Chapter 119 The Lan and He Families Visit

Chapter 119: The Lan and He Families Pay a Visit

Lan Tinghao and his father were particularly interested in the Spirit Flower Wine. They specifically asked the He family about its origin and were quite surprised to learn it was a product from Jiang Yingxue's stall.

Such a delicious fine wine was actually produced at a small stall, and it was brewed by He Si Qin's cousin—truly unbelievable!

As a customer, he added Jiang Yingxue on WeChat and expressed his desire to purchase the Spirit Flower Wine.

Jiang Yingxue promptly sent him the images, descriptions, and prices of the wines.

Jiang Yingxue: These are the types and prices of the wines. If you need any, you can transfer the payment directly to purchase them. I'll bring them out to you tomorrow when I leave the village.

Lan Tinghao: OK

Lan Tinghao: Aren't you supposed to have a membership card to buy? I was actually thinking of getting one.

Jiang Yingxue: Normally, yes. But considering you're my cousin's fiancé, you can purchase without a card this time. If you want to apply for a membership card, you'll need to come to Nanhe Village in person.

Lan Tinghao: OK

After thinking it over, Lan Tinghao still wanted to apply for a membership card.

First, the Xuehe stall belonged to He Si Qin's cousin. As the future brother-in-law, getting a membership card would be a way to support his future cousin-in-law's business. Second, he had looked up the Xuehe stall online, where reviews were mixed. Coincidentally, the reviewer with the best feedback, Shi Junyi, was a friend he knew in real life.

After speaking with Shi Junyi, he became even more determined to get one.

Five minutes later, Lan Tinghao sent Jiang Yingxue a message saying he would come tomorrow to apply for the membership card.

He Si Qin also had a membership card, but hers was rainbow-colored and hadn't been used yet.

He told He Si Qin about his plan to go to Nanhe Village to apply for the card, and she immediately informed her mother, Jiang Mingzhen.

Jiang Mingzhen realized it had been a while since she last visited her parents' home and decided to return tomorrow to see them.

After Lan Tinghao learned about this, the He and Lan families got together and decided that both families would visit the grandparents in Nanhe Village together.

The next day, the He and Lan families climbed out of their cars laden with gifts of all sizes.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, they were immediately greeted by the beautiful scenery inside.

The air was filled with a fresh and pleasant floral fragrance, lifting their spirits.

He Si Qin smiled and said, "Mom, when did Grandma's house become so beautiful?"

Jiang Mingzhen shook her head with a smile. "I don't know exactly when, but it must have been in the last two months." She'd been to her parents' place just over two months ago. Back then, there was no garden, no cobblestone path, no pavilion, no rockery with a little stream, and no swing.

Even Lan Tinghao's parents were surprised by the beauty of the small courtyard. They never expected that an ordinary-looking rural courtyard could be so stunning inside.

Even Lan's mother, Tan Xiatong, who loved flowers, couldn't name these blossoms swaying gracefully in the wind.

"Mingzhen, Xiatong, you're here! Come on in," Lu Caiyun greeted them warmly and showed them into the living room.

Seeing Lan Tinghao, his father, and her son-in-law He Minsha all carrying numerous gifts, Lu Caiyun said, "You shouldn't have brought so many things! You're too kind. We have everything we need here. Next time, just come yourselves—no need to bring so many gifts."

Lan Xing'an politely replied, "Auntie Lu, you're too modest. How can we visit empty-handed? These are just tokens of our appreciation. Please accept them."

After the customary pleasantries, Lan Xing'an and his wife chatted and drank tea with Jiang Mingzhen in the living room. He Si Qin and Lan Tinghao took a stroll through the garden, admiring the flowers, while He Minsha helped out in the kitchen.

Since today's relatives and guests were ordinary mortals without spiritual power or cultivation foundations, they couldn't consume monster beast meat that was too densely packed with spiritual energy. Therefore, Jiang Yingxue went to the Monster Beast Forest and caught a first-tier Tiger-Patterned Goat and a first-tier Fog-Spitting Black Chicken.

After skinning the Tiger-Patterned Goat, she gave the hide to Ji Fu. After plucking the Fog-Spitting Black Chicken, she gave the feathers to Xiao Yang. One would turn the monster beast hide into clothes, the other would make a duster from the feathers.

Jiang Yingxue took the ribs of the Tiger-Patterned Goat to make a roasted lamb rib dish, and used the black chicken to make soup.

With many people dining today, the meal was sumptuous. The table was piled high with a feast of rural delicacies: roasted lamb ribs, lotus root and chestnut Fog-Spitting Black Chicken soup, steamed perch, blanched choy sum, stir-fried squid with celery, steamed large crabs, stir-fried fresh shrimp, steamed sandworms with garlic, pig's trotters with fat choy, braised pork belly with taro, and stir-fried chicken dices with cashew nuts.

Ten dishes and one soup, plus plated slices of Qiong Peach and whole Spirit Hawthorn fruits.

Apart from the large crabs and shredded squid they brought themselves, all the delicious food on the table came from the courtyard or the spatial realm.

Jiang Xianzheng brought out an unopened bottle of Jiao Horn Wine to entertain the guests.

During the meal, everyone raised their glasses, chatted, and laughed heartily, praising the food on the table endlessly.

Lan Xing'an and his wife finally understood why Lu Caiyun and her husband had seemed rather indifferent during their first meeting at the hotel. If they had meals this delicious at home, they wouldn't be impressed by hotel food either.

After the meal, Jiang Yingxue brought out the equipment needed to apply for a membership card from her car, ready to process Lan Tinghao's application.

Jiang Yingxue said, "There are seven different colored membership cards here. Which one do you want?" Because of He Si Qin's relationship, Jiang Yingxue was more flexible with the Lan family's application. He could choose any card color, and there was no limit on the initial recharge amount.

Having consulted Shi Junyi, Lan Tinghao knew Jiang Yingxue was making an exception for him at the Xuehe stall. According to the APP announcement, she was supposed to be on holiday break. Processing his membership card today meant she was technically working overtime.

He Si Qin asked curiously, "Ying Xue, why are there only these seven single-colored membership cards? I don't see the Rainbow Membership Card." The one in her room drawer was a Rainbow Membership Card.

Jiang Yingxue explained, "Because Rainbow Membership Cards are rare. Most of those who receive them are relatives and friends. The single-colored ones are more numerous and are sold widely."

The Rainbow Membership Cards given to relatives have an embedded formation that can automatically identify the cardholder and take a blood sample.

She paused, then added, "The Rainbow Membership Card itself comes with a 20% discount on purchases. The other single-colored cards don't have this benefit."

Hearing this, He Si Qin smiled. "It seems my membership card is more precious."

"Absolutely, yours is much more precious than ours," Lan Tinghao responded gently to her. Then, he said to Jiang Yingxue, "Then please get me a Red Membership Card. I'll recharge 500,000 yuan."

"Alright." The 500,000 yuan was exactly the minimum initial recharge for a Red Membership Card. It seemed this prospective cousin-in-law had done his homework.

After processing Lan Tinghao's membership card, Jiang Yingxue asked him to download the Xuehe Gourmet APP. "You can purchase whatever you need on the APP. You can come to Nanhe Village to pick up your orders these next few days. If you need delivery service, that will be available in about a month."

The specialized delivery team needs to undergo professional training before they can start work. The training includes learning some simple Blue Water Star characters. Otherwise, these "illiterate" monster cultivators wouldn't even be able to find the roads or house numbers, let alone make door-to-door deliveries.