Chapter 136: Chapter 136: The Greatly Different Busy Farming al Chapter 136: Chapter 136: The Greatly Different Busy Farming al Bai Ruozhu thought carefully and recalled that the younger man from the Wan family was Wan Caiyue’s second older brother, who had previously helped them build their house.
His na was Wan Minglu, a good-natured and straightforward person.
“Uncle Zhang, thank you for your hard work,” Bai Ruozhu greeted the people in the field with an expression full of gratitude on her face.
“Brother Wan, Zhou Chuang, thank you for coming too.
I really appreciate it.” Wan Minglu was older than Bai Ruozhu so she called him brother.
However, Zhou Chuang, being slightly younger, could be addressed by his na.
At this ti of year, everyone was busy on their farms and there was scarcely any surplus labour to spare.
Diverting manpower would result in a delay in their harvest.
Zhou Chuang laughed, “Sister Ruozhu, my dad saw that no one was harvesting your field, so he sent to help.
Plus, I get to dine on your delicious cooking.” He chuckled after finishing his sentence, revealing a set of white teeth.
Bai Ruozhu had discretely gifted a few familiar families so toothpaste.
The teeth of the younger mbers of these families gradually beca whiter because young people’s teeth aren’t very yellow to start with.
Wan Minglu joined in the laughter, “Ruozhu, don’t drive us away.
We’ve been craving your cooking for a long ti!”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liliang and his wife chid in and complinted Bai Ruozhu’s cooking.
Bai Ruozhu, feeling sowhat embarrassed by their praise, hurriedly said, “Then I’ll go make you so food right away.
After finishing work, everyone co to my place for dinner.
You’ll all be on my bad side if you don’t show up!”
“Who wouldn’t go?
Even if we have to force our way in, we will co for dinner.” Zhou Chuang, being lively in nature, jokingly retorted.
Bai Ruozhu laughed, “You are all welco to dine at my place anyti, not only when you’re helping out.
We’re close enough, so there’s no need for formalities.”
Everyone agreed readily.
When Wan Minglu looked at Bai Ruozhu, his eyes lit up with eagerness, but his dark complexion concealed it.
Bai Ruozhu asked soone to take a ssage to her parents in the old mansion’s field and then went ho with Little Dengdeng.
After feeding him, she started to prepare the al.
It wasn’t easy to prepare two lavish tables of food, but thankfully, none of them knew what she had bought on her return ho.
Thanks to her previous life’s experience of working in a restaurant, Bai Ruozhu was very quick at cooking.
She busied herself in the kitchen while Little Dengdeng slept in his cradle in the yard, seeming particularly delighted by the sound of a knife cutting vegetables.
She smiled at Little Dengdeng, and sighed, “This kid will definitely beco a little foodie in the future.”
She continued with her work, getting fish, lotus root, and river shrimp from the Space.
Though she still felt it was not enough, she finally killed a chicken from ho.
Even though it was a chicken that her mother had worked hard to raise, she felt that her mother wouldn’t begrudge it.
They needed to repay the kindness of the villagers who had lent their aid.
When she had almost finished sorting the ingredients, she first prepared so cold dishes.
After setting two tables in the yard and laying them with bowls and chopsticks, she served the cold dishes.
The green bean soup had cooled down and simply sat there, ready to quench their thirst upon return.
Suddenly, laughter ca from outside.
The people working in the fields had returned!
As Bai Yihong and the others finished their work, they sent Bai Zehao to return the tools used back to the old mansion.
anwhile, they went to call their helpers to join them for a feast at ho.
Bai Ruozhu hurriedly arranged for everyone to wash their hands and then have so green bean soup to quench their thirst.
Seeing the cold dishes on the table, everyone’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
Bai Ruozhu’s ho cooking was indeed top-notch.
“Mom and dad, please rest a bit and eat so cold dishes.
I’ll go stir-fry so dishes.
Dinner will be ready soon,” Bai Ruozhu said, and rushed into the kitchen.
Soon, the sll of cooking wafted out.
Everyone looked in the direction of the kitchen, with a hint of longing in their eyes.
Lin Ping’er held Little Dengdeng as everyone gathered round the child to play.
Just as they were enjoying themselves, Bai Ruozhu brought out two dishes, smiling, “Everyone, please take your seats.
The dishes won’t taste good if they get cold.”
“Wow!
Ruozhu, what did you cook?
It slls so good,” Zhang Liliang comnted appreciatively, sniffing the air.
“Yes indeed.
Sister Ruozhu is really talented.
I’m drooling already just by the sll of it,” said Wan Minglu laughing and took his seat, rubbing his hands together.
Bai Zepei gestured at Zhou Chuang and Wan Minglu to sit.
anwhile, Bai Yihong ushered Zhang Liliang to sit beside him, insisting on drinking together.
Lin Ping’er and Mother Rongrong tried to help in kitchen but were chased out by Bai Ruozhu who said, “You’re all tired.
Just enjoy the al.”
Just then, Bai Zehao returned with a rather grim expression.
He murmured, “Dad, grandpa and grandma said that they would like to co over later to thank the villagers who helped.”
Upon hearing this, the faces of the Bai Family mbers fell.
They wanted to enjoy a peaceful al, and now those people were going to co again.
Hadn’t they caused enough discomfort already?
Bai Ruozhu quickly took out so dishes and said, “Big Brother, could you please deliver these dishes to our grandparents and tell them not to co over today.
Everyone here is tired and probably wouldn’t want to be too formal with the presence of elders.
The guests would feel restrained.”
She would rather spare so dishes to ensure a peaceful dining experience.
Everyone fell silent.
Recent actions by the occupants of the old Bai mansion hadn’t gone unnoticed by the villagers.
Although nobody said anything, they all held feelings of disdain.
“What kind of people are they?
I heard you guys cooked for the old mansion, but they couldn’t even reciprocate nicely?” Wan Minglu openly expressed his thoughts, given the silence.
Bai Zepei shook his head, “My sister did send them a nice al.
We were able to eat well, but then my aunt sent another al.
We didn’t want to waste it, so we gave it to the people working in the nearby fields.
But we didn’t expect…” He trailed off mid-sentence and sighed heavily.
Bai Zehao, who was about to step out with Bai Ruozhu’s food, sighed, “It was a good deed, but it ended up offending people.
It’s so frustrating.”
Zhang Liliang, not being from the village, wasn’t as inford as Wan Minglu and Zhou Chuang.
Although he guessed that the als weren’t good, he didn’t know the specifics, which made him even more curious.
Wan Minglu, sitting on his other side, leaned over and whispered, “I heard about it before I ca to help you.
They said they only sent over a little congee and a few dough twists.
The congee wasn’t even fully cooked and the dough twists were made from stale and moldy grain.
It ended up making people sick.”
“The…the people working the fields only got that?
The Bai family can’t be that poor, right?” Zhang Liliang cried out in surprise.
“Poor?
Bai’s eldest brother was seen buying good wine and causing a ruckus in the village every day.
The money he spent on one jar of wine could feed them for days,” Zhou Chuang vented angrily.
Wan Minglu shook his head, “That’s why even my grandpa couldn’t stand it.
He said since we offered a person to help them, we needed to be treated fairly too.
From what I heard, the food they sent was worse than what criminal prisoners get to eat.
Fortunately, my Uncle Bai and aunt didn’t eat that food.
After all, when an elder gives sothing, it’s hard to refuse.
If they had eaten that food, they would most likely suffer from stomach problems tomorrow.”
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