Yang Huazhou snorted coldly, "Whatever, I'm afraid he is hiding on purpose again to make us anxious and panic. I won't do this. I want to go back and lie down for a while. I drank too much at noon and my stomach feels uncomfortable."

Yang Huazhou left decisively, and Yang Yongjin's brothers also found opportunities to leave. They were called back by their wife to help take care of the children. In the end, only Yang Huazhong, Luo blacksmith Wang Hongquan, and little old Yang Tou were left.

"Are you looking for it? Yes, we will help you find it." Blacksmith Luo and Wang Hongquan looked at each other, and Blacksmith Luo asked on behalf of them.

Yang Huazhong shook his head, "Just wait a little longer. If he doesn't come back after dark, go find him. Besides, with Yu Xingkui by his side, news will definitely come back."

…

Yujia Village, Yu Xingkui’s home.

Several bowls of dishes were placed on the table, including a bowl of braised chicken, which Yu Xingkui specially ordered his mother-in-law to kill, saying it was for Old Yangtou to drink.

Mother-in-law Zhou cooked lunch and put it on the table. After saying a few polite words to Old Yangtou, she went back to the kitchen and ate the dishes left in advance with Yu Xingkui's wife Zhao, guarding the pot.

This is the rule of the villagers. When guests come to the house, the women only need to cook the food silently and put it on the table. The men of the family will naturally take care of the guests.

Women are not allowed to show off easily. They can just eat whatever they want in the kitchen with their children. More traditional families simply wait until the guests have eaten and left, then take the food back and reheat it for the women and children to eat.

So today at Yu Xingkui's house, Mr. Zhou cooked chicken, fried some side dishes and served them to the table, then returned to the kitchen.

"Mother-in-law, just now I brought the food to the main room, and old Uncle Yang asked me to call you to sit at the table and eat. Are you going?"

In the kitchen, Yu's mother, Ms. Zhao, was sitting on the rolling stone at the mouth of the stove, drinking a bowl of rice soup in her hand. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, was squatting aside, picking up the food and asking questions.

The grandson had already loaded up the food and ran to the small river at the entrance of the village to eat and watch other friends playing games, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no worries about talking in the kitchen.

Mother Yu did not raise her head, sipping the rice soup and saying in a low voice: "Where are you going? Just eat your food."

Mrs. Zhou was stunned for a moment, feeling bored, she laughed dryly and lowered her head.

Yu's mother drank the rice soup more slowly, and her brows were lightly knitted together, almost invisible.

In the main room, Old Yangtou looked at the food in front of him and was secretly satisfied.

He once again said to Yu Xingkui, who was pouring himself wine: "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to divide the meal into several places. You should go and call your mother and daughter-in-law over to eat together!"

Yu Xingkui smiled honestly: "Thank you, Old Uncle Yang, for your concern. I followed your instructions earlier, but they said it would be good to stay in the kitchen and eat the same food. Let us have a good drink."

Old Yangtou looked down at Yu Xingkui: "You really don't know how to feel sorry for people. Look at it. It's so hot today. It's not easy for them to prepare this table of food for us. You still let them sleep in that palm-sized kitchen room."

If you don't eat anywhere, you will suffer."

"You make another trip and call them over to eat together, otherwise I will feel uneasy eating this meal!"

In order to show his strong determination, Old Yangtou even put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Yu Xingkui was really surprised when he saw the old man's behavior. He put down the wine bottle and said, "Okay, then I'll call him again."

Soon, Yu Xingkui and Zhou came to the main room together.

Yu Xingkui didn't say anything. It was Zhou who came to the table and talked to Old Yang with a smile.

"Old Uncle Yang, I heard from Xingkui that you are still worried about our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law not being able to eat well in the kitchen. You are always worried about it. You have left all the dishes on the table in the kitchen. Our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are eating well. You

I just keep drinking in the bar, and I don’t have anything to entertain you with simple meals, so please be patient."

Is this... a polite refusal?

Old Yangtou put on the face of an elder and said to Mrs. Zhou amiably: "My nephew-in-law, you are so polite. Xingkui's uncle and I were good brothers who worked together in the past, and Xingkui's mother and I are also brothers and sisters.

The friendship between the two families is not just a day or two, it is an old friendship that lasts for decades. When I come to your house for dinner, I don’t treat you as an outsider. If you also treat me as a person, then you can eat the food in the kitchen.

Bring it over and let's eat together. It's a lively thing to eat while reminiscing about old times. My niece-in-law, don't you think so?"

Mrs. Zhou's eyes turned, and then she said with an apologetic smile: "Old Uncle Yang, your friendship with our family is naturally extraordinary, and we don't want to be strangers to you. It's just that I've already eaten enough, and I don't know how to drink when we get to the table.

, you won’t come to spoil the scenery, let Xingkui serve you two cups for us."

As soon as the conversation changed, Mrs. Zhou winked at Yu Xingkui and said loudly: "Xingkui, what are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and fill up the wine for Old Uncle Yang!"

Yu Xingkui reacted and quickly stood up, picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Lao Yangtou, but Lao Yangtou covered the empty wine cup in front of him with the palm of his hand.

"Old Uncle Yang, you..." Yu Xingkui's hand holding the wine bottle froze there. He looked at the unyielding Old Yang, then turned to look at Zhou for help.

Mrs. Zhou also looked puzzled and didn't understand why this old man was so stubborn.

"Niece-in-law, I don't often come to your house for dinner, old man, do I? Why is it so hard to invite your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to come over and eat together?"

"Old Uncle Yang, you are serious. How dare we raise our arrogance? It's you, the old lady, who is being too polite..."

Old Yang waved his hand to block Zhou's explanation: "Well, you are a junior and a niece-in-law. If you don't want to come to the table, I won't force you. What about your mother-in-law? She should be allowed to come to the table to eat, right?"

"She and I are the same generation, we are both elderly. I sit here eating and drinking, and let her sit in the kitchen and fool around. How can I drink this wine? You are deliberately not letting me feel at ease.

Ah! Hey..."

A long sigh seemed to be filled with too much vicissitudes of life and helplessness. His cloudy eyes stared directly outside the room. At this moment, Lao Yangtou exuded desolation and loneliness, and the braised chicken on the table lost its charm because of this.

Yu Xingkui and Zhou looked at each other, both of them were in trouble.

One of them refused to come over in the kitchen, and the other wanted her to come over. Was this an intentional attempt to embarrass the couple who were stuck in the middle?

Mrs. Zhou could not wait to get mad at Old Yang, wanting to point his nose at him and scold him for why this old man had so many things to do during a meal?

But when I think about Yu Xingkui’s errand being given by the old man, it is thanks to this old man that the family has no worries about food and clothing, and can still save money.

Kui, is that okay?

Just when the couple was in trouble, a thin old lady wearing gray clothes with patches on her shoulders and elbows slowly came to the door of the main room.

The old lady's gray hair is a little disheveled, and there is a piece of stove dust on her face, but the shape of her face and the outline of her facial features are very attractive. Any man with some experience who meets her can deduce that the threshold of her home when she was young was probably
Chapter completed!