After a while, Wu Laosan walked out with a sullen mouth and tried desperately to drag the Chen brothers and sisters into the house for dinner.

Of course, Chen Tianhua refused firmly, saying that he only came over after dinner, while Youjuan ran away far away.

Lin Gen opened his mouth to prove it, and only then did Wu Laosan give up.

After hearing Chen Tianhua's invitation, Wu Laosan didn't refuse much. After all, he saved someone's life, so it was reasonable to be grateful.

He smiled and said:

"Brother Tugen is a man of culture, and he is kind-hearted. Let's get together and have a bowl of wine. That's Tugen's wish. I'll call Ahua later."

The Ah Hua Wu Laosan was talking about was the young man standing on the far side among the three of them that day.

One of his eyes was a bit abnormal, and people in the village called him "Douyan".

"Okay, then Ah Hua..."

"Oh... Ah Hua is my little cousin. You don't need to go. It's not a big deal. I'll just go and call him."

"Okay, that's it. Come over early in the afternoon and let's chat while eating."

"Okay...I have nothing to do this afternoon...let's go there early."

Chen Tianhua brother and sister waved and left, while Lin Gen was left to eat by Wu Laosan.

The personal relationship between the two of them is also good.

There is a custom in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. When you are having a meal at home, if you see a guest coming to your door, you must get up, put down your bowls and chopsticks, and invite the guest to the table. Otherwise, if you lose the way of hospitality, you will be scolded as having no rules.

After Chen Tianhua returned home, he ate lunch in a hurry, and then the whole family got busy: stewing chicken, washing vegetables, cooking, cleaning...

It became cloudy in the afternoon, but it didn't rain.

Judging from the weather, it was probably four o'clock, so Chen Tianhua was waiting early on the roadside.

After a stick of incense, I saw three tall and strong men swaying towards this side on the bluestone slab on the shore of Henghu Lake.

You don't have to guess that the tall man in front is Lin Gen, Chen Tianhua hurriedly greeted him.

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Hearing the voice approaching, Xue Wanzhen also came to the door to greet her.

"Little aunt!"

"Aunt Awan!"

"Aunt..."

All three of them bowed their hands and saluted.

"Okay...it's good that you are here. Please sit in the room...sit..."

Wu Laosan looks to be in his thirties, a few years younger than Xue Wanzhen, but seniority is important in the countryside.

"Oh, Aunt Awan, you are not in good health. I feel sorry for bothering you so much about busying yourself today!" Wu Laosan is more clever and good at talking.

"In that case, I, a fellow villager, have climbed up to you big brothers. I ask you to take more care of our family in the future. Let's have a drink to express our feelings. You must eat well and drink well!"

Xue Wanzhen smiled brightly. She explained the purpose of the treat. Of course, this was still somewhat different from the facts.

But that doesn't matter. As fellow villagers, we can't tell who will take care of whom in the future.

"Hey... Look what you said, Tu Gen is more promising and capable than us now. As for taking care of us, from now on it will be more like him taking care of us..."

"..."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries, and Chen Tianhua was able to take a close look at the three saviors.

Needless to say, Lin Gen has been met many times, but Wu Laosan and Ahua are strangers to Chen Tianhua, so they need to take a closer look this time.

Both of them are sturdy, strong, honest and honest farmers, with rough skin, palms covered with calluses, and thick and black nail shells.

There is a large scar at the corner of Ah Hua's right eye, which may have been an accidental injury in the past, or an accidental injury when he was a child.

The right eyelid was pulled by the wound and tilted unevenly, making the right eye look unsightly as if it was hanging, hence the nickname, hanging eye or hanging eye scar.

In fact, apart from the injury to his right eye, he is still a very handsome young man.

During the greetings, the dishes were served.

There are white chopped chicken, old hen stewed with mushrooms, braised Dongpo pork, clams braised with green vegetables, chopped snails with green onion sauce, braised snails with leeks, and Chinese cabbage soup.

The dishes on this table are very rich in rural areas nowadays. They are abundant and delicious, and the aroma is fragrant, which fully shows the sincerity of the host.

"Oh, it's so rich. It's even more exquisite than the Chinese New Year... How can this be so embarrassing..."

The three men pretended to be polite, but in fact they had swallowed so much saliva that they were completely salivating.

The three of them are all tenant farmers from poor families, and they have not smelled the smell of meat for more than half a year.

Pour the warm aged "Naughty Red" and the mellow aroma of the wine will hit your nose.

Today, it was the first time that Chen Tianhua sat in the master's seat.

According to the customs of rural people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, when entertaining guests at home, the male host must be present. If the father is absent, the son will be present. Female family members are generally not allowed to attend the main banquet.

If there is no male protagonist in the home, it is not considered a formal home, and guests cannot be invited to the home for drinks and meals.

Even if you invite me, no serious man will go.

No matter how senior a woman is, she can never take charge of the affairs at the table.

This custom of men being superior to women is deeply rooted in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially in rural areas.

Chen Tianhua held up the wine bowl with both hands and said his drinking speech very respectfully:

"The three of you are my Tugen brothers. I don't need to say thank you. It's just a small glass of wine to express my feelings. I'll do it first as a token of respect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and drank a bowl of rice wine in one gulp, and everyone also drank it in one gulp.

Naturally, the incident of falling into the water was not mentioned at the wine table. Wu Laosan, Lin Gen and the others knew it very well, because Chen Tianhua had specifically warned her, mainly because she was afraid that her mother would be worried.

Next, everyone ate delicious dishes, drank the mellow daughter's red wine, drank happily, and exchanged cups.

Youjuan was waiting at the side, and the eldest sister Tingjuan was helping her mother with other housework.

The three of them ate and drank to their heart's content, grinning with greasy teeth. Farmers in the countryside couldn't be more polite, and the taste was really good.

The banquet had been going on for an hour, and most of the food and wine on the table had been eaten. The initial greediness had disappeared, and everyone began to think about talking about more serious things.

"Hey Tugen, how old are you this year?" Wu Laosan suddenly asked.

"I...should be twenty-one years old this year." Chen Tianhua is also a blind man trying to figure out the elephant.

"Tu Gen is 19 this year, and he will be 20 after the Chinese New Year. That's nonsense!" Xue Wanzhen corrected her in the east wing.

There was only a bamboo curtain hanging between Chen Tianhua's east wing and the main room, and the original door was lowered and used as a coffin board.

Xue Wanzhen and Tingjuan were together, using needles and thread to order bedding for Tu Gen. It was getting cooler in late autumn, and the sheets alone could not keep out the cold at night.

After hearing this, Chen Tianhua naturally understood that his chronological age was seventeen, and he would be eighteen after the Chinese New Year.

"I just want to grow up quickly, hehe..." After being exposed by his mother for falsely reporting his age, he laughed and laughed at himself.

"Don't tell me, Tugen has grown taller and stronger in the past month. No one will suspect that he is pretending to be a twenty-one or two-year-old young man." Wu Laosan looked at Chen Tianhua and said in surprise.

"Brother Wu is right, Tugen has really grown into an adult. My aunt... Tugen can ask for a wife after the Chinese New Year."
Chapter completed!