Seeing that Mu Shengnan had easily moved on from the matter, Mu's mother was relieved.
I also silently reminded myself: I must not act too impulsively in the future; I need to consider the situation of my in-laws.
Then, Mu's mother continued to discuss with Mu Shengnan the dishes and other details for the wedding banquet.
"Shengnan, should we make our dishes the same as Jianjun's?"
Once bitten by a snake, twice shy.
Now, every time Mu's mother makes a decision, she hesitates, wondering if it will be the right one.
She only has one daughter, and she has no experience. Meanwhile, the Mu family's relatives are always hoping she'll contribute more money.
During holidays and festivals, when relatives gather together, Mu's mother would prepare a feast or gifts for them, and these gifts were usually quite valuable. They were overjoyed.
It's rare to meet a family like Huang Jianjun's, who don't feel inferior just because their family isn't as well-off.
They didn't take it for granted that the Mu family should contribute money and effort just because the Mu family was well-off; in fact, Mu's mother found it quite strange.
Of course, Mother Mu preferred Huang Jianjun's family's reaction and did not like the other relatives of the Mu family taking advantage of her.
However, Mother Mu has plenty of money and doesn't care about this. As long as Mu's relatives don't act innocent after getting a good deal, it doesn't matter.
Mu Shengnan chuckled and said, "There's no need to be so cautious."
“Jianjun’s family knows that our family is well-off, and our two families don’t hold their banquets in the same place.”
"So we should decide based on our own family's situation. I just want you to discuss it with both families in the future when both families are together."
When Mu's mother heard that they could still do things her way, she nodded happily: "Okay! Then I'll just decide on it myself."
"If you ask me, there are still too many restrictions. Otherwise, I would just put on a banquet and let everyone else come and eat for free."
When Mu's father heard what Mu's mother said, he and his wife smiled at each other. Clearly, they were both reminded of the day they got married.
The banquet lasted for three whole days, and that scene was widely circulated for several years after their marriage.
......
When Huang Eryuan and Chen Zhaodi returned home, they saw Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun acting suspiciously in a corner of the yard, doing something they didn't know.
Chen Zhaodi tiptoed over and saw that Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun were each holding several sheets of paper. She subconsciously frowned.
"What are you holding? Let me see!"
Upon suddenly hearing Chen Zhaodi's voice, Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun instinctively hid the things they were holding behind their backs.
But they forgot that Chen Zhaodi was standing right behind them, so this action was equivalent to handing the item directly to Chen Zhaodi.
Seeing that they had their things on their backs, Chen Zhaodi quickly snatched the paper away.
Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun also realized what stupid thing they had done—why had they put the item behind their backs?!
Now that the items were in Chen Zhaodi's hands, they didn't dare to try to snatch them. They could only close their eyes, lower their heads, and wait for Chen Zhaodi to unleash her fury.
However, after waiting for a while, Huang Jianguo and the others still did not hear Chen Zhaodi's voice, so Huang Jianjun tentatively looked up.
It turned out that Chen Zhaodi had already gone far away.
Huang Jianjun quickly nudged Huang Jianguo and said in a panic, "Brother, Mom's in the kitchen!"
"Do you think she might be so angry that she's going to go to the kitchen, grab a knife, and try to attack us?!"
Huang Jianguo: !!!
Huang Jianguo said in a trembling voice, "It shouldn't be, right? What we did wasn't anything heinous..."
They were just discussing what goods Huang Jianguo should bring back when he goes on a long-distance mission tomorrow.
Drivers at every factory, when on long-distance missions, more or less engage in this kind of behavior. Even if the factory finds out, they won't punish or reprimand them.
This is a standard practice in every factory, an extra benefit for long-distance drivers. Unless someone reports it or it's too outrageous, there generally won't be any problems.
The reason why Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun dared not let Chen Zhaodi and the others know was simply because they were afraid that they would think that this behavior was speculation and profiteering.
Because they buy goods at low prices in other provinces or cities, and then sell them to their colleagues who need them at the prices in their local department stores.
Hmm... it does seem a little similar to speculation, but they're just small-scale operations, making a little money by running errands.
Originally, Huang Jianguo was the only one involved in this matter.
Huang Jianjun felt the weight of responsibility on his shoulders as his wedding approached. He wanted to earn more extra money, but he couldn't find any other legitimate and lucrative part-time jobs.
Previously, Huang Jianjun's only way to earn extra money was to follow Master Chen to other factories to repair machines, and Master Chen would give him a share of the money.
However, other factories can't have machine malfunctions every day, so his way of earning extra money is very unstable.
The only advantage was that he went to other factories with Master Chen for repairs, and thus got to know many people from other factories.
So Huang Jianjun and Huang Jianguo discussed it and decided to expand their sales network from steel factory workers to workers in other factories.
Huang Jianjun was responsible for facilitating the deal, Huang Jianguo was responsible for buying the goods, and then they split the profits equally.
Huang Jianguo had earned some money in the past month or so, and he planned to return the two hundred yuan that Huang Qinqin and the others had lent him.
However, as soon as Huang Jianjun made the suggestion, Huang Jianguo thought it was feasible. But just to be on the safe side, Huang Jianguo also consulted Huang Qinqin and Xu Junhui.
Huang Jianguo was afraid that if he traded with workers from other factories, he would offend the drivers from those factories and be reported.
However, Xu Junhui told him it was okay, because many factory drivers do this, and Xu Junhui himself had made deals with drivers at meat processing plants.
Every factory has so many workers, and everyone has different needs. As long as they don't ask for an exorbitant amount, no one will report them.
So Huang Jianguo finally told Xu Junhui and the others that he might have to pay back the two hundred yuan he borrowed later.
After all, Huang Jianguo needed to bring the goods back before he could collect payment from others. Because even if you asked for money in advance, they wouldn't give it to you.
Because even before seeing the goods, people will be afraid that you will run away with the money.
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