Chapter 54 Zhu Family’s ‘Family’

In addition to these main dishes, Meng Yulan also chopped the dumpling stuffing early. She prepared the dumplings with sauerkraut and pork stuffing according to the four-lime curtains. In case they were not enough, there was still extra pork belly in the cellar under the warehouse.

Let’s just say that the standard of celebration held by Yue Feng’s family today is much higher than the standard of reception when the mayor visits the countryside. In this age of material scarcity, today’s meal can be considered the ceiling.

The old ladies from several families came to help, so the work was not too tiring. The men including Yue Feng didn’t get to do anything at all. They all crowded on the kang in the east room, cracking melon seeds and chatting. Their life was so comfortable.

As the main force of today’s 5V5, Xiao Tao was particularly proud in the room.

When I got home, I thought I would be punished by my father, but Li Wentong just mentioned it during lunch. In the future, when fighting, one should not go into battle alone, as it is easy to suffer losses. I should unite with these good buddies and brothers and advance and retreat together.

“Brother Feng, we fought a battle with the Zhu family today, and they will definitely not let it go! We still have to be on guard, because those people in the Zhu family are not good people!” Xiaowen saw an opportunity and reminded Yue Feng in a low voice.

“He dares! He’s even turning the tables on them! If he dares to show his teeth again, we’ll beat him up!” Xiao Tao glared and said confidently.

Yue Feng certainly knew what kind of people the Zhu brothers were. Relying on the fact that there were many males in their family, they were used to bullying others in the village. They seldom suffered any losses in minor frictions.

If you want to offend, then offend to death. Today’s fight, especially the slap Yue Feng gave to old man Zhu, completely smashed the Zhu family’s face to the ground.

However, Yue Feng knew that the Zhu family was just a paper tiger, and the Zhu family was not as united as it seemed on the surface.

Yue Feng remembered very clearly an incident in his previous life. Zhu Dahai went to the forest farm to pull traps and got into a fight with a few vagrants. Later, they found the village and broke Zhu Dahai’s legs.

Zhu Jianshe called his brothers and planned to go to the forest farm to make trouble, but the second and third sons of the Zhu family did not show up at all. In the end, it was Wang Jianguo who went to negotiate with the forest farm in the name of the village team.

Yue Feng took a bite of the fruit and said slowly, “Since the matter has been mediated by the brigade and both parties have no objection, it means that the matter is temporarily settled!
If they dare to continue to cause trouble, then we will continue to deal with them! We have a lot of brothers, so we are not afraid of them no matter if they use soft or hard tactics. Just be a little careful when you are alone!”

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While Yue Feng and his friends were enjoying themselves, lying on the kang and chatting and boasting, the atmosphere at Zhu Jianshe’s house was very bad.

The instigator, Zhu Erhai, not only had a big bump on his head caused by Xiao Tao’s stick, but also had two clear five-finger handprints on his face.

At this moment, Old Man Zhu and Old Lady Ma were sitting in the main room of Zhu Jianshe’s house, and everyone in the room looked very unhappy.

“Dad, the second child is your grandson. I traded the big goose at home for the big eagle so that I could go up the mountain to catch rabbits and pheasants in the future. I just forgot to tell you. We are all family. It’s a bit too much for you to say that the child stole your goose!” Although Niu Guihua’s posture was a little humble, her tone was not friendly.

Mr. Zhu puffed on his pipe for a long time before he said, “My dear wife, I want to ask you, how long has it been since you and Jianshe gave me and your mother food? What did we say when we separated the family property?”

“This… Life is difficult at home. The little brat is eating me out of house and house. My three kids are growing up, and the food rations at home are not enough every year!” Niu Guihua knew that she was in the wrong, but she still had to say the polite words.

“I know your family is having a hard time. Your mother and I have never come to ask for food, right?”

“No…never been here!”

“Then when the second child secretly took the egg-laying goose from my house to exchange for an eagle, shouldn’t he have asked for your mother’s and my consent?”

“I forgot to tell you, Erhai, it was not intentional!” “Okay, I’m my own grandson, I agree that it was not intentional, then I’ll treat this goose as one bought by your family, is that okay?
I don’t ask for much. The market price today is four dollars and fifty cents. Just give me the money and we’ll settle this matter today!
As for the people our Zhu family lost in the village today, I think it’s because I, old Zhu, didn’t teach my children well, and I deserved it!”

When it comes to money, Niu Guihua’s face suddenly becomes long. Four dollars and fifty cents is not a small amount. Although their family can afford it, Niu Guihua is not going to take it. The money saved by the family is also used to find wives for the second and third sons.

“Home…home has no money!!” Without waiting for Niu Guihua to speak, Zhu Jianshe directly refused in a cold tone.

“No money at home? It doesn’t matter. This big eagle was exchanged for a goose, right? I’ll take the eagle and I’ll sell it for whatever price I can get!” Old man Zhu said with his eyelids drooping, looking at his son.

“My second child and I have been working on this falcon for several nights. If we take it away now, wouldn’t it be a waste of time? How about this? This money is just a loan. When your grandson makes money from flying the falcon, I’ll pay you back!”

Zhu Jianshe proposed a plan that was quite ridiculous.

He doesn’t give me money when I ask for it, and he doesn’t give me an eagle when I ask for it. He will pay me back when my grandson earns money.

Mr. Zhu glanced at his somewhat unfamiliar son and said, “Okay, Er Hai, write me an IOU! You should have earned this much money from falconry over the winter. I’ll come back with the note to collect the money at the end of this year!”

Having said that, there was no longer any blood relationship between father and son. Zhu Erhai didn’t dare to argue at this moment. He obediently wrote an IOU to his grandfather, and then sent away the old couple who came home to question him.

After his grandparents left, Zhu Jianshe closed the door and took down his belt from the wall. Then, from Zhu Jianshe’s house came the screams of Zhu Erhai crying for his parents.

This beating made Zhu Erhai unable to get out of bed for three days. Of course, this is a story for later.

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It was less than five o’clock in the afternoon, and the Yue family’s banquet was almost ready. Yue Feng pulled his father to the door and asked quietly: “Dad, how about I go call my uncle over?”

When Yue Lei heard his son’s words, his first reaction was some resistance. After all, he, Yue Lei, was not the kind of person who liked to flatter village leaders.

But on second thought, my son’s suggestion makes sense.

After making so many delicious dishes, calling one more person is just a matter of adding one more pair of chopsticks, and there will always be enough to eat.

Today, when Wang Jianguo was dealing with the conflict between the two families, although he seemed to be fair on the surface, Yue Lei knew that he was slightly biased towards the Yue family.

For example, when Yue Feng slapped old man Zhu, if Wang Jianguo didn’t say anything and kept the matter under control, it’s hard to say what would have happened later. Xiao Tao was holding a knife, but he didn’t necessarily control the situation.

Now the Yue family is in the right and has lost face for the Zhu family. They can take the opportunity of holding a celebration banquet at home to invite Wang Jianguo to come home for a drink. This can be done.

“Okay, go ahead!” Yue Lei nodded and responded.

Yue Feng and his father formed a united front, immediately turned around and left the house, heading straight for Wang Jian’s house.

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