"Qingci, Qingci, I'm here!"
Xiao Yuehua had been looking for Su Qingci for a long time, and when she saw Su Qingci following behind Song Jingzhou, she quickly jumped up and waved.
Shen Chuntao, who was standing at the door looking around, followed Xiao Yuehua's gaze, and then the smile on her face froze for a moment.
"Qing porcelain~"
"Sister Chuntao, you're here too?"
Shen Chuntao lowered her voice, "Almost every household in the team came to give a gift; this is a happy occasion for the brigade leader's family."
"All the educated youth from the educated youth settlement have come."
Shen Chuntao pointed to the tables inside and outside the house, "See? There are more than ten tables."
"It's not certain that we'll be able to sit down."
Su Qingci looked at the commune members chatting beside her and asked curiously, "Most of the commune members in the team haven't separated into their own families. Many families have twenty or so members. The going rate for a gift is only five cents. The dishes can't be too ugly either, or the brigade leader's family will lose everything."
"It's not as serious as you say. Those who give gifts in the team definitely can't bring their whole family. Basically, only the head of the family sits on behalf of the family, and some who love their children bring one or two of their kids."
"The child can eat standing up with a bowl, so they won't take up any space."
"Every family has times when they have a funeral or other important event. If we all do it like this, won't things become chaotic?"
"Besides, when others come to drink, it's partly to curry favor with the brigade leader. If the whole family comes, isn't that just blatantly taking advantage of the wealthy?"
"Only close relatives would bring their whole family, but the gifts given by relatives are different."
"There are also people who help with the work; these people are entitled to a meal at the banquet."
Shen Chuntao leaned closer to Su Qingci and whispered, "Generous hosts usually cook extra dishes, and after the banquet, they give a bowl of dishes back to everyone in the village who helped as a token of their gratitude."
"Anyway, this is how it has been in the team for the past few years, but you can't generalize, as customs vary from place to place."
"Qingci, Qingci, stop talking, it's time to take your seats, the dishes will be served soon."
Shen Chuntao pulled Su Qingci toward a table in front of them.
Su Qingci looked at the men and women at the table and quickly waved her hand.
"Sister Chuntao, please sit down. It seems our security team has arranged another table. I'll come find you to play after I finish eating."
After Su Qingci finished speaking, she quickly walked towards Song Jingzhou.
"Xiao Yuehua, what are you doing here?"
At this moment, Song Jingzhou, Wang Dachui, Wang Guoqing, Feng Jianjun, and Xiao Yuehua were already seated at the table.
"Why can't I come? I was a security guard too, but I'm on vacation right now."
"Besides, this table can seat eight people, and I didn't take up anyone's spot."
Even if we leave one spot for the Four Cleanups, there are still two spots left.
As Xiao Yuehua spoke, her gaze lingered on Wang Guoqing's face for a moment, as if she had thought of something. She then stood up and looked around.
Song Manhua is Song Zaizhao's aunt, and the bride is her cousin. The Xiao family should all be here.
Sure enough, Xiao Yuehua saw the Xiao family members at a table in the corridor. "Juxiang, Juxiang."
Hearing her second sister's roar, Xiao Juxiang ran over with her short legs.
"Second sister, what are you doing?"
Xiao Yuehua patted the bench she was sitting on, "Come sit here!"
Xiao Juxiang glanced at the people sitting there, then looked back at the guests who had just been sitting at the table.
After comparing the options, she felt that the competition at this table was much fiercer, and she wanted to go back...
But in the short time that followed, Xiao Yuehua had already pulled her to sit down, and her original seat had been taken by someone else.
"Guoqing, let me introduce you. This is my sister. She's 19 this year."
Wang Guoqing looked at Xiao Juxiang, who resembled Xiao Yuehua so much, and smiled awkwardly, lowering his head.
So tall! So strong! Dark yellow! What a huge lump!
Wu Zhong, sitting at the opposite table, had his face flushed red. He had just tried to get close to the security team, his face contorted with embarrassment.
Song Yaozu had said directly that there was no room left and told him to go somewhere else, but now he had actually called several women over to sit down.
He felt insulted.
The food was served very quickly.
The first dish was a soup.
Xiao Juxiang's eyes lit up as she looked at the polite and well-mannered group. While the other tables were already scrambling for food, this table seemed to be eating as if they weren't hungry at all.
She made the right choice; her sister really does love her.
Wang Guoqing secretly glanced at Xiao Juxiang a few times. Although Xiao Juxiang looked fierce, her personality was completely different from Xiao Yuehua's.
Xiao Yuehua was loud and boisterous, but Xiao Juxiang was quiet and unassuming.
The aesthetic standards of this era were not the same as those of later generations, which favored oval faces, fair skin, and a slender build.
Instead, he had a large face, a sturdy build, and a big butt.
First, everyone here is from the countryside and relies on earning work points in the fields to make a living. Second, as the older generation says, it's all about being able to bear children. After all, it was all too common for women to die in childbirth at that time, so it was very important to find a wife with a good physique.
Even though Xiao Juxiang is far more "robust" than average, Wang Guoqing isn't the kind of person who only cares about looks.
A thoughtful look flashed in Wang Guoqing's eyes. Perhaps it was worth learning about, just like Captain Su said, that it might help improve the genes for a thin and weak next generation.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Juhua soon did something that he would never forget.
A mouse, drawn by the aroma, appeared out of nowhere, causing a small commotion, but it went unnoticed amidst the lively atmosphere.
Wu Zhong's eyes darted around, and he pretended to swat a mouse, but actually he was shooing it toward the security team's table.
As he expected, the mouse darted quickly toward the security team's table, and Su Qingci felt something crawling on her feet.
Looking down, I felt a chill run down my spine and instinctively raised my left foot to step on the rat's hindquarters.
"Aa ...
The soft, sticky texture almost made her soul fly away. Su Qingci screamed in terror. She was terrified of rats and snakes, and her voice nearly cracked as she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Brain: I'm afraid of mice.
Foot: Mouse, I'll stomp on it!
Brain: Ahhh... Ah, what are you doing?
Foot: Ahh... Ah, I want to pull it back!
Brain: Don't shrink it, or it will come out! Aaaaaaah!
Legs: Ah....Ahhhhhh~
The mouse was stunned; it was about to be trampled to death, and the woman who was trampling it screamed even louder than it did!
It immediately let out a squeaking scream, swaying its body from side to side and turning its head to open its mouth, trying to free the rest of its body.
Song Jingzhou was sitting to Su Qingci's right. Hearing her scream, he quickly stood up, but the long bench they were sitting on hindered his speed.
However, Xiao Juxiang, who was to the left of Su Qingci, quickly stretched out her foot to stomp on the front half of the rat's body when she saw this.
When Su Qingci saw Xiao Juxiang stretch out her foot to stomp on the mouse, before she could even put her foot down properly, she shrank her legs back onto the stool as if fleeing for her life, her whole face filled with terror and she couldn't even sit still.
The rat was also greatly frightened, and as soon as its restraints were loosened, it quickly fled.
Just then, Xiao Juxiang stretched out her leg, and the panicked rat scurried up her trouser leg.
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