The wedding was grand and lively, the food at the banquet was first-rate, and the guests were full of praise.
Chen Xingling ate with his wife and several sisters-in-law. He was worried about Xiaohu, so he could only look at him secretly while eating.
Little Tiger ate at the children's table with his cousins. Although he was small, he was very skilled in using chopsticks. He could pick up whatever he wanted and enjoyed his meal very much.
Chen Xingling secretly felt relieved and was about to look away - but unexpectedly discovered that her mother-in-law was secretly stuffing beef jerky into her cloth bag, and she was immediately furious.
It would be so embarrassing if we were discovered in such a big occasion!
She herself was not afraid of embarrassment, but at least she should consider her daughter-in-law's face. This was her mother's family's banquet, but her mother-in-law stole food while eating. How ugly it would be if the news spread!
Chen Xingling thought it was just one or two times, but she actually dropped shrimp into the cloth bag. This happened over and over again, becoming more and more daring and frequent.
She thought about how their family could eat fresh prawns from time to time, so why would her mother-in-law do this? She was so angry that she felt she had to stop it immediately. Otherwise, the more people saw it, the more embarrassing the situation would become.
So, she made an excuse that she wanted to go see Little Huzi, and took the opportunity to go around to the table where her mother-in-law and Gu Xuan were sitting, and greeted the guests at the table with a smile, asking the aunties and grandmas to feel free to eat as much as they wanted.
Everyone laughed and answered.
Gu Xuan sat next to her old mother and noticed some of her "strange" movements. She looked at her sister-in-law with a little embarrassment and then lowered her head.
She was so ashamed to have such an old lady!
Chen Xingling noticed the look of help from her sister-in-law, so she put her hand on her mother-in-law's shoulder and whispered in her ear with a smile.
"Mom, put the cloth bags away. There's still a lot of food left outside. I'll help you take more than ten pounds back in the evening. I'm sure I'll bring more than you. Don't you agree?"
Li Ying's face turned red. He thought he had done it secretly and other guests would not be able to see it clearly, but he was caught by his daughter-in-law.
There was no way, she had attended all kinds of banquets, and if there were two meat dishes among the dishes, it was considered sumptuous. This was the first time she had seen such a sumptuous banquet, so she couldn't help but feel itchy.
Chen Xingling patted her shoulder with a firm palm.
Li Ying's shoulders tilted unconsciously. Knowing that his daughter-in-law was hitting him, his face suddenly became even redder.
Chen Xingling smiled wryly: "Mom, don't drink too much, be careful not to get drunk. Look, your face is red."
The other guests heard this and burst into laughter.
"No! We didn't drink much!"
"Oh! My mother-in-law's face is really red. Look everyone! How close Lingling is to her mother-in-law! She's worried that her mother-in-law drank too much!"
Li Ying was extremely embarrassed and could only smile foolishly and nod.
"Yes, yes... I'm still in love with you."
Chen Xingling said enthusiastically, "Everyone, continue eating. Don't be polite. My mother can't drink much, so I advised her to drink less. You live nearby, and it's only a few steps to get home. Eat and drink as much as you want."
"Tut-tut-tut!"
"Tuttttt!"
Chen Xingling took advantage of the chaos to lean over again and warned Li Ying in her ear: "Mom, if you take even a little more, don't come to Sanyuan to get food anymore. After this, you'll have to live on your own."
Li Ying was so frightened that she shook her head again and again.
Chen Xingling stood up and said with a smile, "Mom, take your time eating. I'm going back to my wife's table."
After saying this, she left quickly.
Li Ying's hands were shaking as she hurriedly put away the cloth bag on her thigh, not daring to mess around anymore.
Gu Xuan, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she had finally calmed down, and couldn't help but glare at her out of the corner of his eye.
Li Ying didn't dare to meet her daughter's gaze, and muttered in confusion: "Eat...eat quickly!"
Gu Xuan didn't say anything and ate quietly.
Chen Xingling is not worried that her mother-in-law will mess around again, because she currently lives on the ingredients from Sanyuan Kitchen and lives on Gu Qi's meal tickets.
She bought all the ingredients from the supermarket. Although she didn't have to pay for them, she had a bottom line for being generous.
If her mother-in-law dared to do such a shameful thing to her family and disregarded her and Gu Qi's reputation, then she wouldn't have to indulge her too much!
As expected, Li Ying soon calmed down and ate obediently with big mouthfuls, not daring to make any other unusual movements.
At this time, the fifth sister-in-law next to her pulled the corner of her clothes.
Chen Xingling glanced over and asked in a low voice: "Fifth sister-in-law, what's wrong? Is it not to your liking?"
"…It's not that it doesn't suit my taste, it's that I have no appetite." The fifth sister-in-law lowered her voice and whispered in her ear, "Sister-in-law, was it this lively when you got married?"
Chen Xingling's eyes turned slightly, and he answered, "At that time, Aqi didn't have much financial resources, so he simply prepared some wedding candies and peanuts for his colleagues to eat, nothing else."
The fifth sister-in-law was a little surprised, but quickly returned to the topic.
"That's because my son-in-law is from another place, so it's impossible to have a big wedding. Your fifth brother and I had a simple wedding at that time, just a few tables of banquets. How could we have so much meat, cigarettes and alcohol?"
Chen Xingling felt his entire ear was sore and he laughed softly in embarrassment.
"Fifth sister-in-law, each family has different abilities. Eagles and geese have the instinct to fly high, but sparrows can only fly low. Everyone does things based on their abilities, right? Aqi had no money at the time, so he had no choice but to save money. Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law were financially well-off, so they could afford to hold a lively wedding. As for me, I don't even have a few tables for the banquet. I envy fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law and I am really happy for them. I feel very proud that my mother's family can hold such a grand and lively wedding."
After she said that, Fifth Sister-in-law's face instantly turned red with embarrassment.
"Well... I'm happy for them, too. We're all family, and it makes me proud that they can be like this."
Chen Xingling held her hand under the table and smiled.
"We are all family, and we are all happy for our fourth brother and his wife. Fifth sister-in-law, I heard from my fourth brother that you sisters-in-law helped to prepare for the wedding, but I was busy in the city. I have to trouble you to take care of little Tiger. You can't help, and you have become a little burden. I am really grateful to have you sisters-in-law at home."
The fifth sister-in-law smiled and whispered, "It's okay, it's okay. Little Tiger is very sensible. He eats and dresses himself. He goes out to play with his cousins every day. We don't have to worry about him at all. At night, our parents take care of him, so we don't need him."
Chen Xingling immediately offered another compliment, saying, "My parents have already said that fortunately our daughters-in-law are diligent and capable. Without them, they simply wouldn't be able to handle the work. Fourth brother and his wife are also very grateful. They gave money to my parents to buy things and prepare. It's mainly you sisters-in-law who do the hard work. You've really worked hard."
When Fifth Sister-in-law heard the words "stuffing money", her eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Oh...oh? It's a family wedding, so the work must be done by our family. We're all family, so we don't have to talk about our differences... It's not hard, not hard at all."
I thought that since the family prepared so many things for this wedding, my mother-in-law must have secretly helped pay for it. How could the fourth child come up with so much money by himself?
I heard that he spent all his money on that motorcycle, so where did he get the money to host so many banquets!
When she thought that it might be that her mother-in-law had used up all her own savings to arrange a wedding for the fourth son, she became secretly angry and felt that her mother-in-law was too partial to the fourth son!
Why did the other brothers only have a few simple banquets, but the fourth brother's wedding was so grand! This is not partiality!
But no one else said a word, as if she was the only one who was dissatisfied, so she didn't dare to speak, for fear that Lao Wu would hear her and scold her.
She felt very depressed. The more she ate, the more unbalanced she felt. She was so angry that she couldn't eat at all. She could only complain to her sister-in-law next to her.
Unexpectedly, the foreign girl actually brought back a lot of money and was willing to spend it.
Since they didn't pay for the wedding themselves, other people wouldn't have much to say, and she wouldn't feel too bad about it, because after all, she didn't pay a penny for her own wedding before.
Thinking of this, she felt a lot in her heart.
Seeing that she had returned to her normal state, Chen Xingling picked up the chopsticks again.
"Fifth sister-in-law, eat quickly. Eat while it's hot. You're pregnant with a baby, so you should eat more."
"…I'm so happy."
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