Today is Qi's monthly, unfailingly held family reunion dinner.

As evening approached, the lights in Qijia Lao Furen's villa were brightly lit.

Various kinds of dishes, Western and Chinese food, are placed on plates and arranged on a long table.

The Old Master sat firmly at the head of the table, flanked by his two sons and three daughters-in-law. Grandsons and great-grandchildren filled the rest of the seats around the table.

"Wishing Mother good health and longevity, may she live as long as the southern mountains!"

"Wishing you good health and all the best!"

The younger generation flocked to send blessings to the old Buddha.

"，“Xuanxuan wishes you…”

"Alright, have a seat. I don't want to hear any noise from your family!"

Uncle One and Uncle Two, along with their cousins, offered their well wishes. Then it was the turn of Qi Huahui and Qi Xuaxuan, sons and daughters of the Old Buddha's third son. Just as they raised their cups, the Old Buddha stopped them.

"...Qi Xuanxuan bit her lip, "When others send blessings, you accept them all with a smile. When I just said half a sentence, you..."

"Xuanxuan, if you don't stop talking, just shut your mouth! Sit down!" Qi Xuanxuan's mother, Sun Juan, sat opposite her and saw the old woman's displeasure. She hurriedly winked at her daughter.

"Xuan Xuan, why don't you just sit down? Why wouldn't you want to hear your family's voices? You know better than anyone!" A young man with a smile stood up beside her.

Of course, if you pretend to be ignorant, brother can remind you.

The man, Qi Xiaolong, is the son of Qi Xuannan's uncle. He pointed at a lone figure in the corner: "It's all because of your foolish husband that he has disgraced our Qi family in front of the Yun City aristocracy!"

“Collaboration between wealthy families can be broken because of your family’s fool. We went to your door seeking cooperation, but now... because of him, the Qi family is a laughingstock throughout the city!”

“That’s right!” Qi Xiaolong stood up abruptly, also confronting Qi Xuannuan. “Three years ago, your father picked up this fool from somewhere, and he spends his days scavenging garbage and eating garbage. My friends now avoid me because they're afraid of catching a disease from me! Because of him, the Qi family has become the laughingstock of the entire city!”

He is the son of Qi Xuanyan's second uncle and Qi Xuanyan's cousin, Qi Liting.

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Qi Xuanxuan was speechless.

As Qi Xiaolong and Qi Liting said, three years ago, Dad came back after driving with a vacant look in his eyes. He only hummed and was like an idiot. They wanted to marry him off to this idiot and let [Name] take care of him.

The father said, "A fool will one day, when he is cured, become a person who brings wealth and prosperity to the family!"

The father ignored his mother's objections and, with the support of the whole family, resolutely married her off to the fool that night.

...But the father, because of his grievous wounds, couldn't explain to his mother about the fool's origins and fainted, becoming a transplant instead.

Since the fool came to live here, he goes out at dawn and comes back filthy in the evening. Several times he even carried a bag, picking up piles of trash and dumping them in the hallway, which has caused the neighbors to scold him severely.

Therefore, the existence of the foolish husband not only brought shame to the immediate family of three but also to the entire Qi family. From the high-ranking families to commoners, everyone in the city knew and mocked the fact that the old master of the Qi family's third son had married his daughter to a fool!

"Slap!" Sun Juan's face was truly unbearable. She slammed down her chopsticks and slapped her son across the face.

"Sit down and eat your meal, don't you feel ashamed?" Sun Juan pushed Qi Xuanxuan back into her chair before she could say another word.

"Mom, brother-in-law, everyone, I'm sorry. Xuan Xuan has had a lot to eat, so you guys don't mind her. After you finish eating, we'll take the fool back home!" Sun Juan apologized to the old Buddha, and even Qi Xiaolong and Qi Liting, the two younger generations.

There's nothing I can do about it. Who would have thought my husband, three years ago, brought home a fool as his son-in-law? Afterward, he became a vegetable. The fool spends his days picking up trash and eating trash, becoming the laughingstock of the entire city!

Because of Qi Hualin, and because of fools, their mothers became objects of exclusion within the Qi family.

After apologizing, Sun Juan just returned to her seat. The fool who was sitting alone in the corner, holding a bowl, said: "Rice... meal, really... fragrant. Delicious..."

"Chen Fan..." The foolish husband was ostracized by the Qi family, sitting in the corner with a bowl of plain rice, not even vegetables. Tears welled up in Qi Xuannan's eyes.

The whole family was drinking and eating, even the dog was sprawled under the table gnawing on bones. But the husband, sat alone in the corner eating plain rice.

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Qi Xuanxuan took a bite, scooping the red braised meat from the plate into her bowl. She then stood up and walked away.

Feed this bowl to your husband!

"Bang!" To everyone's surprise, Qi Li Ting's mother, Wang Hong, who was sitting beside her, reached out and knocked over Qi Xuan Xuan's bowl.

The braised meat scattered on the ground, and the old emperor's dog came running, claiming the fragrant morsels as its own.

"Aunt Two, you!" Qi Xuanxuan didn't expect Aunt Two to do such a thing.

"What's wrong with me?" Wang Hong glared, "The Qi family only feeds normal people. A fool eats garbage all day. Even if you give him the finest delicacies, can he taste them? Give it to a dog instead!"