Chapter Twenty-Nine: Pleasure of the Guest and Host
Zhang Jiahang looked at Brother Jishan's face full of sorrow, and thought: "Brother Jishan, if you believe me, let Zhang Wei come and ask me if there is anything you don't understand in the future." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info It's not that my knowledge is better than that of Master Xu, but we are close in age, and we have played well together since childhood, which should help somewhat. ā
"Okay, Jiahang, you've done my brother a great favor! When he comes back this time, you'll have to persuade him to keep reading. You don't know, this kid said that he didn't want to study anymore whether he was admitted or not, and he really worried me. ā
"Don't worry, Brother Jishan, I will persuade him in this matter. Keep him going to study in the clan next year! ā
Jiahang's assurances were pleasant and exciting to hear. Why didn't he think of this method earlier! It makes him frown so sadly these days, and he can't even sleep soundly. Don't look at his family guard, he looks a few months older than Jiahang, but he especially listens to Jiahang's words.
"Hey, Jiahang, I'll leave it to you this time. Whether it can be done or not, I remember your favors, even if there is a bad one, my brother will not blame you. ā
"Brother Jishan, don't say that, I'm just doing a small favor, and it's not worth mentioning compared to the facts you did for our family. Sent us food, helped us sell wild things, and even rushed to the Jishitang in the town overnight to send life-saving silver to Yue'er, and even the matter of Piaoxianglou was made by you as a guarantor. ā
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, anyway, my brother treats you as his own family, and the family doesn't talk to each other. Brother give it to you, and you will take it; You help my brother, and my brother suffers too. Don't be so outrageous! ā
At noon, I made a black fungus fried pork, a rabbit stewed radish, a cold fungus, a pork bone soup, a fried cabbage, a scrambled egg, and a plate of fish, and the staple food was coarse noodles and steamed buns. Although these dishes are not as rich and varied as modern ones, they are abundant, and their own cooking skills are good, and the taste is still great.
When the meal is served, the invitees are also there, and they eat around the table together. Zhang Yueyao took Zhang Yue'er to eat at a small table in the kitchen. Zhang Yue'er listened carefully to the conversation outside while eating.
"Jiahang, the farmers around the black fungus on the mountain are rushing to pick, you should be careful when you enter the mountain, if you encounter a powerful one, don't come hard. Yesterday, Shopkeeper Lin gave me a message, and if you still have black fungus, you will send it over, and it is still the price last time. Zhang Jishan took a handful of black fungus and put it in his mouth and swallowed it.
"Yes, not to mention our Zhangjiazhuang, the surrounding Zhoujia Village, Xujia Village, and Lijia Village have all gone into the mountains to pick. It's starting to get cold, so you all have to be careful. The village chief also said.
"yes, I see. Shopkeeper Lin, then I'll go tomorrow. Now there are many people picking black fungus, and we will be careful. ā
Uncle Zhang nodded when he heard this, and instructed, "Well, that's good." Jiahang, take advantage of the winter to repair the house well, and prepare more food and dry firewood at home, so as to spend this winter well. If you want to help when you repair the house, just come and say it. ā
"Got it, grandpa."
When I thought of coming over, I heard the daughter-in-law of the Yongchang family say that Jiaze also went to invite Yongping today, and couldn't help asking: "Jiahang, I heard that you also invited Yongping today, but is there such a thing?" ā
Zhang Jiaze listened to his grandfather's question, and was waiting! "Grandpa, my eldest brother asked me to invite Brother Yongping early in the morning, but I didn't let me in, and my sister-in-law said that Brother Yongping was not at home, so she let me come back."
"No, I bumped into him on the road when I came over and said hello to him." Zhang Jishan said inexplicably. As soon as he finished speaking, he found that the old village chief had an angry face, and he realized that the Yongping family was fooling Jiaze! I was also a little angry in my heart. No wonder when he greeted him, his face was very ugly.
"Jiahang, I have to give you a reminder, if you have anything to do in the future, you should go to Yongping's house less. You still go to Ning's house to buy Yue'er's medicine, and if you lack it, you can go to the town to buy it. If you are short of money, come to me, and if you can, I will make up for it as much as possible. The old village chief endured it and said persuasively.
Yongping gave Jia Hangjia medicine on credit, and he was still blocked in his heart! Over the years, he has always thought that Yongping gave him medicine on credit because of the life-saving grace of Zi Yang, but it turned out that it was not! Mingli regarded himself as a great benevolent person under the banner of taking medicine on credit, but secretly he had to pay an interest increase, or three points of interest, and did not increase it to five points of interest on time.
If Jia Ze hadn't accidentally slipped his mouth, I'm afraid he would have thought that Yongping was a grateful person! Of course, Jia Ze is not careful, he can't understand how old he is! Jiaze's child is a little cautious, but he never deliberately causes trouble, and besides, this matter has been hidden tightly for so many years, it must be that the Yongping family has done something too ruthless, which makes this child angry.
Zhang Jishan nodded in his heart when he heard this, but he couldn't say this to Jiahang. What the old village chief said just now, he also told Ziyang back then, but Ziyang was affectionate, and he couldn't say anything more. Since he was a child, he grew up with Yongping, Yongchang, Ji'an, and Ziyang, although he was a generation behind Ziyang, but he had a good relationship, and he was not commensurate with his generation in private.
So he had long known about the Yongping family's credit medicine, and some things were still handled by him, but Ziyang begged him not to tell others, so he had to pretend not to know. It seems that the old village chief may know something, and no matter what, he can't let Jiahang follow his father's old path.
"I also told your father what the old village chief said back then, but your father didn't listen to it, so you should answer the old village chief this time. I'm the same, and I'll try my best to give you a supplement if I can. ā
Zhang Jiahang put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Grandpa, Brother Jishan, I listen to you." I also went to Ning's house this morning to invite Grandpa Hai, and he also asked me to go to his house to get the medicine. ā
"Oh? Old man Ning didn't come over? Seeing that he agreed, the old village chief asked about the fact that no one from the Ning family had come.
"Grandpa, Grandpa Hai said that there was something at home, so he didn't come."
"You kid have deceived me! What's the matter with him! His two sons are capable, his two grandsons are sensible, and his two daughters-in-law are also governors who don't make trouble, and they live more freely than me. I don't know about him yet! Surely they are avoiding us! ā
Zhang Jiahang saw his grandfather blowing his beard and glaring, knowing that he couldn't fool him, he pretended not to hear it, and lowered his head to eat vegetables.
"Dad, Jiahang said this to save face for Uncle Hai. If you can't get angry, let's finish our meal and go over and have a look. It's not far away anyway. The village chief saw that he had filled a bowl of soup for the old man and said comfortingly.
"You still need to say this, I know it in my heart! Anyway, let's eat. I'll take care of Old Man Ning's affairs by myself. If he doesn't come, let's eat more, speaking of which, Yueyao's cooking skills are not bad, and whoever marries her in the future will have to snicker. ā
"Yes! Yueyao, a child, has been sensible and polite since she was a child, and she can do everything, and none of our daughters in the village can compare to her. A few of them are good. Zhang Jishan was drunk.
"That's right, I don't have a daughter in my family, and the three great-grandchildren in the family are obedient, but they are still not as good as Jiahang!" When the old village chief heard this, he laughed so much that his eyes were gone, and those who didn't know thought he was talking about his grandchildren!
Even the village chief, who was sitting next to the old village chief, nodded vigorously when he heard this, and he didn't feel unhappy at all when the old man said that his own children couldn't catch up with other people's families.
"Grandpa, village uncle, Jishan, how can we be as good as you say. It's just a little more experienced. Zhang Jiahang said modestly, he can't respond to the above words, their family knows best. Reputation is a hard injury, and without the support of elders, it is another injury.
The guests and hosts of this meal enjoyed themselves, and they each gave some instructions before leaving. The old village chief was finally helped back by the village chief and Zhang Jishan, and he drank a little too much, so he had to postpone going to Ning's house to find Old Man Ning.