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Chapter 181 The People from the Old House Who Came to Help
Lian took Erniu and Fang Xiaomei and hurriedly sewed a dozen quilts. After all, spring is a warm season and sudden cold weather happens from time to time. Lian still planned to prepare as much as possible. Lian also hoped that her parents could stay with her for a few days, so it would be a good idea to prepare enough.
The third branch of the Ye family moved to the manor half a year ago, but there were actually not many things that needed to be moved into the new home.
The quilt was almost finished, and Lian took Erniu and Fang Xiaomei with her to start packing up the boxes.
In addition to some clothes and daily necessities, there were also books for the Ye Changyan brothers. Lian, Erniu and Fang Xiaomei packed the clothes into boxes, and then carefully packed the books into a large wooden box.
The remaining special thing is the secret that the Ye family cannot tell the outside world, that is, the mushrooms harvested last year, the distilled wintersweet hydrosol and essential oil, and the soaked wintersweet tincture.
Ye Changyan planned to put these things on the farm first. After moving, when they were less conspicuous, he would use a horse-drawn carriage to move them to the new house.
On the morning of the 26th, just after daybreak, Lu Tingfeng arrived at the Ye family's farm in a horse-drawn carriage. Ye Changyan had just gotten up when he saw Liang Jingcheng helping Mr. Cai get off the carriage.
Ye Changyan hurriedly told Fang Xiaomei, who was making breakfast, to steam a few more buns.
Turning around, he saw Lu Tingfeng carrying large and small bags of things and entering the gate of the yard. Seeing this, Ye Changyan hurried forward to help move things.
"Hahaha, Sanlang, I've packed all my things and will move into the new house with you guys later."
"That's great. I said that when Wulang and the others come back, they will drive a carriage to Chu Garden to help you move."
"I don't have many things. I originally came here to study and I just borrowed Chu Garden temporarily. Besides, everything in Chu Garden is ready, so I didn't buy anything. Now it's good, and I can save the trouble of moving things around."
Lu Tingfeng carried the remaining box into the house and hurriedly drove the carriage towards the county town.
Ye Changyan was a little surprised to see that Mr. Cai and Liang Jingcheng only had so much luggage.
"Teacher, your luggage is too simple. Even if you are going on a study tour, you should carry more than this, right?"
"I always like to travel with a small group. Back then, the prefect of Zhangzhou encountered a mountain torrent while fighting floods and died in the line of duty. I, your teacher, received an emergency appointment and rushed to Zhangzhou to take over as the prefect of Zhangzhou and preside over the overall flood control in Zhangzhou. It took me and your mistress less than half an hour from the time we received the appointment to the time we set off. Your mistress and I carried a small bag, the appointment letter, and rode one horse each, heading straight from Shengjing to Zhangzhou, a thousand miles away."
"Teacher, you and your wife must have looked so handsome and heroic back then, right?"
Ye Changyan's slightly exaggerated tone made Mr. Cai burst into laughter.
"Your master's wife is the youngest daughter of General Zhaoyong of the current dynasty. Her horsemanship is quite impressive. Your master's wife and I traveled all the way south from Shengjing, changing horses along the way. When we arrived in Zhangzhou, we saw the raging flood and the displaced people. Your master's wife didn't even take a break and immediately threw herself into the disaster relief work. The local people praised us unanimously!"
"Master's wife is truly a heroine!"
Liang Jingcheng saw the teacher and the student, one praising and the other boasting, talking happily, but in his impression, the teacher's wife was very different from the heroine described by the teacher. In Liang Jingcheng's mind, although the teacher's wife was the daughter of a general, she was gentle and virtuous, and was a famous lady from a noble family in the circle of noble ladies in Shengjing.
Hearing the conversation between Mr. Cai and Ye Changyan, Ye Xiaozheng came out of the room and hurriedly welcomed Mr. Cai, who was in the middle of a conversation, into the main room.
"Brother, come on, come on, tell me, a man who has been sick for more than 30 years, about how heroic my sister-in-law was in the past."
Seeing this pair of people with an age difference of more than 30 years chatting like brothers, Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng looked at each other and silently stepped away.
Ye Changyan and others were having breakfast when they saw Ye Xiaowen and Ye Xiaowu coming with Dalang, Erlang and Silang.
"Big Brother, Second Brother, you came at the right time. We have just started eating. Come and eat with us."
Ye Xiaozheng was very happy to see that his brothers and nephews had all come to help. While inviting them to come for dinner, he told Fang Xiaomei to get the dishes and chopsticks.
"Third brother, we had already eaten when we came here, you guys eat now."
Seeing Ye Xiaowen trying to refuse, Ye Changyan noticed that Silang was looking at the steamed buns in the basket and swallowing his saliva, so he spoke.
"Uncle, uncle, the steamed buns in the basket are made with milk. They are a new type of pastry that Mr. Zhong is going to launch in Yunfeng Building. You guys might as well try them."
As he spoke, Ye Changyan picked up one and handed it to Silang who was standing next to Ye Xiaowu.
"Silang, come and try it and tell us if it tastes good or not."
Silang took the steamed bun and put it directly into his mouth, taking a big bite and eating it with relish, nodding his head continuously and talking to everyone.
"Delicious, so delicious!"
Seeing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Ye Changyan then instructed Fang Xiaomei, "Xiaomei, go get another basket of steamed buns from the cupboard and steam them."
Then he spoke to Ye Xiaowen, Ye Xiaowu and others.
"Uncle, uncle, don't just look at the food on the table. There's more on the cabinet. Come on, everyone, eat some while it's hot."
Ye Xiaozheng and Lian also hurriedly asked everyone to eat. Seeing this, Ye Xiaowen declined and sat down on a long bench nearby. He picked up a steamed bun and took a bite.
The steamed buns were very soft, and I don’t know whether they were added with sugar or honey, but they had a sweet aroma accompanied by a rich milky flavor. They were really delicious. No wonder even Boss Zhong wanted to prepare them for the table at Yunfeng Tower.
"Hmm! It's really delicious. Come on, since we are at your uncle and aunt's house, there is no need to be too restrained. Let's sit down and eat more."
When the group of people from the old house left, the old lady personally told them to pay attention to their image, especially in front of Sanlang's teacher and senior brothers, and not to lose their manners.
Everyone kept the old lady's instructions in mind. Even Silang, the youngest, knew vaguely that his uncle's family was different now, but he couldn't tell what the difference was specifically. But after eating the steamed buns handed to him by Sanlang, Silang felt that at least the steamed buns from his uncle's family were better than those made by his mother.
Since Ye Xiaowen had spoken, everyone stopped being polite and sat down properly, eating their steamed buns.
As soon as they put the steamed bun in their mouths, they thought of the basket of unfermented steamed buns that Liu had steamed in the morning. The difference was really not a little bit.
Everyone in the old house got up before dawn. Liu hurriedly made breakfast for everyone. Although the taste was not very good, everyone was used to it. Besides, the morning was long, and among everyone in the old house, Dalang and Erlang ate the most.
They all secretly planned that they had to perform well today when helping Uncle San move, but now while eating the steamed buns in their hands and seeing Silang eating one and then taking another, they both regretted eating too much in the morning.