Baoguo gratefully picked up his bowl and chopsticks and quickly began to eat. "So be it," he thought, "Aunt Cuihua's food is always the best. I want more every time I eat it."
Xue Ying's figure was similar to Sheng Lijuan's, and the clothes she wore fit her well. Xue Ying praised, "No wonder you were able to give birth to such a beautiful girl as Chen'er. You are so pretty, and you have a great figure too."
Sheng Lijuan understood the implied meaning: "Not at all, it's your clothes that make me look better."
Actually, Sheng Lijuan had clothes in her luggage, but they were all wrinkled and needed to be ironed before she could wear them.
In no time, the two women came out of the house hand in hand, looking as close as sisters. Ye Chen'er was overjoyed; a good relationship between their parents was the first step to a solid foundation for her marriage.
"A thousand cups of wine are not enough when drinking with a bosom friend, but even half a sentence is too much when talking to someone with whom you don't click." Tonight, everyone is talking about the right people and the right things, and they have a very pleasant conversation. Finally, they talked about Yan Aidang and Ye Chen'er's marriage and Ye Chen'er's dowry.
Xue Ying had already had the entire second floor opened up to serve as Ai Dang and Ye Chen'er's wedding room. If Ai Dang returned, the military could apply for subsidized housing. However, today, Ye Chen'er's parents disrupted the plan.
Yan Xiaonan finally found out who bought the courtyard house in the alley behind the house. It turned out that Ye Huili had made the purchase. The two-courtyard house was bought as a dowry for Ye Chen'er and is currently being renovated.
Needless to say, the three-courtyard siheyuan was definitely bought by Ye Huili. After seeing Ye Huiguo's affirmative nod, Yan Xiaonan smiled bitterly.
She once showed Ye Chen'er the ring that Ye Huili had given her, and Ye Chen'er immediately clapped and exclaimed, "Chen'er, my uncle has a discerning eye for talent. You are absolutely worthy of being the matriarch of the Ye family."
I never expected that such a small ring would be a token of the matriarch of the Ye family for generations. The Ye family thinks too highly of me. I don't even know anything yet. How can I shoulder such a heavy responsibility?
The three-courtyard house was prepared by Ye Huili for Ye Chenming and Yan Xiaonan's marriage, which shows how much he thought highly of Yan Xiaonan and how determined he was. The reason it was a three-courtyard house is that Ye Chenming must have told Ye Huili that Yan Xiaonan would take care of her grandmother and parents.
Grandma Yan understood. The Ye family was very sincere. However, they still had to wait for Ye Chenming to return after completing his studies. Otherwise, having wealth but not being able to protect it would be a waste of effort.
Yan Xiaoqiang was furious, but the other party hadn't proposed to marry his daughter. Did he need Yan Xiaoqiang's consent to buy a courtyard house? Yan Xiaoqiang couldn't swallow this frustration of knowing the other party's motives but having no way to question them. He thought to himself, "We'll see."
Ye Huiguo chuckled inwardly. His older brother's move was too ruthless. Wasn't he afraid that Nan Nan's father would turn against him? But Ye Huili was confident. He knew that no one would agree to let Yan Xiaoqiang marry his daughter off. Even if you were an Arab prince, he would think you were not good enough for his daughter. This man cherished his daughter too much.
Since that's the case, let's use other methods. Of course, the premise is that Yan Xiaonan agrees, Ye Chenming is excellent, and the two are in love. Otherwise, Yan Daqiang will definitely take action, and Xue Ying's father will not hesitate to block them. That wouldn't be a marriage alliance, it would be an enmity.
However, the current discussion revolves around where Aidang's wedding room should be located. No one pays attention to Yan Xiaoqiang's frustration. Yan Daqiang doesn't care, as his son and daughter-in-law are his regardless of the location. But Xue Ying is a bit embarrassed. If the wedding room is set up in a courtyard house, wouldn't Aidang become a live-in son-in-law?
Ye Chen'er smiled and said to her parents, "Mom and Dad, I want to set up our wedding house here at the military base. Let's use the courtyard house as a separate house. We can come whenever we want. We can each choose a room there. Grandma, the north room can still be for you."
“That’s great, that’s how it should be. Let’s agree on this. How about we book a few seats at the state-run restaurant for the banquet?” Xue Ying exclaimed excitedly.
Yan Daqiang counted on his fingers: at the state-run restaurant, each person could order two dishes, so ten people would have twenty dishes. If they brought their own wine and bought some pastries and candies, the wedding would be pretty good.
Grandma Yan felt relieved to hear this. Of course, she couldn't possibly move into her granddaughter-in-law's north room; that would be like a cuckoo taking over someone else's nest. One shouldn't do that. But she couldn't argue with him now; it wouldn't be fair to embarrass Chen'er for no reason.
Suddenly remembering something, he quickly asked Nan Nan, "Bao, did you inform your older brothers about Brother Dang's wedding?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded: "Grandma, the day Chen'er received the letter, I sent a telegram to my eldest and second eldest brothers and also sent them 100 yuan. I also sent 50 yuan for their train fare to my second uncle and told them to send a telegram as soon as they got on the train."
Speaking of telegrams, Yan Xiaoqiang remembered the telegram he had received a few days ago. He was busy at the time and forgot to take it out. He hurriedly went back to find the clothes with the telegram, which he had put directly into the pocket.
Yan Daqiang read the telegram and learned that Southeast and the others were supposed to arrive on May 10th. He decided to set the wedding for May 18th, in case the train was delayed or something else happened.
However, Erqiang's telegram was not received, and it is unknown whether they received it or not. What exactly is Erqiang doing?
Xue Ying didn't take it to heart. Nan Nan had done a good job and thought things through very well, but there was nothing she could do if the other party didn't want to come to her nephew's wedding. She couldn't force him.
Besides, Erqiang hasn't been home for over a decade and doesn't provide his mother with any retirement money. How could someone who doesn't even care about his mother possibly care about loving the Party?
It was late at night, and Grandma Yan could no longer hold on. Yan Xiaonan went to bed with her. Ye Chen'er led her parents to the back room. Since her second uncle and the others hadn't come, they would stay in her second uncle's room for the time being.
Cuihua nodded. Her brother and sister-in-law had drunk too much today and were probably staying here. She decided to let them stay in Beinan's room since they had a lot of luggage. She had already filled all the thermos flasks and there was a big pot of hot water on the stove. It probably wouldn't be enough for a bath, but it would be enough for a quick wipe down.
The next day, the whole family got up very early and went to the alley behind the house to see it. Grandma Yan had never seen a two-courtyard house before, and she thought it would broaden her horizons.
When Grandma Yan arrived at the gate of the courtyard house, she noticed that the main gate of the courtyard house was located in the southeast corner, and there was also a reverse-facing house next to the gate. The whole house was shaped like the Chinese character "日" (sun), and it had an extra front yard compared to her own courtyard house which had only one entrance.
The front yard was empty. Ye Huiguo said that a large artificial hill would be built here in the future, along with flowing water, which would make the whole house look more flexible and lively. There are two rows of side rooms on each side of the front yard, which can be used as an outer courtyard for entertaining guests.
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