Chapter 805 Wedding banquet held separately
Shen Chengcheng picked up the old lady and returned. Shen Jingjing was catching up with Hu Xiaoyan, which allowed him to order food just in time.
"Mom, what would you like to eat?" Shen Jingjing asked the old lady.
The old lady was dressed smartly today and wore gold jewelry. When she stood in the lobby of the Longyang Hotel, she looked completely different from usual.
She knows this place well; she's been here twice to eat at other people's banquets, and the dishes are always beautifully prepared.
"Let's eat that king crab," the old lady said readily, though she hadn't remembered the name correctly.
After all, her son had been talking about it the whole way when he came.
The waiter who was taking orders laughed when he heard this: "Auntie, you mean king crab, right?"
"Oh yes, this is it. How much is one?" the old lady asked casually.
"These are sold by weight. The small ones cost two or three cents each, while the larger ones cost four or five cents each."
"Huh?" The old lady exclaimed in surprise, "So expensive?"
That's enough to buy several grams of gold.
The old lady glared at her son. Did he know that his sister was spending money like crazy?
"No, I don't want it. It's too expensive. It's not worth spending so much money on that stuff," the old lady muttered.
She favored her son, but not to the point of losing her mind.
Even if it's your daughter who's spending money, it should be reasonable. Spending several cents on a crab is just crazy.
Does he really think he's an emperor?
Shen Chengcheng's plan failed, and she couldn't help but purse her lips.
He wanted to eat it because he had never eaten it before.
As a result, Shen Jingjing said, "Let's have one, a medium-sized one will do, and make half of the garlic steamed and half of the cheese baked method."
"Oh dear, Jingjing, it's too expensive!" The old lady shook her head. "With that money, there are so many other things you could do. You might as well buy some gold."
"It's okay, Mom. Just try it. You've never had it before."
Not only that, Shen Jingjing also ordered a serving of mantis shrimp, which, when calculated on average, was more expensive than king crab.
When the dishes were served, the old lady looked at the table full of delicious food, many of which she had never seen before, not even at a banquet. The first thing that came to her mind was her eldest son.
"How can we finish all this food?" The old lady looked at Chen Chengcheng and instructed, "Call your older brother. Isn't he taking a lunch break right now? Tell him to come here and eat."
She also misses her grandsons, but they can't bring cell phones to school, so she can't contact them.
Upon hearing this, Shen Chengcheng clicked his tongue impatiently: "My older brother's workplace is far from here, and he's probably already finished lunch by now. Why bother him?"
"Why don't you call and ask?" the old lady persisted.
Shen Chengcheng then made a phone call, and it turned out that Shen Mingming had indeed finished lunch.
Only then was the old lady truly finished.
"Mom, eat up. Seafood doesn't taste right when it's cold." Shen Jingjing didn't care at all and put two pieces of crab on the old lady's plate.
The old lady was actually quite happy, mainly because her daughter hadn't forgotten her and had specially bought her gold jewelry.
This shows that her daughter is filial to her.
"Jingjing, bring your husband back to meet your mother before you get married," the old lady suddenly said.
Shen Jingjing glanced at the old lady, neither refusing nor agreeing: "He's quite busy with his business, so it depends on the time. Besides, the wedding date hasn't been set yet, and he wants to consult a master."
"You'd like to consult a master?" The old lady's eyes lit up, because she also believed in these things: "It's good to consult a master, to calculate an auspicious day."
As Shen Ci sat opposite the old lady, an idea suddenly came to her mind.
"Grandma," she said, looking at the old lady and asking, "If my mom gets married, we don't have any relatives in Longcheng. Do you think we should hold a wedding in Longyang?"
"Huh?" The old lady didn't react for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Shen Ci explained: "It means that the wedding banquet will be held in two places, once in Longyang and once in Longcheng."
"In Longcheng, the banquet is for the groom's relatives and friends; in Longyang, it's for our relatives and friends."
Shen Jingjing and Shen Yingying exchanged a glance, wondering what their daughter was trying to do by suddenly bringing up this idea.
Neither of them said anything more, but they both knew that since Aci had brought it up, she must have something in mind.
The old lady frowned: "You're doing it in two places?"
Shen Ci smiled and nodded, helping the old lady analyze: "Grandma, think about it, usually the groom's family is in charge of the wedding, so the money and gifts received will all belong to the groom's family."
“If we hold separate events, the groom’s side will invite people from Longcheng, and our side will invite people from our hometown. The monetary gifts can also be given separately. You raised my mother, so she definitely won’t keep any of the money for her daughter’s wedding; she’ll give it all to you.”
"Over the years in Longyang, you must have given quite a few money as gifts for people, right? If this event weren't held in Longyang, how would you get all those money back?"
Upon hearing Shen Ci's words, the old lady immediately perked up: "Oh, that's right, we should try to get this money back."
"But who's going to pay for the banquet? We're having it in Longyang, so we have to pay for the banquet ourselves, right?" Shen Chengcheng interrupted with a question.
The old lady did some mental calculations again: "Of course, hosting a banquet will cost a lot of money."
Shen Ci hurriedly said, "Uncle Qianjiang will pay for the banquet. It's the custom in Longcheng that the groom's family pays for the banquet no matter where it is held."
She's making things up, but as long as she gets what she wants, she's willing to pay for the banquet.
"The groom is paying? That's fine!" The old lady was immediately satisfied and said, "I'm getting old, so I don't want to go to Longcheng anymore. It's good to hold a party in Longyang. I know all the neighbors, and I can invite everyone I can. It'll be a grand affair."
Upon hearing the old lady's words, a sly glint flashed in Shen Ci's eyes.
The Shen sisters immediately understood that Aci had come up with this idea in order to prevent people from Longyang's hometown from going to Longcheng.
Surprisingly, the old lady seemed to enjoy it.
Holding a party in their hometown would indeed save a lot of trouble. If the whole family were to go to Longcheng, Shen Jingjing would have a headache just thinking about it.
But that night, something even more troublesome happened.
The first thing Shen Mingming did after getting off work was to call Shen Jingjing over and then take out an invitation from her briefcase and hand it to her.
Shen Jingjing was taken aback and asked in confusion, "Big brother, what is this?"
"You'll know once you open the invitation."
Shen Jingjing had already opened it; it was He Meifeng's wedding invitation. She had just told Xiaoyan earlier that day that she wasn't going!
Shen Mingming spoke up on her own: "I ran into Meifeng at work today. Weren't you classmates when you were little? I just casually mentioned that you were back, and she got so excited that she quickly handed me an invitation and told me to make sure I gave it to you."
Shen Jingjing was speechless; her older brother was making decisions too arbitrarily.
Seeing her expression, Shen Mingming realized something and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? You don't want to go?"
Shen Jingjing had no choice but to tell him about her encounter with Hu Xiaoyan that day. Shen Mingming sighed upon hearing this: "This is a mess. Meifeng's older brother is my superior. It's not appropriate for you to accept the invitation and not go, is it?"
(End of this chapter)
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