Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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They hurriedly arrived at the village before noon. Ye Qingmei wailed as soon as she entered the village.
“Brother, you were only in your early forties, why are you dead? Brother, Mom died too early. I only had you as a relative. If you are gone, my family will have no brothers in the future. What should I do if I have no one to support me in the future? Brother, your life is so miserable! You didn’t enjoy happiness when you were a child. When you got older, you died just when you were about to enjoy happiness. You died unjustly…”
As if seeing a big show, Ye Ning felt that it was true that her aunt was sad, but these words were definitely not said randomly. These words had a profound meaning.
She cried all the way to Ye Qingshan’s house and went straight into the back room to see Ye Qingshan’s memorial tablet.
After a long time, Ye Qingmei put down the tablet and saw the clothes that Ye Ning and Ye Lan had arranged. She again started crying loudly.
“Qingmei, don’t cry. Look, you have to take care of everything in this house.” Their uncle supported his wife and said.
Ye Qingmei managed to stop her tears, rolled up her sleeves, and directly asked the men to go to the back mountain to help. How could outsiders be as careful as one’s own family? Then she checked what Ye Ning and the others had bought.
“Enough white cloth. Where are Azabu and Xiaomao?” Seeing the confused looks of a few people, Ye Qingmei sighed, “I’ll make it for you tonight, but I have to find someone who has the linen. Tomorrow we will set up a mourning hall and dig graves, and we have to prepare cigarettes and the banquet. Tomorrow’s banquet will be simpler, just invite the grave digger to eat. The serious meal will take place at noon on the 16th. Has the meal time been decided? “
Ye Ning shook her head again. She really didn’t know that she had to set a time for eating.
“Have you borrowed the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks?” A family in the countryside had plenty of bowls and chopsticks. When having a banquet, each family would borrow tables, chairs and bowls and chopsticks. Usually, the names of the family members were engraved on them.
Ye Ning and others still shook their heads.
“How many tables are there at noon? I’m ready to go out to borrow something. Who can you ask to cook?” This time, Ye Qingmei didn’t wait for them to shake their heads and said directly: “Forget it, I guess you definitely didn’t find it. The village’s sixth wife is good at cooking. I usually call her when there is a happy event. You can go with me to find her in the evening. I also need to find a few helpers. I will think about who to look for later. We also have to buy the vegetables and tofu. We have to order two tables and meat first.”
Ye Ning originally thought that they had almost prepared everything, but when her eldest aunt came, she realized that there were still many things that had not been arranged.
As her aunt spun like a top, one thing after another got on track.
Around three o’clock in the afternoon, seven or eight cousins came to Xiangshe Village. Each of them was tall and strong. They stood at the door. Anyone who wanted to make a fuss had to weigh his small body and resist the beating.
Wu Xianfeng saw it from a distance and trotted home, “That stinky girl Ye Ning went to find her uncle’s family.”
“What? The old immortal is here too?” Wang Chunxiang couldn’t help but hit her when she thought of the old immortal. He was an unreasonable savage who beat people whenever he wanted.
“I didn’t see it clearly, but his sons and grandsons are here. There are about ten of them.” Wu Xianfeng said with some fear: “Then let’s go tomorrow?”
“F**k you, if you want to die, you can do it yourself, don’t pull my son along.” Wang Chunxiang gritted her teeth. She didn’t expect Ye Ning to bring the old man out. If they dared to go to the mourning hall, they would definitely have to give up Fangming and Qinghe’s legs.
As soon as the cousin’s family and aunt and others arrived, the gossip in the village suddenly disappeared, and all that came out were words of regret that Ye Qingshan died at such a young age.
“Don’t pay attention to them, they are a bunch of weaklings who bully the weak and fear the strong.” Ye Qingmei knew the virtues of those in the village best and told Ye Ning to ignore them.
With such a group of people coming, food and accommodation must be arranged. Ye Ning originally planned to buy meat, but her aunt stopped her.
“A dozen grown men, a few kilograms of meat are not enough for them to stuff between their teeth. Don’t worry about it, I’ll buy it.”
Ye Ning wanted to give money, but her aunt refused. She bought half a basin of pig’s blood and suet, when she got home, she boiled the suet first, took it out before it was too dry, and removed the oil residue in the basin.
“We have to cook these days, and we use up oil quickly. Stir-fried vegetables with oil residue is a good half-vegetarian dish, as well as pig blood and tofu. If we make two more vegetarian dishes, the banquet noodles will look good.” Ye Qingmei stir-fried the vegetables. She taught Ye Ning and Ye Lan, “Xiao An, go to the supply store and get a few bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes.”
The four dishes were all served in washbasins, and they tasted a little salty.
Seeing Ye Ning’s expression, the aunt finally smiled after crying all day, “I deliberately made the stir-fry a little saltier. There are so many people, how can they eat bland vegetables?” When the time comes, people won’t say that they haven’t eaten enough. If the food was delicious, and they ate too much food, they will only say that Ye Qingshan’s family was stingy and didn’t even give them enough food.
Well, Ye Ning had finally seen the wisdom of ordinary people.
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