Chapter 108: Banquet for Relatives and Friends



The sun's golden rays shone on the earth. The crops in the fields had already grown long fruits. In another month, the crops in the fields would be ready for harvest. Cao Xiangnan walked along and saw that the crops on the ground were growing well. He knew that this year would be a bumper year. When he walked to their family's land, he saw two figures working in the fields from a distance.

At this time, many people had come to the fields to work. All year round, the family looked forward to the food in the fields to fill their stomachs. Farmers stayed in the fields from morning to night. Along the way, some people recognized Cao Jia Silang and greeted him, asking, "Silang, are you here to see your father?"

"Your father is in front," the man said.

"I'll cook dinner at my house tomorrow. Come and have dinner when you're free." Cao Xiangnan would also say something to show his respect.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely come when the time comes."

"Dad, my fourth brother is here." The fourth brother, who was the first one that Cao Laoda saw, said to his father.

Cao's father raised his head and saw the fourth brother coming. He took a steady look at him, then bent down to pull the grass from the ground. There was no expression on his face, but it was obvious that he still had resentment towards the fourth brother.

Cao Laoda felt a little embarrassed to see his father like this, but he still smiled when he saw the fourth brother coming. These days, he knew that his father still missed his fourth brother in his heart, even though he didn't say it.

When he went back to his room to sleep at night, he would listen to his wife talking about how his fourth brother was doing now and how big the house was. He knew that his fourth brother was successful now, and he felt a little ashamed. As the eldest brother, he did not stand up and say a word for his fourth brother when his family of three was separated. Now that his fourth brother was living a good life, he did not dare to get close to him, and his wife had quarreled with him because of this. But now that he saw his fourth brother, he was still happy that he could come.

Cao Xiangnan naturally did not know what his father was thinking, but it did not matter to him. He walked towards his family's field, stood at the edge of the field, and when he saw someone, he called out, "Dad, big brother."

"Fourth brother, what do you want to do?" Cao Laoda glanced at his father and said to his fourth brother.

"Dad, big brother, I will cook at home tomorrow, you can take a break in the field tomorrow, come and have a meal." Cao Xiangnan saw that his father didn't even look at him, and he knew that he must be angry with him in his heart. To be honest, he didn't feel anything about it.

He called out out of his duty as a son, and whether you come or not is your business. Besides, how these so-called relatives treated him in the past was witnessed by everyone, let alone who is sorry for whom, he doesn't owe anyone anything.

If the pitiful family affection can still be maintained, then continue to maintain it. If it cannot be maintained, he will not come reluctantly. When he left with the evening breeze and the children, he had already lost hope in the so-called relatives.

"Oh, okay, we will definitely go there." Cao Lao Da responded quickly.

"Then I will go back." Cao Xiangnan took a look and turned away.

After he turned and left, Cao Adie raised his head and looked at the fourth son who had left. In just a few months, this middle-aged man seemed to have aged several years. His face was full of sorrow and was full of the sorrow of life.

"Dad, you were obviously thinking about the fourth brother. Now that the fourth brother is here, why do you ignore him again?" Seeing the look on his father's face, Cao Lao Da felt a little anxious.

He knew that his father sat there smoking quietly all day, and he must be thinking about his fourth brother. He ignored the person who came this time. Fortunately, the fourth brother came to invite them to his house for dinner tomorrow, so they can still see his fourth brother.

Cao's father looked at the eldest brother with his droopy triangular eyes and said, "Do your job."

Then Cao Xiangnan went to Li Zheng's house and invited Li Zheng's family to come for dinner tomorrow, and also invited his third uncle and several other familiar families. People in the village will now enthusiastically call him when they see him, and Cao Xiangnan will also call people to come to his house for dinner tomorrow.

Although he was not familiar with the people in the village in these years, since others were so warm to him, Cao Xiangnan was happy to meet everyone with a smile and say hello.

Along the way, Cao Xiangnan would call people he met on the road to come to his house for dinner tomorrow. The people in the village who came to dinner were all families, and one family could have a table, so since he called them, he had to be mentally prepared for the guests to come, and he also prepared this bite of food.

He went to Cao Ada, the pig butcher in the village, and asked him to kill a pig for him tomorrow.

"Okay, Cao Silang, don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem." Cao Ada agreed hurriedly. He also heard that Cao Silang was now successful in the village.

"I will cook at my house tomorrow, uncle, don't light the stove at your house, come to my house for dinner." Cao Xiangnan paid the deposit for a pig, and he would wait for Cao Ada to deliver the pig tomorrow, and then give the rest after weighing the pig. When Cao Ada delivers the pig tomorrow, he will help to kill the pig at his house, so he simply invites his family to come for dinner.

Cao Ada has an old woman in his family, his wife died early, and gave birth to a boy, who is now in his teens and almost 20 years old, and has not yet married. Cao Zhilan was as tall as his father, but not as tall as his father. She followed his father to kill pigs at home, swinging a knife and making swish noises. When the villagers heard that it was their son, they all shook their heads. His father

loved his son very much. He was reluctant to let his son marry into another village because it was too far away, and the people in the village did not dare to marry him. At most, he would just follow him to kill pigs. Cao Zhilan was not afraid, because he could support his son anyway.

When the old mother saw her son and grandson, she sat outside the door all day sighing, wondering when her grandson would get married. She was so worried.

But the family was so harmonious. Cao Zhilan had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she didn't look like a boy. She was cheerful. When she heard him invite them to dinner, she answered him loudly, "Okay, I will definitely go with my father and mother."

"Haha, okay, remember to come." Compared with those boys in the village who were shy and like women, Cao Xiangnan liked this kind of open and straightforward person more. He also said with a smile.

Later, he told Cao Ada that he wanted to buy ten pigs in the coming year, and asked him to help keep an eye out for who has pigs to buy, and then tell him. Cao Ada agreed immediately, and Cao Xiangnan went back from Cao Ada.

The furniture was delivered yesterday, and the master who came with him assembled all the bed cabinets that needed to be assembled. For the convenience of transportation, Cao Xiangnan tried to use disassembled furniture as much as possible. After looking at the delivered furniture, he did not find any major problems. Some minor problems can be ignored and it doesn't matter.

After returning, he directed people to put the furniture in the positions he wanted in the new house. After moving and arranging some things, Cao Xiangnan was satisfied. The cleaning afterwards will be done by the helpers at home.

Tomorrow, the work at home will be stopped for one day. Cao Xiangnan will give everyone in the family two days of paid vacation. The wages for these two days will be calculated as usual. Let everyone stay and have dinner tomorrow and go home to see their families. Later, they will come to build Cao Gang's house.

Everyone was very happy to hear that the boss was so generous. It was the first time for them to meet such a good boss, and they all praised the boss.

But in fact, in Cao Xiangnan's mind, paid vacation is a very common thing. After all, everyone working for him does not have any rest days. They work from morning to night every day, and even the machines have to stop for a while. The people who come to work all live in nearby villages. It takes half a day to go home and back, and the rest of the time they can stay at home with their wives and children.

Cao Xiangnan has been busy like a top since he got up early. When he returned home, he was finally able to sit down and drink a sip of water. He told his family that Wanfeng had called someone to come over. As for the dishes for tomorrow's dinner, he also had an idea, "I'll ask Ah Da to kill a pig tomorrow, and we'll have meat by then. Chen Hong will have someone send some food over tomorrow, and we'll just cook a few dishes then."

In the village, when a family invites everyone to dinner, it's already very generous to have meat on the table. They only need to kill a pig, and there are other dishes, so even if they invite a lot of people, there will be enough to eat.

"Well, okay, it should be enough." Qi Wanfeng nodded and said.

"Killing a pig, it must be enough." Li Mei said as soon as she heard it.

"When the time comes, all of your family can come over for dinner, and call your father to come along. Everyone come early to help tomorrow, I won't be polite to you." Cao Xiangnan said with a smile. He didn't want to be polite to everyone either. There was a lot of work to do at home, and tomorrow when people from the village came to eat, who knows how many people would come.

What's more, Wanfeng has been pregnant for several months now, and he couldn't bear to let Wanfeng do things like running errands, let alone do so much work alone.

"Haha, do you need to tell me this, Silang? We'll come early tomorrow." Chen Hong said with a smile.

"Wanfeng, I'm going to the town." Cao Gang's carriage came back to the town, and Cao Xiangnan followed it. He also had to go to Yipinzhai and call other people in the town to come over when the time came.

"Okay, husband, you go." Qi Wanfeng watched the carriage go from behind, and he was very happy in his heart.

When the carriage came to the town and delivered things to several restaurants, Cao Xiangnan would go there in person to say hello and say that he would be home tomorrow and invite everyone to have dinner. He now goes in and out of the town a lot, and he also knows a lot of bosses and shopkeepers, and he also has to say a word, after all, this kind of interpersonal communication based on interests is also indispensable.

"Okay, I will definitely go there tomorrow."

"Okay, I will definitely be there then."

If they are free then, they will probably go there too.

Along the way, Cao Xiangnan greeted people he knew, and after saying hello, he got on the carriage and left with Cao Gang. After getting off the carriage at Yipinzhai, he asked Cao Gang to go back to the shop first, and he went into Yipinzhai.

After selling everything in the afternoon, the shop will close. Today, I told the guests who came to eat that the shop will be closed for a day tomorrow, and everyone in the shop will take a day off tomorrow, and will not be open tomorrow.

When Cao Xiangnan came back from Yipinzhai, the things in the shop were almost sold out.

"Aning, when you go to pick up the children tonight, ask for a leave from Mr. Tong. Tomorrow, Brother Cao Gang will come to pick you and Xuanxuan up to my house. Do you understand?" Before closing the shop and going back, Cao Xiangnan did not forget to remind him again.

"Yeah, I understand." Aning said.

After selling the food in the shop, they got on the carriage and went back to Caojia Village.


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