Fortunately, there were no further hitches. Once the guests had left and only the fellow villagers remained to help with the cleanup, Zhang Guifen asked everyone to divide up the leftover dishes and take them home.
At that time, no one minded that this was food from a banquet; in fact, they were quite pleased, as the dishes were rich in oil and flavor. Most of what remained had either not been served yet or was still clean and decent, while the true slop had already been given away to feed the pigs.
Yongfu took Li Xiulan and Lihua on a trip to the Provincial Capital, as that was the only place to get train tickets to the capital. They had assumed that not many people would be traveling to the capital at this time, as it wasn't the peak Spring Festival season, but the ticket hall was still packed.
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