Mai Hongcai didn’t think too much about it. He just heard from his father that his sister’s marriage was the most important event in the world and must be celebrated in a big way.
According to the scale of a grand banquet, there must be fish and meat.
"Oh, by the way, sister, Dad told you to go fishing when you get back. We need to set up at least twenty tables for the banquet, so we need to prepare twenty fish."
Mai Laosan fully demonstrated what it means to "live by the mountain, live by the water", as all the meat and vegetables needed for the wedding banquet were obtained for free.
That is to say, wheat ears, otherwise who can do it!
Of course, we also have to thank the gifts of nature.
So, Mai Sui took his fishing rod and went to the river to fish. Shen Xingchen naturally followed him and helped carry the bucket.
Mai Hongcai continued to fry melon seeds at home, and after frying the melon seeds, he had to fry peanuts.
At Mai Xiangdong and Mai Xiangnan's house, Tian Guifen and Yang Huizhen were also frying melon seeds, otherwise Mai Hongcai alone would not be able to keep up.
Since Mai Xiangdong is the captain of Lianhua Village, most of the villagers will come to the wedding to celebrate his niece's wedding.
I'll be busy tomorrow.
.......
The villagers working in the fields saw Shen Xingchen chasing after Mai Sui, the two of them heading towards the river one after the other, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I never thought that they would get married. I thought that when Mai Sui went crazy and beat people up last time, Shen Zhiqing would be scared away."
"Yeah, I thought so too. Mai Sui seemed to have accidentally injured Shen Zhiqing last time, kicking him far away."
"Even in such a situation, Shen Zhiqing didn't run away. He is really brave. Isn't he afraid that after getting married, Mai Sui will beat him up at home every day?"
"That's nothing. I heard from Mai Dongxue that Mai Lao San asked Shen Zhiqing for a betrothal gift of 300 yuan, in addition to a watch and a radio."
"Oh my god! Is Mai Lao San crazy about money? He dares to ask for so much betrothal gifts. Does he really think his daughter is a fairy?"
"A fairy isn't worth that much, right? Shen Zhiqing probably didn't agree, right?"
"I agree!"
"What!" Everyone was shocked.
Everyone speculated that Shen Zhiqing was probably a fool, otherwise how could he agree to such an outrageous request.
Now, a madman and a fool are a perfect match!
.......
Mai Xiangnan's home.
Mai Dongxue was sitting by the stove eating melon seeds while she said to Yang Huizhen who was frying melon seeds:
"Mom, I must have a betrothal gift of 300 yuan when I get married in the future. If it's less than this, I won't marry!"
"Why are you getting married? Didn't I tell you that you were going to stay at home and find a husband?"
"But didn't Dad disagree? And I heard that Dad has asked Uncle to find a suitable candidate for Big Sister. Don't you know, Mom?"
Yang Huizhen was stunned. Mai Xiangnan did mention this matter, but she didn't take it to heart.
Mai Chunni is already 20 years old this year. In this era where early marriage is common, Mai Chunni's age is not young, but not old either.
Yang Huizhen originally planned to keep Chunni for another year and then find someone to marry her off, but she didn't expect that her husband had already taken action.
Over the years, even though Mai Xiangnan always obeyed Yang Huizhen's words, others said that he was afraid of his wife.
But on some major issues, Mai Xiangnan is particularly stubborn and no one can pull him back.
Now it seems that he is determined to find a husband for his eldest daughter at home.
Mai Chunni is honest and hardworking, and with the genes of the Mai family, no one is ugly, so she has a very good reputation outside.
In addition, she has an uncle, Mai Xiangdong, who is a team leader, so there are quite a lot of people who want to make Mai Xiangnan their son-in-law.
Mai Xiangdong has already screened them privately, and it probably won’t take long to decide.
Of course, Yang Huizhen is Mai Chunni’s biological mother after all, so whether it can succeed in the end still depends on her approval.
Being a live-in son-in-law is not a glorious thing, but these days there are still many people who cannot get enough food at home.
Coupled with some lack of restraint, you have a lot of children.
It’s okay for girls. You don’t have to worry about them once they get married, and you can even receive a dowry.
But it’s not the same for boys. They can’t find a wife without money.
Rather than staying at home and starving to death, it is better to become someone's son-in-law, at least you can have food to eat.
By the way, Shen Xingchen doesn’t know yet that he is also equivalent to a son-in-law who lives with the wife’s family.
In Mai Sui's heart, she never thought that she married Shen Xingchen, but that Shen Xingchen followed her.
Because in their relationship, Mai Sui has always been in the superior position.
It is also obvious from Mai Sui's usual speech and behavior that she is the dominant one.
This is a collision of two ways of thinking.
I don’t know whether Mai Lao San forgot or did it on purpose, but he didn’t mention this to Shen Xingchen anyway.
After dinner in the evening, Mai Lao San told Shen Xingchen to go home and have a good rest tonight because there was still a lot of things to do tomorrow.
For example, going door to door to notify everyone to attend a wedding banquet requires Shen Xingchen to go with him.
In addition, you also need to borrow tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks for the wine.
Besides that, there are a lot of other messes.
Anyway, tomorrow will definitely be a busy day.
Shen Xingchen naturally followed all the arrangements made by Mai Lao San. After taking a look at Mai Sui, he saw that she had no intention of seeing him off, so he left.
As a result, as soon as he left, Mai Lao San urged Mai Sui to go into the mountains to hunt.
They have to slaughter a pig in the evening. Butcher Zhang has already prepared everything and is just waiting for the pig!
Mai Sui was also very quick and decisive. She took her homemade crossbow and went out.
Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai, as well as Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai, were waiting somewhere at the foot of the mountain.
It was the first time for the Mai Juncai brothers to do such a thing, so they were inevitably a little excited, but also a little bit worried.
"Uncle San, isn't it too dangerous for Mai Sui to go into the mountains alone? Otherwise, we can follow him so that we can have someone to look after him."
"You're not the one who's taking care of me. Just stay here and don't make any more trouble!"
Mai Laosan had experience in this matter, and he was even beaten up by Mai Sui for this.
For the sake of face, Mai Lao San was reluctant to expose his shortcomings in front of his nephew.
Mai Hongcai didn't think too much about it and just told the story about the ugly things that happened between him and his father.
"Big cousin, second cousin, you don't know that my father and I were hiding in a tree at the time, and we could still hear the wolves howling. We were so scared that we almost peed ourselves.
In the end, my sister found us and beat my dad and me up when she got home, saying that we were wasting time by running around.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Mai Lao San rewarded him with a big slap.
You little bastard, just say it, why do you bring him along, don’t I have any dignity?
Mai Juncai laughed and said, "Uncle San, why did you hit Hongcai? Everyone in the village knows that you were beaten by Mai Sui."
Mai Liangcai also said: "Yes, Third Uncle, we are family, we won't laugh at you."
Mai Lao San rolled his eyes and said, "What qualifications do you have to laugh at me? Weren't you also beaten up last time?
In front of wheat ears, everyone is equal, no one should laugh at anyone else! "
Before he could finish his words, a huge black monster slammed down at Mai Laosan's feet, almost giving him a heart attack.
Then, the figure of Wheat Ear appeared in front of everyone.
And that pitch-black wild boar was deader than dead.
This pig is even bigger than the one that Mai Sui picked up for the first time!
It looks like at least 400 kilograms!
It’s only been a short time since Mai Sui came into the mountains, and yet she was able to easily handle such a big pig?
Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai were extremely shocked.
My cousin is a god!!!