After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 348

 Dinner was eaten in the Lotus Courtyard.

 Qi Xianguan sent an invitation in the name of the teacher, inviting the village chief, the clan chief, and the family of the old man Liu and his family to a housewarming banquet at his new home.

With so many people wanting to eat, the manpower brought by the Qi family was completely insufficient. They went to the county restaurant to hire a chef the day before.

In the afternoon, a coachman was sent to pick him up. The chef prepared all the ingredients and brought a young apprentice with him.

The kitchen in Lian Yuan is very large, and the three stoves are all burning at the same time. In the evening, bursts of delicious meat aroma waft out from the courtyard, followed by the wind, blowing all the way to every household in the village. It's really just smelling it. The smell makes children salivate.

Jinhua couldn't wait any longer. She went out to look around several times and saw that her grandparents and parents had not left yet. Her little face was filled with anxiety.

“Auntie, if we go late, will we run out of meat?” Jinhua asked nervously.

Both Old Man Liu and Mrs. Zhang put on brand new jackets, made of the cotton that Liu Fei had bought from Fucheng.

Qin Yao went first, and everyone followed her slowly. In just a few steps, it felt like several hours had passed.

Ms. Zhang looked at the old man and snickered.

 “Why are you laughing?” Old Man Liu asked in a depressed tone.

 After saying that, she quickly made a face and ran away to avoid Mrs. Qiu from giving her a slap on the butt. Everyone in the room laughed and laughed at her, and Mrs. Qiu looked helplessly doting on her face.

 The three boys at home had already followed Awang to find Liu Ji.

 On the other hand, the two children, Jinhua Jinbao, did not have so many distracting thoughts in their minds. They were only thinking about the food at the banquet. Their eyes were full of anticipation and they did not have any stage fright.

 A bamboo basket full of food. This is all the food that was cooked today.

Mrs. Qiu was changing clothes for her son. The little guy was very thick-skinned and it was the month when he was crawling around. In the blink of an eye, the bib in front of him was dirty.

Jinhua approached her father unyieldingly and asked, "What about me?"

Mrs. Zhang was holding a basket of steaming sugar-roasted chestnuts in her hand, "Ms. Yao, would you mind if we give this to Mr. Qi and Mr. Gongliang?"

She had to take care of the small ones as well as the big ones. Liu Zhong couldn't find any of Liu Zhong's clothes. There were only two boxes in the room, which were wandering around waiting for her to find them. Now she was urged by her daughter. , the gentle and gentle Qiu could not help but complain:

"Why are you so anxious? You are a greedy cat. You usually have a meal of meat at home every three to five days. Why do you act so petty?"

　　In the past, they would never have dared to imagine that they, a small peasant, could actually go to a banquet hosted by a great scholar.

It was Qin Yao and her daughter who came. Afraid that Old Man Liu and others would feel uncomfortable, Qin Yao specially brought Siniang over to pick them up and take them to the Lotus Courtyard together.

 Liu Zhong patted the top of his daughter's hair and said, "She looks good. She looks like a young lady from a rich family."

Si Niang was admiring Sister Jinhua's clothes. She was stunned when she heard this and said, "I don't want to eat."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help laughing when she saw Qin Yao's little move, and told Siniang: "Come back home to get it. I'll leave some for you brothers and sisters."

Along the way, Qin Yao told everyone in the old house not to be nervous and just treat it as if they were meeting the village chief or clan leader.

Seeing Qin Yao coming to pick her up, He responded with a loud voice, and the whole family from Laozhai hurried out.

Jinhua immediately slumped her shoulders, sighed, and muttered in a low voice, "Can the meat cooked at home be the same as the meat cooked by the chef of the county restaurant?"

I hunch my nose, but the smell coming from Lotus Garden is so fragrant!

Liu Zhongqiu and his wife walked out of the room with Da Mao in their arms, and saw their daughter standing at the gate, looking in the direction of the Lotus Courtyard and swallowing. It was really pitiful and funny.

Si Niang said that the meat they ate at the Fucheng restaurant didn't feel like meat at all. It tasted as good as clouds in the sky and made people feel like they were floating.

Originally, I wanted to wear it for the Chinese New Year, but today the nobles of the Lotus Courtyard were entertaining guests. Old man Liu didn't want to embarrass his third son, so he took out the new clothes he had made and put on them in advance.

She is wearing a new pink coat. Qiu made it according to Siniang's rabbit fur pink coat. Of course the little girl looks pretty and cute in it.

Thinking of the brothers and sisters who were like little beggars before Qin Yao came, Mrs. Zhang felt filled with emotion.

It was also Qin Yao's sudden idea. She ate fried chestnuts last year, and this year the difficulty was increased. She had to roast chestnuts with sugar. Zhang took advantage of going to the field to clean up the vegetable plot and brought back many chestnuts. This afternoon she specially roasted these fresh chestnuts. from.

She and her friends were playing in the village just now, but she saw the Qi family's carriage pulling a whole pig there.

When Old Man Liu heard this, he looked at his wife's sparkling eyes, and his face turned red with unprecedented embarrassment. He coughed twice and came to the courtyard and asked loudly: "Have you packed up everything for me?"

 When we arrived at the spacious hall, the room was paved with wooden floors. The floors were waxed and so bright that you could see people's reflections.

Mrs. Zhang's eyes were bright and she said, “Looking at you wearing these new clothes, you don't look that old anymore.”

I caught a glimpse of my grandma with her eyes glued to the bamboo basket, and quickly reacted, "Yeah, I want something to eat, thank you grandma!"

At this time, Siniang shouted loudly from outside the door: "Sister Jinhua!"

Jinhua thought to herself that Si Niang must be a braggart. There could not be meat like clouds in this world.

 But it didn't seem to work. Even the noisy Da Mao felt the tense atmosphere of his family and became sleepy.

“I don't want to be a rich lady.” Jinhua hugged her mother and said happily, “I want to be the greedy cat of the old Liu family!”

"Good boy." Ms. Zhang glanced at the little girl lovingly. This pink little girl looked very rare.

People depend on their clothes. Once you change your clothes, you will look more energetic.

When they entered the courtyard, Old Man Liu and others saw the rockery and flowing water. They couldn't believe it. This was actually an old house that had been covered with weeds.

When we arrived at the Lotus Courtyard, lamps were lit inside and outside the courtyard, making the whole courtyard bright.

He hurriedly responded in the room: "It's coming, it's coming!"

When Shitou and the two book boys saw the visitors, they introduced Qin Yao and others.

 Pushing Jinbao, who was combing his hair into a bun and squirming, to come out, Liu Zhong let out a "huh" and laughed loudly: "Our Jinbao looks like a young master!"

 Today I am going to Lotus Courtyard, which is not a village house. I have to clean it up so that the nobles will not feel rude when they see it.

For a moment, everyone in the old house stood at the door of the hall, a little afraid to take a step, either to advance or to retreat.

Qin Yao lifted up the gauze and took a look. Thinking of the sweetness of the sugar-roasted chestnuts, she couldn't help but swallowed secretly and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, this is good stuff. You can't even buy it in the city."

 The banquet is held in the backyard, and the front hall is mainly used for receptions. It is completely different from the rules in farmhouses where the banquet is placed casually and you can take your own place at the table.

 But this was already done after Qi Xianguan consulted Qin Yao and simplified "when in the countryside, do as the Romans do."

 Fortunately, the village chief and clan chief arrived first. Accompanied by Liu Ji, they were chatting with Gong Liangxiao about the customs and customs of the village. (End of chapter)

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