He Huaixiu was sad for several days, and Yi Yami stayed with her until He Huaixiu felt better.
"Xiu Xiu, Xiaomi, the two of you should stop staying in the house. Come out quickly. The granddaughter-in-law of the Du family in the east of the village gave birth to a big fat boy. It's not even a month old yet, and they are having a full-month banquet to celebrate it. The two of you should come out quickly and have the full-month banquet together." Fang Caixiu shouted into He Huaixiu's house.
"The Du family? Is it the wealthy Du family that grandpa mentioned before?" Yi Yami was puzzled.
He Huaixiu nodded after hearing this and said, "In the village, there is no other family with the surname Du except his."
"Then let's go and take a look, maybe we can see Du Yinye!" Yiyami said excitedly.
"Let's go, let's go and take a look!" He Huaixiu was also curious about the person his eldest nephew liked.
They washed and dressed up, and when they arrived, there were already three layers of people inside and three layers of people outside.
"The Du family's house is indeed built in a unique way." Yi Yami looked up and down at the Du family's house. All the houses were surrounded by high walls, and there was a tall door plaque with the words "Du Mansion" written in strong regular script.
Following the crowd, I stepped over the knee-high threshold. Upon entering the palace, I saw a large red sandalwood screen depicting a magnificent scene of mountains, pine trees, and cranes. Next to it were inscribed the words "Pine and Crane Prolong Life."
Around the screen, there are stone-paved roads built on the water. Various lotus flowers are planted in the water, but they are a little withered in this season. Fortunately, there are still some other aquatic plants planted, such as water hyacinths, which create a different landscape among the red, pink and white lotus flowers. The petals are blue and white, with a cluster of goose yellow in the middle. When the wind blows, they sway in the pond.
The crowd marveled at the size and spaciousness of the Du Mansion, but some were also jealous of the Du family's wealth.
After crossing the lotus pond, we arrived at the banquet hall, where a three-story house with carved beams and painted buildings stood in front of us.
People of noble status are on the third floor, those of lower status are on the second floor, and the most mediocre and the most sparsely populated are on the first floor.
The first floor is very large. Looking around, there are thirty tables. People are sitting there, so crowded that only heads can be seen.
Yi Yami and the He family were all on the first floor.
The He family watched as the Du family's servants smiled and greeted those distinguished people as they walked upstairs. They saw how indifferent they had been to their family and other villagers, not even willing to smile at them. They didn't say anything, but they were indeed unhappy in their hearts.
"This Du family is really something. Even a servant flatters the powerful and looks down on the weak. I guess the master is not much better." He Heihu drank a sip of wine gloomily.
Yi Yami felt that everything was new and interesting. Although there were thirty tables on the first floor, with ten people sitting at each table, that means there were three hundred people on the first floor alone, despite so many people, there was enough space between each table to leave room for people who were served food and those who needed to get up.
There was a ceremonial master at the entrance. Everyone who came in had to pay a membership fee. He Heihu was about to pay the membership fee for both families, but Yi Yami stopped him and said, "Uncle, you just pay yours, I'll pay mine."
Seeing her insistence, He Heihu gave her fifty coins and offered her some game he had hunted in the mountains. Yi Yami came empty-handed, so he gave her a hundred coins and wrote down Yi Laoer's name.
The servants of the Du Mansion were discussing this in a low voice, "I say, these peasants in the village always think everything is good. With such a small amount of money, they have the nerve to come to our Du Mansion to drink!"
The next second, a fat-bellied businessman came and waved his hand. The servant who followed him put two strings of cash in front of Mr. Ji Li and said, "Ji Jia Mansion."
Mr. Ji Li said respectfully, "Yes."
The merchant, surnamed Jia, also took out a wooden box and handed it over. "Also, a pair of golden longevity locks."
Mr. Jili asked the servant to put it away carefully, "Okay, Master Jia, please go upstairs."
Yi Yami saw everything and sat down with He Jia.
Suddenly, a loud but short burst of firecrackers was heard in the yard. "The child's uncle is here!" He Huaixiu explained beside Yi Yami.
"Aunt, how did you know?" Yiyami felt curious.
"If you listen to the sound of firecrackers, they are loud but short, which means they are small firecrackers. Generally, firecrackers will be set off only when uncles or great-uncle, or important figures from the mother's family, come." He Huaixiu explained.
Yi Yami said that he had learned a lot.
"Is my uncle's status so high?" Yiyami asked.
"Needless to say, the uncle represents the mother's family. If something happens to the mother, or she is wronged, the first person who can stand up for her is the child's uncle. Moreover, the uncle has the right to handle the dowry and inheritance distribution on behalf of the deceased sister, the child's mother. There is an old saying in the folk that uncles are not necessarily biological uncles, but uncles are definitely biological uncles." He Huaixiu said seriously.
After listening to this, Yi Yami glanced at Yi Xiaomai who was eating peanuts and sunflower seeds. Can this guy grow up to be a steady and reliable uncle?
Yi Xiaomai saw her sister looking at her and smiled at her.
Yi Yami was helpless and reached out to rub Yi Xiaomai's head.
Not long after, a young man in gorgeous clothes was surrounded by people from the Du family and went upstairs.
"That's probably the child's uncle." He Huaixiu whispered to Yi Yami.
After a while, several people who looked rich came one after another and went upstairs.
Not long after, a loud but long-lasting sound of firecrackers rang out in the yard. He Huaixiu said to Yi Yami, "This is a sign that the banquet has begun."
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