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Xiao Ruo didn't want her mother-in-law to be disappointed, so she suggested, "Mom, wanting excitement doesn't necessarily mean setting off firecrackers. We could invite a storyteller to the village to entertain the villagers for a couple of days. I'll also organize some games for the kids in the village. That would be even more lively."
Lady Guan and Lady Shao were eager to get involved. "Can we still find a storyteller at this time?"
"Brother Fu has a way to bring people here," Xiao Ruo said confidently. Her husband had many talented people under him, a mere storyteller was no big deal.
The day before New Year's Eve, Gu Tong handed Xiao Ruo a ledger of over a year's worth of herbal purchases. The amount of herbs the villagers had cultivated over that time was much more than she had expected. In her excitement, she had her husband bring out dozens of bighead carp weighing four or five pounds each from their storage space, delivering them to every household.
