When Haizi finished inviting guests from house to house, it was already past noon, and it was almost the time for Yun Er Ye to set up a meal, but the rain finally did not come down. Haizi told Yun Er Ye in detail about the situation of going to the hospital: "The people who want to invite all say that they can go to the appointment on time, but the fifth grandmother has a bad leg, so I promised her to pick her up in a car." By the way, I also brought Wang Erye, he is also sick now. ”

"Then you go now, and come back quickly. You also have to help with the work in advance, and you help serve the food and pour the wine during the meal. "Second Master Yun is more satisfied with Haizi's work, and he can handle general things.

When Haizi took the fifth grandmother and the second master Wang into the compound, the Yun family's compound was already full of incense. The guests who should be invited also came one after another, and the long-term workers, under the leadership of the big guys, also called it a day happily. The compound is filled with laughter and joy before the dinner, and people are polite, blessed, praised, affectionate, and looking forward to the New Year.

Under the command of Silly Hisako, Haizi and the young long-term workers set up tables, took stools, and arranged them in the courtyard.

"Please be seated, everybody." Second Master Yun greeted everyone warmly, and at the same time helped the old lady to sit down in the middle of the first table, and Zhao Ye, Third Master Yun and the big guy sat down at the other table side by side. These two tables are for entertaining guests, and they are accompanying guests.

The guests who came to the banquet all found their seats under the courtesy of Haizi and others. The children of the Yun family's compound, under the leadership of the eldest mother, sat at the farthest table. Erniang and Sanniang can't be served for the time being, and they have to wait for the men to eat almost before they can be served, so this table has the least number of people. The other tables were crowded with long-term workers.

"Serve the dishes and chopsticks, serve the wine, serve the food, and start the meal!" Second Master Yun commanded loudly, and he was still the leader of the big boss.

In the laughter of everyone, Haizi and Silly Jiuzi put the dishes, chopsticks, wine and food on the table with square plates.

"Let the second master say a few words to everyone." Zhao Ye stood up and beckoned, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Hmm...... Fellow Neighbors, Fellow Brothers! Second Master Yun cleared his throat, stood up and said, "My Yun family moved to this tunzi from my ancestors, and thanks to the care of my neighbors, my Yun family can live to this day." Yun invited everyone here to express his gratitude in person. The guys who helped me work have also been busy for a spring, and they rarely see oily, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I deliberately killed a pig and let everyone open the meat. Thin wine and vegetarian dishes are not a tribute, everyone must give Yun a certain face, eat and drink well. Come, let's have a drink, thank you! ”

In the toast of Second Master Yun, everyone began to eat and drink relaxedly. The courtyard once again reverberated with a joyful and lively atmosphere, and it was full of joy.

"Give the pig-killing dishes and stews to the guys' tables, and they can eat when they are tired. Put these delicate and soft ones on the table of the old lady and Zhao Ye. Serve the fruit plate or something to the children's table, they like to eat it. Don't serve the dishes left next to you, we'll have to eat them later, don't run out of them when the time comes. Er Niang and San Niang served the dishes while instructing Haizi and Silly Jiuzi.

After Haizi and Silly Jiuzi finished serving, they stood at the two main tables respectively, pouring wine for the guests while entertaining the requests of the other tables.

"Come, Haizi, pour it all for everyone, pour some for the old lady, and I'll toast you to a glass of wine." Uncle Xu stroked his beard to speak.

Uncle Xu is the most prominent character in this tunzi and has read books. His brother-in-law was a county magistrate in the Manchu Dynasty and was the most powerful relative in the village. In addition, Uncle Xu is kind and fair, and he is deeply respected by the villagers.

"Yun Dangjia invited us to dinner today, and we are very grateful for this every year. Yun Dangjia is usually not thin on us, whoever has a green and yellow family, big and small affairs, he can try his best to help, he is a good person. Especially today, the old lady is also sitting here, this old man has been kind and compassionate all his life, and the villagers have a good reputation. Today, with the help of the Yun family's wine, I wish the old lady many sons and grandchildren, a long life and many blessings, and I wish the Yun family a good harvest this year and a lot of wealth! After Uncle Xu finished speaking, he drank it all. Everyone echoed in unison and drank together.

"It's not a peaceful year now, with bandits and thieves. The people of Duanlonggang should be twisted into a rope and work together to protect the family and the people. Second Master Yun wants to pick a good head and lead everyone to protect his hometown. I propose another cup, everyone should work together to protect the peace of the whole village, and I wish the whole village good luck and health! Everyone drinks, does a good thing come in pairs? Everyone once again echoed Uncle Xu's words and clinked glasses and drank.

"My unfilial son is a bearded and bandit, and his family is unfortunate! I dare to guarantee that I will never let this beast come to our village to harm people, if he comes, everyone will work together to kill him, and it will be regarded as my lifelong heart disease. I'm not in good health, so I can't drink more, so I dipped it to show my meaning. Second Master Wang stood up and bowed to everyone tremblingly.

The son of the second master of Wang is called Wang Zhankui, who is in his forties, and is the leader of the bandits in Dulong Mountain. This is the largest group of locks in the Dongshan area, known as the thousand-person locks, and there are four or five hundred bandits who go up the mountain alone. The notoriety and power of this gang spread all over the country, and even adults and children were scared with 'Blackbeard is coming'.

This Wang Zhankui has been causing trouble since he was a child, and he is not afraid of life and death. When he was fifteen years old, he set the neighbor's house on fire, and Wang Erye wanted to kill him, so Wang Zhankui was afraid and ran to the mountains to become a bandit. Later, he was recruited as a son-in-law by the old master, and became the actual second leader in the beard. After the old boss died, he became a big boss, and it has been more than ten years. Although the second master of Wang broke off the relationship with his son, everyone knew what was going on like a mirror in their hearts. Now Wang Erye and his second son live together, and a few years ago, Wang Zhankui sent his daughter-in-law back with a daughter and lived in Wang Erye's house together. A family of eight people doesn't even grow land, and they are well fed and clothed, this is not a beard, who can it be?

Everyone understood in their hearts, but they all said: "Second Master Wang has already broken off relations with his son." The strong man broke his arm, and the whole village did not know. Besides, the big boss has never returned to the village to harm people, so don't think about it all the time. ”

"Fifth grandma, eat more, these scrambled eggs are soft." Mrs. Yun deliberately diverted the topic and put some vegetables in the bowl for the fifth grandmother.

"Eat, enough. You can eat too, they will nag them, and we will pretend not to hear them. "The fifth grandmother is the oldest in the whole table, and she is a bit distant from the second master Yun's family, so she is still the elder of Mrs. Yun. Of course, the guests invited by Second Master Yun were either heads and faces in the tunzi, or they were related to their family.

"Fellow villagers. I think there are a lot of tens, seven, or eight-year-olds in our tunzi, running around all day long, this is not good, let's sum up the school again? Second Master Yun said while persuading wine.

"It's a school. After Mr. Yu left, this school was abandoned, such a big tunzi, how can it be done without a school? Uncle Xu first agreed.

"yes, who doesn't have a half-grown child. This is all in the Republic of China, how can it be done without running a school. The crowd chimed in.

"It's not called a school now, it's called a school." Sikiko didn't know how to hear it, and stood up and shouted loudly.

"It doesn't matter if it's called a school, or if it's called a school, there's no gentleman, and there's no place, so everyone has to think of a way together." Uncle Xu said.

"The place is easy to run, so use the original school and change the name to Duanlonggang School. As long as the salary is sufficient, sir, I will go to the city and ask for it. Second Master Yun said.

"Where does Sister Yun live at his grandmother's house?" Mrs. Yun said.

"Let the third family move to the backyard, and they will live in the house in the yard first." Second Master Yun said: "The key is how to get Mr.'s salary? What do you say? ”

There was silence at the dinner table. yes, who pays for the start of the work?

"I think so, everyone who can afford to go to school in the tunzi has to let their children go, and the price is set at a high point. Children who can't afford to go to school want to go, and the price is set at a low point. If it is insufficient, the big households in the tunzi will pay some money to make up for it. "Uncle Xu helped with the idea.

"I originally thought that I would take time to go to the city these days and send my children to his eldest brother's house in the city to go to school. Now that the school can be run in Tunzi, it will not be sent. I'll go to the city tomorrow and ask for a gentleman, can you see it? Second Master Yun glanced at the two tables in front of him with his eyes, looking forward to everyone's answers.

Under the gaze of Second Master Yun, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's it. Uncle Xu was in charge of the tunzi in advance, and I will go into the city tomorrow to invite Mr. As Second Master Yun spoke, he motioned to Haizi to fill everyone up: "This is a great thing, let's have another drink and celebrate." Let go of the amount, eat and drink well! ”

As a result, the whole courtyard once again resounded with the sound of joyful clinking glasses and laughter, and the matter of running the school was decided. When the wine was drunk, the men, regardless of the age or the young, the high or the low, teased and frolicked with each other, leaving their seats and going to the table to toast and bless each other.

When people were full of wine and food, they gradually dispersed in the enthusiastic send-off of Yun Erye's family. The guys were also full of food and drink, and went back to sleep together in twos and threes, and the compound slowly returned to tranquility.

"Jiuzi, Haizi, you should also pack up and eat. Pick those who are willing to eat more, and drink two sips of those who are willing to drink. You're all starving, aren't you? Eat in small quantities. After Second Master Yun finished his instructions, he accompanied the old lady and the eldest lady back to the backyard to rest.

After cleaning up, Erniang and Sanniang led the people to gather in the kitchen to eat. Monroe, the five nobles, and the six sisters didn't leave, standing on the ground and watching everyone eat, and Monroe also helped serve the people who ate. The master also brought a plate of bits and pieces from the pig's body, saying that these were not on the table, let everyone taste them first, and keep the rest for the owner.

Haizi didn't drink, ate quickly, and took the lead to leave the table and go out of the house.

"Where are you going?" Monroe followed at this point.

"Go to the hut. I see you're having a great time today. Haizi looked back at Monroe.

"What's not to be happy about, aren't you also happy? I'll also go to the thatched house, let's go together, and ask you something. Monroe took a few steps to catch up with Haizi.

There was no one in the compound, and after turning the stable, I came to the thatched house. "Don't let people see it, what's the matter?" Haizi stared at Monroe.

"What's the matter? Let me ask you, that day you said, 'Walk the bird against the wind, pee with the wind', I can't figure it out, why? Monroe also stared at Haizi and laughed stupidly.

"How can you ask this?" Haizi looked at Monroe in confusion, he couldn't understand how a young lady from a rich family's family could ask him this question.

"I'm going to ask. You have to tell me! Haizi had never seen Monroe so willful.

"It's very simple. If you pee in the wind, you will be blown to your pants by the wind, and men are all standing ......" Haizi explained stumblingly, his face suffocated like a pig's liver, but he couldn't understand anything.

"I should have told me plainly that it was a lot of work. You little brat, someone will be here in a while, you go and have a good wind. I'll ask you when I don't understand. Monroe reached out and touched Haizi's flushed face, and turned around and ran away with a flushed face, leaving behind a wisp of the fragrance of a woman who was about to mature.

Haizi returned to the kitchen to help clean up. Seeing that Monroe was not there, he left stupidly. Facing the afterglow of the sun that had already set, he looked back at returning to his residence. The happy Dragon Boat Festival of the northern farmers has passed like this, and Duanlonggang has entered the night of sleep day after day, and today seems to be more quiet than in the past.