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Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day for the Shen family's banquet.

Early in the morning, many people came to the Shen family to help. There were more than twenty people in the big kitchen, the small kitchen, and those who were preparing dishes.

The village chief is the general manager of today's banquet and is in charge of all matters related to the banquet.

When the village chief saw the Shen family’s ingredients, he was stunned with shock.

He had never seen a family so generous in hosting a banquet. Shen Lao San's family was the first!

The village chief looked at the banquet menu, which included twelve dishes in total, nine meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes.

The meat dishes include braised pork elbow, mushroom chicken soup, braised fish, boiled fish, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, pork stewed with sauerkraut, stir-fried snails, and stir-fried eel.

The vegetarian dishes include stir-fried cabbage, cold shredded radish, and cold shredded bamboo shoots.

Not only was the village chief shocked, but even the people who came to help opened their mouths in surprise. When they saw so much pork, chicken and fish, they all praised the third branch of the Shen family for their generosity.

When they were discussing the menu, Mrs. Shen took out the menu and Mr. Shen was also shocked. How much would so many dishes cost?

When holding a banquet in their village, ordinary families would only prepare three dishes, with only one dish of meat, and only a few slices of meat.

When people with better conditions hold a wedding banquet, they only have five dishes at most. These twelve dishes include so many meat dishes.

Only wealthy families would do this. After this banquet, will the third brother and his family still have money to take part in the imperial examination?

Old Mrs. Shen glanced at the old man and said, "If you don't want to do it, don't do it. If you want to do it, do it well. Why are you being so stingy?"

She said that most of the people who came to the banquet were their relatives and friends. They were not rich and could not afford to eat meat, so they cooked more meat so that everyone could enjoy the feast.

What she didn't say was that these dishes were not considered good in the countryside where they lived in their previous lives. In their previous lives, when they held banquets, they had to have at least chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton and everything else, commonly known as the five major plates and eight major bowls.

The ingredients on the menu, such as pork, were exchanged by Zhuzhu in the space, and it didn't cost much. The fish were also caught by Zhuzhu and her friends in the river, and they didn't spend any money either.

Shen Mingshan and his two little ones caught the eels and snails in the paddy fields, they found mushrooms and bamboo shoots in the mountains, and the sauerkraut was something the family had always had. It seemed like a lot of money was spent, but in fact only one or two taels of silver were spent in total.

After hearing what Old Lady Shen said, Old Man Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said that they two elders would pay for the banquet and asked Old Lady Shen to give the money to Old Third Shen later.

Old Lady Shen smiled and teased, "You also know how to love the third child?"

Old man Shen blushed, "Wasn't it me who was blinded by lard before?"

After a moment of sighing, the family members who came to help started to get busy.

The one who cooked this time was Old Lady Shen. The meal she cooked was delicious, and Mrs. Zhong and the village head's wife assisted her.

Old Man Shen and Old Third Shen were responsible for welcoming the guests. Shen Mingshu, as the protagonist of today, also followed Old Third Shen to welcome the guests. As the hostess of the house, Su was responsible for welcoming the female guests.

The two little guys, Shen Mingyu and Shen Mingbao, cheered and ran into the kitchen when they found out that there was a banquet at home and they didn't have to go to school. They looked at all the delicious food and drooled at its presence. Finally, they were driven out by old lady Shen and went out to play with their friends.

Shen Mingzhu was not responsible for anything and was the one with the most free time in the family. However, she didn't have much free time before Shen Lao San called her out and asked her to help receive guests.

The house was bustling all morning, with villagers coming one after another with gifts. Everyone was genuinely happy to see Shen Laosan and Shen Mingshu.

Everyone in the village was very happy. Two people from Shenjia Village had topped the exam, which was the biggest happy event for the entire village.

Recently, there have been a lot more people coming to their village to propose marriage, which is unprecedented. This is all thanks to Shen Laosan and his son!

Thinking of this, everyone treated Shen Laosan and his son more enthusiastically, especially the aunts who benefited from it. They wished that Shen Mingshu and Shen Laosan were members of their family, and looked at Shen Mingshu with joy as if he were a treasure.

In response, Shen Mingshu could only touch his nose to express his embarrassment and invite these enthusiastic villagers into the yard.

Even Shen Mingzhu, who was standing next to Shen Mingshu, was not spared and was praised by the aunts.

They praised her for being so lucky to have such a capable father and brother, and said that she would definitely become a daughter of an official family and marry an equally capable scholar in the future, unlike them who could only marry a peasant.

Some people even praised Shen Mingzhu as the lucky star of the Shen family. Not only was she lucky, she was also literate and beautiful.

It has to be said that Shen Mingzhu has gained some weight these days thanks to the nourishment of various pills. She is no longer as skinny as when she first came. Her skin is now fair and rosy, and with her beautiful and delicate facial features, she is simply a lovely little beauty that everyone who sees her likes.

The aunts' eyes were so passionate that Shen Mingzhu felt embarrassed by the praise. She looked at her brother, and both of them felt a little helpless.

Auntie, this auntie is so enthusiastic that I can’t resist her!

Shen Mingzhu originally wanted to go back to her room and not join in the fun, but her father wouldn't allow it!

She understood her father's intention of asking her to come out to meet guests. In this imaginary ancient time, women had a low status and many women were not allowed to sit at the table and had to eat alone in the kitchen.

Generally speaking, it is impossible to let the girls in the family accompany the host to receive guests when holding a banquet at home.

Because this is a patriarchal society, only the eldest son of the family or the younger generation whom the male host values ​​can be brought out by the elders to greet guests and enjoy this high-level treatment.

When her father asked her to come out to greet the guests, it was his way of announcing that she, the daughter, was as important and had the same high status as his eldest son.

Didn’t you see that her brother wasn’t taken out by her father?

How could she let her father down when he had worked so hard to improve her status in front of outsiders?

So, she could only endure the job of being praised and having her cheeks pinched with a bitter face.

Many people came to congratulate this time. Not only did people from Shenjia Village come with their families to drink at the wedding, but even the village chiefs of several nearby villages came to congratulate.

Shen Mingzhu was just trying to find a place to hide away when she suddenly saw her grandfather and uncle.

Old Man Shen and the others also saw it and hurried forward to greet them warmly.

"Oh! The in-laws are here, please come in and sit down, the VIP seats are reserved for you!"

Old Man Shen was really grateful to his relative Su Huaqiang, and happily pulled Grandpa Su inside.

Shen Lao San quickly bowed to Grandpa Su and then greeted the others:

"Father-in-law, eldest uncle, second uncle, third brother, please come in and sit down."

"Grandpa, eldest uncle, second uncle, third uncle."

Shen Mingshu and Shen Mingzhu also came forward to greet them. Shen Mingzhu looked at Grandpa Su and his three uncles curiously.

She had met her eldest uncle last time, and she still remembered her grandfather and her second and third uncles. Today she finally met them in person.

In her memory, her grandfather's family was very kind to her family. They would send them all the delicious food, especially her three uncles, who doted on the original owner.

Grandpa Su greeted Old Man Shen first, and then congratulated Old Third Shen. Then he said to Shen Mingshu and Shen Mingshu:

"Our Mingshu is very capable! You have made grandpa proud, haha..."

Grandpa Su was born into a hunter family. He had a bold personality and a loud voice. He patted Shen Mingshu on the shoulder and then laughed:

"Good boy, you have a really strong body. Not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being my, Su Huaqiang's grandson, hahahaha."

Grandpa Su saw Shen Mingzhu next to Shen Mingshu again, and immediately changed his expression. He bent down gently, touched Shen Mingzhu's little head, and smiled kindly:

"Our Zhuzhu has grown fatter, taller, and prettier. She looks more and more like your mother when she was a child."

Shen Mingzhu blinked, revealing two cute dimples, and asked:

"Grandpa, why didn't grandma come?"

Grandpa Su smiled, "Our Zhuzhu is really filial. Your grandma said that there are many people at your house today, so she won't come to join in the fun. When you are free, come to grandpa's house to play, and grandpa will catch rabbits for you, okay?"

Grandpa Su was rough with boys but very gentle with a girl like Shen Mingzhu. Shen Mingzhu felt warm inside when she felt the love from her grandfather.

Her grandfather is a very good person. Well, this grandfather is good and she likes him.