Chapter 50: Mid-Autumn Festival, Big Celebration!!
"Hehe, my Dad is still the most far-sighted! Well, I still have to go up the mountain to release the eagles! Mom, are you saving dinner for me?"
"Yes, I am. Give me the bag, I'll go pack it for you!" Meng Yulan heard that her son was still going up the mountain to release the eagles, and immediately put down what she was doing and went into the house.
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The news that Second Young Master Yue bought a bicycle spread throughout the entire village in less than a morning.
Even though the Yue Family didn't have old relatives in the village, and even though Yue Lei and his wife usually had a very average relationship with the ordinary villagers, this kind of major village event couldn't be stopped.
There was more than one group of people who came to the Yue Family's house to watch the excitement, inquire about things, and even act as matchmakers for Yue Feng.
The Yue Family, which had always had a low sense of presence in the village, could finally genuinely hold their heads high today.
Especially Mom Meng Yulan, after hearing a few people who came to arrange a marriage for her son enter the house, her eyes got brighter the more she listened. It was only because Yue Feng had gone up the mountain with the eagles to hunt that he escaped a disaster. If he had been home, a temporary blind date might have been arranged on the spot.
This day passed exceptionally quickly. Around 4 PM, the Li Family and Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, who had gone out to release the eagles, all returned. Yue Feng also brought back six Gray Dogs, plus two Sand Grouse, and four Flying Dragons.
"Feng Ge, can I ride your bicycle around for a bit?" Xiao Tao's eyes lit up when he returned and saw the bicycle parked in the most conspicuous spot in the courtyard.
Yue Feng smiled and nodded: "Just ride it if you want. It's our own thing, we decide!"
Xiao Tao got the permission and eagerly flipped onto the bike. He was just warming up, having pedaled two circles while it was on the kickstand, when his father, Li Wentong, pulled him off.
"Get down, get down! How can you mess with it like that! You're over 100 pounds, your big body is pressing on the stand, you'll break it!"
Xiao Tao hadn't had enough fun yet, but his Dad's words made sense. He scratched his head, feeling a bit awkward.
Yue Feng said: "The courtyard is spacious too. Why don't you all learn to ride it! If you need it for errands later, just come and take it. It's convenient to ride!
Xiao Wen, Xiao Wu, you two brothers should learn together too. Everyone contributed to the money for this car!"
The Zhang family brothers, who had been standing by, admiring it but too embarrassed to speak, also came over after hearing Yue Feng say this.
This was a brand new bicycle! You know, the younger generation of kids in the village, let alone borrowing Wang Jianguo's bicycle to ride, rarely even had a chance to touch it when it was parked at the door.
"Okay! My brother and I will also go learn how to ride it later!" Xiao Wu nodded honestly.
Once Yue Feng spoke, the courtyard immediately became lively.
Xiao Tao started learning to ride the bicycle first. He was tall and had long legs, so learning this bicycle wasn't difficult at all. After a brief period of adjustment and adaptation, he was soon able to ride the bicycle in circles around the courtyard.
Next were the brothers Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu. They didn't have as good physical conditions as Xiao Tao, but they were also quick learners. All three of them learned within less than half an hour.
Yue Feng went into the house and checked the time. It was almost five o'clock, and he still had to go into town to deliver goods, so he said: "Let's stop learning the bicycle for today. I still have to ride into town to deliver goods!
Anyway, our Eagle Hunting Team has added a big item. Mom, how about we make some substantial dishes tonight and celebrate together?"
Hearing her son's words, Meng Yulan's brows furrowed slightly.
It wasn't that she was reluctant to spend money, but the family's substantial dishes and supplies were almost eaten up. Her son came up with ideas on the spur of the moment without preparing in advance. A clever cook cannot make a meal without rice!
"You child, why didn't you say so earlier! There's less than half a pound of meat left at home, and then there are the small chickens you caught today. There aren't many other vegetables left!
Otherwise, why don't you buy some when you come back from town?" Meng Yulan said.
Hearing this, Yue Feng also realized that there were no refrigerators now, so things couldn't be stored. The family really didn't have much stock left.
Actually, having Gray Dog meat, Flying Dragon, and Sand Grouse could be considered a feast, but recently, they had earned money from going up the mountain to hunt with eagles, and the family's conditions were gradually improving.
These things were cooked and eaten at home every few days, so they were no longer rare items. The substantial dishes his son mentioned clearly weren't these.
Yue Feng scratched his head: "At this time, the Supply and Marketing Cooperative in town is also closed. How about we change it to tomorrow night?"
Yue Lei, who had been silent all this time, also said: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's all have a lively celebration!
It just so happens that there's a Market in Wangjia Village. Let's go to the Market to buy some meat, and see if there are any other chickens, ducks, or geese to buy back. Xiao Feng has achieved something, and our family has also gained face in the village.
If we're going to do it, let's do it generously and invite the good neighbors and friends from the village to come to the house!"
Meng Yulan knew her husband's temperament. Seeing that the head of the family had said so, she also felt that it was time to make some noise and hold her head high.
"Then tomorrow, I'll go to the Market early in the morning to take a look!"
After finalizing the plan for the Yue Family to have a big celebration on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yue Feng sorted out the wild game and went into town. In a little over an hour, just after six o'clock, Yue Feng returned by bicycle.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for Yue Lei and Meng Yulan. Their son had achieved something and brought great honor to the family!
Especially Yue Lei, who was usually not good with words, drank a full four liang of white wine tonight and mumbled to his wife that he was happy as he lay down and drifted off.
Meng Yulan knew her husband's temper. Although their life in the village had been relatively peaceful over the years, Yue Lei was not a timid person at heart. The Yue Family was a single household without old relatives in the village, and Yue Lei wanted even more to be looked up to by the old and young men.
However, there was no opportunity for him to display his talents in the village, which had always weighed on Yue Lei's mind. Coupled with the accidental fracture of his leg during the autumn harvest, this feeling in Yue Lei's chest became even more stifled.
Now it was different. Since his son came home and woke up, the family's life had been getting better and better, money was coming in every day, and new supplies and items were brought back home every day.
Today, his son even bought the first new bicycle strictly speaking owned by a villager in the village, which greatly gave Yue Lei, the head of the family, face.
The next morning, after breakfast, Meng Yulan went out with a vegetable basket. Since the head of the family said they were going to have a big celebration, as the head of household affairs, she naturally had to support it unconditionally.
At the Market, Meng Yulan bought a lot of things: tofu, catfish, pork, crayfish, and a big red-scaled carp.
Things she usually didn't dare to buy, she prepared a lot of today.
Just as Meng Yulan finished her shopping and was preparing to return home, at the other end of the Market, she saw a very fat big white goose placed in front of Wang Mazi from the neighboring village.
A goose was not cheap. Meng Yulan hesitated slightly, but she remembered what Yue Lei had said to her when he gave her money that morning. Gritting her teeth, she bought the big white goose for four yuan and fifty cents.
They had already bought a bicycle for over two hundred yuan, so another three or five yuan didn't matter! Meng Yulan thought with a mindset of going all out.
Meng Yulan, who was planning to buy the goose and take it home to slaughter for the festival, didn't know yet that buying this goose almost caused big trouble!
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