Chapter 97: The Great Nephew
"Thanks to you for buying this old man." The next morning after the flowing water banquet, Mrs. Ming, who had finally relieved herself, sighed at Mr. Ming and the others while drinking porridge.
"They've been tired for the past two days, so let's let them rest together today." Mingyue generously gave the subordinates who were the main labor force a day off, "... You can catch up on sleep, or you can go to the theater, you can arrange it yourself. ”
Think about how these people have not received the monthly money when they first arrived, and Mingyue gave them 20 yuan each to buy small snacks when they watched the play.
In the middle of the morning (eight o'clock in the morning), all the idle family members of the Ming family accompanied Mr. Ming and Mrs. Ming to the old willow tree at the head of the village.
Together with them were the Wang family, the Xie family, the Tao family, the Zhou family, the Huang family, the Chen family, and the Zheng family, all of whom came to Wulitun by car early this morning.
The day before yesterday, when the Ming family invited their relatives to have a drink, Mrs. Ming told the old ladies of these families that the Ming family would sing a big drama for three more days later, so that they would all come to Wulitun to accompany her to listen to the play when they had time.
At that time, the old ladies of these families all came down, and this morning they took all the people in the family who could get out of their way to Wulitun by car.
Mingyue didn't join in the excitement, she had twelve benches and three tables set up in front of the stage, and tea, snacks and dried and fresh fruits were placed on the tables.
In addition to these, she also prepared another 2,000 coppers for Mrs. Ming to reward the troupe.
Mrs. Ming was a little reluctant to pay at first, but it was Mingyue who told her that as the main family, she had to give a reward, and Mrs. Ming agreed to give a reward to the drama that she sang to her liking later.
Sending Mrs. Ming away, Mingyue took the four mothers-in-law she bought to the workshop, and she wanted to teach them to make all kinds of soy products and sweet potato vermicelli and potato vermicelli while the workshop at home had not resumed operation.
Also who didn't go to the theater was Yu Jiayan, who had already been accompanied by Ming Xu to the town after breakfast.
He has already obtained the title deed of the wasteland next to the Ming family, and the man who built the house, He Yaren, has also helped him contact it, and the craftsman who leads the team can handle the materials, and he is now going to the town to buy furniture and dowry.
"Yo, isn't this my eldest nephew?" Yu Jiayan ordered the furniture to come out, and a female voice with three points of flattery sounded opposite him and Ming Xu.
Yu Jiayan was stunned for a moment. Who's this?
Seeing Yu Jiayan's confused face, the woman had no choice but to introduce herself in a sharp voice, "Oh, my eldest nephew doesn't know his own uncle when he becomes a talented master?" ”
Before she finished speaking, Yu Jiayan's expression was completely cold.
He knew who the person in front of him was, wasn't it his own aunt Jiang.
At that time, his father never returned, and his mother had to ask someone to find it while relying on the help of his mother's family to live.
His grandparents were better when they were alive, but as soon as his grandparents passed away, Jiang immediately turned his face with his mother Xie.
His grandfather hadn't even been buried, and his mother was knocked unconscious by his aunt's vomiting blood.
Later, when his mother died, he went to the door to beg for his uncle's help in organizing his mother's funeral, but his uncle locked him directly outside the courtyard.
Pity him at a young age, in the end, he could only give his yard to the wolf-hearted uncle Zhao, and asked her to help buy a thin-skinned coffin for his mother-in-law.
It is precisely because he has experienced the end of the road that called the heavens and the earth that the earth is not working, that he now cherishes the warmth and affection given by the Ming family.
People who have not been in a similar situation with him can't understand his indifference and disgust to his so-called relatives, as well as his gratitude and cherishment to the people of the Ming family.
Yu Jiayan took a step back, avoiding the Jiang clan who came to him to offer courtesy but still maintained his snarky style, "Uncle? Oh, I see, you're talking about the Xie Jiang family who was angry with my mother and didn't attend her funeral! Didn't the two of us break off contact a long time ago? When my father disappeared and my mother passed away, I had no choice but to ask the door of the Xie family to let my uncle's family help restrain my mother, but I was shut out of the door by the shopkeeper Xie and ignored it. Didn't our two families break off at that time? ”
As soon as the onlookers heard this, their disdainful eyes suddenly turned to Xie Jiang's iron-faced face, and the outspoken one even accused Xie Jiang's two of being ruthless and unrighteous.
Seeing this, Ming Xu immediately added a fire to Yu Jiayan, "If I'm not mistaken, you weren't even ten years old at that time, right?" How could they be so ruthless? No matter what, your mother is also their own sister! ”
"Who's to say no, I knelt outside his house for a long time, and her neighbors could help me testify about it. There is also Uncle Zhao from our village, who sent me to the Xie family back then. ”
Xie Jiang's eyes rolled, she wanted to quibble, but what Yu Jiayan said was the truth, the relationship between the two of them and the neighbors was not good, if Yu Jiayan really found someone to testify, she dared to say that those people would definitely not help them cover up the things back then.
"Such a person actually has the face to come up and recognize you as a nephew! When you almost starved to death, why didn't they give you a bite to eat? When you were almost beaten to death by that evil lady of the Zhao family, why didn't they come forward to administer justice for you? Why don't you see her take out a copper when you have to spend money on studying? You..."
Ming Xu crackled and said, nodding his head again and again, listening to the accusations of the people around him, Xie Jiang no longer had the face to stay here to be pointed at, she snorted hard, and then just squeezed out of the crowd and ran away.
Seeing this, Yu Jiayan immediately made a gesture, "Yu Jiayan would like to thank all the fathers and villagers for speaking up. ”
Master Xiucai actually saluted them?
Everyone was stunned at first, but soon became excited again, they said "it should be" and "Master Xiucai is polite", and after a while, they left in groups.
Ming Xu sighed, "I didn't even know you had an uncle." ”
Yu Jiayan shrugged, "You also heard what I just said, do you think there is any difference between them and the Zhao family?" ”
"Not really." Thinking of the various strange things that the Zhao family had done recently in order to hang their own fields under Yu Jiayan's name, Ming Xu couldn't help but be quite speechless.
He comforted Yu Jiayan, "You are now bitter and happy, and these irrelevant people don't care about it, and you can't take the stupid things they do to heart." ”
Yu Jiayan smiled at Ming Xu, "Don't worry, I haven't treated them as relatives for a long time." I have you and Mingyue, and I think I've been lucky. ”
The two talked and walked away slowly, and when they met a suitable store, they went in to buy together, until it was almost noon, Yu Jiayan was satisfied with hiring a mule cart and going back to Wulitun with Ming Xu.