Chapter 131 Lively
Now, as the educated youth watched the delicious dishes being served, they felt that the money they spent on the gifts was well spent.
The gossipy male educated youth whispered to Liu Jianhua: "I heard that the previous one also held a banquet. Was the banquet last time also so sumptuous?"
Liu Jianhua also drank some white wine, and his head was a little dizzy. He was not as cautious as usual. At this moment, he shook his head slightly and whispered, "It's not that rich."
There were also male educated youth who lamented: "I originally thought the Song family would not be so anxious, but who knew that the educated youth from other villages would get the advantage."
"Haha, why don't you go out and look at yourself? How can anyone like you if you are like this?"
The male educated youth was not convinced: "Isn't my job bad?"
The three generations of the He family who were eating melons took a look at the male educated youth. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a square face, and he did look good.
Another male educated youth laughed: "Gu Zhiqing is whiter and more handsome than you."
The male educated youth sighed with regret: "Female comrades only look at faces. I am much more capable than Gu Zhiqing."
Even Grandpa He couldn't help gossiping a little, and he came over to them and asked in a low voice: "Compared to the groom today and the one before, who is more handsome?"
"That must be this Jun today."
"Nonsense, I think Zhong Zhiqing is also very handsome."
Anyway, no one could convince anyone else, so they just served more food to shut them up.
The He family also discovered that their table had the fewest people.
The other tables were filled with children under the age of thirteen or fourteen, all asking their parents for food.
Of course, this is normal. Nowadays, cooking at home uses less oil and water, and only one person from each family can come to the banquet. Children are greedy and will of course take the opportunity to ask adults to feed them.
Older children are more shy and feel embarrassed to ask for food.
Fortunately, the portion of each dish is large, so even if there are more than ten children at the table, they can all enjoy the food.
The He family sat together with the educated youth, and everyone ate their fill and even had some leftovers.
Today's rice was steamed in a wooden barrel and tasted especially delicious. Even Grandma He ate two bowls and said, "This rice is especially delicious."
You know, when she eats at home, she never has a second bowl of food.
Nowadays, most people don’t have enough food to eat, but Grandma He is afraid of getting fat by eating too much, so she has already become aware of losing weight.
When Grandpa He saw it, he said, "Let's buy a wooden barrel to steam rice later."
Gu Ci was carrying a red cloth bag, also called a "descendants bag", which was filled with red dates, peanuts, longans, melon seeds and wedding candies.
When the wedding banquet was almost over, Gu Ci carried the red cloth bag and Chu Hong gave two handfuls to each person at each table. This not only allowed everyone to get to know Gu Ci, but also allowed everyone to 'take away the extra food' and bring some back home.
Chu Hong and Gu Ci walked over and just heard what the old couple of the He family said. She felt amused in her heart: My desk mate is so pitiful. He is already full, but still forced to eat dog food.
While grabbing a handful for everyone, she took the opportunity to introduce them: "Gu Ci, these are the educated youth from our village. They are all good comrades who can write articles with a pen and are not bad at picking up a hoe. You can get together and chat in the future."
Gu Ci had heard before that there were several male educated youth in Lingxia Village who often hung around Chu Hong, so he was extremely wary of them.
Now that he and Chu Hong are married, they can only watch their loving relationship from the sidelines.
Therefore, he felt a little bit subtle towards his defeated opponents, but he still smiled politely: "Thank you all for coming to our wedding, everyone enjoy your meal and drink."
Now, greeting them as the host, I feel really refreshed.
Chu Hong greeted the He family's grandfather and grandson again: "Grandpa He, Grandma He, I'm sorry for not welcoming you well today. If you have anything, just call me."
Grandpa He smiled happily: "Everything is good, the dishes are delicious, the rice is delicious, it's very rich and lively."
Seeing that he had not forgotten to steam rice at this time, Chu Hong also admired his persistence: "I do have a small wooden barrel at home. If you don't mind us using it too much, you can take it back and steam rice later."
"Oh, that's great." Grandpa He smiled even more: "Then I am serious, right?"
Grandma He couldn't stand it anymore and stepped on him: "That's enough."
Then he smiled kindly at Chu Hong: "Good children, you go and do your work first."
There were several tables behind, and Chu Hong couldn't delay any longer. She smiled and asked them to eat more, then walked to the next table with Gu Ci.
Previously, Chu Hong thought that it didn’t matter whether the wedding took place or not.
After all, I can’t wear a wedding dress or a cheongsam now, I can’t dress up carefully, and there is no wedding planning.
But now seeing that everyone is enjoying the meal and they are all congratulating me, I feel that this kind of wedding is quite down-to-earth.
The main focus is simplicity and unpretentiousness.
But lively and festive.
After the villagers finished their meal, they did not leave immediately. Some talked to the Song family, while others took the opportunity to go to the new house to watch the fun.
Although there is no such thing as drying the dowry nowadays, it is not like the difficult times in the past few years when marriage was considered a marriage when the woman would just roll up her own bedding and go to the man's house.
Instead, they would prepare bedding, tables and chairs, or one of the three-turn and one-ring sets.
The Song family had brought back a sewing machine before, and many people in the village had heard of it but had never seen it, so they took this opportunity to broaden their horizons.
Chu Tong and Chu Dan originally helped in the kitchen, but now they are guarding the new house, for they are afraid that the children will be naughty and break something by accident, which would be unlucky on such a happy day.
Most people look at the sewing machine first: "Have you used it before? How do you use it?"
"I know. This sewing machine can sew by itself as long as you step on it! And the stitches are very neat."
"That would save a lot of trouble making clothes. When my girl gets married, she'll have to have a sewing machine."
"I heard that to get married in this town, you need three things: a sewing machine, a bicycle, a radio, and a watch."
"Who can afford to marry her?" An old lady who was planning to marry a daughter-in-law took the opportunity to complain: "It would take the whole family several years just to save money for a watch and tickets."
Of course Chu Tong would not say that she already knew how to sew, but smiled and said perfunctorily: "Chu Hong is the only one who knows how to sew at home, you can go find her if you need to mend it."
Otherwise, if someone approached her, she would find it difficult to refuse.
Ever since the second sister came back from Shencheng with the divorce compensation, everyone thought Chu Hong was a fierce and powerful person.
What's more, Chu Hong, the director of the Women's Department, is a new official who has made many big moves since taking office.
The first thing he did was to come up with a bad idea, which allowed the two sons of his sixth uncle to separate the family property smoothly.
The second fire was that the cousin of Secretary Wu from the neighboring village, who loved to beat his wife, was beaten by his wife until his head was bleeding.
They were all afraid that this third fire would burn them, so they dared not offend her.
The people around didn't doubt what Chu Tong said.
The main reason is that most of the women present didn't know how to operate the sewing machine. It's normal to find it difficult if you don't know how to do it.
Some people also looked around the room and said, "Tsk, tsk, there are a lot of good things prepared this time. Where are the new thermoses?"
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