Chapter 691: Benefits
After Tong Rui left, the group returned to the house.
Old Mrs. Wan looked at the room full of gifts and felt a little confused.
"Ayan, these are all sent by your sister. Why don't you keep them yourself? Our family is taking care of you and Fubao for no reason."
Tong Yan stepped forward and helped Old Lady Wan sit down, smiling and saying, "Aunt, these are just some gifts from my sister, please accept them. Ali and I have been living and eating for free in your house for so long, and not only have you not despised us, you have also been so kind to us. These things cannot express even one ten-thousandth of my gratitude."
Old Lady Wan patted Tong Yan's hand. She knew that if she continued talking, it would become awkward, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll accept it. Next spring, I'll ask your sister-in-law to make you some clothes with these cloths. I think this material is just right for making spring clothes."
"Aunt, don't bother my sister-in-law. Didn't you say that your eldest grandson will get married next year? I would like to go to Dezhou with you. There is an embroiderer there. She is from our family. She can take the fabric to make new clothes for us. Although General Wan is marrying the daughter of a third-rank official, our family is not bad, right?"
Tong Yan didn't explain it in detail, but Old Mrs. Wan also heard the meaning behind it. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. They should indeed dress up for attending Wan Quan's wedding.
"Then I'll trouble you again."
"Aunt, you didn't say anything when I bothered you."
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was peaceful and warm.
"Oh, my rice cakes." Wan Ersao slapped her thigh and then she remembered that there were colorful rice cakes being made in the kitchen.
"Oh, let's go and check it out quickly." Old Mrs. Wan also remembered.
A group of people hurriedly ran into the kitchen, only to find that Guihua had been guarding there.
"Grandma, aunt, what's wrong with you?" Guihua asked nervously. She was a little confused when she saw everyone's anxious looks.
"I told you that if there's no osmanthus in our home, there'll be trouble. Do you think I'm right?" Old Mrs. Wan stepped forward and lifted the lid of the pot with a relaxed smile on her face.
"That's right. Guihua is a great contributor to our family, and she is the top leader both inside and outside the family. If it weren't for Guihua during the time when my mother and I were sick, I don't know what would have happened to our family. So this New Year, my mother must give Guihua a big red envelope." Wan Ersao also quickly agreed.
Old Mrs. Wan smiled and glanced at Mrs. Wan Er, "I will definitely give you a big red envelope, do you think you can run away?"
Wan Ersao stood aside and covered her mouth and laughed.
"This steamed cake is so beautiful, everyone come and see it." Old Mrs. Wan took a look at the five-color rice cake in the pot and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Cui and Tongyan had eaten colored rice cakes before, but this was the first time they made them by themselves.
Upon hearing this, Tong Yan hurried forward to take a look.
"This is my first time making rice cakes. I never thought that the sweet and soft food I usually eat could be made in this way. I think making it is more fun than eating it."
Old Mrs. Wan is a genuine farmer. In her eyes, these rice cakes are a symbol of wealth, but in Tong Yan's eyes, these are just fun. If it was this morning, Old Mrs. Wan would definitely think that Tong Yan was a spendthrift, but after Tong Rui's visit just now, Old Mrs. Wan felt that nothing Tong Yan said was an exaggeration. He is rich, and it would be enough for him to squander his money for several lifetimes.
"Let's eat rice cakes today and stir-fry a few more dishes. I see the second brother is cooking a bed of green vegetables in the west room. It's really hard to see any green in this weather. Let's stir-fry some green vegetables and add some oil. In the past, we always thought it would be good enough to have a full meal all year round, but now life is really good and we are tired of eating meat." All the wrinkles on Old Mrs. Wan's face were smiling.
Wan Ersao deeply felt the same way, and Cui could also feel it to some extent, but Tong Yan did not understand Old Lady Wan's feelings at all.
Early the next morning, Wan Laosan came back driving a ox cart.
It's already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve. All the shops in the town have officially closed and put up their spring couplets.
"Mom, second brother, we are back."
Wan Laosan stood at the door and shouted inside, but unexpectedly, it was Banxia and Baizhi who ran out.
"Third Master, the old lady and the second lady are in the house frying New Year's goods and are too busy to come out. We servants are here to help."
Wan Lao San said with a smile: "Then Miss Banxia and Miss Baizhi will have to trouble you."
Wan Sansao jumped off the ox cart and took the two children off the cart.
As soon as the two children touched the ground, they ran to the kitchen.
"You two naughty boys, run slower." Wan San's wife chased the two men inside.
Banxia and Baizhi saw the ox cart was piled with pork, and asked curiously, "Uncle San, our family has already slaughtered a pig this year, why are you buying so much meat?" Banxia thought that Uncle Wan didn't know that his family had slaughtered a pig.
"These are what my second brother asked me to bring back. He said it was a dividend for the villagers. Everyone has worked hard for our workshop for a year. At the end of the year, each household will receive some meat as a token of their appreciation."
When Banxia and Baizhi heard this, big smiles immediately appeared on their faces. After coming to Shizi Village, they became more lively and cheerful. They especially liked when all the villagers got together, such as when they slaughtered the New Year pig a few days ago. That scene was something they had never seen before, it was lively and festive.
"Third Master, do you want me to go and notify everyone to come?" Banxia asked immediately.
"Don't be anxious. Let's ask my second brother first. Will he personally deliver the gifts to everyone, or will he let everyone pick them up themselves? I don't know what he thinks yet."
"Okay, then let's unload the meat first?" Banxia looked at the truck full of pork, at least five hundred kilograms.
Upon hearing this, Wan Laoer, Jia Yanbing and Old Man Chen all ran out.
"Oh, so much meat!" Old man Chen walked around the ox cart.
He has lived in Shizi Village for several months. From the initial discomfort he felt when he first arrived, he has gradually become more and more accustomed to it and even started to like this simple and honest relationship. The village is full of life and vitality.
"Mr. Chen, you look better and better."
Wan Laosan saw that Old Man Chen had a ruddy complexion. Apart from his gray hair, he didn't look like an old man at all.
"It's because your family's food is good that I've gained weight." Old man Chen patted his slightly protruding belly, looking very satisfied.
"Third brother, don't unload the meat yet. Just put it on the oxcart. Let's go and notify everyone in the village to come over. We will give each family three pounds of meat as a token of our appreciation."
Wan Laosan had no objection, and several people went to the village to notify them.
Soon, everyone in the village wrapped up tightly came to the door of Wan's workshop.
The workshop is now vacant, sheltered from the wind, and large enough to accommodate the entire village.
The children were also running around in the crowd excitedly. The villagers' chattering and the children's laughter were constantly interweaving in the workshop. There was no need to light a fire, the atmosphere was already boiling, and everyone had a happy smile on their face.
This was the first time that Jia Yanbing saw a family leading a village to common prosperity. This deeply shocked him and made him more determined to pursue his dream.
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