At noon, the family had dinner together to celebrate Yan Qu's birthday.

As soon as Yan Qu came in, he was pulled by Yan's mother and asked him if he had eaten longevity noodles, Yan Qu wanted to say that he hadn't eaten it, so that Aunt Li was making a bowl, but how could he hide his mother's magic eye from his little trick, so he obediently said that he ate it.

He can only eat Aunt Li's longevity noodles once a year, and the rest of the time the noodles made by Aunt Li are not this taste, not that they are not delicious, or that they are missing something, but how can he ask for it, saying that even longevity noodles can only be eaten on the day of his birth, they are too superstitious, and they are not the same when they eat.

After eating, Yan Qu received four gifts, and the second brother hadn't been back to the house since the last time he went out, so there was one inkstone missing from the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Originally, it was neat and tidy, although I thought about changing it every year, but now that it was suddenly missing, Yan Qu felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he was a little empty.

"Brother Qu, what's wrong, but you're not satisfied with what I sent?" Li Tianyan saw that he was holding a bunch of things on the side of the road and looked a little unhappy, and asked.

Speaking of the things she sent, Yan Qu was even more depressed, "Sister-in-law, why are you the same as your eldest brother, he sent silk paper, and you gave me a book." ”

"You don't like it? Your brother said that he would like the book for you, but since I don't like it, I'll change it next year. She really couldn't think of anything good to give, so she listened to Yan Rui's opinion, and she thought it was quite reasonable at the time, and she would think about it, how could she like it according to Brother Qu's temperament.

Yan Qu felt that what he said seemed to be a little wrong, how could it be the first time that his sister-in-law gave him something, how could he say that, and said, "It's not that I don't like it,...... It's the eldest brother who has pen, ink, paper, and inkstone every year, and I have the most of these things in my room, so I want to change something else, but they just promise that they don't have any expectations for this birthday. ”

Speaking of which, it became an expression of grievance again.

Li Tianyan is the first time to hear that the birthday gifts received every year are the same, and his father and mother think how much Yan Qu can learn to get ahead.

She was still thinking about how to comfort him, and heard Yan Qu ask, "When will the second brother return home?" It's been a long time since I've seen him. ”

The young man's pure eyes looked at Li Tianyan, wanting to get a definite answer.

"It will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, and if you want to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, you must keep the New Year, and your second brother will definitely come back." Li said.

In fact, she is not very sure, last time Yan Rui went to find Brother Lin, but when he came back, his face was not good, and when he asked, he realized that the two had quarreled, and he almost did it, she said this to make Brother Qu have an expectation, I only hope that Yan Lin can come over that day, and my father and mother also want to see him.

Yan Rui and his father were in the main hall, and today, the shopkeepers and woodcarvers in the Nanxiangzhai in the south suddenly came to Yan's mansion, a total of eleven people, five shopkeepers and six woodcarvers.

Now they are all talking around Yan Rui and the two of them, the time for a cup of tea has passed, and they haven't finished speaking, but the father and son have already understood what happened.

They were all dismissed by Yan Lin, those shopkeepers were because they opposed Yan Lin's practices in some things, and the three wood carvers went with the shopkeepers, and the other three were resigned by Yan Lin somehow.

Now these people are all here to find Old Man Yan to administer justice.

Master Yan is also angry after listening to it now, these people are all old people of Nanxiangzhai, how can he just resign, he still thought that even if Lin'er can't develop Nanxiangzhai better, he can always keep it, he is good, the old people in the store are dismissed, where is he going to find so many shopkeepers and experienced masters who are familiar with the account book.

"Alright, you don't need to say any more, I already know about it." Master Yan raised his hand and pressed it in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone stopped talking and looked at him.

A shopkeeper stepped forward and said, "Master Yan, it's the end of the year, and we really don't want to bother you, the key is that the second young master has really gone too far, and he suddenly quit us, and I don't even have a convincing statement." ”

Another woodcarver stepped forward and said, "Yes, we old men are specialized in this craft, let us go now, where are we going?" We are all nostalgic for the old, and we have been in Nanxiangzhai for many years, and we don't want to go anywhere else this time. ”

What the woodcarver said was sincere.

Yan Rui said, "I feel the intentions of the masters, but the Nanxiangzhai in the south has been handed over to Yan Lin, whether the decision he made is right or wrong, we can't interfere, and the master shopkeeper doesn't have to worry, you can move to Nanxiangzhai on my side first, and the treatment is still the same as before, how about it?" ”

He thought of what he said last time he went to find Yan Lin, when he wanted Yan Lin to go home and live, but the two almost fought in the end, Yan Lin has completely changed, how could he listen to my father and I and let these shopkeepers go back again.

"This, how? Yan Laozi can't say that the second young master is moved? The shopkeeper said with some disbelief.

"If I can, I'll go now, but now he won't even go home, forget it, I can't control his wings are stiff, this Nanxiang Zhai has been given to him, I won't regret it, now if you look at the past to come to the north, we are also very welcome." Master Yan talked about Yan Lin's big fire, and while knocking on the table with his hand, if someone was in front of him, he was afraid that he would pick up the stick and pull it up.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on in the Yan Mansion, so they first divided the family property, and then couldn't even call their son back, of course, these thoughts were in their hearts, so they naturally wouldn't ask.

"Master Yan can let me continue to stay in Nanxiangzhai, of course we are grateful, but we are afraid that we will drag down the eldest young master."

Yan Rui said, "You are worried about it, Nanxiang Zhai will definitely expand in the future, and you can come to save me the effort of finding people." ”

This polite remark was very satisfactory to the people present, Yan's father nodded, and said in his heart, since his son got married, his temperament has been better, and his speech has more flavor.

After these people left one after another, Yan Rui looked at his father and said, "Brother Lin, do you still need to come over to discuss it?" ”

He asked about this knowingly, and his father already knew that he hadn't brought anyone back last time.

"Can you call him back now, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, if he comes back, I have to say that he can't be beaten!" Father Yan said this in his mouth, but in his heart he thought that it was not easy to come back once, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal had to be delicious, so he wouldn't scold, Nan Xiangzhai could toss as much as he liked, and don't starve himself to death.

Although this family business is not easy for him to earn, he is now older, and he doesn't value Nan Xiangzhai as much as before, otherwise he won't easily agree to split the family, I just hope that this kid won't go a fork in the road, and he can be regarded as worthy of Xie Tong's spirit in the sky.