The originally cheerful atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little depressing.
"The food is served!" Mrs. Ye entered the room carrying the last dish, breaking the silence in the room.
Nanny Jiang walked in behind her.
When Ye Juaner saw Nanny Jiang, she quickly stood up and said, "Nanny, please take a seat."
Nanny Jiang said very kindly, "Since you are a relative and a guest, you should naturally take the seat of honor."
Old Mrs. Ye pushed both of them onto the kang, one in each hand.
"Stop arguing. You two can sit next to each other up there. I'll be there to keep you company."
Because it was a housewarming party, Mrs. Ye prepared a total of ten dishes, five meat and five vegetables, which were placed on the table and looked very festive.
Although Nanny Jiang and Ye Juan'er had tasted Mrs. Ye's cooking a long time ago, they still praised the dishes on the table.
Mrs. Ye wiped her hands on her apron and said, "I don't know what the etiquette is for housewarming banquets here in the capital. I've prepared a few dishes. I hope you don't mind."
"If this is still frowned upon, then the dishes I cook will..."
Before Ye Juan'er could finish her words, she heard her son say, "But it's just like pig food."
"You little bastard!" Ye Juaner raised her hand and slapped her son, but she couldn't help laughing. "But you're not wrong."
"I once told my husband, Lao Liu, that as a daughter-in-law, I am good at everything except cooking!
"But then again, if I had the cooking skills of the eldest brother's wife, I would have looked down on him for being so dull!"
Now all the women in the room burst into laughter.
The children didn't know what the adults were laughing at, they just focused on eating their food.
While eating, Ye Xianglei whispered to Qingtian, "Your mother cooks such delicious food, you are so lucky. How about we switch and I become her son?"
It was just a casual joke, but Qingtian's face turned pale.
Originally, because Ye Xianglei praised Ye Dasao's cooking, Qingtian happily came to his uncle.
But after hearing this, he suddenly retreated a long way and fell backward unsteadily.
Ye Changrui quickly put down the bowl and grabbed Qingtian's vest to prevent her head from hitting the kang.
He pulled Qingtian to his side and looked at Ye Xianglei with a wary look.
"Uncle, what did you say? Why did you scare Qingtian like this?"
When he asked this question, everyone in the room focused their attention on Ye Xianglei.
Ye Juan'er didn't even ask, she slapped her son and said, "You've grown so powerful that you've even started bullying your niece?"
Ye Xianglei felt extremely wronged and quickly explained, "I was just teasing her, saying I wanted to switch with her and become my sister-in-law's son!"
When the Ye family heard this, they immediately understood the reason.
Sister Ye hugged Qingtian with a distressed look on her face, and kept assuring him, "Don't be afraid, Qingtian. You are your parents' treasure. Let alone your uncle, I wouldn't trade you for a golden boy or a jade girl."
Qingtian leaned close to Mrs. Ye's ear and whispered, "Mom, do you want a son?"
"No, Mom wants a sunny day." Mrs. Ye said without hesitation.
Qingtian felt relieved after hearing her firm tone, but then he wondered if he was being a little too mean.
But her parents are so good now that she can't bear to give them to others.
The four younger children of the Ye family didn't even bother to eat. They stood in a row on the kang and stared at Ye Xianglei.
Even if the other person is my uncle, I must never bully my sister.
"I..." Ye Xianglei felt that he couldn't explain himself even if he opened his mouth a hundred times, so he could only beg for mercy, "Qingtian, I'm wrong. I shouldn't have said that. Can you please stop being angry?
"How about this, uncle takes you to the river to fish this afternoon?"
After hearing this, Ye Juaner immediately gave her son another slap on the face.
"Why go to the river? It's too dangerous! Just stay still!"
"Well, then let's go pick walnuts, right?" Ye Xianglei suddenly had an idea. "There's a walnut tree on the back hill. I know a good spot. I'll take you there to pick walnuts this afternoon."
Ye Juan'er's expression softened and she said, "It's fine to go pick up walnuts. You can carry Qingtian on your back. She's young and can't walk that far."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Ye Xianglei assured repeatedly.
Seeing that Sister Ye looked worried, Ye Juaner smiled and said, "It's okay, the place is not far from the back mountain, there are several Beijing eight-sided walnut trees.
"That thing is small, and there's not much flesh when you break it open. Usually, people who like to collect cultural relics pick it up and choose beautiful ones to string on their bracelets.
“But for some reason, the walnuts growing from those trees on the hill behind the village are always crooked and of poor quality.
“In the first few years, there were people who came specifically to pick them up, but now only the children in the village go there to pick them up for fun.
"Occasionally, if you're lucky enough to find a nice one, you can exchange it for a few coins to buy some candy."
Upon hearing this, the four children of the Ye family could no longer sit still. They quickly finished the rice in their bowls and stared at Ye Xianglei eagerly.
Ye Xianglei was in a dilemma, so he had no choice but to put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Okay, let's go pick up walnuts!"
"Oh! Let's go pick walnuts!" The children ran out in a swarm.
After the children left, Ye Juaner couldn't help but ask, "What happened to Qingtian?"
"Aunt, I'm sorry, this isn't actually your Xiang Lei's fault." Mrs. Ye said apologetically, "It's mainly because of a family in my hometown who treated their daughter badly after giving birth to a son. They either beat or scolded her, and even wanted to sell the child.
"Sunny days scare them, so they are always afraid that we won't want her anymore."
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