Liu Yan'e threw the straw mat to the ground and put down the coffee table.
"Come, sit down." She called Ye Li, "I made this straw cushion myself. I made about ten of them last year. Look, it's so comfortable to sit on the ground, just as comfortable as a stool."
Fortunately, Ye Li was wearing pants today, so he could barely sit down cross-legged.
"Wait, I'll get you something to eat."
After a while, Liu Yan'e brought out a few plates from the kitchen.
Ye Li took a look and was surprised that the food was quite different from the one on that table.
"Come, eat first. There are still dishes." Liu Yan'e stuffed the chopsticks into Ye Li's hand and turned to go to the kitchen.
She came out with another plate and a basket.
In addition to cornmeal cakes, there were also a few large, white, soft steamed buns in the basket.
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In addition to the dishes on that table, there were two more dishes on this table.
One dish is tomatoes mixed with sugar, and the other is shredded potatoes with vinegar.
Liu Yan'e handed the big white steamed bun to Ye Li: "Eat this. The cornmeal steamed bun is hard to swallow, this white flour one is delicious."
Ye Li was receiving special care and felt a little embarrassed: "Auntie, I can eat anything."
"How can that be? There aren't many white flour buns here, so we won't give them to them. These are for us to eat! Tomatoes sprinkled with sugar are sour and sweet, and Tiedan can't get enough of them every time he sees them. There are only two tomatoes left, so we won't give them to them, we'll give them to you."
"Thank you, Auntie." Ye Li expressed gratitude.
Just now, I almost thought that the old lady asked her to eat another pot of rice because women were not allowed to do heavy work and were not allowed to eat delicious food.
It seems that she is petty.
"You're welcome." Liu Yan'e placed a bowl of soup in front of Ye Li, "Drink this soup."
Ye Li looked into the bowl. The soup looked white with some yellow oil floating on it. There was a chicken leg lying in the soup.
Apparently, this is chicken soup.
Ye Li picked it up and took a sip, a smile appeared on his face: "This tastes really good."
"Is it delicious? If it is, drink it all and I will be happy."
"It tastes good." Ye Li smiled at her. Seeing that Liu Yan'e had no chicken soup, she took another bowl and gave her half a bowl, and also gave her the chicken leg.
Liu Yan'e said she didn't want to eat anything and just stuffed the food into Ye Li's mouth.
Ye Li felt the love from the aunt. At this moment, his heart was warm and his eyes were inexplicably wet.
In her two lifetimes, this was the first time she experienced this kind of love from her elders.
How happy she would be if her own mother could treat her like this.
Halfway through the meal, Guan Gensheng came back.
He was holding a pound of wine and a paper bag of peanuts in his hands.
"Sister, good news." Guan Gensheng said, "The village party secretary and director want to see you this afternoon! Meet at the village party committee after 3 pm."
Ye Li's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Good, that's great!"
"Come on, Gensheng! Sit down and have a drink with your brother-in-law! I can't drink anymore, you have to treat your brother-in-law well." Guan Ning's face was red and his tongue was swollen.
Guan Gensheng grinned and said, "That's easy. I will definitely treat my brother-in-law well."
Jiang Xun's face also turned red from drinking, and he exhaled a breath of alcohol: "Third Uncle and Big Uncle have drunk quite a lot, it's enough for the wine to arrive! We won't drink anymore."
"How can that be possible?" Guan Gensheng shook the bottle in his hand, "Where is the wine I just poured!"
"Forget it." Seeing this, Liu Yan'e hurriedly said, "Gensheng, you have to go to work this afternoon. Your sister and your brother-in-law also have to discuss business in the afternoon. Don't drink so much. Your sister and your brother-in-law definitely can't leave today. If they want to leave, they have to leave tomorrow. When your brother Chaosheng comes back in the evening, you three brothers can accompany your brother-in-law for a good drink."
"What your aunt said makes sense. Let's listen to her," said Guan Fuan.
"Okay, then I'll listen to you, Auntie."
Ye Li also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and she turned around to look at Jiang Xun.
Seeing that Jiang Xun's neck turned red from drinking, she pursed her lips and smiled.
While no one was paying attention, he quickly picked up a tomato with chopsticks and stuffed it into Jiang Xun's mouth.
When the sweet and sour juice spread in his mouth, Jiang Xun's brows relaxed.
"Is it sweet?" she asked silently.
Jiang Xun silently replied: "Sweet! But not as sweet as you!"
Ye Li's cheeks flushed: This slick man, even at this time, still didn't forget to say those embarrassing words.
The young couple thought that no one noticed this, but they didn't know that their interaction had already been seen by Liu Yan'e.
She pretended not to know, but in fact her eyes were already filled with smiles.
After lunch, Liu Yan'e tidied up the room for Ye Li and Jiang Xun and laid out a set of bedding.
"Li Li, do you still remember this room?"
Ye Li vaguely remembered: "Well, this is the room where my parents and I lived, right?"
"That's absolutely right." Liu Yan'e spread the bedding on the earthen kang, with a homespun sheet on top. "These things were left behind by your mother when she left. At that time, I thought that one day your mother might bring you back and use them. But who could have thought that she didn't come back, but you came back with your man."
"Things in this world are unpredictable." Ye Li sighed.
At noon, after a short rest.
Guan Gensheng called her through the window: "Sister, it's almost time, we have to go to the village committee."
"Okay, I'll be right there." Seeing that Jiang Xun was still tipsy, Ye Li wanted him to lie down and rest, "Don't go, stay here and take a nap."
"No, no need." Jiang Xun struggled to sit up, "I'll go wash my face and everything will be fine."
Seeing that he was determined to go, Ye Li didn't stop him.
When the two of them went out, Guan Gensheng had already prepared the water for washing their faces and placed it at the door.
The water in the village comes from wells. It is clear and cool, and washing with it will make you feel refreshed.
"Let's go to the village committee." Jiang Xun felt his confused mind clear up, so he accompanied Ye Li and Guan Gensheng.
Arriving at the village office, Ye Li met two leaders of the village.
One is the village party secretary and the other is the village director.
After Guan Gensheng introduced them to each other, he went straight to business.
The village party secretary asked Ye Li: "You mentioned opening a weaving mill in the village. I have thought about this issue before. Villagers work very hard. Clothing comes first in the necessities of life. This is the basic need of the people, and I have always wanted to solve this problem. However, it is not easy to open a weaving mill. Before weaving, cotton must be spun into cloth. How long does it take for women to do this by hand? Therefore, we still need to use machines."
"You need to spend money to buy the machine." The village director took over the conversation and continued, "It's not a small amount to buy the machine. This involves the issue of money..."
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