After calling it a day, Yang Ruoqing told Yang her time schedule and then turned around and left.
If you come to ask me to do something, you must do it according to my schedule, not me doing it for you.
It's that simple.
In the bedroom in the backyard, the two boys were not awake yet, and Wang Cuilian was sitting between the two cradles doing needlework.
Hearing light footsteps entering the house, Wang Cuilian raised her head and saw Yang Ruoqing.
"Are you done with everything in the fifth room?" Wang Cuilian asked Yang Ruoqing in a low voice.
Yang Ruoqing nodded, tiptoed over, and said to Wang Cuilian: "Aunt, don't cook at noon. My fifth uncle said hello and asked us to come over for dinner at noon. Our family and the Sun family will also come over. I have already done it for you." Agreed."
Wang Cuilian said: "Okay, you can make the decision."
Seeing that the two boys were sleeping, Yang Ruoqing was about to get up and wash the children's diapers, but found that Wang Cuilian had washed them all and hung them to dry in the yard.
"Auntie, I'll go to the yard to dry the quilt."
"Okay, you go ahead. I'm not going anywhere. I'm just here to watch over the children." Wang Cuilian said.
Yang Ruoqing smiled gratefully, turned around and left the room.
It is such a blessing to have elders at home to help take care of the children. I can concentrate on doing my own thing outside. Thank you for the hard work.
…
Since we said goodbye at the gate of the courtyard, Yang has not come to see Yang Ruoqing again.
At noon, everyone went to the fifth room opposite to have dinner, because all the men of Yang Yongjin's generation had gone to see off their brides, so at noon, the remaining people in each room of Lao Yang's family gathered together, including Blacksmith Luo. With the Sun family, there were only two tables of people.
Before dinner started, under Yang Huaming's strong call, Yang Huazhou and his brothers got excited and sat down together to play cards. Old Yang Tou and Old Sun Tou were watching the cards, and the children were playing beside them, crawling up from time to time. Go up to the small table next to you, grab a handful of candies or snacks, stuff them in your pocket, and play while you eat.
Bao Suyun found Yang Huazhou and said, "Lao Wu, let Yu Xingkui help you with a few fights. Come over here and I'll tell you something."
Yang Huazhou then gave up his seat to Yu Xingkui and came to the door of the house with Bao Suyun.
"What's going on?"
"My mother didn't come over for dinner in the morning. I called her before noon, but she didn't pay attention. How about you go and invite me again?"
When it comes to Tan, the smile on Yang Huazhou's face disappears without a trace.
Although Tan's extra makeup was delivered to her by Yang Huamei in the morning, she herself did not show up.
Mianmian was her granddaughter, and her granddaughter only got married once. The old lady could deliberately not come to see her granddaughter out of the court because she was angry with him and Guiling. This was a bit ignorant!
"Go and ask for whatever you want, there's nothing wrong with it!"
Yang Huazhou shook his head and turned back to the main room.
Bao Suyun followed in and opened his mouth. Since there were so many people in the room, it was difficult to speak, so he looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.
"Fifth younger brother and sister, why do you look like you are in trouble? If you have anything to say, we are all here to help you come up with ideas!"
Yang Huaming held a stick of winter melon candy in his mouth and held cards in his hand. He wanted to look at his own cards and the cards on the table. He also had to take time to glance at Yang Huazhou and Bao Suyun. To describe him in four words: his facial features were messed up. move!
"No, it's nothing."
Bao Suyun lowered his eyes and whispered, but he couldn't help but secretly glance at Yang Huazhou from the corner of his eye.
"Oh, fourth brother and sister, please stop lying. You are destined not to lie since you were born. Everything is written on your face!"
Ms. Liu also sat next to Yang Huaming and read the cards. While reading and eating melon seeds, she told Bao Suyun in a crisp voice.
As soon as the loud voice came out, everyone in the hall heard it, and all their attention shifted to Bao Suyun.
Bao Suyun looked reserved and embarrassed.
Old Yangtou frowned, "My fifth daughter-in-law, there are no outsiders here, just say whatever you want, don't hesitate!"
Bao Suyun smiled bitterly, his eyes still only chasing Yang Huazhou.
"Okay, okay, don't ask Suyun, let me do it!" Yang Huazhou returned to the table, his face full of irritation.
"Suyun is just too cowardly. She is cautious in everything she does for fear of making things worse. No, she has to force me to invite my mother over for lunch!"
"Ha, so that's what it's about? Lao Wu, then go and do it!" Ms. Liu said with a smile while chewing melon seeds. Her lips touched up and down, and her voice was clear and loud.
Yang Huazhou frowned, "I don't want to go. It's not that I don't want to part with that bowl of food, but I'm going to treat him later. She thought I was going to be low-key with him, and she would have to take advantage of General Qiao again." I gave her a good lecture, but she had to go over the old accounts from last night all over again. In the end, it was all our fault. In the end, when we invited her over for dinner with good intentions, we had to make it look like we were asking for forgiveness, but we didn't do anything at all. That’s right and it’s not sinful!”
Yang Huazhou's words made everyone in the room fall silent.
Because 99% of the people in this room have had dealings with Mrs. Tan in this way, and they were all defeated by that naughty little old lady.
"What Lao Wu said is right. If you can't offend her, why not hide away? If you go and invite her, she will think you're a coward, and her tail will be raised to the sky." Lao Yangtou was the first to stand up and support Yang Huazhou.
"Don't go and invite her. She didn't come to see Mianmian off when she got married. Since she can't do what an elder should do, you don't have to fulfill your obligation as a junior to coax her to beg her. Let's leave her alone for now!"
No one present in this room, including Bao Suyun himself, probably did not sincerely want to invite Mr. Tan over for dinner.
It just involves things like etiquette, eldership, filial piety...
It's just that we are all juniors, so it's not easy to take the initiative to not invite Mr. Tan. However, it would be different if Lao Yangtou did it.
Seventy percent of the people present were silent, and thirty percent chose to agree with Lao Yangtou.
Among the 30% who chose to agree, there were Yang Huaming and Liu, and... Yang Ruoqing.
"I agree with my father's suggestion. Everyone knows my grandma's temper. If we invite her over at this juncture, if we don't have enough lunch, everyone will have to leave on bad terms."
"So, let's let my grandma calm down first. When she figures it out later, it will be worth it for us to treat her to a meal alone!"
Mrs. Liu immediately answered: "That's right, don't invite me. I don't know who will suffer when you come over."
Finally, Lao Yangtou made the final decision: "Okay, okay, put the cards away and start dinner, no more gossip!"
Since the oldest and most senior member of the Old Yang family has personally given the order, why don’t you guys hurry up and execute it? At that moment, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful again. Those who cleared the table, those who went to the kitchen to serve food, and those who took their children to wash hands and prepare for dinner, everyone started working in an orderly manner.
But Bao Suyun still discussed this with Sun, and planned to secretly send a food box to Lao Wang's family, saying it was for Yang Huamei.
When Yang Huamei saw the portion of the food, she would naturally understand.
