The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

When we arrived at the center of the square, everything was almost ready.

The low stools were arranged in a circle, surrounding the burning campfire in the middle.

Dogiel was directing people to bring out bowls of mutton and flatbread and place them on low stools.

The mare's milk wine was also prepared, stored directly in two large wooden barrels.

Bateng stood by the campfire and greeted Li Kaixin and the others with a big smile when he saw them arrive: "Kaixin's here! Come on, come on, let's find a place to sit down."

"Okay, Grandpa Bateng," Li Kaixin replied with a smile.

This time, unlike at noon when he took the host's seat, he simply found a place to sit down.

Upon seeing this, Chaoketu and Risu immediately followed and sat down on either side of Li Kaixin.

Soon after, Bayar and Chagan arrived with several other transport team masters and apprentices.

The two saw where Li Kaixin was sitting and walked over.

Upon seeing them, Chaoketu quickly said, "Bayar, Chagan, tonight we're going to drink with Comrade Li Kaixin until we drop, so we won't give you your seats."

"It's alright, Brother Chaoketu, we can stay on the side." Bayar chuckled, then turned and winked at Chagan. "Brother Chagan, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Chagan nodded quickly, then looked at Chaoketu with a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes, "You'd better treat Brother Kaixin well!"

Chaoketu was puzzled by the two men's reactions and had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

However, seeing that neither of them intended to take a seat, he didn't think much of it and turned back to chat with Li Kaixin.

Once all the food for the bonfire party was served and most of the people had arrived, the banquet officially began.

Those present tonight, besides the transport team and locals, also included the people Li Kaixin and his group had brought here.

Dogiel rose from his seat of honor, raised his wine bowl with both hands, and spoke in a loud voice:

"Everyone, raise your bowls! Let's give a proper welcome to the drivers from the transportation station and our new friends!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present picked up their wine bowls and stood up in unison.

Then, led by Dojir, everyone downed the first bowl of wine.

Dojir didn't sit down in a hurry. He filled his bowl again, held it up to Li Kaixin, looked around, and said loudly, "Let's all toast Comrade Li Kaixin with this second bowl, shall we?"

"Okay!" everyone responded in unison, their faces beaming with smiles, and all eyes turned to Li Kaixin.

They all knew in their hearts that the mutton for tonight was brought out by this young chef.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Kaixin quickly raised his wine bowl again.

After downing two bowls of wine, everyone sat down, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

Chao Ketu leaned close to Li Kaixin's ear and whispered, "Brother Li, we have to have a few good drinks, you can't run away!"

"That's right, that's right!" Risu sat on the other side, laughing and joking.

"No problem!" Li Kaixin nodded with a smile. "Brothers Chaoketu and Risu, I'll risk my life to keep you company tonight."

After their previous chat, Li Kaixin had become much closer to the two of them.

Seeing that Li Kaixin accepted the offer so readily, Chaoketu immediately perked up and filled his bowl to the brim.

"Brother Li, let's have a drink first!" After saying that, Chaoketu picked up his bowl, tilted his head back, and drank it down.

Li Kaixin smiled, said nothing, and finished the bowl in one go.

"Good!" Chaoketu gave a thumbs up. "Brother Li, you're a straightforward man!"

On the other side, Risu's eyes lit up, and he also picked up his bowl: "Brother Kaixin, let's have one too!"

"Okay, you two are going to take turns pouring me water, huh?" Li Kaixin replied with a smile, but still filled his own cup again.

Bayar and Chagan sat not far away, happily watching the scene while munching on mutton.

"Brother Chaqian, how many rounds do you think Chaoketu and his men can last?" Bayar asked in a low voice.

Chagan thought for a moment, then held up a few fingers to indicate the names: "Chaoketu, Risu, plus those four, that's at most six rounds!"

"I bet five rounds," Bayar grinned, "Brother Chaqian, believe it or not, someone's going to be knocked down soon."

While Bayar and Chagan were talking, Chaoketu and Li Kaixin had already started their third bowl of wine.

Seeing that their leader had already drunk three bowls, the four Mongolian youths next to them also picked up their bowls and came over.

"Brother Li, let's have a bowl too!"

"Brother Kaixin, I salute you!"

Li Kaixin accepted all the bowls offered, lifting and lowering them repeatedly, and remained unfazed even after several bowls were gone.

A group of people sitting around the campfire, who were originally chatting and eating mutton, were gradually drawn to the commotion.

Song Hai and Zhou Zhiming, who were standing next to Master Chen, were completely dumbfounded.

Song Hai couldn't help but ask, "Master, is it really alright for Senior Brother to drink like this? He's already had six bowls!"

"It's nothing, just a small matter," Master Chen explained with a smile. "Last time, he got a whole group of people drunk out of their minds; they drank about thirty bowls!"

Zhou Zhiming was even more dumbfounded after hearing this.

He only drank two bowls and he's already feeling a little dizzy. If he drank twenty or thirty bowls...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Just then, an old woman holding a child squeezed into the corner next to Li Kaixin.

"My benefactor Li, this old woman would also like to offer you a toast." The old woman held the wine bowl tremblingly, her voice filled with earnestness.

As soon as the sound faded, the entire room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at the old man.

Li Kaixin stopped laughing and joking, turned to look at her, and quickly stood up: "Grandma Yang, why are you coming over to offer me a toast?"

"I knew you wouldn't be staying for more than a few days, so if I didn't come to thank you soon, I don't know if we'd ever see each other again."

As she spoke, Grandma Yang raised her wine bowl, "My benefactor, I toast you."

As he spoke, he tilted his head back to drink.

Li Kaixin quickly reached out to help her up, saying, "Grandma Yang, please take it easy."

However, he was very polite and finished the whole bowl in one go.

Grandma Yang's face lit up with a smile when she saw Li Kaixin drink it. She then waved to someone behind her and said, "Defu, quickly kowtow to your benefactor."

After hearing his grandmother's words, the child behind her knelt down and kowtowed to the ground without saying a word.

"No, no!" Li Kaixin was startled and quickly bent down to help the person up.

Many of the locals present were stunned, looking at each other in bewilderment, not understanding what was going on.

Dorjeer stood up from his seat, walked over to Grandma Yang, and asked gently, "Auntie, what's going on? Why did you make the child kowtow to Comrade Li Kaixin?"

Grandma Yang wiped her eyes, her voice choked with emotion: "Captain Dojir, you don't know, if it weren't for Li Enren, my grandson Defu would have been gone long ago."

She then recounted how Defu vomited blood and fell into a coma on the way, and how Li Kaixin rescued him and gave him medicine.