Bai Xue turned around and went back to the ancestral hall, lay down in her bed roll and fell asleep with her head covered.
Qiao Chu's voice came from outside: "Ah, everyone has eaten? I also said that I made some dishes and sent them over!"
Chen Qingshan's silly laughter also came through: "I stewed a pot of mushroom stewed chicken. Let's all share some! It's my treat to everyone."
"Hey! Then thank you, Brother Qingshan!" The voices of thanks from women and men came one after another.
A mother-in-law asked: "Chuchu, my second dog is sleeping here and I'm afraid he will catch a cold. Can you ask him to go to your house and squeeze in with Baishan Baiyu?"
"No problem." Qiao Chu agreed without saying a word.
"Chu Chu, my quilt is covered with snow and is wet. I can't cover it tonight. Can I go to your house and sleep with Madam Luo for the night?"
"You have to ask Mrs. Luo about this. After all, you are not sleeping with me." Qiao Chu said in a happy voice and did not refuse.
Bai Xue in the ancestral hall sneered silently: I don't want to rent it to my family, I don't want to rent it out even for one night, but I live with these people, isn't it because I look down on myself?
Don’t worry, one day I will make you all look up to me!
After a few moments, the atmosphere outside suddenly became lively.
You and I started talking about our plans for tomorrow.
The collapsed houses in the village directly left people with no place to sleep. There are about ten families, and they are all here tonight.
The people of Feishi Village united and decided to draw lots to determine whose house would be repaired first and whose house would be repaired last.
So in front of Chen Qingshan and Qiao Chu, everyone who had eaten their fill began to draw lots.
In the end, Bai Guiding's house was the last to be built.
Bai Guiding and Bai Shu have no objection, after all, this matter is quite fair.
But Bai Xue was not happy anymore. She came out of the ancestral hall and asked with red eyes: "Why is our family last?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment: "This... was decided by drawing lots!"
"I'll give you a Yuan Yu, and I want to build the house first!" Bai Xue took out a Yuan Yu from the storage bag without saying anything.
Everyone was stunned again.
Village chief Bai Guili might as well do it to Bai Xue. Although giving money can make everyone willing to give in, it doesn't make them feel happy...
Bai Guili was just thinking about how to smooth things over when he heard Bai Guiding say firmly: "I will be the last one to repair the house."
Bai Xue looked at her father in disbelief: "Dad, I'm trying to find a way for you to live in your own house as soon as possible! What are you doing?"
Bai Guiding said coldly: "You must be fair when doing things. You can't use money to pressure people in this village. I drew the last one, so I am willing to be the last one!"
"But I'm willing to give you money! They're also willing to repair it for us!" Bai Xue suspected that her father had some serious mental illness.
"That's your money, not mine. I don't need your money. You keep the flowers for yourself. I'm willing to be two days late." Bai Guiding refused to budge.
Bai Xue's voice even trembled: "...Dad!"
Rejecting her daughter in public like this obviously made Bai Xue unable to come to the stage. She felt aggrieved, even to the point of anger.
Qiao Chu looked at Bai Xue's aggrieved look quietly: This girl is already useless!
This Bai Xue couldn't even see that his father had seen through that she had been abandoned, and even if she had a little Yuan Yu left, she might have to live with this little Yuan Yu in the future.
His father is unwilling to spend his daughter’s money!
When a person doesn't know how to cherish what he already has and doesn't know how to be grateful at all, how can this person be happy in the future?!
Sure enough, Bai Xue didn't get a response from Bai Guiding. In the end, she just returned to her bunk with tears in her eyes, turned around and lay down, pulled the quilt and covered her head...
Bai Xue left early the next morning. No one knew where she went. She didn't say hello to anyone.
In the next few days, Chen Qingshan, Hu Yanlie and Meng Hu were all helping people in the village to build houses. Watching the basalt stone houses rising from the ground, the men all felt a sense of accomplishment!
After each house was repaired, everyone began to discuss which family would repair the remaining houses...
With the participation of three strong men, Chen Qingshan, Hu Yanlie and Meng Hu, the house was built quickly. By the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, every household's house was basically completed!
The village chief saw this, discussed it with several families who had built their houses, and waved his hand: "Tomorrow, let's have spring wine!"
"Okay!" Everyone agreed upon hearing this!
The spring wine originally scheduled for the third day of the Lunar New Year was postponed to the eleventh day of the Lunar New Year.
There are many cooks in the village, and they are all professionally trained cooks. When they eat spring wine, the women immediately hold their heads high!
It's time for me to show myself off!
A dozen large pots were set up in front of the ancestral hall. Chef Luo sat on a bench on the threshold of the ancestral hall, looking at the women below waving kitchen knives and spatulas in a happy mood.
Chen Qingshan and Qiao Chu didn't have to do anything today. They were asked to sit down at the main table and wait for the banquet to begin.
The two children had been playing crazy with a group of children in the village, chasing each other, setting off cannons, and running around like crazy. They didn't know what was funny, and they burst out laughing from time to time!
Various dishes will soon be served!
Seeing the table full of food, flavor and color, the old people were stunned!
Those who went to Fucheng before were all men of the family, but none of the old people went.
Now that they see their daughter-in-law being able to cook like this, they are all stunned, and at the same time, the importance they attach to their daughter-in-law has also skyrocketed!
A clan elder said on the spot: "Guixiang, from now on, you should give more chores at home to the children. It's too hard for you to work outside. You should take more rest within a few days after you come back!"
The mother-in-law who was called Guixiang almost cried on the spot!
It's so pitiful that my father-in-law, who has never spoken softly to me, actually said such considerate words to me...
After so many years of raising children, I have never received a word of comfort!
Her eyes couldn't help but look at Chef Luo, and then at Qiao Chu.
If Qiao Chu hadn't taken the women in the village out to work in the restaurant, she wouldn't be as straight as she is today!
Guixiang was moved by this, and the other women also felt the same, and thanked Chef Luo and Qiao Chu one after another.
"I really want to thank Chuchu and Qingshan, and Master Luo! If you hadn't given us a chance, we would still be doing laundry and cooking at home! Where can we go out to earn silver beans?!"
Qiao Chu waved his hand: "You're welcome. It's because of your hard work."
But Chef Luo said with a stern face: "If you want to be better in the future, you still need to practice more!"
"Okay! Master Luo!"
After getting along for a long time, the wives all realized that Chef Luo was actually a soft-hearted person.
Otherwise, Bai Xue’s mother and fat sister-in-law wouldn’t have had the chance to learn Chef Luo’s cooking!
Soon everyone was drinking and mingling.
Not long after the banquet started, the ladies and gentlemen all picked up their wine glasses and lined up to propose a toast to Chen Qingshan and Qiao Chu.
Qiao Chu and Chen Qingshan couldn't shirk it, so they simply picked up the big bowls and stood up.
Chen Qingshan said: "Today is our village's spring wine. Everyone has agreed. I'll take it. Let's just use this bowl of wine and don't come to toast, okay?"
When everyone was about to refuse, Qiao Chu replied: "You want us to take a few bites of your cooking! If you toast like this, we should be drunk before we even take a bite!"
When everyone heard it, it was really...
Then a loud cry came from the Bai family ancestral hall in Feishi Village: "It's done!"
The villagers all stood up with their bowls in hand and responded loudly: "It's done..."