"More than just a lot of tables—a full ten of them."
Mrs. Chen gestured expansively.
"There wasn't enough room in the courtyard, so they set them up right outside the gate."
Chen Xiumin was taken aback.
"Why set up so many? Could the Leng Family really have that many guests?"
Mrs. Chen had been bursting with gossip and had nowhere to share it!
She immediately pulled Chen Xiumin aside and started spilling the details.
Chen Xiumin listened in a daze, and she was downright shocked when she heard that Leng Yuan's maternal uncle had returned and was now a high-ranking official.
"Xia Qiuming is back? And he's a high-ranking official?"
Mrs. Chen nodded. "You bet. The county magistrate even accompanied him. You should have seen it—the magistrate didn't even dare to raise his voice when speaking to him."
"See? I told you that boy Leng Yuan was blessed!"
Mrs. Chen shot Chen Xiumin a triumphant look.
