Chapter 211 - 0211 Bridal Chamber Candles 3_1
The reason why only men attended, leaving out the women, was quite simple. It wasn’t because of gender inequality leading to discrimination against women, but because the husband was the most crucial labor force in the family. Which woman wouldn’t want her man to have a good meal to replenish his strength? Their household could barely manage to fill their stomachs throughout the year, let alone compare with the grand banquet’s eight large bowls.
The five women present were either without a head of household man, or their men couldn’t attend personally. They represented them, but the food they picked was piled into the bowls in front of them, and they couldn’t bring themselves to eat it. They probably wanted to take it home for their elderlies and children to savor.
Although many old customs were abolished after the founding of the country, here, the Wanglou Brigade simply couldn’t abandon its traditions.
People from the Wanglou Brigade could be said to have had generations of their family living here, and the etiquette passed down was far from simple.
The women who had been chattering to each other inside the house half the day were now nowhere to be seen. They all probably returned home, avoiding the scene of men enjoying the eight large bowls while they salivated. Some children stood at a distance, their eyes on the banquet, drooling and craving climbed onto the table to pull the meat to their mouths.
In this case, could Lu Tianjun, who had previously expressed his desire to have his fill of the eight bowls, fulfill his wish? Even Lu’s father had not been seated at the table after all.
Feng Qingxue was concerned about the Lu brothers and the Guan Cheng brothers. She scanned the surroundings, and did not see their silhouettes among the group of children. Instead, she was taken aback by the hungry, wolf-like eyes of the watching children.
"Qingxue!" Lu Jiang, who couldn’t stand on his own and sat in a wheelchair, noticed this, his voice full of comfort.
Feng Qingxue lowered her head to look at him and gave a gentle smile. "It’s okay." She just felt heartache.
Living in the 21st century, she had not experienced their era of hunger and cold. She didn’t understand their hardships, and seeing this scene, she felt very guilty. Guilty for wasting food in her previous life.