allonlinenovel Chapter 182 Enthusiastic Villagers
Chapter 182 Enthusiastic Villagers
Ye Changyan was eating a steamed bun when he saw the sun already shining into the yard. Today's nice weather was perfect for moving.
After everyone finished breakfast, they began to prepare for moving.
After Wulang and Fang Xiaotong left in their carriage yesterday, Ye Changyan went to the headman's house to borrow a cart. Some heavier boxes and cages had to be transported on a cart.
Ye Changyan directed everyone to move the packed bags, boxes and luggage from the house to the outside yard in the order of each room. Even Mr. Cai and Ye Xiaozheng picked up some light bags and took them out.
Under Ye Changyan's command, everyone moved the books out in an orderly manner. The books in Ye Changyan and Wulang's rooms were packed into boxes. They were very heavy. Dalang and Erlang had to carry them several times together. Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng also made two trips before they moved the books to the gate of the courtyard.
The things in several rooms were moved to the gate of the courtyard. The books alone took up a lot of space. Then Ye Changyan directed everyone to move the things under the eaves in the courtyard out.
The things under the eaves were all things that Ye Changyan had bought from the county town in recent days. They were mainly some newly-stuffed quilts, some newly-purchased daily necessities, such as wooden barrels, wooden basins, bowls, dishes, spoons, chopsticks, etc., as well as some firewood, rice, oil, and salt that had been prepared in advance.
All the things in the yard were moved to the gate, and Dalang and Erlang began to load boxes of books onto the cart.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Ye Changyan asked Ye Xiaozheng and Lian to each carry a small bag and walk in front, and Old Cai also followed closely with a bag on his back. Then it was Ye Xiaowen and Ye Xiaowu, carrying large and small bags, following behind.
Erlang had been working as a porter in the workshop for two months and was more familiar with the balance of the cart. Therefore, Erlang was responsible for pushing the cart and walked in the middle of the team, while Dalang and Silang followed closely behind, carrying large and small packages.
Ye Changyan asked Erniu and Fang Xiaomei to stay and look after the remaining luggage. Then he and Liang Jingcheng, carrying two large bags, walked at the end of the team.
A dozen people carrying luggage were heading towards the Ye family's new courtyard. Before they had gone far, they saw the village head, Wang Erhu and a group of young men from the village rushing over.
"Third brother, sister-in-law Lian, everyone knows that you are moving today, so we all came to see if we can help."
Then he heard the head of the village greeting Ye Xiaozheng and Lian, and Ye Changyan hurriedly stepped forward to greet everyone.
"Uncle Shuanzhu, uncles and brothers, you are so thoughtful. There weren't many things to move, so I didn't intend to disturb you."
"Sanlang, your father is weak and he is moving things. Your teacher is also moving things at his age. Everyone knows that your family is moving today. It would be unreasonable if we don't lend a hand. So don't be polite to everyone."
Ye Changyan took a look at the young and middle-aged men who came with the village head. Except for the young people working in the processing workshop, almost all the others were here. Ye Changyan simply stopped refusing and asked his family members to stay here for a while. Then he took the village head and the young and middle-aged men in the village to the farm.
Soon everyone was carrying a bag or a box. The things that were originally piled at the gate of the yard were moved away by the head of the village and the young and middle-aged men in the village. Erniu and Fang Xiaomei locked the gate and followed the crowd empty-handed.
I saw a long line of people, some carrying bundles, some carrying bags, some holding boxes, and some carrying wooden barrels full of things, heading towards the direction of the Ye family's new courtyard.
With more people there is more strength. Things that were originally planned to take several trips to move can now be moved in one trip.
The group soon arrived at the Ye family's new courtyard. Ye Changyan ran to the front, opened the gate, and everyone carried their things into the courtyard.
"Sanlang, your yard is really magnificent!"
After the village head and others stepped into the yard, they looked around the situation inside and began to praise it.
While Lian was directing everyone to move things to the yard, she asked Fang Xiaomei to go to the kitchen to light a fire and boil water.
When the old people, women and children in the village saw the long moving team heading towards the Ye family's new farm beside the official road, they all followed. They all wanted to see the new courtyard of the third branch of the Ye family.
Lian and Erniu saw that the elderly, women and children in the village had all come to the gate of the courtyard, and hurried forward to invite everyone into the courtyard.
When Ye Xiaozheng saw the old people from the village coming into the yard, he hurriedly invited them to sit in the main hall.
While greeting everyone, Lian directed Erniu to unpack the boxes of cakes and dried fruits.
"Come on, come on, everyone come over and have some cakes and dried fruits."
Ye Changyan saw that except for those who worked next door, most of the villagers had come to his new yard. There were not many cakes and dried fruits prepared originally, and there were so many children in the crowd that he was afraid that they could not withstand the taking.
So Ye Changyan took Liang Jingcheng a few steps out of the yard and went to the milk processing workshop next door. Soon, the two of them returned to the yard with two large bags of Weihaojia candy.
"Come on, come on, everyone come over and have some candy."
"Oh, Sanlang, you can't do that. I heard that these delicious candies are sold in the capital city. They are not cheap. It's great to have these cakes and dried fruits as a treat. You can't use such expensive candies."
Wang Erhu's mother saw Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng pouring candy into the fruit plate. How could people in the village not recognize this candy? It was just the Weihaojia candy made in the processing workshop next door. She looked distressed and hurriedly tried to dissuade them.
"Aunt, it's okay. Children love to eat sweet things. Come on, Cat Egg, Donkey Egg, Tiger Boy, and Cow Boy, give the candies to the grandparents, uncles, and aunts."
When the children heard this, they were overjoyed. Maodan, as the king of the children in the village, ran over first and directed the other children to distribute candies to everyone.
"Tiger Boy! Why are you still putting it in your pocket?"
Suddenly, Maodan shouted at Hu Wa, and everyone in the house and yard looked over here.
Hu Wa was the timid one among the group of children. When he heard Mao Dan yelling at him and saw the adults looking at him, his face suddenly turned red and he stammered.
"My...my mother...is working in the workshop next door...I...I want to leave two for my mother..."
When everyone saw that Hu Wa had tears in his eyes and his voice was tearful, they all burst into laughter.
Seeing this, Ye Changyan took two steps forward, grabbed a few candies, and put them into Hu Wa's pocket.
"Tiger Boy is a good and filial child. This is the candy your brother brought for you. Take it home and give it to your mother."
Tiger Boy, with a look of grievance on his face, looked up at Ye Changyan who was stuffing candies into his pocket, then turned around to look at everyone with smiling faces. He then raised his arm, wiped the tears that were about to fall, and then grabbed the candies again to distribute them to everyone.