After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

After another half a month, Li Xiaoxiao's courtyard house was basically completed.

Today is the day to put up the beams. The villagers all came to help. Everyone worked together and soon placed the last main beam.

Li Xiaoxiao stood in the yard, looking at the brand new courtyard house, her heart filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Next, it was time for interior decoration. Li Xiaoxiao planned to finish the bedroom first, so that her family could move into their new home as soon as possible. She personally selected a soft bed and warm quilt, and hung some calligraphy and paintings on the wall to make the room more cozy.

Thanks to everyone's joint efforts, the courtyard has been completely renovated inside and out.

For safety reasons, Li Xiaoxiao also built a high wall outside the yard, enclosing the entire courtyard and a large vegetable plot at the back. The yard was also paved with blue bricks, which looked very grand. It attracted many villagers to come and visit, and Li Xiaoxiao did not refuse anyone who came, allowing everyone to visit from inside to outside.

It took more than two months, and the house was basically built. The only things left were the toilet and shower room. Li Xiaoxiao asked Uncle Wang to build one according to his previous design, which looked a bit like a modern toilet. He also dug a large septic tank outside. This operation stunned Uncle Wang. He said it was a great idea and he would do the same when building his own house in the future.

Li Xiaoxiao just smiled and said nothing. After choosing an auspicious day, Li Xiaoxiao and her family prepared to move into their new home.

The two uncles did not go back either, saying that they wanted to stay and help. Li Xiaoxiao was naturally happy to agree. She sent a message to Baishui Village, asking her grandmother and her family to come over the next day and stay for a while.

The day before moving into their new home, Li Xiaoxiao calculated that building the courtyard house had cost around one hundred taels of silver, which distressed Bai. "Mom, we can earn money if we lose it. Look at this house we're building. We're going to live in it for a very long time. Shouldn't it be better so we can live comfortably?" Li Xiaoxiao consoled her.

Li Fang and Li Linlin were extremely excited. They would go to their new home almost every day, just waiting for it to be completed so they could move in!

The next morning, Li Xiaoxiao's family got busy. They moved their old furniture to their new home and arranged it neatly.

At noon, my grandmother and her family arrived. When they saw the new house, they all praised it highly.

"Xiaoxiao is so capable. This house is built so beautifully!" said grandma with a smile.

"This is all thanks to everyone's help." Li Xiaoxiao said modestly.

The family sat together and had a hearty lunch. After the meal, everyone chatted and laughed.

As the day wore on, Li Xiaoxiao lay on her new bed, feeling the warmth of her new home, her heart filled with contentment. She knew her life would get better and better in the future.

A wedding banquet is always held when moving to a new house. Li Xiaoxiao thought that it would be a bit rushed if the banquet was held on the moving day, so she discussed with Mrs. Bai and scheduled the banquet for the day after the move.

The next morning, before daybreak, Li Xiaoxiao, Bai Dong and Bai Jing rented Lin Bo's ox cart and went to town, saying they wanted to buy some fresh pork, fish and other food to add to the lunch banquet.

Bai, Wang, Xiuqin and the children prepared other vegetarian dishes at home.

Aunt Chen, Aunt Zhang and other women who were on good terms with Li Xiaoxiao's family also rushed over early in the morning to help wash and pick vegetables. After all, the whole village was invited to a banquet at noon, and the amount of food to prepare was quite large.

As for cooking, since it was a dinner party, Bai directly invited Aunt Xu, the chef from the next village, to come and help. Li Xiaoxiao naturally had no objection to hearing from Bai that most families in the neighborhood would invite her when they held a dinner party for good deeds.

At noon, Li Xiaoxiao and his friends came back driving a ox cart filled with various ingredients.

"Aunt Xu is here!" Li Xiaoxiao greeted her warmly.

"Oh, you're back. We're just waiting for your meat to be put into the pot." Aunt Xu said with a smile.

Everyone started to get busy, cutting vegetables, lighting fires, cooking... After a while, bursts of fragrance wafted through the yard.

The banquet consisted of six dishes and one soup, served with white rice, vermicelli stewed with meat, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, braised fish, cucumber salad, stir-fried vegetables, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and vegetable and egg drop soup.

At noon, guests began arriving, and the villagers offered their congratulations to Li Xiaoxiao's family. To Li Xiaoxiao's surprise, the Su family also showed up. Li Xiaoxiao didn't want to let them in, but since it was a festive occasion and everyone in the village was there, she didn't want to kick them out. At most, they'd just have to eat some rice, Li Xiaoxiao thought.

When the Su family saw that Li Xiaoxiao did not drive them out, they were secretly delighted. Su handed the two cents in her hand to Li Xiaoxiao, saying it was a gift.

Li Xiaoxiao was stunned by the shamelessness of the Su family. The villagers also felt that the old woman was too shameless after seeing Su's actions. She took two cents as a gift, followed by Li Jiang's family of five and Li Ren's family of three. "This family is too shameless. Just gave two cents, and the whole family occupied the table."

"Exactly, can you still have some shame? You're in such a state and still have the nerve to come to the banquet. If it were me, I'd probably run away as far away as possible..."

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The villagers present were discussing with each other, without any intention of avoiding Su and the others.

Li Baoer blushed as she listened to what everyone was saying. She felt like a clown, neither standing nor sitting. She reached out and tugged at Li Fang's sleeve, whispering, "Mom, why don't we go?"

Li Fang said loudly, "Why are you leaving? We gave you a red envelope!" Then she sat down in an empty seat and waited for the meal to start.

Li Baoer looked at the other people in the family again. They all looked as if they were dead pigs that were not afraid of boiling water, and sat down in the empty seats one after another.

Li Baoer wanted to cry, but there was nothing she could do. She could only sit down and endure the contemptuous looks of everyone.

Li Xiaoxiao sneered and threw the silver back into Su's hand. "Our family won't accept such shabby gifts. Take your money. Consider this meal my treat. Eat and leave!"

Su's face flushed red. She didn't expect Li Xiaoxiao to be so disrespectful, but because many villagers were present, she couldn't get angry either. She could only endure it and put the two cents that Li Xiaoxiao threw back into her pocket and hid it.

When the banquet was about to start, a horse-drawn carriage arrived outside Li Xiaoxiao's new home. The villagers looked out curiously, wanting to see who was coming.

Even Li Xiaoxiao walked outside the gate out of curiosity. After the person got off the carriage, Li Xiaoxiao saw clearly that it was Manager Zhao from Xiangmanlou.

Li Xiaoxiao hurried forward to greet her. Shopkeeper Zhao bowed to Li Xiaoxiao and said with a smile, "Miss Li, I'm here to congratulate you."

"Shopkeeper Zhao, why are you here?" Li Xiaoxiao was a little surprised.

"It's rare that Miss Li invites you to her home, so I come here uninvited to ask for a drink. I hope Miss Li doesn't mind?" Shopkeeper Zhao said with a smile.

"No problem, no problem. Shopkeeper Zhao, please come in." Li Xiaoxiao waved her hands repeatedly and led Shopkeeper Zhao to the table where the village chief and the elders were sitting. "Village chief, elders, this is Shopkeeper Zhao from Xiangmanlou in town."

Hearing that it was Manager Zhao of Xiangmanlou, the largest restaurant in town, everyone stood up to greet Manager Zhao. After they sat down one by one, Li Xiaoxiao saw that everyone was chatting happily, so she went downstairs to prepare the meal.

After the dishes were served one by one, they were served with white rice. Combined with Aunt Xu's good cooking skills, everyone praised the food and said that the taste was comparable to the big restaurants in town.

Li Xiaoxiao and Bai were busy toasting at each table. When they came to Su's table, Li Xiaoxiao saw that they were wolfing down the food as if they had not eaten for eight lifetimes. Li Dachun and Li Shen were even arguing over a piece of meat. Li Xiaoxiao pulled Bai past that table and went to toast the next one.

After eating and drinking, the villagers helped to clean up the tables and chairs, while Li Xiaoxiao and her family were busy seeing the guests off.

This banquet not only made Li Xiaoxiao's family feel the strong homesickness, but also made their relationship with the villagers more harmonious.