At the Li Family reunion meal, the children's table was cleared first, followed by the women's table.
Only two people drank too much: Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo.
Whenever anyone went around the table challenging everyone to drinks, those two lost every round. When they took their own turns challenging everyone, they still mostly lost. They drank the most, and by the end, Chen Xingbang had started crying. Through his tears, he said he was living a good life here, and when he had time, he had to go back to his hometown and let the people there know he had made something of himself and was no longer the man he used to be.
Did this count as saying that getting rich without returning home was like wearing fine clothes in the dark?
Li Long did not laugh at his brother-in-law or his second older brother. He simply thought they probably had to hold themselves back at work too, with frustrations they had no way to release. Once they had a good drink at home and let the pressure out, they would be fine.
That was perfectly normal.
In later years, there were plenty of ways to let off steam. At this time, it was most likely a drinking session.
Besides, men still had a strong sense of responsibility back then. No matter how much pressure they faced, pride made them shoulder it alone rather than tell their wives, leaving only drinking.
Fortunately, there were plenty of rooms, and it was not very cold yet, so settling everyone in was easy.
Li Xia did not think much of Chen Xingbang getting drunk. She merely grumbled a little before going to look after him, while Chen Lirong felt rather awkward and embarrassed.
Gu Xiaoxia went over and said a few