With two college students in the family at once, Ye Erzhu and his wife have been grinning from ear to ear. They spent a huge amount of money on today’s graduation banquet and even killed a pig!
The women gathered around the boiler to cook, while the men were responsible for slaughtering pigs, cleaning the venue, and arranging the borrowed tables, chairs, and benches. The scene was even more lively than the Chinese New Year!
"Qing? When can Changlin come over?"
The dinner was about to start, but her son-in-law hadn't arrived yet. Wang Juan was a little anxious, afraid that he would miss it.
Ye Qing glanced outside the courtyard upon hearing this, "It should be almost time! He said we can catch up, but if we can't, forget it. Let's eat first and leave some for him."
There are so many guests, and we can't just keep them waiting for him alone.
"All right then!"
"Mom, I won a lot of marbles!"
There are many relatives and children in the family. Tangtang and his gang had a lot of fun. They won a lot of marbles and wanted to show off to their mother.
"It's thanks to my marbles that you can win so much!"
Shengsheng raised his little head to show that his marbles also contributed.
"Hey, we are good brothers. Brothers fight tigers together. I'll give you half of it!"
At the beginning, Tangtang always lost when playing marbles with other children. He got angry after losing so much, so he asked his second brother to lend him his marbles. Shengsheng agreed without hesitation. In the next game, he turned the tables and won a bag of marbles.
Ye Qing praised, "Good son, you are awesome. Go play. Mom still has to cook. We will have meat later!"
“Okay!”
The two children cried and ran to play with their friends.
"The feast is about to begin!"
Oily dishes were constantly brought out of the house, making adults and children drool.
The Wang family, the Xiang family, the Qi family, Wang Fen's family, as well as village cadres, and the elders and villagers who were on good terms with Ye Erzhu and his wife all came, filling up eight tables.
"Erzhu, today is a big day for your family, and all your relatives and friends are here, why don't you say a few words?"
Han Tiansheng looked at the lively scene and said to Ye Erzhu beside him with a smile.
"Yes, Uncle, you have to say a few words."
Han Tiansheng officially retired after the household contract responsibility system was completed last year, and his eldest grandson Han Zhigao serves as the village party secretary.
Ye Erzhu smiled and nodded, "Okay, then I'll just say a few words."
He picked up his wine glass and stood up, then looked at Ye Lan and Ye Ping, "The folks here today are here to celebrate your admission to university. You two should stand up too, and toast to everyone with dad later!"
"good!"
The two sisters didn't shy away. They looked at each other, smiled, and stood up.
"Well, everyone, please be quiet for a moment! Uncle Erzhu has something to say!"
Han Zhigao stood up to maintain order.
After everyone quieted down, Ye Erzhu smiled and said, "I'm not good at talking, and I can't say anything nice, but today is my two daughters' graduation party, and I'm so happy! I can't help but say a few words."
"good!"
Someone shouted, and everyone started applauding.
Ye Erzhu laughed, "To be honest, I never dreamed that these two children could get into college. It's also the children's own hard work. My mother and I are illiterate people. We can't help them with their studies. It's all thanks to the education of the school teachers and the good policies of the country that we rural children have a good future!
They were born at a good time!"
When everyone heard what he said, they nodded in agreement. That's right. If it weren't for the college entrance examination, nine out of ten children in the rural areas would have to dig in the dirt for food.
"Okay, I won't say much. Lanlan, Pingping has something to say to you. No matter how successful you are after you go to college, you must not forget that you are from Dayang Village. This is your root. Even if you become capable in the future, you must not forget the elders and folks in our village! Remember?"
The two sisters said loudly, "Remember!"
Ye Erzhu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, let's toast to the elders and fellow villagers together!"
Ye Erzhu held up the wine glass and drank it all, then looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Thank you all for coming, enjoy the food and drinks! I'm sorry for the hospitality, sorry for the hospitality!"
"Sorry, I'm late!"
"dad!"
When they saw Xiang Changlin coming, the children stopped eating and rushed over to stick to him.
Xiang Changlin smiled and patted the children's heads, "Be obedient and go eat. Daddy will go congratulate your third and second aunts."
"good!"
Yanyan led his brothers and sisters back to their seats and walked towards Changlin to the main table.
"Come to Changlin and sit here! This is reserved for you."
Ye Erzhu happily invited his son-in-law to sit next to him.
"good!"
Xiang Changlin greeted everyone at the table one by one before sitting down. He then took out two red envelopes from his pocket and handed them to Ye Lan and Ye Ping respectively. "Lan Lan, Ping Ping, congratulations on your successful admission to university. This is a little gift from your brother-in-law. I wish you a bright future!"
Ye Lan waved her hands quickly, "Brother-in-law, my eldest sister has already given it to me, I can't ask for it again."
"Your sister gave this to you, and this is from your brother-in-law. Take it."
"this…"
Neither of them dared to accept it and turned to look at their parents.
Ye Qing smiled and said, "Take it, put it away and eat quickly. The food will not taste good if it gets cold!"
"Your brother-in-law gave it to me. Take it."
It would not look good to refuse at this time, so Wang Juan let the children accept it.
"Thank you, brother-in-law!"
The two of them thanked them sweetly. Today was the first time in their lives that they had received so many red envelopes. They were so happy that they almost went crazy!
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