Because it was a fake marriage, Xia Chunmei had no intention of making a big fuss about it.
She just wanted to have a meal with her relatives and a few close neighbors, just to make a show of it and let everyone know that she was married.
But to my surprise, the neighbors disagreed!
Most of the villagers said they would come to the wedding banquet and even gave Xia Xintian their wedding gift money.
The custom here is that when someone hosts a banquet, the money given as a gift is collected by one person. This person also has to register the names of those who have given money in a gift book and then give it to the host family.
The villagers thought that Xia Chunmei and Xia Xintian had a good relationship, and since Xia Xintian was the clan chief, they spontaneously handed over their gift money to him.
Xia Chunmei has given many people the opportunity to work and earn money, and everyone is very grateful.
Because the recruitment was conducted privately by Xia Xintian, those who were recruited knew that it was better for everyone to keep a low profile, so many people in the village were still unaware of the recruitment.
However, quite a few people contributed money to attend the wedding banquet, some out of gratitude to Xia Chunmei for providing an opportunity to make money.
Some people thought that Xia Chunmei would hold a banquet and later establish that kind of company, which would give her more banquet hosting teams. They thought that if they befriended her, they could get some work, so they all opened their wallets to attend her wedding banquet.
“Every household in the village said that, apart from my family, your Uncle Huohua, Aunt Jinlian, Aunt Lihua, and everyone else’s money is here. Ten coins per family, a total of five hundred and twenty coins.”
Xia Chunmei placed the book of favors and money in front of her.
“We’ll give it to them separately,” Xia Mingshi said.
Chen Jinlian chimed in, "Yes, we'll give it to them separately."
They were closer to Xia Chunmei, so the red envelopes or gifts they gave her were more substantial, and they planned to give them to her separately.
"I don't want to have a big celebration, so how about..." Xia Chunmei wanted to return the money to everyone.
“We can’t back out,” Zhuang said. “This is a joyous occasion. How can we not hold a grand wedding for such an outstanding girl from our Xia clan?”
Xia Mingshi chimed in, "That's right, we must hold a grand and impressive event so that people don't look down on us."
Chen Jinlian: "We are all your family, and we will help you with the wedding arrangements."
Zhuang laughed and said, "You're all very busy with the banquet, so let Qiu and I handle this."
Xia Chunmei's wedding is just a few days away, but they still have three banquets to hold in between, and Xia Chunmei herself also has two birthday banquets to prepare longevity peach buns for.
Baili Xiao privately told Xia Chunmei not to continue the pregnancy, as her health was more important.
However, Xia Chunmei did not agree. She knew her own body well, and besides, she had already agreed to it long ago, so how could she back out halfway?
She plans to stop doing it in November.
After the wedding, she will buy two people and teach them the craft. She can then focus on preparing for childbirth.
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After Xia Chunmei completed these two business deals in the county town, the reputation of her longevity peach buns became widely known.
People in the county town are wealthy, so more and more people are approaching Wang Aiju, wanting Xia Chunmei to make longevity peach buns.
"Grandma Wang, I'm getting married in a few days, so please don't take any more orders for longevity peach buns, but you can still accept banquet orders."
Although Xia Chunmei is no longer teaching Xia Mingshi, Aunt Lihua, and Chen Jinlian cooking, Xia Hongfen is.
Although they hadn't tried making those dishes before, they had watched for so long that they understood the specific steps. With the chef's guidance and their occasional practice with fish, they were actually quite good at making the dishes.
"You're getting married? Congratulations! When is it? I'll definitely come over for a drink at your wedding."
"The 12th of this month," Xia Chunmei said. "We won't accept any more cases this month, but we can accept cases around November."
Baili Xiao has already bought two servants for Xia Chunmei. She only needs to learn how to make a longevity peach bun. Xia Chunmei thinks that even if she's slow, she can learn it in half a month.
So November is the perfect time to start taking orders.
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