"As for the wine and food, the wine is easy to deal with, but the food is a bit difficult!"
If Sha Zhu gets married this year, it will be an unprecedented event for the entire Siheyuan, with four weddings held in one year.
But the same thing is that since the weddings were held one after the other, the dishes at the weddings would definitely be compared.
He Daqing was thinking and calculating in his mind. Although he didn't make it to the wedding of Jia Dongsheng and Xu Damao, he had heard Sha Zhu mention that all the dishes were delicious. There were several meat dishes, and Xu Damao even roasted two whole lambs in one night.
He Daqing knew his own limitations. He didn't have the strength of Xu Damao's father-in-law, so he definitely couldn't get the whole sheep.
He wasn't sure if he could do better than Jia Dongsheng, but he still had to surpass Yan Fugui.
After all, if he didn't surpass Yan Fugui, his family would be at the bottom, which he absolutely would not allow.
"Since we're going to have a banquet, we have to do it the same way as Dongsheng, Damao and the others did before. Just two tables will do. Dishes are too difficult to prepare now. If we set out too many, we won't be able to prepare enough."
He Daqing thought for a moment and said, "But the number of dishes must be better. At least we have to beat Yan Fugui. We have to have at least six meat dishes."
"How much, six meat dishes?"
Before Sha Zhu could say anything, Yang Xiuru became a little restless.
Is this the life of city dwellers?
It’s too luxurious!
For a wedding, isn’t it good enough to have one meat dish? Why have six?
She was also married. When she got married, she also had a banquet. It was a very grand banquet in Liangxi Commune, but there was only one meat dish.
I didn't expect that when I remarried, I would be given a feast with six meat dishes. This...
Yang Xiuru was so excited that she didn't know what to say. She just felt that her choice this time was really not wrong.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
He Yushui, who was sitting next to Yang Xiuru, felt her body trembling a little, and quickly asked.
"No, nothing."
Yang Xiuru responded, then looked at He Daqing and said, "Dad, there's no need to make such a big fuss when I get married to Shazhu. Six meat dishes are a bit too much. It's a disaster year, not like normal times."
"No, we have to get six, at least six."
Before He Daqing could answer, Sha Zhu shook his head and refused. He looked at Yang Xiuru and said, "Wife, you don't understand. Three people have already gotten married in the courtyard this year. Each of them has prepared a very good banquet. We absolutely cannot afford to be any worse."
"Either we don't do it, or if we do it, we can't be the last one."
"I thought it was too simple at the beginning. We definitely can't have the wedding tomorrow. We have to wait a little longer."
"It's not difficult to organize a wedding, but it's this meat dish that's difficult to prepare!"
As the saying goes, "put on a brave face to show off one's wealth", the He family is now doing something like this. If they don't hold a wedding, it will definitely not work. There will definitely be people gossiping about it. The He family is marrying a widow and is embarrassed to hold a wedding.
And if the wedding banquet is not well-prepared, that would be even worse.
When the time comes and you live in the same courtyard as me, and someone else prepares such a good feast while yours is so poor, you won’t be able to stop talking about them behind their backs.
Therefore, if the wedding is to be held, the banquet must also be well prepared.
"Brother, it seems that we will go out to work tomorrow. We must walk around more and look around more. We will buy whatever we come across."
He Daqing said to Cai Quanwu solemnly, "Even if we can't make six meat dishes, we must make four. Then make a little more of each meat dish."
"If the quantity is not enough, just make more of each dish. Make a pot of each, and no one will find fault with the meal."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
This is the good thing about Cai Quanwu: he never opposes what others say and always agrees with whatever others say.
The matter has been settled. As for whether it can go according to plan, it depends on their luck.
If you want to buy meat in a disaster year, whether it is chicken, duck, fish, pork, rabbit, etc., you need to rely on luck.
Unless you have connections and know capable people, otherwise, it all depends on chance.
After dinner, He Daqing and Cai Quanwu talked about moving out. Sha Zhu and Yang Xiuru of course agreed 100%, but He Yushui didn't want to be separated from her father.
Her feelings for He Daqing are much deeper than her feelings for Sha Zhu.
Since ancient times, daughters have been closer to their fathers, and He Daqing treats He Yushui much better than he treats Sha Zhu, and there is a reason for this.
However, He Yushui had grown up and understood that his brother had married his sister-in-law and needed a separate place to live. He had no choice but to ask He Daqing and Cai Quanwu to move out. No matter how reluctant he was, he had no choice but to agree.
Afterwards, He Daqing went to Yi Zhonghai's house and told Yi Zhonghai that he wanted to borrow the house to live in for some time. As the eldest uncle in the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai had to nod in agreement even though he was unwilling in his heart.
He wasn't afraid that He Daqing would refuse to leave his house, but if he lent his good house to an outsider, and it turned out to be a mess, wouldn't he be the one who would feel bad?
Unfortunately, they were all neighbors in the yard, and as an elder, he had no choice but to lend them the money, so he had to accept it.
As He Daqing and Cai Quanwu went to sleep next to Yi Zhonghai, He Yushui also went back to the room to rest.
For a moment, only Sha Zhu and Yang Xiuru were left in the big house of the He family.
No, there are three little brats.
It wasn't long after they finished their meal when the three little brats nodded their heads, too sleepy to even open their eyes.
Just now when we were eating, I forced them to wake up, so they couldn’t finish their meal properly.
There is no way. Children consume a lot of energy, so they must rely on adequate sleep to replenish it.
After arranging the three kids to sleep, the atmosphere did not change towards ambiguity, but instead moved towards awkwardness.
There was no way. Although Sha Zhu and Yang Xiuru had already obtained their marriage certificate, after all, they had only known each other for two days.
In just two days, they went from strangers to husband and wife. The change is really huge.
Yang Xiuru felt the awkward atmosphere. She saw that Sha Zhu was at a loss and understood that her new man was still a young man and didn't know much, so she was the only one who could break the atmosphere.
"Shazhu, please sit down first. I have hot water in the pot. I'll get some hot water for you to wash your feet and relieve your fatigue."
"Wife, let me fetch you some water. You've been running around with me all day and you must be tired."
"How can that be? You are a grown man, how can you fetch water for a woman to wash her feet? I'll fetch the water and you sit down."
Yang Xiuru was a little stunned. She didn't expect that Sha Zhu would put aside his pride and fetch water for his wife to wash her feet. This made her very touched.
Once again, I lamented that I did not marry the wrong person.
"What's wrong with being a grown man? Can't a grown man love his wife?"
As he spoke, Sha Zhu's stubbornness came up. He grabbed Yang Xiuru's arm and forced her to sit on the edge of the kang. Then he immediately walked towards the outer room: "I'll go get you some water."
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