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The Clan Leader's family hosted the first banquet, and in the following days, a wave of invitations swept through the clan. Although Zhou Shuren was of a senior generation, there were only a few people alive who were older than him within the clan. However, since Zhou Shuren was born late, his peers were at least a decade or more older, which meant anyone older than Zhou Shuren had already invited him, and he simply couldn't refuse to attend.
After making the rounds, even Zhulan, who had a good memory, felt her head swell. In ancient times, there was no family planning policy, and a family would have at least four or five children, if not seven or eight. Multiple generations would live together without dividing the household, which meant an abundance of grandchildren—in fact, there would have been even more had infant mortality not been so high.
