After deciding down, she instructed Shumo to prepare for this matter.

Because I had to buy so many pigs at once this time, it was still difficult to do so.

It's not like modern times, some people specialize in raising pigs for a living, and even if they do, they can't raise so many, at most four or five heads per family.

Moreover, in this way, it is still the kind that buys some people whose home conditions are very good, after all, there are many people who can't even eat, and there is nothing more for the pigs to eat.

It is also possible to find wild vegetables and other pigweed for pigs to eat, but it is also very difficult.

Therefore, even if the average person raises pigs at home, they only raise one or two pigs, and there are no more.

In addition, it is only July, and many pigs are not ready to be slaughtered, so it is indeed a bit troublesome to buy so many pigs at once.

However, before An An was one year old, the pigs were still bought.

This time, Shumo bought a total of ten pigs and came back, nine of which were distributed to the people below, and one was prepared for this banquet.

This An's first birthday banquet is still very lively, there are five or six tables for male guests alone, and there are more than ten tables for female dependents and the like.

A dozen tables doesn't sound like a lot of people, but they've only been in Miyang for two or three years, and neither of them likes to feast on diplomacy or anything like that, so it's already very good to have so many people.

Speaking of which, although they said that they sent out some invitations this time, they didn't expect so many people to come, and there was some surprise for a while.

But it's okay, they have prepared a lot of things before, so they won't feel flustered.

In fact, this can also be blamed on them, those people were ready to come when An An was full moon, after all, they invited someone to the house when An An was washing three.

So those people are waiting to say that when An'an shows their faces in front of them when the moon is full, they are also close to their family.

It's just that I didn't expect them to prepare at home for so long, but when the time came, there was no news at all.

Later, the county lieutenant Zhao sent the news that their family would not do it, which disappointed them for a long time.

Although there were reasons why neither of them knew much at the time, that's why they were so disappointed.

Now that they have passed for so long, they have almost gotten to know each other a little, and those families have also understood that their current county orders and county orders are different from those adults in the past.

They don't like diplomacy, so this time they finally had the opportunity, and of course they won't give up.

So, this time, many people who didn't receive the invitation also asked people to send gifts, and some people even came in person, thinking about showing their faces in front of the prefectural magistrate.

Moreover, the female relatives who came this time were not less than the male guests, and there was even more of a trend.

Basically, the heads of the families brought their daughters with them, some brought their wives and children, and some even brought their favorite concubines.

Of course, they didn't know about this at first, and they only learned about it later.

On An An's first birthday, Li Bokang did not go to the government anymore, but was busy at home.

To be honest, this time their family banquet is also not enough, and this time An'an's first birthday banquet they also invited people from the county restaurant to do it, and their own manpower is really insufficient.

However, they don't want to buy people just for the sake of holding a banquet, and they can use it when they buy it, and they are also idle in normal times.

Just like their family now, there are six people in the family plus helpers, and they are basically idle when they are fine.

Therefore, they did not buy people because they did not have enough manpower at present, as long as they usually had enough manpower.

Moreover, there is very little time for their family to hold banquets, and they don't need so many people.

Of course, they can buy people and sell them when they run out, but they're not like that.

They have heard that many people have a hard time because they were bought back and sold by their previous masters.

Although many of them are sold again because they made mistakes in the master's house, if they do so, and they don't make mistakes, they can't afford to let people suffer that kind of consequences.

Therefore, the best way is to invite someone to do it outside, and the family will be busy for a while, and this banquet can be passed.

After talking about the problem of manpower, let's talk about the situation in the front yard.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Li Bokang took An An to sit in the hall and wait for the arrival of the guests for a while.

And Yang Xue also went to work on other things, but soon, seeing that the time was almost up, she also came to the lobby and waited with Li Bokang.

After sitting for a while, they heard that someone was coming, so they took the children to the door to greet the guests.

Because they are a small county town and relatively poor, the male and female defense here is not as serious as in other places.

However, just in case, they also divided the yard into two places with cloth, one for each man and woman.

After receiving the people, they welcomed them to the pre-arranged places and sat down, and after the arrangements were made, they went to the door to greet the others.

When those people came, they were a little surprised when they first saw the situation in the courtyard, and they simply explained it to them, and they understood.

It's just that some people don't think it's necessary, and after sitting down, they follow the people on the side to discuss this matter.

However, in the end, this banquet can be regarded as a successful end without danger.

After sending everyone away at night, Yang Xue was already tired and sat down directly on the chair.

It stands to reason that she shouldn't be so tired, but because she didn't do anything after she became pregnant, she was recuperating too well, and it was understandable that she was tired when she suddenly did so many things.

But this time she didn't do anything, except for standing for a while, and spent most of her time talking to the women.

But it is precisely because of this that she is so tired, not only physically tired, but even mentally tired.

She is an unsociable person, and she has to deal with so many people at once, and it is not a moment, but a whole day, or different people, she really can't bear it.

Speaking of which, this is the first time she has socialized with those ladies since Li Bokang became an official, even if An An also invited someone to come to the house when she was in the third place, but she has never met those people, so she has no intersection with them.

This time, she really felt the difficulties of being an official wife, she felt that she really couldn't be a virtuous helper, and she was still a little discouraged for a while.

So after the wait was over, she didn't say a word again.

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