Chapter 140 Moving
After the simple wedding ceremony, it was time for the banquet.
Both families went to great lengths to prepare for Gao Haining and Tang Fengying's wedding, using up all the meat coupons, oil coupons, and sugar coupons they had saved up for so long.
In addition, they bought a lot of wild game from Sheng Xiping and his group.
With so much meat, and thanks to the chef's meticulous preparation, today's banquet is certainly not bad.
Both the Gao and Tang families are employees of the forest farm. Including relatives, friends, and colleagues with good relationships at the forest farm, they set up about ten tables in total.
The Tang family only had two rooms, while the Gao family had three, so naturally, they couldn't fit everything in.
The weather is getting cold now, so we can't hold a banquet in the courtyard.
So they borrowed space from their neighbors to set up the stall.
With so many tables, it will take some time just to serve the food.
Sheng Xiping and the others carried trays and helped serve the dishes back and forth. Only after they finished were they able to find a place to sit down and eat.
Good wine and food were laid out on the table, and relatives and friends gathered together. Everyone took their seats, drank, and played drinking games, making it a very lively occasion.
These days, weddings held at this time of year can still cause some disturbances, but they're not too serious.
At most, it might involve the groom kissing the bride, or getting the groom drunk, or doing something funny when the bride offers him a cigarette—it's all just for fun.
Tang Fengying has a rather fiery personality, and the young people in the forest farm all know her character, so they don't dare to cause too much trouble.
With Sheng Xiping and others protecting her, at most Gao Haining would just have to drink a few more drinks, and that would be the end of it.
After the banquet, the guests dispersed, and the wives who had helped with the preparations quickly cleaned up.
Since there's basically no food left on the table, we can just clear away the dishes and wash them.
Sheng Xiping and his team were just waiting for the dishes to be washed and sorted before returning the borrowed tables, chairs, bowls, plates, cups, and saucers to the owners.
If any household items are broken, you should write them down so you can buy new ones for the owner later.
Everyone worked until after 3 p.m., and finally everything was tidied up. The helpers then dispersed.
Sheng Xiping and the others originally planned to return to their collective household registration, but Gao Haining's father called them back.
"You guys have worked so hard these past few days. Don't leave tonight. Have your aunt and uncle prepare some dishes so we men can sit down and have a good drink."
At the lunch banquet, everyone was so busy that they didn't have a chance to chat properly.
Gao Daqiang felt that these young men had been busy with him for the past few days and had even brought him so much meat, so he had to invite them to stay for another meal.
Sheng Xiping and the others could not refuse and had no choice but to stay.
Originally, Gao Daqiang wanted to keep Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen as well.
But Zhang Shuzhen was thinking about moving tomorrow, and she needed to go back and tidy up her own house and prepare some food in advance, so she didn't stay.
In the evening, Sheng Xiping and the others had another meal at the Gao family's house.
They sat in Gao Haining's new house in the west wing for a while, chatting with the newlyweds until almost eight o'clock before leaving together.
The next day, the 21st, was the day the Sheng family moved into their new house.
Both the new and old houses are located in the forest farm, and they are not too far apart.
These days, most households don't have much to move. They just have a few things, so it doesn't take much effort to move them.
So the Sheng family didn't plan to make any special arrangements. They only asked Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang to take leave, and that was enough with Sheng Xiping's few friends.
After breakfast, Sheng Liancheng took the still-warm pot off the stove and took it outside to cool.
Zhang Shuzhen packed bowls, plates, chopsticks, and other items into two buckets, intending to carry them to the new house later using a shoulder pole.
We had just finished tidying up here when the Chen couple and Chen Weiguo from next door arrived first.
Wang Jianshe, Pan Fusheng, Zhang Zhijun and others came with Sheng Xiping, and Gao Haining and Zhou Mingyuan's family also arrived later.
"Oh, Brother Mingyuan, what brings you two here?"
"You see, I figured the new house and the old house aren't far apart, and we don't have that much stuff to move, so I didn't tell you yesterday."
When Sheng Liancheng saw that so many people had come to help, including Zhou Mingyuan and his wife, he felt bad and quickly said something.
"Brother, you're being too polite. If Qinglan hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known."
Congratulations on moving to your new home! I haven't prepared anything special, just a small token of my appreciation.
Zhou Mingyuan smiled and handed over the things in his hand.
Besides some things they brought from Songjiang River yesterday, there was also a couplet.
That was red paper that Zhou Mingyuan specially bought this morning after learning that the Sheng family had moved, and he wrote it by hand.
Originally, the Zhou couple had also planned to visit the Sheng family, but since they were moving, they had to come.
No matter how much work you do, even just standing here for a while, it's all the same.
"I wrote this couplet this morning. When we get to the new house, I'll put it on the door."
"Oh, Brother Zhou, you're too kind. Look, this isn't right!"
Sheng Liancheng felt quite embarrassed and a little embarrassed.
If we refuse, they even wrote a couplet for us; but if we accept, the Zhou family brought quite a lot of things.
"Sir, this is a small token of my parents' appreciation. Please accept it."
Over there, Zhou Qinglan noticed Sheng Liancheng's hesitation and quickly tried to persuade him.
Sheng Liancheng was about the same age as Zhou Mingyuan. Zhou Qinglan hadn't inquired about it carefully beforehand, so she just called Sheng Liancheng and his wife Uncle and Aunt.
Yesterday, Zhou Mingyuan and Sheng Liancheng were drinking together when they realized they were the same age.
However, Sheng Liancheng was born at the beginning of the year, while Zhou Mingyuan was born at the end of the year. So, if we calculate it that way, Zhou Qinglan would have to call Sheng Liancheng "Grandpa".
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