The little girl wasted her time and did not speak. To a village kid, the leader of a group was a big shot. He had never heard of such a busy person. When he remembered, the child might even know how to do soy sauce.
The custom in the countryside was that women were not allowed to sit at the table. Fortunately, there were no outsiders today, and the few of them sat around the round table.
Before they started eating, Zhou Ling's father, the village chief of Pomegranate Village, Zhou Tai, had a fair face. One look and one could tell that he was an intellectual from the 1960s. He came to the door with two bottles of wine and congratulated Xiaoying on her recovery.
Since they were in time for dinner, there was no reason for them to miss the banquet. Grandpa Shen was happy today and invited Zhou Tai to eat with him.
Zhou Ling quickly gave her father a seat and moved a stool. Ye Qing poured a glass of wine and respectfully handed it to Zhou Tai. Zhou Ling was surprised. It wasn't that this guy didn't understand.
Ye Qing was Mei Luoyu's boyfriend and had an affair with the Third Widow. Naturally, Zhou Tai would not be so blind as to say such useless words in front of the old man. "Your name is Ye Qing, right? There are no outsiders sitting together today. I am Luoyu's uncle, and I am from the same generation as Yue Mei. The old man here is an elder. Come, let's toast to the old man.”
" This guy is deliberately taking advantage of me." Ye Qing blinked her eyes and glanced at Zhou Ling from the corner of her eyes." It's not so easy to take advantage of me. I might even have to make up for it with your daughter."
The old man was a soldier, so he was particular about eating meat in big bowls and drinking wine in big bowls.
What Ye Qing did not expect was that Zhou Tai, a scholar, did not hesitate. He drank half a catty of wine as if nothing had happened.
Ye Qing was overjoyed and quickly raised his glass. "Uncle, this nephew has just arrived and has caused trouble for Pomegranate Village. Today, I'll offer a toast to the elders as an apology.”
"What are you talking about? It's my honor to know a young and handsome talent like you.”Zhou Tai spoke from the bottom of his heart. He had heard everything that had happened in the Third Widow's house. Even when Ye Qing sent Commander Chen out of the village, he was still polite to this kid. This kid was someone with a background.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. They knocked their wine glasses together and drank it in one gulp.
The wine glasses in the countryside were not the three or eight money cups used by the city people. They were teacups for drinking tea. A bottle of wine could only be poured into three cups.
Although Mei Luoyu knew Ye Qing's alcohol tolerance, drinking hard was different from drinking slowly. She picked up a piece of chicken. "Eat something to fill your stomach first. There's still time to drink slowly.”
" I'm fine." Ye Qing rubbed his nose, grabbed the bottle, and filled Zhou Tai's glass. "Uncle, when I came to Pomegranate Village, I was thrown into the ravine by Mei Tianliang. It was Cousin Zhou Ling who brought me back.”With that, he clinked his glass with Zhou Tai's and drank.
Zhou Tai wasn't stupid. He knew that Ye Qing was deliberately making him drink. However, the rules of the table were to drink after clinking glasses. Looking at the teacup in front of him, he couldn't help but feel afraid. If he drank any more, he would have drunk more than half a kilogram. She turned her head and looked at the old man who was looking at her with a faint smile. She knew that the words of being of the same generation as Yue Mei had made this pair of cheap sons-in-law jealous. Gritting his teeth, he finished the wine.
Ye Qing grabbed the bottle of wine. Zhou Ling could tell that this fellow was determined to make her father walk out. She grabbed Ye Qing's arm, her silver teeth glistening under the light. Word by word, he spat out from between his teeth. "Can't you eat? This was Cousin, Third Aunt had worked hard for half a day to make.”
"Uncle Zhou is magnanimous. If you don't drink well, it's still our fault. Why don't you toast your father too?”Ye Qing suggested with a wicked smile.
Zhou Ling snatched the bottle and turned her head to ignore this guy. The old man laughed as he watched. "Xiaoling has grown up and knows how to care for others. They say that daughters are like a father's little cotton jacket. Why have I never felt this way?”
Hearing this, Yue Mei lowered her head and did not say anything. She secretly shed tears. She had made the old man worry about her for the rest of her life.
The old man saw his daughter's expression and knew that he had said the wrong thing. He was just about to make a joke and let the matter go. Who knew that Ye Qing, who was sitting next to the old man, would suddenly push the chair that the old man was sitting on. The old man fell down with his head raised. Ye Qing was quick to grab the old man's crippled leg and twist it. With a crisp crack, Ye Qing had already placed the old man firmly on the ground.
Everyone at the table changed their expressions. Even if you had an affair with the Third Widow, there was no reason for an old man to teach his daughter a lesson as a junior. A son-in-law hitting his father-in-law was simply too much.
"Ye Qing, what are you doing?" Yue Mei was about to go crazy. She screamed and stood up, throwing the bowl of rice at Ye Qing.
Mei Luoyu and Xiao Yingquan's expressions changed as they looked at Ye Qing in horror.
The wine bottle in Zhou Ling's hand started spinning. Zhou Tai was quick to grab the girl. This girl was his father-in-law and son-in-law. They were a family after all the fights. How could she be so blind at this age?
Ye Qing flipped his left hand and caught the bowl. His right hand pulled the old man up. "Don't worry, I'm just treating the old man's leg.”
"You're treating Dad's leg." Yue Mei looked at the old man suspiciously and asked tentatively. "Dad, are you alright?"
The old man stretched his crippled leg and it was already as good as new. After taking two steps, the ground was flat. He could no longer find the feeling of one foot being higher and one foot being lower. He smiled and said. "This kid has practiced the Hundred Bones Dismantling Technique to the extreme. He hated the uneven ground for decades, but it suddenly healed.”
The old man's words amused everyone and they sat down again. "Sure! Kid, how dare you suddenly attack me?”
"What are you trying to do?" Mei Luoyu glared at Ye Qing. Why didn't this kid choose a good time to treat his illness? He scared me so much that my little heart is still beating wildly.
Ye Qing took the bottle from Zhou Tai's hand and slowly filled the old man's and Zhou Tai's glasses with wine.："If the old master is on guard, even the heavens can't cure this leg.”
"What happened? Tell us.”Zhou Tai asked impatiently, as this guy's words had piqued everyone's curiosity.
"After the old man's leg was injured by a bullet back then, the war ended. With his father's medical skills, the old man's leg could not be crippled at all. However, the political environment in the country at that time was too complicated. His father was afraid that the old man would suffer a great loss when he returned to the country with a hot temper, so he had done something.”Ye Qing smiled mysteriously. "Actually, this leg has already recovered. It's just that back then, my father told the old man that his leg was crippled, and he believed it.”
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