When Da Shuang and his wife came back, the atmosphere in the yard became awkward for a moment. Everyone in the village knew that the two brothers had fought last night.
Carrie Lam laughed and said, "Oh, several digits have come over. Da Shuang, hurry up and have a drink with the uncles."
"Sister-in-law, today's meal is hosted by my family. The food is not much, so I won't invite you. Anyway, my second uncle and the others are not hungry, so you can host them tomorrow." Xu Guihua was now feeding the dog and didn't want to let the couple get any benefits.
"Sister-in-law, what you said is true. We all live in the same courtyard. If we treat you to a meal, we can still leave you and Ershuang behind." Zheng Yue'e thought that her sister-in-law would suffer in silence as before.
"You are here to show filial piety to your second uncle and father, so you don't need to take us with you," Xu Guihua said lightly.
"We'll treat you tomorrow." Dashuang's face was so dark that it seemed like water was dripping out, and it felt like his face was hurting.
The old man who had just said he would treat everyone to dinner tomorrow didn't dare to say anything, for fear that the two brothers would start fighting.
"They don't look down on us, they don't treat you as their nephews. Why should we treat them? We have money but nowhere to spend it. Eat, eat, we can eat even if we starve," Carrie Lam said with dirty words.
The second pair of fists hardened again, but considering the guests, they endured it again and again.
The uncle's face also looked very ugly. He didn't expect that the eldest brother and his wife would act like this in public without caring about their face at all.
The old man raised his glass and said, "Come on, take a sip."
Uncle Tiedan also quickly eased the atmosphere, "Goushengzi, you dare to make such a scene when you can drink so much."
"I can drink so much, but I didn't even fall to the ground," the old man joked.
"I drank more than you yesterday just to keep you company." Uncle Tiedan would never admit that he couldn't drink.
"You accompany us, old man. You are just satisfying your drinking addiction. You are afraid that you will drink less, but you accompany us. Do we need you to accompany us? Put down your wine glass quickly." Everyone teased Uncle Tiedan.
Uncle Tiedan chuckled, "I'm almost dead. I finally got some good wine, I can't let you take advantage of me."
"Let's continue drinking when we get over there."
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Dashuang lay on the kang feeling unhappy. He was the eldest son, how could he be absent from such an occasion? His father was the same, not saying a word, making him feel completely embarrassed.
Carrie Lam was chewing on a pancake while cursing. Other people were enjoying the delicious food over there, but she was having this thing in her mouth that was making her throat hurt. How could she not be angry?
Da Shuang ate silently without saying a word.
After dinner, the couple went to work. Carrie Lam said whatever she wanted, but the people in the yard pretended not to hear them. It was so shameful for an old man to quarrel with his niece's wife.
"Hey, Mancang, which universities did your two children get into?" Uncle Tiedan's grandson Heizi asked him to ask so that he could go out and show off and brag.
The three members of Ershuang's family immediately looked at Li Mancang.
"The eldest brother was admitted to Beijing University of Architecture, and the eldest daughter was admitted to Shanghai Customs University," Li Mancang said with a smile.
"What kind of university is Customs University?" It was the first time for us brothers to hear about this university.
“Foreign people and goods coming to our country have to go through customs, and after graduation they will be assigned to work at the customs.” Li Mancang was not quite sure about the details.
"That means he's in charge of foreigners. Oh my god, he's really a big official." Several old men smacked their lips in envy.
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