The hundred-day celebration for the three children was held at the Jiang family ancestral home on Black Clothes Lane in Sujing City. Because on this day, the ancestral hall was opened to enter the children into the family genealogy. The names of the three children, in order of seniority, were Jiang Changsong, Jiang Changce, and Jiang Changheng; their childhood names were Suisui, Niannian, and Ping'an respectively. Thus, the children addressed Jiang Shaohua as "Grandfather" rather than "Maternal Grandfather."
Most of the guests at the hundred-day celebration were from the Ten Families. Wen Qiao took turns holding the children and socializing with the guests, and the elder guests' attitudes toward Wen Qiao had changed somewhat. After all, clan ideology placed great emphasis on offspring. Wen Qiao and Jiang Xuesui had been married just over two years and already had three children. Wen Qiao was handsome, and the children were beautiful as well. Because they acknowledged Wen Qiao's excellent procreative abilities, they acknowledged his identity as Jiang Xuesui's husband.
Jiang Xuesui felt somewhat uncomfortable with the real reason the elders from various families were so genuinely polite to Wen Qiao. How could they only acknowledge his status in the Jiang family because he was the biological father of the children? She hoped that the elders would truly appreciate his character and talent instead. Wen Qiao, however, was indifferent to this. The only thing he cared about was his wife. How others saw him had nothing to do with him; the important thing was whether Yuanyuan loved him.
After the guests dispersed, the wet nurses and maids took the three children to their respective rooms to settle them down. Jiang Xuesui tidied up the jewelry the children had received today, such as longevity locks and peace bracelets, while Wen Qiao, after handling some case files he had brought to Sujing, also returned to the room. The couple sat facing each other.
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