Chen Ming was furious when he mentioned this topic. He gritted his teeth and said, "We are all honest people and never make enemies with others. But for some reason, a child tricked my Dabao into the black pine forest yesterday and pushed him down the hillside. He rolled in mud and had multiple injuries on his face and body. Last night, someone even threw feces into my yard. These people are really too much and too bad." After a pause, he said, "Someone is trying to take my two parrots. If we don't give them to them, they must be taking revenge."
When the people from other villages heard this, they realized that this was all Hu Laowu's style. He wanted to sell the parrot for money, and threatened the person when he refused to sell it. They also understood why Manager Luo suddenly asked them to come to Chen's house for dinner. This was obviously to support the Chen family.
They looked at Hu Laowu, who was pretending nothing had happened, with interest. Since he did not admit it, these people followed Chen Ming and Manager Luo to reprimand the person who did the bad thing.
Manager Luo snorted coldly, "If you mess with Uncle Chen's family, you're messing with my Luo family. If I find the person behind this, I'll definitely punish him."
Hu Laowu also said indignantly, "Which kids bullied Dabao? Dabao is my nephew. Bullying him is the same as bullying me, Hu Laowu. Just wait, I will ask those families to come and apologize to you tonight. It's outrageous. In Xiangluo Village, there are still people who dare to bully my relatives, Hu Laowu!"
Manager Luo glanced at Hu Laowu, then said to Gao Lizheng, "Uncle Gao, my home is a little far from your village. I would like to trouble you to help me take care of Brother Chen's family. If anyone bullies his family, please lend a hand. My father and I will remember this favor."
Gao Lizheng nodded in agreement.
Hu Laowu also rushed to say, "Uncle Luo, please rest assured. Not only will Brother Gao look after Brother Chen's family, I will also help take care of it."
Manager Luo added, "There are also the two parrots at Second Brother Chen's house. They are also the favorite birds of my young master. We will let them play when we return to Tang Garden. If anyone greedy dares to take advantage of them again, not only will Second Uncle Chen's family not agree, I, Luo, will not agree either."
Hu Laowu rushed to say, "Don't worry, Uncle Luo. I, Hu Laowu, will also help your young master to watch over him. I won't allow anyone who dares to take advantage of those two parrots."
Landlord Yu couldn't help laughing, picked up a braised quail egg and said to the others, "Try it, this soft egg is quite tasty once it's been cleaned up."
Everyone laughed again. Hu Laowu seemed not to have heard it and laughed a few times too.
Chen Ahfu just brought a plate of braised meat over. Seeing Hu Laowu like this, he despised him severely. Such a shameless person, facing those who are weaker than himself, can trample them into the dust. When facing those who are stronger than himself, he will automatically fall into the dust.
Manager Luo said with a half-smile, "I have taken note of Uncle Hu Wu's two promises, and I have accepted your favor. If anyone plots against Uncle Chen Er's family again, or dares to take his parrot, I will look for you first, not anyone else."
Hu Laowu wiped the sweat off his forehead, smiled and nodded in agreement.
Yang Mingyuan understood that the Chen family was holding a Hongmen Banquet today. It turned out that Hu Laowu bullied the Chen family, and Uncle Luo came to help back them up. He also smiled and said, "Although I am a businessman, I know many people in the government. If anyone bullies Uncle Chen in the future, Uncle Chen can come to the county to find me, and I will ask a few of my good brothers to help."
Chen Ming was very excited and stood up to toast Luo Xiaoguanshi and Yang Mingyuan. After that, he toasted everyone at the table, except Hu Laowu.
Chen Ye also toasted everyone in the name of Big Brother Chen Ming, but did not toast Hu Laowu. He felt bitter in his heart. Hu Laowu obviously did not buy his account. He had been the "long-term worker" of the Hu family for so many years, but it turned out that Hu Laowu's respect for him was always a false impression. He boasted to his second brother, but in the end, his second brother relied on Uncle Luo and the people at the table to settle the matter...
Hu Laowu was angry when he saw that neither of the brothers toasted him, but he could do nothing about it. He tried to save face by picking up the bowl and toasting everyone at the table in the name of Chen Ming's relatives.
The dinner was a great success for both the host and the guests, except for Hu Laowu. All the dishes on the table were popular, and even several plates of cold cucumbers were eaten up. Everyone kept praising the cooking skills of Mrs. Chen.
Landlord Yu stood up and joked, "Brother Chen, we all like your food. Please let us come here more often in the future."
Everyone else laughed and said “That’s right”.
Chen Ming quickly stated that he would definitely invite the distinguished guests to visit his humble home more often in the future.
Everyone left one after another. Seeing that everything that needed to be done was done, Manager Luo wanted to take Luo Mingcheng and Luo Mei with him. But the children were having fun and didn't want to leave. So he asked Xiaoqing to take good care of Cheng Ge'er and Mei Yatou, and he went back first.
Chen Afu was cleaning up the dishes, thinking to himself that the problem of his family being bullied had been resolved just like that.
Even though Hu Laowu didn't admit his mistake today, the sound of him being slapped in the face was already very loud. With their current abilities, this was already the best possible outcome.
It is impossible for the Luo family to completely turn against Hu Laowu for the Chen family. After all, some things, like the Luo family or the self-righteous family, are not easy to do openly, and they have to be achieved through people like Hu Laowu. So even if these families hate Hu Laowu, they will be tolerable to him on the surface.
Hu Laowu has managed to get to where he is now, and he has his own way. He is flexible and can be shameless in building relationships with those in power, which he has demonstrated to the extreme. Such people are more powerful than those who are brave but not wise.
After everyone left, Yang Mingyuan and Chen Ye stayed. Yang Mingyuan had business to discuss, and Chen Ye wanted to hear what they had to discuss.
Chen Agui pulled Chen Ye and whispered, "Dad, let's go."
Chen Ye thought about it, and then reluctantly stood up. Seeing that Chen Ming and the others did not try to keep him, he had no choice but to help Old Lady Chen leave.
Chen Mingyuan came straight to the point and proposed to buy the recipe of golden pork with 60 taels of silver. He also said embarrassedly that he had someone make sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice dates. Although the taste was slightly worse than what Chen Afu sent, it was still pretty good. But the golden pork, no matter how they made it, could not taste the same.
The last time Yang Chao came to visit Chen's house, he kept asking for golden pork. Yang Mingyuan listened to Uncle Yang's description and thought it was similar to the garlic pork tenderloin made in the restaurant.
Old Uncle Yang shook his head and said, “No, it’s not like that. Although the garlic pork tenderloin is also fragrant, the color after being fried is not as good-looking, the skin is not as crispy, and the meat is not as tender.”
He asked Uncle Yang to describe it to the restaurant's chef, but the meat cooked by the chef just wasn't that delicious.
He had wanted to come to Chen's house to try this dish a few days ago, but was delayed because of something at home.
I finally got to eat it today, and it was indeed much better than the garlic pork tenderloin made in their restaurant.
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