Seeing that Huang Qinqin had appeased Chen Zhaodi, Xu Junhui took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, Uncle and Aunt, my parents are planning to hold a banquet at a state-run restaurant."
"Let me ask you, would you like to display it together with ours?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhaodi thought it was great news. She had wanted to bring it up before, but she was worried that Xu Junhui's family might misunderstand and think that her family was trying to take advantage of her. She was still hesitant about whether to ask.
Now that Xu Junhui has asked, of course we have to agree!
"Sure, we were just about to ask you if we needed to pay any extra. We've never booked a banquet at a state-run restaurant before."
Chen Zhaodi was afraid that Xu Junhui would be too embarrassed to ask them for money, so she asked first to avoid any misunderstandings between the two families later.
"We don't know how much it will cost yet, but we need to confirm the number of tables to reserve first, otherwise it will be difficult for the state-run restaurant to provide us with the menu and prices."
Chen Zhaodi hadn't actually calculated it, and now that she was suddenly asked how many tables to reserve, she really didn't know. She asked somewhat embarrassedly, "When should we tell them? We're really not sure how many tables to reserve right now."
Xu Junhui had told Master Li that he would get back to him by tomorrow at the latest, but it was not appropriate to say that he needed it by tomorrow, so as not to make Chen Zhaodi and the others too rushed. As for Master Li, he could just send him some more cigarettes.
He smiled and said, "No rush, we can confirm it in the next few days. The banquet is on the 6th, so there's plenty of time."
Hearing that there was no need to rush, Chen Zhaodi felt relieved: "Then we'll finalize it as soon as possible, and I'll have Qinqin go to the food factory to talk to you about it."
Xu Junhui had already agreed to it, but then he suddenly remembered that he sometimes needed to go out on business and was afraid that Huang Qinqin might happen to come over at that time, so he changed his mind and said, "How about I take Qinqin to my house later to get acquainted with the place, and then we can go to my house and tell my mom?"
“I sometimes have to go out of the factory on business, and I’m afraid that Qinqin will leave empty-handed.”
Chen Zhaodi and the others then realized that none of them had actually been to Xu Junhui's house. They were all getting married soon, and they really didn't know what to say...
The Huang family members looked ferocious, thinking that the other family members were really too careless. Luckily, they were not far away. If they were far away, they probably wouldn't be able to find their way to see their daughter!
Chen Zhaodi immediately realized what was going on and said to Xu Junhui, "Okay, we're still at work today and don't have time to go. Let Qinqin go and familiarize herself with the way first. We'll come over and bother you when we have a few days off. See if it's convenient for you at home?"
Xu Junhui had never been in a relationship before, so he didn't know that normally, before a man and woman decide to get married, the woman should visit the man's family to see if the family members are easy to get along with, what the house is like, and most importantly, how to get to the man's family.
Otherwise, when the daughter gets married, whether she misses her family or suffers injustice, her family won't be able to find her way back.
He simply thought that Chen Zhaodi just wanted the two families to get together and strengthen their relationship, and there was nothing wrong with that. He would tell his parents when he got back, and they would be happy to hear it.
After all, it's better for in-laws to get along than to dislike each other.
Xu Junhui readily agreed: "Of course, I'll tell my parents when I get back. They'll definitely welcome you, Uncle and Aunt."
"Then I'll take Qinqin over to get acquainted with the place first, and you can all come over for dinner in a couple of days, okay?"
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Huang Qinqin discovered that Xu Junhui's house was quite close to theirs. It would only take about twenty minutes by bicycle, and about an hour to walk.
Huang Qinqin grew up in the countryside. Not long after, Huang Eryuan and Chen Zhaodi were assigned to dormitories, so she moved to the family compound. In both places she lived, there would always be a large group of people gathered at the village entrance or the gate, chatting and working.
Seeing Xu Junhui's family's house out of the blue, and finding it strange that no one had gathered around to gossip along the way, she found it quite novel.
When they arrived at Xu Junhui's house, Huang Qinqin found it even more amazing. Xu Junhui's house was particularly large, somewhat like a traditional courtyard house with one courtyard.
Upon entering, there was a large courtyard in the middle, which Huang Qinqin estimated was even bigger than their own house. To the left was the kitchen and a storage room; to the right were the toilet and shower room, which were surprisingly separate and quite spacious.
From the bathroom to the walled area, there was a fenced-off area where two or three chickens were kept. Finally, there was the main house. Huang Qinqin didn't know how many rooms there were, but if you counted according to the size of the family compound, it could be partitioned into rooms for at least five or six families, since the average living space per person is only two to three square meters nowadays.
Huang Qinqin felt like she had struck gold. All she knew was how many people were in Xu Junhui's family and that he was a worker. She had originally assumed his family would be similar to hers. She had even mentally prepared herself to probably live in a separate small room after marriage.
I never expected Xu Junhui's house to be so big! This is definitely a 'wealthy family'!
Huang Qinqin asked in disbelief, "Brother Junhui, is this your home? Is it just your family living here?"
Xu Junhui was used to it. Although he didn't know why his family was able to live in such a big house on their own, he didn't care about anything else when he had a big house to live in.
"Yes, this is where we live. After we get married, we can have our own room."
Huang Qinqin felt that she really lacked knowledge, and she asked with some curiosity, "Are all the courtyards in this alley only inhabited by one family?"
"No, it's only our family that lives like this. In other courtyards, several families live together, with at least five or six families living together."
"The people living here are generally from the Revolutionary Committee or the Public Security Bureau, and a small number are cadres from the food factory."
Zhang Yumei didn't want to interrupt the two young people's conversation, but seeing her son just letting Huang Qinqin stand like that without even offering her a seat, she couldn't help but chime in after listening for a few minutes.
"Qinqin, come and sit down, come and sit down and chat. It's not sunny here, so it's not so hot."
Zhang Yumei pulled Huang Qinqin to sit down, and as for Xu Junhui, Zhang Yumei said she could just roll her eyes at him, since he had no sense of propriety at all.
"Qinqin, have some water. Your Uncle Xu has gone to work. It's just me and Hongxia at home. But Hongxia is taking a nap in her room, so I'm too lazy to wake her up."
"Did your marriage registration go smoothly today? Did you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy anything you liked?"
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