"Why is the patriarch here? It's dark outside!" Bai Sanshu quickly put down his chopsticks and welcomed the person in.
"Dazhu was not accompanying his wife to go back to her parents' house to do some errands. When I came back, I happened to see your family's carriage. I guessed that you were back. I knew that the patriarch was worried about you, so I went to deliver the letter. I happened to be there at that time.
, why don’t we come together?” the village chief explained with a smile.
"It's a cold night right now. Since everyone is here, I asked my wife to go to the kitchen to make some food and drinks. Let's have a few drinks and chat." Seeing the people he had known since childhood, Bai Sanshu returned to his normal state.
A simple and honest man.
Even if you want to change yourself, you still have to treat people and things.
In Nanshan Village, Bai Sanshu was just a relatively wealthy farmer.
"Okay, you go sit on the kang first, and I'll ask someone to add more fire." Bai Liu responded, ignoring the fatigue caused by the carriage, and said with a smile: "I just happened to bring a lot of things back from the county.
The head of the house also wants to treat everyone to dinner, so now he doesn’t have to worry about running out of good food. Sisters-in-law, I have to trouble you to help, the things haven’t been put away yet."
Mrs. Bai Liu deliberately called a few women, lest they feel uncomfortable staying, so it would be better to go and talk together.
Anyway, we still have a small flower hall at home, which is enough.
All the women agreed, and the Liu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law held the baby in their arms tacitly, and left with Bai Xing and others.
There was no need to delay the child's rest, so the three of them naturally had to help look after the child.
"The patriarch, several uncles, and the village eldest brother, hurry up and sit on the kang. Don't go back tonight. Stay at my house. I will take you back tomorrow." Bai Sanshu laughed and helped the patriarch to the kang.
Liu Zhenyou was also still at Bai's house. Seeing that not only the villagers surnamed Bai were here, he also stayed.
After all, most of the people who came here were men, and they all stayed in the big living room, sitting if there were chairs, and standing and squatting if there were no chairs. No one would think that the host was not treating the guests well.
Country people don't pay attention to these things, so they can't embarrass the host's family just because they come uninvited, right?
But the Bai family is not an ordinary rural family after all. After seeing so many guests coming to the door, Uncle Fu had already gone down to organize things.
It is unrealistic to put all the chairs in the hall. Not to mention that there are not that many in the house, but there are too many chairs. How can the hall accommodate the servants?
So the housekeeper calculated that there was enough space for senior people to sit on the kang, and the rest was to arrange long benches, so that several people could sit together and it would be convenient for them to talk.
Aunt Fu, on the other hand, whispered a few questions into Bai Liu's ear, and then went down to arrange tea and snacks.
There are so many people, not to mention what the women eat here, but if the men want to drink, they need to have food to go with the wine.
The host family was almost away from home during this period, so the meat at home was naturally not well prepared. Bai Sanshu and his wife brought a lot of things with them when they came back, but they did not buy any raw meat.
My family has a farm, and I usually slaughter one animal every now and then, and rarely buy meat.
"Quickly, let someone kill a pig first, use half to make stew and half to make pig meat. Just peel off the skin and use it in a hurry." After Aunt Fu arrived in the kitchen, she said quickly: "Go to the backyard.
Invite a few more people to come over, and use the kitchen for the servants. Desserts and tea will be provided. Just make the dishes honest, add more meat, and watch a table with ten bowls of noodles..."
Aunt Fu's order was in accordance with the village's rules, but it made the kitchen steward feel worried.
"Sister, aren't you making things difficult for us? There are not many dishes in the kitchen, how is it possible to make ten dishes? There is no time to shed the chickens and ducks before they are killed, and it is difficult to clean up the fish and shrimps. You can't just count on a pig.
Are there vegetables and other things from the garden?" The steward is also a chef, and before Aunt Fu came over, she knew that there were many customers in front of her.
But no matter how much the chef thought about it, he never expected that the host would not have supper, but would instead attend the meeting. How could there be more than ten or twenty tables?
But in addition to the pig-killing vegetables, it is really not easy to come up with nine more vegetables.
"Chef Li, you are usually very smart, why are you so confused today?" Aunt Fu said hurriedly: "Don't forget what the master does. Mix a plate of preserved eggs and shredded pork.
Boiled vegetables, so many bean products, just stew them with meat. Today’s guests are all honest farmers, and they don’t like those fancy dishes that are not enough to eat. "
Chef Li slapped his forehead and said happily: "Okay, I know what to do. In the past two years, guests have been coming to my house frequently, and gradually I started cooking according to the previous rules. OK, then I will make arrangements now, to make sure it's done right."
The ten bowls are beautifully made.”
Seeing that Chef Li knew what was going on, Aunt Fu turned around to arrange the fruits.
Making snacks at this time will probably take about the same time as serving them.
Fortunately, Bai Sanshu and his wife wanted to treat guests, so they bought a lot of melons and fruits.
Let it go to the guests first. If you don’t have enough, you can go to town to buy it tomorrow.
Not to mention that the men were chatting in full swing, but the women were crying and wiping away tears, but they were scared and happy.
"I have only been to the prison once in my life, and I never thought I would go to see the leader. If the leader hadn't had such a fictitious title of Yuanwai Lang, he might have been tortured to such an extent. It was like watching other prisoners live.
It's not a human life, I feel that when I was being punished in the old house, those were the best days."
After telling everyone how the matter was resolved, Ms. Bai Liu couldn't stop crying.
"Stop crying, you are the mother of several children." Mrs. Liu handed over a handkerchief, patted the back of Bai Liu's hand and said, "Xiuzhi, although my uncle didn't suffer much this time, after all,
You have been in there before, please pay more attention during this time. It is normal for people to encounter some bad things in this life, but people always have to look forward, right?"
"Auntie is right, forget about those bad things in the past. I would say, you two did the right thing. Now that we are acquitted, we should have a big banquet to let people know what happened. We have been wronged
You can't be stabbed in the spine for the rest of your life!" Bai Wanshi said in a loud voice.
"No, not many people have come to the village to inquire about your family in the past few days. Some people even wanted to buy money from the workshop. However, they were all sent back by the big guys. There were still some people who wanted to do some dirty tricks.
They were beaten away. This time, even the Zhang family is on the same side as everyone else, which is rare." Bai Zhao said straightforwardly.
"What's going on?" Bai Liu became anxious upon hearing this and hurriedly asked, not caring about what the Zhang family would do.
"What else could it be? Someone is coveting your family's recipe. In the past, no one dared to take action even though your family was always prosperous. This time when I saw the third brother coming in, I thought that the Bai family had offended a noble person and was about to fall.
Well, naturally I have to get the benefits first." Haizi's wife said while chewing melon seeds.
"These people are used to doing such shameful things. Anyway, there are no heartless people in our village. They will not do anything detrimental to the Bai family, otherwise they will ruin their good life. However, Sanshu was framed once.
You have to be careful when you go out in the future." Bai Wanshi said worriedly.
Mrs. Liu frowned, knowing that this topic was not easy to talk about, so she said: "Today is a good day, let's not talk about these things. We will be busy cleaning the rice fields and planting winter wheat. There will be more to come.
I’m busy, I just hope that God will open his eyes and next year will be a good year.”
After hearing Mrs. Liu change the topic, everyone stopped talking about it.
Anyway, as long as the Bai family knows what they have in mind, all they can do is not betray the Bai family, but no matter how much they do, it is beyond their power. (To be continued)