Chapter 62 Want to be the Manager

"What are you talking about? It's so lively?" Gu Yan walked in with Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang.

Li Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Gu Yan come in.

"You guys chat, I'll go cook." Li Wanqing saw Gu Yan come in and quickly stood up and said.

When guests come to your house, you must let them eat before leaving.

"Don't bother, Wanqing, we'll go back and eat later." Gu Xiaogu hurriedly stopped him.

Except for Chen Changgen, everyone else in their family came. It was too embarrassing for such a large family to eat for free at their nephew's house.

"It's not a trouble. You have come all the way here, so you should have a meal before you go back," said Li Wanqing.

"Yes, aunt, let's eat first before leaving. I will take you home after dinner." Gu Yan also said.

Aunt Gu looked at the children with embarrassment. She didn't want to add burden to her nephew.

But the children all looked at her eagerly, and it was obvious that they wanted her to agree.

Gu Xiaogu couldn't bear to see the children disappointed, so she agreed: "Okay, Chuntao, Lanzi, why don't you help your cousin's wife cook?"

"Hey, Mom, let's go right away." The two of them agreed and stood up.

Li Wanqing hurriedly stopped them: "I don't need you, I can go by myself."

"It's okay. More hands means faster work. There are so many of us, we can't just sit there and wait for the food to be ready." Gu Xiaogu also came out to help.

Since Gu Xiaogu insisted, Li Wanqing didn't hesitate.

"That's fine. I happen to have some pig offal. I'll braise some for everyone to try." Li Wanqing said.

"That's great. I still remember the taste of the braised pig offal you prepared last time.

Later I bought some and cooked it myself, but it was never as delicious as yours,” said Aunt Gu.

Li Wanqing smiled but said nothing. She didn't know whether Gu Xiaogu was just chatting or had other meanings.

Seeing that Li Wanqing didn't say anything, Gu Xiaogu tactfully changed the subject: "Wanqing, what can we do?"

"How about steaming the steamed bread made of corn flour and white flour today? Aunt, you can knead the flour and steam the steamed bread." Li Wanqing said after thinking for a while.

Li Wanqing wanted to just eat white rice, as she didn't lack that little bit of food. But after thinking it over, she still felt it was not appropriate.

We are all family relatives, and they still can't get enough to eat, but you only have white rice for every meal.

Li Wanqing always felt that doing this seemed a bit like showing off.

Besides, steamed bread made of a mixture of corn flour and white flour is also a delicious meal for farmers.

"Okay, leave it to me." Gu Xiaogu agreed readily.

More people means faster work. Li Wanqing arranged to make five dishes, a braised meat platter, a pork belly stewed with potatoes, and scrambled eggs with leeks. She also asked Chunxia to kill a chicken and make a chicken stewed with mushrooms. Finally, there was a vegetarian dish, stir-fried green vegetables.

There aren't many types of dishes, but the portions are large, each one comes in a large bowl, enough for them to eat.

"Come, come, set the table for dinner." Li Wanqing called out to the people in the house.

"Let's go and eat. We'll have a couple of drinks later." Gu Yan had long been impatient to deal with his two cousins. When he heard Li Wanqing's call, he hurried out.

"Come on, eat more, little aunt." Gu Yan picked up some food for little aunt Gu at the dinner table.

"Okay, I'll pick it up myself. I'll pick it up myself." Gu Xiaogu agreed.

Seeing that his mother and elder brother were so busy eating that they forgot the purpose of their visit, Chen Erzhuang kept winking at Gu Xiaogu.

Gu Xiaogu had already noticed her son's expression, but every time she opened her mouth, her nephew stopped her with an excuse.

She knew that her nephew didn't want her to talk about these things.

Chen Erzhuang watched his aunt eating with her head down without saying a word, and finally he lost his patience.

"Mom, don't you have something to say to your cousin?" Chen Erzhuang suddenly spoke.

"Ah? Oh, that, third brother, there is something wrong with your aunt." Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Gu Xiaogu had to speak with embarrassment.

Gu Yan asked Gu Xiaogu to eat the vegetables several times just now because he was afraid that Gu Xiaogu would make some unreasonable demands to him.

He hoped that his sister-in-law would be more sensible and eat the meal happily and go home, so that everyone would be happy.

Now it seems that his hope is dashed. Since they want to say it, let them say it. He will not agree anyway.

The main reason is that they asked for too much. Although the two cousins ​​in the room didn't say it explicitly, their words and deeds implied that they wanted to come to the manor to be the manager.

At that time, I said that this was just a small farm of 50 acres of land and there was no need for a manager, which meant that the farm had a headman.

They came together when we bought this farm, otherwise they would have rented it out directly and wouldn't even have needed a farm manager.

It seems that they still haven't given up. Do they want my aunt to use her status as an elder to pressure them?

In that case, he doesn't need to save face for them.

"Aunt, just say whatever you want to say." Gu Yan put down his chopsticks and said.

Li Wanqing had already seen through the purpose of Gu Xiaogu and the others' visit, but she had never said anything. This was Gu Yan's biological aunt and cousin, and she wanted Gu Yan to make his own decision.

But now seeing Gu Yan's helpless look, I feel a little distressed.

What kind of relatives are these? As soon as they see their lives getting a little better, they immediately cling to them like leeches.

Li Wanqing held his hand under the table to comfort him.

Gu Yan felt his wife's worry and felt a little better.

He still has his wife to care for him, and that's enough.

With the care and comfort from his wife, Gu Yan calmed down and listened to what Aunt Gu said.

"Third brother, can you let your cousin come to work on your farm?

How can we trust such a large farm to outsiders? It's better for us to take care of it.

Your cousin has been doing farm work with your uncle since he was a child. He knows a lot about farm work, so you can rest assured knowing he's watching over you." The more Aunt Gu spoke, the more she felt she was right.

"Yes, cousin, I will definitely help you take good care of the farm. Just leave it to me." Chen Erzhuang also said.

Chuntao was afraid that her brother-in-law would take all the benefits, so she quickly pulled the corner of Chen Dazhuang's clothes and signaled him to speak.

Chen Dazhuang looked at his wife embarrassedly, then looked at Gu Yan, opened his mouth to say something, but in the end said nothing.

Chen Dazhuang now regrets very much that he told his cousin yesterday about Gu Yan buying the farm. His cousin had clearly told him to keep it a secret yesterday.

Although it was Chen Hu who told his parents, it was Chen Hu who revealed it.

In the final analysis, it's still his fault. He shouldn't be so vain. Chen Hu just said it casually when he asked.

He also didn't expect that his father and second brother had such big appetites and actually wanted to be the manager of the farm.

In fact, if he said so, it would be great if his cousin could let them come to the farm to work.

Now he understood why his cousin asked him to keep it a secret yesterday.

He thought his cousin was only on guard against his uncle and his family, but now it seems his family is included as well.