Chapter 75 The Wedding is in Progress
He Gu recently learned how to play cards from her gambling addict husband.
Not that she had also developed a gambling addiction.
The main reason is that after Lu Xin and Lu Pingping's families decided on their marriage, she and Lu Yue became in-laws.
The two of them had been enemies for so many years, and now that they were relatives, they couldn't quarrel with each other when they met. She was a little uncomfortable with it for a while.
But now that the two children are married, it is impossible for her not to meet Lu Yue. After thinking about it, she somehow came up with the idea of playing cards as a way to keep in touch.
In addition to her and Lu Yue, she also had to find two people who were easy to talk to and would not quarrel while playing cards.
Then Liu Hehua and Lu Xing were pulled away to play cards.
Four people were playing cards at a table. The two people who were about to become relatives didn't say a word, so Lu Xing had to start first.
She saw Liu Hehua playing cards today and brought her little black dog with her. The dog had grown quite a bit since she hadn't been around for a while. "Why did you bring your dog with you while playing cards?"
"What?" Liu Hehua patted the little black dog sitting next to her. "No reason at all. It's been following me everywhere I go these past few days."
"If you don't like the dog, I'll call it back home."
Lu Xing looked at the dog sitting obediently and alertly beside him. "You're such a good dog! I thought it was just guarding people, but I didn't expect it to be so protective of its owner."
"Hey? He Gu, did your family have a dog before?"
He Gu was visited by debt collectors at that time, so he borrowed a hunting dog from someone else to guard his house.
That dog is really nice. It only recognizes He Gu. If He Gu goes out to work, it will stay by Lu Pingping's side.
Once, a debt collector wanted to use Lu Pingping to threaten them to pay back the money, but the dog pounced on the person and bit him and refused to let go, thus saving Lu Pingping.
This story spread in Xiaoshi Village for a long time. Many people came to ask when the big dog in He Gu's family would give birth to puppies, and wanted to adopt a puppy to raise.
Later one day, the dog was poisoned to death.
After that, He Gu no longer kept a dog.
Hearing Lu Xing say this, she couldn't help but reminisce a little, "Yeah, the dog I raised before also protected its owner. It was so good, but it was unfortunately poisoned to death."
Lu Yue was a little surprised. "Why have I never heard of this? Wasn't your dog beaten to death?"
He Gu bet on Lu Yue's hand and replied, "What's so strange about this? Wasn't my dog poisoned to death by your husband? I even heard him say it himself that no one would believe it even if he told others. People would even think I was deliberately framing you."
"What? There's such a thing?"
She thought about it carefully. It seemed that he had quarreled with her more often since He Gugou died. At that time, she thought he was just in a bad mood. Now she thought about it, "So you deliberately made trouble for me later? To vent your anger on your dog?"
"No, it's what that bastard did. Why are you bothering me?"
"Who told you two to be from the same family? I thought it was your idea. After all, you always gave me trouble before and always said that my dog was disturbing yours."
He Gu was talking about the time when she had just gotten married. If Lu Yue hadn't always come to trouble her, she wouldn't have known who Lu Yue was.
Speaking of this, Lu Yue felt a little embarrassed. "At that time, I thought you were my love rival, so I didn't like you."
"But I didn't bother you after that. It was you who kept scolding me outside."
He Gu felt that he was too wronged, "No, you have been scolding me for so long, and you won't let me scold you back?"
"We've been arguing for so many years, and you haven't apologized to me yet?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Yue was also quite frank. "At first, I was deceived by Fang Jian, but later I just wanted to save face. I had already had an argument, so I couldn't lose it."
"But now that I've sent Fang Jian in, I don't feel like arguing that much anymore. The reason I say a few insults when we meet is mainly because I'm used to arguing and haven't changed."
These words made He Gu stunned for a few seconds. He didn't know how to respond and almost retorted out of habit.
Lu Xing and Liu Hehua stopped playing cards and just sat aside to watch how the two of them were going to reconcile.
He Gu held it in for a long time, but couldn't utter a single soft word. After all, they had been arguing for so many years. "How about you apologize to me first?"
Coincidentally, Lu Yue couldn't come up with anything soft to say, so after a long pause, she said, "Why don't we just play cards?"
Then they would make appointments to play cards whenever they had time. Although they didn't become friends, their relationship was much better than before.
On the day when Lu Xin and his wife got married, Lu Xing also went to help.
In Xiaoshi Village, the wedding ceremony starts after noon, but the people attending the wedding arrive in the morning, so Lu Xin's family also has to prepare breakfast.
The chef who prepares the banquet is responsible for lunch and dinner. In the morning, vegetable noodles are cooked, and usually the aunties in the village come to help.
Lu Xing was not the one who cooked the noodles, she was the one who helped wash the dishes. The whole village came to eat, and they had to borrow bowls and chopsticks from the villagers.
After finishing her noodles, she started to help.
Two large basins, one for washing and one for rinsing with clean water.
A total of four people are needed to help.
The kitchen was also busy. Although the chef had not arrived yet, the dishes for the hundred or so people had already been ordered, and the vegetables had to be washed and cut first.
People in the yard were helping to clean and put up wedding characters on the windows.
The one who has the most free time here is Lu Xin. He just has to wait until noon and go to Lu Pingping's house to pick up the bride.
Around nine o'clock, the chef arrived and the aroma of food began to waft from the kitchen.
After Lu Xing and the others washed the dishes, they went to the kitchen to help serve the food.
First serve two cold dishes, cold cucumber and fried peanuts, to fill the stomachs of the guests.
The kitchen will also leave a plate for the aunt who helps out to taste it.
After the cold dishes were served, there were four vegetarian dishes.
Lu Xing’s favorite dish is the braised winter melon. The chef is generous with the oil and soy sauce, so the braised winter melon has a strong flavor and is easy to chew, which is just what the elderly like.
The last dishes served were the braised pork elbow and crucian carp and tofu soup.
Both of these dishes are quite time-consuming. After all the dishes have been served, these two are still stewing in the pot. The chef doesn’t dare to leave and just stays inside to watch over the heat.
Lu Xing and the others were bored, so they chatted on the side. "Master, how much do you charge for a banquet? Why haven't I heard of you before?"
"Not many people in the village hire chefs to prepare large banquets. This is my first time taking an order from the village. Before, I cooked for people in town, and the amount was about this much each time."
He gestured and said it wasn't too expensive.
But getting married is an expensive thing. After paying for the betrothal gifts and dowry, most people probably can't afford to hire a chef.
"Lu Yue really spent a fortune this time, even hiring a chef from town? It seems she is quite satisfied with Lu Pingping as her daughter-in-law?"
"I heard that she and He Gu are as close as a pair of pants now, right, auntie?"
Lu Xing was playing cards with them, but judging by the two of them, things didn't look that good. However, on such a happy occasion, he couldn't say anything depressing. "It's pretty good. We see each other every day, and there's always something to talk about."
Meeting every day means meeting up to play cards every day. There is always something to talk about, and whoever loses can curse for more than ten minutes without stopping.
It may also be that they had cursed at the card table, so they couldn’t argue when they met at other times.
"It's out of the pot."
While they were chatting, the pork elbow and crucian carp soup were ready.
As soon as the two dishes were served on the table, firecrackers were heard outside the door.
The bride was welcomed into the house and the wedding began.
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