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Chapter 8 Family Banquet

After the old patriarch shocked everyone, he no longer discussed Liang Xiaoyong in public, but immediately announced the end of the test, held a big banquet, and entered the annual village carnival season.

The women in the village were already busy in the large kitchen of the ancestral hall early in the morning. Ten huge iron pots were lined up, and hundreds of women were busy for most of the day and had already prepared a big fish and meat banquet for 2,000 people to enjoy. At the command of the patriarch, the big bowls of dishes were served on the table, and everyone was happy.

Liang Xiaoyong, who is used to big scenes, is also shocked by this scene. This place is different from the orderly scene of a big hotel, with chaos and noise in the bustling atmosphere. More than 200 Eight Immortals tables of various colors are arranged from the ancestral hall to the yard, and even on the drying yard outside the far door. Tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and other utensils are temporarily brought to use by each company.

This has led to a lot of unnecessary noise and noise. Some people are worried that their own things will be damaged, and they are gloating when they see other people's things being used randomly... Liang Xiaoyong could not have seen these before. He had contacted people from the upper class in his previous life. Suddenly he was in this kind of lower class society, which not only enriched his experience, but also made his mood complete, and experienced the hardships and straightforward competition of lower class humans.

Liang Xiaoyong and eight children who passed the test were naturally the protagonists today. They were arranged on a table in the middle of the ancestral hall. Those who could sit at this table were all well-known figures in the village. Liang Xiaoyong was the focus of everyone's attention and was arranged next to the patriarch. The dishes and wines on this table are naturally the most exquisite and delicious.

But after Liang Xiaoyong tasted it, he shook his head in his heart. The food in this world is really unpalatable. It is not that the ingredients are bad, but that their cooking methods are too simple. They are not only boiled or steamed. What is even more speechless is that they have no ingredients, no vegetable oil, no chili, thirteen spices, and even the salty taste of salt. How can they swallow this? It is harder than what Liang Xiaoyong made with a dan stove.

Liang Xiaoyong is not short of food now. After eating a few bites of big fish and meat, he stopped moving his chopsticks, which made the old patriarch think he was modest and kept urging him to eat more. Even Xiufang next to him kept whispering to remind him to eat. There is a shortage of supplies here, and it is rare to eat such a big meal a year. It is too waste not to eat at this time.

Liang Xiaoyong was worried about happiness for a while, until everyone had almost finished eating and the topic was shifted to another place. Only then did he get relieved. With the kind care of everyone, he actually ate half full.

"Children, you are all the pride of our village. Three months later, the annual sect election will be the annual sect election. At that time, I will take you to Juxian Valley to participate in the election. That is the real assessment of you. Being elected by the sect means a bright future. If you fail to be elected, you can only go home to farm. So in the next three months, you must work hard to practice and not slacken for a moment. Try to improve your realm. A higher realm means you can enter the sect more." The old patriarch gave everyone a serious advice.

The big men in the village also expressed their opinions one after another, solemnly admonishing everyone that parents whose children were admitted to the sect even showed up to teach them some skills and experiences when participating in the election. Liang Xiaoyong, Xiufang and others listened carefully, but there were two men with the children who didn't care about these things, and they were still eating and drinking, and were arrogant.

Later, when Xiufang said that Liang Xiaoyong learned that their names were Liang Long and Liang Hu, and they were the children of the second and third richest family in the village. Their family had already entered the sect. This time they had already received a promise that as long as they could achieve the status of a sect, they would be admitted to the sect. That is why they were so fearless. Not only did they not listen to adults' words, but they were even more disdainful of Liang Xiaoyong and others and were very discriminatory.

"Xiaoyong, I have an empty room in my house, and these uncles and uncles also have an empty house. Everyone is willing to take you in so that you can eat and wear food and clothing and concentrate on your cultivation in the next three months. At the same time, the village will also allocate the best resources to you to help you improve your level. Do you think it's okay?" The old patriarch said to Liang Xiaoyong alone.

Liang Xiaoyong shook his head. Recently, he has lived freely in Niutou Mountain, but he doesn't want to live a life of being under someone else's roof. He said, "I am used to living alone, so I won't bother you."

"How can you live alone at such a young age? Working all day long will also affect your cultivation. Let us take care of you." Everyone objected.

Liang Xiaoyong sneered in his heart. Where did you go when I was lonely and helpless in the past, especially you rich people, not only did not have the sympathy of uncles, but also indulged slaves to bully me. If I hadn't been for my great life, I would have been killed by those slaves. Now, seeing that I have achieved success, I want to control me so that I can use it for you.

"Don't worry, I came here like this before. I'm not practicing to the level of a meridian." Liang Xiaoyong's plain answer would not give these people the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Everyone was still persuading, shaking their heads and sighing, and their sympathy was flooded.

In the end, the old patriarch couldn't stand it and waved his hand and said, "Since you are like this, you will follow Xiaoyong. Of course, it will definitely not work to let him suffer. I think this way, our village originally had rules for allocating land for the veins. This time, Xiaoyong obtained the identity of the veins and would also get 5 acres of land and 10 acres of forests. It would be no problem to have these for him to live alone."

"Yes, if you divide the land for small purposes, how can 5 acres be enough? I think at least ten acres, and it's the best land."

"Yes, the mountains and forests should be doubled, and the best ones should be given to the best..." Seeing that everyone could not pull Liang Xiaoyong into the house directly, they made a fuss about this.

"I think the 10 acres of land in the Liangku family and the 20 acres of forests in the Liangxing family are good. Their family gave birth to a daughter, but they have not reached the level of a vein. When they grow up, they will get married. Their family will definitely have no successors. The fields and forests will eventually be taken as public ownership. It is better to use them now and allocate them to Xiaoyong, which just solves Xiaoyong's urgent needs now." The white-faced old man's suggestion is the most important among everyone and has suddenly gained everyone's support.

Liang Xiaoyong's face looked a little ugly. This is not obviously bullying others by virtue of his power, and directly depriving the poor people of their property to him and treating him as someone. Don't think that these people are pretty, they are actually using other people's property to gild their faces.

Seeing that the old patriarch had the intention of agreeing, Liang Xiaoyong could no longer sit still, stood up and waved his hand and said, "I don't want their fields." The reason is not explained. In this world where the weak and the weak prey on the weak, saying that he is sympathizing with the weak will only make people laugh.

Everyone was stunned, and the old patriarch asked curiously: "If you think their land is not good, there is a way. You can choose it yourself and I will have someone change it for you."
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