Most people from the village come to eat with their families. If the people from Zhulin Village don't come, it's fine to invite the villagers to join in the fun. But with more than a hundred people, the villagers can't possibly entertain them all, otherwise they'll feel slighted on both sides.
Regardless of whether we accept wedding gifts or not, we've all come from the same village, so giving out wedding cakes isn't considered neglectful.
Listening to Shui Qing's well-organized words, Li Dani and the other four gradually reddened their eyes.
They all came from impoverished backgrounds, so how could they not know that one chicken and one rabbit weren't enough to eat? It's just that this was all they could offer—they still had to make a living after the marriage.
We can only focus on vegetables and make more of them.
The lady added several meat dishes at once, and each dish was generously portioned. She even added meat to the vegetables, making them semi-meat dishes. This feast was better than ever before!
Even the problem that had been bothering them was solved.
They were on good terms with many women in the village, especially those they worked with in the workshop. They saw each other every day, and the men were the same. Their friendship with those who had gone out was naturally extraordinary, so how could they not come to the wedding?
Even if we don't accept gifts, we can't just leave them unattended when they come over; that would be too disrespectful. But what can we offer them besides tea?
The wedding cakes that the lady mentioned really solved their problem that had been bothering them for days!
The five replied in unison, "Madam's consideration is too thoughtful. We will do as Madam says."
Shuiqing instructed, "Okay, let's make the wedding cakes by the 15th. They'll keep for three to five days in this weather. Make a lot, otherwise it would be embarrassing if we didn't have enough."
"Okay, okay!"
They couldn't wait to start preparing!
After the wedding banquet was finalized, Shuiqing's side got busy.
First of all, there weren't enough tables and chairs. My family only had seven. So I went to some familiar families in the village and asked them to lend us the tables and chairs for the day on the morning of the 16th. We had good relationships with the four families, so it was easy to borrow them. At the same time, everyone in the village knew that Hong Mancang and Hong Manku, all eleven men, were getting married!
And it happened on the 16th.
When Fan Dazhu got married, the villagers were still okay. But after Hu Wenhua gave his betrothal gifts, the families of similar age started to get anxious. Now that eleven men are getting married in the next couple of days, they are completely panicked.
They couldn't wait for their family members to get married as well, and for a time, there was a lot of resentment about being pressured to get married!
Fan Xiaoliu was the first to be affected, and he just hoped to go out and deliver goods as soon as possible.
Unaware of the resentful looks from her friends, Mancang Manku continued her high-spirited preparations for the wedding.
Although there weren't enough bowls and chopsticks, there was no need to borrow them from everywhere. At the beginning of the village banquet, each family brought their own bowls and chopsticks to eat. Later, when there was more money in the communal fund, the old village chief and several elders decided to purchase a whole set of coarse pottery basins and bowls, totaling more than four hundred!
Sister-in-law Guifen is in charge of keeping them safe. It has already been agreed that more than a hundred of them will be borrowed on the fifteenth of the month and cleaned in advance for future use.
Early on the 14th, Feng Da and Feng Er took wooden buckets to catch fish. They caught more than twenty large fish and kept them in the pond, waiting for the 16th to eat them fresh.
Fifteen days later, at dawn, Butcher Hu led more than ten men to the prefectural city to buy pork and other meats.
Li Dani and the others got up early to knead, ferment, and bake the dough, making round, soft pancakes. Each pancake was decorated with a red dot in the middle, which looked very festive.
Hu's mother, Qin Yilin, helped wash the dishes.
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