Attending a banquet...

Upon hearing these two words, everyone in the Li family was stunned, seemingly not expecting the little dumpling to have such thoughts.

After all, for the Li people who are used to eating delicacies, the banquet at the feast didn't seem to hold much appeal.

Of course, the fifth brother, Li Mufeng, is an exception; he is interested in all kinds of delicacies in the world.

Little Yanbao's eyes were sparkling; he was clearly looking forward to the banquet.

Old Master Li couldn't bear to spoil her mood, so he instructed Li Qicheng:

"Since Yanbao wants to attend the banquet, then you should take Yanbao with you!"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Zhong Jingyi quickly said, "Dad, if Yanbao is going with us, then I have to go with him too. I'm afraid Cheng-ge can't take care of the child by himself."

She was not comfortable letting her daughter attend the Liang family's banquet.

After all, the Liang family had wanted to send their eldest daughter's daughter to the Li family as a daughter, but the old man refused immediately.

Given the nature of the Liang family members, they will definitely hold a grudge about this matter.

Now, Xiao Yanbao has become the daughter of the Li family and is especially pampered and loved by the old man.

Those people in the Liang family will definitely be jealous of Xiao Yanbao.

Zhong Jingyi was clearly worried that Xiao Yanbao would be bullied by the Liang family, so she had to go along to protect her daughter herself.

"Yes, it would be more appropriate for you to come along."

The old master of the Li family had clearly considered this as well, and nodded without hesitation, agreeing to Zhong Jingyi's request. He then gave the couple further instructions:

"We can't neglect the Liang family's etiquette, but your most important task is to take good care of Yanbao and protect her. Once the engagement ceremony is over, hurry back home."

Upon hearing this, Li Qicheng and Zhong Jingyi nodded in unison, both understanding the situation.

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

After receiving his grandfather's permission, Xiao Yanbao was clearly very happy. He thanked his grandfather and then ran over to his older brothers to share his joy.

"Brothers, Yan Yan can finally eat at the banquet!"

The little girl raised her hands high, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter; she was genuinely happy.

Back in the village, her greatest desire was to attend a banquet.

The villagers of Lingxing Village are basically all from the same clan and family. Whenever one family holds a wedding or funeral, the whole village will come to help and then gather together for a feast.

However, they always tacitly excluded Xiao Yanbao's family, especially not allowing Xiao Yanbao to appear at the table.

Because in the eyes of the villagers, Xiao Yanbao is a little jinx; she brings bad luck to everyone and makes everything go wrong for them.

However, in reality, during the years that Xiao Yanbao lived in Lingxing Village, she did not bring any disasters to any of the villagers. On the contrary, she brought some good luck to the villagers.

Lingxing Village is located in a remote area, and originally no one was willing to invest in building a school there.

It was because one day, Xiao Yanbao was playing alone at the entrance of the village when she met a merchant who happened to be passing by. Seeing that the little girl was cute, he got out of his car and chatted with her for a while.

The merchant asked Xiao Yanbao what her biggest wish was.

Little Yanbao told the merchants in her childish voice that her biggest wish was to go to school, study, and then work hard to leave this mountain and see the wider world outside...

The merchant was clearly touched by the words of the little human child, which made him decide to invest in Lingxing Village and build the best school within a radius of hundreds of miles.

But after the school was built, all the children in the village could go to school for free, except for Xiao Yanbao...

Even the celebration banquet after the village was built was not allowed for Xiao Yanbao. Xiao Yanbao's mother was still alive at the time, and she wanted to pack some delicious food from the banquet for Xiao Yanbao, but she was not allowed to do so.

They were even ridiculed and humiliated by a group of sharp-tongued, gossipy women...

Xiao Yanbao has never attended a banquet before, which is why she has a special obsession with it.

The Liang family's engagement ceremony was held in a relatively luxurious hotel in the city. It was very ceremonial and more grand than a wedding ceremony held by an ordinary family.

As soon as he entered the hotel, Li Muxing couldn't help but click his tongue and say:

"My maternal grandparents are so generous to my uncle. They made such a grand engagement ceremony. When he gets married, it might be just like a celebrity wedding!"

Hearing this, Li Muchen retorted irritably, "Hmph! They don't care because it's not money they earned themselves. It's all just for show!"

Li Muhao couldn't help but sigh, "Looking at it this way, our mother has indeed given them a lot of money over the years!"

Although the money was nothing to the Li family, the three brothers felt resentful when they thought about their grandparents' attitude towards their mother.

On what grounds?

They are all the biological children of their maternal grandparents, so why is it that the one who gives is always their mother, while the one who enjoys the benefits is always their uncle and aunt?

As the saying goes, both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh!

The uncle is definitely the apple of your eye, and the aunt is definitely the apple on the back of your hand.

In the hearts of their maternal grandparents, there was no place for their mother at all.

A mother is meant to be sacrificed, to serve her family.

Wow! There are so many people here!

On the other side, Xiao Yanbao was like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, looking here and there, dazzled by everything.

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