Chapter 336: This Girl Is Pretty Formidable
He was thoroughly disappointed in this eldest granddaughter.
Her current appearance was even more infuriating.
But unexpectedly, Qiao Ge reacted very mildly, her eyes carrying a smile that made it hard to fathom her thoughts. She even greeted that girl from the Cao Family cheerfully.
And what was intriguing was Cao Lanzhu’s performance; she showed no disdain or contempt at all.
Old Master Qin didn’t know what was going on with these two, but he knew that Lu Qiaoge held the power in the conversation.
Sure enough, Lu Qiaoge stopped talking to Cao Lanzhu and naturally asked Qin Hengzhi, “Where’s my handbag?”
Qin Hengzhi stood up and picked up the two handbags.
One of them contained instant noodles.
Decades later, instant noodles as a meeting gift would be asking for a beating.
But now, they were absolutely good stuff.
Without Lu Qiaoge saying anything, Qin Hengzhi opened the handbag containing the instant noodles.
Lu Qiaoge blinked at him, and Qin Hengzhi understandingly handed one bag each to Old Master Qin, Qin Feng, and Secretary Song.
Lu Qiaoge handed them to Grandma Qin and Bai Jinyan beside her, then took out two more bags for Qin Ruixue, who was sitting indifferently by the window. Cao Lanzhu was already feeling like she was sitting on pins and needles and truly regretted coming to the Qin Family to make a fool of herself.
Unexpectedly, Lu Qiaoge held out a brightly colored item to her, and she jumped in fright before quickly taking it.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t speak to her alone.
Instead, she returned to the sofa and sat down, saying with a beaming smile, “This is a new product from our Xiangyang Food Factory, stewed chicken with mushrooms instant noodles, a fast food product. This bag contains the noodle cake and ingredients…”
Of course, it was still that same spiel, explaining clearly how to eat it.
Lu Qiaoge’s voice was crisp, her speech quick but unhurried: “…It hasn’t hit the market yet, but this product will participate in the Canton Fair in late this month. If everything goes smoothly, our factory’s instant noodles will be prioritized for export, so taking this opportunity of Hengzhi bringing me to Beidu, I applied for some from the work unit… Remember to give feedback after everyone tries them.”
Qin Ruixue, with instant noodles stuffed in her hands, showed a hint of surprise on her cold face.
Cao Lanzhu was even more so.
But she knew the instant noodles in her hand weren’t simple things.
Prioritized for export, not for sale domestically for now?
Did they pull some strings for this?
In the living room, only Qin Feng and Bai Jinyan seriously examined the packaging and instructions.
As expected from scientific researchers, they had a spirit of study and research.
Qin Feng said delightedly, “Before this, the instant noodles produced by the Haicheng instant noodle factory used cellophane for outer packaging, but it had poor moisture prevention and was prone to dampness and softening. Due to immature technology, shortage of raw materials, and other difficulties, now they’ve overcome these issues to produce this plastic packaging bag and solved the printing problem too. I’m really very happy.”
Then he added, “No, I’m too happy!”
Lu Qiaoge said solemnly, “That’s why our scientific researchers are the greatest.”
Qin Feng and Bai Jinyan only felt warmth in their hearts.
Old Master Qin, who hadn’t spoken, nodded in satisfaction.
Old Master Qin had known about this for a long time.
He’d heard it was very tasty, but hadn’t had a chance to try it.
He immediately directed Qin Hengzhi, “Go brew a bag. I heard from Old Bai that it smells delicious.”
Qin Hengzhi went to brew the noodles, and Lu Qiaoge obediently said to Grandma Qin beside her, “My parents also brought some local specialties for you all.”
Cao Lanzhu couldn’t sit still any longer and immediately stood up, saying, “I have something to do and need to go home. Qiao Ge, let’s hang out sometime.”
Without giving Qin Ruixue a chance to react, she turned and hurried toward the door, as if someone was chasing her.
From Qin Ruixue entering the house to Lu Qiaoge taking out the instant noodles, it actually hadn’t been long.
Qin Ruixue, who had come looking for trouble, didn’t even get a chance to open her mouth.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at her impassively.
Every family has its own troubles.
Whether high-ranking officials or ordinary folks, no one escapes this truth.
The Qin Family and Bai Family were like this, and her Old Lu Family was the same. Grandma Ming Ming liked Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt, and also the cousins, but in the end, Grandma almost never went to Fourth Uncle’s house, and the cousins weren’t close to Grandma either.
This Qin Ruixue had tense relations with her bride’s family. Without permission from the Qin Family members, she had run back and even dragged Cao Lanzhu along—it was clear she had no good intentions.
Perhaps because of frustrations in marriage matters everywhere, it had led to some twisted mentality?
Qin Hengzhi had a cold personality, but he valued family ties greatly.
He didn’t even want to mention this only older sister.
It showed how unreliable Qin Ruixue was in her conduct.
It was just a small matter.
She resolved it casually.
There was no need to stand up and protect her just to prove that Qin Hengzhi loved her.
It really wasn’t necessary.
Besides, this Qin Ruixue had a bit of a crazy edge to her.
Dealing with someone like that going off the rails wouldn’t be easy.
Of course, there was also Cao Lanzhu.
But Cao Lanzhu was cunning and definitely wouldn’t cause trouble for the Qin Family at this time.
All these thoughts flashed by in an instant.
Lu Qiaoge opened the canvas bag and took out one by one the bags made of white cotton cloth that Meng Xia had packed.
“These are mushrooms, a very famous mountain delicacy from our Jiangcheng.” Lu Qiaoge pointed at the bags. “This bag contains hazel mushrooms—they taste very good. People from Hong Kong, Nanyang, and Japan particularly like eating this kind of mushroom… This bag is birch mushrooms… This bag is wood ear mushrooms.”
Then Lu Qiaoge took out a box. “This is some old ginseng we luckily gathered.”
Old Master Qin on the side watched Lu Qiaoge with a smile.
This little girl was impressive.
From start to finish, his eldest grandson hadn’t gotten a word in.
Qiao Ge hadn’t even given his eldest grandson a chance to show off.
He had always thought his eldest grandson was the pride of heaven.
Now he realized that no matter male or female, there’s always someone better out there.
And his idiot eldest granddaughter hadn’t had a chance to speak either.
He exchanged a glance with his old partner.
Grandma Qin now really wanted to chase the eldest granddaughter out, because with her there, the meal later wouldn’t go well.
But thinking of Qin Ruixue’s conduct, she could only swallow her anger.
Grandma Qin felt a bit sad.
Wasn’t it okay for a girl to be a little spoiled?
How did it turn into so many stupid things with Ruixue?
The moment Qin Ruixue entered, Old Lady Qin had thought of several coping methods.
But she hadn’t expected that by now, her eldest granddaughter was holding instant noodles and still hadn’t managed to say a word.
The little girl had effortlessly taken control of the situation.
She had never seen a girl like this before.
The more she looked, the more she liked her.
When Lu Qiaoge took out the wild ginseng, Grandma Qin exclaimed, “Oh my, this is wild ginseng, the quality is too good. How many years old is this? Oh Qiao Ge, this is too precious. We can’t accept it, we really can’t…”
At this moment, Bai Jinyan suddenly sniffed and said, “It smells so good.”
Just as Qin Hengzhi brought the bowl of brewed instant noodles from the kitchen, Lu Qiaoge saw Secretary Song whisper something to Qin Ruixue.
Qin Ruixue hurriedly left…
The info about instant noodle plastic bags came from online sources. Treasures, don’t overthink it—just get my meaning, haha, love you all~
