The life of the Xianyu family through books

Yan Laoer was strolling around the market.

I walked and greeted the villagers with a smile.

Look at how prosperous the street stall business in Xiaoan Village is!

Guan the butcher stuck his knife into the meat and pulled him aside.

"Just now, those guys named Wei bought half a pig from me and said they would go to your house as a gift. Have they delivered it?"

"Is there such a thing?" Yan Laoer looked at the meat stall, wanting to know how big the pig was today and how much half of it could weigh.

"I inquired about it sincerely. You bought half of it just because you wanted it to look good as a gift, and didn't let me use a knife to cut the meat. Can you cut it yourself? If not, I will come to your house and do it after I close my stall." Guan the butcher said enthusiastically.

"I'm not looking down on you. I'm very good at picking bones." Yan Lao Er raised his chin and looked at him: "You stopped me once, it can't be just for such a small matter, right? If you have anything else, just say it directly."

We are all brothers who have fought together, so there is nothing wrong with not talking about it frankly.

Guan the butcher laughed and said, "We all heard that your eldest niece is getting engaged on the fifth day of the first lunar month. How many tables do you want to prepare? Luo San and I have discussed that we will pack the pork for the banquet on that auspicious day. We will go and order it tomorrow. Feed it well for two days, and then kill it on the auspicious day. Now we can stuff it into blood sausage, which will be tender and fragrant."

“Oh, how can I let you spend so much money? The price of pork is not low now…” Yan Laoer’s first reaction was to refuse. He discussed with his eldest brother and since Qian Chu’s engagement coincided with the festival, they really needed to set up a few more tables.

Firstly, it was to support my eldest niece. It is always better to have more people at a happy event.

Another thing is that he got promoted again, thanks to the help of his brothers, and they took this opportunity to have some fun and drink.

Besides, there are more people in the village now, including criminal officials and their relatives who were exiled to the north, people who came from other villages to work, people who came to Xizhou to avoid disaster, and some who were abducted here. Finally, there are the 5,000 new recruits in the military camp.

So many people live around Xiaoan Village. We can’t fool around and have to distinguish the priorities.

The Yan family is the Yan family of Xiaoan Village. Without the support of the young and old men in the village, they would not have come this far.

Therefore, for the engagement party of their eldest niece, he and his eldest brother only planned to invite the villagers who had fled the famine together to sit at the table.

This includes families in Xiaoan Village as well as families in Daan Village who are related to him, such as Guan the Butcher.

"What? Are you going to set up a lot of tables?" Guan the Butcher asked carefully.

The Yan family is no longer what it used to be. Yan Laoer is still the leader of 5,000 men. If he really wants to be generous, he can invite everyone. He and Luo San are really not up to the task of being this big man.

"No, just the people from our two villages." Yan Laoer gestured.

Guan the butcher understood what he meant.

Then I was very happy.

People always have differences in closeness and distance between them. Seeing the Yan family becoming more and more powerful, they never forgot their fellow villagers and were always thinking about them. How could they not feel happy?

"Yes! Yes! The pork belongs to both of us, it's settled!"

Yan Laoer couldn't refuse and had to agree.

Guan the butcher seemed to have set an example for the villagers. Several families wanted to fish for him, several families wanted to add a mutton pot, and many families came together to send a few baskets of vegetables. Some people also saved eggs for him. When asked how many eggs he would need, they would save them together. They would first tell him the number and then estimate whether it was enough. If not, they would buy some from the nearby villages...

In short, the villagers were all enthusiastic about contributing to his niece's engagement party. Yan Laoer could no longer walk.

He originally wanted to hide from his brother, but was forced by the enthusiastic villagers to return home quickly.

If they continue to wander around, his family will do nothing and just wait for the villagers to help them and they will have everything.

……

  "Wow! Crowdfunding for an engagement party, so cool!" Yan Yu admired from the bottom of his heart, and looking at his own family's popularity, he asked who else was involved!

Li Xuemei and Yan Laoer looked at each other.

I am always amazed at my daughter's fresh and realistic adjectives.

"According to what you said, the villagers have helped us, what do we have left?" Li Xuemei felt that this was not a good idea. "You go and talk to everyone. We appreciate their kindness. If they want to add some dishes, it's fine. Just order a few simple ones and share them according to the number of tables."

"I won't go out!" Yan Laoer was scared. "What if I run into someone and ask them to wrap something? I can see that these people are greedy for my cooking skills."

Yan Laoer nodded: "Yes, they are greedy for my cooking skills and want me to be the chef! Think about it, besides selling my cooking skills, what else do we have left for this engagement banquet? Ah? Apart from entertaining the in-laws, they can't do anything, all the work has been taken away by them!"

"No, we can also entertain the in-laws." Yan Lao Er realized what was going on. "The source of the problem is my sister. My eldest brother and I went to invite her because we thought that my sister was close to us and she was also outgoing, cheerful and not shy. Lord Cheng was a bit left-wing and we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to meet on the day of the engagement and it would be a dull occasion. We have never dealt with matchmakers before, but with my sister around, she can talk to anyone. Oh! I was wrong, I should have gone to her two days later."

"Sister, you spread things so quickly," Yan Laoer said with deep emotion.

"Dad, if you are the chef, I will help you." Yan Yu leaned over and raised his little face, with a cute and innocent expression.

"The Cheng family is small, so you don't have to entertain the guests. But our family is small, so Heng'er and you have to go to turn the tables." Li Xuemei said.

The so-called turning the tables is a custom in their hometown. The elders in the family toast at each table, and the younger ones have to follow them.

"Dad, I'll add water for you when the time comes." Yan Yu patted his chest and promised.

"Come on, the last time I asked you to add water for me, you added Sprite and the cup was full of bubbles. Your father made a fool of himself, and he even poured more wine for me." Yan Laoer recalled the sad experience and didn't want to go through it again.

"I will be careful this time. Besides, there is no place to get Sprite now. Dad, I was so young at that time and didn't know anything. I just poured it for you because I thought Sprite tasted good. They are the same color. I was confused when something bad happened."

Yan Yu pouted, and the baby felt aggrieved, but the baby didn’t understand at that time.

Li Xuemei interrupted the father and son who were talking endlessly.

"Let's not talk about the fifth day of the New Year yet. Let's hurry up and prepare dinner for tonight. Didn't you see that the four boys from the Wei family are working very hard for our family? Let's prepare something good for the children."

"What are those four guys doing? They were so diligent in the past?" Yan Laoer asked in confusion.

"Hahaha! How many people can stand my uncle's 1.80-meter-tall aura?" Yan Yu laughed so hard that his teeth were showing. "After a few words, those four guys were like sparks coming out of their buttocks and couldn't sit still anymore."

"I can see it all. They just want to stay for dinner. They don't want to do anything and they're afraid that uncle will talk to them, so they just go around looking for work to do."

Li Xuemei smiled and said, "The water tanks were full, and we felt that we didn't have enough firewood, so we went out with our axe."

Yan Laoer was stunned. "Don't they know that our family is engaged in the firewood and charcoal business? How can our family not have enough firewood?"

"I'm back, I'm back!" Yan Yu stood on tiptoe and looked around: "I didn't carry any firewood, it seems that he knows, hahaha!" (End of this chapter)