Because of the Wei family incident, the Mid-Autumn Festival wasn't even properly celebrated. Both Ye Caiping's and Ye Daquan's families dealt with the matter hastily.

On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Yan went to Nanwa Village with Ye Wuquan to handle Ye Hufen's divorce.

Before leaving, Ye Caiping asked, "The new county magistrate hasn't taken office yet, can we handle this?"

Xiao Yan said, "That's fine. The newly appointed advisor will take care of many things."

Ye Caiping was relieved and lent them an oxcart so they could go and return as soon as possible.

August 17th was the day of the banquet to celebrate Ye Xuan passing the imperial examination and becoming a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the lowest level of the imperial examinations).

Ye Daquan and his wife hosted a banquet with 100 tables, inviting the entire village and all their relatives and friends.

Since the house couldn't hold it all, they set it up directly on the village road and under the big hibiscus tree.

They also hired several cooks to set up stoves outside to cook. Many villagers had never seen cooks from outside before, so they all gathered around to watch.

They chattered away while cracking sunflower seeds.

Ye Daquan pulled Ye Xuan along and they sang and drank with a group of relatives at a table under the hibiscus tree.

Grandma Ye, along with Jin'er, Huan'er, and Jinhua, was at Ye Caiping's house greeting Grandma Ye's family.

Amidst the festive atmosphere, the gloom of Mid-Autumn Festival was finally swept away.

In the main room—

When Ye Caiping walked in, she saw Du Shi and Hu Xiuxiu greeting Du Shi's family members.

Du's mother, Luo's wife, Du Shi, as well as Du Congming and Du Daya, all came.

"Big sister, look how much heavier Xiuxiu is getting. She looks like she's almost five months pregnant, right?" Luo said.

Mrs. Du, holding her teacup, smiled and said, "Almost there!"

“You have a lot of work to do, and Xiuxiu is pregnant. Why don’t you let Daya stay here and help you with the chores?” Luo stuffed a piece of candied fruit into her mouth.

From the moment she entered the room, her mouth never stopped; she kept eating.

Du Congming, who was standing to the side, had filled several bags and was holding a handful of candied winter melon in his hand, his mouth bulging from eating.

Du Daya, however, was somewhat reserved, looking at Madam Du with anticipation: "Aunt, I am very diligent and will definitely not slack off."

Hu Xiuxiu, who was standing to the side, said, "I'm still quite healthy, and I can do a lot of housework."

"It's quick now, but what about later?" Luo said anxiously, "Eldest sister, please let Daya stay!"

Mrs. Du raised an eyebrow: "I'm not going to pay you."

"Don't worry, don't worry, Daya just wants to help out, she won't ask for wages," Luo said happily.

Du shuddered, suddenly remembering how Wei had schemed against Jin'er a few days ago. This sister-in-law wouldn't do anything without a benefit; why would she send someone to do her work for free?

Du rolled her eyes: "Let's forget it. There's not much work to do. We can do it ourselves. We can't burden our relatives."

Du Daya said urgently, "It won't implicate me, I like working."

"Uh... If you like working, just stay home and do your job properly. You don't need to come to my house."

Both Luo and Du Daya choked.

Ye Caiping walked over and said, "If your family is short of servants, you can buy a few. They're loyal and easy to manage."

“Yes, yes.” Mrs. Du smiled.

The Luo family and Du Daya's family looked very unhappy. They wanted to argue, but they didn't dare to offend Ye Caiping. After a few awkward words, they all left.

Du said, "Little sister, what brings you here? Didn't your uncle's family just go to your house?"

Ye Caiping smiled wryly: "I hate dealing with these relatives the most. I made an excuse to escape, so let Mother and Jin'er entertain them!"

Mrs. Du chuckled: "What? Afraid they'll make a move on you?"

Ye Caiping snorted lightly: "I doubt they would dare."

"That's true."

The younger sister of today is not the same as she used to be. If she were still a moderately wealthy woman, she would have many desperate relatives coming to her door wanting to eat her food.

But as Ye Caiping's business grew larger and larger, her relatives, knowing they could not match it, gave up their ambitions.

Even so, they couldn't stop her from constantly asking why she hadn't found someone yet.

Ye Caiping said, "Sister-in-law, Xiuxiu's belly is getting bigger every day, so we really need to buy someone to help. We can't rely on you to do all the housework. Also, you're the one who delivers the spicy soup, so we need someone to help. We should just buy someone to do the work."

Madam Du laughed, "That's great... but suddenly having to be waited on like this, it's not like I'm helpless. I feel a little embarrassed..."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? The point of making so much money is to enjoy life. Look how thin you've gotten from all that hard work."

"Okay! I'll go buy it tomorrow! But... I'm not very good at judging, could you help me choose?"

"no problem."

At this moment, Ye Erquan walked in and handed a gift of money to Madam Du.

Du asked, "Where is Yinhua?"

Ye Erquan felt a bitter taste in his mouth, but forced a smile and said, "She's at home taking care of her mother. There's something going on at home today, so I won't be coming."

He didn't want to spoil everyone's fun.

Both Du and Ye Caiping knew what was going on, so they didn't ask any more questions and let Ye Erquan leave.

As soon as Ye Erquan left, Shanzi walked in and said, "Madam Ye, Mr. Shen has arrived."

Ye Caiping's eyes lit up: "I'll go take a look."

Du also hurriedly followed them out.

Upon arriving at the entrance, they indeed saw Shen Zhiyan and Shen Manman alighting from their carriage, followed by Duanwu carrying gifts.

"Auntie!" Shen Manman walked over with a smile.

"Manman is here!" Ye Caiping was very happy to see the cute and adorable Shen Manman, and quickly called Shanzi over from not far away: "Call Jin'er and Huan'er over."

"No need, Shanzi and I will go find them." Shen Manman really likes Qinghe Village. She has been thinking about it ever since she caught the shrimp last time.

Now that I'm here, my heart is drawn back to that little mountain stream.

"Alright, go ahead. Shanzi, take Miss Chen to find Jin'er."

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