"Guoba! You can't act cute to beg food from the customers! Whatever you want to eat, I'll make it for you!"
The little milk dumpling Xiangling came out and dragged the head-shaking Guoba back to the kitchen.
"Lulu~" Guoba was carefree and heartless, letting Xiangling drag it straight back to the kitchen.
The two little ones together were truly adorable.
Seeing this scene, Aunt Xianyun recovered from her shock and couldn't help but smile.
Marchosias, you guy...
You've ended up living exactly the kind of life you dreamed of...
"Guests, is something wrong?"
Chef Mao asked as he served the dishes.
"It's nothing. I was just looking... That Guoba is very cute, that's all."
Chef Mao nodded in agreement.
"My daughter said she invited it in during a rainstorm with a spicy meat nest bun. She really likes Guoba. I think it's cute too, and it can even light fires to cook, so I just adopted it! Facts prove that ever since it came, business at the restaurant has gotten better!"
To Xiangling's family, Guoba was no different from a family member.
Then came the joyful mealtime.
This was the first dish: boiled fish.
The old uncle chose not to touch his chopsticks. This boiled fish looked so fiery hot...
"Little Hu Tao, you little milk dumpling, you're not allowed to eat it! Be careful or you'll hurt your throat!"
"Old uncle, you can't do that!"
"Mm... Not bad. Mortal wisdom in cuisine truly exceeds my imagination... Truly worthy of being the signature dish."
Watching Aunt Xianyun happily eating and commenting on the deliciousness, little Hu Tao looked very upset.
The second dish: shrimp dumplings.
Old Master Zhongli did not touch his chopsticks.
But everyone else ate happily.
The old uncle ate heartily, and little Hu Tao turned her sadness into strength.
The other three only picked at it a little and didn't eat much—after all, there were more dishes to come, so it was best not to overeat.
The third dish: cured pork and bamboo shoot soup.
Xianyun and Old Master Zhongli enjoyed it.
Shenhe, Eula, and Hu Tao took one bite and then gave up.
The old uncle chewed a few bites, thought it was okay, and picked out the meat to chew in his mouth.
The fourth dish: crab roe tofu.
Old Master Zhongli was helpless, only continuing to eat the cured pork and bamboo shoot soup.
PS: In the Genshin event "Fragrance from the West," Master Zhongli expressed refusal toward all seafood and would change the subject when eating, asking if they wanted to hear him tell a story.
Aunt Xianyun was not picky and simply kept eating.
Everyone else mixed it with rice and ate the crab roe tofu quite happily.
The fifth dish: roasted wild boar meat.
The simplest food only needs the most plain and unadorned preparation.
Not many seasonings were added.
But surprisingly, everyone's evaluation of this dish was pretty good?
Anyway, the old uncle's evaluation was average.
This stuff could only be eaten dry; it didn't go with rice.
Not as good as the earlier crab roe tender tofu.
Then came little Eula's dessert time.
Eula's specialty: Stormterror Pie.
Required ingredients: lean meat, bird egg, butter, and flour.
The old uncle only knew this thing was delicious, so he ate a lot.
"Big sister Eula, my good big sister—how come you never told me you had this skill?"
Little Hu Tao clearly didn't like most traditional Mondstadt cuisine.
But now, after tasting one bite, her eyes lit up as she looked at little Eula.
"Mm... After all, the food at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor isn't bad either..."
Faced with little Hu Tao enthusiastically holding her hand, Eula seemed at a loss.
And little Shenhe just kept eating silently. Delicious—no words needed.
The old uncle fed his own Stormterror Pie to little Shenhe.
After all, his journey with little Eula should still be quite long; there would be plenty of time to eat.
"From a general theoretical standpoint, Miss Eula's Moon Pie is indeed delicious."
When Rex Lapis evaluates something as delicious, that is enough to prove Eula's skill with this dessert.
The final highlight was Aunt Xianyun. "Eula, your aunt thinks the two of you make a good pair. The wisdom of cuisine... This immortal—aunt still has a long way to go with mechanisms."
In the eyes of an adeptus with thousands of years of life, even though the old uncle Cid had aged ten years, the age gap with little Eula felt like it was practically nonexistent.
Finally, after passing the "meet the parents" stage, little Eula—blushing and making excuses—received a small box just like the old uncle Cid's, made by Cloud Retainer.