"It's Xiao Lin. Wow, your daughter's skin is so white. It's such a pity that the last piece of lean pork was bought by Zhou Wufu's family. Where is your Zhou Peng? Why is there no one there?" Old Mrs. Zhuang remembered that Mrs. Lin gave birth at the same time as her eldest daughter-in-law.

"No more...Okay. Thank you, Aunt Zhuang. My husband is waiting for me at the dining table." Lin Niang turned around and prepared to leave.

"Hey, kid. Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Although there is no meat left, I still have two bones here. It's just right for you to take them back and stew radishes. There is not much meat on these bones, so I won't charge you." As Mrs. Zhuang said this, she ran to the makeshift kitchen and took out two bones.

"Thank you, thank you Aunt Zhuang!" Lin Niang's originally depressed face suddenly brightened up. She originally came to buy meat, but when she didn't buy any meat, Aunt Zhuang gave her two bones as a gift.

"You're good friends with my eldest daughter-in-law. These are bones. If you don't want them, I'll throw them away anyway. I haven't even thanked you for helping me get rid of two bones yet. Don't tell anyone else. I'll put them in your backpack for you."

Old Mrs. Zhuang placed the shank bones in the basket on Lin Niang's back and covered it with a coarse cloth. Old Mrs. Zhuang had always been known as a warm and helpful aunt in the village. The phenomenon of favoring boys over girls was common in the village.

It was only after the Sang family had a promising granddaughter that this phenomenon began to improve. If any elders again said that their daughters were weeds or that their lives were worthless, they would be severely rebuked. But the Sang family's little girl was a powerful immortal. So she was also a girl, right?

Miss Sang Jin said that in the village, regardless of gender, all children can learn to read, learn medicine, learn to cultivate immortality, and learn to make elixirs.

Whenever they said this, the elders would remain silent for a long time. Speechless. This little girl from the Sang family was truly capable. All their good life now was because of her.

Mrs. Zhao trotted over to Old Lady Zhuang and whispered something in her ear. She got up, went to the makeshift kitchen, washed her hands, untied her apron, and walked to the apricot tree in the center of the square.

"Let's feast!" Old Lady Zhuang's voice spread to every corner of Shengdan Village. "This cultivator's method is convenient."

"It's all thanks to the old lady." Mrs. Zhao smiled and helped Old Lady Zhuang pull out the chair.

"You should go down and eat too. You've been busy all day. We'll be busy with the second round of banquets later." Old Mrs. Zhuang was worried that Mrs. Zhao would not have time to eat later. The best thing would be to eat with them during the first round.

"Okay, old lady." Mrs. Zhao went downstairs to eat first.

When dining with the villagers outdoors like today, Old Lady Zhuang didn't ask Mrs. Zhao to wait on her. This would have made her feel uncomfortable.

On the other hand, Sang Jin used Yueya very naturally.

"Yueya, I want to eat that pig ear."

"Yueya, I also want the one on the left."

Yueya smiled as she picked up some food for Sang Jin. She felt it was an honor for the young lady to be of use to her. The young lady was usually away for months at a time. She was rarely at home, so there was little she could do for her.

Sang Jin liked to have Yueya sit beside her while she ate, not to show off, but mainly because her arms were too short to pick out the dishes.

"Xiao Jin, tell me what you want to eat. I have long arms." Li Jingyu sat next to Sang Jin. It was very convenient for him to pick up food.

"Then I want the dish farthest from us. Can you pick it?" Sang Jin just joked.

Li Jingyue mobilized his spiritual energy and carried the dish farthest from them, passing over the other plates and coming to Sang Jin before stopping.

Everyone had a look of shock on their faces, their mouths opened so wide that they could fit an egg in them.

This move was so cool that even Sang Yu, who had always been hostile to Li Jingyu, clapped his hands and said he wanted it. Then Li Jingyu used the same trick again and moved a plate of his favorite dish to Sang Yu.

"Master Yu, you can't do this. It's too unfair." Su Ming complained dissatisfiedly.

"Brother...okay." Su Tian said with some effort. After several months of study, she now knew some simple pronunciations.

"That's right, Tiantian, just tell your brother what you like to eat. Your brother will help you too." When Su Ming said this, he couldn't help but glance at Li Jingyu.

But Li Jingyu just quietly picked up food for Sang Jin and didn't even look at Su Ming.

Fortunately, there were several acquaintances at their table, otherwise they would have been dead after eating like this.

"Hey, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to eat like this?" Sang Jin, who was almost full, suddenly realized that something was wrong. Their behavior was indeed a bit inappropriate. How could they put all the dishes they liked in front of her? After all, she was half a host, right?

"It doesn't matter, they are not human beings." Li Jingyu's words once again shocked the people at the same table.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. He meant that you are cultivators, not ordinary people." Sang Jin hurriedly helped Li Jingyu to smooth things over.

“…” Crescent moon.

“…”Xiao Cun.

There were nine people at their table: Su Ming and his sister, the Mu family's master and servant, Li Jingyu, the Sang family's brother and sister, and Zhou Xiaoxing and his brother.

"Oh—" But why did they still have the urge to beat Li Jingyu up? However, that person's cultivation was too high, and even if they combined they couldn't defeat him, they had no choice but to give up.

The Sang family officially moved into their new house. The three courtyards that the Sang family had previously owned on the street were connected and converted into Shengdan Academy.

Although this academy is small, there is no tuition fee to enter. This academy exists only to cultivate the next generation of Shengdan Village.

The academy offered basic literacy classes and classes on the Four Books and Five Classics. These were suitable for ordinary people who didn't cultivate immortality. They could later take the imperial examinations and explore the wider world. Mu Yanhuan and Mu Yan were the instructors for these two classes.

The academy also has special classes for cultivating immortality and refining elixirs. In addition to these two courses, students in these two classes will also take basic literacy classes.

This was a class Sang Jin had set up specifically for children who had awakened their spiritual roots at a young age and those who were interested in alchemy. Zhou Fugui and Sang Jin were the instructors for these two classes, respectively.

Although the conditions at Shengdan Academy were modest, with few teachers and a limited curriculum, it was a great benefit for the villagers. If they had raised their own children, they might have ended up working as peasants for the rest of their lives, just like them.

The dean of Shengdan Academy was Zhou Fugui, the patriarch of the Zhou family, who was in the early stages of foundation building. This delighted Zhou Fugui so much that he immediately showed off in front of Zhou Dahe.

"You're just the dean of a crappy academy. Look how capable you are." Zhou Dahe said bitterly. He was also in the Foundation Establishment stage. Why didn't Xiao Fuxing let him be the dean? A vice-dean would be fine.

"What? You just say the grapes are sour because you can't eat them." Zhou Fugui smiled, revealing his eight big yellow teeth.