The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 184 Preparing the Banquet

"His father, you are right. This is a big happy event and we need to celebrate it properly. Today, the children and I will go to the county to buy some meat and vegetables. You can borrow some tables and chairs from the villagers. How about inviting everyone to a feast tomorrow?"

Mrs. Cao looked at the four children in front of her, her mouth wide open with joy. She smiled gently at Lin Dayong.

"Okay! Okay! Let's do it! I'll go inform the folks now!"

After Lin Dayong finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Dad, finish your breakfast first!"

Cao chased after Lin Dayong and shouted.

Lin Dayong said, "Come back and eat!" and continued walking towards the village.

Cao looked at his back going further and further away, smiled and shook her head, and said to Lin Xi and the other three, "Your father is so happy that he wants to let everyone know that our Lin family has added another member. Don't worry about him. Let's eat first, and then we can go to the county town to buy things."

"Mom, you guys eat. I just ate too much and haven't digested it yet. It just so happens that I have something to tell Jun Moye, so I'll go write a letter to him and bring it to Shopkeeper Zhou today. Ask him to send someone to deliver it to him!"

After seeing the Cao family nod, Lin Xi quickly went into his room and wrote down the information he got from the interrogation of Hei Yan in a letter. After writing, he carefully sealed the letter, put it in the boundary bead, and then left the room.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw that the yard was crowded with people and it was very lively.

"Dad, why did the villagers deliver the tables and chairs now? The banquet will start tomorrow, so it won't be too late to deliver them tomorrow morning. What will they use today if they move the tables and chairs to our house?"

Lin Xi walked up to Lin Dayong, who was sitting in the yard wolfing down his breakfast, and asked curiously.

"Hey! I told them that it would be used at noon tomorrow, but they delivered it as soon as I got back. Your mother took your eldest brother and younger brothers to tell everyone. Let's go out and take a look!"

Lin Dayong swallowed the last bite of cake, clapped his hands, and took Lin Xi out of the yard.

As soon as he came out, he heard Damazi's mother yelling at the top of her voice: "Hey, Xi'er's mother, why don't we just squat to eat today? What's the big deal? Didn't we often squat to eat before?"

"That's right, sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite. We have already brought the table here, you won't ask us to carry it back, right?"

Chen Fugui's wife continued as she arranged the tables and chairs.

"Don't be polite, let's set up the table and chairs today, and we can just focus on the food tomorrow!"

The village chief's wife tugged at Cao's sleeve and said with a smile.

After that, he shouted to the crowd: "Listen to me today, Daya Niang, Mazi Niang, you two take a few sisters to set up the tables and chairs! Liu Meizi, you take people to wash the big pots and dishes we brought, so that they will be convenient to use tomorrow!"

After that, he shouted to the village chief, "Dad, take the people to chop wood. After chopping wood, build a few more stoves here!"

Everyone was happily busy, and the festival was more lively than usual.

"Mom, what are we doing?"

Yuanyuan ran to the village chief's wife and asked with a smile.

"Just mind your own business. Don't you still need to train? Go quickly. We don't need your help here!"

After the village head's wife finished speaking, she went to wash the pots and dishes with a few other wives and mothers! "Sister Lin Xi, let's go train!"

Seeing that the elders were busy in an orderly manner and there were enough people, Yuanyuan really didn't need them to intervene, so she ran to Lin Xi and asked her to go train with her.

"I'm going to the county town today to buy some things with my mother. You guys go ahead. Yesterday's competition was interrupted and no one was decided. Let's have another one today! There will be prizes for the winner!"

Lin Xi pinched her rosy little face and said with a smile.

"Little sister, I'll take Lin Ping and Lin An with everyone to train. Can you go to the city with mom to buy things?"

When Lin Kang heard Lin Xi say that everyone should continue the competition today, he, Lin Ping and Lin An had to participate in the competition. Otherwise, the incompleteness of the group would affect the performance of their team.

"Brother, you, Xiao An'er, and Lin Ping can just compete with everyone without worry. Mom and I are just going to buy some things, no problem!"

Lin Xi said with a smile.

So Lin Kang took the kids from the village to the mountain to compete.

After saying something to Lin Dayong who was busy tidying up the stove, Lin Xi harnessed Xiaohong to the carriage and rushed to the county town with Cao.

When he reached the gate of the county town, Lin Xi discovered that there were many adobe and thatched houses not far from the county town.

In the woods near the house, there were many women chopping dead wood with axes. Little kids and old people were picking up branches beside them. They deftly gathered the firewood together and tied them up.

At the city gate, there were about twenty adult men carrying firewood and walking towards the city.

When she got closer, she saw that these men were the refugees she had seen before.

Although they were still as thin as before, they looked much more energetic than before. They were chatting and laughing, and calculating how much they could sell the firewood on their shoulders.

When they arrived near the city gate, Cao got out of the carriage and sat next to Lin Xi.

I saw my daughter looking at the thatched houses for a while, then at the refugees carrying firewood, with a puzzled look on her face.

She smiled and said, "Xi'er, those houses were built by the county magistrate and his men. Although they are just simple adobe and thatched houses, at least these refugees have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. I heard from the village chief that the county magistrate distributes food to these refugees every two days and allows them to go to the city to sell firewood. These refugees are finally not starving to death and have settled down!"

Hearing her mother's words, Lin Xi raised her eyebrows. Before she could speak, she heard her mother continue, "Recently, everyone has been wondering why the county magistrate has changed his temper. Not only does he not bully the common people anymore, he has also started to make decisions for them. Before, those ruffians dared not show their heads anymore. Anyone who caused trouble was arrested by the county magistrate and put in jail. Now, the atmosphere in the county is very good!"

Looking at his mother's smiling face, Lin Xi thought to himself: It was your daughter who changed the county magistrate's personality. It seems that the county magistrate is a sensible man!

The mother and daughter drove the carriage into the city, talking and laughing.