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Chapter 182 Can’t eat it? Then don’t eat it! (5k)

Xu Qingshan helped his grandmother out.

The villagers are all praising the filial son and grandson.

The stage is not small and is considered to be the most spacious place in the whole village. It is located in front of the village’s ancestral temple, with only a screen wall blocking the middle.

The ancestral temple is inside and the stage is outside.

At this time, Xu Qingshan's thank-you banquet for his admission to higher education was being held on the stage. After the meal and a short rest, the ceremony would begin. The gate of the ancestral temple would be opened, Xu Qingshan would be allowed to enter the hall with etiquette, and then a plaque made by an old craftsman in the village would be hung.

【Top Scholar】

This small village in the mountains still retains its ancient heritage.

Today is a rare happy day in the hundreds of years since the establishment of Laokeng Village.

Xu Qingshan, the top scorer in the college entrance examination who made a sensation across the country, has a status comparable to that of the top scorers in ancient times.

He was a man who dominated an entire era.

Even the situation of getting full marks is comparable to winning six prizes in a row, which is unprecedented and will never be repeated.

Even though the people in this mountain area are not very knowledgeable, they all know that this kid from the second family will have a great future.

Even if someone won't help their children in the future, no one wants to offend them at this time.

not to mention.

Xu Qingshan is a sweet-talker and a good person.

Although I have been studying abroad and don't come back often, the warmth and intimacy of calling my relatives and kinsmen makes me feel proud! I feel proud!

There are actually quite a lot of dirty things in rural areas, especially in mountain villages.

In the past, in order to compete for clean water, we had armed conflicts with neighboring villages, and we would stab people in the neck with hoes and forks.

There was a chaotic fight at night, and even if someone died in the pitch-black mountains, no one would call the police.

Each village collected and buried the remains on their own, causing chaos.

Even among the hundreds of households in Laokeng Village, there are women who were abducted by kidnappers. They are now plump and healthy, have given birth to children, and live here peacefully.

But is this right?

I guess no one would think this is right.

Things got better after liberation, but there were still frequent quarrels and conflicts between brothers. Even when Xu Qingshan's father Xu Xuejun was in school, there was a conflict between Xu Qinghe's family and Xu Xuejun's fourth uncle's family.

On the way to school, Xu Xuejun was blocked on a dirt road by his uncles and brothers and was beaten up with a bloody head.

The people here are simple, but also tough.

The definition of simplicity is not pure and plain;
If I don't like you, then I just want to see you fail.

The stage in Laokeng Village.

The banquet held today can be regarded as the best in the history of Laokeng Village. Although Xu Qingshan asked Xu Xuejun to pay some money for the banquet, the Ancestral Temple Foundation also contributed money.

The folks all wanted the banquet to be a great success.

It has been a long time since Laokeng Village has seen such a big happy event.

Those who went to Xu Qingshan's old house were considered adults with some reputation in the village. When they arrived at the stage, the old and the young, women and children also came, waiting to sit at the table to eat.

Xu Qingshan helped his grandmother sit down and let her sit on the high seat at the main table.

Xu Qingshan stood beside the main table and didn't rush to sit down.

"Today is my big day!"

"I would like to thank all the elders and fellow villagers for their support and also thank our Xu's ancestral temple for its encouragement. I will work hard in the future and give back to my hometown one day. I also hope that everyone can enjoy their meal and drink today."

"Although I have been studying abroad and have few opportunities to come back, my relationship with everyone is still there. We are all family, so don't be polite."

"After the banquet is over, I will ask the elders to introduce me to brothers who are willing to go out to work. Although I am young, I have helped the other elders with their business in Ludao."

"If you are interested, after the banquet is over, I will go to each family to meet our brothers and chat slowly. Although the work is hard, the salary is definitely much higher than in Yunzhang!"

After saying that, Xu Qingshan raised a small glass of white wine.

In fact, it was Sprite that was poured in it.

"Here, I'll do it. Everyone, feel free to enjoy the meal!"

Xu Qingshan waved his hand.

At this time, the elders and fellow villagers of the Xu family in Laokeng Village looked at Xu Qingshan with eyes that were not just simple appreciation and emotion, but a completely different look.

If Xu Qingshan was just the top scorer in the college entrance examination with full marks.

They will be surprised, envious, and maybe jealous, but it actually has nothing to do with them.

It's just that there is one more meal to eat.

But if it is true as Xu Qingshan said, that he can provide good jobs for the young and middle-aged people in Laokeng Village, then it will be of great significance to them.

For a while.

Everyone looked at Xu Qingshan with enthusiasm.

They need an opportunity to perform well in front of Xu Qingshan, and strive to be able to show off in front of this very capable young scholar, so that they can get better jobs.

The sun is high.

There are many sheds in the middle of the stage in Laokeng Village to provide shade. The sheds are full of villagers, and the air is filled with the tempting aroma of food.

The chefs and women in the village were busy early in the morning. They gathered in a circle around the makeshift large stove. Some were busy cutting vegetables, some were stir-frying, and others were kneading dough and preparing pastries.

Laughter and whispers mixed with the clanging of pots and pans sounded like a unique mountain village symphony.

Following Xu Qingshan's order, the meal began.

One dish after another was served on the round table. The cold dishes were sour and spicy, appetizing and refreshing. The steaming hot dishes attracted countless chopsticks as soon as they were served. The braised pork was stewed until soft and tasty, and the Baogong fish was splashed with a layer of hot oil, which was extremely tender.

On the stage, everyone was drinking and chatting happily.

at the same time.

Xu Qingshan's uncle's family, as well as his aunt's and younger aunt's families, who had been waiting for a long time, gathered together and were sitting at Xu Xuewen's house waiting for a call.

"Why don't we go over there? It's already half past twelve."

Xu Xuewen looked at the phone with a frown.

Still no call to ask them to hurry up, what’s going on?

"I guess they chatted too much and forgot to call. When the third brother called me at around ten in the morning, he said there would be a lot of people today."

Xu Ping curled his lips, looking unhappy.

"It's obvious that the Third Brother doesn't care about us at all!"

Xu He raised his eyebrows and glared.

"This third brother has become more and more ungrateful this year. Several times when I asked him to help with something, he refused to go. He either said he was too busy or too busy. When I asked him to lend me some money, he said he had no money."

Xu He felt a little dissatisfied when he thought about the fact that he had been rejected several times by Xu Xuejun this year.

"If my little sister and I hadn't given up our studies to do needlework for others to support his studies, would he be where he is today? His civil servant job is shared by my little sister and me, but he doesn't even help with small matters."

"Oh, maybe it's not the third brother's fault. I heard that Yuehua had some troubles, and the third brother has been cleaning up her mess recently. It's not the third brother's fault~"

Zhou Xiuhua pinched her throat and spoke in a gentle voice.

The green tea scent can be smelled from a long distance away.

Isn't this clearly blaming Lin Yuehua?
The level of sowing discord was not very sophisticated, but the Xu family fell for it.

"I told the third son to discipline her. Why do women have such bad tempers? If it weren't for the good genes of our Xu family, would Xu Qingshan have been able to get the top spot in the imperial examination?"

Xu He was indignant, and seemed to be angry that Xu Xuejun did not listen to her.

"But it's strange. Why didn't the old lady call when the third brother didn't call?"

Xu Ping asked with some confusion.

If they had a family dinner in the past, the old lady would definitely ask the second and third sons to wait and would call them until they came in before starting to eat.

But today even the old lady was silent.

"I guess it's not ready yet."

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"

Xu Xuewen's cell phone rang.

"That's what I told you. There's no way our mom would forget about us. There are three of us."

Xu Ping smiled widely, while Tang Jiye remained silent. As an outsider, he had no right to speak and could not get a word in at such family gatherings.

"Not our mother."

Xu Xuewen frowned even more tightly, which made his already not very sunny face look even more gloomy.

On the side, Xu Xuewen's son Xu Dongshan was lying on a recliner playing with his mobile phone. The animated character in the phone looked a bit pornographic, but no one cared about him.

"Hello, Uncle Donglin?"

"Oh, you've already started eating, right? Well, our car ran out of gas on the way, and we're refueling now. We'll be there soon."

Although Xu Xuewen was smiling while answering the elder on the other end of the phone, the anger on his face was obvious.

"They have already started the meal."

Xu Xuewen was very angry, but he was always gentle and easy-going, so it was impossible for him to lose his composure.

Thinking of his nephew Xu Qingshan's perfect score and admission to Peking University, and then turning around to see his own son still playing with those disgusting things, he became so angry that he slapped him.

"Snapped!"

The phone fell to the ground, and a red slap mark appeared on Xu Dongshan's face, which was enough to show how much emotion Xu Xuewen had put in that slap.

"Xuewen, why are you suddenly angry? Does your hand hurt?"

Zhou Xiuhua came up and grabbed Xu Xuewen's hand, worried that he would slap his son again, but she continued to speak softly.

"If there is something going on, let's just talk about it. Don't hit your son all of a sudden."

Xu Dongshan didn't say anything, and there was no anger on his face. He didn't even look at his parents. He just bent over awkwardly to pick up the phone with a cracked screen that had fallen to the ground, and continued playing his game without a care in the world.

"Look at him!"

No matter how hard Xu Xuewen tried to suppress his anger, he couldn't stop it.

"Brother, if you have something to say, please speak slowly. Don't rush the child. Dongshan is still young. Isn't he a very well-behaved boy? He studies at home and doesn't make trouble."

"Fuck you! You're already 20 years old and you can't even get into a fucking university. All you do when you get home is play with that disgusting thing on your phone!"

It is hard to imagine that such words could come from the mouth of Xu Xuewen, a self-proclaimed intellectual college student from the 80s. But no one present thought it was wrong, as if they had long been accustomed to it.

They just competed to comfort Xu Xuewen.

No one cared about Xu Dongshan.

"Let's go back. They've already started the feast before we even arrived."

Xu Xuewen vented his temper, groaned twice, and then spoke.

"He doesn't come back for a year or two, and he doesn't know how to visit my uncle. He has no family education. Even if he gets full marks in the college entrance examination and enters Peking University, what good will it do? Can he fly to the sky? This kind of child will definitely not achieve anything great in the future."

Xu Xuewen said gloomily.

The person he was talking about was Xu Qingshan.

"He is ignorant and spoiled by the third child. I will definitely scold him when he sees me later. He won't even come back to visit relatives during the New Year."

Xu He echoed.

"Everyone calmed down. After all, the third child is still young, so it's normal for him to be ignorant. Shouldn't we, the elders, teach him a lesson?"

"Let's go, let's go, I'll go drive, everyone squeeze in a little bit."

Zhou Xiuhua looked as delicate as a white lotus, carrying her luxury bag, and went to drive in a glamorous manner.

Xu He and Xu Ping saw this and were very disdainful.

Xu Xuewen, Zhou Xiuhua's family of three and Xu He and Xu Ping's son squeezed in the car and went back to Laokeng. Tang Jiye followed alone on an old men's motorcycle.

Next to the stage in Laokeng Village.

"Qingshan, uncle has finished fighting, do you think?"

Xu Donglin looked at Xu Qingshan expectantly.

"Thank you, uncle. When this is over, I'll leave you a phone number. Ask Big Brother Bang to call that number when he arrives at Lu Island. Don't worry, it's all right."

Xu Donglin's face was full of joy and he nodded repeatedly.

As for Xu Xuewen?
What a shabby thing!

Every time I see him, he won’t even give me a good cigarette, and he often sets his sights on my good things and wants to take them away at a low price.

I bother!

"Auntie, may I trouble you? Please clean up and leave a table for my uncle and aunt."

"Okay, Xiaoshan, don't worry. I've disliked them for a long time. How can a family bully your mother like that? Don't worry, if there's a quarrel later, I'll scold them for you!"

The aunt who was entrusted with the important task smiled happily and expressed her opinions repeatedly.

“It’s about my husband.”

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Xu Qingshan smiled.

Ludao is indeed short of staff, but they are not from the gaming company. They are needed to provide face for Hou Cheng. If he wants to sell the shoe business and get a higher valuation and acquisition price, he needs enough face.

This group of elders and fellow villagers are enough to hold up the scene.

After holding the scene, it also has other uses.

Here, I have the reputation of my hometown to constrain me, and there, it's enough as long as the salary is paid normally. A group of subordinates who I know well are always better than recruiting randomly in the market. Anyway, they don't require any special skills.

Xu Qingshan sat right in the center of the stage, where there was a table of food.

It was cleaned up by the auntie just now.

Xu Qingshan was holding a bowl with the food he had just prepared in it, and was eating slowly.

The food on the table looked very rich.

"Why don't you wait for us before eating? How rude!"

Before I saw anyone, I heard the hoarse voice of my aunt Xu He.

Xu Qingshan's face was full of smiles.

Now everyone in the village is chatting and enjoying the cool air nearby, but although they appear to be chatting, they are actually quietly watching the show here.

Just now Xu Qingshan said that dinner is over and he would like to invite everyone to watch a show. This should be it.

In fact, Xu Xuejun was against it.

He could already foresee what Xu Qingshan was going to do.

But the problem is that I didn’t object?
Since I didn't object, it didn't matter if Xu Xuejun objected, especially since there was Lin Yuehua who was pulling him very forcefully today.

"Here it is, auntie, come, I have saved the best dishes for you, come and eat."

Xu Qingshan did not stand up. He spoke very enthusiastically, but he was tapping his chopsticks in an incoherent manner.

"You are so unruly. Qingshan, you need to learn from your brother. Be good and sensible. Otherwise, people will say that our Xu family is uneducated when you go out."

Xu He sat down and was about to teach Xu Qingshan a lesson.

Xu Xuewen just stared at Xu Qingshan coldly.

But Xu Qingshan was not annoyed at all, he just nodded thoughtfully.

"Indeed, when we go out, people will easily say that our Xu family is uneducated."

"Let's talk about it later. Uncle, aunt, brother, aunt, and eat quickly."

Tang Jiye hasn't arrived yet.

Xu Qingshan was all smiles.

"You know the truth."

Xu He picked up the chopsticks and picked up his favorite braised pork on the table, added a few spoonfuls of soup, mixed it with the rice and ate it sweetly.

They had been there for too long and were indeed hungry.

"Humph."

Xu Xuewen turned his face away and said coldly.

"So you know how to call me uncle? Where are your father and mother?"

"It's hot, I'm going to be filial to my grandma."

The smile on Xu Qingshan's face grew wider.

Indeed, Lin Yuehua was blocking the door and threatening Xu Xuejun and grandma. The threatening words were taught by Xu Qingshan, and no one knew what she said. Xu Xuejun and grandma were originally as anxious as ants on a hot pan in the next room, but in the end they sat down helplessly.

"I didn't know it was so hot, why didn't you call your aunt earlier? My aunt was waiting anxiously, but when I looked at the time, I found that it was already past midnight. My car ran out of gas on the way here, so I couldn't celebrate Qingshan's happy event with everyone. It's such a pity."

Zhou Xiuhua was all smiles, but her words were meant to criticize Xu Qingshan.

"Eat first, then talk after you finish eating."

Xu Qingshan knocked on the table.

Although they felt a bit strange, Xu Xuewen and the others still quickly picked up their chopsticks and started eating because they were really hungry.

Xu Qingshan watched them devour the dishes on the table, with a smile on his face as bright as a sunflower.

"Ok?"

Zhou Xiuhua suddenly stopped using her chopsticks and looked at a bone she had picked up with her chopsticks with a frown.

"Why are there bones in this braised pork?"

"Why is there a fish bone in this dish?"

"No, why are there gnawed ribs in the soup?"

They all noticed something wrong in the food.

At this time, Tang Jiye arrived slowly. He ate two steamed buns on the way. After all, it would be embarrassing for an outsider to eat too much at the banquet.

As soon as he arrived, he saw his wife, his elder brother-in-law, and his wife's sister holding their throats and retching.

"Xu Qingshan! What's going on!"

Xu He glared at Xu Qingshan angrily, his old face flushed red, and it looked like he was extremely angry and was about to explode if he didn't get angry.

"what happened?"

Xu Qingshan has a sunny and cheerful smile.

"Am I the host today, or are you guys the host?"

"Is today my big day or your big day?"

"I won't bother with you about the past, but today, do you still want to cause trouble for me?"

"Didn't my dad inform you in advance a few days ago? Didn't he call you early in the morning to confirm?"

"What are you still holding on to?"

"It's a coincidence. I'm a person who judges people by their appearance."

"Like a person, like a dish."

"Do you like these leftovers filled with the enthusiasm of our fellow villagers?"

The smile on Xu Qingshan's face looked like a pervert.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to remove the word "like".

"If you like it, eat more. It will be easier to settle the bill when you are full."

Xu Qingshan's toughness and cruelty were beyond the imagination of Xu Xuewen and others.

Xu Xuewen no longer had the cold and arrogant look he had just now, and he kept picking his throat with a green face.

"You deliberately asked people to give us these things that are not meant for human consumption?"

"Why? Isn't this appropriate?"

Xu Qingshan pretended to be innocent.

“This thing is inedible!”

Xu Qingshan narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly.

"On my wedding day, you guys are causing trouble. I'm kind enough to treat you to a meal, but you say you can't eat it?"

"Can't eat? Then don't eat at all!"

A fierce look flashed in Xu Qingshan's eyes. He stood up suddenly and overturned the round table. Pots and pans flew to the ground, and the food spilled all over his uncle and aunt.

(End of this chapter)