Everyone chatted on the topic of Chinese medicine for a while, and then moved to farming. The eldest brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law are experts in farming, and the second brother-in-law is also good, but they are not as good as each other. Although Lao Tan and the fifth brother-in-law understand
, but they are all half-baked and can’t get a word in. They are worse than nephews and nephews-in-law.
The topic somehow shifted to the fourth sister and brother-in-law, and everyone was angry when they were mentioned.
The second brother-in-law said: "I just said that if the old house in Lamagou is to be relocated, all the money will be given to Lao Wu. I support it with both hands, but I am afraid that Lao Si and his wife will not agree and come out to play tricks."
"He dares!" The eldest brother-in-law raised his voice, "Then we need their courage!"
The third brother-in-law also said worriedly: "Maybe, if others are good, the two of them can do this."
"Hmph! That's just bragging. They don't dare to do it when I'm here. If they dare, I'll ask Lan Jun to overturn the pot in their house. If you don't believe me, try it. Is there nothing you can do?" said the eldest brother-in-law.
Old Tan laughed and said, "They don't dare. As my son, I haven't spoken and they don't dare to say anything. Besides, the fourth brother-in-law is afraid of being beaten. If that doesn't work, I'll beat him again and make him lie on the kang for half a year."
When Lao Tan was young, his fourth sister and his fourth brother-in-law had a fight. Lao Tan felt sorry for his sister and beat her fourth brother-in-law. He lay on the kang for half a month before getting off the ground. After that, the fourth brother-in-law was afraid of him and hated him.
My sister also hated him and complained that he shouldn't have been hit so hard.
To be honest, my eldest sister and brother-in-law were pulling me that time, otherwise it would have been heavier than that, and Lao Tan's eyes would have been red at that time.
The eldest brother-in-law smiled, remembering what happened that time, and said, "If your eldest sister and I hadn't been there at that time, you would have broken your fourth brother-in-law's leg."
"Absolutely." Lao Tan said.
The second brother-in-law asked: "Old brother, can you still take action now?"
Lao Tan said: "We can't do it now--but it doesn't matter. If he hits my fourth sister, he will do it anyway."
"Look at that bad fourth sister of yours. You haven't even asked me to see my mother all year round. She's almost mad at me." said the second brother-in-law.
"Sister Po is also a sister. It's me who says it, but you don't say it. Pay attention -" Old Tan said with a smile.
The women's table in the room was not drinking, and the meal was already finished. The eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, and the fifth sister moved out the benches and sat outside the men's table.
The old lady felt that there were too many people making noise, so she went to the west room alone and squinted.
The eldest sister said: "Oh my God, I'm still drinking. I'm almost done with it. Why are you drinking that wine in the dead heat?"
The eldest brother-in-law said: "Drink beer."
The second sister said: "Let them drink. No matter what they do, they will drink. My old guest drinks three times a day and doesn't miss a meal. When he drinks, he has to prepare the dishes. If he doesn't, he will get angry with you."
The nose is not the nose, the face is not the face, I’m so angry.”
The third sister said: "You are also willing to get used to it."
The second sister said: "Both girls don't ask him to drink. They tell him to stop drinking and take good care of his body so that he can live for many more years. Hey, I won't listen! The girl pretends to be a human being when she comes back, but she still acts like that when she leaves.
His two sons-in-law were in the business, and they knew he couldn't quit, so they didn't let him drink cheap wine, saying that the wine was not good and was mixed with alcohol. They bought good wine for fifty yuan a pound.
You say you can just drink it if someone buys it, but he says it’s too expensive and refuses to drink it, so he insists on drinking the Dalaosan that costs eight yuan a pound, and he’s so angry!”
After the second sister said this, everyone laughed.
The fifth brother-in-law said to the second brother-in-law: "Okay, second brother-in-law, I still have some good wine that costs fifty yuan a pound. I'll drink it at your house tomorrow."
"Okay, come to my house tomorrow." The second brother-in-law said, and then explained to himself: "It's not that I don't want to drink it, my son-in-law bought it because of his sincerity.
The main reason is that it’s too expensive. As an old farmer, we can just drink Dalaosan, but we can’t afford that kind of wine. I drink three times a day, and a cup of wine is exactly three taels per meal, which is one pound a day. Dalaosan costs eight yuan per catty.
I'm only two hundred and four months old, but I don't feel bad after drinking it.
That wine is not good, fifty pounds per pound, one thousand five hundred dollars a month. Our family drinks that wine, and it is okay to drink it during the New Year and festivals. Besides, one thousand five hundred dollars is enough for me to drink for half a year------the children spend it indiscriminately.
I don’t know how to live with money.”
Although what the second brother-in-law said was reproachful, his face was filled with pride, and the corners of his mouth were twitching.
The fifth brother-in-law scolded him: "Look at this pretty thing for you. If you don't want to drink it, bring it over and we'll drink it for you. We don't feel bad."
After that, everyone laughed.
At this time, the fifth sister said: "You are a drinking business, no one cares. You can drink as much as you want. If you don't have enough, ask Lan Jun to go to the shop to get it. But please keep your voice down. My mother is sleeping in the house, so wake her up."
I don’t care, you are responsible.”
Everyone immediately lowered their voices and stopped shouting loudly.
I drank wine from noon to early afternoon. I didn't drink much, and spent most of the time chatting.
At the end of the show, everyone decided to go to the eldest sister's house the next day, and then go to the second sister's house the next day. The third sister's house was not going. In addition to flue-cured tobacco, his family also planted fifty acres of sugar beets in the adjacent Fuxin land, which needed to be taken care of.
It takes seven or eight days to go back and forth. When I come back, I start to smoke tobacco and I don’t have time.
After his sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and niece left, Lao Tan felt a little tired. He went to the west room, lay down next to his mother, and soon fell asleep.
After Wang Shulan handed over the dumpling house to her son, she began to take care of her granddaughter full-time at home. She dropped off her in the morning and picked her up in the evening, rain or shine. The little granddaughter was well-behaved and sensible, which made her grandma happy. The lives of the grandfather and grandson were full of happiness.
Wang Shulan visited the store every two days. She was worried that her son, who had just taken over, would not know how to give directions and would not get along with the general manager Li Jing and the head chef. She was also worried that the store managers and chefs of the five stores would not be able to get along with each other.
Accepting your son is afraid of conflicts.
After a month of observation, she was fine. Her son followed her, he was easy-going and had no airs. He got along well with Li Jing, the head chef, store managers, and chefs, and he had a good relationship with the employees, so he gradually felt relieved.
It was raining that day. Wang Shulan picked up her granddaughter and drove home. On the way, she received a call from Zhou Xiaomei, saying that she had arrived downstairs at her house.
Zhou Xiaomei came to Beijing to participate in the Catering Industry Summit Forum. The dumpling market is good this year. The main topic of this forum is dumplings, so small dumpling restaurants like Aqiao were invited to participate.
Ah Qiao does a pretty good job, but its scale is far inferior to that of a large restaurant, and forums like this usually have nothing to do with it.
The forum will last for three days starting tomorrow. When it rained, Zhou Xiaomei got off the plane and came to Wang Shulan's place.
Wang Shulan drove the car downstairs and parked it, and Zhou Xiaomei was already waiting for her at the door of the building.
After going upstairs and opening the door, the little granddaughter went to play by herself. Wang Shulan made tea and sat on the sofa with Zhou Xiaomei to chat.
"I don't want to come. My brother-in-law is not here and I can't help it," Zhou Xiaomei said.
"It's good to come. Otherwise, where can we meet? Besides, we also know some dumpling makers." Wang Shulan said.
"Come with me tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll go with you after seeing my granddaughter off."
"You can do it now. You have to take a back seat and focus on coddling your granddaughter at home. No one is as happy as you."
"Haha, I don't have time to spare. Sometimes I go to the store to take a look. My son has just taken over. I'm afraid he won't understand some things."
"Slowly I'll understand."
Wang Shulan nodded, "Yes. After seeing off my granddaughter in the morning, I danced square dance with the old ladies in the small square downstairs. It was quite interesting. I danced for an hour and was covered in sweat. I am addicted."
Zhou Xiaomei asked jokingly: "Are you the youngest there? No old man chasing you?"
"Where did the old man come from -" Wang Shulan was good at hitting Zhou Xiaomei and said: "There are some younger than me, but most of them are older than me. The oldest one, Seventy-Six, used to be in a song and dance troupe and has a better figure than me."
"Really? Your figure is good enough. There is someone better than you."
Wang Shulan touched her belly and said, "I already have a belly, so what's the big deal? I'm a grandma." Then she asked, "How are your three children? Are they causing trouble?"
Zhou Xiaomei said: "If you are making trouble, why not make trouble? The older one is okay. He is in junior high school and knows how to take care of himself. The younger two fight all day long, and it is fine after the fight. I can't stay home without making trouble for me and his father."
My old Cao is very patient and has a good temper, so my three children don’t want to be with him, but with me.”
"That's right, you don't have time to take care of your children either."
"No, I understand my brother-in-law now. He always said he was sorry for the child before, but I didn't pay attention to it. Now that I do, I really don't have time to care about it——
Hey, this hotel is not run by humans. Big things happen all the time. If you are negligent, the shop will be closed down. Hey, there is no way——"