Chapter 28: I Invite You to My Wedding Banquet

That night, suddenly back to being single, she tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.

Habit is a terrible thing.

She woke up late the next day, when she got up, Lin Xinghua had already cooked the meal, and he had already eaten, he was fixing the wooden plug on his hoe in the yard.

“Kid, I left your food in the pot, eat it later, I’m going to the field.”

“Grandpa, where are you going?”

“To the field.” As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that she wasn’t asking that.

“You’re asking which field, right?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded eagerly.

Lin Xinghua smiled and pointed, “There, that slope across the way. It’s not far, if you need anything, just shout loudly, I can hear you.”

He hammered the wooden plug into the hoe a few times to secure it, then he muttered, “I have to fix the road, your third uncle and the others will come back to help harvest the wheat, if they see the road is bad, they’ll complain.”

Oh, the third uncle comes back to help, and they still need him to fix everything?

They’re helping, but the road is bad and they still complain to the old man, why don’t they fix it themselves?

Ye Xiaozhen kept complaining in her heart.

After dinner, she started kneading dough, she wanted to steam buns, and she also wanted to steam sugar buns.

This time she made more, she planned to make twenty baskets.

Ten baskets of buns, five baskets of sugar buns, and five baskets of pickled green bean buns.

By noon, she was done.

Two baskets were full at home, two backpacks were also full, and there were still some in the steamer.

She also cooked rice in the rice cooker, then put the rice into the steamer at home, creating the illusion that she steamed the rice in the steamer.

The dishes were simple, the land around the house was their own, they ate whatever vegetables were ripe.

Ye Xiaozhen could make a luxurious feast, and she could also make simple porridge and stir-fried dishes.

She made a refreshing cold cucumber salad, and another stir-fried amaranth.

These were all seasonal vegetables.

Lin Xinghua smelled the buns as soon as he came back, he put down his hoe and washed the mud off his hands, he quickly went into the house.

“Wow, you’re already done?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded.

“You’re really something… I thought you woke up late today, and you still had to wash clothes, I thought you wouldn’t be able to do it in the morning, I was going to help you in the afternoon. I didn’t expect you to be done, and you made so much.”

Ye Xiaozhen whispered, “Grandpa, I didn’t wash the clothes.”

“Ah, you didn’t wash the clothes and made buns? Then Grandpa will wash them for you this afternoon.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” That won’t do.

She didn’t like having others wash her clothes.

“I’ll wash them myself, Grandpa, come eat.”

Lin Xinghua looked at the rice she had made, he couldn’t believe it, “You even cooked rice?”

Of course!

And two dishes too.

She’s capable, this kid is so capable.

After lunch, Ye Xiaozhen quickly took her clothes to wash, she was afraid that the old man would take them away if she was slow, that would be so embarrassing.

After a nap, Lin Xinghua and Ye Xiaozhen carried the table to the yard, then they carried the baskets of buns and dumplings to the table, ready to sell them.

Soon, a neighbor came to their door.

It was the village head.

“I saw smoke coming from your chimney this morning, I knew you were steaming buns today.”

“Hehe, your eyes are sharp.”

“Give me ten buns and three dumplings.”

We have two kinds of buns today, one with sugar and sesame filling, and one with pickled green beans, which one would you like?

There are two kinds? What about the price?

They are the same, thirteen cents each.

Then give me two of each.

Okay, kid, pack them up.

He packed ten buns and four dumplings for the village head, the village head took out the money, but Lin Xinghua refused to take it.

Take it and eat, don’t pay. If you hadn’t helped, I don’t know if my kid would still be alive.

Hey, Lin Laogui, don’t say that, I’m the village head, it’s my duty. Here, take the money, it’s not easy for you to make a few cents.

No, no, I can’t take it, when my two kids get married, I’ll invite you to the wedding banquet.

Hahaha, okay, okay, I’ll definitely attend their wedding. He looked at Ye Xiaozhen and sighed, “This kid really hasn’t had an easy life, she’s finally pulled through. It’s only been a few days since she came to your house, she seems to have gained weight?”

Ye Xiaozhen subconsciously touched her face.

The village head laughed, “She’s not stupid, she knows I’m talking about her.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” What do you think I look like in your eyes?

Lin Laogui, if you really want to thank someone, you should thank me, but you should also thank the few who helped carry the board that night. Especially your neighbor, Little Six, if he hadn’t gone to the toilet in the middle of the night, your kid would have had to pull herself out of the pond.

Lin Xinghua was still afraid when he heard this, “Yes, yes, we should thank them. When they get married, I’ll invite all of you to the wedding banquet.”

He finally remembered that the person he should thank the most was Little Six next door.

Ye Xiaozhen didn’t have any memory of the time when the original owner fell into the pond, because she was unconscious during that time, so she didn’t know who pulled her out.

It turned out to be Old Lady Liu’s youngest son next door.

After the village head left, more and more people came to buy buns and dumplings, Old Lady Liu next door also came.

She was a powerful matriarch, she had six sons, she was confident and had money.

She bought dozens of them.

My sons are all craving your buns, give me thirty buns, I don’t want any dumplings.

Why do you want so many today?

I have a big family, they said two weren’t enough, they want to eat three. We’re having buns and porridge for dinner tonight.

Someone joked with her, “Liu Da Jie, aren’t you afraid of going to the toilet in the middle of the night if you have porridge for dinner?”

I’ll go if I have to, it’s not winter, why would I be afraid of freezing my butt? Come on, Xiaozhen, pack them up for me.

Ye Xiaozhen quickly packed thirty buns for her.

Lin Xinghua asked her to pack ten sugar buns, he gave the sugar buns to Old Lady Liu.

Old Lady Liu just took out the money for the thirty buns, “I didn’t want any dumplings, you packed the wrong thing.”

Lin Xinghua said, “No, the dumplings today are sugar and sesame filled, I won’t charge you, take them home and try them for free.”

“Ah? What’s going on?”

“Hey, your Little Six saved my kid, I haven’t thanked you yet. Take these dumplings and eat them, when my two kids get married, I’ll invite your Little Six to the wedding banquet.”

She just told her old friends about this yesterday, and now she’s being thanked.

Old Lady Liu couldn’t stop smiling.

“Well, I think Ye Zhengguo and his wife should thank Little Six, Xiaozhen was still their daughter when he saved her.”

“Don’t mention those two, Xiaozhen and Lin’an should thank you. Liu Da Jie, take them.”

“Okay, I won’t be polite then.”

There were many more customers from the neighboring village today, they didn’t make much, first come first served, and soon they sold out.

That night, Lin Xinghua gave dumplings to the four young men who carried Ye Xiaozhen.

After deducting the dumplings they gave away, they made fifteen yuan today.

Ye Xiaozhen gave ten yuan to the old man and kept fifteen yuan for herself.

The old man held the money and couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

This was for his flour and labor?