Bai Jingjing was curious about everything about humans. Seeing the dishes being served one after another on the table, her mouth was watering.

"The dishes are ready, let's eat," Sang Mu said. As the head of the family, he could only eat when he said so.

Zi Shufen had to feed little Sangwang first, leaving Sang Yu and Sang Jin to eat on their own. However, Sang Yu would always spill some rice while eating. She was nothing like her younger sister, Sang Jin, who ate with such ease.

This was Bai Jingjing's first time using chopsticks. She hadn't eaten in the morning and had used a spoon for lunch. She had seen Sang Jin and the others use chopsticks easily, but when it came to her, she couldn't find the strength to pick up any food.

"Xiao Jin, can you help me change the spoon?" Bai Jingjing looked at Sang Jin with a tearful face.

"No, you have to learn to use chopsticks. Otherwise, how will you eat in the future? Although you can choose not to eat." Sang Jin insisted that Bai Jingjing learn to use chopsticks to eat.

"Xiao Jin, this is the third time you've told me you can't do it since that little brother Liao came." Bai Jingjing pouted.

"Really? You must have remembered it wrongly. I'll teach you how to hold chopsticks..."

“…”

Until the end, Bai Jingjing didn't learn how to use chopsticks, but she learned to grab directly with her hands.

"Bang—bang—" Brilliant fireworks rushed into the sky, bursting into sparks in the dark night, and then disappeared.

"What is that?"

"It's fireworks."

Why are there fireworks in Shengdan Village?

"Shufen, Xiaojin, Xiaoyu. These look great, don't they? I secretly bought them in Munan City last month." Sang Mu looked at his wife with a flattering expression. This was the first time he had bought this thing, and his wife was sure to like it.

Zi Shufen stared at Sang Mu seriously, but didn't praise him.

"Okay, Big Wood. These fireworks are so expensive. You actually spent money behind my back!" Although Zi Shufen said this, her heart was warm. Now the family is not short of money. Her big wood has finally come to his senses. However, buying so many fireworks is indeed a bit wasteful.

"If you don't like it, I won't buy it next time. Don't be angry, my lady. I bought it with the money I earned from hunting monsters myself." I finally saved up some money to buy it...

"Who said you don't like it?" This idiot.

Sang Mu scratched his head, wondering whether his wife liked it or not.

"Dad, you can buy whatever you want in the future. If you don't have enough money, I have some here!" Sang Jin said proudly.

"That's different. Dad has to earn his own money to buy things for your mother. Only then can it be considered a gift from Dad." Sang Mu felt that buying things for his wife required earning his own money. Money? He never lacked it. His daughter had previously given him one million low-grade spirit stones plus ten thousand taels of silver as a settlement allowance. He felt that this was enough for a lifetime.

Now, apart from spending money on clothes, the family basically doesn't need money. Now when he goes out, he always receives kindness from the villagers. For example, eggs, vegetables, rice, firewood...

There is nothing he can't get, only things he can't think of. If he doesn't accept it, there will definitely be a basket of food at the door the next morning.

Although the villagers knew that the Sang family had no shortage of these things, they had earned them through their own hard work. This was a token of their appreciation.

The Sang family was neither arrogant nor looked down on anyone. As long as it was a gift from the villagers, Sang Mu would accept it.

They asked everyone why they only gave gifts to the eldest branch of the Sang family and not to Old Man Sang and his family. It was obvious. The backbone of the Sang family was little Sang Jin. They had to give everything to Sang Mu so that little Sang Jin would feel everyone's care.

Their Shengdan Village was what it is today, all thanks to little Sang Jin. Without her, they would have died countless times while fleeing famine.

"Okay." Sang Jin didn't force it. As long as her father was happy, it was fine.

Sang Jin couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when she thought that Li Jingyu would no longer be in the village tomorrow, and the village would be without the protection of a powerful person.

Seeing Sang Jin, who had just looked happy but suddenly looked lost, Zi Shufen let Sang Wang hold her in her arms. She slowly walked behind her daughter.

"Xiao Jin, what's wrong?"

"Mom, I'm fine. I might be missing Master a little. Master has ascended to heaven, and I will never see him again."

Zi Shufen was stunned. Xiao Jin's master had ascended to heaven? That must mean he had truly become an immortal. She and her husband had always known that Xiao Jin's master might be a reclusive master. They hadn't expected... to actually ascend. He must be a powerful being.

"Your master sent you back to us because he definitely wanted you to live a happy life. He just went to another vast world. He didn't die. Maybe you will go there in the future, and we can meet again." Zi Shufen comforted her daughter. If her daughter also ascended to heaven one day, she might feel as lost as her daughter is now.

After all, she didn't have the talent to cultivate to become an immortal. Throughout the entire Southern Wilderness Continent, no one had ascended to heaven in a hundred years.

"I understand, mother." Sang Jin's eyes lit up. If one day she ascended to heaven, she wondered if she would ever meet her master again.

"Xiao Jin, happy birthday!" Zi Shufen took the new dress from Sang Mu's hands. This was a gift she had been preparing for her daughter's birthday for a month.

"Thank you, mother! This cloak is very beautiful. It is a pink cloak with one or two lotus flowers embroidered on it, and lotus leaves. There is a dragonfly just landing on the lotus leaf.

"Happy birthday, little sister!"

"Happy birthday, my daughter!"

"Xiao Jin, happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday, playmate!"

“…”

This was the first time she received blessings from so many people besides her master.

"How can we not be there for Sister Jin's birthday?" Sang Ling walked in holding a rabbit lantern in her hand.

"Mom, didn't we agree to go to your place for a reunion dinner tomorrow night? Why are you here?" Zi Shufen saw that the old woman behind Old Lady Zhuang was holding a food box in her hand.

"Isn't this Xiao Jin's birthday? It has a different meaning. What? Are you annoyed by an old woman like me?" Old Mrs. Zhuang glared at Zi Shufen. She knew in her heart that her eldest daughter-in-law didn't really dislike her.

"Come and sit down. What are you talking about? We are so happy."

"Dad, second brother, second sister-in-law, come and sit down." Sang Mu also hurriedly greeted the family. Originally, the Sang family had agreed in advance to go back to the old house for a reunion dinner tomorrow night on New Year's Eve.

"Oh, our little lucky star. He turns six today. Come here, grandpa has some candied haws. Come and have some." Old Man Sang just came in from the gate of the yard holding a bundle of candied haws.

Candied haws are rare in the south during winter, and Father Sang didn't know where he got so many.

"This candied haws is made by your grandfather himself. It's sweet but not greasy." Old Mrs. Zhuang explained.

Grandpa can also make candied haws? Grandma didn't even stop him. How much sugar does that take?