Li Ping'an had no choice but to sit down for the time being.
The dishes on the table were truly excellent.
Li Ping'an twitched his nose, identifying them by scent one after another.
Four-joy meatballs, pork hock, dressed lamb, roast chicken, saltwater prawns, sweet-and-sour pork...
There were more than twenty dishes on this table alone, plus four soups.
Tables like this stretched from one end of the street to the other.
And these were only for people of no particular standing who had come to mooch food and drink outside.
Who knew what delicacies from mountain and sea the people inside were eating.
"Brother, where are you from?"
Just then, a man beside him spoke.
Li Ping'an said, "Out of town."
The man glanced at Old Ox behind Li Ping'an. "Brother, you're a master at taking advantage! You even brought your family's ox along to mooch food and drink!"
Li Ping'an smiled. "You flatter me, brother."
"Just call me Liu Qiao! Let me introduce you. This is my wife."
The woman on the left gave Li Ping'an a slight nod.
"That's my father!"
The old man held a chicken drumstick.
"That's my mother."
The old woman was holding a plate and slurping down peanuts.
"Over there are my eldest paternal aunt, my third maternal uncle, my third maternal aunt's husband, my younger sister and her husband, my nephew, and my third great-aunt on my father's side, my youngest great-aunt on my mother's side..."
Li Ping'an: ...
Li Ping'an raised his wine cup. "Brother, a toast to you!"
Liu Qiao glanced at the erhu on Li Ping'an's back. "Brother, you play the erhu?"
Li Ping'an nodded. "A little."
"I've got a job here. Interested?
"Someone's holding a funeral in a couple of days. Play some tunes for them, and you'll get