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Today, I'm going to Huang Jin's house for lunch and Pang Zhanzhong's house for dinner. It's a busy day. After the presents are prepared, Yang Ye sees that Axi is still in the yard without even changing his clothes.

"Why haven't you packed it yet? Don't change your clothes."

Ah Xi's eyes opened slightly, he put down what he was doing, obviously surprised: "W-want me to go with you?"

"Of course we go together." In the first month of the lunar year, there is no one who goes through the door, it is not fun to bring the big and small of the family together.

Axi twisted the corner of his clothes, there must be everyone in the party of the elders in the county, he was really worried that he would lose face by following Yang Ye.

"I, I don't really want to go."

Yang Ye took the young man's hand, saw his scruples, and said softly: "Guard Huang has seen you before, and he often praises you. Master Pang has long said that he wants to see you, even if you don't want to see them, but then There are so many gifts, I can’t take them down.”

"If you don't go, people will think that I'm young and I'm not married yet. People in the county are very idle, and I especially like to talk to people about marriage." He rubbed Axi's head and asked, "Are you sure?" Don't want to go?"

Ah Xi frowned slightly: "I, I'll get you a gift."

Yang Ye looked at the figure running into the house and laughed.

The houses in the county towns are generally not as big as those in the countryside. Except for the prominent people, most of them are ordinary small houses, and they have to go to restaurants if they can't open their homes for New Year's banquets.

The generation of Huang Jin’s parents came from the village to the city, and two generations struggled. In Huang Jin’s generation, they finally managed to buy a small house with a small amount of money.

When Yang Ye and his wife arrived, there were already many guests in the yard.

Everyone was having tea and chatting, the house was very lively, Yang Ye also saw a few familiar people, including the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, and the two greeted each other.

Huang Jin greeted him cheerfully, followed by his wife and a young brother who was quite energetic. Yang Ye had heard from the staff in the restaurant that there was a very cute little brother in Huang Guanshi's family, and now he was able to meet him Indeed.

"Mr. Yang, Fulang Yang is coming to the house to make some tea and have dinner in a while."

Yang Ye gave Huang Jin what he had brought: "I didn't bring anything, just some local products and pastries."

"Look how polite you are, sir."

Mrs. Huang was holding the pastry and happened to pass by the little brother's nose. The little brother's nose fluttered and he blinked and asked, "Mother, what is this, it smells so good."

"You child, what a glutton!"

Yang Ye laughed and said, "There are some food on the left and right, if the child likes it, give it to him."

A group of people entered the house, and Mrs. Huang went to the room with the children and gifts. During the New Year's Day, there were many people who gave things, such as cloth and satin, eggs and meat, and occasionally two valuable things, nothing more than those, There is only one person who delivers pastries.

Mrs. Huang opened one of the cakes wrapped in oiled paper, the one wrapped with mille-feuille cakes, and as soon as the oiled paper was opened, a sweet fragrance wafted out like nothing: "Ah, what kind of cake is this so delicate. "

There is only one little brother in the family, and the couple are very fond of each other. Mrs. Huang often takes the child to the pastry shop. She has never eaten any pastry, but she has never seen this kind of pastry.

"Mom, I want to eat cake."

"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Huang twisted a piece for the child, and the little brother couldn't wait to eat it. After eating one piece, he said that he wanted more, and he was willing to give up after eating three pieces in a row.

Mrs. Huang saw the sweetness of the child's food, and she couldn't help twisting half of it to taste it. The taste of the mouth was not as sweet and greasy as ordinary cakes, but very refreshing, with a hint of jujube flavor, which was really delicious.

After entertaining Yang Ye, Huang Jin saw his wife and children eating in the room, coughed and walked in with his hands behind his back: "Look what you guys are talking about, there are so many guests outside!"

Mrs. Huang picked up the thousand-layer cake and stuffed it into Huang Jin's mouth: "Try it quickly, the pastry that Mr. Yang sent is really good."

Huang Jin's stern face suddenly unfolded, and his eyes lit up: "It's really good."

Then he laughed again, feeling that everything seemed reasonable: "Mr. Yang is a strange person."

Mrs. Huang was very happy, and put away the remaining cakes. Another bag of jujube cakes that had not been opened was also defaulted as a mille-feuille cake. Send this pastry out and keep it fresh.

Yang Ye was afraid that Ah Xi would be cold, so he didn't wander around the yard, but just sat in the hall. There was not only tea on the table, but also melon seeds and peanuts for people to drink. Yang Ye was not very interested in these things, but he saw Axi was peeling, so he also grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

There were four or five tables of Huang Jin's guests. Except for those who occasionally went to restaurants for dinner, many of them had never seen Yang Ye, and they had never seen Yang Ye before. Many people gathered together to guess who Yang Ye was.

On the contrary, the owner of the Cloth House recognized most of the people present, seeing everyone talking about Yang Ye, he leaned over and said, "It's the accountant of Fengxiang Building, Master Pang is very fond of it."

People who do business have heard about it, and saw that Huang Jin is very enthusiastic about him, presumably the rumors are true, and people with a clear eye and a quick heart have already given birth to the intention of making friends.

When Yang Ye saw someone coming up to exchange pleasantries, he put a smile on his face, and while putting the peeled melon seeds in Axi's palm, he chatted with the person who came up.

After a meal, Yang Ye felt that he didn't have to stop talking. A group of old men were either talking about business to attract resources, or they were bragging.

Sitting beside Yang Ye, Ah Xi saw that he was flawless, so he took some vegetables and secretly put them into Yang Ye's bowl while the people at the table were talking.

After the meal, although Yang Ye didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food, he recognized all the people on the table, including the steward of the tea shop, the owner of the tavern...they were all small businesses, If you get acquainted with each other, you can be a source of customers in the future, and it will not be bad to make some friends.

The meal was not in vain.

In the afternoon, Yang Ye went to Pang Zhanzhong's house again. The Pang family's house was a standard mansion, with gardens and pavilions inside, and all the guests were dressed in silk and silk. Yang Ye and Axi looked a little plain. Except for Pang Zhanzhong, no one came forward to greet him.

With the comparison at Huang's house at noon, the time gap can be seen.

Although Huang Jin and Huang Jin came here together, after all, Huang Jin had been working under Pang Zhanzhong for a long time. Many elders knew each other and went to greet them a lot. Soon they were the only couple left. I don't care about the eyes of those masters. The richer he is, the more snobbish he is. Now he is a person with no money, no power, and no fame. It is normal for no one to look up to him.

The housekeeper of the Pang family didn't know that Yang Ye was specially invited by Pang Zhanzhong. Seeing that the visitor sent few things and the packaging was simple, his smiling face froze for a moment. Then he stopped being enthusiastic, obviously looked down on the couple, and lured them to remote places.

Yang Ye, a man who has lived for decades, will not fail to understand the coldness and warmth of human relationships, and he has no extra feelings in his heart. Instead, he feels that after talking so much at noon, he is happy now.

A Xi saw that he had been silent for a while, and was sitting in a remote place, thinking that Yang Ye was stimulated by the housekeeper's behavior just now, so he stretched out his warm hand to shake Yang Ye's cold fingertips, and said in a low voice: " It's getting cold at night, I, shall we go back early later?"

Yang Ye moved Axi's clothes together: "Okay."

It was early for dinner, and the two ate some hastily before saying goodbye to Pang Zhanzhong. Pang Zhanzhong intended to keep the couple at home overnight, but was declined by Yang Ye, and Pang Zhanzhong was really busy, so he didn't force him to stay.

After leaving the Pang family mansion, Axi glanced at the two town house stone lions at the door, and was in awe for a moment.

Yang Ye rubbed the boy's head: "In the future, our family will also buy a big house."

Ah Xi raised the corner of his mouth: "I, I don't want a big house."

"Hey, there is a seller of candied haws in front." Yang Ye said suddenly, he stopped the vendor and ran up to buy a bunch for Axi. Seeing the children smiling happily, his heart relaxed a lot.

He brought Axi out in the hope that everyone would know that he was his husband, and that he would be more cheerful. He didn't want him to see the warmth and coldness of people and the coldness of the world. In the end, he would make the children worry about comforting him.

While feeling guilty, he felt that Axi was a caring person.

When the two returned home, it was already dark, and they were not hungry after eating. They lacked some hot water to wash up, and they were going to rest early. Yang Ye had to go back to work tomorrow.

When Ah Xi was soaking his feet, he was eating candied haws. The sugar coating on the candied haws stuck to the corner of his mouth. He stuck out his tongue and licked it. When he took off the candied haws, he saw Yang Ye looking at him.

"Is it tasty?"

Axi nodded.

Yang Ye continued to ask: "What's the taste?"

"It's a little sour." The sugar-coated candied haws are less coated, and most of them taste like hawthorn after one bite. Axi lifted the candied haws to Yang Ye's mouth: "Would you like to try it?"

Yang Ye really moved his body, Ah Xi thought he really wanted to eat candied haws, but he didn't expect someone to miss the candied haws and approach him, his eyes widened: "You don't... …”

With a snap, the candied haws fell to the ground.

Yang Ye's lips were moist, and he tasted the taste of candied haws in the boy's mouth. It was real and beautiful, not like the nothingness in a dream, and it was satisfying.

When he let go of the young man, he said softly: "Why didn't I taste sour? Instead, I found it very sweet."

Axi's face was flushed red, almost catching up with the skin of the hawthorn.

Yang Ye nodded the child's nose: "Why don't you hide today?"

Ah Xi closed his eyes, feeling really embarrassed to see Yang Ye's eyes, so he threw himself into his arms, put his arms around his neck and buried his head on the lapel of his chest: "At home, at home, we are the only ones."

Yang Ye couldn't help laughing: "Then let me try candied haws again."

"No, all the candied haws have been dropped to the ground by you."

Yang Ye was in a good mood. He wiped the child's feet and carried him into the house. He blew on the lamp, the night was dim, and the young man's shy voice sounded intermittently: "A Ye, you, you tonight... ..."

"what happened?"

"Yes, do you want to consummate the marriage with me?"

Yang Ye's back stiffened. As a normal man, it was impossible for him not to think about it, not to mention that Ah Xi was so beautiful. Since the two of them communicated with each other, his dreams had rarely been peaceful, but even if he thought about it again, he would Can't do it!

He didn't answer directly, lay down on the bed and said, "What's going on in your head?"

"I saw Guanshi Huang's child today is very cute. He, he still calls me brother."

Yang Ye comforted: "It's very cute, we will have children in the future, don't worry."

Ah Xi covered her face with the quilt: "I'm not in a hurry. Sleep, sleep."

Yang Ye sighed quietly, did he let Axi down?

The next day, Yang Ye went to work on the first day after the new year. The county town was very lively these days, and the restaurant business was also good, but the employees were still in the New Year's atmosphere, and they were a little slack at work the day before, not as fast as before.

Fortunately, Pang Zhanzhong didn't come to the restaurant today, only Huang Jin was there.

At about noon, Huang Jin suddenly said that someone was looking for him. Yang Ye went to have a look, and it turned out to be the housekeeper of the Pang family. When he was wondering why this person was looking for him, the housekeeper apologized and said, "Mr. Yang, I'm really sorry." , I don’t know that you are the guest invited by the master, I don’t know Taishan, I hope you don’t take what happened yesterday.”

After most of the guests left yesterday, Wang Da was sorting out the gifts in the storeroom. When he happened to be registering Yang Ye's gifts, Pang Zhanzhong happened to be there, so he casually asked him what Yang Ye gave him.

At that time, he saw that the gift was simple in decoration, and it was really unremarkable among all the good things. When Yang Ye said it, he didn't pay attention to remember what it was. Seeing that he couldn't answer, Pang Zhanzhong scolded him, and then opened the gift. It turned out to be sausage and pastry.

The sausage has been smoked, and the meat smells delicious. There are not many sausages sold these days. No matter where the sausage is placed, it is a good thing to be recognized. Even the emperor gave the ministers the gift of sausage, bacon, and rice during the New Year’s Day. , just a few pieces of sausage, it's worth a lot of money.

The pastry was sweet and fresh when he opened it, and he knew something was wrong when he saw it. I'm afraid it was made at someone's home and sent as a gift. The packaging is not as good as the ones in the county, but the things inside are so good!

At that moment, he knew that he had offended someone by mistake, and went to visit Huang Jin overnight with his things to ask the scholar's background. He was in charge of the Pang family's affairs, and Huang Jin was in charge of the restaurant's affairs. I often change the accountant, and after I heard that someone who can be appreciated by the master came later, I have been busy and haven't had a chance to meet, but I didn't know that I was so unlucky yesterday.

Before the master knew about it, he first came to apologize to Yang Ye. The master was in the restaurant every three days, and the two of them had a lot of contact.

Yang Ye didn't expect the housekeeper of the Pang family to come, he said: "I don't care about it, and the housekeeper doesn't have to worry about it either."

"I was at fault for this matter first, and my husband is so careless. If there is any place where I can help in the future, just ask, I will stand up and back down."

"The housekeeper is polite."

After a few words of politeness, the housekeeper insisted on inviting Yang Ye to drink tea. Yang Ye knew that today was impossible, and if he refused directly, he was afraid that he would be entangled again, so he agreed, and the housekeeper went away at ease. .

After the person left, Huang Jin laughed: "This Wang Da just loves dogs and sees people as inferior, and his temper hasn't changed much after all these years. If the master didn't see him as a distant relative, I'm afraid the housekeeper would have changed."

"Yesterday, Mr. was met with his eyes. Why don't you tell me earlier, you should drag him to the master."

Yang Ye laughed: "It's not easy to live under the fence of others, I really didn't take it to heart, if it really broke out, it would not disturb the master's good banquet."

There are many people like Wang Da, and snobbery can be said to be the portrayal of most people, who can offend people and are willing to apologize, which can be described as a fine human being.

The days passed slowly.

For a long time after that, Yang Ye and Yang Cheng were preparing to open a pastry shop. Yang Cheng and his wife were already proficient at making the first two pastries. When the weather cleared, they would go up the mountain to dig cassava and save it to make cassava flour.

Yang Ye was not idle either. He wanted to open a shop for two kinds of cakes, which were novel and delicious, but they couldn’t stand up to the shortcoming of a single category. He followed the practice of mille-feuille cakes and replaced the ingredients with red dates with pears. Basically, red beans are added, so that one thousand-layer cake becomes three kinds. Moreover, in addition to cakes, he also made crisps and cakes.

As long as you master the method of making pastry, in fact, whether it is crisp or cake, it is not too difficult to extend it. It is just that the final method of cooking is different.

The most important thing is the ingredients of these pastries. In order to make crisps, Yang Ye went to many dry goods stores and bought some dried roses. He disassembled the petals one by one, disposed of the stamens, and then added sugar to the petals to mash them. , stored in jars with honey, two months before consumption.

Yang Ye prepared these things early, so that he could make rose cakes and rose cakes when he opened the shop, and the flower cakes would definitely be popular at that time.

When Yang Cheng was digging cassava on the mountain, he saw a lot of honeycombs. In order to save money, he proposed to go to the mountain to get honey. His hands ached from inscribing, Ah Xi felt it was funny and felt distressed, so he bought some medicine from Jia Huichun and came back, and applied it with Yang Ye every day, and it took several days for the red envelopes to dissipate.

Although it was hard work preparing to open a shop and make pastries, and living in a tight and hard life in order to pay back the half of the shop money that was still short, everyone felt fulfilled and motivated.

In the blink of an eye, in February, the weather started to warm up in spring, Mrs. Yang gave birth to a girl, and the couple were very happy. The child was born a few days earlier than the expected date of delivery, but Wu Yonglan ate well and was in good health during the pregnancy. The child did not Feeling weak.

A lot of villagers came to congratulate, they all brought eggs to give away, Axi also sent out the baby clothes made by the villagers who gave gifts, Xu Qiuhe heard about this and Xing Huai also came over, the couple sent I bought some game, which are great nourishing things, and Wu Yonglan can use them when she is in confinement.

Xu Qiuhe likes children very much, and has been hugging them since she came here. Although she was married once, she had no children with her dead husband. Back then, her natal family was in decline, and she married a man who could afford the bride price. That man treated her well, but it was a pity that he was infertile, and this had always been her regret.

Ah Xi knew about these things. When sending Xu Qiuhe away, he quietly asked Auntie and Uncle Xing if they planned to have a child. Xu Qiuhe blushed. This kind of thing depends on fate in the end, and there is no rush for left or right.

"Then when will you and Yang Ye have a child?" Xu Qiuhe saw that the young couple lived very comfortably, and their love made people jealous. Now that Axi has married Yang Ye for some time, although there is no parent-in-law to remind her, but the incense continues The things that matter are always the concern of husband and wife, she couldn't help but also asked this question.

Ah Xi is not ashamed to say that he has been married to Yang Ye for such a long time and sleeps under the covers every day, but he can also understand that Yang Ye will have a house test in August, and if they have a child, they will definitely hold each other by then. Tripping Yang Ye and affecting his official career.

"Huh? Why don't you talk? Isn't it..."

Ah Xi sensed what Xu Qiuhe was going to say, he quickly said: "No, no, Ah Ye said I was too young, he, he wanted to have a child two years later."

Xu Qiuhe covered her mouth and laughed: "He really loves you."

"What are you aunts and nephews talking about so happy?" Xing Huai stepped forward and said.

Xu Qiuhe stopped talking, and stroked Axi's hair: "Okay, don't send it away, just come here, let's go first."

The Yang family was caught up in the happy event for a while, but with this happy event, the time to open the shop had to be pushed back. It was originally scheduled to open at the end of February, but now it is mid-February, and Yang Cheng has to take care of the children. Protecting Wu Yonglan in confinement, no time to separate/body.

Yang Ye changed the date to the middle of March, when Wu Yonglan's confinement was completed, and the child's full moon was completed, so it was appropriate to arrange it without rushing or rushing.

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-05-0213:39:07~2020-05-0318:37:59期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmines: Is the young hero weak? 1 piece;

Thank you to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 4 bottles of Wang Buliuxing, Feng and Liuyun; 3 bottles of my heart belongs to Ling; I want to eat sugar, 1 bottle of Mao Xingyue;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!