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Chapter 331: Eating a big banquet in the countryside

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Li Long brought people into the Liang family. Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu were both waiting in the courtyard. Li Long hurriedly shouted:

"Uncle Liang, why not stay in the room, it's so cold outside."

"You guys made such a big momentum, if I were in the room, wouldn't that be slow to greet guests." Liang Donglou said with a smile, "This is..."

"This is my second brother Anguo, this is my brother-in-law, named Chen Xingbang, these are my two nephews, Junfeng and Junshan."

After Li Long introduced them, and before he could tell his second brother Li Anguo, Li Anguo and the others had already taken the lead in greeting:

"Hello Uncle Liang, hello Auntie!"

"Hello Grandpa Liang, hello Grandma!"

Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu were also very happy, but looking at the things on the horse cart, Liang Donglou complained:

"Just coming is enough, why bring so many things?"

"These things were bought by my second brother, brother-in-law, and nephews, it has nothing to do with me." Li Long said with a smile, "This wild boar was brought by me. You also know about the wild boars I raise, there are quite a few. The purchasing station doesn't buy them, so we can only eat them ourselves. This domestic-raised wild boar isn't as fat as a domestic pig, but the taste is really good."

"Uncle Liang, we are coming for the first time, not bringing things wouldn't be in line with etiquette," Li Anguo said with a smile, "Besides, I heard Without Xiao Long say on the way that my big brother's family can live so well over there, Uncle Liang, Auntie, you helped a lot. It's only right for us juniors to bring some things over."

After some polite exchanges, Li Long and the others moved the things into the room. Liang Donglou said to Liang Wenyu:

"Go and call your second sister and second brother-in-law over. Without Xiao Long and the others are eating here today, your second brother-in-law has to come over to accompany them, and your second sister come over to help your mom cook."

"Okay." Liang Wenyu was very happy. It's rare for so many people to come to the house at once, and it's obviously to support them, which made him feel quite proud.

Although it was borrowing momentum, didn't Li Anguo just say it? They are grateful for the help the old man has given the Li family over the years. They are grateful. Now thinking back to when he complained that the old man valued the eldest sister's side too much, he was really short-sighted.

Liang Wenyu went out of the courtyard and saw many people still surrounding the gate, and some standing on the road peeking inside. He said unhappily:

"Scatter, scatter, just relatives coming, what's there to look at?"

"Hehe, Old Third, do you think people believe what you say? So many people came, why haven't we heard that your family has such relatives before?" A hooligan with his hands in his sleeves sniffed and joked.

"What? Who said you can't have such relatives? My eldest brother-in-law's younger brother and nephew, aren't they relatives? People came specifically to see my old man, juniors coming to see elders, very normal, right? Besides, people live in the village below, and they can come whenever they want in the future. Scatter, scatter, if you have this energy, go home and clear the snow in your own house, each one is lazy..."

Liang Wenyu's words had a wide range of impact, but no one refuted. The Liang family pays attention to family style, and some details are indeed done better than other families. It snowed, not only was the snow in their own courtyard cleared clean, but the snow on the road outside the door was also cleared. It's good enough for other families to sweep the snow in their courtyards clean, and it's likely that not many people care about the road.

Just after the household responsibility system was implemented, from top to bottom, they are still in the exploration stage. Some rules haven't been established yet, and in the era of wild growth, one can't ask for too much.

Liang Wenyu used to be nicknamed Liang the Dwarf by people in the village because he was indeed not tall, about 1.65 meters. It seems he grew a bit in the past half year. He used to be short, and he felt it was because the old man subsidized the eldest sister and second sister with money and things, so he still had some opinions on Li Long.

Of course, over the past year, his thoughts have also changed. And after the land occupation incident in the village last time, fewer people called him Liang the Dwarf, and instead started calling him Liang Old Third—ranked third in the family, after all. The eldest sister Liang Yumei had very little presence in this village, but now it seems that it was the eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law who helped him improve his influence.

Before he reached the second sister's house, team leader Liu Ziqiang stopped him.

"Director, you are..." Liang Wenyu asked deliberately. He naturally knew what the director was for, but don't say it if you see through it.

"I heard your house has guests?" Liu Ziqiang asked there.

"Well, my eldest brother-in-law's younger brother, brother-in-law, and two nephews came to see my old man."

"I heard several men came, are they all your relatives?"

"Yes, came from the hometown, looking for my eldest brother-in-law to find a way to make some money." Liang Wenyu said the truth, "You also know that life in the hometown is not easy. My eldest brother-in-law runs a pig farm, and his younger brother Without Xiao Long over there has the status of a supply and marketing cooperative, so it's easy to get some work."

"Then why did they run here?" Liu Blind still didn't understand.

Liang Wenyu was unhappy when he heard this:

"Isn't that because they came to see my old man. My eldest sister's family had a difficult life for those two years, and my old man often helped. Now that their life is better, they know how to be grateful, so they came to see my old man. This time they pulled half a pig directly... I won't say anymore, I have to go call my second brother-in-law..."

"Don't go, don't go!" Liu Blind hurriedly stopped him and asked:

"I haven't finished asking yet. Are these relatives of yours going to leave after staying for a while?"

"That's for sure, we can't fit them in our house either." Liang Wenyu said.

"Is that so, then I know." Liu Blind nodded.

"But they live on my eldest brother-in-law's side, which is not far from here. Just now my eldest brother-in-law's younger brother said, if there's nothing to do, he will come over often. It's just a matter of three or five miles. If there's anything, just call them."

Liu Blind's heart lifted. Is this wanting to cause trouble?

"My dad said, our family doesn't provoke trouble, and we aren't afraid of trouble." Liang Wenyu left a sentence and went to find Du Haihua. Liu Blind thought about it and felt it was still not reassuring, so he specifically ran to the Ma family to "remind" the four Ma brothers a few words.

Last time's matter, the Ma family returned in defeat, and it's certain they weren't convinced. But if they want to retaliate, they must have a reason. In winter, everyone was preparing winter supplies, so they didn't have time to care. Now that they were free, the family would still think about discussing it from time to time. This time Liu Blind came over to say it, and they were also a bit confused.

"Is it just that their family has many people? Our family isn't few either!" The second Ma brother was obviously unconvinced, "It's not certain who will beat whom if we really fight?"

"Don't talk about that, don't provoke trouble." Liu Blind didn't count for much in front of Li Jianguo, but he still had some oppressive feeling when speaking to these brothers of the Ma family:

"If you have the ability, you come openly. If you can catch the Liang family's handle, you can do whatever you want. If you do it secretly, if something really happens to the Liang family, and they dismantle it on your head, don't blame me for not reminding you then. They have people above them."

Liu Blind wasn't kindly reminding the Ma family, mainly because he was worried that if something happened, he would have to clean up the mess in the end. The Liang family had strong support, and they had no shortcomings in terms of force.

Moreover, the Liang family's family style was also good. Although human nature is selfish, in the situation where the force of both sides is average, everyone either watches the fun or definitely supports the Liang family.

After all, even bad people hope to be neighbors with a good person.

After Liang Wenyu arrived at Du Haihua's house, the couple was clearing snow in the courtyard. After hearing him tell the story, they put down their tools and went to the Liang family.

Good things, naturally, one has to participate.

After Liang Wenyu left, Liang Donglou brought people into the room. After sitting down, he began to ask about the situation.

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Liang Donglou also came from his hometown. Not going back for so many years, he still missed his hometown a bit. Last time he ate with Li Qing Xia, they did chat about some, but that was obviously not enough. So after asking about the basic situation of Li Anguo and the others, he began to inquire about the situation in his hometown.

Li Long couldn't get a word in. Li Anguo and the four of them talked one after another, and generally supplemented the things Liang Donglou wanted to know. Later, what Chen Xiuzhu asked was the same. After all, the information known by the four people was synthesized, at least they could listen to a general idea.

This made Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu very happy, but after listening, they were a bit sad.

There are many people in the hometown, little land, and resources are relatively scarce, so life naturally won't be very good.

"The harvest is less, there is a disaster, then go down to the river to touch things to eat. The mountains, fields, and land over there are not like here, you can get a lot of firewood by just pulling it casually. Uncle Liang, you should be clear, many mountains and land over there are bare, there is no firewood. Want to eat something, raw things that can be eaten are fine, but if you want to make it cooked, it's not easy to manage."

Chen Xingbang had really suffered from hunger, and his words were very sincere:

"Do you know? I came over and saw that there was firewood everywhere in the fields here that no one picked up, and I thought, that guy... people here are really generous! So many things and they don't pick them up to their homes. It wasn't until I got to my big brother's place that I knew that there were too many of these things here..."

"Me too, no wonder big brother wanted to come to the Northern Frontier twice. It's too easy to live here." Li Anguo supplemented, "Junshan and Junfeng don't know, but Xingbang and I know very well. Life in the hometown was really not easy in those years."

"It's not easy now either." Li Junfeng supplemented, "A family has only that much land. Uncle Without Xiao Long said there are five mu per person here. We don't have that much in our family, two families don't have it! What is planted has to be handed over as public grain, handed over as retention... sigh."

Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu looked at each other and just sighed.

"It's really good here. Uncle Without Xiao Long took us, and we earned a lot of money in less than a month." Li Junshan was quite optimistic, "I sent some to my family, it can improve life a bit."

"Well, Without Xiao Long is not bad." Liang Donglou nodded, "His brain is active, he has ideas. Being able to lead his family to get rich together is a good thing."

Li Long blushed, but he was also quite proud.

Du Haihua and the others came, and the room became even more lively. Liang Donglou and the others basically no longer participated in the discussion, mainly listening. Liang Wenyu, Du Haihua, and the others chatted from north to south, while Chen Xiuzhu and Liang Xingmei went to cook.

"They brought so many things!" Liang Xingmei looked at those things in the kitchen and was a bit surprised.

"Well, everyone brought them. The half meat Without Xiao Long brought, you guys cut half back later, and bring some of these snacks back too, for the children to eat." Chen Xiuzhu pointed and said, "Sigh, have to make a good meal today, and have to use the things they brought..."

"People respect you, so just use it." Liang Xingmei saw it very openly, "My eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law are living well, and in turn, they are filial to you, Mom, you should be happy."

"Should be happy, they didn't just come to see..." Chen Xiuzhu nodded and said.

"I heard Wenyu say, he met the team leader on the way, and pointed out a few things to the team leader—saying that our family's relatives are living in the team below for a long time, and if something happens, they will come over in half an hour. Just now when we came over, we saw the team leader coming out of the Ma family, it's estimated that he went to remind them."

"Well, this is still a good thing, it's best if they don't provoke anything over there. Isn't it good to live a good life?"

"Sigh..."

The matter of the Liang family having a group of strong relatives spread in the village. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 332 =====

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