Mrs. Li watched the family's interaction from the side and felt very warm in her heart. She smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, you are such a grown-up, and you are still jealous of a child. Aren't you afraid that outsiders will hear and laugh at you?
Lin replied, "Second sister-in-law, everyone in this yard is our family. How could outsiders laugh at me? As long as you don't laugh at me, that's fine." Several people laughed in the yard.
Qibao said, "Mom, in the future, not only Dad will have to learn to read, but everyone in the family will have to learn to read. This will make our family better and better. If my eldest brother and his family pass the imperial examinations and become officials, people will laugh at us for being illiterate, and that will be a disgrace to my brother, right?"
At this time, the old man came back from outside. After hearing what Qibao said, he said, "Qibao is right. Regardless of whether the children can pass the exam in the future, learning to read will also benefit them. Other families want to learn to read but don't have the opportunity yet."
After hearing what the old man said, the people in the yard agreed. It wouldn't hurt them anyway, and it would also help them gain more knowledge, so why not do it?
After a while, Xu Laoer came out of the kitchen with a pot of tea in his hand, ready to go to the construction site to deliver some water to the workers. Seeing this, Xu Laosan also followed his second brother to deliver water, and the two younger ones followed.
When several people arrived at the construction site, Xu Laoer said loudly, "Everyone, digging is physical work. You must be tired. I brought a pot of coarse tea. Drink some water before working."
The workers all expressed their gratitude, put down their tools and came to drink water. Qibao and Xiaoliu also came to help. The two little guys delivered tea to the workers one by one, and called everyone uncle and aunt. Everyone praised the brother and sister for being sensible and lovable. Even Qibao, who had lived two lives, blushed at the praise.
At this time, a sharp-eyed villager saw Boss Xu at the entrance of the village pulling an ox cart towards them, so he said, "Second brother, third brother, your eldest brother is back." The two turned around and saw that it was indeed their eldest brother who came back.
Uncle Xu came over with his ox cart and greeted everyone. Everyone was surprised to see half a pig on Uncle Xu's cart. Uncle Xu explained, "We are very happy that everyone can come to help my family build a house. This is physical work. My father asked me to buy some meat to replenish everyone's energy. With more oil and water, everyone will have more energy to work!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard Boss Xu say that the meat was bought for them to eat! Xu Daniu said, "Boss, this is not possible. We have all received such high wages, how can we eat the meat bought by your family? You can just eat it at home!" The others also agreed.
Uncle Xu said hurriedly, "Everyone, there's no need to refuse. My family has the money to buy all this meat. We're all from the same village. Besides, my family can't eat so much meat. It will go bad if we keep it for too long."
Xu Chunsheng then said, "Everyone, since this meat is bought for us to eat, then we should build this house better. This will also be worthy of the money the Xu family spent on the meat, right?"
Seeing they couldn't refuse, and Xu Chunsheng also said he would definitely build a beautiful house, everyone drank the tea in their cups in one gulp and worked even harder on their work...
Several people from the Xu family returned home together. The two brothers worked together to carry the piece of pork into the kitchen. When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw so much pork, they also started to process it. They had already decided to make a big pot of stewed potatoes with meat, a big pot of stir-fried eggplant with chili peppers, and a big pot of bone soup for lunch.
By the time the four of them had finished cooking, it was already noon, so they asked the eldest daughter to go to the construction site and invite everyone to eat in the yard. Before they even entered the yard, they could smell the aroma of meat and swallowed their saliva. After entering, they saw a large pot of braised pork on the table, a large pot of some unknown vegetable, and a bucket of bone soup.
Wang came out of the kitchen holding a stack of bowls, and greeted everyone with a smile, "Don't just stand there and watch, there's plenty of food today!" Then she told her three sisters-in-law to help serve the rice and distribute it to everyone!
"Everyone, if there's not enough rice, feel free to help yourself!" the old man said. Everyone was shocked to see the white rice in their bowls! The Xu family was really generous. Not only did they make a big pot of meat for them, but they also provided them with plenty of white rice. It was really generous, and they were all very grateful.
"Don't just stand there, eat quickly. The meat won't taste good if it gets cold! Just scoop as much as you want!" said the old man.
Everyone stopped being polite and started eating! They couldn't stop eating; it was so delicious! They had never dared to dream of a day where they could eat as much meat as they wanted, or even a bowl of rice if it wasn't enough. They were so happy eating.
Xu Daniu asked incoherently, "Uncle, what's in this meat? It's soft and sticky, so delicious. And what's this spicy thing? It tastes so good!"
Grandpa Xu said, "The ones with the meat are potatoes, and that's stir-fried eggplant with chili peppers. Everyone knows that my family and Zuixianlou have a partnership because of these unique vegetables."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly understood. They were also curious about what kind of business the Xu family and Zuixianlou were cooperating on, but these were other people's family affairs and it was not convenient to ask about them. Now the confusion was finally solved.
Xu Chunsheng said, "No wonder. These dishes are super delicious and go really well with rice. The soup tastes so good when poured over rice. I have to have another bowl!" After saying that, he quickly ate the rice in the bowl.
Just like that, a big pot of rice was finished, and the soup in the vegetable bowl was used by everyone to soak the rice. A man sighed, "I have never eaten such a full meal, it tastes so good, and I have never eaten so much meat, it really satisfies my appetite." After saying that, he smacked his lips with an unsatisfied look.
Grandpa Xu said, "There will be more tomorrow. From now on, there will be rice and meat at noon every day. Just eat to your heart's content!" After hearing what the old man said, the others were very happy and became more determined to build the Xu family's house with care.
After resting for a while, everyone went back to work, only Xu Chunsheng stayed!
The old man said, "Boss, ask your mother for more money later, and you and Chunsheng will buy the materials for building the house together." Boss Xu agreed. He took the money and drove the ox cart with Xu Chunsheng out.
Grandpa Xu gathered everyone in the family together and said, "From now on, our family will set aside an hour every day to learn to read with Qibao. Do you have any objections?"
Wang said in embarrassment, "It's not impossible to learn, but I'm old now, and I'm afraid that if I learn the first part, I'll forget the rest."
Qibao said, "Grandma, if you forget, let's study it a few more times. Nothing is difficult in this world if you set your mind to it. Grandma, don't underestimate yourself." After hearing what her granddaughter said, Wang agreed.
Xu Lao Er jokingly said, "Qibao has become a little teacher. If Erbo makes a mistake in reading a word, will Qibao also slap Erbo's palm?"
Qibao coughed, tucked his hands behind his back, and said seriously, "From now on, you must call me Master during the character learning session. One or two mistakes are forgivable, but if you make more than three mistakes, you will be punished by copying it twenty times. If you make more mistakes, the fine will be doubled."
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