The eldest brother noticed it too, and asked the second brother.
"Brother Feng thanked his sister for the fried fish, apologized, and said that we should eat it ourselves and not wait for them."
"They said the village chief, accompanied by Brother Feng Yun, was going to the mine to pay the corvée labor deductions for our three families. He should have been back by the afternoon, but he hasn't arrived home yet."
"Brother Feng was worried and said that if he didn't come back any later, he would go look for him."
Ruan Qian felt ashamed. In the past few days, he had been building houses one after another, but he had not taken the initiative to hand over the deductible money to the village chief in advance. He only thought that the village chief would come to collect it when he wanted to.
But the three families helped Ah Chun with her affairs, especially after Ah Chun settled in, her sister went to her every other day to give her acupuncture and help her recover. How could the village chief possibly ask for help?
Ruan Qian immediately found his wife, calculated the money for the three families to offset their corvée labor, and took it from his wife, preparing to go with his third son.
Hearing this, Ruan Meng leaned out and said, "Big brother, third brother, the food is ready. Why don't we eat before we go?"
Ruan Meng asked Xiao Kai for help to comfort Feng Xi, so that he wouldn't feel embarrassed to go out alone.
After the eldest and third brothers finish eating, then go and replace Xiao Kai.
Ruan Meng poured out the bamboo shoot soup, divided it in two, gave one half to her eldest brother, and had A Yuan deliver the other half to Sun Mu'en.
I served my third brother a stew of duck and bamboo shoots, which included duck meat. I also served cooked rice according to the appetites of my eldest and third brothers.
Take out the braised goose meat, slice it and spread it on the rice. The eldest brother only put a few slices on his rice and cut a whole braised egg. The third brother put a thick layer of goose meat on his rice, also put a braised egg on it, and poured the braising sauce over it.
Ruan Meng served her eldest brother a few pieces of wild mushroom and braised chicken in a small bowl, while her third brother served her half a bowl of spicy stir-fried duck offal.
The eldest brother ate quickly and politely, while the third brother tried to eat faster, still wanting more. If he hadn't been worried about the village chief and Feng Yun, he could have eaten two more bowls!
Ruan Meng scooped out six braised eggs, wrapped them in oil paper, put them in a small basket, and asked her third brother to take them to the carriage. She also gave them some mint water.
The third brother parked the carriage at the foot of the mountain and accompanied his eldest brother up the mountain.
Ruan Meng thought about it and then asked Sun Chengen to lend him two guards so that he could accompany his elder brother and third brother.
Sun Chengen did not refuse at all and immediately selected people.
Sun Mu'en was drinking soup and eating bamboo shoots when she heard this. She looked up and asked Ruan Meng with concern, "Sister, is something wrong?"
Ruan Meng smiled gently, "Have some soup! It's alright. We have to pay the mine money every month to offset our corvée labor. I was worried about my older brother's health, and it's getting dark, so I'm asking your older brother for help."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Meng pretended to be angry, "Are you starting to worry now that you're feeling a little better?"
"Here, not only are we here, but your older brother and the guards are also here, so we don't need your little brain!"
"Overthinking is bad for your health. I just adjusted your routine a little, and now you're overthinking all day, affecting the effectiveness and ruining my reputation!"
Sun Mu'en smiled and nodded.
Ruan Meng approached and saw that she had drunk half of the duck soup and finished eating all the wild bamboo shoots.
Ruan Meng said, "Big brother is leaving, so I'm serving it up first. Later, there will also be braised eggs. Would you like some?"
Sun Chengen's eyes sparkled, eagerly asking:
"Can I eat this?"
Ruan Mengxiao said, "If it's inedible, would I be asking you?"
Sun Chengen nodded vigorously and held up two fingers.
"Okay! I want two!"
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A moment later, A-Yuan almost choked.
The young lady ate the egg white, and I got to enjoy two egg yolks as well, which were also very delicious!
The eldest sister-in-law stood at the door, looking somewhat worried.
Ruan Meng stepped forward to comfort her, "Don't worry, sister-in-law! With two guards to escort you and your brother's quick thinking, everything will be alright!"
The sister-in-law, worried about affecting Ruan Meng's emotions, nodded after calming herself down.
The eldest sister-in-law said, "If I could, I really would like to go in his place. But as the elder brother, there are some things that he has to do in order to show that he values them."
If it weren't for this consideration, Ruan Meng would have stopped her older brother just now.
"It's alright! Once you recover, Sister-in-law, you can represent us too!"
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