Although we can't invite everyone, we still need to invite the most respected and virtuous elders in the village. This will also allow the people of Zhulin Village to get to know them and make future interactions more convenient.
Several elderly people, led by the old village chief, stood up, but instead of taking a seat, they went to the outside of the hanging flower gate to greet the guests—how could they take a seat first just because they were a few years older, since the guests hadn't arrived yet?
That's disrespectful!
When Gong Shangzhou led the group of people over, he saw the old men standing outside the gate to greet them. He was deeply moved and repeatedly said that they were too kind.
Watching them politely defer to each other, Shui Qing felt deeply that the elders had made the right choice in inviting them! If it were her, she would have wasted half a pound of saliva trying to defer to each other for so long for the main seat at the head table.
Finally, the elderly man and the former village chief of Zhulin Village sat in the main seats, and then the others sat down in turn.
The woman was accompanied by Granny Xu, and the scene was extremely harmonious.
After the people of Zhulin Village sat down, they finally saw the dishes on the table and were all speechless with shock!
Good heavens, stewed pig's trotters, stewed sheep's head, old hen, scrambled eggs, steamed eggs... even stir-fried vegetables have shredded meat in them! And there's an unusually large amount of shredded meat, almost half the amount of the dish!
This doesn't look like stir-fried vegetables; it looks more like stir-fried meat.
"Isn't this...isn't this a bit too lavish?"
To be honest, the old village chief and the others also felt that the wedding banquet was too lavish, a scale of celebration they had never experienced before. But how could they say that their own dishes were so plentiful in front of the guests? They could only laugh it off and say, "Your hosts are generous. They prepared the food several days in advance so that everyone could eat and drink well."
"You've come from afar, you must be tired from your journey, please eat more."
The greatest relief for the people of Zhulin Village at this moment is that they had repeatedly reminded their children along the way not to touch their chopsticks until the adults had started eating, and not to snatch food from them.
So even though the children's swallowing sounds were very clear, they just stared at the food on the table and didn't dare to touch their chopsticks.
Hearing the unusually clear sound of children swallowing, the adults smiled awkwardly, but they couldn't bear to scold them. After all, even they, as adults, couldn't help themselves; they were simply too hungry to control themselves.
The old village chief and the others did not show the slightest hint of mockery.
Just look at the number of elderly people in Zhulin Village and you'll know that their village is very lucky. Otherwise, these elderly people would probably be gone long ago, and their children and grandchildren are even more greedy than everyone else in Zhulin Village!
What right do they have to laugh at others? When they first tasted Shui Qing's family feast, their swallowing sounds were no quieter than theirs.
That is, everyone could earn money later on, and the more money they earned, the more they could eat chicken, duck and goose eggs, rabbits, and pork and mutton from time to time, so they weren't so greedy anymore.
Seeing that no one had touched their chopsticks, Shuiqing realized they were waiting for her and Fan Jin, so she quickly came in and announced, "There are still two tables in the dining hall. We'll stay with the bride and groom, so don't wait for us!"
Eat and drink well, everyone, don't be shy!
Hearing that their host family was indeed not coming with them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Unable to resist any longer, I reached for the delicious-looking dishes on the table with my chopsticks.
Mmm, the pig's trotters are stewed until they're so tender they break easily when you pick them up. They're soft, sweet, and delicious when you put them in your mouth.
The old hen soup is golden yellow, and wood ear mushrooms are added to it. The chicken meat is springy and chewy, and the wood ear mushrooms are crisp and refreshing.
The mutton had no gamey smell at all, and the mutton soup was delicious;
There was also a bright red dish that I had never seen before. It smelled sweet and sour, and tasted sweet and sour as well. It was a flavor I had never tasted before.
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Not to mention the people of Zhulin Village who have never eaten so much good food, even the old village chief and others have not had such a sumptuous meal in a long time.
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