Chapter 38: Shame Do you want to bow your heads in front of her?
"Looking for me?" Amelia Su was surprised. Who would call her?
Could it be those relatives in the countryside of Wei Dashan? Could they be trying to borrow money? That wouldn't work!
Amelia Su thought that she had only been back in the city for a few months, and she had no job, so she relied on the little money that Wei Dashan earned. Do those people think that there are mountains of gold and silver everywhere in the city?
So Amelia Su went to answer the phone with an irritable attitude. When she answered the phone, she found that it was Yu Chunhua who called. Amelia Su even moved the receiver to take a look. Why was it Yu Chunhua who called her?
"Chunhua?" Amelia Su said.
"Yes, it's me." Yu Chunhua said, "What's the matter?" Su Yamei said. The two of them were not in the same place as educated youth. When they were educated youth, the two of them had communicated with each other, but the number of times was very small. Everyone was busy with their own things and didn't have so much time to think about other people's affairs. "I'll tell you in advance, I don't have any money to lend you. I just returned to the city."
"I'm not asking you to borrow money. I just want to know Xueqing... I want the child to go back to the city." Yu Chunhua said.
"Go back, just leave the child at your parents' place, your parents will always give the child something to eat." Amelia Su suggested, "I'll just let Shanshan stay at my parents' place."
"Didn't your parents chase her away?" Yu Chunhua frowned.
"No, this is what they owe me. The whole family, I was the only one who went to the countryside as an educated youth, they should make it up to me." Su Yamei said, "But your eldest brother also went to the countryside as an educated youth, you are not the only one. I am not sure what your family will be like. If your parents want to drive your child away, don't let your child come to my place. I always go to my parents' house for dinner."
Su Yamei is thick-skinned, while Yu Chunhua is thin-skinned. Yu Chunhua is worried that her parents will send the child directly to her, and she is also afraid that her parents will send the child to someone else to raise.
"Cousin..." Yu Chunhua was worried.
“Okay, okay, think about it yourself.” Amelia Su said, “I have something to do, so I won’t say anymore.”
Amelia Su hung up the phone faster than Yu Donghua. After hanging up the phone, Amelia Su rolled her eyes. The people of the Yu family should go to the Yu family, not the Su family, if they have something to do. Amelia Su can eat at the Su family, but Yu Chunhua can't. Those people in the Yu family can't let Yu Chunhua's children stay.
Yu Chunhua was sad. Amelia Su was a sent-down youth in the countryside. Yu Chunhua thought Amelia Su could understand her. Yu Chunhua was not in Nancheng. She didn't know much about what happened between Amelia Su and Amelia Su. She also hoped that Amelia Su could help say a few words in front of Amelia Su.
Yu Chunhua's eyes were red, and she looked up at the sky. She asked her biological sisters, but they couldn't help her. She asked her cousins, but that didn't work either. Yu Chunhua sneered, thinking that she had no way out and could only stay in the countryside.
After a series of failures, Yu Chunhua did not call Su Yanan to ask her to help, nor did she call Su Xueqing directly. Yu Chunhua went back home, locked herself in the room, and begged for help... It was too difficult!
Neither Amelia Su nor Yu Donghua went to find Amelia Su. They both pretended to know nothing. No one else told Amelia Su, and Amelia Su did not ask.
In the evening, Su Xueqing did not go back to the Su family. She had gone back once yesterday, but did not go back today. Su Xueqing planned to go back once or twice a week. She could not help with things when she went back. Her grandmother and the third sister-in-law were making dolls, and she could not just sit there. Helping to stuff the dolls was a waste of time. With that time, Su Xueqing could read more books.
Su Xueqing went home yesterday and learned some things, but she didn't ask much. Those things were handled by the elders. If Su Xueqing, a junior, stood up, she would not get any good results. Others would only say that she was too ruthless and too unkind. With the support of the elders, Su Xueqing could say: I listen to my parents.
Others say: You are so old and still listen to your parents?
Su Xueqing just closed her eyes and repeated: I listen to my parents.
Repeating this sentence over and over again, others couldn't do anything to Su Xueqing. No matter how those people persuaded Su Xueqing, Su Xueqing always said the same thing.
Ning Jiaxuan didn't come to Ning's house. She played for a few days and just wanted to lie on the bed. She also thought that she would leave time for her brother so that her brother and Su Xueqing could spend more time together.
The TV in the living room was turned on. Su Xueqing sat there hugging a pillow and watching TV for a while, holding a banana in her hand.
Ning Yanjing didn't ask Su Xueqing to wait for him for dinner after she came back from dinner. Sometimes he had to be busy with work and might come back late. If Su Xueqing waited for him, she would be hungry.
"Have you eaten?" Su Xueqing looked at Ning Yanjing.
"I'm going to go eat something." Ning Yanjing said, "You continue watching TV."
"Okay." Su Xueqing nodded.
Su Xueqing prefers to watch martial arts dramas. At this time, she basically watches TV dramas shot in Hong Kong, and there are few TV dramas from the mainland. There are many TV dramas and movies about fighting bandits in the mainland, but Su Xueqing doesn't like to watch these. The era she lives in is considered a peaceful era, and there is patriotic education. Personal preferences are different.
Ning Yanjing was not keen on watching TV. He would watch whatever TV series Su Xueqing was watching. After finishing his meal, Ning Yanjing sat next to Su Xueqing and happened to see the actors fighting on TV.
"A lot of the scenery is fake," Su Xueqing said, "You can tell at a glance."
"It can indeed be seen." Ning Yanjing said.
"But it's okay, it's considered an okay photo." Su Xueqing said.
The times are different. In this era, films like this are considered excellent. But in the era of Su Xueqing's previous life, it was not acceptable. Cutouts and green screens would be discovered immediately. The audience's eyes are very sharp. Some TV drama crews even shot real scenes that looked like cutouts, and such TV dramas were also criticized.
The most important thing for early TV dramas is to develop them and be able to be filmed.
Su Xueqing found that the plots of TV dramas in this era were no worse than those in Su Xueqing's previous life. The episodes were short and the plots were compact. The protagonists were in love, and there were more national and world justice. There was no direct killing of people, and the villains were all flesh and blood.
No wonder some people used to say that TV series in the past were just chaff, and they kept reminiscing about TV series in the past. TV series in the past were only inferior in terms of high definition and scenery, but the hair design, plot content, etc. were very good.
"Are you busy?" Su Xueqing asked, "If you are busy, you don't have to come."
"But even if I come here, I still have to go to my parents' place. I have to have a place to sleep at night." Ning Yanjing said, "Do you want me to sleep in the office?"
"You'd better come over." Su Xueqing said. Sleeping in the office is so miserable. Working overtime all the time is so hard. "Don't work too hard. If you are too tired, your body can't bear it."
"Someone did it." Ning Yanjing said.
Yu's family, Aunt Su and her husband knew that Su Xueqing was back, Yu Jiachao told them at home. Yu Jiachao used all the money in the family for the engagement, and the family borrowed some money.
"I have agreed with my partner that we will go get the marriage certificate tomorrow." Yu Jiachao said, "After receiving the betrothal money, we will get the marriage certificate early and hold the wedding banquet later. The weather is good now, so the food won't spoil easily. Dad, Mom, you have to prepare the money for the banquet, the hotel won't give money to those who owe you. My cousin's partner owns a restaurant, and I heard that my eldest cousin used to work there. The restaurant is not too far from us, and I wonder if it will be cheaper to hold the banquet there."
Yu Jiachao saved some money, and when he gave his wife the betrothal gift, he only took out a small portion, not all of it. Yu Jiachao told his parents that he had no money left, having spent it all, and his parents did not force him to take out more money. His parents would rely on him for their retirement, so naturally they had to trust him.
"Hold the banquet there?" Aunt Su was surprised.
"Yes." Yu Jiachao said, "It doesn't cost much to buy vegetables. The prices charged by restaurants outside are high, so the actual cost can be much lower. If we offer a cost price, we can save a lot of money."
Yu Jiachao really knows how to save money. This is how he gets others to give up their profits to him.
"We are not losing out to them either." Yu Jiachao said, "They earn a little less, we are all relatives."
"this……"
"Mom, go ask around and find out what the prices are at restaurants outside," Yu Jiachao said. "With all the relatives from our two families combined, there must be more than 10 or 20 tables for the banquet. So many tables will cost money. Dad, Mom, how much money do you have?"
"We have no money left." Aunt Su sighed, "We've given it all to your future wife. Go get the marriage certificate early tomorrow and get the documents done quickly."
Aunt Su was worried that if the documents were processed too late, the woman would regret and ask for more money. There was a family in their area whose son was getting married and was asked to pay a lot of money at the last minute. Where could they get the money at the last minute? If they didn't pay, it would be difficult to get back the money they had paid out before.
"We have already agreed." Yu Jiachao said that if they could not squeeze more money out of their family, they would have to get married early and occupy the good rooms in the house. What if his eldest brother really came back from the country and he and his wife wanted a better room, what would they do?
Many educated youth returned home and fought with their families for rooms. Yu Jiachao and his girlfriend wanted to occupy all the good things.
"My cousin doesn't want to borrow money, so we can have the banquet at her boyfriend's restaurant. It can be considered as us taking care of her boyfriend's business." Yu Jiachao said, "It's not a good idea for us to find another restaurant if our relative owns one."
Yu Jiachao instigated his mother to find Su Xueqing, "My cousin is not young anymore, she is an adult. She should make some decisions on her own, not always her parents. It's a good thing to take care of her boyfriend's business."
"You go and talk to her." Uncle Su said to Aunt Su.
These people in the Yu family like to let Aunt Su come forward, and each of them has a legitimate analysis.
Aunt Su listened to her youngest son's words and felt that his words made a lot of sense. It's better not to let others make money from the wedding banquet, but let Su Xueqing's boyfriend make it.
Since Su Xueqing had to go to school during the day, Aunt Su went to look for Su Xueqing. She waited for a long time, and Su Xueqing came home to see Aunt Su after school at noon. Aunt Li asked Aunt Su to sit in the living room, so as not to turn her away.
"Aunt." Su Xueqing's eyelids twitched when she saw her aunt.
It’s not that Su Xueqing doesn’t want to see her aunt, but her aunt has been in a lot of trouble recently.
"Xueqing." Aunt Su pulled Su Xueqing to sit down, "It's like this, does your partner run a restaurant?"
"My boyfriend doesn't run a restaurant. He just bought a stake and opened it with others. He can't have complete control over the business," Su Xueqing said.
"That's also his restaurant." said Aunt Su.
"Aunt, ask Aunt Li to make whatever you want to eat." Su Xueqing said.
Su Xueqing had three classes in the morning. When she came home, Aunt Li hadn't cooked yet. Aunt Su came early. She didn't know Su Xueqing's schedule, but she knew that Su Xueqing didn't have things to do every day. Aunt Su didn't go to the Su family to ask, because she was afraid that if she asked, Mrs. Su would not let her come.
"It's all right." said Aunt Su.
"That's up to you." Su Xueqing said to Aunt Li, "Cook more food."
"Okay." Aunt Li went to cook.
"Aunt, have an apple." Su Xueqing picked up an apple and handed it to Aunt Su.
"Your cousin and his girlfriend are going to get their marriage certificate today." Aunt Su said.
"This is a good thing, a very good thing." Su Xueqing said.
"After getting the marriage certificate, we have to hold a wedding banquet. We were thinking of holding it at your boyfriend's restaurant. He offers a cheaper price, so we won't let him suffer any loss." Aunt Su said.
"If you really want to save money, you should buy the food and prepare the banquet yourself." Su Xueqing said, "The labor costs in a restaurant are high. Besides, my boyfriend opened a restaurant with someone else, so he can give you his share of the profit, but his partner can't. If you really calculate it, it will be higher than doing it yourself. Aunt, you have a big yard over there, it would be great to find some relatives and neighbors who can cook. Now the weather is not hot, you can spend the same money and give people several meals, and those people will be happy and say that you are doing a good job."
Su Xueqing would never agree to let the Yu family hold a banquet at Ning Yanjing's restaurant. The price of food at Ning Yanjing's restaurant is relatively high, which is different from what Aunt Su wants, which is good quality and cheap. The price is different. Aunt Su wants nothing more than face. Does holding a banquet at a restaurant give her face?
"The guests can still understand the difference between eating one meal and eating several meals." Su Xueqing said, "Most people still want to eat several meals. It's not a formal meal, the food is not so good, but at least there are a few dishes. Invite the people who work to eat two nights in advance and arrange it. Start working the day before, steam some buns in the morning, eat at noon and in the evening, and stir-fry a few dishes of vegetables. Everyone is happy."
“This…” Aunt Su was a person who was easily shaken. When she heard what Su Xueqing said, she felt that it made sense.
"Aunt, it seems like you have a place to hold wedding banquets over there." Su Xueqing said, "I remember going there when I was a kid."
"Yes." Aunt Su said, "I'm thinking of setting up a banquet in a restaurant to relax a little."
"All the other cousins are married, but this is the only time for this little cousin and sister-in-law to get married. No matter how hard it is, this is the only time." Su Xueqing said, "Spend a little money to do a big thing, and let everyone look good. In some places, banquets are held for one or two days. They don't care about restaurants. They just want to find someone to cook for them. These days, people are lucky to have food to eat, and they eat a lot of pickled vegetables and radishes. You hold a banquet, at least there are a few dishes, not just pickled vegetables and radishes, they are very happy."
“……”Aunt Su was thinking.
"When we organize banquets on the street, we basically ask the neighbors to help and everyone prepares the banquet themselves. The tables are placed outside on the road. Anyway, there are not many cars coming, so they don't block the road." Su Xueqing said, "Relatives and friends can come earlier and chat and laugh. This is much better than going to a restaurant. A restaurant is just a meal. A good restaurant can also let you eat the leftovers for the next meal? They are all packed for you to take away. Those that can be packed away are considered good. Some restaurants have small portions of dishes."
"When you got engaged, weren't the portions very generous?" Aunt Su remembered.
"That's because my future parents-in-law paid extra." Su Xueqing said, "There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. You have to pay for it. Without paying, there is only a little bit of food on a plate. Everyone takes a chopstick and it's gone. How about this, I'll take you over for a meal and you can see the amount of food. If you don't believe me, let's go and see the amount of food on other people's tables."
"No, you don't have to go." Aunt Su waved her hand, "I've been to the restaurant and eaten."
"Holding a banquet is nothing more than for face." Su Xueqing said, "How to have face, do it. You can go back and ask them whether they want to have one meal or multiple meals. You can buy the ingredients and cook the banquet yourself, and you can make many dishes, twelve or sixteen. Aunt, your family's money is not blown by the wind, why spend that money to hold a banquet in a hotel? Other people's families invite you to banquets for several meals, and you invite them to a banquet for only one meal, which is not appropriate."
"Oh, buying vegetables costs a lot of money." said Aunt Su.
"I owe you money." Su Xueqing said, "Wait until the money for the gift is collected, and then use the money to pay the bill. After that, it's basically all paid off, and you don't have to borrow money from others. When you go to a restaurant to hold a banquet, the food is expensive. When others give you money for the gift, will they be willing to give you more? No matter how much you give them, why would they give more in return? In their eyes, it's just a meal, with just a little food, so they will only feel that they are at a disadvantage. In front of you, they praise you for finding a good restaurant, but behind your back they say you are stingy and that you want more money for the gift."
In her previous life, Su Xueqing had experienced the workplace and the Internet era. When people heard about banquets, they were not as happy as they imagined. They had to think about how much money they had in their wallets.
Su Xueqing did not say that she wanted to lend money to Aunt Su. Her parents had already lent money, and Su Xueqing could not borrow again.
"If you want, you can make the candies and cookies as return gifts yourself." Su Xueqing said, "Relatives and friends can help."
"I'll discuss this with your uncle. What you said does make sense." Aunt Su said, "We only thought about the restaurant. Now some people are preparing banquets in restaurants, which can save a lot of trouble."
"Their family is rich, so they have a banquet in a restaurant." Su Xueqing said, "Our family is poor, but we have our own ways. When my third brother and his family got married, they didn't even have many tables for the banquet."
Aunt Su nodded. They were indeed a bit too obsessed before and only thought about the restaurant.
"Aunt, you can ask my parents and grandma." Su Xueqing said, "I have never held a wedding banquet. The engagement banquet was arranged by my boyfriend's family and they paid for it. But what I said is also true. I have heard people say that having a meal is too stingy. There are many people in our street who originally came from the countryside. In their hometown, if someone holds a banquet, they will only have one or two days. Only distant relatives who don't help with work will have a meal."
Su Xueqing picked up the cup and took a sip of water. She had just said a lot of things to stop Aunt Su from holding a banquet in Ning Yanjing's restaurant.
"You asked, and you also want to hold the wedding banquet at the restaurant my boyfriend co-founded with someone else. That's fine." Su Xueqing said, "You have to pay a reservation fee for their restaurant first. You can go and ask about the price first. If we tell you the price directly, you will find it unreliable."
Su Xueqing is a good university student, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know anything. The matter did not involve Su Xueqing, and Su Xueqing could watch the rest of the family deal with it silently.
For example, Amelia Su's affairs mainly involved Su's father and mother. Amelia Su rarely appeared in front of Su Xueqing, so Su Xueqing could turn a blind eye. What Amelia Su occupied was not Su Xueqing's things, and it was not Su Xueqing's interests that were damaged, but the interests of Su's father and mother.
Out of sight, out of mind. Don't take all the blame on yourself, don't rush to solve those so-called troubles. Don't think that they are your biological parents and you should rush over.
Wrong, absolutely wrong!
The biological parents have their own life. As their daughter, I am too controlling. The biological parents also need freedom.
"I have to go to school this afternoon." Su Xueqing said, "After lunch, I have to take a nap. Aunt, do you want to take a nap here and then go to see grandma?"
"I'll go over after dinner." Aunt Su said, "Your grandma doesn't sleep much, so she shouldn't need a nap."
"Well, okay." Su Xueqing said.
As long as Aunt Su didn't force Amelia Su to find Ning Yanjing, everything would be easy.
Su Xueqing knew that wedding banquets were basically held once in a lifetime, and they didn't have many relatives in South City. However, Su Xueqing still didn't want them to go to Ning Yanjing's restaurant to hold the banquet. Aunt Su had already borrowed money from Su's father and mother, and the little aunt still said this. Su Xueqing knew with her toes what they meant by not letting Ning Yanjing lose money. They would definitely owe money at that time, so they had to buy on credit first.
Aunt Su's family is in debt and will continue to owe it. If Su Xueqing asks, they will say that Su Xueqing is too stingy.
After dinner, Su Xueqing was going to take a nap, so Aunt Su went to find Old Lady Su first.
Old Mrs. Su was looking at the pickled cabbage in the yard, and she turned around and saw Little Aunt Su. When Old Mrs. Su saw Little Aunt Su, her heart skipped a beat. Is there something wrong again?
"Mom." Aunt Su said.
"Let's talk inside." Old Mrs. Su pulled little aunt Su into her room and didn't talk in the living room.
Mrs. Su was sitting in the living room making dolls. She saw Aunt Su coming and smiled at her. Mrs. Su looked at Old Lady Su's room and she closed the door.
After arriving at the room, Aunt Su met Old Lady Su's stern gaze and felt a little scared.
"I...well...it's like this. We originally planned to go to the restaurant owned by Xueqing's boyfriend to hold a wedding banquet for Jiachao, but Xueqing said it would be more cost-effective to do it ourselves." Aunt Su said, "If we treat people to a few meals, they will be happier. I...I came here to ask."
"Xue Qing is right." Old Madam Su said, "Your house is quite far from the restaurant, and everyone has to take a car to get there. It would be better to go to your house."
Old Mrs. Su thought that Su Xueqing was really good at speaking. She was originally worried that Su Xueqing would not dare to refuse Aunt Su.
"The prices of food at Xueqing's boyfriend's restaurant are high. You can cook several dishes at home for the price of one dish." Old Madam Su said, "Yamei worked there before, and she said so. So, I'll go find Yamei and come over."
"mom……"
"Please sit down." said Mrs. Su.
Amelia Su didn’t expect that there would be a time when she could play a role. The old lady asked her to tell her aunt about the dishes and prices in the restaurant.
So Amelia Su went to Old Lady Su’s room, she sat beside her, and told Aunt Su everything.
"You can spend several days' wages on a meal, and it's just two or three dishes." Su Yamei said, "The lowest price, not the highest price. The chef over there was originally a chef in a state-owned restaurant. I heard that his ancestors were chefs in the imperial kitchen. If you want to hold a banquet, you need at least ten dishes on a table. You spend a month's salary on it. Is it worth it? This is just one table. If you set up 20 or 30 tables, two or three years' salary will go into it. You ask them to lower the price, but it won't be much lower."
Amelia Su secretly laughed at her aunt, who wanted to show off without money. "If my boyfriend wasn't one of the owners of that restaurant, I wouldn't dare to go in. I worked there for a few days and the salary was okay, not worse than those state-owned factories. But they have high requirements. The vegetables must be washed cleanly, and there are people to check. If they are not washed well, they have to wash them again. They also have requirements for cutting vegetables, such as shredding and dicing. They have to cut them into certain shapes, how big or small, and they will be scolded if they don't cut them well."
"Is that so?" asked Aunt Su.
"Yes." Amelia Su said, "But if you go there as an apprentice, you will be scolded by your master. The master scolds a few times, and a strict teacher produces a good apprentice. The chefs there are really good cooks. We eat employee meals there, and the employee meals taste good. They say that you can pack up leftovers, but there is basically not much left. Little aunt, what does Xueqing know? She has money in her hands, and she didn't have to pay for meals in the past. She doesn't have much concept of money. You guys went there to host banquets, and you lost a lot!"
"Loss?" Aunt Su was surprised.
"We don't have money, why should we enjoy such high-end dishes?" Amelia Su said, "We are almost starving to death, and we still want to eat the dishes in the imperial kitchen? We can eat tree roots on the roadside, and we still want to eat high-end dishes. Isn't this making ourselves even poorer?"
Old Madam Su glanced at Amelia Su, she thought Amelia Su would hold her back.
"What I said is true." Amelia Su said, "If you don't believe it, little aunt, go and have a look for yourself. The prices are clearly marked, and there is no deception. What kind of people are we to go to a restaurant like that for a banquet? Do we think our wallets are not flat enough?"
Amelia Su's way of speaking is a little different from Amelia Su's, and Aunt Su can understand it. Amelia Su did not say that the food in the restaurant is too expensive, Amelia Su said it is expensive, and it is true that Amelia Su and Amelia Su have different consumption levels.
"When I was in the countryside, I liked to prepare banquets that could last for two or three days." Amelia Su said, "We didn't have to cook for two or three days at home, and we would eat everything there. This is hundreds of times better than eating in a restaurant. Who are we, who is Amelia Su, she didn't make it clear, is she trying to make you, little aunt, owe her boyfriend money? In the end, you still have to pay it back, she patted her butt and said she had lowered the price. Yes, she lowered the price, but it's still very expensive for us."
Amelia Su envied Su Xueqing for having a partner like Ning Yanjing. She could say a few more words about her younger sister, but what right did the little aunt have to say? Amelia Su did help Amelia Su get a job before, and the little aunt Su would never help Amelia Su get a job. Amelia Su still knew who was closer.
"Xue Qing found a rich partner, and the money can be hers, not ours." Amelia Su said, "She came back to see her parents and brought some things. Compared with the money in her partner's family, those things are nothing."
Amelia Su stretched out her hand and gestured, “The richer people are, the more stingy they are. They will all settle the score with us.”
Mrs. Su did not interrupt Amelia Su, she let Amelia Su continue.
"You owe money, Amelia Su can't stop you from paying it back." Amelia Su emphasized, "I, her own sister, can't take money from her for free, let alone you, my aunt. If you want to live a good life in the future, it's better to hold the banquet yourself, so that you won't be unable to raise your head in front of Xueqing in the future."
"How is it?" Old Madam Su looked at Little Aunt Su, "What do you think?"
"Jiachao said... that he could help Xueqing's boyfriend make some money. Her boyfriend has opened a restaurant, so it would be inappropriate for us to go to another restaurant for the wedding banquet." Aunt Su hesitated.
"It's far away, what's wrong with that?" Amelia Su said, "If you're afraid it's not good, it's best if you prepare the banquet yourself. My mom and the others can cook, so let the second aunt come over early, and the second aunt can also cook. Your neighbors over there should also be able to hold a big spoon. The banquet is lively, and the food is clean, how great."
"I'll go back and talk to Jiachao." Aunt Su said.
"Let's talk it over when we get back." Amelia Su said, "Xue Qing and her boyfriend won't let you eat for free. The restaurant doesn't belong to Xue Qing's boyfriend alone. You expect her to pay for it. That's impossible. She's a businessman. Xue Qing's boyfriend can buy a refrigerator for her parents, can she buy one for me? No!"
Aunt Su looked at Amelia Su. What Amelia Su said was indeed very reasonable, even more realistic than what Amelia Su said.
Mrs. Su heard something vaguely in the living room. She thought, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, those people of Aunt Su are so beautiful. They are even thinking about having a banquet at Su Xueqing's boyfriend's restaurant." Is that a banquet? That's just knocking on other people's bones and sucking blood.
When Aunt Su came out of Old Lady Su's room, Third Sister Su quickly looked at the doll in her hand. Third Sister Su was busy listening and didn't continue making dolls.
Aunt Su did not go back to Yu's house immediately. She planned to go to the restaurant where Su Xueqing's boyfriend lived to check the prices of the dishes.
Seeing that Aunt Su had gone out, Amelia Su said, "She will definitely go to the restaurant to check the prices of the dishes. The dishes are displayed there, and anyone can see them openly. I didn't lie to her."
"Yeah." said Mrs. Su.
"Grandma, I didn't cheat Xue Qing this time." Amelia Su said, "My aunt is my real aunt after all, and I don't want her to be in debt. You have to pay back the money you owe. If a family like the Ning family wants to force people to pay back their debts, can they not pay it back?"
Anyway, Amelia Su didn't want to bow her head in front of Amelia Su. Didn't you see that she didn't ask Amelia Su for money? One of the reasons why Amelia Su didn't want to work in Amelia Su's restaurant was that she felt she owed Amelia Su. After Amelia Su became pregnant, she didn't want to wash vegetables, so she just came back directly.
Just as Amelia Su said, when Aunt Su arrived at the restaurant and took a look at the prices, she didn't dare to ask the restaurant staff how much the banquet would cost. Aunt Su didn't dare to ask, but others dared to ask. When others asked, Aunt Su heard it all. A table of dishes cost sixty or seventy yuan, and they were not the best.
The lowest price was equivalent to two months' salary for an average person. Aunt Su's hands were shaking with fear. If you want to increase the quantity of the dishes, you have to pay extra. It is impossible to give too much discount. Some dates are already booked. There is no way to accept large banquet orders. We have to postpone them.
Aunt Su walked out of the restaurant quickly without asking anyone else. Aunt Su walked out of the restaurant and looked back, wondering why she didn't check the price first, and then she went to find Su Xueqing.
It's embarrassing, so embarrassing, so embarrassing!
Aunt Su had expected that hosting a wedding banquet would cost a lot of money, but she never imagined it would cost so much.
These people are really rich. A table of food costs so much, but they can still make reservations.
"Jiachao, don't hold the wedding banquet at Xueqing's boyfriend's restaurant. A table of dishes will cost at least sixty or seventy yuan." Aunt Su said this in front of the family while they were having dinner in the evening.
"So much money?" Yu Jiachao was shocked. "Didn't you say it's based on cost price?"
"The restaurant is co-owned by Xueqing's boyfriend and someone else. Only Xueqing's boyfriend's share of the profits can be given up, not the partner's." Aunt Su said, "I went to the restaurant to check the prices. Others only offer 10% off, and it can't be any cheaper. If we go there, even if we cut the price in half, a table of dishes will cost 30 or 40 yuan, which is too much to bear."
Yu Jiachao really wanted to hold the wedding banquet at Su Xueqing's boyfriend's restaurant, so that he could be more prestigious.
"Xue Qing has implied that we are not allowed to buy on credit, and Ya Mei also said that the food there cannot be reduced in price." Aunt Su said.
"Mom, I don't think Xueqing treats you as her real aunt." Yu Jiachao said, "If she really treats you as her real aunt, she will have plenty of ways to deal with it."
"She is not married yet..."
"If we don't want to hold it there, then we won't hold it there. We'll hold it here." Yu Jiachao said, "I don't believe that the hotel partners don't have relatives who hold wedding banquets there, but... forget it, forget it, we'll hold it here and invite more people to dinner. It's better than bowing down in front of my cousin."
"Yamei said the same thing. We don't have to owe Xueqing any favors." Aunt Su said.
"Well, that's it, that's it." Yu Jiachao felt unhappy.
From the high price of the betrothal gift to the wedding banquet, Yu Jiachao did not meet his psychological expectations. Yu Jiachao wanted to ask Aunt Su to borrow most of Su Xueqing's betrothal gift money, but since the Su family had no male heirs to marry, it was okay to borrow it. Yu Jiachao wanted to show off his wealth in the wedding banquet to let others know how great he was, but it didn't work.
How can others cooperate with Yu Jiachao if you use their money and face to pretend? Others are not wooden people, they have their own thoughts.
"Mom, they are so clear about the difference between us and you, you should also be clear about the difference between you and them in the future." Yu Jiachao said, "When you go there, it will be useless no matter how many things you bring with you."
"..." Aunt Su lowered her head slightly. Her youngest son was blaming her.
Su Xueqing calmly told Ning Yanjing about Yu Jiachao's wedding banquet, "I asked them to hold it at their home, find someone to do it, and not go to a hotel. Your hotel doesn't need their money, and they can't afford it."
"You said they can't come up with the money?" Ning Yanjing asked.
The two people were walking in the yard, not on the school path.
"No, if I really said that, my aunt would scold me, and my parents would scold me too." Su Xueqing said, "I said that many people over there prepare banquets for others at home and let them have several meals. People give money as gifts because they want to have more meals, not just one. Others treat them to several meals, so how can they have the nerve to treat others to one meal? Others will feel at a disadvantage."
"Okay, you can say that." Ning Yanjing said.
"If we hold a banquet at home and invite someone with good cooking skills to cook, the taste won't be bad." Su Xueqing said, "It's better to hold a banquet in a restaurant, but what we want is face. As long as we have face, we can do anything."
"Aren't you afraid of what your uncle and aunt will say about you?" Ning Yanjing raised his eyebrows.
"My mother gave me the betrothal money. What does this mean? It means that she is tired of those who ask her to borrow money." Su Xueqing said, "My aunt said that she would not let you suffer any loss, but in fact, she is still asking for money in disguise. How much money is enough for the big things? If we really owe a lot of money, they will think we are cheating them. They will say that we are relatives, and we are cheating them. If they don't say it in front of us, they will say it in front of my parents. I haven't even got married yet, why are there so many troubles?"
Su Xueqing looked at Ning Yanjing. After they were together, Su Xueqing felt that she had more things to face.
"Do you regret getting engaged to me?" Ning Yanjing saw through Su Xueqing's thoughts at a glance.
"Not really." Su Xueqing complained, "Before, no one paid so much attention to me, nor did they give me so much face. Before, I was like a pet, but now I am like a person."
Su Xueqing thought they should continue to treat her as a child and stop always discussing those things with her. Su Xueqing didn't want to discuss or give any opinions.
"I am not the flashlight in their hands, I have to illuminate their way forward." Su Xueqing said, "They have to move forward on their own."
Ning Yanjing suddenly reached out and gently rubbed Su Xueqing's head. Su Xueqing tilted her head and said, "My hair is going to be messy."
"Very cute." Ning Yanjing chuckled. He felt that Su Xueqing was working hard for their future. "You can let me reject them."
"No, I can also say no." Su Xueqing said, "I will refuse layer by layer, and you will refuse layer by layer. It will take a lot of time, and time is very valuable."
"Well, I have less time to spend with you." Ning Yanjing said.
When Su Xueqing heard this, she gently touched Ning Yanjing's hand. The next moment, Ning Yanjing hugged Su Xueqing. Su Xueqing did not push Ning Yanjing away, she leaned in his arms.
"We are a family. Your decision is my decision." Ning Yanjing said.
Yu Jiachao's wedding banquet was scheduled for a month later. He had to tell his elder brother and his second sister about his marriage. His elder brother and second sister failed to return to the city, so they could come back to visit their relatives. Yu Jiachao specially went to send the invitation to Su Xueqing. He smiled in front of Su Xueqing and did not seem to blame her at all.
"I didn't want to give you an invitation originally. You're not married yet, so you can just go with your uncle and aunt. But you're engaged, so you have to bring your partner." Yu Jiachao arrived at Su Xueqing's residence and took out the invitation. "You must go, don't refuse, Second Aunt and the others will all go."
"Will my aunt go?" Su Xueqing asked. Yu Jiachao also knew that she was not married, so he gave her a separate invitation. Did he want her to pack a red envelope separately?
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