Chapter 81 Dinner in Town
After a while, Ye Lang came back with a roast chicken. "The roast chicken at the street corner is freshly made. It's better than the ones in the big restaurants. Let's all try it later."
Sister Ying gave him a reproachful look and said, "We're going out to eat, why did you buy a roast chicken?"
Ye Lang laughed heartily, saying, "A few days ago, some of my brothers bought some and ate them. I thought they were good, so I wanted you to try them. If you like them, take one back with you."
Sister Ying's face turned red. She glanced at Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu sheepishly and said, "I know you are filial. Go back to the room and change your clothes. Let's go eat."
Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that the couple had such a good relationship. It seemed that being separated did not affect their relationship.
Ye Lang quickly changed his clothes, and the five of them walked out slowly. Ye Lang asked for their opinions: "There's a Fu Man Lou nearby. It's not a big restaurant, but the food is good. Let's go and try it."
Jiang Hongyu smiled and said, "We don't eat out often, so let's try some of the food out there."
While chatting and laughing, a few people went to Fumanlou at the corner of the street. It was a two-story restaurant. The decoration looked a bit old, and it must have been open for a long time.
There are two waiters at the door, greeting all guests with a smile.
Ye Mingzhu watched a man in shabby clothes walking over. The waiter said a few words to him and took him to a small door nearby.
Ye Lang also saw this scene, and he explained: "Fumanlou sometimes distributes some vegetables and dry food."
The waiter who led them in heard Ye Lang's words and said with a smile: "Our shopkeeper said that there are always people who have no choice. We can't give more, but we still have some dry food."
The waiter led them to a square table inside, and someone immediately brought over a pot of hot water and poured a cup for each of them.
Ye Lang asked several people about their preferences, ordered four dishes, and handed the roast chicken he brought to the waiter, asking him to cut the chicken into pieces and serve it.
The waiter took the roast chicken away with a smile.
Ye Lang and Jiang Hongyu talked about what they encountered during patrol. The waiter quickly brought up the roast chicken and a plate of boiled peanuts.
"Constable Ye, this is a gift from the shopkeeper. Thank you for your help last time."
Ye Lang waved his hand to refuse, but the waiter put it down anyway.
When Sister Ying asked about it, Ye Lang explained, "Last time, there were a few scoundrels here who wanted to eat a free meal. I caught them and taught them a lesson."
If you ask what the most feared thing in business is, of course, ruffians and scoundrels. Ye Lang was enforcing the law, but he also solved the problem of Fu Manlou.
Not to mention, whenever Ye Lang went out to eat, he would mostly choose Fumanlou. He was familiar with the owner and waiters there, and this also indirectly saved the restaurant from some trouble.
Jiang Hongyu immediately toasted Ye Lang with water instead of wine. He didn't expect that he was such an upright person.
Both of them wanted to make friends, and after a meal, their relationship improved a lot. Ye Lang invited Jiang Hongyu to live with him.
Jiang Hongyu shook his head without hesitation: "I have an ox cart at home, which makes it convenient to travel back and forth. I'm not considering living in town for the time being."
Ye Lang: "Isn't it bought specifically for picking you up?"
Sister Ying kicked Ye Lang under the table, and Ye Lang immediately made amends: "You two just got married, it's better for you to go back every day, otherwise the house will be full of women."
When Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu got married, Ye Lang was on duty and did not go back. He didn't know that the Jiang family and the Ye family now live next to each other.
Sister-in-law Ying no longer wanted to make amends for Ye Lang. She just told herself in her heart that she must tell him more about the village affairs in the future to avoid making a fool of herself.
"Sister, eat more vegetables." Sister Ying greeted Ye Mingzhu: "Your cousin just talks too much. You should eat more. He is too thin now."
Ye Mingzhu nodded and smiled in cooperation, picking up some food and eating.
I don’t know if it’s because Ye Lang is here, but the portions at Fumanlou are huge. The five of them almost couldn’t finish four dishes.
In the end, only some roast chicken was left, and Ye Lang wrapped it in oil paper as usual.
Ye Lang had to be on duty after dinner, so the few of them left after dinner.
When they reached the entrance of the alley, Ye Lang pointed to a stall next to him and said, "This is the one that makes roast chicken. Their roast chicken has been passed down for generations, and it tastes very good."
Ye Lang bought two roast chickens, gave one to Mrs. Ying and the other to Jiang Hongyu. Jiang Hongyu tried his best to refuse, but in the end he had no choice but to accept it.
Just at this time someone came to look for Ye Lang, so Jiang Hongyu and others prepared to go home.
When passing by a meat stall, Ye Mingzhu bought five pounds of pork belly and asked the butcher to cut it into two portions. After paying, she saw some cleaned bones next to it and asked the butcher how much they were.
The butcher had been selling meat all morning and was a little hungry. He picked up the bones and said, "Sir, give me ten cents and take all these bones."
Ye Mingzhu did not bargain and asked the butcher to divide the bones into two parts with leaves, tie them with a rope, and put them on the ox cart.
Jiang Hongyu drove slowly and the car was shaking all the way. Several people in the car almost fell asleep in a daze until they were awakened by a burst of "wailing" sounds.
Ye Mingzhu opened her eyes and looked towards the source of the sound. Her first reaction was bad luck.
It was Ye Yunkang and Lu Jingya again.
The two people had an argument for some unknown reason. Lu Jingya was crying loudly but silently, and people passing by looked at them with strange eyes.
You're not a child, standing on the side of the road crying, you look so pretentious.
Jiang Hongyu also saw several people on the roadside and whipped the calf. The calf immediately ran away and passers-by avoided it. The dust raised by the calf's hooves flew onto the crying Lu Jingya. She paused crying and then cried more realistically again.
Sister Ying looked at the two people behind her and sighed, "Yunkang married a bad wife. Not to mention other villages, there are so many good girls in our village, but he insisted on marrying someone from outside. Judging from her behavior, I'm afraid her life will be difficult in the future."
I have to say that Sister Ying has a very sharp eye and she saw the truth at a glance.
However, Ye Mingzhu had already distanced herself from Uncle Ye's family and was unwilling to discuss his family's affairs. Sister Ying said a few words and stopped talking.
After sending Sister Ying home, Ye Mingzhu stuffed the wrapped meat and bones into her hands, but Sister Ying waved her hands and refused to say anything.
Ye Mingzhu: "When my cousin roasted a chicken for me, I asked for it. But why did my sister-in-law refuse to accept the meat when I bought it?"
Sister Ying understood that Ye Mingzhu didn't want to take advantage of her family, so she tapped her forehead, accepted the meat, and said, "I'll go back and pick some leek roots and rapeseed, and send them to you this afternoon."
Ye Mingzhu agreed with a smile, and Jiang Hongyu then drove the ox cart home.
He brought some hay for the calf and poured some water for it before returning to the house.
Ye Mingzhu had already lay down on the bed. Every time she took a ox cart to go to town, she missed the modern car very much, which was both fast and stable.
Jiang Hongyu stood in front of the bed and asked, "Maybe I ran too fast and bumped into you."
Ye Mingzhu sat up and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little tired. Luckily you ran fast just now, otherwise if they saw you, they would have been nagging you for a while."
Jiang Hongyu's eyes flashed: "Wait a few more days, until they get married, they won't be free to come out."
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