Chapter 1561

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Zhang Ruoshui chatted with Wang Xiaohua for a good while; when she hung up, she discovered the call had already lasted 59 minutes, just shy of a full hour.

The restlessness caused by watching romance films was unexpectedly soothed away without her realizing it.

She lay down after hanging up and before long drifted peacefully into dreamland.

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.

When Zhang Ruoshui got up, Du Xiaojuan was already up.

"Ruoshui, today you just stick with us and watch how I shoot videos; once you're familiar, I'll have you help shoot some, and then in the evening you'll start learning to edit videos. At first I don't require you to produce any fancy effects — just edit to match my video style. Later, when you're proficient, we'll use your edits. That's all I have to say — any questions?"

In a few words Du Xiaojuan finished explaining what Zhang Ruoshui needed to do.

Zhang Ruoshui said:

"Sister Juan, no problems for now."

Du Xiaojuan laughed:

"Good. Then today we'll go to Juzizhou first, after touring Juzizhou we'll head back to Wuyi Square to walk around — the task is fairly simple; we'll save Yuelu for another day!"

Du Xiaojuan set off with Zhang Ruoshui as her little sidekick, together with Wang Dashan and Li Xiulan.

Zhang Ruoshui helped carry some things, because Wang Dashan had Wang Dujin perched on his shoulder and couldn't free his hands to carry anything.

Du Xiaojuan filmed as she walked, interviewing Li Xiulan along the way.

Only then did Zhang Ruoshui realize that for this travel shoot, the on-camera protagonist was Li Xiulan, not Du Xiaojuan.

Arriving at Juzizhou, everyone took photos and checked in in front of the giant Great Man Statue on Juzizhou.

Du Xiaojuan had Zhang Ruoshui help take photos; she, Wang Dashan, Li Xiulan, and Wang Dujin took a group photo together.

After that, they randomly pulled a passerby to help, and had Zhang Ruoshui come over for a group shot as well.

At first Zhang Ruoshui declined, but under Du Xiaojuan's forceful insistence she still walked over and took the photo together.

"Brother Xiaohua, we went to Juzizhou today — the Chairman Mao statue is so towering, so many tourists, the scenery is so beautiful!"

Zhang Ruoshui sent the group photo to Wang Xiaohua.

Wang Xiaohua looked at it, smiled knowingly, and deliberately saved the photo.

"Have fun!"

Wang Xiaohua sent that one sentence over.

Zhang Ruoshui replied instantly:

"If only you were here too!"

At this moment, on the other side, Li Xiulan's phone rang.

She took it out and saw it was Wang Erhai calling.

"Hello, Erhai, what's up?"

"Mom, Yueran and I discussed it and decided to hold the Full Moon Banquet on the 10th of next month."

Li Xiulan was stunned, and hurriedly said:

"Do you need me to come back and lend a hand? If so, I'll go back right now!"

Wang Erhai didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"No need, no need. We're holding the banquet at Huangsheng Hotel — the food and everything, the hotel staff will arrange it all."

Li Xiulan said:

"If you're holding a Full Moon Banquet, the villagers will probably need to be invited too; if you don't invite them they'll think you look down on them, and misunderstandings will arise!"

Thinking back to when Wang Erhai and Wang Dashan held their wedding banquets together, just because they didn't go invite Liang Xinghua's mother Zhou Aidi, Zhou Aidi went and hanged herself in the raw house the Wang family had just built on their wedding day!

It was precisely Zhou Aidi's suicide by hanging that sparked all the subsequent grievances and entanglements between the Wang family and Liang Xinghua!

This matter Li Xiulan would never forget in her lifetime!

So now that Wang Erhai said he wanted to hold a Full Moon Banquet, she specifically urged him that no matter what, he must go invite the villagers.

Whether others go or not is their business.

Having issued the invitation herself, she's already given them enough face; if they don't come, it's not her fault.

"Mom, don't worry, I'll go invite them!"

Li Xiulan still worried: "You have work — if you specially make several trips back to the village to invite people, won't that delay things?"

Wang Erhai didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"Having you run all the way back from afar to help me invite people — that would be the real delay. Don't worry, I used to be the Acting Village Cadre of Shangou Village, right? Back then I kept all the villagers' contact info; I just need to call them one by one to invite them!"

Li Xiulan still wasn't reassured:

"What if some people changed their phone numbers?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Then I'll ask other villagers — I'll always be able to get the contact info. You don't worry; on the 10th of next month, you and Big Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law just come back and make an appearance!"

"Is this really okay? Will Yueran's side have any objections?" Li Xiulan feared she might not do well enough and cause objections from Wang Erhai's maternal side.

"She has no objections, her parents have no objections either, and they're even very willing to help organize it!"

Wang Erhai was speaking the honest truth.

Now Zhang Yueran's parents Zhang Dehou and Ji Xiaolan live together with them.

Although Wang Erhai isn't an upper-door son-in-law, in Zhang Dehou and Ji Xiaolan's eyes he might as well be one.

So they actually hoped even more that Li Xiulan wouldn't interfere too much with the Full Moon Banquet matters — not just the Full Moon Banquet, but their future life as well.

They wished Li Xiulan would just keep following Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan!

That way they could keep living together with their daughter and son-in-law!

"Alright then, you tell your eldest brother and see how to plan it."

Li Xiulan compromised in the end.

She didn't think Wang Erhai's arrangement was inappropriate at all.

The biggest difference between her and Wang Changgen was that she would respect the three sons' opinions.

"Okay, I'll call eldest brother later!"

Li Xiulan had just hung up when, before long, the phone on Wang Dashan's side rang.

Someone might ask, wouldn't having Li Xiulan relay the message to Wang Dashan work?

It really wouldn't!

Especially with someone like Wang Dashan who cares so much about Face!

Wang Erhai knew clearly in his heart that he had to call and personally speak with Wang Dashan to show he valued him, so Wang Dashan wouldn't harbor any complaints.

Li Xiulan understood this too, so before hanging up she specifically reminded Wang Erhai.

"Eldest brother, I'm holding the Full Moon Banquet on the 10th of next month. You and Eldest Sister-in-law take a look and see how to arrange coming back."

Wang Dashan said with a laugh:

"Easy to say. We'll see which city we've traveled to by then, ditch the car at the Airport on the 9th, then fly directly back to Guangzhou, and arrive at the County Town on the morning of the 10th — guaranteed not to miss my adorable niece's Full Moon Banquet!"

Wang Erhai said:

"Why don't you still discuss with Eldest Sister-in-law and see how to arrange the schedule then?"

But Wang Dashan said:

"No need to arrange, it's settled. I can make the call! For matters between us brothers, why ask a woman!"

Wang Erhai gave a dry laugh, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Alright then, that's it for now. I still have to notify other people."

"Okay, that's it. Hanging up!"

Wang Dashan hung up and discovered Du Xiaojuan was staring at him with a strange look:

"'For matters between us brothers, why ask a woman~~'" Du Xiaojuan repeated Wang Dashan's words sarcastically, then scolded: "Wang Dashan, I really want to knock your skull!"

Wang Dashan gave an embarrassed dry laugh:

"On the 10th of next month my second brother is holding a Full Moon Banquet for the child. You see how to arrange it — we have to go back."

Du Xiaojuan said coldly:

"You've already arranged everything, haven't you? Return on the 9th, attend the Full Moon Banquet on the 10th, return on the 11th and continue traveling!"