Although Ruan Miaomiao just wanted to invite a few close friends over for a lively meal at her home.
However, even those in the village who weren't particularly close to Ruan Miaomiao all offered to come and join in the festivities when they heard that she was planning a housewarming party.
With no other option, Ruan Miaomiao could only ask Zhou Jingyun to help her buy more things.
To add to the festive atmosphere, she even asked Zhou Jingyun to go to the county town to buy her a small floral cotton-padded jacket.
When she made this request, Zhou Jingyun's eyes widened. After thinking for a moment, he tentatively asked, "Wouldn't it be a bit old-fashioned?"
After all, not long ago, Zhou Jingyun had used his connections to have someone bring back a cashmere overcoat for Ruan Miaomiao from the port city.
The style and material made Ruan Miaomiao, who was already flamboyant and beautiful, look even more noble and elegant, as if she had stepped out of a movie poster.
In his mind, his educated youth Ruan was worthy of all things noble.
So, upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's request, Zhou Jingyun instinctively asked that question.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Miaomiao smiled and replied directly, "The more rustic and commonplace, the more festive!"
In her memory, in a certain winter in her later life, this kind of cotton-padded jacket with small floral prints was very popular. At first, it was worn by internet celebrities, and later all the young wives and young women on the street followed suit. It was indescribably charming and festive!
Hearing his wife's reply, Zhou Jingyun, who always put his wife first, had no choice but to agree and went to find a cotton-padded jacket that met Ruan Miaomiao's requirements.
In fact, to make it immediately clear that he and Ruan Miaomiao were a couple, Zhou Jingyun even got himself a matching outfit.
Before dawn, he arrived at Ruan Miaomiao's new house wearing his own cotton-padded coat and helped her put up couplets and hang lanterns.
When Qin Chunhong, Aunt Wang, and the others who helped with the cooking arrived, Ruan Miaomiao's courtyard had already been decorated in a festive manner.
Seeing such a festive house, everyone was in a great mood, and they squatted down to start washing, picking, and chopping vegetables...
The men then moved over several communal round tables and stools that had previously been placed in the ancestral hall but were later moved to the granary after the destruction of the Four Olds, which were used specifically for serving wine to the villagers.
As for the bowls and chopsticks for eating, each household naturally brought their own.
After all, these days no one is rich, so who would have a few extra bowls?
As the wealthiest person in Jianshan Brigade, Ruan Miaomiao's banquet was of the highest quality:
Ten dishes were laid out on each table:
Braised carp.
Stir-fried cured pork with dried chili peppers and green garlic.
Cabbage and meatball soup.
Stir-fried greens with dried chili peppers.
Braised pork knuckle.
Cold black fungus salad.
Cold seaweed salad.
Stir-fried potato slices with chili peppers.
Red bean and pickled cabbage soup.
Fried peanuts.
Normally, when other people hold a banquet, there are at most one or two meat dishes.
However, when it came to Ruan Miaomiao, four meat dishes were served directly.
Moreover, when stir-frying vegetables, they don't just use chopsticks to dip a little oil like other families do; they actually use lard to stir-fry them.
When the dishes were served, the guests were all shocked: this was even better than what they ate during the Chinese New Year!
Fortunately, the gift I brought wasn't too insignificant, so it wasn't too embarrassing.
So, the gift collector got very busy.
They give away half a pound of white sugar.
They give away half a pound of brown sugar.
They also give away a pound of cornmeal and a pound of wheat.
Not many people give money, and even if they do, it's at most 50 or 70 cents, and very few give more than a dollar.
Even so, Ruan Miaomiao still received twenty yuan, which was considered quite a lot among the villagers.
While eating with grease dripping from his mouth, Gou Dan looked enviously at Zhou Jingyun, who was busy running around, nudged Zhou Tiezhu, and whispered:
"Tiezhu, we grew up playing together with Brother Yun, but now things are different."
Yun-ge really married so well!
Look how lavish this is just for a moving party! Imagine how extravagant it will be when Yun-ge marries Ruan Zhiqing!
Zhou Tiezhu looked at his former buddy, who used to urinate and play together, with envy, and retorted to Gou Dan:
"You're such a poor wretch, all this delicious food can't shut you up."
How can a man like Yun get married?
"If you're going to use someone, you should use 'marry' instead!"
Gou Dan rolled his eyes at Zhou Tiezhu, then lectured him as if he were someone who had never seen the world:
"You don't know anything. In a marriage, whoever has the money is the one in charge."
He lowered his voice and whispered in Zhou Tiezhu's ear, "Brother Yun is capable and rich, but don't you see how delicate Ruan Zhiqing is, and how she spends money so lavishly without a care in the world? What kind of family do you think she comes from?"
When the time comes, it will definitely be our Brother Yun who marries Ruan Zhiqing.
Sigh, even before marrying Ruan Zhiqing, our Brother Yun is already like a henpecked husband. He listens to Ruan Zhiqing in everything, and when he's out with us, he's always thinking about her.
If dating is going to turn out like this, then I'd rather just give up and be happy alone.
Zhou Tiezhu rolled his eyes when he heard Gou Dan's words: "You don't know anything. Didn't you see that Brother Yun is treating Ruan Zhiqing like one of his own even though he's not married yet, as if he's the one who moved into a new house?"
They're really enjoying themselves!
If it were any other woman, Brother Yun wouldn't act this way.
"You little brat, I'm warning you, you better show me some respect when you're dealing with Ruan Zhiqing. If you offend him, it's the same as angering Brother Yun. Then, if Brother Yun doesn't want to hang out with you, you'll have nowhere to cry!"
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