Chapter 213: Celebration
Aunt Yun heard the news, had lunch, and was the first to rush over, Rui Xue only showed up to be polite to everyone, and she was driven back to the backyard, Rui Xue also knew that she was there, and everyone was not as comfortable as usual, so she gave the back kitchen to Aunt Yun Zhang Luo, and went back to continue to be lazy.
Aunt Yun is popular in the village and has a straightforward temperament, greeting the big girls and little daughters-in-law, first sitting in the big kitchen to eat snacks and drink tea, talking and laughing, and almost lifted the roof.
Yunsan's grandmother has never been to the Zhao family, this time because her daughter is working in the workshop, she came to help with some chores for the first time, everyone knows the trivial matters of their family and the Zhao family, and they laugh secretly in their hearts, but they are not good at picking any scars on the surface.
Aunt Yun was clever, thinking of sending her to the house where the female workers rested to sit and sit, and look at where her daughter lived on weekdays, but Yun San's grandmother was still a little reluctant, thinking that Aunt Yun deliberately picked her up and prevented her from getting close to everyone. As soon as the two entered the house, Grandma Yunsan complained, "This second daughter-in-law is annoying..."
Qiao'er was afraid of being heard by outsiders, so she hurriedly covered her mother's mouth and said hurriedly, "Mother, you be quiet, I have something serious for you to do." ”
Grandma Yun San turned her head, dodged her daughter's hand, and said, "What's the matter?" ”
"Mother, you can find an excuse to go back in a while, bring me the medicine powder that my brother bought, there are many people tonight, maybe I can find an opportunity..."
Grandma Yunsan asked, "Go back now?" I haven't eaten that snack yet..."
Qiao'er was so angry that she stomped her feet, and lowered her voice angrily, "If I enter the Zhao family, don't talk about dim sum, you can eat chicken legs every day." ”
Grandma Yunsan immediately smiled, "No, this Zhao family's yard is really good, there are workshops and shops, and now I have bought a hundred acres of paddy fields, but the richest family in the village, if you marry, your mother will eat and drink spicy food in the future." ”
Qiao'er was helpless, pushed her mother out of the door, and sent her out of the gate all the way, and when the women saw it, they asked, "Why did the third grandmother go back?" ”
Qiao'er lowered her eyes and smiled shyly, "My mother was in a hurry just now, and I forgot that there is still a dustpan of brown rice on the board at home, if you don't put it away, it will be ruined by the chicken." ”
Everyone nodded, and went on gossiping.
Soon Zhang Dahe bought it from the city, and in the wine bite shop, he filled a large box of chicken feet, pig's trotters, sauced beef and fried fish, and bought fresh live fish and pork, ten whole roast chickens in the time-honored store, plus twenty jars of good wine, and the whole carriage was piled to the brim.
The women took it out, and while praising it, they moved things into the stove, and picked all kinds of greens in the east garden, washed and cut vegetables, cut fish and meat, steamed rice, and kept busy.
Yunsan's grandmother came back with the medicinal powder, and saw that her daughter was washing vegetables at the door, so she wanted to stuff the paper bag directly into her daughter's arms, but she panicked, and her subordinates were not sure, and the paper bag fell to the ground with a "click".
Only Yingzi, because she has been paying attention to Qiao'er these days, has been paying attention, and from time to time she glances at their mother and daughter, and intuitively guesses that they must be planning something.
When the sun just set on the top of the West Mountain, everyone was ready, and Zhang's sister-in-law, who came back from the dock, changed her clothes, personally took charge of the spoon, fried and fried, skillfully and crisply, and provoked all the women to shout to learn the craft with her.
The Zhao family is generous and generous, but whenever there is a happy event, celebrate with the villagers, this banquet is also a habit, the tofu cloth in the yard has long been put away, the four corners of the torches, large round tables, benches, put a full eight tables, the clan elders, Li Zheng plus the men of each family, the group sat around six tables, the remaining two tables, then sat in the workshop of the people and a few help of the descendants.
The women finished serving cold dishes and hot dishes like a marquee, and soon filled the table, the aroma was fragrant, and people couldn't help but swallow who, and then the later students moved the wine jar out and uncovered the mud seal, and the men stretched their necks and laughed, "The wine of the old Wu family store is the most mellow, but I heard that the restaurant in the city wants to buy a few more jars, it is not easy." ”
"But no, I've also heard that our Mr. Zhao and the old shopkeeper's family are friends, that's why they are so generous, and they bought it when they said they bought it."
"When Mr. Zhao first came to our village, I looked unusual..."
It has always been difficult to send charcoal in the snow, the icing on the cake is easy, the Zhao family is now prosperous, rich and unparalleled, everyone is willing to add two praises, even if you can't get any benefits, it is good to leave a good impression.
The mellow osmanthus wine, everyone poured a full bowl, Zhao Fengnian stood up, and said with a smile, "Since our husband and wife came to our Yunjia Village, built a house and opened a workshop, they have not received much help from our fathers and fellow villagers. Originally, I felt guilty and couldn't repay it, but I didn't expect that today I bought a hundred acres of paddy fields outside the village, and I will have to work more villagers to take care of them in the future. This bowl of wine will thank the villagers in advance. ”
Everyone responded with a bang, "Mr. Zhao (the shopkeeper) is polite, we all have to take care of Mr. ”
Uncle Li Zheng also stood up with a wine bowl and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhao is the opposite, Mr. Zhao's family has a workshop, and the descendants come to work, and the family will have a much more generous life, and the daughter-in-law can also choose from east to west." Mr. opened a shop at home, collected chickens and pigs in the village, and the villagers made more entries. No matter how you say it, it is our Yunjia Village father and elder who should be Mr. Xie. Come, let's all respect Mr. ”
Everyone immediately stood up, touched the bowl together, and drank it with a grunt, the expression was also very arrogant, and the women standing outside were all snickering.
Zhao Fengnian put down the wine bowl and laughed loudly, "The villagers take care of each other on weekdays, and our husband and wife keep it in mind, as long as my Zhao family is undefeated, the life of the villagers will definitely get better and better." The 100 acres of paddy fields outside the village, our house is not enough manpower, only 50 acres will be left next year, and the remaining 50 acres will be tenanted to everyone for farming, with a rent of 82. ”
"Eighty-two?" Everyone was overjoyed when they heard it, they guessed that the Zhao family would go out to share the land, but they didn't guess that the rent would be so lenient, you must know that the Zhang family is Jiuyi, and when collecting rent, they have to find countless excuses to rely on a few more buckets, and in the end, there are very few left.
And the Zhao family now says that it is eighty-two, which is too suitable, one mu of rice seedlings produces 500 catties of rice, and two acres on the tenant is 1,000 catties, and their own family can have 200 catties left, and there can be more than 100 catties of polished rice, or they can be replaced with coarse grains, or sold to grain shops, which is a lot of money, if there are twenty or thirty catties left at home, the elderly and children can eat a bowl every few days, and the faces of the guests are also good-looking...
The clan elder and Li Zheng were also very happy, and thanked the villagers one after another, and Zhao Fengnian persuaded everyone to eat and drink wine with a polite sentence.
The matter of the tenant land was just discussed by the husband and wife. Everyone in the family should be busy with the workshop, 100 acres of paddy fields, autumn harvest and spring planting are afraid that they will not be busy, it is better to divide half of it, the rent is lower, the people in the village have hope, and the more efforts they have, the more food they get, which is a win-win situation.
Aunt Yun saw that the men had eaten, so she pulled a group of women back to the stove, took out the dishes left, and put them all on the long board, and the women did not sit on chairs, but each hugged a bowl of rice, and ate while laughing, but no one cared about it, it was very happy, you must know that on weekdays, they also deal with a bite in the stove, and rarely get the opportunity to go to the table, not to mention that today's dishes are still so rich.
Grandma Yunsan was a little frowning, wanting to find a high-backed chair and sit steadily, but seeing that everyone ignored her, she was a little unthinking, but she was glared at by Qiao'er fiercely, and then pouted and started eating. The meal was so delicious and sumptuous that in less than half an hour she was just grabbing the chicken leg fried fish from her bowl, and throwing the unhappiness out of the world just now.
Qiao'er disliked her mother's embarrassment, and pondered how to start for a while, so she kept her head down, absentmindedly picking up the rice, but Aunt Yun felt sorry for her and sandwiched two pieces of meat for her.
Rui Xue took Wu Yu, Da Zhuang and Heizi to open a separate table in the backyard, the dishes were not as many as before, but they were all their favorite food, she ate a few bites, remembered something, and said, "Caiyun, go to the front yard and ask Sister-in-law Zhang, where An Bo and Mr. Yan can prepare meals, and don't forget to go to Leizi's daughter-in-law." ”
Caiyun went in response, and came back quickly, saying with a smile, "Aunt Zhang said that Madame just needs to eat with peace of mind, and she has arranged everything." ”
Rui Xue was relieved at this time, Da Zhuang and Heizi didn't know whether they had been instructed by their mother to take care of their mother, or if they had read more and become much more sensible, this one had removed the fish bones, and the other had picked the bones, and they sent them to the master's bowl one after another.
Rui Xue thanked them with a smile, and glanced at Wu Yu again, Wu Yu immediately sandwiched a chicken leg and sent it over, smiling and flattering. Rui Xue smiled even more heartily, and ate half a bowl of rice more than usual.
On the wine table, because there were chicken feet and pig's trotters and other extremely drunk food, everyone drank a little too much, and the empty wine jar was placed on the ground, and finally dispersed, and Li Zheng and the clan elders were supported by the young descendants to go back to their homes.
After eating and drinking, the women began to clean up the tabletop, wash the dishes, and get busy again.
Zhang Dahe and the others helped lift the tables and chairs, removed the torches, and went back to sleep, only Qian Heitan thought about the tigress at home, and was really panicked, so he simply got into the hut where the men rested on weekdays, and fell asleep.
Yingzi and Pomegranate walked through the door carrying a large basin, heard the movement, and looked inside, and couldn't help but sigh.
Zhao Fengnian sent off the guest, sniffed that the wine on his body was too heavy, wanted to take a bath, and felt that there were many people, so he called Caiyun back to pass the word, saying that he would read a book in the study for a while, and go back when the wine dissipated.
Rui Xue listened to it and didn't care, just a few boys were pestering, asking her to tell her about Journey to the West again, and there was nothing to do, so she peeled the pine nuts and coaxed them to play.