Chapter 793 Engagement Banquet

Mo Beihan said:

"In that case, let them go to the village to help with the harvest! Just give them a meal, or let them bring their own dry food. They are all very grateful that you can give them this opportunity, and they said they would repay you well."

Qiao Ran glared in dissatisfaction:

"Why, do you think I'm such a stingy person? You make people work for nothing without any compensation and without providing food? Do you think I'm Zhou Paopi?"

Mo Beihan shook his head like a rattle:

"No, no, no! That's not what I meant! They said that. I was just trying to give them a chance to repay you."

"No, the best reward for them is to work hard for me in the future. If they are willing to help with the harvest of grain and fruits, their wages will be calculated according to the wages of the shop assistants, two taels of silver a month. There are only a few days left in this month, so I will calculate it based on seventy coins a day!"

Mo Beihan looked at this kind little girl and felt warm in his heart.

What a wonderful girl! How could he be so worthy of being engaged to such a wonderful girl?

Because the Dingbei Palace was going to hold an engagement banquet, the Qiao family decided to wait until after the banquet before starting to harvest the rice.

This day finally arrived when the Dingbei Palace and the Qiao family held an engagement banquet together.

The Qiao family delivered four barrels of clear water fish and more than twenty baskets of fresh vegetables and fruits to the Dingbei Palace one day in advance. Qiao Ran also specially made a six-layer cake.

Other meats, wines, cakes and candies were purchased by the palace itself.

There were more dignitaries from the capital attending this engagement banquet than those who went to the General's Mansion. After all, although the prince's mansion had fewer people, they were still part of the royal family, and the old prince and the emperor were brothers.

And it was heard that the emperor would also attend the banquet, so those who received invitations went to the banquet happily, and those who did not receive invitations had to shamelessly go using the invitations of relatives and friends.

Most of these people had participated in the banquet held at the General’s Mansion, and everyone couldn’t help but sigh.

During this short year, most of the grand banquets held in the capital were because of the farm girl named Qiao.

From the recognition banquet and coming-of-age banquet held in the General's Mansion to the engagement banquet held in the Dingbei Palace, the peasant girl named Qiao Ran is more glorious than any other daughter of the rich and powerful in the capital.

These people also can't forget the unique and delicious dishes, cakes and fruits they once had in the General's Mansion.

Seeing that the banquet at Prince Dingbei's Palace also had the blue water fish they had been longing for, the sweet and soft cake that was unforgettable once tasted, and all kinds of fruits that were much more delicious than the tributes they had eaten at previous palace banquets, everyone was extremely satisfied.

Naturally, I was extremely envious. It seemed that if I had a good relationship with the Qiao family, I could eat many new and delicious foods that I couldn't eat anywhere else!

Because it is the season when fruits and melons are fragrant, the variety of fruits and melons sent by the Qiao family this time is richer.

There are summer must-haves such as watermelon, melon, peaches, plums, and dates, as well as the rare honeydew melon and grapes.

There are even more scarce fruits such as lychees, longans, papayas, mangoes, etc., as well as pineapples, strawberries, blueberries, bayberries, figs, etc. that they have never eaten or even seen before.

The various novel, sweet and delicious fruits opened the eyes of the court officials and their families, who claimed to be knowledgeable and had even attended palace banquets, and they were amazed and ate a lot.

But today, the farm girl who, in their impression, was plain-looking and had dark skin, surprised all the people attending the banquet.

When Qiao Ran walked out gracefully wearing a light blue gauze dress and a full set of light blue gemstone headpiece, the young ladies attending the banquet all stared with their eyes wide open in disbelief.