In rural areas, eight dishes are important for wedding banquets.

The first dish on Song Wen's side is a big stew of meat, which is made directly from the jar meat given by Yang's mother. The second dish is a big chicken hugging chicks.

The third dish was painted sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers were not valuable in that era, but the third brother still took great pains to buy them from a village near the sea.

These three dishes would be considered quite impressive even if served at a banquet in town.

From these dishes, everyone at the banquet knew that the Song Wen family valued this daughter-in-law very much.

The next dishes were: braised pork offal, shredded meat with fried rice noodles, stir-fried pork with green peppers, steamed egg pancakes, and Xingwang Sandi (also known as diced tooth beans, carrots and meat).

Finally, there is a tomato egg soup and a sweet cake. These two are not included in the eight bowls, but if they are counted, it can be called the ten bowls.

For a moment, no one at the banquet had time to talk. They all focused on eating, their mouths glistening with grease.

Although separated by a place, the atmosphere on Song Jin and Zhang Caihong's side was completely different.

When Zhang Caihong saw three big meat dishes served in a row from the next room, she immediately felt uncomfortable and urged the chef to serve the dishes.

After asking for it, the dishes were served quickly, but I didn't expect that the biggest meat dish here was shredded meat with fried rice noodles. This dish was mostly shredded rice noodles, with less than ten slices of meat.

Zhang Caihong's face turned red and white, and she yelled at Song Jin, "Didn't you promise me that you would have a grand wedding banquet? Is this how you do it?"

Song Jin felt embarrassed when facing the gazes from others, but he couldn't lose his temper on the spot, so he had to pull Zhang Caihong aside and explain in a low voice.

"I spent money to buy meat, but ended up being tricked by Song Ruan." Song Jin told Zhang Caihong the story of going to Song Ruan to buy meat, mixed together half truth and half lies.

Zhang Caihong's fiery eyes immediately glared at Song Ruan.

However, when she saw the stir-fried vegetables and the cold dishes like the candied lotus root slices that were served later, she couldn't bear it. What's even more outrageous is that the pastry called Shao Tian Gao was also included in the eight bowls.

"Your family just doesn't value me. Even if Song Ruan dished me a dish, you wouldn't embarrass yourself by dishing out this kind of dish, right?"

Seeing that she was still making trouble, Song Jin lost his patience, "Can you please speak properly? Why are you embarrassing yourself? There were heavy rains in the past two months, and the grain production has dropped significantly. Everyone is struggling now. What's wrong with these vegetables?"

"Then why are all the dishes at Song Wen's place delicious?"

The argument between the two people became louder and louder, and the elders came over to mediate.

Before I could even start to persuade them, cries of pain suddenly rang out from all around.

"My stomach hurts!"

"Me too. It hurts."

"Well, I need to go to the toilet..."

"I want to go too, I can't help it..."

"Is the food unclean?"

The people who were eating suddenly all covered their stomachs and cried out in pain, causing quite a panic.

Zhang Caihong looked at the people who were shouting and found that they were all from their side. She was immediately filled with disbelief.

Another person who found it unbelievable was Song Ruan.

Yesterday, Wu Lei said that the person who brought the baked sweet cakes was from Xishui Village and had a good relationship with Zhang Caihong's family.

Song Ruan guessed that Zhang Caihong might have someone make the taste of her pastries worse, so she asked Wu Lei to secretly swap the pastries between the two families.

Baked sweet cakes symbolize good luck, and both families have this cake in their banquets. Moreover, nowadays, the banquet is set up on a temporary stove, and the two places are close to each other, which makes it easy to change.

But she never expected that Zhang Caihong would be so crazy as to directly put drugs into the pastries.

The people at the banquet had no time to eat and all went to help. The barefoot doctor in the village was also at the banquet and he immediately went to see the person with stomachache.

Song Ruan took this opportunity to pull Yang Moer and Wu Lei aside and told them not to tell anyone about the swap of pastries.

Although it was Zhang Caihong who did the bad thing, even if they exposed Zhang Caihong, they would definitely be blamed because it concerns everyone's vital interests.

So he could only keep his mouth shut and let Zhang Caihong swallow the bitter consequences.

After Song Ruan gave Wu Lei instructions, she went in to help.

"It's probably just that the food is unclean, or it's mixed with something that causes diarrhea."

The village barefoot doctor examined several people with stomachaches and came to a conclusion.

"How can there be a problem with food?"

"Could it be that Uncle Song's family used some rotten ingredients?"

Those who had stomachaches ran to the toilet, while those who didn't have stomachaches stood by and pointed at Uncle Song's ***.

Zhang Caihong was so angry that her nails dug into her flesh. The pastry was actually replaced incorrectly. Could it be that Lian Tian was helping Wu Xing?

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who used rotten ingredients?" Old Mrs. Song stood up.

"Then tell me, why do all the people who attended your banquet have stomachaches?"

This is an ironclad fact, and Old Lady Song felt a little guilty about it.

"But I really don't use spoiled ingredients at home. All these things were bought by me."

After Old Lady Song finished speaking, her eyes suddenly lit up, "There must be nothing wrong with the ingredients. Maybe it's the chef's problem."

"What do you mean by that?"

The chef was originally the head chef of the cafeteria. He was invited by Uncle Song to be the chef. He didn't charge any money but only accepted a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of white wine. He immediately became angry when he was blamed like this.

"Brother, don't be angry, don't be angry." Uncle Song immediately came over to comfort the master chef. He introduced this chef through his connections and he must not offend him.

"You guys should just go away. You guys have stomachaches, maybe it's because you ate something bad at home, it's not necessarily because of the banquet."

Zhang Caihong was afraid that if she continued asking, she would be implicated, so she quickly spoke up to divert attention.

"How can you talk like that? Did all of us eat something bad at home this morning?"

"Yes, and we are a family. My wife and I ate at your place and had stomachaches after eating. But my parents and children ate at Song Wen's next door, and they didn't have stomachaches. You can't say that the food in my house is unclean and then pick on people, right?"

"That's right. Besides, they were having a feast, and the people next door were eating meat with big mouthfuls, while the few slices of meat on our table were all being fought over by everyone. I was so upset, and now they're saying it was our own fault when we ate at home. Is there any justice in the world?"

This sentence really expressed everyone's thoughts. Seeing the people next door eating with their mouths full of oil, they were almost crying with greed, yet they still spoke like this.

Zhang Caihong was choked by what he said, "It has already happened. It's useless for you to make a fuss. What do you want to do?"

"At least your family should pay for the laxatives for everyone, right? Also, return the cloth I took from you. I won't come to your house for dinner anymore, and you don't have to come to my house either."

"Yes, I'll take the gift back too."

"Me too……"

Zhang Caihong was confused: "How can I take back a gift I gave you?"

But no one listened to her anymore. Except for a few very close people, everyone else rushed to take away all the gifts.

When he left, there was still an indignant look on his face.

Uncle Song's family lost both the wife and the army in this banquet. Not only were they criticized by the villagers, but they also haven't received any gift money for the banquet they spent money on.

After returning home in the evening, Uncle Song was still sighing and saying that his daughter-in-law was unlucky.

Fortunately, Zhang Caihong didn’t hear it, otherwise there would be another commotion.

Because of what happened today, the bridal chamber prank was cancelled.

As soon as it got dark, Song's mother asked Song Wen to take his wife back to her room. She and others were responsible for packing up and returning the borrowed pots and pans to the villagers.

In the bridal chamber, after everyone left, it suddenly became quiet.

"Shall we go to bed?"