Chapter 56: The Family Banquet

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A group of people walked in from the outside, and the first one was a tall old man with a purple face, wearing a blue robe, holding his hands in his arms, and striding inside. A fair-skinned woman, about forty years old, was supported by a bun and a young girl. Then the door opened, and a man with a face similar to the old man in front of him drove the carriage in from the outside.

Even the old man, Lian Shouxin and others hurriedly came out of the house and greeted them.

"In-laws"

"Big brother."

Even the old man and the old man greeted each other, and even Shouxin hurriedly stepped forward to give the old man a deep chapter 56 family banquet.

"Father-in-law"

It turned out that this was Zhang's father Zhang Qingshan, followed by Zhang's mother Li, sister-in-law Wang, niece Zhang Caiyun, and Zhang's eldest brother Zhang Qingnian.

Zhang's maiden home is about fifty miles away from Thirty Miles of Yingzi, and it is a tunzi in the mountains, called Shaoguotun. The Zhang family also planted dozens of acres of land, and there were dozens of acres of orchards in the mountains, which was considered a wealthy family. The old couple only had two and two daughters, both of whom became families, and the eldest daughter was Lian Man'er's mother who married into the thirty-mile camp.

Lian Man'er, Lian Zhi'er, Wulang and Xiaoqi all rushed to call grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, cousin. Even the old man let Zhang Qingshan into the upper room, and the Li family took his granddaughter to the west wing room to see the Zhang family first. Lian Shouxin took Wulang to help Zhang Qingnian unload the livestock, feed the animals with grass and water, and move them to the house.

The few people invited in the upper room saw that it was Zhang's maiden family who came, and they were afraid that the separation of the family would be delayed, or even if there would be changes, so they all quit first.

“…… Bring a jar of burning knives, and we'll have a good drink in a while. Zhang Qingshan stopped.

Li Zheng and others, some of whom were called elder brothers, and some of whom were called uncles, refused to stay, and still said goodbye and went out.

Even the old man let Zhang Qingshan go to the kang, and Zhang Qing Chapter 56 took out a dry tobacco bag, filled a bag of cigarettes, and smoked it slowly.

"Brother, the two of us are not far away, if something happens, you should give me a letter." Zhang Qingshan said slowly.

Even Shouxin was coming in from outside, so he hurriedly admitted that it was his.

Zhang Qingshan glanced at Lian Shouxin, and didn't say anything, even the old man's face was a little red, he even heard about his family's affairs.

"It's me who lost my manners, I'm too busy in the autumn to ......," even the old man tried to explain.

"Big brother, how did we meet, do you remember ......" Zhang Qingshan intercepted Old Man Lian's words and talked about the past of the two.

When Zhang Qingshan was young, he went out to run a single gang and did a lot of livelihoods, including selling horses on the prairie further north, selling silk and cloth south of the Yangtze River, and even doing a business of illegal salt. At that time, even the old man was still working as the shopkeeper of the shop in the county, and the two got to know each other after coming and going.

"We love to be relatives, my brother is a kind and sincere person, and he was a shopkeeper at that time. Brother, I admire your character, Lianjia is a serious family, my daughter will do it for you, then you can't protect it......"

Zhang Qingshan didn't mention the affairs of the Zhang family, but only chatted with the old man about the things of the two when they were young. Even the old man was ashamed and grateful, and the more the two talked, the denser they became.

In the west wing, it was a different scene.

Li and Zhang's mother hugged their heads and cried as soon as they met, Wang and Zhang Caiyun persuaded on the side, but they heard that Lian Man'er slept for three days and almost died, and Zhang had no children, how did he pick up a life, and they also wiped their tears.

"You stupid boy, why don't you send a letter home, if it weren't for your brother rushing to the mountain tun'er's set, he met the people in your tunzi, and heard about it, I wouldn't have done anything." Li counted Zhang in distress, "You're going to feel sorry for your mother, you don't." ”

Zhang cried, "Mother, I'm just afraid that you will be worried......"

Zhang's family loves face, and he has never said anything good or bad in front of his mother's family, and he is afraid that Zhang Qingshan and Li will worry about her.

"Sister, if something happened to you, if you don't tell your father, you should also think of someone telling me and your brother." Wang is a loud voice, "The girl of our Zhang family can't be bullied like this, and there is nowhere to put my Wang Yufeng's face when it is spread." Sister, you name a charter, and this sister-in-law alone can give you anger. ”

Wang rolled up his sleeves.

Zhang hurriedly said no.

"I'm fine now, I admit it. doesn't look at others, and his father, if he makes trouble, he is not good to be a man in the middle. Zhang said, "Today we are discussing the separation of the family, and it is good to separate." ”

"You're still the same personality you were at home." Wang said, "When you meet a good person, you are harmonious and beautiful, and if you meet a bad person, you will not suffer." ”

"It's all to blame on my mother, I always taught you to be docile and filial, to exchange heart for heart, thinking that his family was a good person, but it made you suffer." Li blamed himself.

"Mother, don't say that. It's that I'm too immutable, I've figured it out now, and I'll be fine in the future. Zhang said busily.

After a conversation, Li hugged Lian Man'er in his arms, and then cried for the little grandson who had never met. At the mention of the child, Zhang cried again.

"Mother, my sister is recuperating in her body, let's show my sister." Wang hurriedly interrupted.

"The two hens in that basket, as well as this basket of eggs, are for you to replenish your body, don't be reluctant to eat." Li said to Zhang.

The Li family asked the Wang family to bring all the ones they would bring and told them to the Zhang family one by one. In addition to two hens, a basket of eggs, there is also a bag of rice and a bag of white noodles, a strip of pork with three layers, two large strings of dried mushrooms, a large bag of dried fungus, a basket of autumn plums, a basket of duck pears, two bags of brown sugar, two bags of snacks, and a woolly green cloth.

"Mother, it's time to harvest the land and fruit trees at home, it's the time to be busy, for me, so many people came, and brought these ......" Zhang was a little reluctant.

"The harvest in the field is almost over, and the fruits on the mountain have to wait for two days, and the second brother and brother, and a few children are at home, so there is nothing to worry about. Not much...... "Wang said.

"It's not your turn to eat your family's good, I'm afraid you'll lose your body." Li said.

Zhang Caiyun saw the chickens on the beams of the outhouse, the japonica rice and white noodles in the corners of the house, and the two eggs in the basket on the cabinet, so he let Li and Wang see them.

The mother's face looked a little better.

"This time, she was so weak that she was willing to give these to you......"

"Thanks to a few children...... Zhang's asked Lian Man'er to ask Shi Taiyi to save her life, and then how to help her fight for Xiaozao, "Several children are sensible, Zhi'er and Wulang help his father work every day, I will lie on the kang, eat and drink Man'er to give me Zhang Luo, and Xiaoqi to accompany me ......"

"Man'er knows how to cook?"

"I saw my mother do it, and I learned it." Lian Man'er said.

"I was worried at first, but I didn't expect her to cook delicious food." Zhang said with some pride.

"Qiao Niang didn't give birth to a stupid girl, you can do anything when you're at home, it would be nice if Caiyun was half like her aunt." Wang's Road.

At this time, I heard that in the upper room, even the old man asked Zhou to prepare a meal.

"It's time to cook in the upper room, Dad let me take the meat." Zhang Qingnian came in and said.

"Take it." Li nodded and said, "Let's too, I have to talk to my mother." ”

And everybody went up to the room. When Zhou and Li met, they both said a few kind words.

"Look, I still have to cook, come and sit in the house, I'll let Sun accompany you." Zhou's Road.

Lian Man'er thought that Li had something to say to Zhou, so she said to Zhou, "Milk, you and my grandmother can rest in the house, and my sister and I will cook the meals." ”

"That's what happened." Zhou said, she is actually a little weak-hearted, and she is unwilling to face these people in the Li family.

"If there is anything that cannot be done, there are no outsiders, the children can eat whatever they do, who can pick and choose." The old men were in the east room, and it was inconvenient, so the Wang family put Zhou's half on the west room. Even Xiu'er and Jiang were afraid that the Zhou family would suffer, so they hurriedly followed.

Lian Man'er discussed with Lian Zhi'er what to cook.

"Grandpa and grandpa came to see my mother, this is a big deal, we have to make this meal as rich as possible." Lian Man'er said.

First of all, cold dishes, I prepared a garlic mash cucumber, a mixed three shreds: dried tofu shreds, carrot shreds, green radish shreds, adjusted to a sour and hot taste, and the big peel I just bought, also mixed with garlic paste and autumn oil, and asked Gorou to go to the roof to get a bundle of peanuts down, peel out the peanut kernels, fry them in oil, and sprinkle them with salt. There are four kinds of cold dishes in total.

Then there are hot dishes, a scrambled egg with leeks, fried cucumber fungus with meat slices, fried pork slices with dried tofu with green peppers, and then a fried eggplant box, which is to cut the meat into minced meat, season with flour, salt, and peppercorns to make the filling, pick a large tender eggplant to make an eggplant box, put it in an oil pan and fry it, then fry a capers, and finally make a braised pork with potatoes and pork belly.

Four cold dishes, six hot dishes, Lian Man'er felt that this was almost the same, and called Lian Ye'er to help light the fire, and Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er prepared to stir-fry.

In the east house, the old man didn't know what to say to Zhang Qingshan, so he sent Lian Shouli out, and invited a few people from Lizheng, saying that there was not much to do this time to divide the family, and he took advantage of the efforts before the meal to divide the family clearly.

When Wu Yuchang came, he also carried two carps.

Lian Man'er thought about it, the specifications of this meal should be raised a little more, and the dishes just ordered are almost the same, but the amount should be increased, and with the addition of these two fish, it should be enough to fry more. The banquet of rural people has fish and meat, as well as fried food, which can be regarded as a first-class banquet.

The men were talking about the separation of the family in the East House, and when they saw Lian Man'er doing a few jobs inside and out, they just thought that a few children were helping Zhou. A few female relatives of the Zhou family over there didn't invite Li Zheng and others so quickly, so only Zhang Caiyun came out to take a look, wanting to help, Lian Man'er saw that she was wearing a new dress, so she pushed her back into the house.

Therefore, everyone is not, and the meals for lunch are only handled by Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er.

"Man'er, let's just cook, can we?" Lian Zhi'er is still a little unconfident.

"Why not, sister, your cooking is no worse than that of your grandmother and mother."

"I haven't made this eggplant box, gourd cake and potato cake, can it be delicious without skipping words.

"Don't worry, it's going to be delicious." Lian Man'er said.

"Man'er, how did you figure it out?"

"I've been cooking for my mother for the past two days, and I have nothing to think about." Lian Man'er said.

"With so much oil, my milk doesn't know why it should be distressed." Lian Man'er and Lian Xiu'er fried peanuts first, and then fried the eggplant box.

"Don't be afraid of using more oil, as long as the host and guests at the dinner table have face, they can only praise us." Lian Man'er said.

Lian Zhi'er nodded, the rural people try to be frugal when eating, but the meals for the guests are not sloppy at all.

In the west house, Zhou heard the sound of the fryer outside, smelled the fragrant smell, and was a little anxious, but he couldn't get out.

Li kept holding Zhou, wiping tears and talking to her.

“…… The bride price you gave was all brought, and if you count the dowry, it was also full of boxes, no worse than anyone else. Now, my daughter's cabinet is empty, her head is bare, and the last two hairpins are taken care of for the child's medical treatment, isn't the child of the family......

"How much does it cost Man'er to see a doctor, and those two silver hairpins, didn't they all buy Yangrong pills for my aunt." Wang's skin smiled and said authentically.

Zhou's face was feverish, and his buttocks moved uncomfortably on the kang. Lian Xiu'er and Jiang could only accompany them in a chattering manner.

"Old, over the years, we haven't been sorry for you, my daughter has her first child, and you are also confined, and no one takes care of you. I brought my old daughter to serve, and my daughter is still behind, so I will serve you first. Old, I served you in that month. We are peers, I don't owe you what I shouldn't have you, what am I serving you for, isn't it just so that you can remember this sentiment and take a good look at my honest daughter. I've washed your Xiu'er's diapers and your bloody pants. My daughter's heart is too real, and she left the branches aside for the sake of the milk show. We treat you so hard, old, people's hearts are flesh and blood, how can you bear to trample my daughter to death......"

What Li said was the truth, and Zhou couldn't tell the difference.

"No one told you to serve?" Lian Xiu'er said with a blushing face.

"Oh, are you reasonable?" Wang's eyes narrowed.

Jiang Shi was busy pulling and even Xiu'er didn't let her, and Jiang Shi refused to speak, just laughing.

"Xiu'er, you have eaten your fourth sister-in-law's milk to grow to more than a year old, your mother forced you to wean, and you also forced your sister-in-law to wean Zhi'er. Your sister-in-law looks at you more heavily than Zhi'er. Every time I go back to my parents' house, I don't talk about you, saying that you have grown taller and fatter again. Xiu'er, why do you have to do it, you are not sorry for you. ”

Zhou had nothing to say, his face was ashamed, so he simply clapped his hands and cried loudly.

"I don't have a mother's family......"

This is not reasoning with you, and starting to let go. It's not that she doesn't have a mother's family, and there is a connection with bullying Zhang.

"Mother, my father invited someone, and I'm talking about separating the family." Lian Shouyi came from the east house and lifted the curtain to Zhou.

Zhou immediately stopped crying, got down from the kang, and went to the east house. The Li family was also busy, because they were all worried about the separation of the family, and when they saw Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er stir-frying in the outhouse, no one felt that there was anything wrong.

In the east room, even the old man asked Zhang Qingshan's opinion on the separation.

"Big brother, I won't interfere with your housework." Zhang Qingshan took a puff of smoke and said to the Li family again, "Your mother-in-law is not allowed to interject, you all listen to the old brother." ”

Li naturally not, Zhou's face changed a few times next to her, and she felt that Zhang Qingshan's words meant that she should not interject indiscriminately.

Even the family's belongings are not much, they are all on the surface, and only the Lian Shouxin family is separated, so it is quickly clear.

The house where Lian Shouxin now lives, all the furniture in the house, and half of the courtyard to the west belong to Lian Shouxin, and six acres of land under the South Mountain are also allocated to Lian Shouxin.

"Pots and pans, they are also given enough, and the guys who work in the fields are also given two sets. This year's crops have been harvested, and when it comes to collecting grain, we still work together. When the grain is beaten, according to the head, one pound per person, they will be given a year's ration. Even the old man said.

Everyone nodded.

"Over the years, my family has only made these incomes, and I have no savings. and not to them for money. Even the old man said, "The cost of inviting the imperial doctor this time, the gift that should be left, is the favor owed by the Lian family, I will take the fourth child to the town in the past two days, Jishengtang, and Shi Taiyi, they all have to go back and worship." ”

Even the old man's meaning, the favor of the seventy taels came out in the public. Lian Man'er was busy, and when she heard it at the door, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou pursed his lips, seventy taels of silver, which almost emptied the rest of the money in his hand. She didn't want to, but thinking of what Lian Man'er said to her, and looking at the attitudes of Zhang Qingshan, Li, and Wang today, she finally couldn't help it.

"And then there's the pigs and chickens at home...... "Old Man Lian continued.

I have already paid seventy taels of silver, and if I divide the chickens and pigs among the fourth family, it will work. Zhou was distressed, so he coughed.

"Auntie has a bad voice, I didn't have this problem for half a day just now." Wang said, "Caiyun, give you a big * scoop of cold water." ”

"No, no." Zhou Shi said busily.

"These pigs and chickens, the fourth child and a few children are not less to take care of. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is not a few months away, it ...... Don't divide it, kill the pigs during the New Year, and give them pork. Even the old man said.

"Okay, Dad, I'll listen to you. Our family doesn't have much money, except for food, so we count on these pigs. The money for going to the town to worship can also make up for the pigs killed and sold during the New Year. "Even keep the word. He didn't mention the chicken, in his heart, these are the lifeblood of the Zhou family, and the Zhang family has already eaten two, he feels that it is enough, and he should not ask for it again.

"The fourth brother is a kind person." Wu Yuchang said with a smile.

Li Zheng and Old Man Wang all nodded, and the matter of the separation of the family was decided in this way, and no one else was needed to write the documents, even the old man wrote it himself, and after writing it, he first showed it to Zhang Qingshan, and then showed it to several people in Lizheng, and then called a few of them, and everyone pressed their handprints on the documents of the separation.

"I also have a sentence, in order to make the boss famous for the exam over the years, the family has tightened the belt of his pants. The fourth family also made no less efforts. Although it is separated now, it is still mine, the boss. One day, the boss Danfan came out of the way, and he couldn't forget the fourth. I'll give you a testimonial. Boss, what do you mean? Put away the paperwork, even the old man said suddenly.

"Dad, you can rest assured, me and the fourth, we will always be." Lian Shouren said.

"You can't write two ligatures in one stroke."

"Although the family is still a family, we still have to support each other."

Just talking and laughing, the matter of the separation is settled. Even Man'er listens to her ears outside, she is not a calculating person, it is good to be able to distinguish it, and it is a satisfactory result to be able to divide it like this.

After the matter was discussed, even the old man asked if the meal was ready, and then he saw Zhou, Lian Xiu'er and Jiang all sitting in the house.

"Who's cooking?" Even the old man asked.

Zhou suddenly woke up and hurriedly went out to see.

Lian Man'er picked the curtain and came in, "Master, the meal is ready, do you want to set the meal now?" ”

Even the old man is Lian Man'er cooking outside, and he complains a little about the Zhou family in his heart, but the matter has come to this point, and it is not good to say anything more, so he said that he could set the meal.

Waiting for the table to be placed, Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er served the dishes, four medium plates of cold dishes, a large deep fish plate is a whole sweet and sour carp, plus five hot dishes, and a large plate of fried fruits, half of which are yellow-orange-orange cakes, half of which are snow-white cakes, and the staple food is rice, white flour steamed buns, and the appearance of the meals is very beautiful.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, don't prepare anything at home, don't laugh." Even the old man gave way.

The meal is still divided into two tables. Even the old man, Zhang Qingshan, Zhang Qingnian, Li Zheng, Wang Laohan, Wu Yuchang, and four more and their eldest grandson Lian Jizu sat at a table. In addition, the table entertained female guests, Li's, Wang's and Zhang Caiyun's, Zhou's, Lian Xiu'er and Jiang's accompaniment, Zhang Qingshan and Li's wanted to lift a grandson and granddaughter, one called Wulang to the table, and the other held Xiaoqi in his arms, Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er finished serving the dishes, and were also called by Li to eat together.

Lian Man'er ate two bites, then took another bowl and plate, allocated some of all kinds of dishes to Zhang's family, and sent them to Zhang's family to eat.

Li Zheng and the others ate all kinds of dishes, and they couldn't help but praise the good food.

"I invited a chef from a restaurant in the town, and that's pretty much it."

"This table is the old sister-in-law's craft, right? There are not many words," he asked.

The people at the table over there all turned their faces to look at Zhou.

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