It's been a month since the days passed, and there was no news from Zhou's family. Shen thought it was hopeless and sent a message to Liu's family after finishing her work, starting to prepare for Zi Yu's first birthday party. When everything was ready, unexpectedly on September 15th in the afternoon, Zeng Ruiqing's family returned from the city, and Zi Ping came over to deliver the message, not even entering the house, telling Zi Qing at the door that his family wanted to hold a birthday banquet for Zi He, and it had to be held before Zi Yu's, so Zi Yu either had to postpone dinner or change the date.

  Zi Qing came back and said something, Shen Shi listened and her face changed with anger. She immediately ran out of the door saying she wanted to go find them to reason things out. Zi Qing was anxious and shouted towards Zi Shou: "Little San, tell Father to come out quickly." Then she herself hurriedly chased after her.

  Zeng Ruixiang heard the noise in the house, rushed out, caught up with his wife at the garden gate, and hugged her tightly, just as Zeng Lao Ye Zi and Tian Shi were visiting.

  "Come on, Subu, I know you're frustrated. Your eldest brother should have discussed this with you earlier. Just now, I also told him that your sister-in-law said she had already mentioned it to you when the child was full moon old. Master Qingyuan calculated that Subu would be born prematurely and take away Subo's good fortune, so he could only suppress Subu a bit. You've seen how hard it is for your brother and his wife to have a child, so please be more considerate."

  "What else can I do? I asked my sister-in-law a month ago, but she didn't respond. That's why I sent out the wedding invitations already. Now you want us to rush and change the date, what will others think? Is their child a treasure and mine just a weed?" Shen Shi wiped away her tears and asked.

  "This isn't your brother being busy, having no time to send messages. Now your family's days are better than the old one's by a lot. You can rest assured, Zi Yu has your protection, nothing bad will happen. All these years you've been letting your sister-in-law have her way, hasn't it been fine? From now on, just let Zi Yu celebrate his birthday a day late. It'll save all the fuss every time. Or else, what if Zi He gets a headache or something. Your sister-in-law comes to your doorstep looking for you, this is humiliating, you can't take it?" Tian Shi said.

  The old man and Zeng Ruixiang also listened to this reason, nodded in agreement, and Zeng Ruixiang escorted his wife back home. He whispered many small words, and Shen Shi could only reluctantly agree. From then on, Zihe's birthday was set as September 18th.

  On the eighteenth day, early in the morning, Ziqing put away the decorations in the western house and locked them in the study. She also cleaned up her own room because the day before yesterday, her elder sister and everyone came over to drink wine and stayed at her grandfather's place yesterday. Today, they will definitely come again, with many people and busy hands, it is inevitable that some mistakes will occur. Ziqing did not want to make the same mistake again, she entered Shen Shi's house and found that her mother was also cleaning up things, the two of them smiled at each other.

  It was still the guests from Bai Tang Village who arrived early at the Shen's house. As soon as they came, they went into the kitchen to help prepare food. Zeng Lao Ye Zi and Tian Shi, Zeng Rui Qing and his family, Chun Yu and her family, Xia Yu and Qiu Yu, a large group of people, didn't enter until almost noon. As soon as they entered, they asked Zi Qing to brew a pot of tea. Zi Qing no longer had any illusions about them either.

  Shen's family brought out their well-dressed son, Yu, to greet the guests. What surprised Shen was that Chunyu had actually made new clothes for the child this time. They were made of fine silk fabric, and Tian, Xiaoyu, and Qiuyue each had a new set of clothes as well. Zhou's family brought out a pair of new shoes, and several people couldn't help but stare at Yu's jewelry and attire. Zhou held her own daughter, Zihua, and said with a tinge of jealousy: "It's still the good fortune of others' child, Yu, to be adorned with gold, silver, and jade."

  "Hmph, what a show-off. Afraid of being oppressed by the child?" Tian's wife chimed in with a whisper.

  Shen wanted to say something, but seeing the crowd in the courtyard, he had to change the subject and invited everyone to sit down. During the lively conversation over wine, Yan Rendao suddenly said: "Second brother, my sister's husband has a difficult situation, I hope you can understand and help him out."

  Zeng Ruixiang had no choice but to ask: "Brother-in-law, please speak. I will definitely help if I can."

  "It's like this, your sister gave birth to a weak child and her body has not been well since then. The milk is also insufficient, and the child's body is weak too. Didn't you give your second sister a sheep last time? I heard that drinking goat's milk is very beneficial for one's health. You also know the situation of your eldest sister's family, they don't have extra money to buy a sheep. Why not send us a sheep as well? Aren't we all sisters?" said Yan Renda.

  Zeng Ruixiang was somewhat embarrassed and didn't dare to refuse, besides the relatives and friends present would think he was stingy if they knew, thinking he was so cruel to his own sister. He agreed but feared his wife would be unhappy, as her mood had not been good lately. Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Shi at another table heard Yan Renda's words and asked: "I wonder how many dairy sheep your family has raised? As for distance, we should naturally go first, it just so happens that Zi He is weaning, thinking of looking for something delicious?"

  Yan Renda listened and became somewhat anxious, "Elder sister-in-law, younger brother-in-law spoke first, naturally it should be younger brother-in-law's family first. Older brother, don't you think so?" But unexpectedly Zeng Ruqing didn't even lift an eyebrow, Yan Renda looked at everyone with some embarrassment.

  "What's there to fight about? One sheep for each household, isn't that enough? We're all one family, what's the point of distinguishing between us? Can we really not spare just one more sheep?"

  Zeng Ruixiang listened and could only say: "Mother is right, let's take one each." Xia Yu heard this and hastily said: "Why don't I give my one to big sister?"

  At this time, Shen's wife came out with the child and listened to half of it without knowing what was going on. She smiled and asked Xia Yu: "What good things do you have to give your sister?"

  Xia Yu looked a bit embarrassed and lowered her head, Tian Shi saw it and quickly said: "She wants to send the milk sheep you gave to Chun Yu's house, Zi Fu's mother, your elder sister and younger sister all need milk sheep, they are all brothers and sisters, what's near or far, you won't be short of these two sheep, one for each family, Xia Yu has been drinking it for over a month, I think her complexion has improved somewhat, so don't stop it."

  Mrs. Shen was somewhat perplexed, looking at her husband, Zeng Ruixiang got up and walked to her side, pinched her hand, and said in a low voice: "Just agree for now, I've already agreed, we'll talk about it later."

  Shen's wife didn't want to make things difficult for her husband and said: "Look at what I'm saying, aren't there just two sheep? You say how to handle it and that's how we'll do it."

  Shen Jianshan stood up and wanted to say something, but He Shi knew his son's violent temper and shouted loudly: "Mountain child, sit down!" Shen Jianshan saw He Shi's stern face and understood that it was not the right time to speak, so he obediently sat back down.

  The three old ladies sitting there saw the awkward atmosphere, smiled and said to He Shi: "Sister-in-law's complexion looks better and better now, taking good care of herself?"

  "What's the point of taking care or not, just muddle along, as long as we don't trouble our children and grandchildren, that's all that matters. How many kids do your siblings have?" He Shi also replied with a smile.

  The two of them were chatting and laughing, Tian Shi was listening from the side, feeling very annoyed. Shen Jianshan's wife, Xu Shi, was a clever person, seeing this, she quickly started talking to Tian Shi, asking questions that Tian Shi loved to hear, coaxing Tian Shi's face to gradually turn back around.