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

Without further hesitation, Li Kaixin turned around, walked to her father's bicycle, bent down, and picked up the 200-pound bag of fine grains.

Grandpa San noticed the bag in his hand and asked curiously, "Kaixin, what's this?"

"Food, aren't you going to have a banquet? I just happened to have prepared some."

Li Kaixin explained with a smile, then called out to the young people in the village, "Everyone, let's go!"

After saying that, he walked straight out of the courtyard.

"Wait..." Third Grandfather was about to call out to Li Kaixin.

Li Mingde interrupted him, smiling, "Third Uncle, please don't stop me. This is just a heartfelt gesture. Besides, our family doesn't lack these things now."

"Third brother, you know how capable Kaixin is now." Grandpa stepped forward, patted the third brother's shoulder, and chimed in.

Seeing that things had come to this point, Third Grandfather sighed, "Fine! You've gotten away with it again this time."

Grandpa was displeased: "Third brother, what are you saying? It's as if Kaixin isn't from this village."

"Yes, yes! Big brother, I misspoke."

The third grandfather smiled and admitted his mistake, then changed the subject, "I see that Kaixin is so capable. Today we're holding an ancestral hall ceremony, so how about we pass on my position as clan head to Kaixin? What do you think?"

Grandpa paused for a moment, then shook his head: "Third son, Kaixin only comes back once in a long while, so don't think about it."

"Yes! Third Uncle, Kaixin is still a minor!" Li Mingde quickly chimed in.

Although he was genuinely happy to hear that his third uncle was going to pass the position of clan leader to his eldest son, it was definitely not feasible for Kaixin to take on this responsibility at the moment.

After hearing this, Third Grandfather thought about it and gave up the idea.

......

Li Kaixin left the courtyard, and after only a few steps, he was surrounded by the village's young people again.

Li Yong stepped forward and extended his hand: "Kaixin, you're the star today, let me do the work!"

"Okay! Brother Yong." Li Kaixin handed over the bag.

The moment Li Yong received the grain bag, his arm sank downwards, and he stumbled.

Li Xinglong, standing to the side, chuckled and teased, "Brother Yong, what's wrong with you? Did you... you know... with your wife yesterday? You're exhausted today?"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Li Yong's face flushed slightly as he stubbornly argued, "I wasn't prepared! This bag weighs at least two hundred pounds. Even if you were to do it, you might not be able to do it as well as I could!"

Li Kaixin smiled and shook his head. Li Xinglong was still the same as last time, his straightforward and outspoken nature hadn't changed at all.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked through the village road and soon arrived at the village canteen.

Several large pots had already been set up in the canteen, and dozens of middle-aged women and aunties were busy washing vegetables and cutting meat around the sink.

Li Yong put the grain sack on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally arrived. This thing is really heavy."

"Brother Yong, this won't do. You told me to do it earlier, but you wouldn't." Li Xinglong joked from the side.

Li Yong ignored him and shouted into the yard, "Aunties, ladies, look who's here!"

The busy aunties and older women immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up at them.

"Oh, happiness is here!"

"Let the aunties take a good look!"

"Being in the newspaper really makes a difference; you look much more energetic than the last time I saw you!"

A dozen or so aunties immediately came up with smiles, praising her in unison.

Li Kaixin felt a little embarrassed by what they said, and could only nod repeatedly in agreement, "Yes, yes," to ease the awkwardness.

"Alright, aunties," Li Yong stepped forward to block them, holding up the sack of grain he had brought. "This is fine grain that Kaixin brought; we'll eat it as the main dish at the banquet later!"

The aunties' eyes lit up when they heard it was refined grain.

"Is it really refined grain? Our village hasn't had any for quite some time!"

"Yongzi, quickly open it and let your auntie see!"

Li Yong simply untied the bag, revealing the wheat inside.

The aunties gathered around, grabbed a handful, smelled it, and couldn't hide their smiles.

"Everyone, stop crowding around." At this moment, Li Yong's mother, Wang Xiuyun, squeezed through from the side. "Get back to work, the feast will start soon!"

Upon hearing this, the women dispersed and returned to their respective positions to get back to work.

"Mother!" Li Yong called out cautiously.

Wang Xiuyun turned her head and glared at him: "Don't call me mother. Can't you see that everyone is busy preparing for this banquet? You're wasting time by calling people over here."

"I was wrong, Mother!" Li Yong smiled sheepishly and took a half step back.

Li Kaixin quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Aunt Xiuyun, are you too busy? Would you like me to lend a hand?"

"Don't be so happy, you're the star today, just watch from the sidelines." Wang Xiuyun immediately put on a smiling face.

After saying that, she ignored her son, who was huddled to the side, and walked away.

After everyone had walked away, Li Yong lowered his voice and said, "Kaixin, when will my mother ever change her temper?"

"Brother Yong, how can you talk about your own mother like that?" Li Kaixin glanced at him with a smile, then joked, "Believe it or not, I'll tell Aunt Xiuyun what you said?"

"No, please!" Li Yong immediately panicked. "Kaixin, are you trying to kill your brother?"

Seeing his expression, Li Kaixin patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Brother Yong, I was just teasing you. Look how nervous you are."

"Kaixin, you can't joke like that. My mother is really capable of violence," Li Yong said, wiping non-existent sweat from his forehead.

Li Kaixin was momentarily speechless, but she could understand.

From the original owner's childhood memories, Aunt Xiuyun was indeed very fierce, and even the original owner himself had been beaten by her quite a few times.

It's just that Li Kaixin has been living in the city for the past few years, and they've seen each other less often, which is why they've become more polite to each other.

Just then, he heard someone calling him from the cafeteria entrance.

"Happy! Happy! Come over here!"

Turning his head, he saw his third grandfather standing at the entrance of the canteen waving at him, followed by several elders from the clan and his grandfather.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin said to Li Yong, "Brother Yong, your father is calling me, so I'll go over there first."

"Go quickly, go quickly." Li Yong couldn't wait for him to leave so that he wouldn't bring up his mother again.

Li Kaixin responded, nodded to the other young people in the village, and then quickly walked up to his third grandfather.

"Third Grandfather, you wanted to see me?"

"Kaixin, come here, have a chat with some of the elders in the clan." Third Grandfather smiled and took his hand, leading him to the elders.

Li Kaixin did not refuse and let her third grandfather pull her over.