Chapter 136 Picking Up the Father-in-Law

"Gao Haining, come out quickly, see what we brought you?"

Wang Jianshe and his group, carrying two large basins, had just arrived outside the Gao family's gate when Wang Jianshe shouted loudly.

The Gao family is having a wedding tomorrow, and there are many things to do at home today. Many neighbors, relatives, and friends have come to help.

Hearing someone shout loudly, Gao Haining immediately ran out, and then froze.

What are you doing?

"What else can we do? You're getting married and having a banquet tomorrow, can't we just add a few fancy dishes for you?"

What are you spacing out for? Come over here and lend a hand to carry this big basin inside.

When the young men saw Gao Haining's stunned expression, they all burst out laughing.

"Huh? Oh." Gao Haining then came to her senses and quickly stepped forward to help carry the large basin into the yard.

As soon as the group entered the courtyard, the people who were helping out there swarmed around them.

The sight of the contents of those two large basins filled these people with envy.

"Oh my, look at this, it has to be Haining. Look how decent these young men are, sending so much meat."

How much is that? The meat alone must weigh at least fifty or sixty pounds, right?

"Oh my, everyone's in for a treat at tomorrow's banquet!"

Gao Haining's parents also heard the commotion and came out of the house. When they saw what was happening, the couple were also stunned.

There were two large basins on the ground. One of them contained pig's head, trotters, and offal, while the other contained wild boar meat and bear meat.

Not to mention the huge basin full of offal, just the cleaned meat alone must weigh at least fifty pounds.

"Xiping, what's going on here?" Gao Haining's father, Gao Daqiang, asked hurriedly upon seeing the situation.

"Uncle, today we encountered three wild boars and a black bear in the mountains. We killed one of the boars and the bear."

Didn't we just finish cleaning up?

"This meat, along with the head, trotters, and offal, is a small token of our appreciation from us brothers, to add a couple of dishes to tomorrow's feast."

Sheng Xiping explained with a smile.

"Oh, that's great! You wait here, I'll go inside and get you the money."

Gao Daqiang was overjoyed when he saw the two large basins of meat on the ground.

I'm not afraid of spending money on a wedding banquet, I'm just afraid of not having anything to use.

Since they kindly sent so much meat, the Gao family should at least reciprocate; they can't just accept it for nothing.

"Haining's mother, hurry up and bring fifty yuan for Xiping and the others."

Gao Daqiang turned his head and told his wife to hurry up and get the money.

"Uncle, Aunt, you gave us money yesterday. If you give us money again today, we won't be able to get along with Haining anymore."

You know, we brothers all grew up together, and we've never broken up over the years.

Now that Haining is getting married, we can't help with anything else but some meat.

Uncle is still trying to give me money; isn't that creating distance between us?

If my aunt takes out this money today, we'll turn around and leave, and Haining will never associate with us again.

Upon seeing this, Sheng Xiping quickly stopped Gao Daqiang, and the others echoed his sentiment.

If the Gao couple still insist on giving money after all this has been said, they are not giving Sheng Xiping any face.

Helpless, the couple sighed, "Fine, then Uncle will listen to you today and won't give you any money."

Xiping, Jianshe, I have to thank you.

You all must be exhausted from traveling up and down the mountain these past few days to prepare for the wedding in Haining.

Putting everything else aside, it's the wedding tomorrow; we absolutely have to make them toast a few more times.

Gao Daqiang is a very straightforward person. Since we've already reached this level of friendship, saying anything more would only make us seem distant.

So, Gao Daqiang gratefully patted Sheng Xiping and the others on the shoulder and said thank you.

"Uncle, we're from the same forest farm, why be so polite?"

Is there any work left to do this afternoon? Just tell us, and we'll take care of it.

Sheng Xiping and the others laughed, rolled up their sleeves, and hurried off to get to work.

These days, most families aren't well-off, so weddings aren't very extravagant.

Some of the old customs have been omitted; it's just a simple banquet with a few tables of food and drinks, and a few friends and relatives invited.

Of course, that's what they say, but you still have to get busy with the wedding banquet.

Gao Jiahaining is the eldest son in the Gao family, and it is a big deal for the eldest son to get married and find a wife.

So Gao Daqiang and his wife specially invited the head chef from the forest farm canteen to help with cooking.

This head chef doesn't usually have much room to showcase his skills in the cafeteria.

When I arrived at the Gao family's house today, I was delighted to see so many ingredients. I immediately ordered the banquet menu from the Gao couple.

Tomorrow is the actual day, so we need to prepare some semi-finished dishes in advance this afternoon.

Tomorrow, it will probably just be reheated, drizzled with sauce, thickened with cornstarch, and ready to serve.

Wedding banquets always require a few deep-fried dishes, especially Four Happiness Meatballs, which is an indispensable dish at Northeastern wedding banquets.

So, Chef Li from the canteen directed Sheng Xiping and other young people to build a shed in the courtyard, set up two stoves, and erect a chimney.

On the other side, the women who were helping out were cleaning the offal and processing the pig's head and trotters.

Others follow the master chef's instructions, slicing or mincing the meat into minced meat and keeping it for later use.

For a time, the Gao family's courtyard was bustling with activity, while the Tang family next door was also busy.

Tomorrow, Tang Fengying will be getting married. All the relatives and friends who can come will come to see her off, so the Tang family is bustling with people coming and going.

"Qinglan, when are your uncle and aunt arriving? It's almost three o'clock, why aren't they here yet?"

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