Considering there were nearly twenty people including children, it wasn't very convenient for men and women to sit together, so they simply set up two tables—one for men and another for women and children.
With a banquet, alcohol was naturally indispensable. Scholar Mansion had stored a variety of fine wines brought from Liu Yang Village. Mo Yan took out two kinds, with higher alcohol concentration and older vintage for the men's table, and those with a lighter vintage and lower alcohol concentration for the women and children's table, which included a sweet wine the children enjoyed drinking and couldn't get drunk on even if they drank a whole cup.
At the dining table, Mo Yan sat with Lady Han, helping to look after Han Family's youngest son who was still clumsy with chopsticks; after expressing her thanks, Lady Han focused solely on caring for her little daughter who could only manage to drink soup with a spoon.
