With the man of the hour back, a celebration was only natural.
Only after two straight days of festivities did the neighbors, uncles, and elders finally settle down.
Every day, Lian Youming went around greeting aunties, uncles, grandpas, and grandmas. If he dared show the slightest neglect, his old father would immediately bristle and glare. It was downright more perilous than a desperate fight to the death.
Really, it was nothing but showing off.
But having a son get into university happened only once in a lifetime, so showing off a little was only human.
"Mingming, let me tell you, this is nothing." Seeing Lian Youming half-dead with exhaustion, Yan Lingyun's fifth brother, Yan Guangming, chimed in from the sidelines. "In our family alone, a hundred people would be a low estimate. Add relatives bringing relatives, cousins, the wives' families, and we'd probably have five or six hundred. That doesn't even include the clan elders and brothers in the village. When my eldest brother got married, we held banquets for seven straight days. He and my eldest sister-in-law barely managed a few meals. They were so busy entertaining guests they nearly collapsed."
The two brothers had lost the reserve they had arrived with and let themselves relax completely. And the more they looked at Lian Youming, the more satisfied they were. The sixth brother, Yan Zhaomei, also patted Lian Youming on the shoulder and said earnestly, "But Yun is different. She's our whole family's darling. Her wedding will definitely have to be grander. We'll have to go all out. Anyone in the surrounding villages with the slightest family connection will have to come..." As he went on, the fifth brother lowered his voice again. "You have no idea. Yun's looks are fine, but she's too tall, and she loves her