Su Hua took the invitation and smelled a faint floral fragrance, like the scent of hibiscus. The invitation was covered with bright red paper with gold foil. When she opened it, she found a beautiful bamboo slip tucked in the empty space on the left side of the invitation, with a line of elegant small regular script characters on it.

"Hua'er, what's written on this? Why are the characters so tiny, like little ants?" Su Sanhu leaned closer to look, but after staring at it for a long time, he couldn't recognize a single word. He couldn't help but wonder, "Does this so-called Hundred Flowers Banquet mean that there are hundreds of kinds of flowers for the guests to enjoy?"

Su Hua withdrew her gaze from the small print, smiled and shook her head, "How would I know what's written here? It's probably just the location and start time of the flower viewing party, and we'll only know if there are hundreds of kinds of flowers when we get there."

"I misunderstood." Su Sanhu scratched his head sheepishly. These days, Hua'er had learned almost everything, and he had almost forgotten that she, like them, was illiterate. "But when Liu Dan came just now, she said that the Hundred Flowers Banquet will be held in three days at Qichi Manor outside Qin Family City, starting at the beginning of Wei hour."

Su Hua nodded. She recognized the words on the invitation, but the signature on the invitation was not Qin Yingxian.

It was Wei Jianjia.

She didn't believe that, given her relationship with Wei Jianjia, Wei Jianjia would have the leisure to invite her to admire flowers.

"Liu Dan just said that it's not just her master and young master who will be going; many young masters and ladies from wealthy families in Qingshui County and Tangshan Prefecture will also be there that day," Su Erhu added from the side.

“Hua’er, this is a rare opportunity. If our Su’s Restaurant opens in the future, it will no longer be a street stall like it is now, and it will not only be in Qingshui County. If we can get to know the young masters and ladies in Tangshan Prefecture in advance, it will be of great benefit to us when we go to Tangshan Prefecture in the future.”

"How can it be so easy to get to know wealthy people?" Su Dahu frowned slightly. Sometimes, when it comes to interpersonal relationships, social status is even more important than marriage.

Even the Qin family, if it weren't for the prerequisite that Hua'er would save Qin Yucheng, would be completely unrelated, let alone those people in Tangshan Prefecture who had never met before.

Su Erhu's excitement waned somewhat after hearing this, but he still pouted, "But our Hua'er is good in every way, no less so than those young masters and ladies. Who wouldn't like her? They might even feel like they've known her for a long time. Don't you think so, Third Brother?"

"Yes, Second Brother is right, Hua'er is the best." Su Sanhu nodded vigorously.

Seeing that the two brothers were talking more and more outrageous, Su Hua quickly spoke up to stop them, "Let's put the Hundred Flowers Banquet aside for now. It's getting late, let's go home first. We need to build a house, and even a few women like Mother and my sisters-in-law can't keep up with the work."

She has a lot on her plate right now. Not only does she have to build houses, but she also has to take care of the restaurant. In addition, the flowering season of the red trumpet flowers is coming soon, and she can't delay any longer. She has to go to Fuhu Mountain in the next couple of days.

As for whether or not to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet three days later, if there's no time, then forget it. But if there is time, then it's worth going. It's not for business reasons, but since Su Dahu is going to pursue a career in education, it's always good to get to know more people.

Because of the previous incident where the pork offal was sold out at Zuixianju, the Su siblings bought the pork offal and tofu in the morning. However, since they had three wild animals given to them by Dabai's family, they only bought one set of pork offal today.

After packing their things, the four siblings drove the carriage directly to Shanghe Village.

Upon returning to the center of Shanghe Village, Su Hua finally understood why Feng Zicai had suddenly returned to Qingshui County from Qingshan Academy in Tangshan Prefecture.

It turns out that a happy event has arrived for the Meng family.

Outside the Meng family's large brick house, a middle-aged woman who looked four or five parts like Meng Yongfu was leading people to put up the "double happiness" characters and hang red silk.

"Oh my goodness! The 'double happiness' character is crooked, can't you see it? Quick, move it to the side! And that corner of the floor, it's all mud and water, quickly grab a broom and sweep it up, otherwise, what if the bride slips and falls when she comes tomorrow?"

Twenty or thirty villagers outside, who were holding melon seeds and watching the commotion, burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Do you think this bride is visiting the Meng family for the first time? Let alone the mud on the ground outside the Meng family's gate, she probably knows better than you, the eldest sister-in-law, which muddy spots and which walkways are safe inside the Meng family's house!"

Li Mengshi is Meng Yongfu's eldest sister. Years ago, she married into Lijia Village in the neighboring county and would only visit the Meng family once a year during the Spring Festival.

Hearing this nonsense, and not caring whether the "double happiness" character was crooked or not, she put her hands on her hips and retorted to the person who spoke, "The bride hasn't even entered the family yet, how could she know about the family's affairs?"

Wang Ergou, don't think you can act all high and mighty just because you've grown taller. If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll tear off a willow branch and whip your butt!

Upon hearing this, the villagers all glanced at Wang Ergou beside them, their eyes filled with mischief.

But Wang Ergou was a shameless scoundrel, completely unashamed. Instead, he turned around and grinned at Li Mengshi, "Since Aunt Meng wants to spank her nephew, then hurry up and do it. I'm waiting! If it's too crowded here, Aunt Meng can come home with me, or we can go to the woods. I guarantee you can spank me to your heart's content, how about it?"

Li Mengshi was in her forties and usually had a fiery temper, but upon hearing these words, her dark yellow face flushed red. "You heartless wretch, you even dare to flirt with your aunt..."

"Hahahaha..." Upon seeing this, Wang Ergou burst into laughter, his face full of contempt. "As expected of the Meng family, they are all utterly shameless. Meng Yongfu harmed people and then denied it, Meng Chengshi is in jail every day, Meng Yun'er is promiscuous, Meng Fu cheated on his fiancée in broad daylight, and now that Meng's eldest aunt has returned, she is exactly the same!"

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