Although Xiao Juxiang was bold, she was still a girl after all.
The furry sensation traveled down her thighs to her crotch, instantly making hundreds of thousands of her hairs stand on end.
She pressed down with her large hand and pinched the rat at the base of her thigh.
With a glare and a sudden exertion, the screeching sounds abruptly ceased, and soon a stream of bright red liquid soaked through the faded trousers.
Xiao Juxiang felt the rat stop struggling, so she let go. A huge rat carcass, its internal organs squeezed out, fell down her trouser leg and hit several people at the scene hard.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh~"
Su Qingci's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Song Jingzhou quickly pulled Su Qingci to his side and kicked the rat carcass away with his foot.
With his other hand, he gently patted her back, as if to call back her soul.
Wang Guoqing, who had been secretly watching Xiao Juxiang, witnessed her feat and his jaw dropped to the table.
That budding feeling was extinguished completely in an instant.
That's terrifying.
That's absolutely terrifying.
If he were to marry her, and the two of them had a quarrel, he might get strangled to death.
Xiao Juxiang patted her inner thigh with her palm, looking fearless.
"Oh dear, it's filthy with blood on it, I hope it won't be impossible to wash off."
Then he smiled at Su Qingci and said, "It's nothing, it's just a mouse, nothing to be afraid of."
“You city educated youth are so spoiled. This is very common in our countryside. Look, I can crush you with one hand.”
Su Qingci's scalp was still numb, and her chest was still heaving violently due to her emotional excitement.
The way they looked at Xiao Juxiang was like a child seeing Ultraman saving the world.
"Juxiang, you are simply... my savior."
"I was really scared to death."
When Su Qingci was a child, she was combing her hair under the eaves when a snake bit a mouse and fell onto her neck. That experience left a lifelong trauma.
She would never forget the cool, soft, and chewy sensation as it crawled across her skin.
From then on, snakes and rats became her greatest fears.
Inside the lobby, some guests who heard Su Qingci scream frequently turned around to look curiously.
Before long, he focused his attention on the food in front of him.
Seeing that Su Qingci had calmed down, Song Jingzhou skillfully went behind the door, grabbed a pair of fire tongs, and removed the dead rat.
At this moment, Wu Zhongzheng, sitting on the side table, was grinning with schadenfreude.
Wang Dachui looked across at the other side, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
This little incident greatly reduced Su Qingci's appetite, and she was even listless when the bride and groom came to greet her at each table.
Because the bride is to be taken to the groom's house after the meal, and a banquet is also held there, the groom does not drink alcohol at the bride's house.
However, they would greet each table politely, carrying a pot of warm wine. If they encountered an elder, they would offer them a cup and politely urge them to drink a couple of cups to show their sincerity.
Liu Siqing is now considered the most successful person in the Liu family, so the task of introducing his sister and brother-in-law to relatives has fallen to him.
After going around the room, he still had to say a few polite words. By the time Liu Siqing came to sit down, some people had already finished eating and started to leave.
Liu Dazhu's family spared no expense on this feast, serving large buckets of rice and six bowls of dishes.
When the village released fish fry at the beginning of the year, the Liu family took two shares, considering that Lanfang would be leaving home at the end of the year.
At this moment, the main dishes on the table, besides a braised pork with pickled cabbage and vermicelli, also included a fish fillet with chopped chili peppers, both of which were salty and spicy and very appetizing.
At banquets, people eat to their heart's content, but it's not customary to take leftovers home.
Not to mention that there's practically nothing left, even if there is, it all goes to the Lord's family.
After the meal, the women from the village who came to work quickly picked up the basins and began to clean up.
Most of the tables and chairs were borrowed, so they had to be returned one by one.
They would also collect all the leftover food in a bucket, and when returning the tables and chairs, they would scoop out a bowl of food from the bucket and give it to someone else.
At this point, no one cared that it was leftovers. Most of the members who received the free food were very happy. Although there were no more large pieces of meat, there were still some scraps of meat, and they were also quite oily.
For rural villagers who rarely ate meat throughout the year, this was a good opportunity to improve their diet.
After Wang Dachui, Wang Guoqing, and Feng Jianjun finished eating, they prepared to return to town for their shifts.
Liu Siqing rushed over, scratching his head and looking like he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to.
Judging from his expression, Song Jingzhou knew something was wrong.
"What's up? Just say it. We're so familiar with each other, what's there to be shy about?"
Liu Siqing looked up at Song Manhua, who was not far away, and saw that Song Manhua was staring at him with a very attentive expression.
He reluctantly pulled Song Jingzhou aside.
“Brother, my mom said that the two cousins-in-law on the man's side are from well-off families. When we met them before, they spoke to my sister with a bit of disdain.”
"I'm going to escort the bride today, my mom..."
Song Jingzhou understood. "Auntie wants all of our security team to go and give Sister Lanfang a facial, right?"
Liu Siqing smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I mean."
"Going to all of them might not be possible."
"You know it's almost the end of the year, so we need to keep some people at the shop."
"Okay, I'll say hello to everyone and we'll go have some tea together. We'll skip the meal."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Liu Siqing smiled憨厚ly and hurriedly went back to reply to Song Manhua.
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