Chapter 358 Pig Cage Cake
Two days later, He Shujin's Jinshi banquet officially began, and people from all over came to congratulate him.
"There's a banquet at home, and my uncle will sit at the front table." Friends and relatives from Sunjia Village were arranged to sit at the front row of the banquet. Sun Shan was dazzled by the people coming and going.
"After ten years of hard work and no one asked, he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop."
Some of the people who came were acquainted with him, while others were unfamiliar to him. For the first time, Sun Shan felt the power of a "Jinshi" and secretly made up his mind to become the protagonist of the banquet.
With eating, drinking and having fun, the day's feast passed quickly.
Sun Shan saw that Aunt Sun and Uncle He's faces were stiff from smiling, but they were full of energy and looked ten years younger.
Not to mention Mr. He, Ms. He and the old lady of the He family, who felt unprecedented satisfaction in their lives as they welcomed the guests coming and going.
However, my eldest cousin was still walking around the garden as usual, calmly greeting guests and accepting blessings.
My eldest cousin was the most calm throughout the entire banquet.
Sun Shan was dragged away by his nephew because he loved eating pig basket pancakes the most. However, He Shuyu and his wife had no time to pay attention to him, and Aunt Sun and Uncle He had even less time to pay attention to him.
After searching around, the one who was most free and the one he was most familiar with was none other than Sun Shan.
So he eagerly pulled Sun Shan to the door to find some pig basket cakes to eat.
Pig cage cakes from childhood
Sun Shan didn't want to ask him for it, as the He family had prepared it for the children at the banquet.
But the boy spoke anxiously and tried hard to pull Sun Shan away, as if he would cry if Sun Shan didn't find it for him.
Sun Shan had no choice but to be led by the boy out of the yard and to the door.
Two large baskets of pig basket pancakes were placed at the door. If the servants saw a guest with a child, they would bring one.
The so-called pig cage cake is, as the name suggests, a snack made in the shape of a piglet and put in a pig cage.
The meaning is "a prosperous family and a wealthy house" and "a pig cage in water", symbolizing the influx of wealth and a smooth financial path.
Because pig cage pancakes are interesting and rare, the He family prepared them very carefully for the children at the banquet.
Since Xiaozi was a little kid, he naturally liked it, so he dragged Sun Shan to the door to get it.
Sun Shan casually asked for two pig basket cakes for Qiangzi, who smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.
I was carrying my son back to the yard. When I turned the corner, I heard a voice from behind: "Brother Shan, Brother Shan."
Sun Shan turned around and saw Yuan Jie'er. He asked curiously, "Yuan Jie'er, why are you here?"
The banquet is set up separately for men and women. Why doesn't Yuan Jie'er stay in the inner courtyard and come out to the door?
The boy was a polite kid. When he saw Sister Yuan, he called out, "Aunt Yuan."
Yuan Jie'er stared at the pig basket pancakes of the boy with eager eyes and said eagerly, "Brother Shan, can you help me get two pig basket pancakes?"
When Yuan Jie'er first came in, she took a fancy to the pig basket pancakes prepared specially for children at the door. Unfortunately, she had to maintain the image of a lady when she was outside and could not ask for it like a child.
I just came out to use the toilet and was about to go back when I saw Sun Shan.
There is no need to wait any longer; it would be best to ask Sun Shan to go and get it.
Sun Shan looked at the chubby Yuan Jie'er and did not recommend her to eat high-fat and high-calorie foods like pig cage cakes.
Seeing Sun Shan frowning, Yuan Jieer thought he was unwilling, so she quickly said, "Brother Shan, can you help me get two? Pig cage pancakes are really cute and delicious."
Yuan Jie'er didn't want to ask for help from others, but wanted to go and get it herself, but doing so would damage her image.
If you want to remain a lady, you can only ask others for help.
And Sun Shan appeared at this moment. Who else should we choose if not him?
The boy also liked pig cage pancakes very much and said with a smile: "Auntie, pig cage pancakes are delicious. This is mine, I can't give it to you."
Xiaozai had long felt that there was a pair of greedy eyes staring at his pig cage pancake. When he met Yuan Jie'er's eyes, Xiaozai's sense of danger became even stronger.
He quickly stuffed the pig basket pancake into his arms and turned his back so that Yuan Jie'er wouldn't see it.
Sun Shan looked at Xiaozai with admiration. What a clever child, with quick reactions.
Sun Shan thought about it and decided to ask for it on behalf of Yuan Jie'er. Judging from her attitude, she didn't want to take it, which meant she was not going to let him go.
Sun Shan turned around, walked to the door, and ordered two more pig basket cakes. He handed them to Yuan Jie'er and kindly suggested, "Yuan Jie'er, the cakes don't taste good. Just look at them and don't eat them."
Yuan Jieer happily took the pancake and said with a smile: "Brother Shan, the pancake is delicious. I'm not a fool, you can't fool me."
Although the boy was young, he was not stupid, and he quickly agreed: "Uncle Shan, the cakes are delicious."
Sun Shan looked at the plump and round-chested Yuan Jie'er, and then at the sharp and slender He Zi. They both had similar tastes, but their bodies could separate them by a Mariana Trench.
Yuan Jieer treated Sun Shan as a tool, to be thrown away after use. She happily took the pig cage pancake and said goodbye happily: "Brother Shan, I'm going back. Let's talk again when we have time."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
The boy also got the pig basket cake and said eagerly, "Uncle Shan, hold me. I want to go back to find my sister and brother."
It seems that he wanted to take the pancakes back to tempt other children.
Sun Shan picked up the boy helplessly and continued to be a tool.
Sun Shan didn't dare to abandon Xiaozi. There were many people around and they would gossip. He was most afraid that Xiaozi would get lost. Then his second cousin He Shuyu would definitely not let him go.
The He family's banquet for the Jinshi degree lasted for seven days, and Sun Shan also ate at the banquet for seven days.
The village chief originally wanted to eat for one day and then return to Sunjia Village, but the He family was too welcoming and forced the Sun family to stay.
The village chief had no choice but to eat for seven days.
Whenever Sun Shan had free time, he would practice calligraphy or write articles and ask his eldest cousin to comment on them. In just a few days, he benefited a lot.
Sun Shan thought that having a relative who was a Jinshi was different. A simple comment from him was more effective than figuring out the answer himself for a month or two.
Sun Shan must seize the time to teach, otherwise it will be wasted.
After the banquet, the village chief couldn't hold back his longing for Sunjia Village and his concern for his fields, so he booked a convoy back to Sunjia Village early.
The He family was very generous and prepared a lot of return gifts for the Sun family, which made the Sun family blush and feel very embarrassed.
The Sun family was like a swarm of locusts, and they seemed to be plundering the He family from everything, beating them down like the autumn wind.
The old lady of the He family said nonchalantly, "Village Chief, just take them. These are leftovers from Jing'er's banquet. Take them back and share in the good fortune."
He's father said cheerfully, "Hey, Jing'er's uncle, you can take them all back. There are still a lot at home."
He's mother also said, "My dear relatives, you must bring more back this time. I don't know when we will have the banquet like today next time."
Among the He family, only He Shujin is good at studying, but the other four sons are not at all in the same league.
The He family has placed their hopes on Ke'er and the generation of Xiaozai.
As for waiting for the next generation to take the imperial examination, that would be a matter of ten or twenty years.
That’s why the He family made it so grand. After all, after this display, it would take a long time before they could show off their power again.