Li Yaozong's mother also came to her senses at this time, got up quickly and slapped her mouth twice, then wiped her tears and picked up Li Yaozong, dragging him home.
At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "Goudan, what are you going to do with these things? Are you still throwing them here?"
When Li Yaozong's mother turned around and saw a lot of things piled on the ground, she knew they were her own things. She was about to ask the villagers to help move them home when she heard Li Yaozong say loudly: "There is no need to move these things. We will set up a banquet later in the evening and I will treat everyone to a drink!"
Li Yaozong's mother turned pale when she heard this! She grabbed his arm and whispered, "You want to treat everyone to a drink with so many things? You're a waste of money, and you're not going to survive!"
Li Yaozong also whispered: "Mom, please be silent for now. I will explain to you when I get home!"
After saying that, he grabbed a big bag from the goods pile and put it on his shoulders, then grabbed his mother and his father and headed straight for home. The other villagers stayed where they were, looking at the pile of meat and wine with their eyes shining!
After returning home, Li Yaozong took off his military uniform and put on his regular clothes. Then he kowtowed to his parents again. He didn't get up until he saw his two brothers and sister-in-law. Afterwards, his mother took his hand and said, "Oh, you have made a fortune in these years since you have been out. But once you have made a fortune, you can't waste so many things, and you can't make it easier for outsiders! After a while, you can lower your face and put those things away." Everyone is coming back!"
Li Yaozong said hurriedly: "Mom, you can't take that thing back! I told you to treat everyone to a meal, and I just want to treat everyone to a meal!"
At this time, Li Yaozong saw the disapproval looks on the faces of several other people in the family, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart! He knew this was because his family was too poor. If he were not poor, he would not go out to make a living, and finally joined the Navy!
However, he still managed to gather his energy and said: "I won't tell you about this matter now. I will tell you in detail what happened after dinner tonight! Now you just remember one thing, treat the villagers to a meal The silver was given by Shangguan, so we don’t have to spend it ourselves! But what I said you can’t leak to the people in the village means that I became an officer outside and made a fortune!"
This is what his eldest brother said: "Third brother, don't spend all your money just for a little face. You haven't even asked for a mother-in-law yet!"
In desperation, Li Yaozong randomly took out a document from his backpack, opened it and said, "Look, look, this is the Shangguan's warrant! It clearly states that if you treat the villagers to a meal, you can write off eight taels of tattooed silver!"
However, none of the people in the family could read, so they could only pass the document around in their hands with doubts. But when they looked at the big bright red seal on it, it was scary!
But Li Yaozong's father thought for a while and said, "I don't believe it! There is no reason for the government to invite the people to eat! Maybe you have something to fool our whole family!"
When he said this, the whole family looked suspiciously back and forth between Li Yaozong and the document, wondering if they had really been deceived?
Li Yaozong felt extremely helpless! Dad, you have never been smart in your life, why are you so smart now? But he didn't dare to take it seriously, because all he produced was a document approving the leave! However, he still said in a hurry and wisely: "Dad, this is the military order, otherwise where would the seal come from! This time I came back to discuss raw silk with the village, so the money was approved from above!"
After hearing what he said, his family members dropped their suspicions and began to question him about his experiences over the years. But Li Yaozong said: "Father, mother, we don't have enough time. Let's talk slowly tonight! I see there are two pigs in our yard, so I will just kill them and invite the villagers to eat them!"
Now he was opposed by the whole family, and everyone shouted no! Especially his mother shouted loudly: "That pig has just started to get fat, how can we kill it now!"
Li Yaozong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Mom, just listen to me! Anyway, the money for these two pigs was written off with these silvers, so we can't lose it! At the worst, we can get some flowers and press the whole pig's head. Price write-off!"
But his family still refused to agree, and instead came up with the idea not to kill pigs, so that the money from killing pigs could be kept to support the family! Li Yaozong was finally anxious and said loudly: "Father, mother, I came back this time under military orders. If I can't do it, I will be punished by military law."
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He shouted these words to scare the family members, and reluctantly said that they could kill the pig! Then Li Yaozong and I went out, paid homage to the ancestral hall in the presence of the villagers, and then paid homage to several senior people in the village. Then I officially announced that his family would kill a pig for dinner tonight, which immediately aroused thunderous cheers in the village!
Holding a banquet in the village is actually very simple. The most important things are two things, meat and wine! Those green vegetables are available in every family's field, and the East family just grabs a handful, and the West family grabs a handful, and that's enough for the number of vegetables on the table. As for things like fish and shrimp, just let the children go to the river first and they can get a lot of them! And Li Yaozong brought back a lot of wine from the county town, and his family had two more pigs, so the wine and food were complete!
So under the instructions of the village chief, several men came out to kill the pigs, and the women went to their homes to get some vegetables. A banquet that was enough for the whole village was prepared, so the village was filled with laughter and joy!
In the evening, a banquet was held in the center of the village, and it was quite sumptuous! There is not only fresh pork on every table, but also bacon, vegetables stir-fried with oil, a few fish and a chicken! This is quite luxurious for a farmhouse!
After the banquet started, everyone naturally wanted to thank Li Yaozong for spending a lot of money, and believed that Li Yaozong had made a fortune outside, so they returned to the village to entertain the neighbors in a big way! And Li Yaozong also released the rhetoric he had prepared long ago at the right time!
In his words, he has become a rising star in the navy! Although I am just a captain now, I will be able to become a sentry officer after I return from this vacation! If you wait a few more years, you might be able to become a defender!
Ordinary people naturally cannot tell what is a captain and what is a sentry officer, but Li Baye, the village chief and others have some knowledge and know that this is the highest position among grassroots officers! Further up is the defense, which is a person who can lead troops to guard one side! Therefore, he was somewhat respectful towards Li Yaozong in his words. The villagers were even more frightened when they saw this scene, thinking that Li Yaozong had finally given birth!
This kind of ordinary folk banquet can start with some anecdotes, but slowly and naturally it turns to chores in the countryside, which naturally cannot be separated from things like fields. Sure enough, the village chief asked Li Yaozong: "What does the navy really care about? Is it really in charge of banning the sea and opening up the sea? Is it really going to be a complete ban on the sea this year? If there is a complete ban on the sea, no one will be able to harvest raw silk. What will happen?" manage?"
