Two grown men, along with a callow little kid, ran wild through the village.
"Hey, the second brother bought a motorcycle, huh?" Li the Cripple popped his head out and shouted while cracking sunflower seeds.
"Yes, I bought a motorcycle."
Li the Cripple shook his head, walked back into the shop, and sighed softly, "Too flashy."
After Ye Cheng rode around a few times, almost everyone in the village knew that he had bought a motorcycle. They greeted Ye Cheng warmly, but after he passed by, their expressions changed and they started whispering behind his back.
"That Ye Lao Er, he's showing off, acting all high and mighty about buying a motorcycle."
"Yeah, he acts like it's something really rare. Even when Li Yong's family bought a car, he didn't show off like that."
"Young people, they can't hold onto even a little money; they just want to spend it all. Sigh."
“I even said I’d introduce him to a college student from my family. Thank goodness I didn’t. Otherwise, he would have squandered the family fortune sooner or later.”
“A village scoundrel is still a village scoundrel; even if he makes some money, he won’t change his ways.”
Ye Cheng didn't care what they said. After riding around for a while, he had had enough fun and rode his bike back to his older brother's house.
He told Xiaohu to go home and tell him to come over for hot pot that night.
Once inside, Dou Dou excitedly rushed into the kitchen and began telling his mother about the thrill of riding the motorcycle. Although his little mouth was not very fluent, it wouldn't stop. Ye Cheng called him several times, but he ignored him.
With no other option, Ye Cheng opened the KFC, took out a chicken wing, and took a couple of bites.
Hey kid, his nose is really sharp. He smelled the aroma right away. He didn't even bother to brag to his mom. He just jumped out and his eyes lit up when he saw the fried chicken in Ye Cheng's hand. He couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Second Uncle, what's this?"
"KFC, I called you earlier but you didn't come out, so I had to eat by myself." Ye Cheng took a big bite, and the tender chicken burst with delicious aroma, making Xiao Doudou a little unable to resist.
"Second Uncle, I want to eat too."
"If you want to eat, then listen to me next time, understand? I've called you several times and you still don't hear me." Ye Cheng pushed the box of fried chicken in front of Dou Dou.
DouDou turned to look at Jiang Yunxiang, seeking her mother's opinion.
"Don't worry about your mom. Just eat what your second uncle tells you to eat. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Jiang Yunxiang turned her head speechlessly, nodded slightly, and then said softly, "It's time to eat. Eat less, or you won't be able to eat anything else later."
"It's okay, we're having hot pot today, not rice." Ye Cheng picked up his little nephew and handed him a chicken leg.
Watching children eat is such a treat! They bite down and won't let go, and you can even laugh out loud while they're eating.
Ye Cheng played with Dou Dou for a while, and then Ye Guowei returned from work looking exhausted.
"Ah Cheng is here. Let's have dinner together at home tonight."
"Big brother, I've bought everything, even brought the pot. It's my treat to dinner today, okay?" Ye Cheng rolled his eyes at his older brother and walked in without even looking at anything.
"Huh? You bought groceries?" Ye Guowei looked up and saw that a hot pot had already been set up on the table, with the broth already added.
"Let's eat hot pot!" Ye Guowei was a little excited. Although resources are plentiful now, he still eats hot pot very rarely.
Jiang Yunxiang came out of the kitchen and set the table with bowls and chopsticks. "Hmm, Acheng bought a lot of meat and tripe. Go to the vegetable garden and pick a couple of bunches of greens, then we can eat."
"Okay, I'll go get some fresh vegetables." Ye Guowei wasn't tired anymore and went straight out to pick some greens.
Since they were all from their own vegetable gardens, Ye Guowei quickly brought in four or five cabbages.
"Brother, make more, Xiaohu is coming later."
"Then you should help out. You're just sitting there like a king." Ye Guowei rolled his eyes at him.
Ye Cheng proudly held up the bean in his hand, "I'm just serving your young master."
“My DouDou isn’t a young master, he doesn’t have that kind of fate.” Ye Guowei said, turning around and going out again to pick a few more green vegetables and bring them back in, filling a whole bowl.
Xiao Hu finally arrived late, carrying two cases of beer and two bottles of soft drinks, after all the vegetables had been washed and served.
"Little Tiger, you're here to eat, why did you bring anything?" Jiang Yunxiang said politely.
Xiao Hu gestured towards Ye Cheng with his lip, "Sister-in-law, I'm not bringing anything. Brother Cheng will scold me later, and I'm annoyed by him."
"You're annoying me, damn it! You're still annoying me? I'm annoyed with you too! Hurry up, stop dawdling."
The three men sat down, and Jiang Yunxiang held Dou Dou in her arms. Dinner officially began.
Ye Cheng picked up his wine glass and looked at Ye Guowei, "Brother, would you like to say a few words?"
Ye Guowei smiled awkwardly, "I'm just a laborer, what can I say? You, second brother, tell me."
"Alright, then I'll speak." This was exactly what Ye Cheng had been waiting for; it had been a long time since he had spoken as a leader.
"that..."
Before Ye Cheng could even speak, Ye Guowei had already clinked glasses with Xiao Hu and downed his drink in one gulp.
Ye Cheng: ...
Is this how you show respect to your leader?
After they finished drinking, the two realized that Ye Cheng was still holding his cup. Ye Guowei put a piece of meat in it and said, "Second brother, you haven't drunk yet? Hurry up, we've all finished."
Ye Cheng looked helpless. Well, he couldn't be a leader after all.
Then let's drink it.
Ye Cheng also downed his beer in one gulp. Xiao Hu had bought it, and the chilled beer went straight down to his stomach, feeling refreshing and comfortable.
"Drink slowly, there's no rush," Jiang Yunxiang gently reminded them, then started cooking beef in the clear broth pot for her son.
Ye Cheng didn't stand on ceremony and started with the tripe, as it was a good cut of beef.
He had just picked up a slice and gently rinsed it when Xiao Hu picked up five or six slices and threw them in.
"Damn, Little Tiger, are you an idiot? This stuff will taste bad if you cook it for too long."
"Brother, what's the difference? They're all the same, all twisted and awkward."
"Get lost. Then don't waste it. You eat your beef, leave the tripe for me."
"Brother, you're getting more and more into trouble these days, just like a woman," Xiao Hu muttered discontentedly.
He muttered something under his breath, but his hands didn't stop; he picked up almost two ounces of beef with his chopsticks.
Ye Cheng was speechless.
Just as I was about to lecture him, Ye Guowei had already picked up the tripe and thrown in a third of it. The pot, which wasn't very deep to begin with, was suddenly filled with stuff, and it all bubbled away.
Ye Cheng finally understood that these two were in cahoots and had absolutely no sense of romance.
DouDou, standing nearby, was having a great time chewing on the rice noodles.
My sister-in-law, Jiang Yunxiang, ate rather delicately. She had some beef and dried tofu, and then started focusing on vegetables.
Ye Cheng was truly impressed that no one at the table spoke.
It wasn't until after several rounds of drinks, and Ye Guowei had eaten a bit more, that he suddenly blurted out something.
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