Chapter 56

A long red carpet had already been laid outside the red tent, and at this moment, gongs and drums were sounding, firecrackers were set off, and there were many people watching the excitement at the door, their smiles more festive than the next.

"Everyone come in! The banquet is about to start!"

Shouting a few words to the guests at the door, Auntie Zhang smiled and led Ye Xuan and the others into the red tent.

As soon as they entered the red tent, they saw fifteen or sixteen large round tables set up inside.

Many people were already sitting at each round table, and it looked like the banquet could start once everyone was there.

Ye Xuan scanned the figures at each round table and pointed to one of the round tables near the corner.

"Mom, Yang Mi and I will sit at this table, you go sit with Auntie Zhang."

Looking in the direction Ye Xuan pointed, a dozen children were already sitting at the round table, and there happened to be three empty seats left.

Seeing Ye Xuan take the initiative to let her go to another table, Ye Mu thought Ye Xuan had finally figured it out and was telling her not to be a third wheel.

Thinking this, she hurriedly responded and smiled happily.

"Rest assured, rest assured, then you take good care of Mi Mi, Mi Mi is a guest!"

Happily giving a few more instructions, Ye Mu walked excitedly toward another table.

Seeing Ye Mu’s clear misunderstanding, Ye Xuan was too lazy to explain.

Shaking his head and smiling, he signaled Yang Mi on the side to follow and find a seat.

However, Yang Mi, who had just sat down, scanned the children at the table and felt a bit confused.

"Aren't we sitting with the adults?! Why are we sitting with these little kids?"

This sentence was also clearly recorded by the camera on the side, and the netizens in the live stream had already started scrolling.

Many netizens reacted exactly the same as Yang Mi.

"Why are Ye Xuan and Mi Mi sitting at the kids' table? This table is clearly full of little radishes..."

"Yeah, shouldn't they be sitting with the adults?!"

"Why did Ye Xuan suddenly want to sit at this table?!"

Just as many netizens were confused, some netizens seemed to have guessed something, and they were all being mysterious...

"ummmm... as an experienced person, you’ll understand in a while!"

"The past is unbearable to look back on! Ye Xuan still has foresight!"

"I can only say, sitting at this table, you at least won't starve to death!"

"You city people still haven't seen the world."

At this moment, as Yang Mi and Ye Xuan sat down, the round table was just full.

The rule of rural banquets is that the banquet starts when the table is full.

Just as Yang Mi scanned the surroundings and was about to ask Ye Xuan if there were any customs, she saw a villager coming over with a tray.

On the tray were three or four plates of sliced braised beef, sprinkled with rich sauce, glistening under the lights, making one’s appetite instantly increase.

Seeing the villager walking right to her side with the tray, Yang Mi subconsciously stood up and took the initiative to help put the braised beef in the center of the round table.

Once the plate was put down, she subconsciously turned her head to look at the tray again, preparing to see if there was anything forgotten.

However, just as she wasn't paying attention, the children at the table, who had been chattering and playing happily, suddenly stood up as if they had entered combat mode.

The next second, a dozen pairs of chopsticks scrambled to clamp down on the plate.

In the blink of an eye, the plate that had been full just a moment ago was instantly clean!

At this moment, Yang Mi had just turned her head back.

Subconsciously picking up her chopsticks, preparing to taste the braised beef, Yang Mi’s gaze shifted, and the chopsticks in her hand suddenly paused.

The plate she had just brought over a second ago, how could it be empty?!

Where are the dishes?

Where is my braised beef?

Gone just like that?

Yang Mi was instantly dumbfounded, stunned like a wooden chicken.

Are rural banquets this ferocious?

At this moment, this scene was also recorded by the cameraman on the side.

The live stream exploded instantly.

"Holy crap! This is too fast to even grab?!"

"Look at Mi Mi’s dull eyes."

"Yo, I thank you for leaving the plate..."

"My goodness! This is the real 'clean plate action'..."

"Ye Xuan still has foresight!"

"I guessed this scene long ago! When I was very young, I often didn't even get to drink the soup after a banquet! [Crying]"

Yang Mi was still in a daze at this moment.

It was just one second, right?!

It wouldn't exceed three seconds at most, right?!

How could there not be a single slice left?!

Scanning the children at the table with a stiff face, she saw them all eating with gusto.

One child, about ten years old, even licked the sauce on his lips, clearly savoring the deliciousness just now.

In a flash, Yang Mi seemed to remember something and suddenly turned her head to look at the other round tables.

She saw the villager serving dishes with a tray just happening to arrive at Ye Mu’s table.

And the next scene made Yang Mi’s pupils shrink, and her eyes widened.

She saw that plate of braised beef, just leaving the tray a second ago, before it was even handed to the table, it was empty the next second!

The dozen or so elders at the round table each used one chopstick, as if they had the momentum of lightning!

Looking from afar, it was like they had taken out the posture of fighting, so aggressive!

One of the elders didn't even use chopsticks and grabbed it directly!

They truly used practical actions to interpret what "empty in seconds" meant!

At this moment, the netizens in the live stream were also dumbfounded.

"Holy crap, holy crap! Master, I understand!"

"If I were arranged at the elders' table, I wouldn't be able to grab it, it’s too damn ferocious, I really can't grab it!"

"If I were there, wouldn't I have to go hungry????"

"These old men and women must have practiced, right?! One second: my movements aren't nimble; next second: I was pretending!"

"As an experienced person, don't underestimate that group of old men and women!"

"Don't judge a book by its cover!"

At this moment, watching the food-grabbing battle at Ye Mu’s table, Yang Mi’s brain went *boom*, and she also realized it.

If she had gone to that table, she probably wouldn't even be able to touch the plate!

This must be the reason why Ye Xuan wanted her to stay at the kids' table.

He clearly felt that she couldn't even grab food at the kids' table!

Once this thought appeared, Yang Mi bit her silver teeth.

Looking back at Ye Xuan on the side, a hint of unwillingness to lose arose in her heart.

She was clearly being looked down upon!

Seeming to notice Yang Mi’s gaze, Ye Xuan’s expression didn't change, and he said slowly.

"Eyes must be sharp, movements must be fast! The custom of our rural banquets is four words: slow hands get nothing."

This was clearly saying that Yang Mi’s movements just now were too slow.

As he spoke, Ye Xuan clamped a piece of braised beef and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.

Clearly, he had also participated in the meat-grabbing battle just now.

And he had successfully captured a piece of meat!