The noise from the approaching tractor was quite loud, so Qin Ye and the others, who were eating, of course, heard it.
Coupled with Qin Zhen jumping off the tractor and yelling at the top of his voice, "Third brother, third brother, your big brother is here..."
"Qin, is that you he’s calling third brother?" Madam Rong heard the voice and actually recognized it, isn’t that Qin Ye’s cousin?
Qin Ye naturally recognized the voice as well, "Mother, you guys eat, I’ll go have a look."
He stood up and walked outside.
Now that there were guests, and they could very well be Qin Ye’s cousin from Jing City, it was natural for Madam Rong and the others not to just carry on eating by themselves.
Outside, Qin Heng and Jiang Yan also jumped down from the tractor.
When they saw the house, their eyes lit up for a moment.
Qin Heng commented, "This house isn’t bad!" It was certainly unique in the village.
Jiang Yan nodded in agreement, after all, they had just had a good look around the village and everything was rundown, not a single house was better than this one.
Thinking about how Qin Zhen mentioned that this house was newly built by his cousin last year, they couldn’t help but feel impressed with the good job he’d done.
It was apparent that he had lived through tough times before, but now things were looking up.
Just then, the door opened.
Qin Zhen and Luo Cheng had of course met before.
But it was the first time for Qin Heng and Jiang Yan to meet Qin Ye.
The moment they laid eyes on him, they knew this was the power of blood relation; they could tell at a glance he was one of their own Qin/Jiang family.
"Third brother, I’m here, aren’t you happy?" Qin Zhen beamed.
Qin Ye looked at him expressionlessly, "Why have you come again?"
Clearly, he wasn’t very pleased.
Qin Zhen immediately responded, "Are you upset that we came too late? We’ve come as fast as we could."
Why did a perfectly good big brother have to act like he was the younger one?
After all, only the youngest tends to come off as frivolous and unstable.
Qin Ye couldn’t be bothered with his cheap cousin; after glancing at the others, he withdrew his gaze and turned to go back inside.
Qin Zhen wasn’t bothered by his attitude; seeing him leave, he just followed along.
"Ay, I could smell my aunt’s cooking from afar. Looks like it’s better to be timely than early, I’ve arrived just in time for dinner."
Jiang Yan and Qin Heng exchanged looks... While Qin Zhen wasn’t embarrassed, they both felt quite awkward.
They swore to themselves... that they would never go out with Qin Zhen again in the future.
The only one accustomed to this was Luo Cheng, who started unloading things from the tractor.
Only then did Jiang Yan and Qin Heng remember they had brought gifts, so they helped out too.
Rong Wenming and his wife naturally couldn’t just sit there and do nothing, especially after seeing those three lads carrying a lot of stuff inside.
"Auntie, we meet again; we’ve brought a little something, should we put it here?"
As Qin Zhen stepped into the house, Luo Cheng and the others brought in the packages.
Madam Rong turned to Luo Zhen, "Hey, you’re already here, why bring so much stuff?"
"These are just some inexpensive little things. The old man and my grandfather insisted on bringing them. By the way, auntie, uncle, let me introduce you. This is my second brother, Qin Heng, and this is Jiang family’s Qin Ye’s cousin, he’s called Jiang Yan. He insisted on coming along as soon as he found out about finding Qin Ye, even skipping school for it."
Jiang Yan immediately stepped forward and greeted them politely, "Uncle, auntie, good day, cousin, cousin’s wife, good day...."
"Ah, good good good..." Madam Rong was quite fond of this well-mannered young man, he was exceptionally polite.
And moreover, quite handsome.
Rong Yan looked at this Jiang Yan, who appeared even younger than Qin Ye.
Is he really the cousin?
"They are just one day apart. Thanks to that one day, Qin Ye has to call Jiang Yan ’cousin,’" Qin Zhen said gleefully.
Qin Ye apparently found it amusing to be at the bottom of their list.
Madam Rong, seeing their expressions, hurriedly said, "You must be hungry after the trip! Sit down and let’s eat together. I’ll go and make a few more bowls of dumplings for you."
Fortunately, she had made lots of dumplings yesterday afternoon. They just needed to be boiled.
Qin Heng wanted to say it wasn’t necessary, but Qin Zhen spoke up before he could: "Then we’ll have to trouble you, Auntie."
He definitely needed to remember not to go out with this cousin again. He didn’t have the thick skin for this.
If this were any other place, he would surely say he didn’t know this person.
Jiang Yan also felt a bit embarrassed, but Qin Zhen had already made the offer and it would be awkward for him to refuse now.
After thinking it over, he decided it was better to keep his mouth shut.
And to just show an awkward but polite smile.
Madam Rong actually quite liked Qin Zhen’s forthright and unpretentious personality, and she quickly went out to make the dumplings.
Rong Wenming beckoned them to sit down.
"These dishes have just been served. Have a few bites to start."
"Uncle, no rush. We’ll go wash our hands first." Qin Zhen got up, patting Luo Cheng on the shoulder as they left.
Qin Heng and Jiang Yan naturally followed them quickly.
Turning his head, Rong Wenming said to his daughter, "Yanyan, go get some more bowls and chopsticks..."
Before Rong Yan could respond, Qin quickly said, "I’ll go."
Soon, he returned with four more sets of bowls and chopsticks in his hands.
By then, Qin Zhen and the others had come back in as well.
Seeing them return, Rong Wenming said, "Come sit down quickly!"
Fortunately, there were benches arranged around an eight-immortal table, seating two apiece.
Qin also sat down on the bench next to his wife.
"Let’s eat!" Rong Wenming started eating first, which made Qin Heng, who had wanted to wait for his aunt to join them, feel it wouldn’t be right to say anything.
Especially since Qin Zhen had also picked up his chopsticks to eat.
Madam Rong’s dumplings were ready soon after.
Qin Ye went to help bring them over.
Luo Zhen and the others, after sitting on a train for three days, found the hot meal... particularly the dumplings they ate last, to be extremely satisfying.
Once they finished eating, Qin Ye wasn’t in a hurry to work anymore.
Instead, Qin Zhen wanted to discuss something with him.
"Qin Ye, when the old master heard about your situation, he actually cried for two hours."
Crying was true, but for two hours? The old master was probably more inclined to break your legs.
Both of them were somewhat incredulous, thinking he was probably exaggerating, but the tears were likely true.
For a moment, they both fell silent.
That comment was difficult to follow up on.
"Qin Ye, everyone back home is looking forward to your return. They’ve given us a firm order to bring you back... please have pity on us! And pity them as well..."
"Alright, I’ll go with you."
Qin Zhen was startled by his sudden agreement. He hadn’t even made his case yet. But he quickly felt delighted.
"That’s great, we’ll leave tomorrow."