Time flies, and two days have passed in the blink of an eye. Today is Xu Damao's wedding day.
Early in the morning, the Xu family started to get to work, busy borrowing tables, benches, pots, pans and utensils from all over the place.
Today's banquet, as usual, is held in the central courtyard.
However, the cook was not from the He family, but rather another chef that Xu Damao had hired from the steel rolling mill.
At the He family's residence in the Intermediate People's Court, Sha Zhu had a long face and was constantly cursing.
"Damn! Who do they think they are! Hiring a cook from outside, that damned eunuch, let's see how long he can be so smug..."
"Hehehe...!" He Yushui couldn't stop laughing when she heard the word "dead eunuch".
"Brother, are you kidding me? Being a eunuch is fine, but why add the word 'dead'? Besides, even if Xu Damao invited you to be his chef, would you go?"
"Keep dreaming. How could this dead eunuch be worthy of eating the dishes made by Grandpa? No matter how capable Xu Damao is, we are the people he can't invite."
It's said that Sha Zhu is quiet until he speaks, then he's sure to choke someone to death when he does. Even He Daqing, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore.
"I'm telling you, you stupid Zhuzi, can't you just shut up for once this early in the morning? If you're so capable, go and marry someone yourself. All you do is hide here and bark like an impotent madman, you don't do any real harm at all."
After being scolded by his own father, Sha Zhu didn't want to argue with him.
In fact, He Daqing was right; it didn't matter whether they hired him as a chef or not.
The key question is, how could someone like Xu Damao possibly get married first?
Besides, Qin Jingru is quite pretty, which is the real reason why Sha Zhu is unhappy.
You're a dead eunuch, isn't it a waste to marry a wife like that?
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Meanwhile, in the Jia family next door, Bang Geng was also very unhappy and was arguing with his mother!
"Mom, what did you say? Xu Damao is getting married, why is it that our family only invited one person? Who's going to go?"
"Good boy! Be good, of course Mom will go. Do you ever see a small child going to a banquet? I can't help it. At worst, Mom will bring you some good food back later."
Qin Huairu patiently explained, afraid that her eldest son would throw another tantrum.
But Grandpa Banggeng was clearly different from ordinary people; he completely dismissed such an explanation.
"No, she's my aunt, we're relatives, I have to go today."
After Bang Geng finished speaking, Xiao Dang thought it made sense. Since her older brother could go, she could go too.
"Mom, my aunt is getting married, I want to go too."
Even the smallest locust flower, upon hearing that there was something delicious to eat, began to shout incoherently.
"Go...go, Mom, I want to eat meat."
Qin Huairu felt a bit overwhelmed when she saw that all the children were clamoring to go.
Xiao Dang and Huaihua are easy to coax, but Bang Geng definitely won't listen. What should I do?
"Mom, what are you still hesitating about? Our family are all real relatives. Even if we all go, no one can find fault with us."
Seeing her son's extremely impatient look, Qin Huairu could only nod shamelessly.
As for what the Xu family will think? Who cares! Let's go first and see what happens. Do you think they'd have the nerve to kick us out?
At 10 a.m., Sun Zhengguo also brought his wife and children back to the courtyard house.
However, it was still early, so he didn't go to the Intermediate People's Court but went home instead.
As soon as he got home, his second uncle came to find him.
"Zhengguo, everything has been taken care of in my second uncle's hometown. How about I report for duty tomorrow?"
“Okay, Second Uncle, ride in my car tomorrow, and I’ll take you to register.”
Sun Dahe felt a little embarrassed when he heard that his nephew wanted to take him there.
"Zhengguo, why don't you go by yourself? I can't keep bothering you everywhere."
"It's alright. You're my only uncle, so I have to support you."
After hearing what his nephew said, Sun Dahe stopped insisting and believed that if his nephew took the lead, he could avoid many detours.
Just then, Lin Wencui returned from the Intermediate People's Court. Seeing her son approaching, she casually gave him a brief instruction.
"Zhengguo, Mom just paid the money for the wedding gift. We haven't separated our family yet, so you don't need to pay any more later."
"Okay, Mom."
After chatting for a while, Sun Zhengguo called his younger brother over and asked him if he was adapting well to life at the tractor factory.
“Brother, you don’t know, even without Director Xia’s help, I was doing very well at the tractor factory. I could operate those machines with my eyes closed.”
Sun Zhengguo believed his younger brother's words. After all, he was a senior technician at the research institute, so working in these branch factories would be a piece of cake for him.
"Alright! Now that you've adapted, do your job well and don't embarrass me. Strive to get promoted as soon as possible."
"Alright! Just you wait and see, big brother!"
Seeing his younger brother laughing and joking, Sun Zhengguo felt much relieved; at least his brother wasn't blaming him.
Soon, it was past 11 a.m., and Lin Wencui saw that it was getting late, so she called her son and they went to the Intermediate People's Court together.
Xu Damao was very happy to see Sun Zhengguo arrive; his old classmate was truly helpful.
Unlike some officials who insist on waiting until the very end, as if that's the only way to live up to their prestigious status.
"Ma'am, please don't squeeze into other tables. Just sit here with Zhengguo!"
Lin Wencui could tell at a glance that Xu Damao had arranged a table for officials.
Although she doesn't like drinking and joking with a bunch of men, that's just the drinking culture, and there's nothing she can do about it.
"Alright, Damao, you can go ahead and get busy! I'll sit here."
After she finished speaking, Lin Wencui sat down next to her son.
Seeing that Lin Wencui did not object, Xu Damao then took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to Sun Zhengguo.
"Old classmate, I'll need your help looking after this table of people later."
Sun Zhengguo noticed that there were no cigarettes on the other tables, and knew that only the cadres' tables received this privilege.
But what does this have to do with him?
So he reached out and took the cigarette, then waved to Xu Damao.
"Go ahead and get busy! Don't you trust me to handle things?"
"Thank you, old classmate."
After expressing his gratitude, Xu Damao took Qin Jingru to the door to greet the guests.
Before long, Xu Damao brought over a few more people, all of whom were cadres from the factory.
There were no important figures among them; the highest-ranking person was the head of the propaganda department.
Xu Damao also introduced everyone. Everyone knows Lin Wencui, so there's no need to go into details. The main person he introduced was Sun Zhengguo.
The other cadres present were familiar with Sun Zhengguo and knew that he was someone of great importance, so they were all very polite and took the initiative to greet him.
Sun Zhengguo didn't put on any airs and responded to each of them in turn. At the same time, he took out the cigarettes that Xu Damao had given him and offered them to the cadres.
While the officials at the table were chatting and laughing, a group of people at a table not far away looked rather displeased.
Originally, there were only 8 people allowed per table, but our table was clearly overcrowded because Qin Huairu's whole family came.
No one seemed to have any objections to this situation, since they were relatives and it was normal to invite them all.
The key issue is that you can't put all these people at one table. Everyone has contributed money, so why should so many people squeeze into one table?
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