That evening, everyone in the Zhang Family gathered around the enormous round table in the dining hall. The meal began at seven and lasted until eleven. Many dishes were reheated more than once, yet the atmosphere remained as lively as ever...
By ten o'clock, the younger generation of the Zhang Family had obediently been taken off to bed by the nannies and servants. Only Zhang Tie's parents, Zhang Yang, who had hurried home, and the wives of the two brothers remained in the dining hall.
Over the past few years, Zhang Yang had kept up his efforts and given Zhang Tie two more nephews and a niece. All three children had been born in Great Xia. One nephew was named Zhang Chengtai, the other Zhang Chengxia, while the niece was named Zhang Shiqing. By now, Zhang Tie's elder brother had seven children—five sons and two daughters. Adding Zhang Tie's three boys, the Zhang Family's next generation now had ten young shoots.
Zhang Chengtai had been born to Eldest Sister-in-law Wang Huizhen, Zhang Chengxia to Second Sister-in-law Lu Shiyun, and Zhang Shiqing to Third Sister-in-law Wang Hua Yin.
Over these years in Great Xia, Zhang Yang had remained busy with the Golden Crow Merchant Group's business and had not taken any more wives, so the number of Zhang Tie's sisters-in-law had not increased.
With those ten children in the house, much of Zhang Tie's parents' loneliness had been dispelled.
Naturally, what everyone was most curious about was how Zhang Tie had advanced to Knight at such a young age.
When Zhang Tie's father raised the question, everyone—including Linda, Beverly, Fiona, Zhang Tie's elder brother, and his sisters-in-law—looked at Zhang Tie with curiosity.
There were no outsiders here, so Zhang Tie began recounting the general course of the Battle of Ampton.
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