After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Chapter 400 New Year’s Eve Dinner

~Half a chapter added to the front~

Ye Chen was in a bad mood. He looked listless all morning and looked listless.

It was almost noon when Ye Chenyu and Lin Wenxuan came home together.

They came to borrow books because they have to visit relatives after the New Year and their family is very busy, so they don't have time to come and borrow books.

The three of them entered the study, and Nanny Wang brought them some freshly made cakes.

"Fifth brother, why are you so tired so early in the morning? Didn't you sleep well yesterday?" Ye Chenyu looked at him puzzled.

"If you didn't sleep well, go back and get some sleep." Lin Wenxuan also advised him. He had never seen him like this before.

Ye Chenjing rubbed his face, cheered himself up, and decided to listen to Zhou and help his sister choose.

He thought that more people means more ideas, and since both of them were not outsiders, the news would not be leaked.

"Please help me think about which classmates in our private school have good character and harmonious families."

Ye Chenyu is young and simple, "Does the village need to recruit teachers? It is feasible for students from our academy to come and teach."

Lin Wenxuan's expression changed. He had been keeping an eye on Boss Ye's family over the past few years. It seemed a little strange that he was suddenly asking this question.

Lin Wenxuan seemed to be joking, "This condition is like choosing a son-in-law. No one will be interested in you, right?"

Ye Chenyu's thoughts were also led astray, and he joined in the fun.

"Don't talk nonsense. How could anyone like me when I just came back?" Ye Chenjing didn't say that he was helping his sister find the one.

Lin Wenxuan's heart seemed to be grasped by a hand, and his mind went blank for a moment.

"There are only these two conditions, and there are a lot of people in the academy who can meet the conditions. Are there any other conditions?" Lin Wenxuan asked.

Ye Chenjing thought about it and added a few more requirements, "The age cannot be over 20 years old, the family conditions are better, and the person must be ambitious."

Lin Wenxuan repeated the conditions several times in his mind and felt that there were many people who met these conditions.

Lin Wenxuan picked up two books from the bookshelf and was about to say goodbye and go back.

"Hey, why did you take two travel books? When did you have time to read this kind of book?"

Lin Wenxuan lowered his head to glance at the book in his hand, his face a little red. He didn't read the book when he took it just now. It happened to be a book on the bookshelf at the door.

This bookshelf is filled with Ye Qing’s favorite books. They are all on the outside, making them easy to pick up.

"It's so chaotic at home during the Chinese New Year that I can't read any books. I'll read some travelogues to change my mind. I'm leaving now and will be back after the Chinese New Year."

Ye Chenjing and Ye Chenyu looked at Lin Wenxuan who left in a hurry and were a little puzzled. Didn’t he say that he was fine when he came?

"Brother Wenxuan, did you suddenly remember something?"

Ye Chenjing couldn't guess it either, "Maybe."

"Fifth brother, were you looking for a teacher for the village private school just now?"

Since Lin Wenxuan was not there, Ye Chenjing directly told him the reason.

Ye Chenyu was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "Qingya is so young, so many of her brothers and sisters are still unmarried, how can it be her turn?"

Ye Chenyu and Ye Qing are of similar age and grew up together. In his eyes, Ye Qing is still a child.

Ye Chenjing thought so too. Both of them lost the mood to choose books. They sat in the warm study room, one of them suggested candidates while the other found faults. By dinner time, they still hadn't found a suitable one.

Zhou was unaware of the two people's entanglement and called them out to eat.

Nanny Wang roasted sweet potatoes, and the aroma of the sweet potatoes could be smelled from a long distance away.

Each of them took a sweet potato and ate it with relish.

The surface of the sweet potatoes was burnt very black, and the two of them looked like little cats after eating them.

Erbao looked up and saw the expressions on his two uncles' faces, and he rolled around in Li's arms with laughter.

Erbao came back with Wei Xin in the morning, and Ye Dalang came back after the yamen was closed.

Wei Xin was worried that Zhou would be too busy, so he came back early to help clean up.

Zheng Qin was pregnant and couldn't help, so only Zhou took care of Ye Qing.

As soon as Wei Xin came back, the house became more lively.

Ye Chenjing and Ye Chenyu were amused by Erbao's exaggerated actions. He only saw the dust on his two uncles' faces, but didn't notice that he had also become a little cat due to eating too much.

Ye Chenjing, who had been unhappy since last night, finally came to his senses. Now that it was a foregone conclusion, he would definitely help his sister pick a good one.

Ye Qing didn't know all this, but everyone around him knew about it. Zhou even asked her two daughters-in-law to help keep an eye on it.

The two daughters-in-law agreed immediately. They watched Ye Qing grow up and always treated her as their own sister.

It was very busy before the New Year, as I had to clean the house and prepare things for the New Year.

This year's Spring Festival couplets at home were written by Ye Chenjing. He is a scholar and his handwriting is the most beautiful.

Wei Jia also came back with his wife, and they did not go to the provincial capital after the New Year.

Wei Xin was happy. The two old people were getting old and wanted their children and grandchildren to be around them all the time.

During the coldest period of winter, Wei Xin came back and stayed with the two elderly people for a few days.

They were old, and thanks to the down quilts made by Ye Qing, they didn’t get sick.

When Wei Jia returned home, he brought some things to visit Old Man Ye and Mrs. Li as usual to thank them for taking care of the family.

Under normal circumstances, Wei Jia should not go to the provincial capital to study. He is the eldest grandson in the family and should stay at home to take care of the two elderly people.

Or if he goes to the provincial capital, he must keep Jiang Qiaoer at home to take care of his filial piety.

But the two old people were both very broad-minded people. They did not want the newlyweds to be separated and affect their relationship, so they insisted that Jiang Qiaoer go to the provincial capital with him.

This time they will stay at home for at least three years, and the two old people feel like they have become several years younger.

These scholars went to visit Master Jiang together before the New Year and gave him New Year gifts.

Wei Jia also promised to bring Jiang Qiaoer back to stay for two days after the New Year.

When Jiang Qiaoer heard that Master Jiang went to Kaoshan Village to teach, she was very happy because she could visit her grandparents often.

There are many people in the family this year, and Zhou is willing to help out, making all kinds of food.

Ping An and Erbao gained weight before the Chinese New Year.

After Ye Dalang came back, Old Man Ye took his children and grandchildren to worship their ancestors and invite them to come home for the New Year.

This year, when Old Man Ye came to worship his ancestors, he was the one with the best look in the crowd, and his face was almost rosy.

Several of his grandsons and great-grandsons are scholars, so his ancestors must be very satisfied with his descendants.

During the ancestor worship this year, Old Man Ye donated twenty taels of silver to the clan, all of which was money he earned, and he was also praised by his old brothers.

After offering sacrifices to their ancestors, each household can prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

This year, Nanny Wang and her husband prepared the New Year's Eve dinner together. Zhou asked Nanny Wang whether she wanted to celebrate the New Year with them or just spend it alone.

Nanny Wang also loves the hustle and bustle and wants to celebrate the New Year with the host family.

Zhou asked Nanny Wang to light a charcoal brazier in their room at home and told them not to go back to live there for a few days.

Nanny Wang readily agreed. They planned to live in the Ye family in their old age. The Ye family was kind-hearted and would not treat them unfairly as long as they had no bad intentions.

The two of them prepared the menu ten days in advance, discussed it with Ye Erlang, and revised it several times before deciding on the dishes for today's New Year's Eve dinner.

Ye Qing felt that this year was much easier. He only had to help out and didn't have to cook himself.