After breakfast, someone came calling. They said the village chief was summoning everyone to the ancestral hall.
Huai Zi hmphed, then went next door to get Qingmu, and they headed into the village together.
Normally, village matters were discussed at gatherings in the evening. But it was only the end of the second lunar month, so there wasn't much farm work. Only the Zhang family and the Zheng Family were a bit busier from tending to their reclaimed wasteland, but who cared about that? Since the Zheng Family and the others had been held up yesterday afternoon, it was decided the discussion would continue this morning.
