Chapter 70: The Family Banquet of the Reunion Year of the Villa
"It's really unheard of, my young lady not only met the new emperor, but also cured the plague with Lao Langzhong. The emperor's reward lady did not ask for it, but asked for a holy decree, and in the future, we changed back to Ye's Villa, and my young lady corrected the name of Ye's ancestor. Hua Qiao'er said proudly, and the women who listened to the meal stopped their mouths with different expressions.
"It's really stupid, I don't want the emperor's reward. What does it matter what the surname of the villa is, real money is the most real thing. The old woman said.
"Mother, my father's surname is Ye, and he used to say that his hometown is Qi's Villa." The girl next to the old woman said.
"Eat! Inside and out. The old woman scolded, drawing sneers from several people.
A small reunion dinner had a different feeling, and most people had a different understanding of the small owner. Wisdom, intelligence, and deterrence, he is still a little man, and he can't help but be recognized by the people of the villa and get the hearts and respects of the people.
Then came the New Year, and the three girls in charge of the villa and the boys and girls who bought it back spent the New Year together. It doesn't matter what they eat, what matters is that these people finally feel at home.
"Little farmer, we were still asking for food not long ago, and now we finally have a big family, thank you for the containment of Miss Villa Principal. My ghost boss toasted the three young ladies with a glass of wine on their behalf, and the villa would be our home in the future. The ghost boss stood up and said gratefully.
"Uncle Ghost, the safety of the villa will depend on you to maintain it in the future."
"Yes, don't talk about the far, just say the close, the New Year is the Qingqing Festival, our villa was invited this time, and the girls who went out were all girls, you have to protect us." Zhen'er and Ye Xuan, you and I said one by one.
"Ye Xuan, Zhen'er, the list has been counted, call these girls for a meeting before you go out. It is not enough to rely on others to protect herself, girls must learn to protect themselves. It is better to have an older person with you, and you can't go it alone. ”
"Yuqing Zhuang Master, don't ask the adults to follow, if you meet my mother, it won't bother you."
"Ye Xuan, you are also going to go that day, but not for the purpose of blind dates, a few of us are the principals of the villa and must lead the team out. Did you tell your mother? ”
"Zhen'er, my mother is obsessed, and she recognized me as the continuation of others and became the stepmother of the two children. Unless she tied me up that day, she wouldn't have stopped me. ”
"Miss Ye Xuan, have you seen that guard officer?" The dumb woman asked with a smile.
"It's both two children, and it's not the same if you don't see each other."
"That's different, maybe it's a handsome man on a white horse."
"Dumb mother-in-law, even you make fun of me. I don't care if he rides a white horse or not, since my mother forced me to be a little wife, then I will enter the palace for the draft, and the identity of the same little wife is not the same. Ye Xuan said with determination. It also means to remind Yuqing and Zhen'er, if the quota is limited, no one should compete with her.
Hehehe, everyone who listened was speechless.
"Yuqing Zhuang Master, I heard that your brother's noodle shop is understaffed, can you ask my mother to help? Although I am in charge of the villa, those people in the courtyard still look at my mother unpleasantly and always look for trouble. ”
"Zhen'er, if you take the money from the villa and give them flowers, they won't be looking for trouble."
"Ye Xuan, that's the public's money, we all think about it. Yuqing, do you think it's okay? ”
"You tell Ye Jing about this, and he just says it's okay. I don't care about the things in the shop, I have to make it clear to your mother, it's very tiring to make pasta. Yuqing laughed, she told Jing'er about this, there are many women in the villa who are idle and have nothing to do, and it is a good thing to encourage them to go out and do things. He also plans to build a food court outside the villa and ask women to go out to earn money to support their families.
"Apprentice, is the food street you mentioned feasible?" Yuqing thought of the food street, and the dumb mother-in-law over there asked.
"This matter still needs to be discussed with the villagers, the wall of the mountain village is that long, if there are many people who are willing to come out to earn money, the place may not be enough."
"What is there to discuss, the taxes to be paid are given by the villa this year, what else do they have to hesitate about." Jen said.
"That's not necessarily, it's not something that everyone can accept when a woman goes out to do business. Anyway, my mother refuses, and no one in our three courtyards will go out. “
"If my mother refuses, I will also call her willing, go to Ye Jing's shop to learn the craft first, Yuqing, you won't have an opinion."
"Zhen'er, how can I have an opinion, Ye Jing's shop is in the imperial city, and your mother's food stall is in the villa, so they don't affect each other. Besides, in the current situation of the villa, if women don't go out to earn money to support their families, how will they live in the future. “
"Yuqing is right, if you want to live a good life, you have to work hard to get rich. When the time comes, give me a stall, and I will take those girls up the mountain to practice and hunt by the way, and also increase my income. “
"Master, prey may not be available every day, the owner of this village shares a stall with you, you sell game, and I will diagnose people." Yuqing laughed.
"Master Yuqing Village, I also want to go out to earn money, but there must be someone left behind in the villa."
"Zhen'er, you really want to be in charge of the villa for the rest of your life, and this villa will be handed over to those boys sooner or later. It's just that they haven't grown up yet, and we can use this time to see who has the ability to lead the villa. Yuqing, am I right? Ye Xuan looked at Yuqing and asked.
"Of course yes, we're going to get married in the future, and those boys are the hope for the future."
"My apprentice, I really have no shame to say anything. But it's just that reason, when you look for your in-laws in the future, your identity will be different, who dares to bully a few of you. “
"Master, you're laughing at me." Yuqing was disgusted and coquettish with the dumb woman.
"Apprentice, these are small things, and it should be planted in the spring after the New Year. Every family has to go to the countryside to find short-term workers to help, it is not a problem that there are tenants in the land in the villa, and there are still houses to be built on the dry well, and there are definitely not enough manpower, when do you go to the countryside to find someone, and the master will accompany you. Lao Langzhong also came over to talk to Yuqing.
"Master Langzhong, the shopkeeper and the bookkeeper in the fifth year of the junior high school came to the villa, and we went to the countryside to find someone on the sixth day of the junior high school. I've found all the houses and farms once, and the master really wants you to follow me, otherwise I won't know anything. Yuqing said happily, in fact, the master and apprentice were preparing to go to the countryside to find the eldest princess's family.
A lot of things were agreed upon at a reunion dinner, and then the New Year's flavor belonging to the mountain villa came. This year, there are more people in the six courtyards than ever and more lively than ever, Chinese New Year's Eve, except for Ye Wen, who is sleepy and goes to bed early, everyone else is in a complicated mood to make dumplings.
"Alas, the New Year shouldn't be like this, but this is a panic in my heart. You said that you are fighting for your throne, and the common people are unlucky. Aunt Biscuit muttered.
"Who said it wasn't, I wanted to go to the imperial city to do some work and get some silver, but I ended up with my life." My aunt also sighed and said.
"Don't keep thinking about it when things are over, more than a thousand people have died in our villa, and they are all young men, and only women and children are left in the whole villa, and then there are old people. If you want to catch up with the troubled times, you still have to go on. Grandma persuaded her.
"Yes, look ahead, and those who leave will not want us to live sadly. Ye Jing, Zhen'er Niang wants to come over and learn to make buns and dumplings, do you think it's okay? Yuqing changed the subject.
"Sister, since you are here to study, you don't have a salary, anyone who wants to learn can do it. If you want to stay in the shop, you can say otherwise, but your character must be good. After the New Year, Aunt Biscuit went back to live in the backyard of the shop, and went to the villa to be a companion for her aunt. Grandma doesn't have to work hard when she gets older, she is already very tired with Ye Wen every day. "Ye Jing already has a charter like an adult.
"Okay, after the New Year, the villa is going to build a shed outside the wall and the whole food street, and when the time comes, the master and I will also go out to treat people. Grandma, you just have to enjoy yourself at home. Hua Lotus Qiao'er garland takes turns to cook, and I will go to the countryside to find someone to help plant the land at home in a few days. “
"Miss, how can this be, the Sixth Courtyard is still alive, how can I tell you to go out and earn money." Hearing this, Mama Grandma was the first to object, and Ye Jing also stopped it.
"Sister, I am the breadwinner of the family, and I will be ten years old after the New Year. Now there are two shops, and when the land is planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn, it is not a problem to eat grain. The ordinary expenses are more than enough for two shops, sister, you are already very hard to be the owner of the village. “
"Miss, I really envy your six courtyards and harmony, there is a quarrel over there." Garland pointed in the direction of the Seven Courtyards and said.
"That is, the New Year's Day is not called a peaceful life, and there should be no quarrel about any good luck." Aunt Biscuit sighed.
"A family has the appearance of a family, when the seventh master of the courtyard was alive, his wife and concubine quarreled, and the man continued to quarrel without his wife and concubine, and everyone was used to hearing the quarrel."
"Grandma of the owner, if you want me to say that the boss can't suppress people to make trouble, and that mother-in-law can't say that she can't move her daughter-in-law when she is sick." My aunt said worriedly.
"Mother, who will obey her with such a selfish temperament. What is she doing during the New Year, Miss, you go to the countryside to find someone to farm, and the garland will follow you. Garland knows the market, and no one can fool Miss. “
"Acacia flower...", the aunt stopped talking.
"Mother, don't say those words, I'm Miss Dingding. You go to the shop in the city, and my younger brother plays with the second master, and our days will get better and better. When the family followed the young lady to the countryside, I arranged for someone to plant my daughter, and I could harvest it in the last autumn. “
"Alas, my mother has been timid and afraid of things all her life, but she gave birth to a girl with such an idea as you. Your father and brother are gone, and this family depends on you. My mother didn't say anything, I followed Miss to learn more skills, and I could find a good in-law in the future. "My aunt was helpless.
"That's right, eldest lady, it's time to give a New Year's gift, you two masters, Ye Xuan and Zhen'er's family must go to see it."
"Grandma, take some wild boar, and we will make our own snacks, and candy or something. I also prepared silver for the two masters, by the way, garlands, the New Year's money for a few of you will be given to you first, and when it passes, I will give it to Hualien and Hua Qiaoer. Yuqing said, took out three identical purses, called garlands, and picked one.
"Miss, you gave a lot of money for the New Year, and you saved all the acacia flowers for yourself as a dowry." Huaihua Niang said with her purse in her purse, the original complaint that her daughter refused to go to work in the shop with her was gone, Miss Yuqing was a good master, and it was right for her daughter to follow her.
"Happy New Year, Miss Ran! The owner of the small castle of Yanwai Castle has come to give a New Year's gift. At this time, Onichi rode over from the gate to report the matter.
"Yanwai Castle? How can there be a reason to give gifts on the first day of the new year. "
"Grandma, Yuqing thinks he also came by the way. Last night, the emperor should have a banquet in the palace for a reunion dinner, and he left the palace at dawn to return to the castle and happened to pass by our villa. Garland, you go out with Miss Ben to have a look. ”
Yuqing was right, Yan Shuangying really came back from the palace. Last night, the new emperor held a banquet in the palace to entertain people of the same clan to celebrate the New Year, and the side branch of Yanwai Castle, which was not welcomed, was also invited by the new emperor.
Originally, it was the family member Ding Xingwang, but after the two palace changes, there were not many remaining princes. A few are still young, and two are the eighth and tenth princes who have the same heart as the new emperor. The new emperor brought several concubines, and the eighth prince and the tenth prince each brought a princess. Those little princes are still with their mothers. The family banquet that should have been lively is now deserted, and no matter how good the wine and food are, you can't taste home.
The new emperor was enthusiastic to toast this and toast to that, trying his best to win people's hearts. The Empress Dowager Xian also put on a big show to cheer for her son. No matter how the two performed, the people attending the banquet still lacked interest. Those brothers were annoying when they were alive, but now there is finally no one to fight, but they are panicking. Looking at the emperor's mother and son, these people were planning their future with a fake smile. The meal was tasteless, the feast was dispersed early, and everyone symbolically watched after midnight and thought about going back to their mansions.
Yanwai Castle also went to more than a dozen people this time, and Yan Shuangying led the team to sit at a table. The emperor did not embarrass these people, and praised them greatly, and also rewarded them with wine and delicacies during the banquet. Xu is the memory of the past is too bad, and after eating the banquet, these people feel uncomfortable.
"Castle Master, we won't be poisoned, will we?" A person who was poisoned last time sorted out the clothes rewarded by the emperor last time with his hands, and his heart palpitated.
"No, how can the same damage move be used continuously, how stupid that person must be."
"Castle master, he is not a shrewd person, what else can he do except play tricks behind his back to make a stumbling block."
"Then he really won't be able to, he didn't see the cold family banquet and the hearts of the separated people. He fought for the country and had no one to help him, and he was not alone. Otherwise, how could the palace start to encircle our side branches. ”
"Castle master, the Yan Kingdom is in turmoil and the border is restless, he wants us to give him a posture to guard the country."
"It's beautiful to think, the three princes who guarded the frontier didn't come back for the New Year, it is said that the second one who was killed was a stand-in, and the fourth prince who died unusually died God of War. These are all sharp swords hanging over his head, he wants to entrap us now It's too late to sell him for him, whether it's the third prince or the second prince or the god of war is back. There will be a big chaos in the world of this Yan country, let's just wait and see the excitement. You all go back to the castle first, and the lord of this castle will go to Ye's Villa. Keep me a copy of what the Dog Emperor has rewarded. ”
"The little castle lord is chasing people, Ye Zhuang is a heroine among women, but it is not enough to be our owner's wife. If you like it, you can raise it in the yard, it's much better than the soft and weak women in your yard now. ”
"Shut up, Master Ye Zhuang is not the kind of woman who is raised in the deep boudoir......" Yan Shuangying looked at the gate of the villa and thought infinitely.