"Dad, if the second marriage is spread out, the reputation won't be very good. In my opinion, we can just have a few tables at home and invite the village chief over for a meal. Let's not make a big fuss..." Yun Erman mumbled.
Upon hearing this, Old Man Yun suddenly stood up from the wheat bale, "What's wrong with a second marriage, you dead thing? Isn't Xu Laogada in our village married for the third time? What did anyone say about him?"
Yun Erman: "..."
Why did his father react so strongly when this matter was brought up?
Seeing his father panting with anger, his hand holding the tobacco pipe trembling slightly, San Man stepped forward to persuade him, "Oh, Dad, is it worth getting so worked up over this? Whatever Second Brother wants to do is fine. Anyway, Second Sister-in-law is a good person and can manage the household. As for the wedding, it's just a formality, and making a big fuss is a waste of money..."
Alas, once his father got stubborn, ten donkeys couldn't pull him back.
Old Man Yun snorted and tucked his tobacco pipe into his waistband, "From now on, no one in our family should mention second marriage. I don't want to hear it!~"
After speaking, Old Man Yun led the horse-drawn carriage back to the village.
The three brothers looked at each other, all feeling bewildered.
"No, what did I say? Dad just yelled at me like that?" Yun Erman said dejectedly.
Yun Daman put away his sickle and sat down in front of Yun Erman, "Erman, Dad wants to hold the wedding grandly. You should just listen to him. Why are you so stubborn..."
"Big Brother, I just said that second marriage has a bad reputation, and Dad got angry. Tell me, which of my words didn't go along with his wishes?" Yun Erman held his hand-rolled cigarette and took a few strong puffs.
Yun Daman scratched the stubble on his chin and suddenly remembered something.
After all, he was the eldest son of the Yun family, and he must have heard more things than his younger brothers.
It was just that his parents had never allowed him to speak of this matter, and over the years, Yun Daman had kept it to himself...
"Erman, do you know that Dad was married before?" Yun Daman couldn't help but blurt it out.
"What are you talking about?" Yun Erman blinked, looking bewildered. "Married before? How come I don't know about this? Big Brother, who did you hear it from? When did Dad get married?"
Yun Sanman was also confused and leaned closer to Yun Daman, "Big Brother, you can't just make things up. If the villagers find out, then Dad will be considered a second-time groom? Also, does Mom know that Dad was married before?"
Yun Daman was stunned by the barrage of questions...
He took the half-smoked cigarette left by Yun Erman and took a couple of puffs, "Of course Mom knows about this. Dad can't hide it!~"
"Big Brother, is it true?" Yun Erman's mouth was wide open, as if he were dreaming, feeling dizzy.
"Oh, no mistake!" Yun Daman glanced at him. "This happened when I was about eight or nine years old. I overheard Dad and Mom talking. Why would Dad lie about something like that when he had nothing to do..."
Yun Daman threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his foot, then patted his butt and stood up, "Let me tell you two, you can't tell anyone about this. If Dad finds out, he'll definitely get angry!~"
Yun Erman nodded, finally understanding.
No wonder his father hated hearing about 'second marriage' so much. It turned out he himself was a second-time groom...
"Second Brother, so you should listen to Dad about this. Whatever he wants for the wedding is fine. You and Second Sister-in-law just need to go along with it. Don't argue with Dad!" Yun Sanman said with a smile.
Yun Erman responded, "Okay, I understand!"
The Yun Family Residence.
The kitchen hadn't prepared any big fish or meat today, but corn, sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes were steamed in several baskets...
Du Tieshan was busy frying egg sauce, and Zhao Guihua brought a large basin and picked the steamed items into it.
Ever since she was reprimanded by Madam Gu, she had been working even harder.
Moreover, she no longer looked at people with a fierce gaze and smiled at everyone she met.
"Sister-in-law, I just heard Xiaozhuzi crying in the room. Is he hungry? Could you go feed him? I can handle the work here myself..." Du Tieshan said with a smile.
Zhao Guihua wiped her wet hands on her apron, "Okay, the garlic sprouts are washed. I'll come out and stir-fry them after I feed Xiaozhuzi!~"
"No need!" Du Tieshan said with a wry smile. "It only takes a moment to stir-fry. Sister-in-law, hurry and feed the child!"
She was a little unaccustomed to her being so capable all of a sudden...
Zhao Guihua walked to the door and, with her back to Du Tieshan, suddenly said, "Shanshan, if I've done anything wrong during this time, please bear with me. Perhaps Tianbao got lost, and I just gave birth, so I was feeling unwell. Shanshan, please don't take it to heart!~"
Du Tieshan: "..."
She was a little flustered by this sudden apology.
She didn't even know how to respond.
"Sister-in-law, why are you saying this? I've never picked on you. We need to get along harmoniously as sisters-in-law from now on!" Du Tieshan said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Guihua turned and looked at her, "Okay, with Shanshan's words, Sister-in-law is relieved...~"
Eating corn wasn't filling, and eating too many sweet potatoes and regular potatoes caused heartburn, so Du Tieshan put the baskets back on the stove and steamed a basket of sticky bean buns.
She also cut half a head of sauerkraut and made a pot of sauerkraut soup.
Sticky bean buns and sauerkraut soup were a perfect match.
For those who could eat spicy food, they could also roast a few dried red chilies, crush them, and sprinkle them on the sauerkraut soup. It was spicy and tasted very good...
In the afternoon, Xiao Jinheng sent Kong Xingzhu into the city to buy a few pig trotters and two catties of pig's head meat, all of which he brought to the Yun family.
He never came empty-handed when he ate here.
Du Tieshan sliced the pig's head meat and brought out a bowl of garlic sauce.
When everyone was seated, dinner began...
Little Xi Tian sat next to Xiao Jinheng. Seeing the clean steamed regular potatoes on the table, she rubbed her hands in anticipation.
Xiao Jinheng said, "I didn't expect the regular potatoes to look like this when steamed!~"
The whole family also stared at the potatoes in a daze. These things looked about the same size as sweet potatoes, and they didn't know what they would taste like...
Little Xi Tian picked up a potato, broke it open with her small hands, dipped it in the egg sauce, and took a bite, "Mmm!"
Delicious, fluffy, and with a unique aroma in her mouth.
Seeing the little village girl take the first bite, Xiao Jinheng followed her example, picked up a large potato, broke off a small piece the size of a fingernail, and tasted it...
"Delicious!~" Xiao Jinheng's eyes sparkled, and he devoured the potato in a few bites.
Little Xi Tian smiled and said, "It's delicious, isn't it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Xiao Jinheng was not happy that the potato was delicious, but rather that this crop was so high-yielding. He wanted to write a letter to his father, the Emperor, to send potato seeds to the capital so that the people of the Great Liang Kingdom could all eat potatoes...
Just as the Yun family was happily eating potatoes, a horse-drawn carriage suddenly arrived outside the main gate.