After saying that, he twisted his body and slipped back into Mo Yan's arms, while warm applause broke out again from below.

Everyone is responding to their blessings and affirmation of Pei Zaizai with this attitude.

The village chief Pei Mingzhi's voice also rang out again, "Where's the band? Get moving! Bang, blow, make a fuss!"

Then, the festive rural band started playing again, even the suona was used. The sound that pierced the sky was really refreshing to the extreme.

The logistics team where Aunt Pang worked also took a loud speaker and started shouting, asking the guests to take their number tags, go to the banquet venue, and take their seats in turn, as the longevity noodle banquet at noon was about to begin.

So, the crowd at the castle gate began to move towards the long table banquet in the village in a lively manner.

When almost everyone had reached that end, the castle gate slowly opened.

Then, Zhou Lao, Zhou Shuaishuai and others came into the castle with some things.

Hu, Zhu, Li, Zhou, Jiang Zhenguo, Huang Guoquan and other elders who were close to the cubs were also invited to the castle individually.

Qin Hong, who had just arrived in the morning, Director Xing Tian from Shanghai, as well as Rong Huan, Zhuzi and other friends of Zaizai were also invited to the castle individually.

In the central hall of the huge castle, three large round tables have been placed separately.

Zhou Shuaishuai and Zhou Dachao brought a separate chef who cooked longevity noodles, and several tables of dishes to go with the noodles on round tables.

Mo Yan brought Zi Zi down from the second-floor terrace to the castle hall and smiled politely at everyone, "At noon, we will all simply have a bowl of Zi Zi's birthday noodles. If you want to drink something, just tell Elder Zhou. We have everything prepared here. There are all kinds of wine, red wine, and foreign wine."

"The main banquet will be held in the evening. Everyone can drink as much as they want. It's not a big deal if you don't sleep all night. The only purpose is to make everyone happy today."

"Thank you, Auntie. Don't worry, we are very happy!"

"Mo Yan, you don't have to specially greet us. Since you are having a meal here alone, it means that you treat us as family. Since we are all family, there is no need to say any polite words. Let's all sit down! Zizi, are you hungry? The grandfathers all saw the way our Zizi spoke just now. He said it very well. At such a young age, he has the demeanor of a general. In this respect, he is no worse than your mother. Come on, please invite our little birthday boy, Pei Zizi, to take a seat first. The first bowl of birthday noodles must be given to us Zizi later."

When Jiang Zhenguo spoke, he was also speaking on behalf of the four elders Hu, Zhu, Li and Zhou.

In such an occasion, it is not appropriate for them to steal the show, but they cannot help but express their opinions.

Therefore, no one would think there is anything wrong with Jiang Zhenguo saying things that are inconvenient to say.

Immediately, the atmosphere became lively.

The people assigned by Mr. Zhou worked quickly. They just cooked the noodles. After a while, they brought the simple plain noodles sprinkled with chopped green onions in a large stainless steel basin.

Three large basins were placed in the middle of the round table.

There are ready-made bowls and chopsticks on the table, and there are also 12 plates of cold dishes, both meat and vegetarian, on each table, which are noodle dishes for the guests to eat with noodles.

This way of eating is actually not a native method in Shannan.

But it is the custom in Sujiang.

Perhaps it was because Mo Yan at the end of the world was from a place similar to Sujiang in this world. Therefore, she thought it was great when she knew that in Sujiang and some places south of Shanghai, people would eat a meal of noodles with both meat and vegetables at noon on their birthdays.

The only request that Pei Mingzhi made about the banquet on Zaizai's birthday was that the lunch should be changed to the style of Su Jiang's and the guests should be served noodles.

As for why the noodles were served in large pots instead of bowls, and the guests were asked to scoop them into small bowls themselves, it was purely because there were too many guests. Including people from Peijia Village, there were several thousand people. If there were 10 people at a table, there would be hundreds of tables.

Peijia Village built more than fifty new stoves so that all guests can enjoy the delicious but non-lumpy longevity noodles as soon as possible.

Huang Guoquan and his wife are originally from Shanghai. Two of the four elderly people, Hu, Zhu, Li and Zhou, are from the south and also love Su's noodles.

Not to mention Rong Huan and Zhuzi, Rong Huan is also from Shanghai.

As for Zhuzi and his friends, they always support Aunt Mo Yan and Sister Niu Niu in every way, no matter what they say.

Therefore, they didn't know what the other guests thought of the noodle banquet. Anyway, the tables that had their meal alone in the castle all felt extremely satisfied and cordial about having noodles for lunch.

Pei Zaizai’s bowl of noodles was specially prepared.

Top-grade bright green jadeite, polished to a crystal clear level, is placed in the distinctly divided soup noodles. A yellow and white poached egg lies quietly on top of the noodles, occupying a corner of the bowl.

A delicious braised chicken drumstick is lying next to the poached egg, and on the other side is a big round meatball of original color.

This is what Mo Yan considers to be the tastiest and most suitable combination of three noodles.

Therefore, on Zaizai’s birthday, how can the longevity noodles be without poached eggs, big meatballs, and braised chicken legs!

Without these, Shoumian would have no soul.

The chopsticks are made of Yang Green Jadeite chopsticks with the same polished patterns.

Everyone else's cutlery was normal cutlery.

Including Mo Yan’s own.

Ale stood in a corner of the hall with a camera in his hand and took several photos of the dining scene.

Mo Yan and Zi Zi did not look up. Although the elderly people Hu, Zhu, Li and Zhou heard the sound of camera shutters, their expressions did not change.

He just looked slightly towards the direction where the camera shutter sound came from.

When I saw that the person holding the camera was Alai, the daughter-in-law of Weng De and niece-in-law of Professor Weng Chenggu, whom I had met last night, my last bit of worry disappeared.

The fact that she could show up at Mo Yan's doorstep to greet them already meant that she was an absolutely reliable person recognized by Mo Yan.

Today is little girl Pei Zaizai's birthday, and it's completely reasonable for them to take a few photos to keep as a birthday commemoration. Not to mention whether they were photographed or not, it's hard to say. Even if they were photographed, it's hard to say who has the better advantage between the two of them as they appear in the photo with Mo Yan.

Therefore, there is really no need to worry too much about taking photos.

Although they had thought so, after taking the photos, Alai still came over and explained respectfully, "Sister, leaders, I just took a few photos of my little sister eating birthday noodles. I plan to develop them and keep them as souvenirs. I will blur the other people in the photos so they can't be recognized. The negatives and originals of the photos will not be leaked, so please rest assured."

"Hey, hey, why did you blur us out? We were also asking if you could give each of us a copy after the photos were developed. I was planning to put them on my desk, but you blurred us out. How can that be allowed? Do you think we are old and ugly, so you don't want us to appear in photos with the baby?"

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