Some neighbors had already brought the meat and vegetables to their own homes to stew without Peng family's help. However, each family would have other neighbors 'help. For instance, when Li family cooked, Wang family would help; when Wang family cooked, Zhang family would help.
Peng Yu couldn't figure out if these people were really helping or if they were spying on others and not secretly taking some meat.
The citizens of the Great Tang truly had a hint of a profiteer in their enthusiasm.
Naturally, it was the women's business to work on the stove. The men who had nothing to do sat at the side, drinking simple tea and watching the women busy themselves. Then, they ate a delicious skewer of roasted meat.
Peng Yu and Peng Yong sat at the side to accompany the guests. Among these people, Peng Yu actually saw a few people in green robes. They looked very different from these people in the marketplace.
These few people sat alone at a table. They glanced at Peng Yu from time to time, as if they wanted to come over and chat with Peng Yu, but they were a little hesitant.
This made Peng Yu a little nervous. He was a person whose soul had transmigrated. Most of the memories in his previous body were incomplete, let alone the knowledge he had learned.
His current body was filled with the knowledge of the future. If those scholars came over to talk to him about the Four Books and Five Classics, he would probably be dumbfounded.
Fortunately, those people did not come over for a while, and the banquet began.
There were about ten tables in the small courtyard, and each table was about six to eight people. The small courtyard was filled with people in an instant.
Peng Yu, Peng Yong, Li Daniu, Second Father Li, and a few older elders sat at the top seats.
The food was simple. A large basin was filled with mutton and bones, another plate was filled with more than ten skewers of roasted meat that had just been roasted, and a large basin was filled with steaming steamed buns.
Alright, this was considered a table of dishes. Peng Yu was also speechless, but there was nothing she could do. In this era, there was no wok, and food was mainly stewed. There was even roasted mutton on the table. It was already considered food for wealthy families.
However, this was not important. What was important was that other than Peng Yu, everyone else's eyes were on the pot of mutton. They were probably waiting for the owner to say that the feast was about to begin before they could snatch the meat to eat.
The same dishes were placed on all the tables. Everyone looked at Li Cuihua, waiting for the host to say a few words before eating.
Li Cuihua gestured to Peng Yu. Peng Yu stood up and habitually reached for the wine glass on the table. When everyone raised their glasses together like in the future, they realized that there was no wine glass.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Peng Yu coughed a few times to cover it up and said loudly,"Dear fellow villagers, our Peng family has been through thick and thin with you on this street for decades. Recently, our lives have improved a little. Therefore, we've been looking for an opportunity to thank you. Today is the right day. On behalf of the Peng family, I would like to thank you for your support and help. Let's cut to the chase and start the banquet!"”
As soon as he sat down, he saw a few pairs of chopsticks quickly reaching into the basin. Then, a few pieces of mutton were taken out with soup. No one touched the roasted mutton or the steamed buns.
The piece of rib that he had spotted earlier had already been taken by someone else. He smiled bitterly and picked up a skewer of roasted mutton to eat.
This was also within expectations. The Great Tang had passed through Gaozu Li Yuan and the Zhenguan period. It could be said that the world had just stopped fighting and was in urgent need of recuperation. The lives of the people were not very rich.
According to the development of history, the Tang Dynasty's national strength could only be considered to have reached its strongest period when Xuanzong Kaiyuan flourished. Now, it could only be said that the common people could eat and not starve to death.
It was very quiet in the courtyard. Other than the sound of chewing bones and smacking lips, no one spoke. Everyone was busy eating the mutton in their mouths.
Half an hour later, people started to pat their stomachs and reach for the steamed buns.
"San Lang, your steamed buns are really good." An old man sitting with Peng Yu took a bite of a steamed bun, his eyes full of praise.
"Yes, our street hasn't had such a good banquet in many years. It's all thanks to Third Lang of the Peng family!”Another old man wriggled his toothless mouth over a piece of mutton, his eyes glistening with tears.
When Peng Yu saw this, he quickly picked out a piece of lean meat from the bowl and placed it in front of him. He was really worried that the old man would lose his remaining teeth just to eat the lamb chop.
At this moment, the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open. A person stood at the door and looked at the people in the courtyard with bright eyes.
This person was wearing a green robe and looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He had a thin face and a few goatee under his chin. His eyes flickered with a bright light, and his temperament was quite different from the people in the courtyard.
Peng Yu looked at this person and felt a sense of familiarity. Suddenly, he remembered that when he was dealing with government agencies in the past, those low-level leaders basically had this temperament when they spoke and did things.
In fact, temperament was a very illusory thing. Different people had different temperaments. However, in summary, when doing the same job, there would always be some similarities between their actions.
For example, the way people in government agencies did things was different from the way private employees did things. People who dealt with interpersonal business all year round could quickly distinguish the identity of a person from their walking and conversation.
Now, Peng Yu could feel a hint of officialdom from this person in front of her.
"Could it be an official?" Peng Yu stared at him and judged in her heart.
The banquet suddenly stopped at this moment. Everyone's eyes looked at this person. Peng Yu saw fear and reverence in their eyes.
"How lively!" The man stroked his goatee and sneered.
After saying that, he went straight to the main table. At this time, the other people in the courtyard had already reacted. They put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up to welcome this person.
Only Peng Yu was still sitting there, holding a skewer of roasted mutton in her hand and drinking a mouthful of mutton soup from her bowl. It seemed that she was not affected at all.
When the rest of the people saw Peng Yu still sitting there as if no one was around, their faces were filled with fear.
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