Zhao Family, I thought the grander the family, the more they would care about etiquette. How can they allow servants to behave so rudely?"

"If this gets out, it would be said that the Zhao Family is poor at overseeing its servants!" Xu Huizhen said.

Aunt Lin frowned. Though she looked down on the greedy ways of these three from the Ye Family, she knew she had misspoken.

Aunt Lin, though a longtime member of the Zhao Family, always kept her place and never thought too highly of herself.

She never felt that just because she’d been with the Zhao Family for decades, it made her different or gave her the right to act superior.

On the contrary, the old couple treated Housekeeper Hong and Aunt Lin as family, but they always kept their boundaries and dared not overstep.

Aunt Lin believed that maintaining this awareness was the only way not to make mistakes or disappoint the old couple.

In fact, the old couple felt that Aunt Lin and Housekeeper Hong were too cautious.

Just now, Aunt Lin lost her patience because these three were truly infuriating.

Even before meeting them, what she heard about them from Ye Fei already made Aunt Lin consider the Ye Family shameless.

But meeting them today, the Ye Family’s shamelessness once again shocked Aunt Lin.

Especially in the past, Aunt Lin had some hope for Ye Dezhang, thinking he was a good person.

But hearing Ye Dezhang’s words just now—wanting relatives to attend the wedding without intending to pay for them—really angered Aunt Lin.

The Zhao Family isn’t short of money, but they don’t owe anything to anyone.

They want the Zhao Family to foot the bill for their own relatives?

Having money is one thing, but the principle doesn’t work that way.

Ye Dezhang’s words revealed his greed and vanity.

Aunt Lin was taken aback that the only person who seemed kind to Ye Fei in the Ye Family, Ye Dezhang, turned out to be like this.

This shows how difficult Ye Fei’s life in the Ye Family was.

That’s why Aunt Lin couldn’t help but make a few jabs at the Ye Family just now.

She just couldn’t hold it in, but it ended up with the old house being accused by Xu Huizhen of being rude.

Aunt Lin felt quite guilty, and her expression showed it.

The old lady saw this and laughed, "A servant?"