After putting down Huang Qinqin's dowry, the group arrived at the state-run restaurant, and it was not yet 11 o'clock.
We originally planned to have lunch in the afternoon, but considering it would be too late and inconvenient for everyone to get back, we decided to change it to lunchtime.
Most importantly, they heard from the village chief that Xu Jingui and his group were having a lunch banquet that day, so in order to avoid Xu Weimin and his group coming to cause trouble, they also ate lunch together.
The guests arrived one after another. Chen Zhaodi found it a bit strange and whispered to Huang Eryuan, "Look, it's rare to see that all the guests from the in-laws' side are men."
Huang Eryuan glanced at it and found it was true. He frowned, walked over to Xu Weiguo, and asked in confusion, "In-law, why are all the people here men? Are there no comrades?"
Xu Weiguo glanced at Huang Eryuan and said with a forced smile, "It's a long story. I'll tell you the details after we finish eating. But don't worry, their wives and children are all alive and well, there's nothing wrong with them!"
"That's good, that's good."
After hearing the explanation, Chen Zhaodi was no longer so worried. Heaven knows how creeped out she felt when she saw that all the Xu family relatives were men and there wasn't a single woman.
She was worried that the Xu family members were particularly unlucky in bringing misfortune to their wives, because she had never seen anyone specifically send men to a banquet. Even if it was the case for one or two people, it couldn't be that two large tables were all like that!
Now that they hear that he was just busy and couldn't come, they can rest assured; the Xu family wouldn't lie to them.
Once everyone had arrived, Xu Weiguo and Huang Eryuan each said a few words, and then the meal officially began.
Xu Junhui then led Huang Qinqin to the front of the kitchen.
"Master Li, we have an extra table of food here. You shouldn't need to serve any other guests at noon today, right?"
"You and your colleagues at the restaurant can eat this meal together, as a way of sending us our blessings."
Master Li was eating cucumbers in the kitchen when he heard Xu Junhui say he would treat them to some, and without hesitation, he agreed.
"That's wonderful! I thank you on their behalf, and I wish you both a happy marriage and many children!"
The other waiters were also delighted to hear this. Of course they were happy to have free food, especially since they knew the banquet was going to be very lavish.
Although they usually provide meals, since someone is treating us, we can pack up the leftovers from lunch and take them home!
On Xu Junhui's side, everyone was extremely satisfied with the food and ate with great enjoyment.
As for Xu Jingui, things are getting a bit complicated.
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Xu Jingui looked at the people making a huge scene in his house and felt that he had completely lost face!
Xu Weimin originally gave him a list and told him to only invite people on the list.
However, wanting to ensure that Xu Junhui wouldn't be able to invite anyone on his wedding day, he took it upon himself to notify everyone in the village.
He forgot to tell his family at the time, thinking that even if so many people came, he could just send them away later and say that he had notified the wrong people.
As a result, all the people coming to their house now are the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled! And they are all women!
He had barely opened his mouth to say that there weren't enough seats, when someone started hurling insults at him.
Some shameless people even let the children roll around on the ground.
"You were the one who went back to tell us to come! Now we've specifically taken leave from the village to come here, and you're telling us we need to leave?!"
"That's right! We wouldn't have come if you hadn't promised to treat us well!"
"If you don't give us food, we won't leave if you make a scene, or you'll have to compensate us for our work points!"
"Yes! Either pay us money or pay us back work points!"
Besides his relatives and villagers, Xu Jingui also invited seven or eight colleagues from the food factory. These people were either from the same department as him or had powerful connections or influence.
Xu Jingui was thinking of taking advantage of his wedding to get closer to them and strengthen their relationship.
Not only is it a waste of effort now, but people might also go back to the factory and spread rumors about him!
When Xu Jingui's colleagues at the food factory saw how messy his home was, they all made excuses to leave.
Even though Xu Jingui tried to persuade them to stay, they left the money and went. They had never seen anything like this before, with a group of people throwing a tantrum.
The noise was so loud that they lost their appetite and decided to go eat at a state-run restaurant instead.
A few people planned to eat at home, while the rest decided to get together and eat at a state-run restaurant since it was still early.
Not only Xu Jingui's colleagues felt they couldn't stay any longer, but even the colleagues from the Revolutionary Committee who were invited by Xu Weimin wanted to leave.
However, many of them were Xu Weimin's subordinates and dared not leave. But Fang Hui was not afraid.
After all, Fang Hui was the director of the Revolutionary Committee, while Xu Weimin was only one of the deputy directors of the Revolutionary Committee.
There is only one director, but three deputy directors. Fang Hui put down the gift money and said with a forced smile, "Deputy Director Xu, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home, so I'll go back first. Please remember to take care of these matters."
"Don't let any news spread that our Revolutionary Committee is abusing its power for personal gain. Of course, I believe that someone as selfless as Deputy Director Xu would never do anything he shouldn't."
After saying that, he patted Xu Weimin on the shoulder and left.
Xu Weimin was furious with Fang Hui for what he had said, but he still had to smile apologetically and say, "No, Director Fang, please take care. We apologize for our poor hospitality today."
After Fang Hui left, he turned around and muttered curses under his breath: "So what if you're only one 'deputy' compared to me? Wait till I find something to use against you, and I'll see how I deal with you!"
"Bah! A petty person who has gained power!"
When he got home and saw a bunch of village girls making a scene, he felt even worse. He had originally planned to have the Revolutionary Committee members scare them and drive them away.
That won't work now. After all, Fang Hui just made it clear that if he were to use violence against these people today, he would be handing them a handle to use against him.
So now, even if I don't like it, I can only arrange for them to sit down and eat.
"Everyone! I'm so sorry, this was our mistake. We didn't expect everyone to come so 'enthusiastically'. We'll go borrow a few more tables right now, and we definitely won't let you come all this way for nothing!"
Xu Weimin asked Lin Chunyan and Xu Daya to borrow some more tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks from nearby, and then he pulled Xu Jingui into the room.
"What's wrong with you?! Didn't I give you the list and tell you to just notify the people on the list? Why are there so many people here, and they're all women? If their men were here, how dare they cause such a scene!"
As soon as Xu Weimin entered the room, he launched into a tirade of abuse against Xu Jingui.
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