Every day at dinner time, you can hear voices calling children home for dinner everywhere in the village.
When I go to the homes of a few naughty kids, I always have to shout until my voice is hoarse before I can call them back.
But today is different from the past. Today almost every household in the village is stewing meat. The children have no interest in playing outside anymore. They are all waiting with their ears perked up to be called home for dinner!
"Go home for dinner!"
As soon as someone started calling out, the children outside, whether they were working or playing, all started running home.
Ye Xianglei is usually the one who is most reluctant to go home for dinner, but today he ran away very fast.
As soon as he entered the door, he went straight to the kitchen. Seeing Ye Juan'er taking meat out of the pot, he immediately stopped and blurted out: "Mom, you didn't cook the venison tonight, did you?"
Ye Juan'er paused while serving the meat, turned her head and looked at her son unkindly, "I did it, what's wrong?"
Ye Xianglei's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at the meat in the pot with a face full of confusion.
Ye Juaner was so angry that she picked up a broom and hit her son on the butt.
"Even though I can't cook, I still raised you three siblings. If you don't want to eat, get out. Your dad and I will eat it!"
Hearing the mother and son arguing again, Liu Quan hurried in to mediate and pulled Ye Xianglei's arm to pull his son out.
"You really make your mother angry."
Ye Xianglei said with a look of grievance, "I don't want to make her angry, but the food she cooks is really not tasty. I can just put up with it normally, but it's so hard to get to eat meat... and it's such a waste of good meat."
"Keep your voice down! Your mother will be angry if she hears you." Liu Quan turned to look at the kitchen. Seeing that Ye Juan'er hadn't come out, he whispered to his son, "Don't worry, she asked your third grandmother to cook it. She's done it, and your mother will just be watching over the fire."
Ye Xianglei finally smiled, but soon said with regret: "Third Grandma's cooking skills are average. It would be better if we could ask Qingtian's mother to help."
He licked his lips as he spoke.
Although he only went there for two meals, Ye Xianglei was already conquered by Mrs. Ye's cooking skills.
Upon hearing this, Liu Quan rolled his eyes at his son and said, "You're dreaming!
"They gave us so much venison, and your mother is just wondering how to repay them!
"You're so good, you still want someone to stew meat for you?"
After hearing what Liu Quan said, Ye Xianglei realized that the venison in his home was actually sent by Qingtian's family.
"I thought my mother bought it..."
"Could your mother be willing to do that?" Liu Quan raised his hand and poked his son's forehead. "She couldn't bear to stew all the venison they sent her. She even saved a piece and planned to take it to Master Cheng in the city tomorrow. I hope he can take good care of your brother."
Ye Xianglei said without thinking, "Should we also give it to Mr. Wang from the private school?"
He asked this question not to compete with his brother.
The main thing is that Ye Juan'er usually prepares things for the three festivals and two birthdays, so she will prepare the same for both sides to avoid favoritism, so he subconsciously asked this question.
Unexpectedly, Ye Juaner, who had just finished serving the meat and came out of the kitchen, heard it all.
Ye Juaner was furious when she heard this.
He put the basin of meat in his hand on the millstone, picked up the stick beside him and hit Ye Xianglei on the buttocks twice.
"Ouch!" Ye Xianglei jumped three feet high, "Mom, why did you hit me?"
"Why would I hit you? I'm sending venison to Master Cheng. He can teach your brother some skills.
"What's the point of giving it to Mr. Wang? To make him turn a blind eye when you skip class? Or to make him keep his voice down so as not to wake you up when you're sleeping?
"Ye Xianglei, let me tell you, if I hadn't already paid this year's tuition, I wouldn't have let you go!
"I can see that your mind is not on studying at all, why should I spend this money on you!
"You spend more than twenty taels of silver every year, and what have you learned?
"How much meat can I buy with that money?"
If it were another child, after hearing their parents say this, they would probably be so ashamed that they would want to find a hole to crawl into.
Ye Xianglei grinned after hearing this, raised his hand and patted Ye Juaner on the shoulder and said, "Mom, you finally figured it out. I told you long ago that I didn't want to study, but you forced me to go.
"The family wastes money and I suffer. Why bother?"
Ye Juan'er was almost mad at her own son. Was it her fault that she was spending the money?
Liu Quan quickly came over to act as a peacemaker.
"Alright, alright, it's not like you just found out what he's like today, is it worth getting angry about this?
"Come, I'll serve it. Let's go inside and eat."
As Liu Quan spoke, he picked up the basin on the millstone and turned around and went into the house.
Ye Xianglei followed into the house shortly after, leaving Ye Juaner with only one sentence: "Mom, why are you so angry? Come quickly, it's better to eat while it's hot."
Ye Juan'er was almost laughing out of anger at the father and son.
However, smelling the aroma of venison, Ye Juan'er was too lazy to argue with them anymore.
Wouldn't it be even more of a loss to eat less meat because you are angry?
Ye Xianglei ate several pieces of meat in one breath before slowing down the pace of picking up the meat, feeling a slight regret in his heart.
To be fair, Third Grandma's cooking skills are pretty good, and compared to his mother's, they are definitely worlds apart.
But if compared with Qingtian Niang, there is still a big gap.
Although Ye Xianglei had never tasted the venison cooked by Mrs. Ye, he was convinced that it must be much more delicious than that cooked by Third Grandma.
However, even though there was a slight regret, it did not hinder Ye Xianglei's speed in eating meat.
He only felt a little emotional for a moment, then continued to eat the meat in big mouthfuls.
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