They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 311 Who's to Blame?
"They went out of their way to curry favor and got humiliated. They deserved it. Who told them to go looking for trouble? They offered themselves up for a beating, so they deserved to be slapped."

When these words reached Mrs. Zeng's ears, she remained calm and didn't take them seriously.

To her surprise, her husband also complained to her about this, saying that she shouldn't have followed the crowd and shouldn't have followed the trend.

Mingzhu is still missing, and we don't know what kind of suffering she is going through. All of this is related to Xu Zhichun. She is the culprit who harmed Mingzhu!
No one should fawn over or flatter her; we shouldn't go to her house.

Not to mention she even humiliated me.

From now on, you are not allowed to have any contact with the Xu family. Do you think that if you don't curry favor with her, the Zeng family's business will not be able to continue or the Zeng family will not be able to make a living?

Madam Zeng could only sneer. It was clearly Zeng Mingzhu who was vicious and took the initiative to harm people. Others just turned the tables on her and prevented her from succeeding. How did she become the culprit who harmed her?

Madam Xu is nothing special. Does she think Zeng Mingzhu is some kind of princess or noblewoman? Does everyone have to give way to her and coax her? Whoever she wants to harm has to stand there obediently and let her harm them?

Whose fault is it that she's ended up in this situation? Isn't it all her own doing?

Doesn't he know what the Zeng family's current situation is? He's still spouting such arrogant nonsense without even feeling disgusted.

Countless people outside are secretly laughing their heads off.

I don't know if he really didn't know or if he was pretending not to know.

Mrs. Zeng silently recited her mother's words, "It's all for her son, it's all for her son," and then she calmed down.

She doesn't bother arguing with idiots.

Xu Zhichun kept his word and held a grand banquet in the village, inviting the entire village to eat.

Xu Zhichun bought two pigs to slaughter, fifty chickens, rice, and various seasonings such as oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and 50 catties of konjac tofu and konjac noodles. Every household spontaneously helped, each taking whatever vegetables they had, rolling up their sleeves, and busily washing, chopping, and mincing the vegetables and meat, chatting and laughing as they worked together.

The screams of the pig being slaughtered echoed throughout the village. Everyone gathered around to watch, clapping and cheering. The children ran around excitedly, both excited and scared. They covered their ears and eyes with their hands, but the thought of being able to eat as much delicious food as they wanted today made them all smile happily.

The whole village was even more lively than during the Spring Festival.

With such a great thing happening, how could one not show it off?
This is the pride of the whole village!

That would make everyone in the surrounding villages know about it.

The other villages were extremely envious.

Madam Xu is so generous. The people of Liangjia Village are truly blessed. Everyone is benefiting from this.

The two pigs weighed over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg) together, along with 50 chickens. The village has only about 300 people in total, young and old, and this meal was more lavish than the New Year celebration.

While the other villages may have been envious, no one dared to shamelessly go to their homes to freeload a meal.

The people of Liangjia Village would absolutely not allow it.

This is the pride of their village, and they don't want to share it with outsiders!

What if your good fortune and luck are taken away by outsiders?
Of course, if Madam Xu says she wants to invite someone, then we have to invite them.

Xu Zhichun had no one to invite, saying that this was a grand event for the village and it was inconvenient to let outsiders get involved. Everyone was relieved and agreed that Madam Xu was absolutely right.
Others might not even dare to dream of it, as they lacked the right. But Han Fengshi from the neighboring Quanshan Village felt she had the right to dream of it.

Liang Cuier and Han Songlian, a married couple, tacitly concealed everything that happened during the three-day homecoming from Madam Han Feng. They couldn't explain why, but they were simply afraid their sister-in-law would find out the truth. Whatever her questions, they answered accordingly.

In fact, their attitude was ambiguous and their speech was hesitant. If you paid a little attention, you could tell that something was wrong. But Han Fengshi was prejudiced and thought that it was just as she thought. They also expressed their agreement, so she was only happy and did not doubt anything at all.

After news spread that Prefect Meng and Magistrate Lu had personally gone to Liangjia Village to deliver the imperial commendation and reward to Xu Zhichun, Madam Han Feng was somewhat unhappy and complained to Liang Cuier: "What does your eldest cousin-in-law mean? How come she didn't even tell us about such a big event or invite us to join in the fun? If we lived far away, it would be fine, but it's just in the next village, only a few steps away."

Liang Cuier felt so guilty that she didn't dare to look at her, so she could only continue to use her evasive tactics: "Maybe, maybe I was too busy, so I forgot."

"Hmph, she can forget something so important. I bet she looks down on us and doesn't respect us at all."

"I... I don't think so."

"Humph."

Han Fengshi grumbled in dissatisfaction, but under Liang Cuier's persuasive tactics, she still chose to believe her.

Perhaps Xu Zhichun really has forgotten.

After all, anyone who gets such a great opportunity would be overjoyed.

They were so busy being happy and excited that they didn't think about anything else.
Forget it, I won't hold it against her this time.

After all, they're all relatives.

Despite her thoughts, Madam Han still felt regretful and disappointed. She had heard that not only Magistrate Lu, Assistant Magistrate Zhao, and Clerk Shao had come, but also the Prefectural Magistrate from the provincial capital. This was probably a once-in-a-lifetime event.

She had the chance to meet the esteemed officials up close, and perhaps even exchange a few words with them. What a pity.

Besides feeling regretful, Madam Han Feng had a lot of opinions about Xu Zhichun, feeling that she was too inept at interpersonal relationships and too immature.

It's fortunate that she has some ability; otherwise, she might have offended all her relatives.

Who would want to associate with someone like that?
It's no wonder that Madam Han was so confident; it was mainly because Liang Cuier's deception was so effective that it gave her the illusion that Xu Zhichun treated Liang Cuier very well.
Since Xu Zhichun treats Liang Cuier very well, he should naturally treat the Han family very well as well as well.

When Han Fengshi heard that Xu Zhichun was going to hold a big banquet in the village to celebrate with the whole village, she became excited again.

She thought happily, "I forgot last time, but I hope I won't forget this time?"

She felt that Xu Zhichun should take the initiative to invite her, so that her family would have more face. Therefore, she just sat at home waiting to be invited, without urging Liang Cuier to go home and say so.

Liang Cuier breathed a sigh of relief. She was almost afraid that she would speak. She couldn't wait to go out and work so that she could come back to eat and sleep.

On the day of the feast, Madam Han waited and waited, from morning until noon, until Liang Cuier and her husband returned from the fields. She hurriedly complained, "Cuier, you silly girl, why did you go out to work for so long? Hurry up and change your clothes, let's go to Liangjia Village."

"To Liangjia Village?"

Liang Cuier and Han Songlian were taken aback.

"Where are you going and what are you going to do?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, there's a feast in Liangjia Village today, it's not appropriate for outsiders to go. If you have something to do, we can go tomorrow."

"Yes."