As they were talking, Boss Ye came over from the kitchen carrying a plate of freshly-cooked venison patties.

He placed the plate on the table and quickly reached out to take the food from Ye Dongming's hand. He couldn't help but scold, "The clan leader is here and you don't even lend a hand or offer him a seat. This is too rude!"

Only then did Old Lady Ye notice that Ye Dongming was still holding something in his hand.

"Chief, you are already showing respect to our family by coming here. How can we ask you to spend money?"

"Sister-in-law, this is for me to congratulate the eldest and fourth sons. What you say doesn't count." Ye Dongming was very humble in front of the Ye family today. He was very friendly.

"The clan leader came here so early, he must not have had breakfast yet, right?"

Boss Ye busied himself with serving Ye Dongming a bowl of porridge and pushed the plate of meat patties in front of him.

"This morning, Mr. Cen personally mixed the dough and stuffing to make these meat patties.

"Master Cen's cooking is no longer available to everyone these days. Please eat more."

Upon hearing this, Ye Dongming couldn't help but think in his heart, no wonder Boss Ye could receive the emperor's praise. Apart from anything else, just in terms of how he dealt with people, he was much better than Second Brother Ye.

If he hadn't said in advance that the meat pie was made by Mr. Cen, he would definitely have praised Mrs. Ye's cooking skills after tasting it.

It would be too embarrassing if we find out later that it was Mr. Cen who did it.

Ye Dongming's mind was not on the pie, but he was indeed hungry after coming here early in the morning, so he wanted to eat a few bites to fill his stomach.

Who knew that after taking one bite of the meat pie, the second and third bites... would become uncontrollable.

When he came to his senses again and felt his stomach was so bloated that he couldn't eat another bite, he realized that he had actually eaten three venison pies as big as his face and drank a large bowl of porridge.

Fortunately, everyone who came to the table to eat today was similar to Ye Dongming, so no one would laugh at him.

Ye Dongming rubbed his stomach awkwardly and said, "Master Cen's cooking skills are truly amazing. He truly deserves to be the imperial chef that the emperor values so highly!

"I'm fortunate enough to have the opportunity to taste Master Cen's cooking today. This life has not been lived in vain."

Hearing him say this, everyone at the table couldn't help but look sideways. Isn't this flattery a bit too blatant?

Besides, Mr. Cen is still in the kitchen and hasn't come out yet. Who are you praising him to?

Ye Dongming also realized that he had gone too far, and quickly added: "Think about it, Mr. Cen used to cook for the emperor and nobles in the palace.

"For an ordinary person like me to enjoy his cooking, I would have to hope that my ancestors would become the top scholar in the imperial examination.

"But now I'm lucky enough to eat it here, so my life has not been in vain!"

When everyone heard his explanation, it seemed to make sense.

People were talking lively in the room when someone else came outside.

Someone shouted outside the door: "Is this Ye Qingchen's house?"

Someone’s coming again?

"Let me go and take a look!" This time, Boss Ye took the initiative to get up and go out.

Soon, the county magistrate and the chief constable Hu Yuanren were brought back.

The county magistrate had a smile on his face, and Hu Yuanren was carrying bags of things in his hands.

As soon as he entered the house, the county magistrate went straight to Old Madam Ye to congratulate her, and then pretended to complain to Ye Dongming, "Patriarch Ye is so unkind. Such a happy event happened in the clan, but he didn't even think of inviting me to come along."

"I'm just worried that you're busy with official duties!" Ye Dongming hadn't actually thought about this at all, but he still had to say a few polite words, "I don't think it's a big deal, it's a clan matter, I can just come over and take a look."

"I don't like what Patriarch Ye said!" said the county magistrate. "Although this is a happy event for your clan, the Ye family is also part of Fengle County now!

"So this is not only a happy event for your clan, but also a happy event for our entire county!

"Even Lord Qin said before he left that the success of this bandit suppression was thanks to Boss Ye and Boss Ye!"

After hearing this, Ye Dongming thought to himself, Lord Qin has said so much, but he didn't know to come and congratulate him earlier. Instead, he came later than himself. No wonder he hasn't been promoted all these years.

However, he could only think about this in his heart. Although the Ye family was very powerful in Fengle County, Ye Dongming still had to give the county magistrate some face on the surface.

Old Mrs. Ye didn't expect that after what happened last night, so many people would come today, and her house was almost full.

Seeing this, Mu Zheng quickly stood up and said, "We still have work to do, so we won't bother you any more and will go back first.

"Brother Ye, when you go to the capital next time, remember to find brothers to go out for a drink."