Chapter 190 Preparing for the Banquet
Huo Chunyan said, "Sister-in-law, it's alright. You can stay here. You still have to take care of the two babies, and it's not convenient for you to go back. I'll come back and tell you the funny things that happened after my wedding."
Shen Zhixia said, "Tell Aunt Zhang about your wedding. She said she wanted to attend your wedding."
Although Zhang Weihong said such a thing, she didn't have time to attend.
The recent spy incidents have caused widespread panic. Zhang Weihong's husband has also been sent to investigate this matter. Zhang Weihong also has children, so it's impossible for her to travel so far to attend a banquet.
She quickly grabbed a small cloth bag and handed it to Huo Chunyan: "This is a gift bag I made for you. You must accept it."
The small cloth bag looked light and flimsy, but it was obviously filled with money. Huo Chunyan immediately regretted telling Zhang Weihong about it.
"Sister-in-law Zhang, this is too much. You didn't even attend the banquet, how can we let you spend so much money?" Huo Chunyan refused to accept the money.
These days, even if someone holds a wedding banquet, it's just to inform relatives and friends that she's getting married and let everyone share in the joy. There's no custom of having to give money.
Those people just came for a meal, and a small gift would have been fine. Zhang Weihong was being far too polite.
Zhang Weihong said with a serious expression, "This is a small token of my appreciation. You must accept it, otherwise you are looking down on me."
The two started arguing like that, with one person wanting to give and the other refusing to accept.
This wasn't the first time Shen Zhixia had witnessed such a scene; it was just a characteristic of the Chinese—there was always some pulling and tugging involved.
Finally, Shen Zhixia said, "Chunyan, you should accept it. You can return the favor next time Sister Zhang needs something."
She could tell that Zhang Weihong genuinely wanted to give a gift of money. If she didn't accept it, she would be more anxious than anyone else. Since that was the case, she might as well accept it. After all, the two families had a good relationship, and she could repay it in other ways later.
Huo Chunyan then accepted the red envelope, saying thank you.
Seeing that she had accepted the money, Zhang Weihong said with satisfaction, "That's more like it. You should have accepted it a long time ago."
Huo Chunyan and Sun Baojun are going back to hold their wedding this time, so of course they need to prepare a lot of things. There are many people in the village, and usually when they hold such a banquet, almost the entire village will come. In addition, Sun Baojun has some relatives, and some of them will also come specifically.
Preparing a banquet for so many people requires a lot of supplies.
Sun Baojun originally wanted to buy some vegetables and meat, but Huo Chunyan refused: "There's no need to go through all that trouble. The village has all these things. My mother raises two big fat pigs. She said she'll slaughter one of them. As for vegetables and such, we have them all in the fields. There's no need to buy them at all. If we don't have enough vegetables in our fields, we can just buy them for other people in the village."
Shen Zhixia felt a little regretful that she couldn't attend the banquet. These rural banquets were truly wonderful; the pigs were freshly slaughtered, and the vegetables were just picked from the fields.
Just thinking about it makes it sound delicious.
Unfortunately, she won't get to enjoy the food this time.
She called the two men in and then had them take everything she had prepared to the countryside.
She prepared a lot of wedding candy. Because she didn't have time to make suitable bags, she made large bags of candy. In peacetime, candy is very bad for your health, and everyone tries to control their sugar intake. But at this time, it's a good thing, and the price is very high.
Therefore, when Huo Chunyan saw so much candy, her eyes widened: "Sister-in-law, why did you buy so much candy?"
Shen Zhixia bought the candy at a service store. Since it's not safe to go anywhere right now, she didn't go to the city. She also has some candy in her space, which she bought in Shanghai before.
She had a lot of things in her storage space, but she never had time to use them up. Sugar can be stored for a long time, so she stockpiled a lot of it.
Shen Zhixia said, "When you get married, you have to eat candy. This is called wedding candy, so I bought a lot. You can put these candies on the banquet table so that adults and children can grab some to eat. It's also a good omen."
Huo Chunyan said, "Is that so? I've never seen other people's weddings so wasteful, with so much candy."
Besides, sugar symbolizes good luck, and she had never heard of it being so expensive. Of course, everyone would want to eat it.
She felt a pang of heartache seeing Shen Zhixia take out so many candies.
"I'm telling the truth. Weddings are all about eating wedding candy. Do you believe me?" Shen Zhixia said with a smile.
Huo Chunyan nodded: "I believe you."
Shen Zhixia wouldn't lie to her, so it can only mean that weddings in Shen Zhixia's circle all use candy. Given her good background, it's normal that she can afford such expensive candy.
In the end, they agreed to take all the candy.
Shen Zhixia prepared a snakeskin bag, so Sun Baojun carried a huge snakeskin bag.
The main ingredient there is candy. Of course, besides candy, there are also some cookies and snacks. Children love to eat these things. Huo Chunyan's banquet will definitely be a grand and successful event.
Huo Chunyan felt that Shen Zhixia had prepared too much, but since she had prepared it, she could only take it. Her family was not wealthy, and their life only started to improve after Huo Chenzhou became the regimental commander.
So she never ate so much candy growing up, and even after she became a nurse in the army and had an income, she rarely bought candy to eat.
As a result, Shen Zhixia gave her so much candy this time.
Shen Zhixia is so good to her.
If Huo Chenzhou ever dares to bully Shen Zhixia in the future, she will definitely not let Huo Chenzhou off the hook.
Sun Baojun also said, "Commander Huo's family is so good to you. They even bought so much candy. They are so thoughtful. I didn't even think about buying candy at first."
He had considered hosting a proper banquet, but sugar was too extravagant, so he didn't think about buying it.
Huo Chunyan glanced at him and said, "This was prepared by my sister-in-law. As for my brother, forget it. He's a rough guy and wouldn't even think of these things."
Sun Baojun smiled but didn't say anything.
Since Shen Zhixia was able to prepare these things, it must have been with Huo Chenzhou's approval; otherwise, how could they have brought out such valuable items?
He already liked Huo Chunyan, and now he respected her even more. After all, her family cared a lot about her, so he naturally looked up to her as well.
Huo Chunyan said, "I've thought of some dishes. I'll tell you about them later. Just keep it simple and don't make it too complicated."
At this point, it would be great if every table had both vegetables and meat.
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