"Xiangnan, my family has stored soybeans for a season. I squeezed them all out this morning and made tofu. I'm going to my house to have a sip of the hot soy milk you loved to drink when you were a kid."

"Nannan, your father killed an old wild sheep in the mountains in the fall. The legs are so fat, but we haven't eaten it yet. We've been waiting for you to come back for the New Year! He stewed it last night. Come to my house and have some mutton soup!"

"Xiao Li! Bingbing's grandmother just killed an old hen this morning, and we'll have chicken soup by noon. Why don't you come to my house and sit for a while? I miss you so much. Let's go sit by the fire and chat!"

Suddenly, a loud noise suddenly rang out from all directions, exploding in Jiang Qitao's ears, pulling her thoughts back from eternity. She turned around and found that suddenly the whole village seemed to have come alive.

The sounds of people, dogs barking, conversations and laughter immediately filled the ears.

She turned around in astonishment, only to find that Li Xiangnan had stepped out of the ancestral hall at some point, and was being led home by several villagers. Li Xiangnan's face showed surprise but also helplessness.

"Well, I just got home and I have authentic soy milk to drink, as well as mutton soup and chicken soup. What a treat, Xiao Li!"

Wang Defa was also stunned, his lips drooling from licking them.

"Yeah, you see, Xiao Li is really popular in Li Village! Did you think I was joking when I told you guys before?"

Zhang Jingyang shook his grown hair proudly.

"Tsk..." Wang Defa pursed his lips and directly admitted that what he said was true.

It would have been better if Zhang Jingyang didn't say anything. When he spoke, many people turned around and found that it was him, and immediately many people squeezed through the crowd and rushed over.

"Hey, Jianshe's dad, look, Xiao Zhang is here too! Hurry, take him to our house. He came back early this morning, so he must have not had breakfast!" A woman grabbed Zhang Jingyang's hand tightly and shouted loudly, and the crowd immediately became agitated.

"Hey, Xiangnan can't go, so let Xiao Zhang try the saltiness of the pig tail soup first! Xiao Zhang, come on, let's go to your Uncle Kuang's house and have a seat!"

"That won't work. I was the one who shouted first! Xiao Zhang, don't listen to him. My pickled mustard greens have been pickled a long time ago, and we're just waiting for you to go back to the village and cook some fish! What do you want to eat? Braised fish with pickled mustard greens, or braised salted duck?"

Wang Defa and Jiang Qitao looked at each other and were both terrified.

Ok!

It's impossible to invite Li Xiangnan, so Brother Zhang also got some benefit from it.

"Hehe, Brother Zhang, I think you are overwhelmed..." Wang Defa teased him with a smile.

But it would have been fine if he didn't speak. As soon as he spoke, Zhang Jingyang started shouting at the top of his lungs as if he had been captured as a conscripted soldier.

"It's him! His name is Wang Defa, he is Li Xiangnan's good brother in Beijing, so good that they are like one trousers! It's not enough to invite me alone, this fat guy is also one of us..."

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the sound of footsteps was heard, and the frightened Wang Defa was surrounded in an instant.

"Hahaha, this is so funny!" Jiang Qitao couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed.

Wang Defa turned his head to look at her, and then he shouted at the top of his voice: "Everyone listen to me, I am second to none! I can be full by eating pickled vegetables and fermented bean curd! This girl is not good enough, this girl is a descendant of the Qimen Jiang family, she has helped Xiao Li a lot in Yanjing, she is Xiao Li's guest of honor..."

"..." Jiang Qitao's mouth, showing eight teeth, froze instantly.

Before she could even speak, she heard the clan leader Li Dequan ask in surprise, "Is it the Jiang family from Qimen? That really is a distinguished guest! Come on, please come sit over there first!"

"Uncle, there's no such thing as you, right? Your stove has just been lit, and the pig's feet still need to be stewed. Go to my place first. My wife has been kneading dough in the morning to make baba and fried noodles for Xiao Li!"

"..." Zhang Jingyang, Wang Defa, Jiang Qitao and Zhang Zhisheng all twitched their mouths and looked at Li Xiangnan for help.

"..." Li Xiangnan then looked at...his mother Zhu Qiuju for help.

"Oh, my Nannan really appreciates everyone's kindness. It's almost Chinese New Year! Please save the good things for your kids! Don't you really want to celebrate Chinese New Year? Everything is for Nannan! Let's go back!"

Zhu Qiuju had already noticed the actions of the villagers today and had persuaded several families to leave. Seeing that more and more people were being invited, she knew that if she didn't say no nicely, the pork and mutton in other people's homes would really be steamed cooked if she kept delaying.

"Nannan hasn't even entered the house yet, can't we let him have a bite of home food first? It's still early, Xiangnan isn't leaving tomorrow! There's still a month or so left!"

In order to allow Li Xiangnan to settle down first, Zhu Qiuju was helpless.

But when she said that, the problem arose again.

"Aunt, it's a deal. Come to my house for dinner tomorrow!"

"Rich wife, I'll be waiting for Nannan at home tomorrow night!"

"The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow I'll be roasting goose at home! Stewing a big goose in an iron pot! Waiting for your family and his friends!"

"..." Zhu Qiuju rarely dared to speak. She just carefully dragged her son home and glanced at the old man Li Dewen.

"Okay, okay, go home! The New Year is not over in one day! Hurry up!" Li Dewen smiled and used his pipe to drive people away.

Li Xiangnan finally had time to take Wang Defa and the others home, but he just felt tired.

He waited until he had greeted the villagers coming and going at the door before finally entering the house.

Li Fugui's face was so big from smiling that it turned into a chrysanthemum. Seeing his wife closing the door without any explanation, he was stunned and said, "Qiuju, what are you doing? Why are you closing the door? The kid just came back, he can't be seen by anyone!"

"You know nothing! I'm just trying to save trouble for my family! Believe it or not, this door is open and you still haven't repaid the favor for several years..."

"How is that possible!" Li Fugui argued subconsciously.

Bang bang bang!

But just as he finished speaking, he heard a deafening slam on the door.

"Qiuju, open the door. I have some cabbages grown at home. I'll give you a few!"

"Fugui'er, his father just made some shepherd's purse and pork dumplings. They're fresh. Click the button and I'll give you two kilograms!"

"Uncle Dequan, Jianshe's father is in the county buying some tobacco leaves for you. Ask Qiuju to open the door!"

Upon hearing this, the muscles on Li Fugui's face twitched.

"What did I say?" Zhu Qiuju spread her hands and poked her husband with her finger. "Throughout the year, when Nannan was not at home, I was able to cope better. I will repay the favor slowly! Everyone is sincere! As soon as he came back, they wanted to be nice to him! Although I know that the villagers just want Nannan to have a good meal, and I know that they have not forgotten Nannan's kindness in the past, in fact, this is enough! You said that the door was open, and people ran away after leaving the things. Sometimes you don't even know who sent it, how can you repay the favor?"

"My wife is right!" Li Fugui nodded in agreement.

Wang Defa and Jiang Qitao who were standing behind were extremely surprised, and they deeply felt the human touch that flowed in the daily life of Lijia Village.

Seeing his mother coming over with a fierce look on her face after she had finished "teaching" his father, Li Xiangnan scratched his head innocently, smiled sheepishly, and shouted, "Mom, I'm sorry to embarrass you!"

"Why should I be embarrassed? I'm just afraid that you will be embarrassed! You are so young, but you have so many favors to bear. It's easy for you to become arrogant!" Zhu Qiuju understood the current situation very clearly.

"Mom, you're right!" Li Xiangnan nodded.

Jiang Qitao tilted her head and looked at Li's mother thoughtfully.

Zhu Qiuju smiled and took her hand, saying, "Didn't you say you still wanted to go to the Jiang family? Don't wait until the Little New Year is over in two days. Go to the Jiang family tomorrow! It's a good chance to hide away!"

Are you going tomorrow?

Li Xiangnan smiled helplessly, "Okay! I'll go!"

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