Chapter 197: Like
The Tang family entertained all the guests warmly, which made everyone understand how confident this family is.
If these fine wines and delicious dishes were placed in a restaurant, one table would cost at least three taels of silver. However, the Tang family hosted thirty tables without batting an eyelid, which showed how wealthy their family was.
In the past, the villagers would envy the Tang family's life, but now they don't even have the idea of envy. First, under the pressure of Li Taohua's "tyranny", they dare not provoke this family again. Second, the gap between the two sides is too big, and there is no comparison. When the Tang family is mentioned again, they become unattainable in the eyes of the people. Third, Tang Yichen passed the examination for a scholar, and his family was exempted from taxes in the future, and they were no longer in the same class as other villagers.
After seeing off the last guest, Li Taohua and Tang Dafu turned around and walked back home. When they saw Xiang Chuntao and others helping to clean up the mess, they almost hugged her and called her their sister.
Xiang Chuntao and the others had been with Li Taohua for a long time and knew that she was not as fierce as everyone said. As long as they didn't provoke her, her sweet voice could tempt even women.
Zhou and Pang from next door were also helping to pack up. The men of Zhang's family drank and went back to rest. They were busy with work recently and were exhausted. It was rare for them to relax, and the women all expressed their understanding.
The new daughter-in-law Xiao Chunni is quick, sweet, and very hardworking. Now Zhou is extremely glad that they insisted on marrying this daughter-in-law for Zhang Erzhu. Such a good daughter-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern. If she is really snatched away by Zhang Lei, not to mention that the second son will definitely hate them, even if he doesn't hate them, I'm afraid he won't think about marrying and having children in the future. The more Zhou thought about it, the more scared she became, and she treated Xiao Chunni better and better.
"I heard that Zhang Lei showed up." Pang said to Zhou, "You have to keep a close eye on Chunni recently. Don't let her go out alone. You know your uncle's character better than I do. I'm worried that he will cause trouble for Chunni."
"Who told you that? He shouldn't dare to go back to the village, right?" Zhou became nervous when she heard this.
"Someone has seen him in town. I heard it from those old ladies who were eating sunflower seeds. One of the old ladies' son went to town to buy something and seemed to have seen Zhang Lei."
Zhou looked at Xiao Chunni and said in a low voice, "My mother-in-law hasn't been making a fuss recently. Something is wrong. From what you said, could it be that she has also met Zhang Lei?"
Li Taohua was counting the gifts given by the villagers and local officials.
The villagers were from ordinary families, and the more generous ones gave twenty eggs. The poorer or really stingy ones gave ten catties of peas or mung beans. In short, they definitely didn't give rice or flour, because they only bought a catty or half a catty of these during the New Year. The local officials gave more. The head of the village gave one or two taels of silver, and the town officials gave five hundred coins at the lowest and eight hundred coins at the highest, plus an ancient book.
Tang Dafu looked at the account, somewhat confused: "Wife, why do you have to keep accounts?"
"So that I can return the favor next time!" Li Taohua said, "You only want to accept the favors from others, and don't want to return the favor?"
"We didn't keep accounts in the past."
"No one gave gifts of one or two taels of silver before!" Li Taohua said unhappily, "When Chen Ge'er passes the imperial examination and officially becomes a high-ranking official, more people will give gifts, and things will become more complicated."
Tang Luwu brought over the hangover soup and handed it to Tang Dafu: "Dad, drink a bowl, it's good for your stomach."
"I didn't drink much. I won't drink anymore."
"This is the prescription I prescribed."
"No wonder it's so dark..."
Li Taohua looked over coldly: "What's black?"
"No wonder it's so authentic, it turns out it's the recipe written by Xiao Ge'er. Xiao Ge'er is really promising, he can even prescribe recipes." Tang Dafu took it and drank it in big gulps.
So bitter.
His face was wrinkled into a bitter gourd.
Li Taohua picked up the candied fruit next to her and stuffed it over.
Tang Dafu ate happily, looking at Li Taohua with a dazzling light in his eyes.
"Is it delicious?" Li Taohua asked.
"It tastes good." Tang Dafu praised immediately, "It's very sweet."
Tang Yi, who was tidying up the tables and chairs not far away, smiled: "..."
Li Taohua turned around and asked Tang Luwu: "Is your elder brother drunk?"
"Big brother is very smart. He deliberately made himself smell of alcohol and pretended to be dizzy, so those people didn't dare to force him to drink." Tang Luwu said, "But big brother still drank a little and is resting now. Yinyin brought him some sobering soup."
In the room, Qin Huiyin helped Tang Yichen up, sat on the bed, and fed Tang Yichen with a spoon: "Brother, open your mouth, ah..."
Tang Yichen opened his mouth and made an "ah" sound.
Qin Huiyin burst out laughing.
She reached out and pinched Tang Yichen's face: "Brother, who am I?"
Tang Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly, his pink cheeks full of innocence: "Yinyin, I'm not drunk..."
"That's a pity! I wanted you to dance for me!" Qin Huiyin teased him deliberately.
Tang Yichen sneered: "I'm not that stupid."
"Yes, you are the smartest. Come, drink the sobering soup." Qin Huiyin fed him the soup.
Tang Yichen took the bowl, drank it all in big gulps, and then put the bowl back in her hand: "Drink it all, it's so bitter."
Qin Huiyin took out a candy bean from her purse, opened the candy wrapper, and stuffed the peeled candy bean into his mouth.
Tang Yichen ate candy beans and his frown relaxed.
"Then you should rest early." Qin Huiyin supported him and let go of his hand as he slowly lay down. "If you feel uncomfortable, remember to call me. I said I can give you an injection."
"He has only learned it for a few days, yet he dares to give acupuncture?" Tang Yichen said slowly, like an aging child.
"He said that he couldn't do anything else, but Doctor Wei knew that we were going to have a banquet and someone would drink too much, so he taught him how to sober up with acupuncture." Qin Huiyin said, "Okay, take a rest!"
Tang Yichen slowly closed his eyes.
Seeing that he fell asleep in seconds, Qin Huiyin quietly left the room.
"Is big brother asleep?" Tang Luwu came over.
Qin Huiyin nodded: "Sleep."
A busy day is over.
The Tang sisters were exhausted after a whole day and fell asleep quickly. There was only one room that was making a lot of noise. Li Taohua scolded them in a coquettish voice, which made the other party even more excited.
"Wife, let's have a child..." Tang Dafu hugged Li Taohua, his eyes full of tenderness.
Li Taohua, who was emotionally aroused, suddenly came to her senses.
She kicked Tang Dafu away, sat up, her eyes full of disgust.
Tang Dafu was stunned and looked at Li Taohua nervously: "Wife, what's wrong with you?"
Li Taohua said calmly: "If you want to find a woman to give birth to a child for you, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. I can't give birth to a child, and I won't have another child in this life."
"Then I won't have a baby, never again..." Tang Dafu hugged her tentatively. "I like you, whether you can have a baby or not is not important at all. Besides, we already have so many good children."
He really wanted to slap himself. Why did he mention the child?
Because he loved his wife so much, and thought that if she gave birth to a child for him, he would definitely cherish it, he said such a ridiculous thing. Li Taohua turned around, with her back to Tang Dafu, and did not allow Tang Dafu to tease her again.
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