Chapter 3: Wedding Banquet Murder (Signed, please give me a reward!)

"Brother Li, congratulations!"

"Li Er, we must not leave until we are drunk today."

"Li Bao is getting married, so there's one less person to play with!"

……

One month later, in the village.

A small village like this would not hold a grand wedding like the nobles in the city. After the Li family and Ah Hua's family finalized the wedding, they quickly began to prepare. The next day, Li Er took the jade pendant to a nearby city and pawned it for a large sum of money.

All the villagers who could help came to the Li family to help. Women and Li Er's wife washed vegetables and cooked, while adult men helped Li Er slaughter livestock and clean up. Even children who were not yet adults were assigned to make a living, such as making fire.

Some villagers from nearby villages, if they had any friendship with the Li family, also came in groups of three or five.

Today is a rare sunny day in winter.

At noon, a golden sun was hanging high in the sky, casting endless sunlight. When the guests arrived, they greeted the Li family enthusiastically. In the yard surrounded by wooden fences, there were four or five rickety wooden tables, and on each table, there was a jar of home-brewed wine from the countryside, with the lees not even removed.

For these common people who live in poverty, apart from the New Year, the only thing worth celebrating is the wedding.

Crackling!

Tianxuan was the "little bastard" of the village and the "livestock" raised by the Li couple. On this happy day, the Li family would not let him go as a free laborer.

Tianxuan, who could hardly eat a full meal, put the chopped firewood into the fire pit in front of the stove built in the corner of the courtyard. Looking around with his bright eyes, everyone in the village had come, and everyone had the happiest smile on their face. This was truly a harmonious picture.

However, he was excluded by everyone and no one considered him as a member.

[Enjoy your meal! This is the last meal for all of you. ]

Tianxuan's sight was immediately withdrawn from the scene, and his attention returned to the stove in front of him. In a huge pot, there was a fresh soup. Pot? This kind of thing that should not have appeared in this pre-Qin era appeared, which was enough to prove that Tianxuan did not come from the simple pre-Qin era. Or to be more precise, outside this village, what awaits him will be a magnificent world.

However, for Tianxuan, who had lived under the torture of the Li couple since childhood and whose heart was almost filled with hatred, there was no need to worry about this for the time being.

Brush and pull!

No one paid attention to the "little bastard" because everyone in the village knew that the "little bastard" was a descendant of the Qin people who were sworn enemies with the Zhao people. They were generous enough to allow the "little bastard" to have food to eat and live to this day.

Without anyone noticing, Tianxuan carefully took out some dried mushrooms from his arms and sprinkled them into the hot soup in front of him.

This is originally a pot of mushroom chicken soup. After the dried mushrooms seep into the hot soup, they quickly blend with the original mushrooms and become difficult to distinguish.

Gulu!
After finishing this task, Tian Xuan, who was extremely hungry and thirsty, turned his attention back to the stove in front of him and continued to add firewood to the fire pit. Soon, a whole pot of mushroom chicken soup was boiled, and splashes of water burst on the water surface, and the rich aroma spread out. As the golden crow fell to the west, the rich aroma filled the village.

"smell good!"

"The soup is ready. I'll go serve it."

"I want some soup!"

……

The wooden tables in the yard were filled with people. Most of the dishes made of seasonal vegetables and bacon were eaten by everyone. The villagers, who rarely had enough food, smelled the aroma in the air and were all hungry. Amid the chaotic conversation, seven or eight women, led by Li's wife, stood up, took the coarse earthenware basins, and evenly divided the mushroom chicken soup in the pot into several portions and sent them over.

From beginning to end, no one greeted Tianxuan, let alone looked at him. Although Tianxuan was nominally the adopted son of the Li family, in everyone's perception, he was just a little bastard who was not worthy of sitting with them to eat. If there were any leftovers after everyone finished eating, they would be given to him.

"Delicious."

"Don't just drink the soup, let's have a drink!" "Cheers!"

……

This mushroom chicken soup is the last dish of today's wedding banquet. As the mushroom chicken soup was served, the atmosphere became lively again. The groom, Li Bao, walked among the crowd with his bride, Ah Hua, who had a round face and was very pretty. She wore new clothes today and her face was full of happiness.

"I wish you a happy marriage."

"Li Bao, if you dare to bully Ah Hua, I will show you how I will deal with you."

"Sister Hua, please don't forget us little sisters in the future!"

……

In response to the toast from the bride and groom, all the guests raised their glasses and gave them their most sincere blessings.

"OK OK."

After the newlyweds finished their toast, an old man who looked to be about 50 or 60 years old, with a limp in one leg, who claimed that he had participated in the Battle of Changping and had luckily managed to save his life from the hands of the butcher Bai Qi, stepped forward, pressed his hands down, coughed a few times to clear his throat, and spoke to the people attending the wedding.

"Everyone, our bride and groom accept your kindness. However, it is getting late now, and the newlyweds should..."

At this point, the old man acting as the master of ceremonies stopped talking, but even though the sky turned dark, the ambiguity blooming from the corners of his mouth on his skinny and dark face was still visible to the guests attending the wedding.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Along with this, the villagers burst into laughter, with envy for the newlyweds Li Bao and Ahua in their hearts.

"Brother Li, I'm leaving first."

"Goodbye."

"What a shame! There's not even any leftovers on the table. I wanted to take some home!"

……

The villagers stood up one after another, bowed and said goodbye to Li Er and his wife, as well as Li Bao and his wife who were about to be sent to the bridal chamber. Although the chaotic words were not without teasing, there was no malice in them.

【about there!】

Tianxuan was burning the fire the whole time, but he didn't even get to eat a bite of food. He could only smell the fragrance in the air. He was like a kitten perched by the stove, and no one noticed his existence.

However, although Tianxuan was perched beside the stove, he could still have an overall view of the place. Seeing that all the guests, almost everyone of whom had bullied him, were about to leave, his eyes, as black as jade, glowed fiercely in the light of the candle burning in the stove in front of him, and he had this thought in his mind.

Bang!
An old woman in her early fifties, wearing a patched coarse cloth, had just left the stool when her vision suddenly blurred. Then, she fell backwards.

"mother!"

"Auntie!"

The people around were all shocked and rushed to help him. However, the fall seemed to be contagious, and as soon as these people left the benches, they all felt dizzy and staggered.

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