magic eye doctor

Chapter 3854 Not Taking It to Heart

As the birthday girl, Yueyun was pulled to a seat by her elders early on.

Village Chief Zhou arranged for President Meng and Xiao Lele to sit at the same table. Naturally, the Chao family's youngest brother had to accompany his sister, followed by the Le family couple, him and his wife, the Zhou family's shrewish couple, and Grandma Zhou.

There were exactly ten people at their table, symbolizing perfection and completeness.

Originally, Village Chief Zhou wanted Elder Yi and Elder Yan to sit at the main table, but Elder Yi and Elder Yan declined. They sat at the same table with Yan, Liu, Ren, Wu, and the three senior executives of the Little Girl Company.

Lan Sanhei Jiu sat with Liu Lu and others.

Seating arrangements were made, and the dishes were served.

When Wu Shao and a few other handsome men, including Ren Shao and Liu Shao, sat in the main room for a while during the banquet, they must have gone to the backyard to happily rummage through the ashes in a stove, take out a few mud balls, wipe off the ashes, and then smash golden eggs on the table.

Smash the golden eggs with a little hammer, and you'll hit them every time.

The golden eggshell was broken open, and the sealed aroma burst forth.

Ren Shaolan, Sanhei Jiu, Yan Shao, and Liu Shao also helped, peeling off layers of hemp leaves and lotus leaves, placing the roasted, golden-brown, and fragrant clay-roasted chicken on a plate, and then cutting it into pieces.

Wu Shao smashed five mud balls in one go, leaving four unsmashed.

Handsome young men carried sliced ​​roasted chicken through the back door into the main room and served the food.

When Liu Lu and the others saw the medicinal dish brought by the handsome men, they couldn't stop smiling: "With Brother Wu here, we have the opportunity to taste this delicacy. We are so lucky to have Brother Wu here again."

"Hey, hearing that made me feel so superior." Wu Shao proudly raised his head and walked with an air of arrogance.

Fortunately, it was only a few steps away, so she didn't have many opportunities to display her domineering aura.

Village Chief Zhou and the others laughed. Among Xiao Lele and Brother Chao's friends, Brother Wu was the most lively, loved to stick with Lele the most, and was the best at making people happy.

Because Brother Wu likes clay-roasted chicken, every time he comes to Meicun, he always makes sure to include clay-roasted chicken when preparing medicinal cuisine.

Mud-roasted chicken and bamboo-tube chicken each have their own unique flavor, and people like Liu Lu, Zhang Poluo, and others enjoy eating them.

Ren Shaowu sat first, while Lan Sanhei Jiu, Liu Lu, Zhang Poluo, and Chen Dalian helped serve the dishes.

It's still early summer, not too hot yet, so we're having hot pot for lunch.

The base of the hot pot is cordyceps and pork ribs. A rack is placed inside the pot, and one or two bowls of vegetables are placed on it. The rest are placed on the table first.

Nine main courses were served, and the meal began.

It was a small family dinner, without many formalities. Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, didn't have much to say. Mei Shao's fourth uncle and aunt gave a brief speech, thanking the guests and toasting themselves.

Chao Shao delivered a speech, and the banquet officially began.

Liu Laishun, Cheng Wu, and the others didn't stand on ceremony and ate and drank happily.

The atmosphere at the Le family home was always relaxed. Meng Weisheng, Li Heng, Li Junhe, and Brother Ji were just as relaxed as they were at the company.

Everyone else was eating heartily, but the birthday boy didn't touch his chopsticks for a long time.

When Village Chief Zhou saw this, he asked curiously, "Lele, why aren't you eating? Is there a dish that didn't have salt in it?"

Everyone looked over curiously.

Some quick-witted people chimed in, "Impossible, I've tasted every dish, and the saltiness is just right."

The handsome young man glanced at his adorable little sister and already guessed the reason. His lips curled up in a wide smile, but he didn't explain why.

Le Yun looked at the bowl in front of her with a troubled expression: "Grandpa Man, please don't disturb me while I'm thinking. Let me think about it properly. Should I go and get a ladder to put on the table and eat while leaning over the bowl, or should I install a pulley on the ceiling and eat upside down from the ceiling?"

In front of her were two bowls of food: one bowl contained twelve chicken legs, and the other contained chicken gizzards and other offal, as well as small, fried fish.

The reason there were so many chicken legs was that all the chicken legs from the bamboo tube chicken and clay-roasted chicken at her table were in her bowl, and the other four tables gave her one chicken leg from their bamboo tube chicken and clay-roasted chicken.

The vegetables in the two bowls were piled high, much like haystacks in an autumn field.

"Oh dear," Aunt Ba and the others realized what was happening and couldn't stop laughing as they looked at the food in the bowl in front of the child.

Village Chief Zhou chuckled, "Alright, take your time thinking it over. We'll talk about it when you've thought it through."

"I'm worried that even if I think about it for another day, I still won't be able to figure it out. I'm considering calling Leshan and asking her to fly back to help share the burden," Leyun continued, still worried.

"That's fine, we have no objection." The old village chief was in a great mood and urged everyone to continue eating.

"Lele, you can also pack it up and send it to Leshan by express delivery."

Cheng Wu and the others happily ate their meal while offering a barrage of bad suggestions.

The handsome young man smiled and got up, then went to get a small bowl, put a portion of each dish into the small bowl, and let the little dumpling eat slowly.

There were many dishes, and everyone ate at a leisurely pace.

Le Yun ate slowly, but her younger brother wasn't home. As the youngest child, her family members would often put food on her plate for her, and her grandparents at the table would also occasionally add some to her plate.

As a result, the bowl of food in front of her never went down.

Meng Weisheng observed the little girl's treatment in the village and realized that in the eyes of these middle-aged and elderly people, the little girl was just a child who hadn't grown up, and everyone treated her like a little kid. Everyone chatted and laughed, eating and drinking. The wine was a health-promoting red wine that wouldn't make anyone drunk and had no aftereffects. Drinking was for the atmosphere, and eating was naturally enjoyable.

After eating about 80-90% of the first round of dishes, Yan Shao, Liu Shao, Ren Shao, Wu Shao, Lan San, and Hei Jiu got up and went to the backyard to add more dishes, while Liu Lu, Zhang Poluo, Chen Dalian, and Cheng Youde helped carry the dishes.

After the main course was served, the handsome men opened the sealed jar, took out the whole lamb that had been braised until golden brown, cut off the two front legs, and then cut them into pieces and plated them.

The remaining lamb leg was put back into the vat, and the lid was put back upside down.

The braised lamb in a stone pot was served together with a plate of fried meatballs.

The meatballs were served, which meant all the dishes were ready.

It wasn't the busiest time of year for farming, and there wasn't much work to do in the fields, so Liu Lu and the others weren't in a rush to finish their work and were taking their time eating.

This lunch took about an hour to finish.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Lan Sanhei Jiuyan Shaoliu Shao and Ren Shaowu Shao helped tidy up the table so that the neighbors could drink tea and chat. They then went to the backyard to continue preparing medicinal cuisine.

After sitting and resting for more than an hour, Yang Dayantong, Liu Lu, and the others said their goodbyes.

Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, asked everyone to wait while he and his wife carried the cake to the main room and shared it.

Yang Sanpao has a child, so we packed an extra portion for him to take home for his child. Zhang Haizi has an elderly person, so we also packed an extra portion for him.

Liu Lu, Chen Da Lian, and the others' children weren't home; their families were all having lunch at Le's house, so they didn't need to pack any leftovers.

After sharing the cake, Village Chief Zhou and the others went home.

Yang Sanpao and Pangmei went home with their father, first to pick up the little boy from their parents' house.

The little boy was mischievous, and the reason for going to the Le family was because it was the Le family girl's birthday. It wouldn't be convenient for the Yang family father and sons to take care of the child at the Le family's house, so Yang Dayantong's wife stayed at home to help her youngest son take care of the child.

Yang Sanpao and Pangmei went home with their father to pick up their child and also shared a piece of cake with the child's grandmother.

When Zhang Haizi returned home, he divided the cake he had brought back into two portions, giving half to his grandmother and half to his wife.

Grandma Zheng and her granddaughter-in-law ate cake while listening to Hai Zi talk about the guests at the Le family's house.

They also guessed that Village Chief Zhou Bapi and Grandma Zhou must be at the Le family's house, and that Liu Lu, Zhang Poluo, Cheng Youde, and Chen Dalian would also go to the Le family's house if they were at home.

I heard that representatives from Lejia Yazai Company also came, and the head of the little boy's bodyguard team also dropped off his official duties to come to Meicun, which is not surprising.

I heard that Chen Dalu and his family didn't go to their house, which seems a bit strange.

"Neither Chen Yin nor Chen Dalu went?" Hai Zi's wife was also a little surprised.

"My aunt thinks that Old Master Lu probably didn't remember this, and Chen Yin and his wife probably didn't care either. Besides, the Chen family has its own affairs, so they probably just missed it."

Zhang Haizi said that his guess was the same as his. When he and his wife found out that Xiao Lele and her brother had returned, they thought they were just coming back for a day or two to rest on the weekend, and they didn't think too much about it.

"Yes, the Chen family is busy revising their genealogy book, so they probably don't have time to think about anything else."

Hai Zi's wife said "Oh," but then realized something was wrong: "That's not right. The Chen family is revising their genealogy. Aunt Chen Hongying and Chen Kang are both members of the Chen family. How could the Chen family not look for Chen Kang and Yue Qing?"

Chen Hongying is the great-aunt of the Chen family, and Yueqing is a descendant of Chen Hongying. Logically, when the Chen family revises its genealogy, Yueqing's name should also be included in the genealogy.

Moreover, according to the rules of compiling genealogy books, when compiling a genealogy, no matter how many generations each branch of the family has, the generational ranking in the genealogy book stops at the generation with the youngest generation.

In other words, when the Chen family compiles their genealogy, not only will Yueqing's name be listed under Chen Hongying's name, but the two children, Yue Shan and Yue Yun, will also have their names listed in the genealogy.

Therefore, when the Chen family compiles their genealogy, they must listen to the opinion of Zhou Qiufeng from Yueqing.

Yueqing Zhou Qiufeng's opinion is not important, but Yue Yun's opinion is very important. If Yue Yun does not acknowledge the Chen family and does not agree to have her, Yue Shan's, and her father's names appear in the Chen family genealogy, then the Chen family genealogy can only have Chen Hongying's name.

In this way, Chen Hongying's name appears in the Chen family genealogy book, followed by a sentence—married to XX from the same village, and then there is no further record, so no one knows whether she had any children.

Therefore, Hai Zi's wife felt that the Chen family couldn't possibly revise their genealogy book without personally asking the Le family's son for his opinion.

If the Chen family wants to discuss revising the genealogy with the Le family's children, the best time to do so is on Lele's birthday. They might even be able to use this opportunity to reconnect with their lost family ties.

When Hai Zi's wife mentioned the Chen family's revision of their genealogy, Zhang Hai Zi was also a little surprised: "Yes, Da Lian and his wife went to the Le family. It doesn't make sense that Da Lian knew that Lele had a long tail today, but Chen Yin and the rest of the Chen family didn't know."

Well, now the three of them—grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter—are all entangled in this dilemma.

The three family members were in a dilemma. Chen Da-lian and He Sao returned home refreshed, changed their clothes, took a knife, and prepared to go to the garden to cut a couple more sweet potato vines to cut in the field. Just then, Grandpa Lu and several members of the Chen family hurriedly came looking for them.

Chen Da Lian invited his family members into the house to sit down.

Chen Dalu waved his hand and asked abruptly, "Big Face, let me ask you, is Lele still at home?"

“I’m at home. Lele has grown a tail since she came back. Brother Chao also came to Mei Village to celebrate Lele’s birthday. I just came back from having lunch at Le’s house.”

Chen Da Lian spoke casually, but the faces of the Chen family members all darkened: "Da Lian, do you know that it's Le Yun's birthday today?"

"Of course I know," Chen Da-lian said with a look of surprise. "Lele's birthday isn't a secret. Most people in the village know. You guys don't know?"

The Chen family members shut up. They really didn't know. To be more precise, they knew that Le Yun was born in April and that her birthday was in the second half of the month, but none of them remembered the exact date.