After Shen Xiaobei and others arrived at the Duan family, the Duan family became more lively. There were relatives who came to the engagement banquet, and there were also some people who came to watch the fun.

Wang Zhaodi and Gao Hongmian were busy in the kitchen, and there were two other women helping. After Shen Xiaobei went in to see them, he said he wanted to lend them a hand, but they refused.

Duan Donglin then took Shen Xiaobei to the yard and the main hall and introduced some relatives to her.

Shen Xiaobei also sorted out some of the main relatives of Duan Xichuan's family.

Grandpa Duan Xichuan had five brothers and sisters in his generation, and his grandfather was the youngest.

Of the two older brothers and two older sisters, three have passed away, and only my second sister is still alive. However, she is very old and rarely travels far, so she naturally didn't come this time.

His grandfather's brothers and sisters all have many children and grandchildren, but because each family has many children and grandchildren, the children and grandchildren of his brothers and sisters are not close to each other.

Just like any other relatives, they visit each other during the Chinese New Year or when there are weddings or funerals, and give gifts politely.

This time it was just an engagement, so we didn't invite anyone from far away, only a few nearby ones, and each family sent a representative.

Duan Xichuan's father had four brothers and sisters: his eldest aunt Duan Jiamei, his eldest uncle Duan Jiachang, his father Duan Jiaxing, and his younger aunt Duan Jiaju.

They all came today because Duan Xichuan is the most promising among their sons and nephews.

As the saying goes, a rich man in the mountains has distant relatives, while a poor man in the city has no close neighbors.

The engagement of this most promising nephew is big news for the entire family, and they are all eager to see what kind of girl Duan Xichuan has found.

Especially Duan Jiachang's daughter-in-law Wei Feng'e, who is also Duan Xichuan's aunt.

She and her sister-in-law Wang Zhaodi have been at odds with each other for decades.

She was always jealous that her parents-in-law favored Duan Jiaxing and Wang Zhaodi, and she was also jealous that their family had a promising son like Duan Xichuan who brought them honor.

Duan Donglin's generation also has four brothers and sisters, two younger brothers Duan Xichuan and Duan Beihai, and a younger sister Duan Nanyan who is a twin boy and girl and was born a few minutes later than Duan Donglin.

Duan Nanyan came with her two children, who are also twins, both boys, and are over four years old this year.

Duan Nanyan is 27 years old this year, but has already given birth to three children.

The eldest son is also a son, the same age as Duan Beihai, and is in the first grade of elementary school. He did not come with us today.

She is pregnant again now, and has been pregnant for four or five months. Her belly is already noticeably bulging.

The twin sister is so pregnant and can give birth so well, but Duan Donglin and Gao Hongmian are both in their thirties and have been married for seven years, but they still don’t have a child.

In the first few years, the two of them and their family elders were also worried.

But they went to the hospital for several checkups, and the doctors said that there was nothing serious wrong with their bodies and it would not affect pregnancy.

The doctor told them that there are some cases like theirs, and some people get pregnant after being married for more than ten years.

Tell them to relax and let nature take its course, which will be more conducive to pregnancy.

After listening to the doctor's advice, Duan Donglin and Gao Hongmian learned to relax slowly, not think too much about it, and let nature take its course.

Duan Jiaxing and Wang Zhaodi also gave them a placebo.

They told Duan Donglin to wait until he was 30 years old, and if Gao Hongmian was not pregnant by then, they would adopt a child from his sister Duan Nanyan.

Duan Nanyan is fertile and has had a good relationship with her twin brother Duan Donglin since childhood, so she also cooperated in persuading her in-laws to agree to this matter first.

After socializing with a group of relatives for an hour or so, the meal was finally about to begin.

Because Fan Huifang and Ke Xiaoli casually asked Shen Xiaobei why Brother Deng didn't come, the attentive Duan Donglin also invited Deng Yuliang over before the meal started.

He asked Liu Juan to come along, but Liu Juan had to accompany her mother-in-law, and her belly was getting big, so she was not feeling well, so she did not come.

Because it was an engagement party, not a wedding party, and there was no need for gifts from everyone, the Duan family only invited very close relatives and a few good friends of Shen Xiaobei.

So, with some relatives bringing their children, only two tables were fully occupied.

However, this was already a very grand event for outsiders, and it was also quite lively for Shen Xiaobei, because several of her educated youth friends were all there.

Before the meal started, Duan Xichuan's father said a few polite words to everyone and formally introduced Shen Xiaobei, the future daughter-in-law, to the relatives present. Then Duan Donglin went outside to set off firecrackers before everyone started eating.

It was quite ceremonial.

But after everyone started eating for a while, Wei Feng'e, who was sitting at the same table with Shen Xiaobei and opposite her, began to eat absent-mindedly.

She looked up from time to time and secretly looked at Shen Xiaobei, who was eating the food in a delicate manner.

No wonder, when this woman was first picked up by Duan Donglin, she felt that she looked familiar.

But I just can't remember where I've seen it before.

It was not until Liu Juan's live-in husband came in with Duan Donglin that she suddenly remembered that Duan Xichuan's fiancée was the one who had quarreled with Old Lady Ge in front of Liu Juan's house during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

Oh, it turned out to be this woman!

She only knew that she was a female educated youth from Baiju Brigade, but she didn't know that she was the one she had met.

She thought Duan Xichuan had found a high-quality woman, but it turned out to be true. Apart from her good looks, what else was special about this woman?

She remembered that when this woman quarreled with Old Lady Ge during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she was quite sharp-tongued and seemed to have a bad temper.

At this moment, in front of so many relatives of the Duan family, she pretended to be so gentle, well-behaved and polite that she didn't even dare to take a dish far away.

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