Chapter 108 A big feast

　　After Wu Xianglian shouted, she saw that the fence door was not closed tightly, so she pushed the door open and went in.

　　Ye Annian and Zhao Le were both in the yard. When they heard the noise, they looked up and caught sight of Wu Xianglian.

　　Ye Anyian frowned subconsciously. Zhao Le did not speak, but the smile on his face disappeared.

　　"Brother Nian, Brother Song has become a scholar! Grandma Wu and I are here to treat you to a banquet!"

　　At this time, Ji Fangfang's voice suddenly sounded from behind Wu Xianglian, and Ye Annian noticed that it turned out that Ji Fangfang came with Wu Xianglian.

　　"Oh." Ye Anyian responded lightly.

　　Ji Fangfang's sudden enthusiasm made him a little surprised.

　　But considering that she and Ye Ansong got together before, now that Ye Ansong has become a scholar, she should be happy.

　　"Brother Nian, it just so happens that you and Mr. Jiang are both at home. Come on, come on, there's a banquet over there. Let's go!"

　　I don't know if it's because of Ye Ansong's incident, but Wu Xianglian's tone has improved a lot today, and it's rare that she doesn't have a yin and yang attitude.

　　But the more this happened, the less Ye Anian dared to agree easily.

　　Before he could speak, Jiang Zhu came out of the main room: "Congratulations to Brother An Song for his high school entrance examination. But we have to go to town later, so we won't go there."

　　"That's okay. Brother Nian is also my grandson. You are my grandson-in-law. You have to go. You have to go!" Wu Xianglian slapped her thigh and said, "Let's go. We are all a family and you are not allowed to follow the etiquette. Those two children What? Take it with you too."

　　At this moment, he remembered that we were all a family, and Ye Anyian sneered.

　　However, he kept his face low and asked, "What about my second sister-in-law and the others?"

　　"She..." Wu Xianglian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Xiaomei and the others are far away, so forget it."

　　In fact, she sent a message to Ye Xiaomei and the others the day before, but neither of them came. Since Wei Feng was such a tall person, she didn't dare to do anything, so she had to give up.

　　Just as he was talking, the fence door was pushed open, and Fu Zai and Ding Qiu came back with the copper coins. When they saw Wu Xianglian, their little faces turned cold, and they ran behind Ye Anian without saying a word and hid.

　　Tongqian was furious when he saw these two people. He howled and barked at Wu Xianglian and Ji Fangfang, and jumped on them while barking.

　　"Ouch! This little beast!" Wu Xianglian was so frightened that she stepped back and hugged Ji Fangfang.

　　"Mr. Jiang, you... tell it to go away!" Ji Fangfang's face turned pale with fright.

　　However, Jiang Zhu just crossed his arms and looked at the two of them: "Copper coins will give you life. If you go out of my yard, it will stop chasing you."

　　Isn't this just driving people away openly? Ji Fangfang froze and didn't say she wanted to leave. She just kept hiding behind Wu Xianglian.

　　Wu Xianglian looked at the failure and rolled her eyes. When the copper coins rushed towards her again, she would hit the porcelain and lie down on the ground.

　　However, just as she was about to bend her legs, Zhao Le screamed: "Grandma Wu! What are you doing?!"

Wu Xianglian was so frightened that she stood up straight and said angrily: "You kid! What are you yelling about?"

　　Ye Anian saw that she was about to lose control of her anger, and was afraid that she would really let it out at home.

　　Sighing: "Okay, it's rare for you to come here in such a good mood, let's just go."

　　Upon hearing this, the anger on Wu Xianglian's face disappeared instantly, and her old face was full of wrinkles with a smile: "Hey, it has to be our brother Nian.

　　She even leaned over and pinched Fu Zai's fair and tender face: "Let's go, Brother Fu, let's have a meal with Nai."

Fuzai's bright eyes stared at the boss, his little hands tightly grasping the corner of Ye Anyian's clothes, shocked and a little scared.

　　What's wrong with his breasts? Isn't it because of a ghost?

　　After successfully persuading Ye Anyian, Wu Xianglian left with Ji Fangfang in a good mood.

　　Zhao Le stayed for a while and then left first.

　　Ye Annian and Jiang Zhu came over later with their two children.

　　The two of them were not coveting the Ye family's banquet, but they were just guessing what Ye Quan was planning.

　　That's right, it must have been Ye Quan's idea to invite the four of them over for a dinner. Otherwise, given Wu Xianglian's character, even if she came to the door, it would be to show off. There was no way she could invite them over with such nice words and also... Don't be polite.

　　Lao Ye's house was very lively today. There were about ten tables set up inside and outside the courtyard, and most of the people in the village came.

　　When Ye Anyian and the others arrived, the guests had already started eating. There were roasted chicken, stewed fish, big knuckles, and quite a lot of meat and vegetables on each table.

　　As soon as the four people arrived at the door, they saw Ye Quan standing at the door smoking a pipe and pot, looking out.

　　Seeing the four people coming, the old man blew out a smoke ring and stepped forward to greet them: "Come in quickly, I've reserved a seat for you."

　　"Yes." Ye Anian agreed, and without even uttering a polite word, he pulled Jiang Zhu and the two children through the door.

　　Ye Quan didn't care and followed the four people in.

　　The seats at Lao Ye's house are arranged according to the distance between relatives. The Zhao Lizheng family had a good reputation, and they all sat in the house together with the Ye family. The remaining villagers were in the courtyard. The courtyard was full, and those who came late sat at the tables outside the gate.

　　Anyway, the dishes are all the same, so no one has anything to choose from.

　　When we entered the room, we saw two large round tables, both of which were already full of people.

　　The picture on the left is all from the Ye family, the eldest uncle Ye Chenghai, the second uncle Ye Chengjiang, the pregnant second uncle Zhang Juan, his cheap father Ye Chenghe, and then Ye Ansong and Ye Anbai. Aunt Sun Caihe and Wu Xianglian were still busy going in and out.

　　Seeing them come in, Ye Chenghe actually put down his wine glass and waved to them: "Sit down, everyone, sit down, the whole family doesn't need to see anyone outside."

　　Ye Anyian was extremely uncomfortable with his words and frowned unabashedly.

　　Jiang Zhu raised a polite smile, greeted a few elders hastily, and pulled Ye Annian to sit down.

　　Fu Zai and Ding Qiu did not follow them, because Zhao Lizheng's family was sitting at the table on the right. Zhao Le and Shitou took the two children there to eat with them.

　　Ye Annian thought that Fu Zai had always been afraid of people from the old Ye family, so it was good to be able to eat more comfortably.

　　Soon Wu Xianglian and Sun Caihe also finished their work and entered the room. Ye Quan coughed, raised his wine glass and stood up from his seat: "Today is a happy day for my old Ye family!"

"My grandson Ansong strives for excellence. He won the title of scholar in this year's academy examination. This can be regarded as bringing glory to our old Ye family!"

　　"Today's banquet has enough vegetables, meat, and wine. The folks in my hometown can eat well and drink well! They are all happy!"

　　The old man spoke with great interest, but few of the people below were listening, and they all lowered their heads to work on their meals.

　　Everyone came with the gift, but not all of them wanted to get their money back.

　　As the centerpiece of this banquet, Ye Ansong naturally wanted to entertain the guests. After Ye Quan finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass, picked up the wine flask, and stood up to toast the guests.

　　Ye Annian ignored him and chose the dishes he liked on the table with Jiang Zhu. The two of them didn't talk much and just immersed themselves in eating.

　　Not long after, Ye Ansong turned around and came back, but stopped behind Ye Annian.

　　He raised the glass and handed it to Ye Anyian, with a very proud tone: "Brother Nian, do you still remember what I said before?"

　　"How's it going? Is my brother's banquet delicious?"

　　Ye Anian choked on the meatball he had just put into his mouth and spat it out in disgust.

　　"I'm a scholar now. You, my younger brother, don't even want to say congratulations?"

　　Jiang Zhu put down his chopsticks and tried to stand up, but was pushed down by Ye Anian.

　　He picked up the wine glass on the table, stood up, clinked it with Ye Ansong, and said coldly and perfunctorily: "Congratulations."

　　"Hahahaha!" Ye Ansong laughed loudly, "That's right. In the future, I will also take the imperial examination, the imperial examination, and become an official in Kyoto. Brother, you have to hold me tight."

　　"Is it just your ability to flatter and flatter me?"

　　"What did you say?" Ye Ansong narrowed his eyes in displeasure.

　　"You know best how you got this talent." Ye Anyian said calmly.

　　"The examiner made a mistake. The spot for this scholar was originally mine." Ye Ansong raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, "What? Do you suspect me of cheating?"

　　Ye Annian did not speak, but Jiang Zhu suddenly stood up and smiled at Ye Ansong: "Yes, Ye Daxiucai, regardless of whether there is fraud or not, you will be the last one."

　　Ye Ansong's face suddenly darkened.

　　Jiang Zhu was right. Fang Jinyuan did some tricks and replaced the last person on the list with him.

　　The two sides were in a stalemate, and Ye Chenghe suddenly came over with a wine glass: "Son, come, have a drink with me..."

　　Ye Annian glanced at him with disgust and leaned closer to Jiang Zhu.

　　Jiang Zhu noticed his movements and raised the corners of his mouth uncontrollably. He took a step forward and said, "Then I will also have a drink with my father-in-law."

　　Ye Chenghe didn't care, he pulled a stool and sat between the two seats.

　　When Ye Ansong saw this scene, he knew that his third uncle, who had no eyesight, would not leave for a while. He snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and turned around to go outside.

　　Ye Chenghe sat down immediately, and Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu followed suit.

　　"My son is going to be successful! Ansong passed the examination to be a scholar. You are about to open a shop now, so keep up the good work!"

　　As soon as Ye Chenghe said these words, Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu instantly understood his intention.

"Did Ye Ansong tell you about my shop?"

　　Ye Anyian's voice was cold. Ye Chenghe didn't know if he was drunk or not, so he didn't notice anything strange at all.

　　"Yes, your elder brother told me, you kid, why didn't you tell your family about such a big thing as opening a shop?"

　　"That's not my shop."

　　"How is that possible?" Ye Chenghe burped, "You have hired someone to renovate it, and I will be working in the town. You kid, don't even think about lying to me!"

　　"That was rented by the second young master of the Wen family. It has nothing to do with me. I just work for the Wen family." Ye Annian didn't want to play the role of father and son with him, so he threw the wine glass on the table with a clang. There was a crisp sound.

　　There was a moment of silence in the room that was shaken by this movement. Ye Quan got up to smooth things over, and came over to sneak the drunk Ye Chenghe aside.

　　"Brother Nian, Doctor Jiang, let's talk."

　　The old man smoked a dry cigarette and sat on the stool that Ye Chenghe had just pulled over.

　　"Brother Nian, although you are married, your surname is still Ye. You cannot write two characters for Ye in this stroke. You are living a good life now, and I, as an elder, am also happy."

　　"Although I don't ask you for anything in return, you should help the family to some extent. Jiang Zhu is also my grandson-in-law. You are an outsider and have no family, so you should regard this as your own home. Then this..."

　　"If you have anything to say, just say it." Ye Anian interrupted him, "Fu Zai has already broken up with you, grandpa, why do you need to talk about a family?"

　　"Huh..." Ye Quan took a puff of dry cigarette and blew out a string of smoke rings, "In that case, I will tell you directly."

　　"Your shop will definitely be short of manpower once it opens. Instead of hiring others, why not ask your uncle and auntie to help."

　　"Your aunt knows a few words and can count. Ask her to help you with accounting. Your uncle is a man after all and has some strength. He can help you chop wood, clean up the shop and so on."

　　Ye Annian looked at Ye Quan's old godly presence and felt it was funny.

　　His shop hasn't opened yet, and the old man has already planned it for him.

　　Ye Quan talked a lot, but seeing that Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu didn't say anything, he thought there might be something wrong.

　　He continued: "We are all a family. You don't need to pay them much wages. Just give them two taels of silver every month. You also have an ox cart now. Let them go together in your ox cart every day and come back together." , Just have a meal at noon."

　　Now not only Ye Anyian but also Jiang Zhu were made to laugh in anger.

　　The round-trip fare is according to the standard of Zhou Liang in the village, which is two cents per person, which is four cents per day. Eating in this town is not cheap. Even the dumplings from Granny Qian's house cost 20 yuan a bowl.

　　It costs forty-four cents per day, more than one tael of silver per month, plus another two taels of silver as wages.

　　Man, they can't even afford to hire three or four people in town for that much.

　　"Grandpa," Jiang Zhu said with a smile, "it's not that I don't let my uncle and auntie go, it's just that our bullock cart is too small to accommodate so many people."

　　"This is all a trivial matter, then let them take Zhou Liang's ox cart." Ye Quandao.

　　"No." Ye Anyian suddenly said, refusing simply, "I can't make the decision about uncle and auntie."

"Then who makes the decision?" Ye Quan asked and figured it out the moment he said it.

　　It must be Jiang Zhu. As Ye Annian's husband, he must listen to his husband.

　　"Son-in-law, what do you think?" Ye Quan looked towards Jiang Zhu.

　　Jiang Zhu played with the wine glass in his hand, glanced at the old man, and said leisurely: "I listen to An Nian."

　　Ye Quan:...

　　Are these two boys playing tricks on him?

　　"Brother Nian." Ye Quan's face darkened, "Now your brother has been selected as a scholar and has brought glory to the old Ye family; your father will soon marry the daughter of the owner of the Zhouji pawnshop in the town. In the future, he will have money. Can I not give you flowers?"

　　"You can't just look at the immediate benefits, you have to help your family more, we have to help each other..."

　　"None of you helped me and Fu Zai before." Ye Anyian's voice was cold and calm.

　　"This shop is not mine, and it doesn't matter what I say. If you really want to let your uncle and auntie work there, just ask Mr. Wen."

　　After he finished speaking, he stood up and stretched out his hand towards Jiang Zhu: "I'm done eating. Let's go back."