Chapter 55 Mid-Autumn Night Family Dinner

At this moment, Wang Jianguo had just returned from a meeting in town and was fiddling with an oil can in the yard to add oil to his bicycle chain.

“Uncle, are you busy?”

“It’s Xiaofeng, I’m putting some engine oil on the bike chain! Is there something wrong?” Wang Jianguo frowned, thinking that the Zhu family was up to something again.

Yue Feng grinned: “Do you have any plans for tonight? I made two dishes at home, and my parents sent me here to invite your family to have a simple meal at my house!”

When Yue Feng opened his mouth to invite people, he was a little careful. He did not invite Wang Jianguo himself, but his family of four.

Yue Feng certainly knew that Wang Jianguo would not agree.

According to the customs of Northeast China, unless they are close relatives or close friends, the head of the family will not bring his wife and children when he goes to someone else’s house to drink.

But this is exactly where Yue Feng’s cleverness lies. If I only invite you, you may not want to go and can find an excuse not to go, but if I invite your whole family, it shows a very sincere attitude that I want to make friends with your family. If you refuse again, you will have to think twice.

Even if you think it’s inappropriate, don’t you have to send a representative to the banquet? In this way, Yue Feng’s goal will be achieved.

“I haven’t made any arrangements, but your brother hasn’t finished his homework yet! In case a villager has something to do, the house can’t be left unattended! Besides, your aunt has already prepared dinner, so they won’t go. There will be another chance next time!”

Wang Jianguo is an old hand who has been working at the grassroots level for a long time. He can see through the little tricks in the human relationships at a glance, but he did not expose them. Instead, he agreed to what Yue Feng said.

“That’s fine! We’re waiting for you. My dad said that if you don’t come, there won’t be dinner tonight!”

“Okay, I’ll wash my hands and then I’ll be right there!”

“Okay! I’ll go back first then!”

Wang Jianguo watched Yue Feng leave and couldn’t help feeling emotional.

They say that sometimes a person’s enlightenment comes from a good night’s sleep, and it’s really true.

Wang Jianguo had discussed this privately with his wife when the second son of the Yue family came to borrow a bicycle for the first time. Now, not much time has passed, but the Yue family has unknowingly stood up in the village.

Wang Jianguo also knew that Yue Feng had arranged for people to go into the mountains to catch game and then sell it to the city. The fact that he bought a bicycle in such a short time speaks volumes.

In addition, Yue Feng’s performance in today’s fight with the Zhu family was very much to Wang Jianguo’s liking.

Life in the village has its own survival rules. Blindly tolerating and accommodating will only make things worse.

Especially for a family like the Yue family, who is a single family with no roots in the village, the best solution when facing bullying from villagers is to fight back with a clear stand. One punch is enough to prevent a hundred punches.

Today, Yue Feng was neither humble nor arrogant, and seemed to have been overshadowed by Xiao Tao from Li Wentong’s family. However, Wang Jianguo knew that Yue Feng was the core of the team who sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and controlled the overall situation.

Wang Jianguo had originally had a very good impression of the Yue family, and now that their son had invited him, there was no reason for Wang Jianguo to refuse.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianguo washed his hands, then went into the house to change into clean clothes, said hello to his wife, took out two bottles of wine from the chest of drawers, and went to Yue Feng’s house.

It was not yet dark, but the Yue family’s home was already extremely lively. The kerosene lamps from several surrounding households were brought to Yue Feng’s home, and looking through the window in the yard, it seemed that the house was brightly lit.

In the hall of the north room as you enter the door, several old ladies were making dumplings, chatting and laughing. Catfish and eggplant were stewing in a big pot, and the aroma had already begun to spread in the house before it was taken out of the pot.

Wang Jianguo pushed open the door and walked into the room: “Oh, everyone is busy, it’s quite lively!”

“His uncle is here! Hurry, get on the kang in the east room! Yue Lei, Mingyu’s father is here!” When Meng Yulan saw Wang Jianguo coming, she immediately shouted into the room.

Yue Feng was sitting on the edge of the kang serving Ju’er. When he heard the call, he immediately opened the door and came out to greet him.

“Uncle, this room! Come on up to the kang, there’s a place reserved for you!” Yue Feng directly welcomed Wang Jianguo. At this moment, on the kang table, the five generals who had fought today were all present. Various hard dishes were already on the table, except for the last dish of catfish and eggplant and the dumplings that were put into the pot.

Speaking of which, as the village secretary, Wang Jianguo has seen quite a lot of scenes of welcoming and seeing off guests. He usually claims to have seen and eaten everything, but after seeing the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight, he was still dazed for a moment.

There was hardly a single vegetable on the table, only meat, all kinds of meat. The only vegetarian dish was braised tofu in soy sauce, but these days, tofu was not something that ordinary people could eat whenever they wanted.

“uncle!”

“Uncle!”

“uncle!”

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A group of youngsters quickly greeted them.

“Jianguo! Come on, get on the bed, I’m waiting for you. My legs and feet are not strong enough to go out to greet you, please don’t pick on me!” Yue Lei stood up and greeted him.

Wang Jianguo: “I’m being polite to you! The standard is a bit high tonight, I’m here! Xiaofeng, heat up the wine I brought, let’s have a couple of drinks tonight!”

“Hey! Okay!” Yue Feng responded and went to the outer room with the bottle of wine.

Soon, the last dish of catfish stewed with eggplant was served, and dinner officially began! !

At first, everyone at the kang table was a little reserved, but after a few drinks, the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Yue Feng seldom spoke at the table. Most of the time he listened to the elders chatting. He added wine when it was time to add wine, and poured water when it was time to pour water. The family dinner was served perfectly.

With the wine in his mouth and the atmosphere just right, Wang Jianguo slowly put down his usual airs, and during the meal, he praised Yue Feng for his promising future at least five times.

Yue Lei felt proud that his son had become successful, so he took advantage of the situation and started drinking with Wang Jianguo and Li Wentong. By the time the dumplings with sauerkraut and pork came, each of them had drunk almost a pound of wine.

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It was past two o’clock in the middle of the night. Yue Lei felt a little thirsty and turned over. His wife Meng Yulan reached out and touched her husband’s forehead.

“Lan, pour me some water!”

Soon, after taking a sip of lukewarm water, Yue Lei finally sobered up a little.

“Are Xiaofeng and the others okay?” Yue Lei’s mind was a little blacked out. He seldom drank alcohol on weekdays, and scenes of massacre like today were even rarer.

“Don’t worry, my son didn’t drink too much. Everyone was sent home one by one! I was telling you to drink less, but in the end, everyone at the table got drunk by you! His uncle usually has a high alcohol tolerance, but today you made him get too much! Not to mention Wen Tong.” The daughter-in-law Meng Yulan said with a hint of complaint in her tone.

“I’m happy today! My son has made great progress, and our Yue family has stood up in the village!” Yue Lei’s eyes were shining, and his tone was full of pride.

“Okay, okay! If you’re happy, drink a little. I don’t mind! Do you want some water?”

“No more drinking. I have to stop drinking from tomorrow. I need to heal my leg injury as soon as possible and go hunting in the mountains with my son!”

“You still know that drinking affects your leg injury! Let’s wait until you recover before going up the mountain to hunt! It’s only a little after two o’clock, go to bed!”

Yue Lei, lying on the kang, was full of ambition. Outside the window, the moon was high in the night sky, with twinkling stars and autumn insects chirping all night long.

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