The banquet in Zhao Family Village was held the day after Zhao Qinghe returned home.
Zhao Qinghe was deeply moved when he learned that his clansmen had sent him many things.
They ordered five pigs to be slaughtered at the pigsty, and then sent people to town to buy a lot of pastries and sweet balls to distribute to the clansmen after the banquet.
As is customary, the banquet was still held in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.
When it comes to setting up a banquet, the people of Zhao Village are quite familiar with the process.
Once the Zhao family started setting up a continuous banquet, this custom of holding banquets became the standard for celebrations.
The lives of the people in Zhao Family Village are getting better and better, and the villagers are becoming more and more successful.
A banquet is held when someone passes the imperial examination, when they get married and have children; and when their descendants achieve success, a banquet is held after the news is sent back to announce the good news.
Later, it became a habit that even as life got better, money couldn't be spent recklessly.
When someone hosts a banquet, the villagers and clansmen will each contribute some food to make up for it, with the host family naturally paying the majority of the cost.
Everyone got excited, and the family that handled the matter saved a lot of money.
It would be great to have some fun together.
Such banquets are usually not attended by outsiders.
However, the Zhao family was so famous in Wufang Town that when people heard that Zhao Family Village was going to hold a banquet, the town's gentry and some of Zhao Family Village's relatives by marriage all came.
One reason was to join in the fun, and the other was to hear Miss Zhao talk about what was happening outside.
Zhao Qinghe's close friends from before are now all married with several children.
Seeing Zhao Qinghe's still youthful appearance and figure, they were truly envious.
They're both girls from Zhao Family Village, but the difference between them is enormous.
Zhao Fangzhi married into the next village. She used to get along quite well with Zhao Qinghe.
Of course, that's not bad, part of which is based on her own opinion.
Ever since this little girl learned to read and play with poison, she feels that playing with insects is more fun than playing with anyone else.
She can play with a snake for days, doing whatever she wants with it, and the snake won't complain.
Snake: Anyone who dares to stand up straight has already been disemboweled by you.
When playing with the little girls, she had to wear tattered clothes as much as possible, and she had to lie when people asked her what her family ate.
Otherwise, she would be shot to death by those envious and jealous looks.
That feeling was truly awful. The bond we formed when we were little gradually soured as the Zhao family's living conditions changed.
When Zhao Fangzhi heard that her childhood friend had returned, she specially discussed with her mother-in-law that she wanted to go back to her parents' home and ask her mother-in-law to help look after the children for a day.
Everything was arranged perfectly. When Zhao Fangzhi handed the child to her mother-in-law before leaving home early in the morning, her mother-in-law was all smiles.
Zhao Fangzhi was relieved.
She had just stepped into her own yard when she heard her son crying.
This is outrageous! We must hurry back to my mother-in-law's room.
Upon seeing Zhao Fangzhi return, the mother-in-law's face was full of surprise.
"Didn't you say you were leaving? Why are you back? My dear grandson, come with Grandma. Your mother will bring you back some big pieces of meat from her parents' home."
Zhao Fangzhi felt something was off when she heard her mother-in-law's words. What did she mean by "bringing a big piece of meat when returning to her parents' home"?
This is clearly her way of going home to freeload.
She took her son and comforted him. Just as she was about to put him down, he grabbed her arm and wouldn't let go.
"Mingzai, be good. Mommy has something to do today, and I can't walk much while carrying you. My Mingzai is the best child, right?"
When Mingzai heard that his mother was leaving again, he shook his head and cried.
Seeing her son crying so hard, Zhao Fangzhi quickly hugged and comforted him.
After this happened several times, Zhao Fangzhi sensed something was wrong.
Normally, her son Mingzai is the most well-behaved child, so it's strange that he's so afraid of her leaving today.
"My dear son, tell Mommy, why are you afraid Mommy will leave you?"
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