For dinner, I made a stir-fried duck with old ginger and stir-fried beef with green peppercorn oil.

There is also a fried pork and a scrambled egg.

In a large bowl, I fried a large bowl of amaranth. It was red and looked very beautiful.

Ye Zhiping put all the food on the table, "Daughter-in-law, see if you have enough?"

"This is Yuzhen's first time coming to our house for dinner, so we can't neglect her."

Li Cuicui looked at it and said: "Enough, enough, enough to eat."

"We don't have many guests coming to our house. You are more attentive this time, but there is no one to drink with you."

"So many dishes are ready."

"When did I drink with others? Isn't it already good for my sons to have two drinks with me?" Ye Zhiping was not lying. He never went out to drink with others.

First, he doesn't like to drink and brag. He is the poorest in the village and can't always get a word in, so it's not interesting.

The second is that I am afraid that drinking too much will delay things, cause trouble, etc., but the gains outweigh the losses.

"Look at you, I'm afraid you may have fallen in love with someone else's girl." Li Cuicui smiled and said, "Yuzhen is indeed a good girl. I heard that she went to Qianyin No. 1 Middle School to be a teacher as soon as she graduated from the middle school."

"She is really an outstanding girl, and her parents are both public servants, so her family background is very good."

"She only has one younger brother, who is about four years younger than her."

Ye Zhiping did not refute, he sighed: "It's useless for me to like her. The problem is that she doesn't like us Chang An."

"We in Chang'an are uneducated. With our family background, our whole family is farmers, so we can't reach the level of other people."

"They are already city dwellers."

Li Cuicui didn't think much about it, after all, she thought so too.

If they are lucky in the future and Chang An can marry a well-matched and hard-working girl in the village, they will be satisfied.

There are voices outside.

Yang Yuzhen was embarrassed to come alone, so she specially asked her cousin Yang Lili to come with her.

Yang Lili is familiar with the Ye family, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Jinbao."

Ye Xiaojin saw Yang Lili and said enthusiastically: "Sister Lili, you are here too, come and have dinner quickly."

"Is this Sister Yuzhen? She's so pretty."

Yang Yuzhen was amused by Ye Xiaojin, "No wonder Lily said that the daughter of the Ye family is the cutest. It's true."

"She looks really good-looking, not as rough as your brother."

"Fortunately I brought a pack of winter melon candies, otherwise I would be really embarrassed."

Yang Yuzhen smiled and handed a brown paper bag to Ye Xiaojin.

Ye Xiaojin took it.

"Wait until after dinner. It's time to have dinner now."

"Sister Yuzhen, my brother killed this duck himself. You have to eat more."

Ye Changan coughed: "Sit down quickly."

"Eat early and go home, otherwise it will be difficult for you to go home when it gets dark later."

Ye Xiaojin immediately took another look at his second brother.

How can you ask people to come for a meal and ask them to finish eating and go home quickly?

This is too straight!

Yang Lili couldn't help but laugh, "Sister, eat quickly."

Fortunately, Yang Yuzhen knew that Ye Changan had this kind of virtue, otherwise if other girls saw his attitude, they would probably think that he was urging them to leave quickly.

She sat next to Ye Changan and looked at a table of sumptuous dishes.

"I'm just here for a meal, why are there so many dishes?"

"This is how my family spends the holidays."

On the contrary, I ate happily.

Ye Xiaojin couldn't help but laugh when she saw her brother making straight remarks from time to time.

I think it's very interesting to see my second brother like this.

"Lily, is your grandma feeling better?" Li Cuicui asked.

"It's much better. The doctor said it was just a cold, but the old man thought more about it and thought it was a serious illness."

"My uncle is going to take grandma to the city for a checkup tomorrow to make her feel at ease."

Yang Lili held the bowl and answered obediently, "My mother will follow you tomorrow to buy some fabrics to make new winter clothes. You also asked me to ask you if you can borrow a sewing machine."

"Of course, she can just come here if she wants."

Li Cuicui and Yang Juan have a good relationship, so they are naturally very generous.

After meal.

Yang Yuzhen wanted to help wash the dishes, but Li Cuicui stopped her.

"You are a guest. What are you busy with? Let Chang An accompany you for a walk and to eat."

Yang Yuzhen glanced at Ye Changan: "That's okay. It's still early now. Can you take me to see the melon sheds in the village?"

Ye Changan thought: "What's so interesting about this?"

"If you want to eat it, I can pick it for you and send it to your home."

Yang Yuzhen pursed her lips and stared at him: "I think you don't want to send me away."

"No matter what, let's go."

Yang Lili did not follow.

Although she is not old, she knows the things about the person she is dating.

Her cousin and brother Chang An were about the same age, and they might be dating each other, so she couldn't disturb them.

Ye Changan and Yang Yuzhen had a very interesting chat.

Most of the time, it was Ye Changan who was talking. Yang Yuzhen listened very carefully, and would also talk to him from time to time, which made him feel interesting.

Unknowingly, the two of them arrived at the door of Yang Juan's house.

Yang Yuzhen lives with her brother-in-law and her family.

My parents lived with my grandma, but the room was full of clutter, and there was no room for her to live in.

So she lived here.

"I have arrived."

"Oh, then you go to bed quickly. I have to go back to bed early, otherwise I will be sleepy while driving tomorrow."

Yang Yuzhen shook her head: "Go quickly! You are a very busy person now."

Ye Changan left without hesitation.

Yang Juan came out of the house, "Yuzhen, you and Chang An are quite familiar with each other, right?"

"Yes, we used to be classmates." Yang Yuzhen said calmly, "No, just catching up on old times."

Yang Juan secretly said: "The Ye family used to be the poorest in the village, but it's different now."

"Chang An is the most popular son-in-law in the village now. Many people want to marry him."

"I've seen him getting more and more handsome recently. He's really good."

Yang Yuzhen pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes sparkling, "Auntie, why are you telling me this?"

"I'm not going to kiss him. Besides, you don't have to worry about this when you're a friend, right?"

Yang Juan didn't say much.

It is indeed inappropriate.

Although Ye Changan was a handsome youngster in the village, Yuzhen was a teacher in the city, holding an iron rice bowl, educated, beautiful and capable.

This probably means that the loved one has crossed the threshold.

She couldn't help but think, it would be great if Lily could be so capable in the future.

In the evening, Ye Jun and Ye Zhiping came to chat for a while.

He couldn't help feeling that this was the first time that he didn't have to worry about anything before the Chinese New Year.

In the past, at this time every year, the family's money had been used up, so they had to save the new food they were given.

I am also worried that I will have no money to spend the New Year and I don’t know what to do.
To be continued...