Chapter 302 Treat
But they were lucky. Just as the two of them were about to leave, they ran into a herd of deer coming to drink water.
When Gu Yan saw it, he immediately hid himself. When the deer came near the trap, he used the same trick again and waved the branch at them.
This time, three deer fell into the trap. It was because the trap they dug was big enough, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to hold so many deer.
In the end, the two men returned with two bison, three sika deer, ten pheasants, six rabbits, more than fifty persimmons, and some wild vegetables.
Not long after Gu Yan and Li Wanqing arrived home, Zhang Cuihua came.
"Wanqing, are you at home? Your eldest brother said that he would come to your house for dinner in the evening, so I came early to help you." Zhang Cuihua shouted before she even entered the door.
"I'm here, sister-in-law, come in." Li Wanqing was dirty after going into the mountains. The children were not at home, so she went into the space to take a bath.
"Are you taking a shower? Why are you taking a shower at this time?" Zhang Cuihua saw Li Wanqing drying her hair when she entered.
"Well, I went hunting with Gu Yan. My head and body were dirty, so I boiled some water to wash them." Li Wanqing explained.
"If we talk about the best relationship, it has to be you and the third brother. It's been so many years, and every time the third brother goes hunting, you go with him.
"You two, after all these years, your children are so grown up, why are you still so clingy?" Zhang Cuihua joked.
What could Li Wanqing say? Could she say she always followed because she had space? Could she say she could always get back whatever prey Gu Yan caught?
She could only smile awkwardly and change the subject: "Sister-in-law, it's getting late, shall we go cook first?"
"Oh, I'm late. You arrived early, sister-in-law." At this time, Zhao Cuifang also came over.
"I just arrived too. Let's go and cook." Zhang Cuihua said with a smile.
The dinner was very sumptuous: roe deer meat stewed with potatoes, braised venison, pheasant stewed with mushrooms, stir-fried bamboo shoots, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, stir-fried meat with wood ear mushrooms, boiled beef, and beef stewed with radish. A huge table full of dishes.
"Great, that's great. This is the first time we get together for a meal like this. It's a pity that the second brother and his family are not here." Gu Chongshan drank two glasses of wine and felt a little drunk.
"Let's get together more often in the future, Third Brother, you should come back more often too.
Especially Xuanxuan, who usually has little contact with Shuanzi and Zhiwen.
They are cousins, and it is said that brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. We should get closer in the future." Gu Nian just wanted to get closer to Gu Yan and the others, so he followed Gu Chongshan's words.
"Okay, come back more often in the future." Gu Yan agreed readily.
Gu Yan actually thought about it. Xuanxuan was destined to move up. As the saying goes, one tree cannot support the whole thing. It would be nice if he could help each other with his cousins in the future.
You can't write two Gu Zi with one stroke. Even if there is no love between them, they can get along with each other just for the sake of benefits.
Seeing that Gu Yan agreed, Gu Chongshan and Gu Nian were even happier.
"Third brother, I'm not saying anything bad, but it should have been done a long time ago. Come, let's have a drink together." Gu Nian raised his glass to clink glasses with Gu Yan.
Gu Nian wanted to get close to him, and this time Gu Yan did not firmly refuse, so the family had dinner happily.
So much so that Gu Nian and Gu Chongshan both drank too much.
"Third brother, drink up! When Xuanxuan and Shuanzi become successful, we will also be able to make it through.
"Wow, third brother, I really envy you. I'm incompetent, wow~." Gu Nian started to cry as he spoke.
"Brother, you've drunk too much. Let's go. I'll take you home." Gu Yan helped Gu Nian up helplessly.
"I'm not drunk, Third Brother, let's... drink." Gu Nian wanted to sit down and continue drinking.
"Okay, you still think it's not embarrassing enough." Zhang Cuihua stepped forward and snatched the wine glass.
"Let's go home. Tell me, when have you never drunk alcohol in your life? Why did you drink so much? Stand still..." There was no way Zhang Cuihua could help a drunkard.
In the end, it was Gu Yan who sent them back.
Gu Chongshan also drank a lot. Gu Yan was worried about him going back alone, so he asked Gu Chuan to take him back.
Time flew by and the day of the dinner party arrived.
"Brother Gu, congratulations, you have changed your job." Manager Liu came over early.
Originally, Gu Yan wanted to invite the guests in two installments, but Manager Liu and the others said that it would be troublesome to do it in two installments, so they just came to the town.
Anyway, we have a carriage, so it’s convenient to go back and forth, and it’s a good opportunity to visit the countryside.
So in the end they decided to have a dinner in town, and Manager Liu and the others would come.
"Uncle Liu, please come in." Gu Yan greeted the guests at the door.
In order to save trouble, Gu Yan directly booked the banquet at the restaurant.
"Third brother..."
"Uncle, uncle, you are here."
When entertaining guests at home, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing are the most tired. They are busy all day long and their mouths are smoking. They don’t even have time to drink a sip of water.
After seeing off all the guests and returning home alone, Li Wanqing sat down on a chair.
"Oh my god, I'm so tired." Li Wanqing pounded her lower back.
"Mom, have some water." Xuanxuan poured a glass of water for Li Wanqing and brought it over.
"Entertaining guests is really tiring, even more tiring than a day of hunting." Gu Yan also sat down.
"That's right. Next time, even if there is a happy event, I don't want to treat everyone to a meal. It's a complete waste of effort." Li Wanqing said.
"I have to treat you all, Mom. I was thinking of treating you all when I pass the imperial examination." Hengheng didn't hear anything else, he only heard his mother say that she would not treat you all in the future.
Today he was very envious of his elder brother. Everyone who came today praised his elder brother highly.
After he returned, he studied hard and wanted to take the examination for the title of scholar in the future. Not only that, he also wanted to take the examination for the title of juren.
Then he can treat them to a meal, so that these people will praise him, right?
Li Wanqing was stunned. She didn't expect Hengheng to have such an idea. However, she didn't discourage the child. Instead, she said, "Okay, if you pass the imperial examination, Mom will treat you to a meal too."
"Then when are we going back?" Hengheng heard his mother agree and wished he could pass the exam and study hard.
"Let's do it the day after tomorrow. We'll take a day off tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow." Li Wanqing said after thinking for a while.
Gu Yan and Xuanxuan had no objection to this. After wasting so much time, Xuanxuan also wanted to go to the academy as soon as possible.
After returning, Xuanxuan and Hengheng continued to study at the academy. The most noteworthy thing is that Hengheng, who used to need supervision to study well, now takes the initiative to study without being told.
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