The Zhao family booked eight tables at the state-run restaurant, seating adults and children alike.
The gifts given in the city are a bit higher than in the village. Neighbors give five yuan, while those from work units with whom you have a good relationship give ten yuan.
My maternal uncles and aunts gave fifty yuan, and my cousins also gave twenty yuan each.
At the banquet, Zhao Fugui and Zhang Jinhua told their relatives and friends that their son-in-law had received a telegram from the army on the day of his wedding and had to rush back to the army the next day. They told everyone that when their son-in-law returned from his next visit, they would definitely have Huanhuan take him to visit their relatives and friends.
When everyone learned that the new son-in-law had been urged to return to the army, they all understood.
Finally, the Zhao couple, along with their daughter, toasted the guests to thank them for attending the banquet.
Furthermore, the Zhao couple prepared return gifts, with each family receiving a pack of cigarettes and a can of food, based on the number of households that had given gifts.
Everyone praised the Zhao couple for their thoughtfulness. Before leaving, each family received a pack of cigarettes and a can of food, and they left happily. The elders also told Zhao Huanhuan to be more understanding of her military husband and to be a good military family member.
There were even elders who had served in the military who would earnestly lecture Zhao Huanhuan, worried that the girl might not understand her husband and would be unhappy.
Zhao Huanhuan listened with a smile and thanked the elders for their concern, saying that when Lin Yuan returned, she would definitely take him to visit the elders in person.
As the sun set, the Zhao family saw off their last guest.
My uncles, brothers, and sisters-in-law have all gone home.
Only Zhao Huanhuan's cousin, Lin Xia, stayed at the Zhao family home to keep her company, and decided to stay there that night as well.
Seeing that their relatives had all left satisfied, the Zhao couple finally got to rest.
After having noodles for dinner, the family went to bed early.
Zhao Huanhuan and Lin Xia lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep for a while. They started talking about marriage, with Lin Xia asking Zhao Huanhuan for advice, as she was also getting married at the end of the year.
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