At the same time, in Xiushui Village, at Old Wang’s house.
Two large red double happiness lanterns were hung at the gate of Old Wang's house, and red water lilies were hung on the door beam, creating a festive atmosphere.
There were eighteen tables set up in the spacious yard of Old Wang's house.
For rural areas, eighteen tables of banquets are considered a grand feast.
However, when the banquet started, ten of the eighteen tables were empty, and although the other eight tables were occupied, they were sparsely occupied.
Most of the guests who came to the banquet were guests of Lao Wang's family, and there were only more than twenty villagers from Xiushui Village.
The villagers and Lao Wang’s relatives together number more than seventy people.
When the banquet started, Wang Lanhua opened the window and looked out. She saw that half of the eighteen tables were empty and the atmosphere of the wedding banquet was cold and deserted. The smile on her face froze in an instant.
"Mom and Dad, why are there only so few people here?"
Wang Lanhua ignored etiquette and came to Wang Chunsheng and his wife with a look of grievance on her face.
The wedding banquet is grand and costs a lot of money, but there are very few guests who come to drink, which means that not much money can be collected from gifts.
Since they can’t collect much gift money, the Wang family will have to pay a huge loss at today’s wedding.
Zhang Ruhua felt a pang of heartache when she thought about how much money this wedding would cost.
Wang Lanhua, wearing a red dress and a red hairband, came out of the room. As soon as she opened her mouth, Zhang Ruhua, who was suffering from heart pain, glared at her.
Wang Chunsheng frowned and said seriously, "Lanhua, why did you come out?"
According to the old custom in the countryside, the bride cannot show up at the banquet on her wedding day, otherwise she will be gossiped about by relatives and friends.
"Mom and Dad, I want to ask you, why are there only so few people here for drinks?"
At this moment, Wang Lanhua was filled with shame and could not listen to what Wang Chunsheng said.
Even when Zhang Ruhua glared at her, she was not afraid at all.
Thinking that today was also the day Yun Yongcheng and Qin Yu were getting married, Wang Lanhua gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Did everyone in our village go to Old Yun's house for a drink?"
The Yun family and the Wang family are separated by some distance, and the noise coming from the Yun family cannot be heard from the Wang family.
Zhang Ruhua didn't take the Yun family seriously either.
After receiving the betrothal money from the Yang family, Zhang Ruhua advertised in the village that she was going to hold a luxurious wedding banquet. She thought that the villagers would definitely come to their Wang family's house for a drink today because of the grand banquet. She never thought that the scene would be so deserted today.
It was not until the banquet was about to start that there were only a few villagers coming to Lao Wang's house to drink. Zhang Ruhua started to panic and assigned Wang Jiashun to go to Lao Yun's house to inquire about the news.
Wang Lanhua had just finished asking the question in anger when she saw Wang Jiashun running back in a hurry.
"Brother, what's the situation at Old Yun's house now? Have all the people from our village gone to Old Yun's house?"
Wang Jiashun ran up to Zhang Ruhua and her husband, panting, and glanced at Wang Lanhua with a somewhat unhappy look on his face.
It was all this girl's fault. She insisted on throwing Yun Yongcheng away and choosing Yang Shuo.
If this girl hadn't abandoned Yun Yongcheng, it would be an honor for the Wang family to follow the Yun family.
"There's no one in Old Wang's yard."
Upon hearing this, the other members of Old Wang's family were all stunned.
Chen Dongxiang asked her husband in surprise, "What do you mean there's no one in the Yun family's yard? Isn't today the day Yun Yongcheng is getting married to Teacher Qin from Huangshi Town Central Primary School? Aren't they having a wedding banquet?"
Wang Jiashun replied angrily, "They're having a wedding banquet. I asked someone who knows the situation, and they said Yun Yongcheng booked a high-end restaurant in the county town for the wedding, and all the villagers in our village went to the restaurant in the county town for the banquet."
"Oh, where's my mother?"
When Zhang Ruhua heard Wang Jiashun's answer, she felt dizzy.
Seeing her body swaying, Wang Chunsheng hurriedly reached out to support her.
Zhang Ruhua steadied herself and silently calculated the accounts in her mind.
Today's banquet with 18 tables cost more than 500 yuan, but the money received so far is only 200 yuan, which is a loss of more than half.
It would take the Wang family half a year to earn back this much money.
"It's all your fault, you money-loser."
The more Zhang Ruhua thought about it, the angrier she became. Regardless of the presence of guests, she started cursing at Wang Lanhua.
"It's all because of marrying off a money-losing piece of shit like you that I lost so much money."
"Mom, today is my wedding day, how can you scold me like that?"
Zhang Ruhua had a loud voice, and most of the guests present heard what she said when she accused Wang Lanhua.
Dozens of eyes suddenly fell on the mother and daughter.
"What kind of person is Zhang Ruhua? On her daughter's wedding day, she scolded her all over her face."
"You think the money we gave is too little and you think we've lost money. We're not here to have a wedding banquet, we're here to be bullied. If I had known it was a wedding banquet like this, I should have followed the village chief and others to the county town's Delicious Restaurant to attend the Old Yun family's wedding banquet."
"Lanhua's daughter is getting married, why are there so few villagers from Xiushui Village?"
After the villagers present started talking about it, Lao Wang's relatives also started talking about it.
"Didn't Jiashun just say that there are two families celebrating a wedding in Xiushui Village today? The other villagers are probably going to the other family for a banquet."
"I heard that Lanhua is a dishonest girl."
A relative of Old Wang's family glanced at Wang Lanhua and lowered his voice.
"Lanhua's previous fiancé wasn't named Yang. I heard that Lanhua had an affair with this guy named Yang, which is why she broke off her engagement with him. I also heard that she got pregnant with Yang's child before the wedding."
"Tsk tsk tsk, little Orchid was quite well-behaved when she was little, how come she has become so shameless now that she has grown up?"
"It's true that you can only judge a person by their appearance. If I had known that Lanhua was such a person, I wouldn't have come all the way here to attend the wedding banquet."
Although the discussions at the banquet were quiet, Old Wang's yard was so small that the discussions more or less reached Wang Lanhua's ears.
On this happy day, Wang Lanhua felt as if her face was being stepped on and trampled upon.
"Mom, the money for today's wedding banquet was given by the Yang family. Why are you blaming me if we lost money?"
Wang Lanhua's eyes were red and she refuted Zhang Ruhua with gritted teeth.
"You should blame the Yun family. It was the Yun family who deliberately booked a restaurant in the county town and invited all the villagers to the county town. They just wanted to see our Wang family make a fool of themselves."
Wang Lanhua yelled at Zhang Ruhua a few words, turned around with red eyes and ran back to her room.
"Yun Yongcheng, Qin Yu, thanks to you, I have made a fool of myself on my wedding day."
Wang Lanhua returned to the room and sat on the bed, her hands clenched into fists and placed on her knees, with an extremely ferocious expression on her face.
"I, Wang Lanhua, swear that I will make you pay for what happened today."
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