Shen Jialiang didn't intend for Chen Jiayi to drink a lot of alcohol, so he changed the toasting from table to table to toasting everyone on stage.
The two stood on the stage, preparing to offer a toast.
The host smiled and said, "Let's congratulate the newlyweds on becoming a happy family today."
"The Shen family and the Chen family are a perfect match. The Shen family gave a dowry of 28,000 yuan, and the Chen family returned... a dowry of 100,000 yuan!"
Upon hearing the amount, a murmur of discussion immediately broke out.
"The Chen family is too generous! One hundred thousand!"
"The Shen family is not bad either. They do scientific research, and their monthly salary is not much, but they can afford to give 28,000 yuan as a bride price."
"My goodness, is this what they mean by 'marrying someone of equal social standing'?"
"..."
Chen Jiayi was stunned.
Chen Jiayi didn't know how much money was in her savings account until the wedding emcee read it out in front of everyone. Only then did she realize that her parents had given her such a large dowry.
Chen Jiayi's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
When Chen Jiayi married Ding Haowen, her adoptive parents complained that the bride price Ding Haowen gave was too low, and they didn't even prepare a quilt as part of her dowry.
Because of this, Chen Jiayi was scolded countless times by her in-laws after marrying into the Ding family...
Now her biological parents have prepared so much money so that she can live a good life.
Lan Meixuan and Chen Qiming both hope that their daughter can find a good husband who will always be there for her.
But now that she's actually seeing her daughter getting married, Lan Meixuan can't stop crying.
She held Chen Jiayi's hand and placed it in Shen Jialiang's hand.
"Today we won't talk about marriage or handover. If my daughter marries you, then she will be both a daughter-in-law of your Shen family and a daughter of my Chen family."
Chen Jiayi looked at her mother with red eyes.
Lan Meixuan wiped away her tears and said with a smile, "Xiao Shen, if my daughter does anything wrong, please send her back to us. We, as parents, haven't been able to teach her properly before, but we can in the future!"
Shen Jialiang nodded solemnly, "Mom, don't worry! I will definitely not let Jiayi suffer even the slightest grievance."
Chen Jiayi couldn't help but shed tears.
The parents' repeated admonitions to Shen Jialiang stemmed from their concern that their daughter would suffer mistreatment after marrying into the family...
After toasting on stage, Shen Jialiang and Chen Jiayi stepped off the stage together.
Then the two of them went to toast their close friends and relatives individually.
Most of the guests were ordinary people. If they went around toasting each table, they would get drunk after only a few drinks.
Chen Jiayi saw that most of the people she met were acquaintances.
Many of them were people I had met before; they were mostly locals from Haicheng.
This wedding only invited close relatives and friends from the Shen and Chen families. Chen Jiayi herself only invited Wang Shulan, Li Mo, Chi Mengqiu, and... Song Zhiyan.
When the toasts were offered to Song Zhiyan's table, it was clear that Song Zhiyan had drunk quite a bit.
He silently drank a bottle of wine until 1:30 pm. When he saw Chen Jiayi and Shen Jialiang come to toast him, he stood up silently and just looked at them.
Shen Jialiang's eyes were filled with a smile as he saw Song Zhiyan drinking alone in silence, and he was somewhat worried that something might happen to him.
When toasting, Shen Jialiang said to Song Zhiyan.
"Teacher Song, I heard your sister is getting married soon?"
Song Zhiyan paused for a few seconds, then nodded.
"Yes, that's right, the wedding is next month."
Chen Jiayi was somewhat surprised. Song Zhiya was getting married?
And the wedding is next month, how come she didn't know about this?
Shen Jialiang smiled and said, "Oh, I see! That'll be soon. After Teacher Song finishes our wedding banquet, she can also attend your sister's wedding banquet. That's a good thing."
Song Zhiyan was speechless for a moment, then swayed as she drank a glass of wine.
"Uh-huh."
His reply sounded somewhat perfunctory, but his eyes became more alert.
Since Li Mo couldn't come and the Lin family was imprisoned again, Chen Jiayi was in a relatively good mood as she couldn't see anyone she disliked on the field.
Wang Shulan and Song Zhiyan knew each other. Her whole family came, and she was seated at the same table as Song Zhiyan.
Chen Jiayi exchanged a few words with Wang Shulan, served her a few words, and then left.
Li Yu didn't say anything, but Li Yan's eyes were somewhat evasive.
No one else noticed, but Shen Jialiang did.
A hint of indifference flashed in his eyes.
Shen Jialiang had just sensed Li Yan staring at her, but since they were guests invited by Chen Jiayi and it was their wedding day, he didn't bother to make a fuss.
Otherwise, if it were a normal situation, Shen Jialiang would definitely look him up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.
After completing the round, Chen Jiayi was exhausted.
She sat down at the main table and started eating, but she was so tired that she had no appetite and only ate a couple of bites.
Lan Meixuan kept putting food into Chen Jiayi's bowl, leaving a lot of meat for her. Seeing that Chen Jiayi didn't have much of an appetite, she frowned.
Chen Jiayi didn't notice her mother's gaze. She just ate a couple of bites and then whispered to her mother.
"Mom, I don't have much of an appetite. You guys eat slowly, I'm going back to rest for a bit."
"good."
Lan Meixuan knew that Chen Jiayi had gotten up very early this morning and was tired after a long day. She suggested that Chen Jiayi go home and rest for a while.
Chen Jiayi told Shen Jialiang and then got up to go back to her room.
Shen Jialiang immediately put down his chopsticks.
"I'll go upstairs with you."
Chen Jiayi thought about it and didn't refuse.
After all, this was the Shen family home, and Chen Jiayi wasn't very familiar with it.
Shen Jialiang has a dormitory room at Ocean University. He had been renting a room before, but after the rooms were allocated, he moved into the allocated room.
It's a small two-bedroom apartment, just right for two people.
Six months ago, Shen Jialiang converted his two-bedroom, one-living-room dormitory room into a one-bedroom, one-living-room room.
This makes the space much larger and more comfortable to live in.
Shen Jialiang took the initiative to reach out and hold Chen Jiayi's hand. At first, Chen Jiayi was a little embarrassed, but after seeing that no one was staring at them and that they were both busy eating, she relaxed.
"You didn't eat much just now, did you not have an appetite?"
Chen Jiayi nodded. "Mm."
She felt a little embarrassed and tried to pull her hand back.
Shen Jialiang held her hand tightly. Chen Jiayi stared at Shen Jialiang's back for a long time, and then realized in a daze that she had really remarried...
Back in the room, I saw children and elderly people playing on the wedding bed.
The old man smiled and said to the child, "Oh dear, my grandson, keep rolling around on the bed! Let's absorb some of the newlyweds' good fortune!"
Chen Jiayi frowned, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
They don't have the custom of letting others roll around in bed; in fact, they consider this custom taboo.
The new bed is meant for newlyweds. If others roll around on the new bed, they will absorb all the good fortune and bring bad luck after the wedding.
Shen Jialiang immediately turned cold, "Who let you in?"
He coldly rebuked her, startling the old lady sitting on the bed, and her little grandson was so frightened that he burst into tears.
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