Even Chu Tianyao was a little hungry after the long journey, let alone Liu Na who had been working in the kitchen for a while.
However, more than half an hour had passed, and the Liu family still had no intention of starting dinner.
"Wait a minute, the third child and his brother-in-law are on their way back."
The meal had already been prepared in the kitchen, but Zhong Dafen asked the whole family to sit and wait.
"It rained yesterday, so it may be difficult to walk...Mom, if you want me to tell you, let's eat first, I'm already hungry."
Lucy Liu was obviously impatient to wait.
But before she got up and walked to the kitchen, Zhong Dafen glared at her.
At this moment, a tractor roared outside the door.
"Mom, we are back!"
The door to the courtyard was pushed open, and a dark-skinned boy who looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old shouted towards the back room.
"The third child is back!"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Dafen suddenly looked happy and hurriedly went out to greet him.
Liu Na and Chu Tianyao naturally followed.
The dark-skinned young man in the yard is naturally Liu Na's younger brother, Liu Xiaojiang, the third eldest son of the Liu family.
Outside the yard.
There is also a man in his thirties with a Chinese character face sitting on the tractor.
"Mom, all the ingredients for tomorrow's birthday banquet are ready. When Uncle Yuqiang and the others arrive tomorrow morning, we can set up a pot and cook."
The man's name is Pan Zhigang. He is from Erba Village next door and is also the eldest son-in-law of the Liu family. He works in the quarry in the town and is a squad leader, which can be regarded as a small boss in charge.
Zhong Dafen is very satisfied with this eldest son-in-law and almost always praises him to everyone.
"Second sister, Tianyao, why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and unload the goods!"
Zhong Dafen looked at the cart full of pots, pans, vegetables, fruits and fresh meat, and immediately turned around and shouted to Liu Na and Chu Tianyao behind him.
Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyao couldn't help but frown.
It's a shame that before he even had a meal, he was already being used as a laborer.
"There aren't many things anyway, so I'll help move them!"
Liu Na knew that Chu Tianyao had done heavy work before, so she immediately stepped forward to help.
Seeing this, Chu Tianyao smiled bitterly.
Who makes himself a wife-loving person?
Before Liu Na could take action, Chu Tianyao strode forward and climbed onto the tractor.
"Mom, let me help too!"
In the yard, Liu Xiaojiang saw that Chu Tianyao was already taking action, so he also spoke.
When Zhong Dafen heard this, he stared and said:
"What's your business? You must be hungry after a busy day. Wash your hands and go to the house to eat."
Unable to defeat his mother, Liu Xiaojiang had no choice but to give up.
It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son and the common people love the youngest son. This is especially true in rural areas.
Zhong Dafen gave birth to two daughters in succession, and finally gave birth to a son in her thirties. Only then did she feel that her life was full of merits, and she naturally had a strong preference for her youngest son.
Since childhood, even if there was only one egg left at home, it would have to be left to Liu Xiaojiang.
But speaking of it, Liu Xiaojiang has a good relationship with Liu Na, much closer than his eldest sister Lucy Liu.
Ten minutes later.
Outside the yard gate, everything on the tractor was moved into the kitchen by Chu Tianyao and Liu Na.
Looking at the things in the kitchen, Chu Tianyao estimated that there were dozens of kilograms of pork alone, as well as a lot of chicken, duck and fish.
Liu Na said: "Not all of these things are bought. The pots and pans belong to Uncle Yuqiang and the others. They have to return them to others after the banquet."
Chu Tianyao could probably guess that Uncle Yuqiang Liu Na was talking about was a team of chefs specializing in banquets in rural areas.
Whenever there is a wedding or wedding at any house, as long as you give money, they will come and hold a banquet.
In the Shiliba Village of Huangjing Town, Uncle Yuqiang can be considered a celebrity.
"Second brother, why are you still standing there? Do you want to eat?"
In the main room, Zhong Dafen could only be heard shouting.
Hearing the sound, Liu Na quickly led Chu Tianyao toward the main room.
…
After all, they were from the countryside, and Chu Tianyao didn't expect the food to be any better.
After all, there are dozens of kilograms of meat piled in the kitchen, but there is no oil or water on the table.
The only plate of fried bacon was eaten by Pan Zhigang and Lucy Liu with their chopsticks before Chu Tianyao was served.
Come on.
A plate of mixed cucumbers and two fried vegetables was Chu Tianyao and Liu Na's dinner.
When Pan Zhigang arrived, he ate several large bowls in a row, but Lucy Liu put down her chopsticks after finishing half a bowl of rice.
Chu Tianyao was really hungry, but before he could add a second bowl of rice, the rice steamer was already empty.
"We are all farmers. The more we work, the more we eat. We will do more next time."
Maybe Liu Jianjun also felt a little embarrassed, so he smiled.
"I ate too much at night and couldn't digest it. Besides, I had to get up early in the morning. When Yuqiang and the others came over, we had to help set up the stove and cook."
Zhong Dafen muttered something and glanced at Chu Tianyao with some dissatisfaction.
In her eyes, she originally thought that her second daughter would be taken care of after she got married in the city, but she didn't expect that her father-in-law Chu Tianshan died early, leaving an idle Chu Tianyao, and she couldn't hope for that.
"Tianyao, I heard from my second sister that you did some small business in the city?"
At the dinner table, Liu Yuling looked at Chu Tianyao curiously and asked.
Hearing this, Zhong Dafen and Liu Jianjun also looked at Chu Tianyao.
"Well, even selling beer in the city is not a big business."
Liu Na said hello in advance, so Chu Tianyao just followed what they had discussed before.
Especially after meeting the Liu family, Chu Tianyao felt more and more that Liu Na was prescient.
"How much money can I make from selling beer? It's better to find a class in a factory." Liu Yuling said with a somewhat proud smile: "My family Zhigang works as a steward in the quarry in the town. He can earn up to 100 yuan a month.
Lots of pieces.”
"Brother-in-law is really capable!"
After hearing Lucy Liu's words, Chu Tianyao glanced at Pan Zhigang, who was lighting a cigarette at the side, and praised him.
"If brother-in-law wants to go to the quarry, I will take the time to ask the director of our factory for you, but not everyone can enter our quarry."
Pan Zhigang burped, took a cigarette from Liu Jianjun, and smiled at Chu Tianyao.
There was something in Pan Zhigang's words, and there was a hint of looking down on Chu Tianyao in his tone, but Chu Tianyao didn't bother to care about it, he just laughed and said: "That's good, I'll have to ask my brother-in-law to help more when the time comes!"
Chu Tianyao never expected that there was no one in the Liu family that he liked.
"The work in the quarry is not easy. I think you should just sell beer in the city."
On the side, Zhong Dafen glanced at Chu Tianyao, then looked at Liu Na, pointed to the empty dishes on the table and said:
"Why, you have been a rich lady in the city for a few days, and you don't even have a job when you come back?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Na quickly stood up, picked up her apron and tied it on, then skillfully put away the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
Before she got married, she was responsible for all the household chores in the Liu family, including urination. Although the eldest daughter, Lucy Liu, would occasionally help, most of the time she would direct Liu Na to do it.
It was not difficult for Chu Tianyao to understand that she would go back to her parents' house to do some housework, but seeing Lucy Liu eating melon seeds with her old mother after dinner, he felt a little unbalanced for Liu Na.
Originally, I secretly prepared a few small red envelopes, thinking that my uncle would finally come here and I would give him some kind of greeting gift. However, seeing the Liu family's temper, Chu Tianyao refused to give out the red envelopes in his pocket.