Although it's already August, the heat is still hard to dissipate. The dishes on the long table are all cold dishes. After hearing Mo Qingchen's instructions, Yunzhi and several others brought up one by one, which were also relatively light small dishes. After all, cultivators pay attention to absorbing wind and dew, so even though they can't avoid grains at this time, they should try their best to eat less greasy food.
"Didn't you say there's wine?" Mo Xiaobao asked with a smile.
"Yunzhi sister, bring wine." Mo Qingchen said.
"Ah." Yunzhi replied lightly, then turned and went to the small kitchen. Before long, she came back carrying a large food box made of zu wood with a carved jade orchid on it, walking gently and elegantly.
Several people widened their eyes in surprise.
"Qingchen, is wine put in a food box?" Mo Ningrou couldn't help but ask.
Mo Qingchen smiled slightly, gesturing to Yun Zhi to put the food box on the long table. He then personally opened the food box, revealing a black lacquered wine jug inside, surrounded by ice cubes.
Afterwards, Yun Chi repeated this several times and brought out a total of four food boxes, each one containing an ice-cooled wine jar.
This ice block was created by Mo Qingchen, the ancestor of the Mo family. When a cultivator reaches the 9th layer of Qi Refining, they can learn the Ice Freezing Technique. Mo Daoyan is currently at the 10th layer of Qi Refining, so for him, this is obviously easy to do.
"Ah, in that case, the peach wine will be nice and cool. Qingchen, you're so clever." Mo Ning Rou praised.
Everyone had worked up a sweat from the recent play, and now seeing the wine jar in the ice, they felt their throats were on fire, eager to take a sip.
Mo Qingchen looked at the expressions of everyone and smiled, opening the seal of the wine jar. A strong aroma of wine wafted out, mixed with a faint scent of peach blossoms.
The wine had a faint blue color, Mo Qingchen held the wine jug and slowly poured the wine into the already prepared crystal cups, after which Yunzhi handed them to each of the young ladies and gentlemen.
Meng Qingdu held up the crystal cup, swept his eyes over the crowd, and said slowly: "Everyone, brothers and sisters, I'm Meng Qingdu, the lowest in rank here. I should have greeted you all earlier, but everyone has been busy with their cultivation and there hasn't been a chance until now. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I'd like to offer each of my senior brothers and sisters a cup."
Mo Qingchen finished speaking, brought the cup to his lips, tilted his head and drank the beautiful wine in the cup.
The wine is rich and fragrant, with a sweet peach flavor mixed in its coolness, which immediately hooked Mo Qingchen's appetite.
Everyone didn't care about their own affairs, seeing Mo Qingchen drink the wine dry, they also followed suit and drank it all up. After finishing this drink, they couldn't help but stare at the wine jug with their eyes fixed on it.
Mo Qingchen smiled and said, "The courtyard is small, so I've asked Yunzhi to arrange for a few servants to serve you in another room. You can help yourselves to whatever you'd like to eat or drink, it's more convenient that way."
"Xiao Shi Liu is right, it's more satisfying to do things yourself." Mo Xiao Ba said, and heavily patted Mo Qing Chen once, causing Mo Qing Chen's small body to stumble.
Although they were born into the Mo family since childhood, they didn't behave like the young masters and misses of wealthy families in the mortal world, where everything was taken care of by servants. Now that Mo Qingchen suggested everyone to do as they pleased, they suddenly became more casual.
Several hands stretched out towards the wine jug at the same time, and they took turns drinking cup after cup.
As they emptied a jar of wine and saw several people approaching, Mo Qingchen smiled and said: "Drinking only hurts the body, let's eat some dishes first."
Mo Ning Rou picked up a pair of chopsticks and put some sautéed lily in her mouth, swallowing it before saying: "Qing Chen, this peach wine is really delicious, and the dishes are also very tasty."
"Then have some more." Mo Qingchen was getting more and more fond of this simple little girl.
Mo Ran said coldly, "The wine is not bad, but the dishes are just so-so."
"En, tenth sister said it's right, hehe, what milk jelly, no one even touched the spoon."
Mo Qingchen gritted her teeth. As the saying goes, "You can't fill a wolf's belly with kindness." This Mo Yuqi was clearly an ungrateful white-eyed wolf. With a swift movement of her hand, she arranged the small white porcelain dishes beside the crystal bowl and began to cut the milk jelly with a pre-prepared knife.
"What is this, Little Sixteen?" Mo Xiao Ba looked at the food in the crystal bowl, feeling that it was very appetizing, but couldn't tell what kind of dish it was.
Mo Yuqi came back to her senses and hastily smiled: "This is what Xiao Shi Liu has been messing around with, some sort of milk jelly made with cow's milk. We didn't dare eat it."
Mo Qingchen didn't even bother to respond, and quickly placed a piece of cut almond jelly in each small white porcelain dish, pushing them in front of everyone and saying, "Try some."
Everyone stared at the panna cotta in front of them, and for a moment, no one made the first move.
Mo Qingchen didn't persuade her, but instead took out another small glass bowl, filled it with milk jelly, and shouted: "Yunzhi sister, bring two food boxes." As she spoke, she took out another small bowl.
Yun Chi heard the sound and came out, carrying two small food boxes.
Mo Qingchen put the small bowls with yogurt into two lunchboxes, each with a jug of peach wine, and then handed over the two baskets of peaches she had picked to Yunzhi's hands, saying softly: "Sister Yunzhi, didn't you say that Ninth Sister likes the peaches from Grandfather's courtyard? Please take some to her now. The other portion, please send it to Seventh Brother."
Yun Zhi was taken aback, looked at everyone, saw Mo Qingchen's calm face, and hastily bowed: "Yes." After finishing, he carried the food box and bamboo basket away.
"Ah yo, Xiao Shi is indeed a good person, didn't invite Jiu Jie over, and yet still sent the things over." Mo Yuqi said with a drawn-out tone.
Mo Ran's face turned black, she had always been proud of herself. In terms of talent, she was one of the best dual-spirit roots, and in terms of appearance, she was among the top three in the third generation of the Mo family. But then, there was Mo Feiyan, who was the same age as her but possessed a rare ice spirit root, making her instantly lose face. And what made her even more uncomfortable was that another person, Mo Qingchen, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with ordinary talent but an appearance that surpassed hers by three points, leaving her feeling stifled and unable to breathe easily.
For women who practice Xian, talent and appearance are indeed what most of them attach great importance to.
It can be said that Mo Feiyan and Mo Qingchen, Mo Yan's subconscious dislike of them is only in her heart, but Mo Feiyan's talent is stronger than hers, and her strength is higher, so she can only endure it. However, Mo Qingchen is different, with no strength at all, she has obviously become the object that Mo Yan vents her frustration on.
As for Mo Qingchen giving another one to Mo Xiaoyu, she naturally subconsciously ignored it in her anger.
Mo Ran's clothes suddenly stood up, and with a flick of his hand, the crystal cup was smashed to the ground, shattered into powder. His face was stern as he said: "Xiao Shi Liu, it seems that Mo Fei Yan has nothing to do with you, yet you're acting like this. Are you looking down on us, thinking we're all inferior to her?"
Mo Yuqi couldn't help but purse her lips and smile when she saw that one sentence successfully provoked Mo Ranyi's anger.
Mo Qingchen glanced lightly at the shattered crystal cup on the ground and thought to himself, "What a pity about the wine in the cup! Why did you have to smash it? You don't even drink!"