Chapter 121: The Banquet
Li politely said kind words to Fei Laoliu, and asked him to go to the government to exchange the white deed into a red deed. Chen Xuejiao took out three taels of silver from her pocket and handed it to Fei Lao Liu, one tael of silver was the money to go to the government to do errands, and the other two taels of silver were the intermediate fees for him to buy land.
Zhao Yiming also took out two taels of silver from eighty taels and handed them to Fei Laoliu, but Fei Laoliu resigned.
Chen Xuejiao looked at it coldly, and felt that Fei Lao Liu was a reliable person, knowing that Zhao Yiming's father was sick, and insisted on not paying for the middle. There are not many people like this who are affectionate and righteous, not only do she only buy 25 acres of land today, but she will also buy more land in the future, so she needs a tooth waffle who values credit and friendship. It seems that there is no need to worry about buying land in the future. Think about it, Fei Lao Liu is a friend of his uncle Li Yuntian, what kind of person Li Yuntian is, you can see what kind of person Fei Lao Liu is.
Chen Xuejiao was still a little uneasy in her heart, after all, Zhao Yiming's twenty-five acres of land were really fertile, and if it weren't for his father's illness, he probably wouldn't have sold it.
raised his head and saw that Zhao Yiming was still pursing the corners of his stubborn mouth, looking thin, and suddenly had an indescribable pity in his heart.
Suddenly, Zhao Yiming looked up and smiled at her, as if to comfort her.
The shopkeeper Han ordered Lao Miao to set up two tables of banquets, and the old man Li was happy and said that the money was paid by him, and Chen Xuejiao and Li did not refuse.
Li discussed with Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an to invite Old Man Chen to the banquet.
"Go to your house and invite your grandfather and grandmother." Li said to Chen Qi'an, and hesitated, "Do you want to invite your second, third, and fourth uncles?" ”
"I don't invite them specifically, I'll tell them to come, if you want to come, you can come, if you don't want to come, we don't force it." Chen Qi'an said.
Chen Xuejiao thinks this is a good idea, if she doesn't say it, Chen Zichang, Chen Zigui and others will have trouble again. Anyway, now that the land has been bought, and the title deeds are all in their hands, it doesn't matter if they know it, they just know that the land can become theirs.
"Call my sister and cousin too." Chen Xuejiao instructed.
Chen Qi'an went back to Maoshan Village to invite Old Man Chen, Old Lady Chen and others, and Chen Xuejiao, Li Shi, and Chen Qiping were waiting in Qingfeng Village.
As the lady was talking, a crisp laugh came in. Chen Xuejiao looked back. Zhou came in with Han Xingjian and Bi Tao.
Everyone was busy greeting each other and sitting together to talk.
The cloak worn by Zhou and Bi Tao was worth a lot of money at first glance, and snowflakes fell on it.
"It's snowing heavily?" Li asked, holding Zhou's hand.
"It's not big, it's dense." Zhou said with a smile.
Bi Tao has a lively temperament, Xue Jiao has always liked her, at this time she was holding Xue Jiao's hand and said coquettishly: "I don't come to our house these days, I patronize and make money." ”
Chen Xuejiao smiled and said, "Sister Bitao, I'll just call you sister in the future." How can a sister be spoiled by her sister. ”
Bi Tao laughed when she heard this, patted Chen Xuejiao and said, "The wood carving you brought me last time you went to Weishan Lake, I was cute to death, by the way, why didn't Sister Xueru and Sister Jinghao come?" ”
"Brother Qi An's go to the house and call them to go, and they will come after a while." Li said with a smile.
Zhou frowned: "It's snowing densely outside, Xingjian, you prepare a carriage to pick it up, maybe Qi An is still halfway." ”
Han Xingjian agreed and went out. Li was full of gratitude to Zhou for his thoughtfulness.
"As soon as I heard that your family had bought land, I hurried over. You've been getting better and better. Zhou said with a smile.
Chen Xuejiao's recipe was sold for one hundred taels of silver, and the shopkeeper Han was present at the time, so he couldn't hide it from the Zhou family.
"I'm a mother, I'm uncomfortable, I've never given a few children a good day, I didn't want to buy the silver of the land or the silver that the children sold, if there is no Xuejiao. I can't buy this land. Li said a confidant to Zhou.
"Look at what you said, it's your blessing to have such a good child." Zhou's eyes were full of envy.
Because there were two tables of banquets, the men's table was in the next room, and the women's table was in the other room. There was talk and laughter from next door, and Zhou got up and looked through the window for a while. Folded back again.
"The gentleman wearing a cyan shirt and a square scarf on his head is Huang Xiucai, right?" Zhou asked Lee.
"Not really."
"I heard that his daughter is extremely handsome and quiet, and let Xue Jiaoxue take her to play at home another day, she is also a poor child, and she will have no mother when she is young." Zhou took pity on the yellow dragonfly he had never seen.
“…… Really, isn't the ship wet at night? ”
"It's not damp, we got into the lotus bush at night, but the lotus flowers have been defeated, and they are all dead leaves."
Li and Zhou looked at their daughter whispering in the corner with a smile.
“…… The second child of your family is in the back street and the Qingbi of the Cuihualou has long been spread, and the reason why I didn't tell you is because you should have known about it long ago. Zhou saw Xue Jiao and Bi Tao talking patronizingly, but didn't notice them, so he pulled Li to talk about gossip.
Women are interested in gossip, and although Li is a simple-hearted country woman, she also loves gossip.
"No, but, it should be broken now, my old man beat him up." Lee lowered his voice.
"You don't know, this Qingbi is probably not a stubble, I heard that she has been in the back streets all day long and said that sooner or later she will enter the door of the Chen family." Zhou frowned.
"Oh, this can't be helped," Li was just about to say, when the door of the house opened, and Xue Rujing walked in.
Li and Zhou's words about Qingbi were interrupted.
The snow outside was falling intensively, Xue Ru and Jing Hao's bodies were covered with snow, Bi Tao and Xue Jiao ran to them to help pat, Xue Ru was carrying a coat in her hand, which was to bring wind and snow to the Li family.
Zhou beckoned to the two children, Xue Ru and Jing saluted Zhou, and Zhou grabbed one with one hand and laughed non-stop.
"I haven't seen Xueru for a while, and every time I see it, I'm more energetic than the last time." Zhou's heartfelt praise.
At this time, the shopkeeper came in to set the meal, and everyone sat down in turn.
Li Shi looked outside and asked Xue Ru: "Where is your milk, why didn't you come?" ”
Chen Xuejiao said with a smile: "Tianleng milk is reluctant to come, and I heard that Sister Xueyao is coming back, so she is waiting for Sister Xueyao at home." ”
Xue Yao is coming? Chen Xuejiao frowned. It's not a year, what is she doing when she comes back? Is it really like Chen Zichang said, he is going to marry into Ding's Mansion after the year, and now he is going home to embroider wedding clothes.
Zhou and Li glanced at each other, and Chen Xuejiao read from their eyes that their conjectures were consistent with her own. I'm afraid that Chen Zichang told Xue Yao about marrying into the Ding Mansion last time through loan sharks, and he was taken seriously by someone with a heart. As soon as it was passed on, it spread.
If Xue Yao is really like the Ding Mansion, it is okay to be a young grandmother, but if it is a concubine, then the relatives of the Chen family and other girls will be affected to some extent.
Lee's eyes were full of anxiety.
"Who's coming?" Xue Jiao diverted the topic and asked Xue Ru.
"Lord, second uncle, fourth uncle, third uncle chopping cabbage at home, the cabbage was freezing in the snow, and the milk asked him to cut it and not let him come." Xueru explained with a smile.
"Let's get some food for your third aunt and Xuewa to take back." Li said.
Everyone began to eat, this was the first time that the Li family had eaten out, and so did Xue Ru and Jinghao.
Zhou looked at Xue Ru for the first time, although he was eating outside the hotel. But the demeanor is moderate, the meal is elegant, and the eyes are not smiling.
After a while, Han Xingjian, Chen Qi'an, and Zhao Yiming came.
“…… They all drank and smoked, and Grandpa let the three of us come here for dinner. Chen Qi'an said.
"It's saying, you all sit here and eat, and save you from drinking. You are still studying, how can you drink? Zhou pointed to his seat. Have the three of them sit down in turn.
Han Xingjian sat opposite Xueru, and the two of them saluted each other, which was not very natural. Xue Ru lowered his head and drank the soup gently, Han Xingjian's hands and feet were not in a hurry, he had always been steady and knocked over a plate, Chen Xueru raised his head and opened a glance, and quickly blushed and lowered his head again.
Chen Xuejiao looked at the two of them. It's like a junior high school student who is in early love, thinking that the corners of his eyebrows and eyes are covered up by a qiē, but all the feelings are revealed. Fortunately, the two of them covered up quickly, and the momentary gaffe quickly passed. Li did not notice his daughter's gaffe. However, Zhou looked at Xue Ru and his son thoughtfully, and his eyes were full of smiles.
This qiē, Chen Xuejiao really saw it.
“…… My family Xingjian is not as good as your family Qi'an, so I can take the exam in the future to make a name for Qingfeng Village. Zhou looked at Qi An and said to Li.
"Xingjian is a stable child, as old as Qi An, who doesn't say that Xingjian is generous when he goes out." Li really likes Han Xingjian, a child.
Zhou smiled, this was also a test of Li's opinion of Han Xingjian, listening to Li's words, he really liked his son.
The topic is back to Xueru.
"Let Xueru go to my house another day, my old lady likes Xueru, and she always thinks about her at home." Zhou personally sandwiched a piece of fish for Xueru, "I heard that Xueru's meals are well cooked, and this child is taking care of Chen Xiucai's illness during this time, but it is really a heart, I don't know what kind of family I can marry in the future." ”
Xue Ru listened to Zhou's joke, blushed, and Han Xingjian opposite took a sip of water uneasily.
The Li family is a wooden one, and at this time he also understands what the Zhou family means. Zhou is a hearty person, and today he inadvertently joked about Xueru in front of so many people, and said that their old lady likes it, doesn't this obviously want Xueru to be her daughter-in-law?
Li didn't know how to answer, after all, in front of the child, he thought about it and said implicitly: "Since the eldest lady likes my Xueru, then let Xueru go to your house to accompany the eldest lady to relieve her boredom in a few days, as long as the old lady does not dislike Xueru, this girl is stupid." ”
Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, so that they were both interested in each other.
Zhou's expression of his affection for Xueru just now was also to ease Li's heart. Xue Yao is now home, and it is clear that she wants to enter the Ding Mansion, it is impossible to be a young grandmother, at most she is a good concubine, and a good concubine is also a concubine, which will more or less affect other sisters. She could see the worry between Li's eyebrows clearly just now, and she said this to ease Li's heart.
The twists and turns in the middle, several children don't know.
"Your peach is a good one, I heard that you can write and settle accounts." Li's Lishang praised Bi Tao back and forth.
"It's just a little bit of a fur." Zhou said this, and a smile overflowed from the corners of his eyebrows.
Chen Xuejiao looked at Li, and then at Zhou, since ancient times, mothers like to praise their children.
After the meal, everyone talked to each other again, and Zhou invited Li to sit at home, and Li smiled and said that he was going another day.
Everyone was separated at the gate of Qingfeng Village, and the snow was more dense, Old Man Li hired a carriage for Li and several children, and instructed the coachman to send it to the door, and he took Li Yuntian and Fei Lao Liu back to Lijiazhuang, and went to Lijiazhuang to pass through Zhaojiazhuang and let Zhao Yiming also get into the carriage.
When Chen Xuejiao and her party returned home, they saw a carriage parked in the white snow at the door, and the word Ding Fu was written on the carriage.
Sure enough, Xue Yao returned. (To be continued......)