Today, the old house where Feng Yifan's grandmother stayed was so lively for the first time since his grandmother passed away.
Even when my parents were setting up a vegetable base and gathered everyone in the village to discuss it, it was not done in this old house. Later, most people would go to the vegetable garden to look for my parents.
So most of the time, this old house is occupied by only the old couple, and it is peaceful yet a little desolate.
Feng Yifan came back with his wife, daughter and father-in-law, and the old house suddenly became lively.
Today, two families came at once, which was Feng Yifan's entire family. It was really bustling, making the whole area where the old house was located seem very lively.
Hu Yan came with her parents, which surprised Feng Yifan's parents and Yue Qingsong's family.
When she entered the house, Hu Yan picked up the things she brought and said, "Uncle Dong, Auntie, I met Brother Yifan and his wife at the market. His wife invited us to have dinner together. My parents and I also wanted to try Brother Yifan's cooking, so we came here. These two bottles of wine are for Uncle."
After hearing Hu Yan say this, the people at home finally understood the situation.
Lu Cuiling came forward to greet them and said, "Yanzi, you and your parents are welcome to come, what else do you want to bring?"
Hu Yan's mother said: "It's not something valuable. It's the wine my old man brewed himself."
Feng Jiandong immediately said, "The wine brewed by Brother Hu is something you can't buy even if you have money."
Hu Yan's father smiled and said, "Old Feng, you are flattering me too much. I brew wine as a hobby. It's fine for me to drink it myself, but it's not presentable enough for public display."
Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Brother Hu, don't be modest. Everyone in our village knows that Brother Hu is good at making wine. There are many wine lovers in the village who want to buy wine from you, Brother Hu."
Hu Yan's father waved his hand cheerfully: "They are just a bunch of drunkards. They always miss alcohol."
Hu Yan's mother greeted Yue Qingsong's mother: "Sister, you are here too?"
Yue Qingsong's mother smiled and said, "That's right. Yifan is back, so of course we have to come and join in the fun. I just didn't expect that your family would come as well."
Su Ruoxi greeted everyone and said, "Okay, everyone is here, so let's take a seat quickly. Yifan's dishes are almost ready. Everyone, please sit down. Yifan will serve the dishes right away. No one is a stranger here, so please sit down and taste Yifan's cooking."
At Su Ruoxi's invitation, everyone went into the main room and sat around the large table that had been set up.
After everyone sat down, Su Ruoxi placed the bowls, plates and chopsticks for everyone in order.
Seeing Su Ruoxi working actively with her head lowered and pleasing to the eye, the two mothers who were guests present also nodded frequently.
After Su Ruoxi went out to help her husband serve the dishes, Yue Qingsong's mother approached Lu Cuiling and said, "Your daughter-in-law is really good. Although she is from the city, she doesn't look arrogant at all. She is so proactive in working. She is really a good daughter-in-law. You are really blessed."
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "Of course, there is nothing to choose from as Yifan's daughter-in-law. I like her very much. I feel that she is as close to me as my own daughter."
Hu Yan's mother, who was sitting on the other side, also said, "After seeing Yifan's wife, I feel that my Yanzi is really not worthy of Yifan."
Lu Cuiling immediately said, "No way, sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Yifan and Yanzi were just classmates at first, and they didn't have that intention. It was our misunderstanding in the first place, so there's no saying that one is unworthy of the other. Yanzi will definitely find someone better in the future."
At this point, Lu Cuiling looked at Hu Yan and said, "Yanzi, I will pick a good one for you in the future."
Hu Yan felt a little embarrassed: "Aunt, don't bother."
Seeing her daughter's expression, Hu Yan's mother was also a little helpless: "This silly girl said before that she would stay with me and her father forever without getting married. How can that be possible?"
In fact, in the village, Hu Yan's age is indeed a bit embarrassing, and she is considered to be very old.
In the countryside, many women get married in their early twenties, and some families even arrange marriages at the age of 18 or 19. Most women of Hu Yan's age are already mothers.
Therefore, Hu Yan is more like an outsider in the village, and it is inevitable that she will be pointed at and framed behind her back by some people in the village.
Perhaps the most elaborate part is the one about Feng Yifan and I being desk mates in school.
But in fact, Feng Yifan and Hu Yan were just classmates in school, and they didn't play together. Even when they went to middle school in the town, they didn't walk together to and from school.
It’s a pity that people are unwilling to believe that there is no connection between the two. People would rather believe that they have feelings for each other.
People are more willing to believe that Hu Yan is not married at such an old age because she is waiting for Feng Yifan to come back.
As the saying goes, people's words can be scary. Later, this matter was fabricated in the village, and even Hu Yan's parents almost believed it. They even thought about seeking justice from Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling.
For a period of time, Hu Yan's father always looked very bad whenever he saw Feng Jiandong.
The news of Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi's marriage spread in the village, but instead of making the situation better, it made it worse.
There was even a rumor in the village that Feng Yifan had become a live-in son-in-law in the city and despised Hu Yan from the country.
The rumors reached the ears of Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling, and the old couple realized that they could no longer ignore them.
Lu Cuiling was a person with an impetuous and extremely tough temper, so she took advantage of the village's year-end summary of the vegetable base to make things clear at the meeting, explaining the matter clearly in public and clarifying the relationship between Feng Yifan and Hu Yan.
That time, Hu Yan also felt a sense of relief, as if the shackles that had been weighing on her for so many years were suddenly released. She no longer had to endure those criticisms or be talked about behind her back.
Encouraged by Lu Cuiling, Hu Yan also stood up and expressed her own ideas that time.
In fact, she had no feelings for Feng Yifan, because apart from being classmates and desk mates in school, they really had no intersection, and there was no so-called affection between them as the villagers speculated.
Hu Yan did not get married, on the one hand because she had not met the one she liked, and on the other hand because she wanted to do something good. She wanted to help the village and even the entire township to truly get rich from the vegetable base, so that every household could live a good life by growing organic vegetables.
That public presentation finally resolved the misunderstanding that had plagued the two families for years.
After that, Hu Yan completely broke free from the shackles. Her family no longer forced her to get married. Instead, they began to support her in doing things for the vegetable base and in her own business.
Of course, after that clarification, the relationship between Hu Yan and Lu Cuiling became very good.
After that incident, Hu Yan regarded Lu Cuiling as her idol, and sometimes treated her closer to her than her own mother.
At this time, Hu Yan's mother took Lu Cuiling's hand and said, "Aunt Ling, Yan Zi listens to you now. You really have to help me persuade this child. Although career is important, she really can't be single all her life. If she meets someone she likes, she must remember to try."
Lu Cuiling held Hu Yan's mother's hand, looked at Hu Yan and said, "Yanzi, did you hear what your mother said? Don't always think about your career. When you meet the right person, you should seize the opportunity. Even if you can't be together in the future, you still have to try some things. How can you know if you can't do it if you don't try?"
Hu Yan responded, "Okay, Auntie, if I really meet the right person, I will definitely try to get along with him."
At this time, Hu Yan's father said: "If you ask me, getting married or not is not that important. As long as my daughter is happy, I support her being single for the rest of her life."
Hearing this, Hu Yan immediately laughed: "Hahaha, thank you, Dad."
Hu Yan's mother naturally sighed and said, "You old man, you just spoil your daughter. You have been like this since she was a child. You give her whatever she wants. Don't you know that the two sons above have always been dissatisfied? The eldest daughter-in-law has not come back for the New Year for two consecutive years."
Hu Yan's father was also stubborn: "You can come back or not, aren't we living well without them?"
It has to be said that many people in the surrounding area know that Hu Yan's father has two strange characteristics.
One is that he likes to make wine, but he doesn’t sell it, he only gives it to people he likes.
The second is that I like my daughter.
Usually country folks tend to favor boys over girls, but Hu Yan's father is completely the opposite. He just likes his little daughter Hu Yan, and really treats her like the apple of his eye since she was little. He "holds her in his hands for fear of hurting her, and holds her in his mouth for fear of melting her."
When Hu Yan was a child, any of her classmates, whether male or female, who dared to bully Hu Yan would definitely be visited by Hu Yan’s father, and even the other party’s parents would be scolded by Hu Yan’s father.
So when Hu Yan was a child, almost no one dared to bully her in school.
This is also the reason why the affair between Hu Yan and Feng Yifan spread in the village, and why Hu Yan's father later ignored Feng Jiandong.
Because Hu Yan's father loves his youngest daughter and doesn't want her to suffer any grievances.
If it were any other family, Hu Yan's father might really come to the house and make a scene, or even beat them up.
But he couldn't do that to Feng Jiandong. First, Feng Jiandong had made contributions to the village construction. Second, and this was the more crucial point, Hu Yan's father believed that he could not beat Feng Jiandong.
So Hu Yan's father could only choose to remain indifferent, pretending not to see and ignoring her when they met.
Later, when the matter was made public, Hu Yan's father took the initiative to come to the house to apologize and gave Feng Jiandong two bottles of aged wine.
Today, this father still dotes on his daughter and is willing to let her do what she wants to do.
After listening to her parents' conversation, Hu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, Mom and Dad, don't quarrel over my sister-in-law. She doesn't know what's good for her. Just ignore her. Sooner or later, she will come back to celebrate the New Year by herself."
"The food is served."
As Feng Ruoruo shouted, the matter of Hu Yan was temporarily put on hold, and everyone looked towards the door of the main hall.
Led by their two children Feng Ruoruo and Yue Qihao, Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi came in with the dishes.
Feng Ruoruo ran to her grandmother and said, "Grandma, grandma, mom and dad are here to serve the food."
Lu Cuiling reached out and hugged her granddaughter and said, "Okay, mom and dad are here to serve the food. Shouldn't you sit in grandma's arms and be quiet for a while? We can eat soon. Don't run around anymore."
Feng Ruoruo was naturally unhappy: "Grandma, no, Ruoruo wants to serve the dishes with mom and dad."
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "What dishes are you serving? Aren't they usually your parents serving the dishes?"
Feng Ruoruo pouted and said, "Ruoruo is also helping. Ruoruo has to lead the way for mom and dad. Otherwise, what if mom and dad go the wrong way?"
The conversation between the little girl and her grandmother instantly livened up the atmosphere at the dinner table.
Everyone looked at the cute little girl and listened to her words, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
At this moment, everyone thought that this little girl was so cute.
The key is that the little girl speaks in a coherent manner, and every word she says seems to make sense.
He may seem to be behaving like a little adult, but his words are full of childish innocence.
Just listening to it makes people curl up their lips.
When she saw that her parents had finished serving the dishes and were about to go back to the kitchen to continue serving, Feng Ruoruo quickly twisted her little body and tried to get down from her grandmother's arms.
Lu Cuiling hugged her granddaughter and said, "Oh, don't go. Sit here and tell us the names of these dishes, okay?"
But Feng Ruoruo was obviously not happy: "No, Ruoruo has to help mom and dad serve the food."
Lu Cuiling refused to let go, hugged her granddaughter and said, "Grandma doesn't want that either. I just want to hold Ruoruo like this."
The noise made by the grandparents and grandchildren was so loud that everyone present couldn't help but burst into laughter.
The grandparents and grandchildren started to act wilfully together, and this scene was really funny.
Moreover, the adults present understood that Lu Cuiling was a rather stubborn person. When she got angry, she would become absolutely strong. No one in the surrounding area dared to confront her head-on.
Now that she has a willful little granddaughter, everyone wants to see what the old lady will do
To everyone's surprise, Feng Ruoruo suddenly turned around, hugged her grandmother's face and spoke softly.
"Grandma, be good, let Ruoruo help mom and dad serve the dishes. After Ruoruo helped mom and dad serve the dishes, Ruoruo sat in grandma's arms and ate, so grandma, don't worry."
I saw Feng Ruoruo holding her grandmother's face and "preaching" like a little angel.
Everyone present was stunned at first. After a brief silence, a burst of irrepressible laughter broke out in the main room.
"Hahaha… "
The loud laughter echoed in the main room, then spread out of the main room and floated over the Feng family's old house.
Everyone was really amused by Feng Ruoruo's little actions and what she said.
Lu Cuiling finally let go of her granddaughter while smiling, put her down from her arms and said, "Okay, okay, grandma agrees that Ruoruo can go, but Ruoruo promised grandma that she must be careful, not run, and watch the road, understand?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded with a smile: "Okay, grandma, don't worry."
Seeing the little girl leading brother Yue Qihao to run out, everyone in the main room burst into laughter again.