Zhang Min had a different understanding after hearing Zhuang Tunan's words, and said, "Brother Tunan, Brother Pengfei was clearly saying words of blessing, how can you say that he said something derogatory?"
Zhuang Tunan said, "Silly girl, how can you not tell right from wrong? There's no way we can be together. He's saying these things in front of the neighbors, which is clearly trampling on your reputation. Do you know how important a girl's reputation is? Gossip can drown a person!"
"Okay! I understand, Brother Tunan!"
As for Zhou Chengzhi, he had no parents, so he invited very few people to his banquet. To save face, he invited many of his underlings' families, including Liu Wu's family, Hao Liu's family, other underlings, and finally Wang Yong's family, whom Wu Shanshan had invited.
Wu Shanshan was also dressed as a bride. Looking at the sparse crowd, she felt a pang of sadness. Even though there were few people, none of her relatives were there. Her parents, her younger brother and sister were not in their seats.
Zhou Chengzhi, who was standing next to Wu Shanshan, said to her, "I'm sorry, darling, I originally planned to invite a hundred people, but after calculating, this is all the people I can gather!"
Wu Shanshan smiled with great relief and said, "We'll take as many as you can. After all, it's our wedding. As long as you're here, I'll be happy!"
Zhou Chengzhi smiled and said, "I am very happy to have married such an understanding wife like you. Thank you for giving me a home!"
"We're husband and wife now, why are you thanking me? By the way, with so many younger brothers around, you must have collected a lot of money as wedding gifts, right? I'll definitely count the money carefully when I get home!"
"I'm sorry, honey!"
"What's the matter?"
"I lost money! My wedding banquet cost eight thousand yuan, and these people, more than fifty in total, couldn't even scrape together five hundred yuan for me, not even a tenth of that!"
Wu Shanshan looked at her five fingers, gave a wry smile, and said, "Five hundred it is! After all, it's a happy day, so I can't blame anyone else!"
"The Lin Wufeng family gave a gift of 10,000 yuan!"
Wu Shanshan was taken aback at first, then looked at Zhou Chengzhi and said, "Hasn't this broken even?"
Zhou Chengzhi blinked a couple of times, looking blank, and said, "Really? But did I invite them?"
What happened? Let's go back to 10:30. Lin Dongzhe drove his newly bought car to the breakfast shop, opened the door and said to Song Ying, "Mom, how's it going? Almost time, are you done?"
Song Ying hurriedly packed her things and said, "Right away, right away, there's still half an hour. The road isn't far, we should make it!"
Lin Wufeng said, "How about we get back tonight and we can talk about packing? Let's go first!"
Just as Lin Wufeng and Song Ying were talking, Lin Dongzhe saw Zhuang Tunan and Zhang Min at the newsstand and ran over curiously, asking Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan, aren't you going to the wedding banquet?"
Zhuang Tunan looked up and saw Lin Dongzhe, saying, "If I go, the neighbors will have nowhere to buy newspapers. I've thought about it, and all I'll get is a meal. I might as well stay here and serve the neighbors!"
"What about Xiaomin? Why didn't she go?"
"Her? She was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it all, so she stayed!"
"Ha! You two are a match made in heaven! You said you wouldn't go but you wouldn't, you're quite united!"
Zhuang Tunan quickly looked around. Fortunately, there weren't many passersby. He then said, "Dongzhe, you can't talk nonsense like that. Xiaomin is still a young woman. If this gets out, it will damage her reputation. How will she ever get married?"
Just as Lin Dongzhe was about to say a few more words to try and bring the two of them together, Song Ying said to him, "Dongzhe, hurry up, let's go! We'll be late!"
Lin Dongzhe had no choice but to change his words and say, "Brother Tu Nan, I'm leaving now! See you tonight!"
"Okay, be careful on the road!"
"knew!"
After Lin Dongzhe got into the car, Lin Wufeng and his wife had already gotten into the car as well.
Song Ying asked Lin Wufeng, "Old Lin, how much should we give Pengfei as a gift?"
"Then we can't give too little. We're not outsiders, and it'll be easy for people to gossip about us."
"So how much should I give? A thousand, or eight hundred?"
"Let's give you ten thousand!"
"Ten thousand? Are you crazy?"
"Are you stupid? We're here to support Pengfei and also to save face for the bookmakers!"
"Isn't that a bit much?"
"You know Xiaoting is pregnant. When the baby is born and we celebrate its one-month anniversary, he'll definitely give us some money as a gift!"
"What if they don't come back with you?"
"What do you think he is? Xiang Pengfei has a transportation line. He owes us 10,000? He can easily sell a single vehicle for hundreds of thousands!"
"Alright, alright, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. Give as much as you want."
As soon as Song Ying finished speaking, Lin Dongzhe asked, "Mom, did Pengfei say which door we should go in through?"
Song Ying asked doubtfully, "What? Does Deyue Tower have several entrances?"
"Of course, the first floor of Deyuelou has four doors and four halls, while the second floor has two doors and two halls!"
"Oh dear, that's troublesome! I didn't mention it!"
"Then what should we do? Shall we circle around Deyue Tower first?"
"Why go around in circles? Let's go to the main entrance first."
The family of three arrived at the gate and saw a red carpet laid out at the entrance, with large red lanterns hanging on both sides.
As soon as Song Ying saw the red carpet, Da Denglong exclaimed happily, "Look, this is it!"
Lin Wufeng said somewhat worriedly, "Shouldn't we ask first? There are so many doors, we don't want to make a mistake!"
Song Ying glanced at her watch and said, "I was afraid of being late, and in the end, we were still late! Let's hurry up!"
The three of them got out of the car and hurried inside. When they got to the door, there were two bookkeepers guarding the table!
One of the people guarding the table asked, "How much gift are you giving?"
To put her mind at ease, Song Ying asked, "Is the bride's surname Zhou?"
Whether the bookkeeper didn't hear clearly or what, he said, "His surname is Zhou. How much are you giving?"
Lin Wufeng blurted out, "Ten thousand!"
The person keeping the accounts was also taken aback by the amount, as it was the largest gift ever given, and asked, "What's your relationship with me?"
"The groom is our in-laws' nephew!"
"Oh, my in-laws' nephew! That's only right, only right, to give my in-laws face, isn't it?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Pay the money!"
Lin Wufeng took out a wad of cash from his bag and was about to put it on the gift list when his sharp eyes spotted six words on it: Groom Zhou Chengzhi!
He immediately realized they had entered the wrong hall and quickly took the money back into his hand.
The bookkeeper wouldn't stand for it, because they had already recorded it, and when the accounts were reconciled, they would definitely ask him for 10,000 yuan.
The bookkeeper got a little annoyed and asked, "What's wrong with you? I've already recorded the expenses for you, why are you taking it back? Do you expect me to pay for it?"
Lin Wufeng quickly explained, "This money is for Zhou Yuxiang as a gift, not for Zhou Chengzhi!"
"Zhou Yuxiang is Zhou Chengzhi's sister. What difference does it make who gets the money? Hurry up and hand over the money!"
The bookkeeper's voice was probably a bit loud, which immediately alerted many of Zhou Chengzhi's henchmen, who all rushed over and surrounded Lin Wufeng and his two companions.
Song Ying was not afraid of them and said sternly, "What do you want? I just went into the wrong door, are you going to rob me?"
The bookkeeper, holding the ledger, said, "I've recorded everything for you. If you don't pay, what will happen when the groom asks me for money? No way, you have to give me the money, or you're not leaving here."
Lin Dongzhe wasn't intimidated by them. He put his hands around Lin Wufeng and his wife, saying, "Don't think you can take advantage of your numbers! This is a society governed by law, or we'll call the police!"
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