Chapter 36: A Simple Wedding (Please read on!)

Pop! Pop! Pop!!

At the entrance of Gu Village, the old locust tree is bombarded with firecrackers hanging from its branches, popping incessantly and peeling its bark.

A son-in-law who had returned with his wife to visit her parents catches a kid picking up firecrackers, giving the kid a piece of candy and curiously asks if there is any special occasion happening.

The kid, with skyward pigtails, pockets stuffed with unexploded firecrackers, and a large handful in hand with no place left to hold anything else, opens his mouth wide.

With no other choice, the son-in-law shucks the candy for him and feeds it to the child.

"Ahh—mm!"

The child swallows the candy and sweetly says:

"Second Master Gu is hosting a feast at his house, inviting everyone in the village to eat for free. There's roast chicken, pig's feet, braised pork, goose legs, and sugar glutinous rice cakes..."