Chapter 58 Wedding Banquet

Originally, tomorrow was the last day for everyone to perform labor service.

Xue Xiaoqi was suddenly getting married, so the military camp gave the civilians a day off.

Song Liyun was very surprised about this.

It’s still seven or eight days before a month from the time I arrived in Suijin Town, and I’ve only been moving into Baolinju for more than ten days.

She had only heard that the flash marriage would be held in a month, but she didn't expect that the marriage would be decided ten days after Xu Yan'er disappeared in the middle of the night.

However, she felt relieved that she would no longer be a "family" with Xue Xiaoqi, who had a toothy smile.

During dinner, under Song Liyun's questioning, Song Zhenping stammered and told her the reason, which left Song Liyun speechless.

It turned out that Xu Yan'er had not returned home all night and had caught a cold, so she lay on the bed every day to recuperate.

Xue Xiaoqi took good care of me.

The sixteen-year-old girl was completely bewildered by the warm regard, and when she met Xue Xiaoqi, who was obviously an expert in flowers, she could no longer control herself.

One afternoon, the two of them took advantage of the fact that there was no one idle at the migrant workers' accommodation, and like dry wood meeting raging fire, they accomplished a good deed, but they happened to be caught by other people.

This matter immediately caused a sensation.

Fortunately, the laborers were almost all men, and those who were interested in these things did not laugh at us in person.

But the truth was out in the open, and Mrs. Cui cried her heart out.

She was only doing labor service to earn money and wanted to take advantage of Xue Xiaoqi, but ended up losing her own daughter.

So they filed a complaint with the military camp, demanding Xue Xiaoqi's life as compensation.

Raping a woman is a serious crime no matter where it happens. Captain Luo immediately wanted to behead Xue Xiaoqi to restore military discipline.

Or Xu Yan'er was deeply in love and begged him desperately, saying that they loved each other and wanted to get married voluntarily, and that humanity could not be lost in the military camp, etc.

Captain Luo let Xue Xiaoqi go because of Xu Yaner's plea.

He was only given ten military sticks, stripped of his position, expelled from the barracks, and allowed to marry.

Xue Zhuang didn't want to leave, so Suijin Town had a second military household.

As for why Song Zhenping spoke so hesitantly, there was a follow-up.

"Yun'er, Xue Zhuang invited us to a wedding banquet!"

Song Liyun raised her eyebrows and said, "That's great! There are only two military households in Suijin Town, so it's only natural for them to visit each other."

"We're having a wedding banquet... and we need to give gifts. Aunt Cui asked me to give her one or two taels of silver."

“Puff!”

Song Liyun spat out a mouthful of soup.

A wedding banquet costs one or two taels of silver!

What a good thing, Mrs. Cui, she clearly puts a price on the gift and asks for it. She is treating herself as a sucker.

Not to mention whether Song Zhenping could come up with one or two taels of silver, even if he did, he would not give it away for free.

"Yun'er, I asked Uncle Qin, and he said that for ordinary farmers, giving ten coins at a banquet is enough.

We won't be attending the banquet, but will ask Uncle Qin to help pay the gift money. We'll give him twenty coins and return it to him when we settle the bill the day after tomorrow."

Song Zhenping is not stupid. He hasn't touched any money in 19 years. How could he give it away just because someone said so?

Even if we are both military households in the future, there is no reason to give one or two taels of silver for a meal.

Since the meal is so exquisite, it's okay if you don't eat it yourself.

Song Liyun frowned. Xue Zhuang had also settled down in the town. Since they would both be military households, it would not look good if they had a falling out.

However, if you just give money without attending the banquet, you will be at a loss.

She looked at the acorn jelly that Xiao An was picking at, and an idea suddenly occurred to her. She hurriedly asked, "Where is Xue Zhuang holding the banquet tomorrow?"

Song Zhenping thought for a moment and said, "In the new house in the town!"

Although Xue Zhuang was dismissed from his post, he was still a military household who settled down in Suijin Town. Captain Luo, remembering their old friendship, allowed him to choose a house and divide the land.

The new home was located in the town, in the same courtyard that Song Liyun had chosen.

Xu Yan'er's mother was in Suijin Town, so she had family there. Time was tight, and Xue Zhuang felt like he had been expelled from the military camp. He was too embarrassed to go back to his hometown and tell his parents, so he kept the wedding simple.

Fortunately, there was a ready-made house, and the groom Xue Zhuang also bought some old furniture in the town. It only took two days to decorate the new house.

The next day, Suijin Town welcomed a rare happy day.

Early in the morning, Song Liyun got up and started working.

When the migrant worker was on holiday, Song Zhenping helped her by grinding the flour, filtering the flour, and then making jelly. The brother and sister made a big pot of acorn jelly.

The most expensive thing is the ingredients, which Song Liyun did not prepare.

As soon as the jelly was ready, she would put a bowl of it in a basket.

He left Xiao An and Song Zhenping at home to tidy up the backyard and went to the town alone.

At this time, in Xue Zhuang's new house in the town, several mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were putting up red wedding stickers in the yard and outside the yard.

A middle-aged man was carrying a piece of meat out of the yard. He looked back and complained, "She just married a soldier, but she looks so proud and she even complains that the meat is not fat enough."

When he came over from the new house mumbling something, Song Liyun stopped him and said with a smile, "Uncle Mu, who are you upset with?"

Song Liyun knew this man. His surname was Mu and he ran a grocery store in the town.

His shop has a complete range of goods. In addition to selling cloth and clothes, he also sells grain, oil, rice, flour and salt.

The rice, flour and old clothes that Song Liyun bought later were from his shop.

It seems that he got some meat today and wanted to sell it to Xue Xiaoqi who was holding a banquet.

When Boss Mu saw that it was Song Liyun, he felt like he had found an outlet for his anger. He immediately stamped his feet and said angrily, "Miss Song, please be fair.

The Xue family only planned to serve three tables of guests, and these five pounds of meat seemed too thin and too much. Look, the fat on my meat is five fingers wide.

Song Liyun had just bought something from his shop, so he naturally recognized it and couldn't help but complain.

Song Liyun pursed her lips and smiled, "You said that Xue Jun's banquet is difficult to organize, then let the host add a few more pounds of meat, and it will naturally be complete."

Hearing Song Liyun's words, Boss Mu was furious. He clapped his fat palms and said, "It's easy to say. It's only two or three hundred coins. What can you do with it? This piece of meat alone is fifty coins, not to mention the other side dishes.

Speaking of neatness, what is neatness? According to the rules, it means ten plates and nine bowls.

What are you thinking about? There is no such thing in Suijin Town now... If it were in the past few years, as long as you were willing to spend money, you could get anything you wanted, whether it was flying in the sky or running on the ground.

Don't even think about bragging, I can even buy a full banquet, which is even higher-end than the Tianxianglou in Qili County. It's nothing like today's bowl of steamed meat with eight slices, which requires a lot of explanation."

Boss Mu seemed to be very angry. He kept talking non-stop and kept on talking a lot.

Song Liyun heard that Boss Mu was the purchasing manager in charge of cooking for today's wedding banquet, and she was immediately delighted: she really got what she wanted, and of course the purchasing manager and the chef had the final say on cooking.

She waited until Boss Mu finished complaining before saying, "Even those with less money have their own way of eating. Boss Mu, try the acorn tofu."

"What? Acorn flour tofu? Oh! Don't say that. Acorn flour is bitter. It's just for starving people. Who wants to eat that at a wedding banquet?"

When Boss Mu heard Song Liyun mention acorn noodles, he shook his head repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)