They spent three hours shopping in the department store before returning home.
I bought a lot of clothes, pants, shoes, rings and other things needed for the wedding.
In the end, Zhang Wenmin spent nearly 700 yuan.
Fortunately, there were many people, and they squeezed into the car one by one with big and small bags, and finally returned home at around four o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhang Qiurui also bought Mingqi a Lenin suit. Seeing Mingqi's surprised and satisfied expression when she tried it on, Zhang Qiurui felt that it was all worth it.
"We're back." Before even entering the house, Zhang Qiurui shouted at the top of his voice, his voice full of the joy of returning home and the excitement of shopping.
As for Yu Yang, Yu's father and Yu's mother, they parted ways with them and returned home.
"My aunt is back."
"My aunt is back."
The two little ones, Mingduo and Mingxia, were playing in the front yard. When they saw their aunt coming back, they immediately ran over and looked at Zhang Qiurui eagerly. Because every time Zhang Qiurui came home, she would bring food for the little ones in the family, so the little ones in the family were always very excited to see Zhang Qiurui come back.
"Come and have some wedding candy from your uncle." Zhang Qiurui knew that the two little ones were greedy, so she grabbed a handful of candy from a cloth bag and distributed it to her two nieces with a smile.
Mingduo and Mingxia excitedly took the candies, peeled off the candy wrappers, put the sweet candies into their mouths, and their eyes turned into crescent shapes. The innocent joy seemed to infect everyone around them.
"Aunt, today's candy tastes better than before. It has a milky flavor." Mingxia squinted her eyes and said with a delicious look.
"How can this White Rabbit not be delicious? It's two yuan per pound. Everything you eat costs money." When Zhang Mingqi was in the mall, she saw her aunt lavishly buying three pounds of White Rabbit and spending six yuan. She felt very distressed.
The key point is that this thing cannot be eaten.
Zhang Qiurui felt warm at the sight of her nieces' satisfied expressions. She patted Mingduo's head, pinched Mingxia's cheeks, and said with a smile, "As long as they taste good, I'll buy you even better candies later."
"Really? You're so nice, aunt!" Mingduo and Mingxia jumped up excitedly when they heard it, with anticipation shining in their eyes.
"Of course it's true. I keep my word." Zhang Qiurui agreed with a smile.
At this time, Zhang Wenmin also came in carrying a lot of bags. Seeing the lively scene at home, he couldn't help but smile. Although he spent hundreds of dollars today, he was happy.
"Second brother, is dinner ready today? Today is more tiring than working in the brigade." Zhou Guihua came back and sat on the stool in the main hall. She poured herself a glass of water and pounded her legs.
"Mom! It will be ready soon." Xie Lin responded from the kitchen.
Soon, they finished their dinner.
But tonight, after dinner, after clearing the table, the adults did not leave the main room, looking like they were discussing something.
"Mingqi, go get some paper and pen. Today we'll go over the things we need to prepare for your uncle's wedding banquet, as well as the budget and things we need to prepare." Zhou Guihua instructed her eldest granddaughter Zhang Mingqi.
"Mingqi, sit down. Please write down what we say." Zhang Ercheng saw Zhang Mingqi brought paper and pen and asked her to sit aside.
Zhang Qiurui cleared his throat and spoke first: "Mom, I'm thinking about my third brother's wedding this time, we have to make it a lively occasion and not let others laugh at us.
My third brother is a county employee and he married a city girl. If the wedding banquet is shabby, my three sisters-in-law will be embarrassed.
First of all, the banquet must be sumptuous, with at least twelve dishes, and there must be some main dishes to support the occasion."
Zhou Guihua nodded, her brows furrowed slightly. "You're right, but we also have to consider the budget. Our harvest this year is just so-so, so we can't be too extravagant."
"Let's decide the number of banquet tables first, and then discuss the dishes." Zhang Ercheng said.
"There are about fifty households in our brigade. If everyone wants to come and drink Baijia wine, I won't ask everyone to come, so I will temporarily reserve five tables.
By then, we will need to hire people to serve dishes, wash vegetables, and do miscellaneous work in the kitchen, which will probably take a table of people, making it the sixth table.
If we want to invite Qiu Yu, Qiu Jin's parents-in-law, the eldest daughter's family, the second daughter's parents, my nephew from my mother's side, and your nephew, we have to prepare a table, which makes seven tables in total.
The eldest son-in-law and the second son-in-law brought their own children and our children, and they squeezed together to form one table, making a total of eight tables.
The people coming with the dowry are counted as one table, making it the ninth table.
"Wenmin, are you going to invite your close colleagues? If we prepare one more table, it will be ten." Zhou Guihua began to calculate how many tables she should prepare for the banquet. After calculating, it turned out that she would need ten tables at most.
As for the brigade drinking a hundred wines, it means that if a family in the brigade has a happy event and a banquet is being held, the people will come to the banquet uninvited and give gifts.
Zhou Guihua's parents died early in life, and the two siblings depended on each other for survival. After she married Zhang Ercheng, her brother died not long after, leaving only two nephews.
Over the years, we have almost stopped communicating, and only interact with each other when there are banquets at home.
Zhang Ercheng was even more miserable. His parents passed away when he was three years old. He depended on his sister for everything and was almost raised by her.
Unfortunately, perhaps because Zhang Ercheng's sister had suffered too much in her early years, her health had not been very good. Five years after Zhang Ercheng got married, she passed away, leaving behind only a nephew and niece.
Over the years, we have had almost no contact.
However, Zhang Ercheng and Zhou Guihua raised six children and brought them up to adulthood without relying on their elders. It was really not easy for them.
"Let's not invite colleagues. Just nine tables will be enough, and we can save some money. After the wedding, Yangyang and I will go to work and bring some wedding candies as a token of our appreciation." Zhang Wenmin thought about it and shook his head.
It is not common to treat colleagues to a banquet these days.
This was the latter stages of the revolution, when the social atmosphere was relatively tense and interpersonal relationships were likely quite complex. Banquet invitations at the time typically placed greater emphasis on relationships between family members and friends.
"I think we should reserve one table for the banquet. If the nine tables can't accommodate everyone, there's still one table to spare.
This can avoid the embarrassment of too many people and too few tables. If the final number of people does not exceed expectations, we can eat the spare banquet dishes on this table in the evening, and they will not go bad in this weather.
If there are too many people coming and there is no food to eat, it would be really embarrassing.
In short, making such preparations will make the entire banquet more relaxed and unhurried," Zhang Qiurui said.
"What Qiu Rui said makes sense. Let's order ten tables for the banquet." Finally, Zhang Ercheng made the final decision.
"What dishes should we prepare? Qiurui, do you have any ideas?" Zhou Guihua asked her little daughter.
My little girl can cook and the food she makes is always delicious, so it’s always a good idea to ask her.
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