A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

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Shen Shuli was quite measured in her actions.

After all, she was just a peasant girl in this ancient world, while her best friend became a high-ranking prince!

One should not be too offensive, otherwise people will become suspicious.

Even her best friend is a princess!

Why is it that she's the only one who's a country bumpkin?

"Hmph! So you are Prince Xuan!"

Shen Shuli punched her fist again, finally venting her frustration.

Xiao Yuxuan could feel that although Shen Shuli's punches were dense, they didn't hurt him at all when they landed on him.

Seeing that she had vented her anger, he stood up and looked at Shen Shuli with a fawning expression.

"Hehe, still angry? Why don't you give me a few more punches?"

Xie Chengyuan, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. "...?" Why has the world become so insane?

"Hmph." Shen Shuli rolled her eyes at him, then turned to Xie Chengyuan, "If you don't mind, why don't you have dinner with us tonight?"

Xie Chengyuan was completely confused, but that didn't stop him from grasping the key points; his eyes lit up instantly.

"If you don't mind, how about I treat you tonight?"

Shen Shuli grinned at him, then raised her chin and glared at Xiao Yuxuan fiercely, gritting her teeth as she said, "No need, someone else will pay."

After saying that, she grabbed Xie Chengyuan's wrist and walked ahead, completely ignoring Xiao Yuxuan.

Xiao Yuxuan knew perfectly well that Shen Shuli already knew his identity and was angry that he had teased her.

But he also realized that Shen Shuli was inviting him to have dinner together!

He followed the two of them eagerly, his warm smile never fading.

I just reached the corner.

Su Yunhai, Shen Yuehua, and Mu Wanjun walked over together.

Upon seeing the three people opposite him, Su Yunhai guessed that they were the people he was going to have dinner with that evening.

"Come on, come on, I've already booked a restaurant. Prince Xuan, Young Master Xie, let's head over there," Su Yunhai said with a smile.

"That's annoying."

Xie Chengyuan smiled and nodded in agreement, but he didn't remove his hand from the little girl's, secretly pleased with himself.

He just saw Uncle Su glance at his hand, but he didn't react much. Does that mean...?

Xie Chengyuan couldn't help but let his mind wander.

Xiao Yuxuan, however, couldn't stand it.

How could he let another man take advantage of his younger sister, whom he had doted on since childhood?

He strode forward, displeased, and separated their hands, saying sternly, "Men and women should not touch each other. What kind of behavior is this?"

Shen Shuli then realized that she was still holding Xie Chengyuan's hand, and her cheeks unconsciously flushed red.

But she turned around and glared at Xiao Yuxuan before stepping forward and inserting herself between Shen Yuehua and Mu Wanjun, pulling the two of them downstairs in a bouncy manner.

The thought of eating delicious seafood made Shen Shuli feel extremely happy.

The six of them soon arrived at Zuixianlou.

Zuixianlou is the most famous restaurant in Lihai.

Whether it's the number of floors, the area, the cuisine, or the decor, it's absolutely the pinnacle of this era.

The price was naturally outrageously high.

Rao is so.

Seats need to be reserved in advance, otherwise you won't be able to get a table at all.

For the sake of his two daughters and his friend's son, Su Yunhai spent a lot of money to buy a spot that someone else had reserved in advance.

That family often comes here to eat, so it's no big deal if they miss out once. They readily gave up their seats to tourists who were clearly from out of town.

To increase the popularity of Lihai Lake, these locals are happy to try to gain favor with outsiders.

That way, more people from other places will come here to boost the economy, right?

They're very clever!

The restaurant's main style is classical Yongle, but it also incorporates many other ethnic characteristics.

Not only do they not feel cluttered or messy, but they are also very beautiful and atmospheric.

It's like incorporating Dunhuang elements into a Chinese style; the decorations are entirely based on the aesthetic preferences of the individuals involved.

Su Yunhai ordered almost all of the restaurant's signature dishes.

We don't know how much the portions are at this restaurant yet; we might have to order several rounds.

Lihai is bordered by the sea on two sides, and seafood is a local specialty. However, for the people of that era, the risks for fishermen going into the water to catch seafood were hundreds of times greater than they are today.

And the yield is very low.

As a result, despite being located by the sea, seafood prices here are not as cheap as one might expect.

But it's definitely much cheaper than in mainland China!

But for Shen Shuli, she is already the richest person on the entire planet in this era, right?

She could definitely afford to eat it every day.

The meal was quickly brought up by the servant.

The local people mostly prefer cooked food and rarely eat raw or cold food.

So all this seafood was prepared before being brought up.

Aside from Xie Chengyuan finding it perfectly normal, Shen Shuli and the others exchanged glances discreetly.

They shouldn't have had too high hopes for the food of this era.

"You guys eat first, I'll go to the kitchen and see if I can get some dipping sauce. I like seafood with dipping sauce," Shen Shuli said to the group as she stood up.

Su Yunhai and his wife, along with Mu Wanjun, immediately understood what Shen Shuli was going to do and nodded in agreement.

Mu Wanjun also stood up and said, "Ali, let me go with you, and we can order some other food while we're at it."

"Alright, Father, you greet Prince Xuan and Young Master Xie, we'll be right back!"

"Alright, go ahead, Prince Xuan, Young Master Xie, this humble subject offers you a toast." Su Yunhai immediately and warmly welcomed the two.

Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun came to the kitchen door together, wanting to see what fresh seafood was available.

What they actually wanted to eat more was seafood sashimi.

Instead of lobsters and fish that are steamed, boiled, or fried.

However, the kitchen did not allow unauthorized personnel to enter, and unsurprisingly, Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun were stopped at the door.

The waiter, with an apologetic expression, tactfully stopped the two: "Excuse me, distinguished guests, but outsiders are not allowed to enter the kitchen, which is a restricted area. Would you please take a look around elsewhere?"

The customers who can afford to eat here are definitely wealthy patrons.

These servants dared not neglect or drive them away; they could only plead humbly, fearing that angering the guests would lead to unforeseen consequences.

Shen Shuli slipped a small piece of silver to the servant: "Young man, may I ask the shopkeeper if we can personally select some seafood?"

The servant looked at the loose silver in his hand with some excitement, but felt relieved after seeing that they did not try to enter the kitchen.

"Please wait here for a moment, my two distinguished guests. I will go to the main hall to fetch the manager."

"it is good."

Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun did not rush into the kitchen when no one was around; they waited there for less than five minutes.

The servant then led the shopkeeper over.

The shopkeeper was surprised to find two young girls looking for him, but he still remembered these two beautiful girls.

The parents who came with them booked a superior private room and ordered dishes that were not cheap for the restaurant.

He wouldn't be perfunctory just because the people who came to him were two young girls.

The innkeeper asked humbly, "What are your requests, esteemed guests?"

Shen Shuli explained her purpose: "We'd like to buy some fresh seafood to take home. Would you mind if we could take a look at your ingredients and choose some?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper felt that the request was not excessive.

Many customers who come to their restaurant occasionally make such requests, and they are used to it.

"Alright, please follow me. We have some fresh seafood that was just delivered this afternoon." The shopkeeper quickened his pace and led the way.

There are still things waiting for him to handle in the front hall, so he can't stay here for too long.

It was lunchtime, and Shen Shuli knew the innkeeper must be very busy, so the two quickened their pace to keep up.

Underground ice storage.

All the freshly caught seafood is stored here.

As soon as they entered, Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun felt the temperature drop sharply, as if they had entered late autumn, and it was particularly cool.

"Let these two distinguished guests select their ingredients here, and you can settle the bill with them according to today's prices."

The shopkeeper gave instructions to the servants watching the warehouse, and then said to the two men, "Gentlemen, please take your time choosing here. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work."

When the storeroom staff saw that the manager had personally brought the guests over, they didn't dare to be negligent and brought out all the fresh, still-beating seafood for the guests to choose from.

Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun often ate seafood sashimi in their previous lives, so they knew which seafood tasted best when eaten raw.

The two quickly selected a large pile.

Surprisingly, they also had fresh sea urchins, peony shrimp, crayfish, mantis shrimp, large oysters, and large lobsters.

There were many kinds of sea fish, but none of them were what Shen Shuli wanted to eat at the moment.

After picking and choosing for a while, she suddenly spotted three plump salmon!

Must win!

There's also a local specialty, giant lobster!

Take it, take it!

Unfortunately, king crabs are not found in this area, or the fishermen are not skilled enough to go down to the deep sea to catch them.

In short, Shen Shuli searched the entire storeroom but couldn't find a single king crab.

They did find a few large crabs from this area, but since the crabs had already been ordered, Shen Shuli decided not to choose them.

I'm worried that it will take too long.

After having the ingredients they had chosen cleaned, the two quickly took them back to their room.

They walked outside the side room.

Shen Shuli took out the tray she had just asked the servants for, took out several kinds of dipping sauces from her spatial storage, arranged them, and brought them into the room.

"Father, have you kept me waiting?"

“Perfect timing, we’re having a great time drinking,” Su Yunhai replied with a smile.

Shen Shuli walked over with a smile and distributed the dipping sauce to everyone.

Mu Wanjun quickly prepared the ingredients.

Shen Shuli also joined in.

Seeing that the two of them had taken quite a lot, Xiao Yuxuan got up and went over to help.

Xie Chengyuan, not wanting to be left behind, also helped with the task, just like them.

Seeing that the children had all left the table, Su Yunhai and Shen Yuehua decided to come and help as well.

Hundreds of kilograms of various ingredients were quickly prepared and placed on the table.

Shen Shuli replaced the ice from the restaurant with clean, sterile ice from the space, divided the ingredients into six portions, and arranged them into six beautiful sashimi boats that looked very appetizing.

Xie Chengyuan was the only one present who had never eaten like this before. Looking at the pile of food in front of him, which looked good but was actually raw, his expression stiffened.

"So, we're just going to eat it like this?" he asked the group with a puzzled look.

Xiao Yuxuan felt a sense of superiority upon seeing that Xie Chengyuan was just an ignorant old-fashioned boy.

"Never tried it before? You're so ignorant."

Upon hearing this, Xie Chengyuan's face darkened immediately.

That guy surnamed Xiao is definitely no good!

Although he had never eaten it before, if they could all eat it, he would gladly accompany them!

We must never let anyone look down on us!

Especially this one surnamed Xiao!

Shen Shuli sat to Xie Chengyuan's left and smiled as she explained how to eat it.

"Don't worry, it will taste delicious this way. I'll teach you."