Chapter 169 Another Plan

At the family dinner table, Hongji ate in silence. The excitement of the morning had finally come to an end amidst various states of tension.

He felt that as a farmer, he had never known such honor, and all the burgeoning renown of their family was the result of their collective effort.

Mrs. Li, as a farmwife, was quite nervous. Hosting so many noblewomen, she, who had once served in another's household, was a farmwife of lower status before these wealthy ladies.

Today, to host the guests as the mistress of the house was an experience in social graces she had never imagined. She was elated to be so highly regarded by the guests from wealthy families.

"Ah... Hongji, the next time we have so many guests, we should charge them for the things they take home,"

Mrs. Lai always remembered how they had hosted so many guests today without making a penny, not even receiving any gifts in return.