Chapter 3330: Breaking off Relationship Part 3
"That's right, that's right. Brother Huzi can work with Brother Zhou Er and Brother Zhou San to harvest the grain. Do you think he will join Brother Da Zhen and the others in harvesting the grain?"
Zhou Dazhen, who was also lying on the wall watching the fun, jumped down after hearing this, ran over, grabbed the boy and pulled him down to slap him, "What are you talking about..."
Zhou Dazhen and Zhou Hu are cousins. In the entire village, their two families are the closest in terms of blood relationship. However, because of an unpleasant quarrel when the previous generation split up the family, the two families have not been in contact for many years, and their relationship is worse than that of ordinary relatives.
Every year, Zhou Hu would go to the fields with Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang to sow rice and harvest rice, but he would never go with Zhou Dazhen's family.
So in the countryside, friendship is sometimes more useful than blood ties.
The elders of the Zhang family came forward and forcefully forced the two families to sever the relationship. Bai Shan personally drafted the severance letter, and Zhou Dalang signed it on behalf of the Zhou family. Zhang Sanlang had to sign and seal it under the gaze of the elders of the Zhang family.
Unless they have the courage to leave the clan, they really have to listen to the clan on matters like this.
There were two copies of the letter of severance. Bai Shan gave one copy to the Zhang family and the other copy to Zhou Dalang, and the matter was settled.
Old Zhou, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up: "Since you're all here, why don't you have lunch before going back?"
He turned around and called Xiao Qianshi, "Take your brothers and sisters to prepare the meal."
"yes."
The elders of the Zhang family did not refuse. Zhang Sanlang was so angry that he sat down on the stool and turned his head away to avoid looking at them.
Zhou Jin had little contact with the other people from the Zhang family, so naturally he didn't have many grudges against them, so Old Zhou could still face them calmly.
But his expression was not very good towards Zhang Sanlang's cousins.
Strictly speaking, there are actually no major conflicts between the two families. They are all accumulated from trivial matters, but it is these trivial matters that have eroded their feelings for each other.
My mother’s uncle is the most important, but Manbao’s current relationship with the Zhou family can be seen from the relationship between the Zhou family and the Qian family, which shows how good their relationship with their uncle’s family is.
But Old Zhou just finds it difficult to have any feelings for the Zhang family. This conflict can be traced back to his childhood.
Now that the relationship was over, he didn't feel particularly happy, but he wasn't sad either. He just felt a little disappointed. He sat on the stool for a long time before coming to his senses. When he came to his senses, he saw Manbao sitting next to him, and he muttered, "You are so old, and you don't know how to help your sister-in-law. Go help in the kitchen. There are a lot of customers today."
"Oh," Zhou Man responded, but he didn't stand up. He propped up his chin and looked at him, "Dad, are you sad?"
"Not that sad," Old Zhou sighed, "but your grandma might be sad."
Zhou Man: "No, this is for the good of me and Li Zhong and the others. I am grandma's granddaughter, and Li Zhong and the others are also great-grandchildren. Aren't they closer than nephews and grandchildren?"
Old Zhou didn't say anything.
Zhou Man: "If you really feel bad, why don't you take some food and wine to visit grandma tonight, and burn some paper money, burn more, so that grandma can send some to her great-grandfather and others in the underworld. That way she will definitely be happy."
Old Zhou thought about it and felt that it made sense. "Yes, I'll go prepare the paper money."
Old Zhou stood up and urged Zhou Man, "Go to the kitchen and help. Our family elders are here. Don't be too lazy." It's good to pretend to do it.
"Oh," Zhou Man stood up and went to the kitchen, but was pushed out by Feng as soon as he entered the door. "Auntie, what are you doing here? The Zhang family came too early today, and there is nothing to eat in the kitchen. If you are hungry, go back to the Bai family and have something to eat, and come back later."
"Second sister-in-law, let me help."
Feng looked at her in surprise, "You? Help?"
Zhou Man coughed lightly, looked back and motioned Feng to look.
Feng peeked out and saw the elders of the two families gathered together chatting happily. She understood and after taking a quick look in the kitchen, she said, "I don't know what you can do. Go find your sister-in-law."
Xiao Qian said, "Wait a minute. The elders left early and must be hungry. I steamed glutinous rice this morning and will make rice balls for you in a while. You can serve the rice balls to everyone to fill their stomachs."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up, and he immediately came forward, "Sister-in-law, why did you think of making rice balls?"
Mrs. Qian said helplessly, "It's because we raised them at home that they have become picky eaters. When we were in the capital, my in-laws often sent snacks over, and we also bought snacks from outside. As a result, they had to eat snacks in addition to their three meals a day."
"Now that I'm back in the village, there are no snacks for sale. A bunch of children are running around looking for food every day. I can't make snacks, so I decided to make some rice balls for them."
"Rice balls are good, rice balls are good," Zhou Man thought of the delicious rice balls, swallowed his saliva and asked, "What do you use to make them?"
Xiao Qian couldn't help but smile and lowered her voice, "I made the bacon and minced meat for you. Others just added a little sugar."
Zhou Man ran out to find Bai Shan and Yin Huo, "My sister-in-law wants to make rice balls. What flavor do you want?"
Bai Shan: "I want bacon."
Yin Huo hesitated, "Rice ball?"
Zhou Man made the decision for him directly. "I'll get you one with minced meat and one with sugar. You shouldn't eat too much bacon, or you might not be able to digest it."
Seeing Zhou Man turn and run, Yin Huo asked Bai Shan curiously, "Are rice balls delicious?"
Bai Shan nodded.
"I never saw Mrs. Zhou do this in Qingzhou."
Bai Shan glanced at the Zhou family compound and smiled, "There were fewer people eating at that time, and there was a cook in the kitchen. My sister-in-law had enough time to make other things, so naturally she wouldn't make rice balls."
Xiao Qian quickly rolled out the rice balls, and Zhou Man took them out to invite the elders from both sides to eat. This was considered her work.
The Zhang family elder watched her go into the kitchen and bring out another plate. He then turned and asked the Zhou family elder beside him, "Is that Zhou Yin's daughter?"
"Yes, that's her. You haven't seen her yet, right?"
"Alas, I'm old now. I haven't even seen the young ones. But I think she looks a bit like Zhou Yin."
An elder from the Zhang family said, "She looks like her grandmother."
An elder of the Zhou family who was drinking tea nearby spit out the tea in his mouth and started coughing violently. After a while, he rolled up his sleeves and wiped his mouth, calming down. "Old brother, don't scare me. Manbao doesn't look like Aunt Zhang at all. She looks like her great-grandmother."
"Why not? Doesn't that round face look just like her grandmother's?"
"She looks like her mother!" The elder of the Zhou family absolutely refused to admit that Zhou Man looked like Zhang. He said, "Her mother also has a round face. She is the daughter of a scholar and is also very good at studying."
Who knows if it’s amazing or not? Anyway, they can’t be like the Zhang family, they would rather be like the Xia family!
"I heard she's an official now? Can a woman be an official?"
"This was news from many years ago. Now our Manbao is not only an official, but also a princess."
"What is a princess?"
"Uh, she's the prince's daughter."
"What? Our Zhou Yin has become a prince?" The head of the Zhang family was shocked.
"No, no, I just said that. Zhou Yin is the governor of Mianzhou. There is no change."
The elders gathered together to discuss the news they had never heard before, while Zhou Man carried the plate to find Bai Shan and Yin Huo.
The two were already waiting in her boudoir.
(End of this chapter)
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