Chapter 221: Discussing Marriage Affairs in the Boudoir, a Wine Banquet Hides Schemes (5)_1
About ten people had been busy for nearly two hours before all the ingredients were clean, cut, and placed in clean large pottery basins, nearly filling up the backyard.
By this time, the villagers who had been invited to the warming house began to arrive one after another, with Lin Yong and others arriving first. They each prepared a string of firecrackers and set them off at the entrance of the courtyard.
The unceasing sound of firecrackers was deafening, and as the noise was about to subside, Lizhong quickly lit the firecrackers in his hand to keep them going. Mo Qingze stood at the doorway with a smile, welcoming the guests and ushering them into the hall.
On the table, steaming hot water and fine tea leaves had been prepared early on, and after Mo Qingze invited them to sit, he brewed a cup of tea for each of them.
There were no shortage of tea enthusiasts, but better-quality tea leaves were quite expensive, so being able to buy some of the cheapest tea leaf dust at the end of the year was already a treat.
Tasting the pleasantly fragrant tea now, everyone felt that the Mo Family respected them greatly, and had not tried to deceive them with inferior tea just because they were peasants.
Mo Qingze had more guests to greet and couldn’t stay to accompany them, so the task of entertaining the guests fell to Zhenzhen. As a child, Zhenzhen naturally didn’t know how to host guests, but they couldn’t just let the guests sit dryly in the hall.
Zhenzhen was familiar with Lin Yong and the others, not at all shy, and tried to engage them in conversation with feigned maturity, causing Lin Da and the others to chuckle quietly, teasing him continuously. Thus, with each responding to the other, the atmosphere didn’t feel quiet or cold.
Soon, Zhang Dayou, Zhang Erniu, and others also arrived in succession. Being from the same village and having worked for the Mo Family, they were well-acquainted with one another and quickly struck up lively conversations.
Zhenzhen found there was no longer a need for her involvement and quickly ran out to play with her friends.