This girl has a big appetite, so she can definitely cook a lot when she wants to.
Meanwhile, the girl was already holding a freshly baked bun and happily digging into it...
With steamed buns and soy milk in hand, a large group of people headed to the old house, the aroma of the buns wafting powerfully through half the village!
The children followed along, their mouths watering.
Ke Meiyu smiled and gave one to each person to send them away before closing the door. The old man, the old woman, and the old men, Xue and Zhao, then joined the fourth family to start eating.
She collected a little of each type of filling for the first and third wives, put them together in a steamer, and sent it over.
The two families, feeling a bit embarrassed, returned some pickled vegetables, salted duck eggs, and dried meat.
While steaming buns, Ke Meiyu added a lot of food to her storage space.
Once she goes to school in the provincial capital, she'll be able to eat hot and fragrant steamed buns!
On the day of Ke Yuanda's engagement, the president, his wife, Ke Laosi and his wife, several of Ke's brothers, and Ke Meiyu and her husband, dressed in new clothes and carrying generous gifts, went to the Li family in a grand procession.
The Li family is quite well-known in town. They have only one son and one daughter, and their daughter's engagement is a big deal.
They also invited some important relatives and friends to accompany them.
The family got up early in the morning, first filling the kettle with hot water, then arranging various fruits, pastries, and candies on plates, and even adding artificial flowers that Director Li had borrowed from the supply and marketing cooperative.
They swept the courtyard entrance as well, and the busy family members were covered in a thin layer of sweat. When they thought it was almost done, they took turns taking a bath and changing into their new clothes.
"Oh, Accountant Leng, I forgot, isn't today your Juanmei's engagement day?" A woman in a dark blue Zhongshan suit, with short hair that reached her ears and a large gray mole on her left cheek, asked with a smile from the left courtyard.
"I heard they met while she was working in the countryside?"
"Which young man from the countryside has attracted Juanmei?"
She had a loud voice, and her shouting drew the attention of the neighbors who had been eagerly waiting to see what was going on. They all came out of their yards to ask her questions.
"Accountant Leng, is your house all tidied up? Is there anything we can help you with?"
"Who are your in-laws coming? Can they prepare all the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a radio, watch, and bicycle)? Your daughter has high aspirations, why did she marry a country boy?"
"Your family kept it a secret very well, not letting out a single word, and suddenly you're engaged?"
Li's mother, Leng Kefei, smiled faintly and retorted softly, "Isn't this how marriages are arranged in every family? If the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, and they are compatible and like each other, the parents meet and set a date."
"There's no point in dragging this out any longer."
“As long as the boy and his family treat my Meimei well, it doesn’t matter how much or how little the bride price is. Our Li family is well-off and we’re not at the point of selling our daughter.”
Everyone pursed their lips, feeling that there must be something going on. Moreover, the bride price was a matter of face, representing how much the man valued the woman!
However, how much can the rural husband's family that the Li family chose provide?
Is Accountant Leng trying to save face later?
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