After becoming a stepmother,I transfered the whole family into farming

Chapter 181 Unexpected Visitor

It was still early, but the old house was already full of people.

Zhang was generous for once. She took out the candles and lit the lanterns to illuminate the people working in the yard.

As soon as Qin Yao and his wife arrived and put down their belongings, they were conscripted into the army.

Mrs. Zhou and the others called Qin Yao to take a kitchen knife and cut the vegetables. Liu Ji was also pulled away by Old Man Liu, who took out a gift book made of red paper and asked him and Liu Fei to be responsible for recording the gifts.

Liu Ji was in charge of recording and Liu Fei was in charge of receiving the gifts. The two of them disliked each other, so it was a good opportunity for them to supervise each other.

Qin Yao couldn't help but exclaim after seeing this: Absolutely!

"Let me cut the meat." Qin Yao picked up her own kitchen knife, turned it around in her palm, pulled a piece of pork onto the chopping board, and started chopping it with the knife!

"Cut into pieces or slices?" Qin Yao asked as she cut, and she worked very efficiently.

Mrs. Zhou was stunned for a moment, then she said in a trembling voice, "Yes, I need minced meat. I'll make meatballs later."

There wasn't enough meat slices for so many people, so they made meatballs with the minced meat and vegetables and stewed them into soup, with one pot for each table.

It's rare for us to eat meat all year round, so we are very satisfied with this pot of meat soup.

Qin Yao nodded, it seemed that the meatballs were still the main dish.

He thought one knife was too slow, so he picked up another one and waved it up and down with both hands. The whole food preparation area was filled with the sound of chopping meat.

And because the sound was too dense, it made people's teeth ache.

In just two quarters of an hour, Qin Yao finished chopping the minced meat that would take others one or two hours to chop, and the minced meat was chopped very finely and softly, and it was obvious that the minced meat was of good quality.

Mrs. Zhou and others gathered around and gave Qin Yao a thumbs up.

Qin Yao's self-confidence was extremely inflated. She waved the kitchen knife and said, "Leave the job of cutting the vegetables to me. You guys are responsible for washing them. Once you're done, hand them to me and I'll cut them!"

Everyone was happy and agreed.

Liu Ji in the main room was guarding the gift book, but no one came at this time, so he was idle and sat there eating peanuts. When he saw the hustle and bustle at the kitchen door, he clicked his tongue and thought to himself: So this is also a conspicuous bag.

It's dawn. Today is indeed a good day. The rare sun rises.

The tea was ready. After finishing their housework, the villagers gradually gathered together, both old and young, in waves.

Every time Liu Fei received a gift, he would sing and shout, and he kept shouting until almost noon. Only when all the people who were supposed to come arrived did he rest his voice.

Liu Ji's job was much easier, he just had to write.

The village chief and clan leaders all sat around the gift book table in front of Liu Ji, watching him write down the gift stroke by stroke with curiosity, as if they were looking at a child who had just learned to write, with eyes full of love.

It was rare to see him so serious and earnest. The village chief and clan leader would give him loving encouragement from time to time, praising his good handwriting.

It's hard not to lose yourself in all this praise.

Liu Ji became more and more excited as he wrote. Finally, he spread out the excess red paper, picked up his brush, and wrote a big Chinese character "Fu" with his flying dragon and dancing phoenix.

Qin Yao passed by with a bowl of vegetables in his hand, took a look, and paddled like a dog. It was really embarrassing for the two old men, the village chief and the clan leader, and they were praising him against their conscience.

Zhang and Liu Zhong had been entertaining guests the whole morning. Seeing that it was almost time, Zhang asked the kitchen to start cooking and notified the guests to take their seats and prepare for the feast.

He was the chef, while Qiu was in the room taking care of the baby and greeting her family. Qin Yao looked around and was surprised to find that she, as half the host, had to greet others to do the work and set up the tables, chairs, and dishes.

Fortunately, the water mill owner was not in the job for nothing, as most of the women in the village were happy to take orders from her.

Qin Yao called a few free ladies and asked them to set the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks. After doing all this, while waiting for the food, she finally had time to meet today's little protagonist.

Damao was in particularly good spirits today. He stayed awake after eating. Perhaps he knew that everyone was here to see him, so he opened his bright eyes and looked around, not knowing whether he could see anything.

Jinhua was the happiest today. Her grandmother, uncle, aunt and cousins were all here. They took so much food and drinks.

Moreover, her cousins were happy to play new games with her, unlike Jinbao and Erlang, who always disliked them, the younger ones, following them.

I don't know when Si Niang came, and she kept eating and drinking with my cousin.

Seeing Qin Yao come in to see the baby, she rushed over in surprise and asked Qin Yao to look in her pocket, "Mother! I'll give you some crispy candy."

Qin Yao looked down and saw that her small bag was filled with fried candies and peanuts. It was a pretty good performance.

Qin Yao took out a piece of fried candy from her pocket. Just as she put it in her mouth, before she could taste it, Si Niang asked her expectantly:

"Is it delicious? It's delicious. My cousin said that this candy is only sold in her town."

Qin Yao nodded and replied perfunctorily, "It's delicious."

The little girl smiled and when she heard her cousin Jinhua calling her outside, she immediately ran out.

Qin Yao reluctantly said, "Don't run too far, the feast is about to begin!"

"I know. They're right at the door. Big brother and the others are all here." Si Niang turned around and responded obediently.

Seeing Qin Yao waving, he followed Jinhua's cousin and ran out.

Qin Yao came to the bedside and teased Da Mao, who didn't know how to react. By the way, she followed Qiu to meet her family.

A group of people surrounded her and asked her for all kinds of information. Qin Yao was scared, so she quickly found an excuse and slipped away.

The food was almost ready, and He called everyone over to serve the food.

Just as Qin Yao was about to leave, an oxcart unexpectedly stopped outside the gate. An energetic old woman and a couple in their twenties got off the cart and called out to a group of children at the gate, "Da Lang? Er Lang?"

Zhang thought it was a distant visitor, so she called Liu Zhong to go out to greet him.

Then, the expressions of both of them changed.

Liu Zhong turned his head and shouted towards the main hall: "Old Third, come here quickly!"

Liu Ji walked to the door with a puzzled look on his face, and when he saw three people outside, his expression changed.

He suppressed his shock and panic and looked at Zhang and Liu Zhong.

The two of them also looked at him at the same time, all three of them were shocked: Who invited them here?

Zhang was the quickest to react, her expression froze for a moment before she quickly forced out a surprised smile, "My dear in-laws are here? Please come in!"

But the smile was too forced, and the other party could see her embarrassment and surprise at a glance.

Liu Ji came back to his senses and first politely called the old woman "mother-in-law", and then politely said to the young couple:

"Brother, sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few years. How are you now? You brothers and sisters have grown up now, right? You came at the right time, we are about to start the feast, come in quickly."

Brother Mo and Sister-in-law Mo nodded and helped their mother into the yard.

Liu Ji also reached out to help, and Old Lady Mo snorted at him, "Liu Lao San, you have a new wife and forget the old one. You are really rich now."

After saying this, he turned and looked at the children outside the yard, his attitude becoming much friendlier.

"Dalang and Erlang, bring your brothers and sisters over here and let them recognize their uncle and aunt."

Dalang and Erlang led the confused twins to Old Lady Mo, "Grandma, uncle, aunt."

Qin Yao, who was standing in the corridor, blinked. It turned out that the people who came were the mother of Liu Ji's ex-wife Mo and his eldest brother and sister-in-law.