After a morning of bustle, Zhu Juntang's ceremony marking her retirement from the underworld came to an end. The open banquet for ranch employees and villagers continued until the afternoon. Some people even got word and came specifically from nearby cities and counties to eat and drink, and Zhu Juntang welcomed everyone without exception.
As Mencius: Devoting One's Mind II put it: "A meal spread over ten square feet, with hundreds of concubines in attendance—were I to attain my ambitions, I would not do such a thing." Those attending the feast were more or less filled with such sentiments.
Seeing some people eat until their bellies looked ready to burst, Jin Xiaomei had no choice but to arrange digestive medicine and the like. She also had the Bread Men carry out those who looked as though another bite might kill them, clearing space for the steady stream of new diners arriving from all over.
They also prepared a legal response in case someone ate themselves sick and sued the banquet's hosts. Considering such possibilities in advance, they had even set aside part of the funds as a compensation contingency plan. There was no need to feel too indignant about it; kindness going unrewarded, dogs biting Lü Dongbin, Mister Dongguo and the wolf—such things were common enough.
The entire Baojun Group South Mountain Resort Center had become a mess of scattered cups and plates, and once the kitchen had run out of food, Liu Chang'an finally dragged Zhu Juntang onto the helicopter and took her back to Junsha.
According to Zhu Juntang's original plan, she still wanted to buy the tastiest pasture grass and fruits suitable for cattle and sheep to reward her subjects. But if she kept this up, she would not be back in Junsha until tomorrow at the