In the hall, nearly a hundred people had gathered, men and women, old and young alike, and bursts of laughter and cheerful conversation came from inside.
These were the members of the Rong family; of course, those who could come to the old mansion to celebrate the New Year were relatives who had not yet passed through the Five Mourning Attires.
At this time, the Rong family's New Year's Eve dinner had not officially started, everyone had yet to take their seats, and family members were chatting in groups of twos and threes, or cracking sunflower seeds and peanuts on the chairs around the hall, eating fruits, while the children clad in new clothes excitedly darted about everywhere.
Tonight, apart from the Rong family members who held important responsibilities within the clan and truly could not return, everyone else who could come had traveled from all corners of the land with their families, converging at Rong's Old Mansion.
