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Chapter 1138: Chapter 432: Centenary Banquet Chapter 1138: Chapter 432: Centenary Banquet Longzhou Calendar 1786, January 27th

Jiejiang City Chief’s Mansion

Noble families with vast resources and power enforced intricate ceremonies to exhibit class distinctions, among which were various rituals for celebrating birth, such as “Three Days,” “Full Moon,” “Hundred Days,” and “First Birthday.”

The so-called Three Days referred to the celebration of the newborn three days after birth, accepting gifts from all sides without making an appearance, merely receiving presents.

The Full Moon banquet marked the shaving of the infant’s fetal hair, alongside a feast hosted by the family to express gratitude to guests, separated into inner and outer chambers.

If the Three Days and Full Moon were merely rituals of social exchange among noble families, then by the “Hundred Days,” it all returned to the celebration of the birth itself.

The family would invite relatives and friends to pray for the child’s health and longevity and participate in the most important weaning ceremony for the newborn.

It’s commonly said among the commoners that if the weaning goes smoothly, then the child will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their life.

Thus, for both commoners and noble families, the “Hundred Days” and “First Birthday” are the most significant birth celebration rituals.

For the Tang Clan of Longxi, the Hundred Days banquet currently being held at the Chief’s mansion in Jiejiang City is the most important event for the Tang Family at this time.

This is not only because it is the Hundred Days banquet for the legitimate eldest son and oldest son by concubine of the Spiritual Fire Pride, but also because many people wanted to take this opportunity to visit the Chief’s mansion and see if they could catch a glimpse of that Pride of Longxi who had been away for a while.

It was with such hopes that a mere Hundred Days banquet not only involved the participation of the Sect Head Tang Zu and the Elder Tang Hongtao but also attracted dozens of branch family heads, along with other distinguished guests and relatives, turning it into a grand banquet with hundreds of attendees.

Seeing the banquet hall filled with guests, Miao Zhu in the back room shivered with fear, as a young girl of servant origin, who would normally be terrified just hearing the names of the branch family heads, let alone experiencing such an event. Although every guest outside was smiling amicably, she was terrified.

The child in her arms seemed to sense the mother’s discomfort and started crying loudly.

It was common for children of the Tang Clan to be assisted by wet nurses from the clan, but since it was the Hundred Days banquet for the two young masters, naturally the wet nurses couldn’t appear, so waiting for the banquet to start in the backroom were only Tang Zhen Miao Zhu and the two children. Now that the children started crying, the already frazzled Miao Zhu grew more panicked and clumsily began to appease them.

After much effort, Miao Zhu managed to soothe the children, with a layer of fine sweat on her forehead. Looking at Tang Zhen who was holding the child steadily, she pleaded, “Madam, why don’t you take the two children out later, and let me stay behind?”

“No,” Tang Zhen said decisively, looking at Miao Zhu’s timid appearance, “Today is the Hundred Days feast for both Ziqi and Zilin; we can’t have one less. Stand up straight.”

In the arms of the two women were the two young masters of the old Tang Family, with Tang Zhen holding Tang Ziqi while Miao Zhu held Tang Zilin.

The Hundred Days banquet today was held for these two newborns. It’s called the Hundred Days, but in fact, only Tang Zilin, born on October 27th, was on his hundredth day.

A concubine’s child, even if he is the eldest among them, does not have the privilege of a Hundred Days celebration, after all, legitimate and illegitimate children do not share the same mother. Besides the weaning ceremony, the Hundred Days banquet also includes the recognition of maternal uncles.

Tang Zhen herself was the legitimate daughter of the Tang Qian lineage, it would be easy to find an outstanding Tang brother to be recognized as uncle, but what kind of origin did Miao Zhu come from? Even if Tang Xing was willing to hold a Hundred Days banquet for this servant girl, whom would he recognize as an uncle in her place?

This matter could have passed without mention had you not spoken of it, but during the banquet, the young Lady Tang Zhen’s idle question sparked anger. Because she did not recall Tang Zilin ever hosting a centenarian celebration, and when she heard from the banquet organizer that illegitimate children had no right to host such a celebration, the young Mistress became furious.

Thus, the centenarian banquet was transformed into a joint feast for the two young Lords, and after the meat-offering ceremony, they would pay respects to Tang Peng, the eldest grandchild of the clan leader, as their uncle.

“Even if you are terrified inside, you must be brave for Lin’er. If you panic and dare not go out, Lin’er will be nothing but a helpless illegitimate child. If he acknowledges Tang Peng as his uncle alongside Qi’er, he will have a backer in the future. You surely don’t want your child to live a purposeless life in confusion and darkness!”

…

Far away in Chaochang, Tang Luo had no idea that today was the centennial celebration of his two nephews, as he had injured himself once again these days while dealing with the Asura Divine Heart that had settled in his Void Main Stomach.

After all, with his current physical condition, trying to expel the Divine Heart through his throat would be no different from suicide, so he had to perform another minor surgery on himself, opening his abdomen to remove the Divine Heart.

Luckily, this time there was no rush, and with the Jade Box left by Yun Quan, the pair successfully removed the Divine Heart.

Sister Xiu’er chatted idly about what she had seen in the agency while stitching up Tang Luo’s wound, her mood fluctuating.

“In the past few years, there were continuous floods in Longjiang, leaving countless people from Chengzhou and Lingjiang homeless and displaced, and human traffickers from Chaochang took this opportunity to organize Slave Hunter Teams.”

“Initially, it was thought they would have to resort to force, but when the Slave Hunter Teams arrived, they found that the refugees would willingly sell their sons and daughters just for a mouthful of food.”

“For a single dou of rice, the refugees would push their children into the arms of the Slave Hunter Teams and sign the slave contract!”

“Boys are more valuable than girls since grown boys can work as slaves, while girls can only be sold to brothels, and those who are ugly and dull can only be slain for their meat.”

At this point, Sister Xiu’er became agitated, and her needlework went awry, causing Tang Luo to wince and grimace in pain: “Do you have to talk about this now?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” After apologizing twice, Sister Xiu’er resumed her skilled work, continuing to stitch the wound as she asked, “What exactly did you mean by asking me to inquire about prices in the agency these days?”

“I plan to open a charity hall in Chaochang to take in homeless children,” Tang Luo said indifferently. “But adoption alone isn’t enough, so I plan to buy all the children from Chaochang’s agencies.”

“You’re going into the human trafficking business!?”

“Hiss~~~~!”

As he felt the silver needle pierce into his flesh, Tang Luo inhaled sharply, hissed in pain: “Can’t you pull out the needle before talking?”

“I can’t!” Sister Xiu’er bit her lip, moved forward, one hand holding the silver needle, the other grasping Tang Luo’s collar, discontentedly said: “There are so many businesses in the world, must you engage in human trafficking?”

“Let’s talk this over calmly, don’t take advantage of a patient,” Tang Luo tilted his head back, his chest hand barely moving, and helplessly explained: “Master Chen wants to establish his own martial sect, and I promised to send him a group of gifted disciples every year. If not for the agency, where else could I gather so many people?”

“Are you saying that you’re buying children to send them to Master Chen as disciples?” Sister Xiu’er released Tang Luo’s collar, still unsatisfied, said: “Do you have such unreliable old friends? Are these the ‘gifted disciples’ you promised?”

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