Actually, when you calculate it carefully, the cost of the banquet isn't particularly excessive. Even if you held it at home, you wouldn't save much.
Because it was held at home, we started preparing two days in advance, and we had to provide meals for all the helpers.
Moreover, it's troublesome to do it at home. You have to borrow all sorts of things, and when you return them, you have to give them some vegetables, cigarettes, melon seeds, candy, etc. You can't just return them empty-handed.
So all things considered, the cost of the banquet wasn't too high.
Of course, for an average family, a wedding banquet alone costs around a thousand yuan, plus other expenses, and as people say, it's really like being skinned alive.
Sheng Xiping had deposited 5,000 yuan with the hotel beforehand, with the hotel rounding down the amount to 2,000 yuan. After settling the accounts, everyone returned to the Sheng family home.
Sheng Xitai has a lot of schoolwork to do, so he went back to class right after breakfast this morning.
Zhou Qinglan had taken several days off and didn't want to delay any longer, so as soon as the Feng and Wu families left, she went back to work at school.
There are leftovers from yesterday's banquet at home, so we don't need to go to any trouble to cook lunch. We can just heat up the leftovers and cook a pot of rice.
It was a rare opportunity for family members to get together, and everyone was quite happy. There was also some leftover wine from the banquet, so they had another meal together at noon.
While they were drinking, Sheng Lianjie grabbed Sheng Xiping's hand and started talking about how difficult life was back in their hometown.
It's the same old routine: ask Sheng Xiping to help out when he has free time, to make connections or build bridges, to help sell local products and find a way out for these relatives back home.
Sheng Xiping glanced at his parents and saw that Sheng Liancheng looked troubled. He knew that his father had probably tried to shield him, but hadn't succeeded.
"Third Uncle, please allow me to think this over carefully. When I have some free time, I'll go back to my hometown again, take a good look around, and then we'll discuss it further."
He had never lived in his hometown, and his parents had been away for so many years, so how would they know what local specialties were available back home?
Sheng Xipi had heard his father say that Dancheng's mutton soup was famous, but it couldn't be sold elsewhere.
You can't exactly open a restaurant in another city that only sells mutton soup, can you?
Without conducting an on-site investigation, Sheng Xiping dared not make any grand claims and could only respond in this way.
Sheng Lianjie understood, so he nodded, "Okay, go back and visit when you have time. Your grandmother's health isn't as good as it used to be, and she always talks about missing you."
"Okay, once Lao Liu finishes his exams, there'll be nothing to worry about at home. Let him stay with my parents and go back to our hometown for a while."
"It seems like the sixth brother has only been back once in his entire life."
Sheng Xiping remembered that his grandmother and maternal grandmother passed away in the autumn of that year, and his maternal grandfather passed away the following year.
As people age, this is bound to happen. As younger generations, we should at least visit them more often to show our filial piety.
Sheng Lianjie and Zhang Shouzhi stayed at the Sheng family's house for two days before leaving by car.
Sheng Xiping left his two younger brothers, Xiwen and Xiwu, with him. They were young, unmarried, and had no family burdens.
Besides, the two of them had at least graduated from junior high school, so they were somewhat educated and could stay and help Sheng Xiping.
Sheng Xiping's business is growing bigger and bigger, and all the people around him who are available have been assigned to jobs, so he is indeed short-handed.
After all, they are his own brothers, so they are more caring than outsiders. Sheng Xiping did his best to guide them, and as for whether they can succeed, that depends on the fate of his two younger brothers.
As for Sheng Xizheng and Sheng Xihong, they are both married and are the main breadwinners in their families, so they cannot leave for the time being. We'll talk about it later.
Sheng Xiping brought back a lot of local specialties for his uncles and maternal uncles, and also asked them to take some money back to his grandmother, maternal grandparents, and paternal grandparents.
After seeing off these relatives, Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen felt a void in their hearts.
After returning home, the two wanted to calculate the total cost of their second and third sons' weddings with Sheng Xiping, and they would contribute the money.
Sheng Xiping refused to accept anything, only saying that they should keep the money for their retirement.
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