Inside and outside Li Laosan's courtyard in White Wave Village, several tables had been laid with food and wine. The feast had yet to begin, but the villagers, relatives, and friends were already eyeing the dishes impatiently.
It was too dark to see clearly, and an oil lamp with a lampshade made the occasion feel all the more festive.
The Li Household had certainly spared no expense today. Every table had meat and vegetable dishes, all rich with oil, and there were twelve tables in total, inside and out. Besides their friends and relatives, practically every household in this small fishing village could send one or two people to partake in this grand feast.
Only after the host offered his thanks and invited everyone to start eating did the guests finish their congratulations and begin reaching for the food.
"Eh, why has it gotten foggy?" "At least the wind's died down!"
"Come on, eat up, eat up."
"Laosan, you've really made something of yourself now! This lad of yours must be old enough to find a wife, too!"
"Hahahaha... yes, it's about time!" "I know quite a few fine girls!"
"Then we'll have to trouble Aunt Liu to arrange something!"
"Hahahaha, gladly, gladly! I've liked your boy ever since he was little..."
Li Laosan sat in the place of honor at the table in the main hall, beaming at all the flattery. His ordinarily unremarkable son had become everyone's darling today. It was only because he had never learned to read or write that they stopped short of praising him as future top-scholar material.
Amid the thin mist, Yi Shuyuan had followed the village's dirt road to the vicinity of the Li Household. Looking at everyone merrily eating over there, he could discern a great deal, even from an ordinary