When Sha Zhu heard that the Jia family was hosting a dinner party, they only invited group leaders and above, and not him, who usually took good care of them, he was very unhappy and started arguing with Jia Zhangshi in the courtyard.

“That’s right, Aunt Jia, you can’t divide people into different classes. This is a new society now, we don’t do that anymore.”

"Aunt Jia, if you're going to treat everyone, treat them all together, or don't treat anyone at all."

"The Jia family looks down on people as soon as they become leaders; they have a problem with their thinking."

With Sha Zhu taking the lead, many people in the compound loudly joined in. These days, if you can get a good meal without having to stand up for yourself, why not do it?

More and more troublemakers joined in, turning the once harmonious courtyard into a chaotic mess.

"Quiet down, everyone. Today is Dongxu's big day, and his family is planning to invite representatives from the compound to celebrate."

This isn't about classifying people into different classes; I didn't expect everyone to have misunderstood.

At this critical moment, Yi Zhonghai appeared like a timely rain, beginning to save Jia Zhangshi. If people said that the Jia family had ideological problems, it would be a major blunder, and they would be criticized and denounced.

"That's not right. I can accept that the senior men in charge of the compound represent the compound. But what gives Xu Damao the right to represent it? Besides, there's already Second Uncle representing the backyard, so why add Xu Damao as well?"

Sha Zhu froze, even frightening himself. Yi Zhonghai looked at this Sha Zhu who couldn't distinguish friend from foe, and felt a terrible headache coming on. He truly hadn't expected that the ones who would rebel against him today would be his own people.

But he couldn't use excessive methods to deal with Sha Zhu, otherwise Yi Zhonghai himself would be the one to suffer in the end.

Sha Zhu started causing trouble, and the other people in the crowd, who had been calm, joined in the commotion. They figured that if they could get a meal out of trouble, they'd make a profit; if they couldn't, they wouldn't lose anything, since the ringleader was Yi Zhonghai's underling.

"Who said there's only one representative for a compound? Besides the three old men, there's Xu Damao in the backyard, you Shazhu in the middle yard, and Old Li's family in the front yard. That's two representatives for one compound. We just discussed this, but you, Aunt Jia, don't know about it."

I'm telling you now, you silly Zhu, hurry up and go help Huai Ru. You're a grown man, and you don't even know how to help Huai Ru.

And everyone else in the compound, I'll give each family some candy tomorrow; I'll hand it out myself. Now, everyone go home.

Seeing that things were escalating, Yi Zhonghai quickly cut his losses and quelled the situation with a few words. When Sha Zhu heard Yi Zhonghai mention Qin Huairu, he thought about how he could help his "white moonlight" (his beloved) and his anger vanished without a trace.

"It seems that only Qin Huairu can restrain Sha Zhu," Yi Zhonghai thought to himself.

With Yi Zhonghai's unexpected increase in the number of diners, the Jia family's food preparations were insufficient, and in the end, an older woman brought out food from her own home to make up the difference.

This also made Yan Fugui quite dissatisfied, because Jia Dongxu had originally agreed to serve the Yan family some food first, but now he had broken his promise.

"Come on, today is a great day for my promotion to team leader. Thank you all for giving me face and coming to congratulate me. Let's toast to this wonderful era."

Jia Dongxu, newly appointed to a leadership position, was eager for power and began his opening remarks before Yi Zhonghai could even speak.

“Dongxu is right. Come on, let’s have our first drink together,” Yi Zhonghai continued.

Six men, regardless of their inner feelings, didn't hesitate when faced with good wine and food. Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, and our little thief saint all grabbed a lot of food and ate with great relish.

"Xu Damao, can you act like you haven't eaten anything? Your mouth never stops." Sha Zhu was annoyed that Xu Damao was only focused on eating and not saying anything to anyone else, so he started to nitpick.

Xu Damao originally intended to freeload tonight and not cause any trouble, but unexpectedly, trouble found him instead.

"Silly Zhu, no offense, but if I don't eat, am I supposed to drink with you? With your meager alcohol tolerance, it's even lower than yours, what's the point?"

Xu Damao provoked this silly pillar.

"Hey, you little brat, I've noticed you're getting a bit arrogant if I don't beat you up for a few days. You think you can hold your liquor? Let me tell you, I could easily outdrink three of you, Xu Damao."

Sha Zhu couldn't stand Xu Damao's arrogant attitude.

"Let's not talk about three, just the two of us one-on-one. Do you dare? One cup each, whoever admits defeat first has to shout 'I'm an idiot' three times in the courtyard. Do you dare?" Xu Damao asked.

"Come on, Uncle San, bring the wine." After saying that, Sha Zhu snatched the wine pot from Yan Fugui's hand and filled it for himself and Xu Damao.

Yan Fugui was extremely upset. "You guys made a bet, couldn't you have found a different way? This is good wine, he rarely gets to drink it, and these two bastards are wasting it like this."

The group had already drunk quite a bit, and now Xu Damao and Shazhu were drinking cup after cup, quickly finishing off the Jia family's remaining wine.

In order to defeat Xu Damao, Sha Zhu immediately ran home and found two bottles of strong liquor under his bed.

After drinking half a bottle, Sha Zhu was really out of breath. He had almost given a live broadcast just now and could only take a break.

"Silly Zhu, if you don't want to drink, that's fine too. Let's play a game. Each person can ask the other a question, and whoever doesn't want to answer has to drink. But I'm telling you, you can't lie. You either drink or tell the truth. Whoever lies is a coward."

Seeing that the time was right, Xu Damao suggested playing a game of truth or dare, a game from later generations. The others had also found some wine and were slowly drinking and chatting, completely ignoring Xu Damao and Sha Zhu's situation.

Hearing Xu Damao's suggestion, everyone became very interested. Even the usually composed Yi Zhonghai showed a curious look; gossip is in everyone's nature.

"Da Mao, Zhu Zi, why don't you two just leave it at that for today? You've already drunk quite a bit," Yi Zhonghai said, still feigning concern.

“No, don’t play like this. I want Xu Damao to tell me how many times he wet the bed when he was a kid,” Shazhu said.

So the two began. After playing rock-paper-scissors, Sha Zhu asked a question first.

"Xu Damao, have you ever been with a woman?" Sha Zhu, drunk, dropped a bombshell without caring that there were women around.

Everyone else was curious when they heard Sha Zhu's question. In this day and age, having been with a woman before marriage was considered problematic.

Xu Damao picked up his glass and downed it without hesitation. The others sighed slightly.

"Do you ever think about women at night?"

Xu Damao's question was truthful and simple, but for Sha Zhu, answering that he had thought about it was a bit embarrassing. So, Sha Zhu also chose to drink.

After several rounds, Xu Damao began to unleash his trump card.

"Is the woman you're thinking about at night from this court?" Xu Damao asked.

Xu Damao's question was indeed a bit beyond the scope of the curriculum. But the others were even more curious. There were quite a few women living in the central courtyard, but Qin Huairu was the only young woman who met the criteria.

"I'll drink. Pfft, pfft." Although Sha Zhu had drunk quite a bit, he didn't dare answer the question and could only choose to drink more, resulting in an immediate fountain of alcohol.

Everyone sitting nearby knew Sha Zhu's answer. So, taking advantage of Sha Zhu's drunkenness, Jia Dongxu frantically hit and shoved him.