After returning home, Zhang Jihan went to the village chief's house, told the village chief when they were going to have a banquet, and then went door to door to invite people from the village.

The Zhang family, which has been lost for so long, not only has a new yard, but also invites people from the village to eat, which is a big news in Liuhe Village.

In the afternoon of the same day, the topics discussed in the alleys of the village were all about the Zhang family, and the Zhang family was frequently popular for a month and became a hot figure in the village.

Early the next morning, several young and strong young men came to the gate of Zhang's house, and of course, Li Zhuang was also there.

This has always been an unwritten rule in the village, and whoever has a wedding and funeral to hold a banquet, the boys in the village will go to help.

Liu Meiniang asked Zhang Jihan to take those people to the open space outside the courtyard to set up tables and chairs, which were all borrowed from the village the day before.

There are also little daughters-in-law and aunts led by Wu Cuicui and Liu Xiaomian, who all came to help cook.

"Mei Niang, why is your stove room like a palace."

Wu Cuicui sighed all the way after coming in from Liu Meiniang's house.

"Well, you seem to have been to the palace." Liu Xiaomian said coldly on the side.

"Can't I say I haven't been there? I don't think the kitchen in the palace is as good as Mei Niang's house. Wu Cuicui glanced at Liu Xiaomian angrily and said.

"Haha, I agree with that." Liu Xiaomian said with a smile.

In the kitchen, Liu Meiniang is indeed attentive, and the decoration is basically no different from the modern kitchen.

The good mahogany tables and chairs on the table where we ate outside were covered with tablecloths made by Liu Meiniang and Zhang Li. The kitchen and the floor of all the rooms, Liu Meiniang used wooden planks to pave it, although it is not as good as the modern one, but it is also the first point in the village, and the little daughter-in-law and aunt who came in to help cook all showed envy.

"Mei Niang, what are you doing here?" Wu Cuicui pointed to the bamboo on the top of the water tank and asked.

"Oh, this is the faucet, you see, as soon as you twist it, the water comes out." Liu Meiniang demonstrated it to everyone, and when they saw the water flowing out of the bamboo, several people were amazed.

This was designed by Liu Meiniang before she started the house. And the principle of sewage discharge, or with a copper pipe connected to the ground, directly from the mountain to lead down the mountain spring water, because the Zhang family's house is at the foot of the mountain, the mountain spring water flows from high to low, almost without any external force can flow to the Zhang family's house, and then Liu Meiniang placed a fixed pulley in the pipeline, as long as the faucet valve above is unscrewed, the pulley in the pipeline starts to operate, and the water can flow out.

The only fly in the ointment is that sometimes the mountain spring water will indeed not be able to be drawn, and it still needs to be done manually at that time, but fortunately, Liu Meiniang dug a well in the backyard of her house, and if the water on the faucet is gone, you can also go to the backyard to carry water.

The people who came in looked at it and touched it, and it was very novel.

"Mei Niang, how do you get this, can you tell me? I'd like to get one for our family too. Liu Xiaomian walked up to Liu Meiniang and asked.

Liu Meiniang knew that Liu Xiaomian only had her and a young brother-in-law at home, and it must be a very difficult thing to carry water, but Liu Xiaomian's family lived in the middle of the village, and it was too far away from the well or the mountain spring, and it was completely impossible to achieve it with the current technology.

"You may not be able to install this at home." Liu Meiniang explained regretfully.

Liu Xiaomian waved her hand after listening to Liu Meiniang's words, in fact, she just asked, and if it didn't work, forget it.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's cook."

Liu Xiaomian diverted the topic.

Liu Meiniang's kitchen is still the kind of stove that burns the fire, and where other things are placed on the tableware and chopsticks, Liu Meiniang has made exquisite baskets or compartments out of bamboo, and installed some small wooden cabinets on the stove to put sundries.

"Mei Niang, why are you so coincidental, how did you come up with this!" Wu Cuicui looked at the cabinet above the stove and the various furniture made of bamboo in the kitchen, and gave Liu Meiniang a thumbs up.

"It's all very simple, if you want to learn, I can teach you." Liu Meiniang said while handing out a few pots to everyone.

A few women in the kitchen chattered non-stop.

Zhang Jihan and the others quickly set up tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard.

Zhang Dandan and Zhang Tongtong brought all the melon seeds and snacks that had been prepared a long time ago to the table, and beckoned everyone to eat melon seeds first.

Zhang Jihan took advantage of his free time and hurriedly went back to sweep the yard again.

Although he sweeps the yard every day, but after everyone has dinner today, they will definitely visit their new house, Zhang Jihan thinks that it is better to clean up and not let others see the jokes.

"Ji Han, are you sweeping the yard?" Zhang Jihan had just taken a broom and was about to sweep the yard when a woman's voice came out.

Zhang Jihan saw that it was his cousin Zhang Peony.

is the daughter of Zhang Jihan's uncle Zhang Tianhua's family.

It seems that his uncle is here today.

"Sister Peony." Zhang Jihan put away the broom and said.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm really happy for you when I heard that your family has a new yard." Although Zhang Peony was talking to Zhang Jihan, his eyes kept glancing inside. Zhang Jihan didn't say anything like inviting Zhang Mudan to sit in, because he subconsciously didn't want to have anything to do with these so-called relatives.

The last time Zhang Tianming and his wife came to make trouble, the last bit of family affection for the family in Zhang Jihan's heart had been polished, and now when he saw Zhang Peony, there was no fluctuation in his heart.

There is no difference between Zhang Tianhua and Zhang Tianming. Both of them are the same for profit, and they can give up everything for a little profit.

Today's housewarming banquet, because the Zhang family's family lives far away, Zhang Jihan did not go over to call in person, but just asked someone to bring a letter.

What he hoped most was that no one from the Zhang family would come, but he didn't expect to come.

Zhang Jihan was thinking about how to get rid of Zhang Peony, when he saw Zhang Tianhua come over with his daughter-in-law Qian.

"Ah, Ji Han, this new yard of your house is really magnificent." Qian's eyes were almost out of sight, and he stared at everything in the yard.

"Fifth uncle, fifth aunt." Zhang Jihan nodded and said hello.

"Ji Han, it's good, it's not a loss to our Zhang family, it's only been a long time, and such a good yard has been built, the fourth uncle really didn't mistake you, I said at the beginning, you are a promising junior of the Zhang family, and you were really said by the fourth uncle." Zhang Tianhua patted Zhang Jihan's shoulder, looking like he was deeply related by blood.

Zhang Jihan silently distanced himself from Zhang Tianhua.

Set of nearly who wouldn't? When did the people of the Zhang family look up to their people? Although Zhang Jihan does not need the attention of the Zhang family.

After Zhang Jihan's father died, except for the day when Zhang Tianlin was buried, the Zhang family came to live, and for the rest of the years, they were orphans and widows living together, not to mention that the Zhang family came to visit personally. They didn't even send them a letter, as if their branch was dead.

It's good now, seeing that they are developed, they all climb over one by one, is he Zhang Jihan a fool?

"Fifth uncle, how are you doing?" Zhang Jihan pretended not to understand, and ignored Zhang Tianhua's words,

"What's good or bad about the fifth uncle, it's like that, but seeing you like this, the fifth uncle is relieved."

"Ji Han, why don't you know that you invite us in to sit, this kid, why is this unreasonable!?" Qian has a pair of triangular eyes, high cheekbones, thin lips, and the whole person looks very mean. The impression of the Qian family is indeed not easy to get along with.

"Fifth aunt, sit inside." Liu Meiniang stood not far away with a basin and said loudly.

"Liu Meiniang?" Qian frowned, why did Liu Meiniang change so much.

Before Zhang Jilin got married, they also went to Liu's house to see Liu Meiniang for Zhang Jilin, Liu Meiniang at that time was black and thin, and she could see that she was good-looking, but she was too thin, and people would think that it was not easy to give birth.

This is also one of the reasons why the Qian family agreed with both hands to Zhang Jilin marrying Liu Meiniang.

She just thinks that Liu Meiniang is not easy to give birth, and it should be good if she can't give birth to a child when the time comes.

In that way, Zhang Tianrin and Zhang Li couldn't hold their grandson, so she was happy.

I didn't expect that when I saw Liu Meiniang today, it was not at all the same as at the beginning.

Now Liu Meiniang has fair skin and a bumpy figure, standing in the yard in an emerald green dress, really like a willow bud that has just come out in spring, as beautiful as she wants.

"Fifth aunt, I'm Mei Niang." Qian's eyes, Liu Meiniang looked at her as if she didn't see it, she still looked at Qian with a smile.

"Tut-tut, what's this you're wearing? Do you know that you are widowing Ji Rin? Wear it so brightly, hurry back and change it! Offend public decency! As soon as Qian opened his mouth, he criticized Liu Meiniang from head to toe, and what he said was useless. Liu Meiniang looked down at the clothes she was wearing silently, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, she didn't wear red, didn't the little daughters-in-law in the village wear it like this?

"Aunt Five, what am I wearing...... Doesn't seem to have anything to do with you? Liu Meiniang said leisurely.

"I'm your elder, how dare you talk back to me?" Qian looked at Liu Meiniang in disbelief.

"Fifth aunt, you are my elder, but my mother-in-law didn't say anything about me, why do you say me?" Liu Meiniang's purpose of being a person is to respect me a foot, and I am a person, like this person who is looking for trouble as soon as she comes up, Liu Meiniang will never respect her much.

"You! Is this what you should be like as a junior? If you do this again, I will let Ji Han kick you out of the Zhang family! Qian looked at Liu Meiniang proudly, as if he thought that saying this would scare Liu Meiniang.

"Then you are free." After Liu Meiniang finished speaking, she went back to the kitchen with the basin.

"She! What is her attitude? She! Qian pointed to Liu Meiniang's back and jumped to his feet in anger.

"Mother!" Zhang Mudan stepped forward and pulled Qian's hand, and said something in Qian's ear, but Qian snorted and didn't speak again.

Zhang Jihan welcomed a few people in.

Qian and Zhang Tianhua were really stunned when they entered the Zhang family's living room.

The tables and chairs in the living room are custom-made by Liu Meiniang is a fine pineapple wood, which is also carved with delicate patterns, with two seats on the top and four on the lower side.

Liu Meiniang plans to arrange it like this first, and when she can make a sofa and a coffee table in the future, she will replace the furnishings in the living room with something like that.

Rao is the living room that Liu Meiniang is still very dissatisfied with, and in the eyes of Zhang Tianhua and his party, it seems to be very high-end.

As soon as Qian entered the living room, he looked at it and touched it, and even Zhang Peony, who had pretended to be reserved, glanced around. Zhang Tianhua also has an eight-year-old son, Zhang Fugui, who went straight to the fruit and food on the table when he entered the living room.

climbed directly onto the chair of the main seat, knelt on it to get food, and the clothes on his body didn't know if they were dirty in the first place, or if they were dirty in the back, all of them were dirt, and there were some oil stains, Zhang Jihan resisted the urge to tear the little ghost off.

Although the Zhang family lived a poor life before and wore patches of clothes, Zhang Li has always taken care of several children very cleanly.

After Liu Meiniang came, she paid more attention to hygiene issues, especially Liu Meiniang in her previous life, and had some slight cleanliness, so she forced a few children to wash their hands before and after meals every day, and they have developed a habit of wearing more clothes, and now the situation at home is better, Zhang Jihan's brothers and sisters rarely wear old clothes, unless they go to work in the mountains, they will take out the old clothes and put them on, and a few people wearing new clothes, even if it is Zhang Tongtong, will clean up themselves. I have never seen a child as dirty as Zhang Fugui.

Zhang Peony also wore a water-red dress that she thought was very good today, after coming to Liu Meiniang's house, whether it was Liu Meiniang or Zhang Jihan, the clothes she wore threw her out of 108,000 miles, Zhang Peony couldn't wait to go back and change her clothes now, but this dress was already the best of all her clothes.