Yang Ye came over with the food, his face showing joy but also a bit of restraint. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to address Xu Lian. Calling him "Brother Lian" felt a bit disrespectful, and calling him "Manager Xu" felt strange and awkward. Finally, he was so embarrassed that his face turned red, and he called him "Xianxu" in a literary way.
Xu Lian knew clearly that in the lower-class civilian families of this world, there was no such relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law, because the mortality rate of men was too high, and women often changed men, today this son-in-law, tomorrow that son-in-law, the day after tomorrow another son-in-law, there were too many sons-in-law... which meant that the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law did not exist.
Only in wealthy families can there be such a relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law, because men in wealthy families are less likely to have accidents, and the relationship between men and women is relatively fixed, which makes the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law established.
Obviously, Yang Ye was planning to treat Xu Lian as a wealthy family.
"Father-in-law, there's no need to be so polite. We are not strangers. Just get along with each other as before."
Xu Lian called him father-in-law, which was considered as an acknowledgement of this relationship.
In his heart, he really likes the beautiful Chan'er. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he will let Chan'er be with him for the rest of her life. He doesn't want Chan'er to be with other men in the future, so the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law is established.
"Brother Lian, wait for me, I haven't gotten in the car yet!"
Zhang Yuan, who had received the grain, saw Xu Lian leaving on a donkey cart carrying Yang Ye, and ran after him.
Xu Lian wanted to leave quietly, but was discovered and had to stop.
Zhang Yuan climbed onto the donkey cart, panting, carrying a small bag of grain.
Some miners with daughters gathered around the donkey cart with eager eyes.
"Manager Xu, my daughter is pretty, would you like her?"
"My daughter is pretty, come to my house and take a look."...
Zhang Yuan had a sullen face and shouted at them to get out of the way!
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He was very clear in his mind. It would be fine if Yang Ye had a relationship with Xu Lian, but if too many people had a relationship with Xu Lian, the brotherhood between him and Xu Lian who had grown up together would seem less important.
Yang Ye also didn't want too many miners to get close to Xu Lian, but he was not like Zhang Yuan who didn't know his own importance. He smiled and said, "There are really too few women in my family, including Chan'er, there are only three of them. It would be good to pick a few good-looking ones."
"Everyone get out of the way, I don't need it for now."
Xu Lian shook his head.
If he brings too many women back at once, even if they are not jealous, they will compete for his favor. How can he raise his favorability to above 90/100? This will affect his strength improvement. He can't be proud of being a deputy steward.
The miners surrounding the donkey cart were disappointed and had to give way.
Xu Lian drove the donkey cart out of the mine, swaying all the way towards home.
"Brother Lian, I'll drive the car. I'm familiar with this!"
Zhang Yuan was eager to try.
Xu Lian refused, "No need."
Zhang Yuan said eagerly, "When you become the manager, you won't need this little black donkey cart anymore. Lend it to me, and I can go back to my job as a stone carrier."
Xu Lian turned around and looked at him apologetically. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have already given the donkey cart to my father-in-law to offset the eighty-five kilograms of grain as a betrothal gift. Tomorrow I will let my father-in-law do the work of transporting stones."
Yang Ye was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, knowing that Xu Lian was taking care of him. He immediately followed Xu Lian's words and said, "That's right, my dear son-in-law has already given me the donkey!"
Zhang Yuan glared at Yang Ye. "You sold your daughter to Lian Ge'er, it was just a business deal. What do you mean by salty son-in-law or sweet son-in-law? You are really good at making connections!"
Yang Ye said, "When Xianxu becomes the deputy steward, we will become a wealthy family. When my daughter Chan'er marries him, she will only be with Xianxu for the rest of her life. She won't change men often and their relationship will be very stable. What's wrong with me calling him Xianxu?"
Zhang Yuan was upset, "Brother Lian, I fell in love with your donkey cart first, how could you give it to someone else?"
Xu Lian ignored him.
The relationship between childhood friends is worthless in front of women... let alone the word "brothers" in quotation marks
You know, when Zhang Yuan was a stone transporter, he had his eyes on Xiya. When Han Du handed the blood sacrifice list to Xu Lian, Xu Lian did not cross out Zhang Yuan's name, which was already very good.
"Brother Lian, lend me ten taels of silver and I will buy a donkey too."
"I have no money. I just became the deputy manager and my monthly salary has not been paid yet. Even if I get the monthly salary, I still have to pay back my debts. How can I lend you money?"
"When you and Manager Han were inspecting the mine, I saw that you had a good relationship. Why don't you talk to Manager Han and let me be the supervisor?"
"The supervisor is in charge of Manager Han. As the deputy manager, I have no right to interfere."
"We grew up together as brothers. Now that you're rich, you should take care of me, right?"...
Zhang Yuan was almost crying.
After having his eyes on Sister Xiya, he still has the nerve to call her brother... Xu Lian really admires how thick-skinned he is.
But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that people in this world live a precarious life. They may not live tomorrow even if they live today, so they live one day at a time. Therefore, the relationships between men and women are very complicated. As long as a woman is good-looking, everyone will have ideas about her.
"Get off the bus, we've reached your home."
Xu Lian slowed down and let Zhang Yuan go down.
Zhang Yuan refused to get out of the car and kept begging, insisting that he arrange an errand for him.
Xu Lian was annoyed. "Are you going to get off the car or not? If you don't, you won't have to work in the mine to earn food tomorrow. You are fired."
Zhang Yuan was so scared that he got out of the car immediately.
Xu Lian carried Yang Ye away.
"My dear son-in-law, would you like some tea?"
When he got home, Yang Ye jumped down.
Xu Lian followed him down and looked at the sky. "Forget about drinking tea. It's getting dark soon. I'll take Chan'er back home early."
He followed Yang Ye in, and just like yesterday, he saw two skinny and old middle-aged women and Yang Chaner.
"Chan'er, come here for a moment."
Yang Ye called Yang Chaner into the inner room.
I don’t know what they said, but after a while, Yang Chaner came out with a blushing face and shyly followed Xu Lian obediently.
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Yang Ye came out to see him off, "My dear son-in-law, I'll leave Chan'er to you."
Xu Lian helped Yang Chaner onto the donkey cart, thought for a while, and took out a rooster and a fish for Yang Ye.
Yang Ye was pleasantly surprised and quickly took it, "Thank you, dear son-in-law."
The two middle-aged women in the family were also overjoyed, knowing that they would have meat to eat tonight. In this world, food is not enough, and meat is even more rare.
Yang Chaner looked at Xu Lian with tears in her eyes, "Brother Lian, you are so kind."
Xu Lian chuckled and reached out his hand, pinching her face, "I said I would treat you well."
Yang Chan'er blushed and said softly, "I will be nice to you too."
Who can stand this... Xu Lian immediately drove the donkey cart back home.
As the cold evening breeze blew, he took off his coat and handed it to Yang Chaner who was sitting behind him, which touched Yang Chaner again. The improvement of favorability often starts with these details.
It is worth mentioning that during the day, women cannot go out for a long time as they are prone to being contaminated by dirty things. When it is getting dark like this, it is no problem for women to go out.
Before, Liang Yan took the girls from Lichunfang to the mine, and now he was driving Yang Chaner home, all during this period when it was almost dark.