Reborn 1960之巧女当家

Chapter 116 Engagement Banquet

The Xia family was very lively on the day when Wen Hao had a wedding banquet. Wang Ximei had already found someone to help, and the Xia family had already prepared all the ingredients for the banquet the day before.

Originally, Xia Zhongguo wanted to exchange food for meat tickets to make the engagement banquet beautiful. Wang Ximei was also worried about where to get so much pork, and the time for pork distribution in the village hadn't come yet.

What I didn't expect was that when Xia Zhongguo went to the cellar to get food, he saw a pile of pork and several fish. The meat dishes that worried Xia Zhongguo the most were solved, and the rest were not so difficult.

There are vegetables, cabbage, and radishes in the vegetable garden at home. Xia Zhongguo also took soybeans, ground tofu, and sprouted bean sprouts. These meals are enough for the wedding banquet, let alone an engagement banquet.

These days, it is good to have fine grains on the banquet, let alone hard dishes like pork. You must know that this condition is usually provided by others. It is good to have some sliced ​​meat in the dish.

Including the helpers, the Xia family set up a total of six tables this time, two of which were prepared by the relatives of the Chu family, and three more tables were prepared by the relatives of the Xia family, and the remaining one was prepared by the person who came to help.

Everyone who met Xia Zhongguo congratulated him on the addition of a daughter-in-law to his family. Xia Zhongguo told them that this was an engagement and asked them to help when Wen Hao officially got married.

Now in the village, it is not very important to go to other people's houses to have a banquet, so generally only two people will come to help at most. If you want to take advantage and come to the door with the whole family, you will be laughed at.

This time, Xia Nuan only invited four well-connected families and her own relatives to help with the wedding at home. Because there were not many tables in the banquet, there were not too many people to help.

At five or six o'clock the next morning, almost all the helpers had already arrived. Because it gets dark early in winter, the engagement banquet was arranged at noon.

The few people who came to help were very nimble. Wang Ximei had already cleaned the sanitation at home a few days ago. The helpers boiled the hot water as soon as they came, because a lot of dishes and chopsticks were needed at home. It is definitely not enough, so the helper also brought the bowls and chopsticks from his own home. The bowls and chopsticks of each family are marked and there is no mistake.

After the hot water was boiled, some people started to wash the dishes, while others started to wash the vegetables. The Xia family looked very lively.

After eight o'clock, the chef of the shochu banquet also came. He first cooked the hard dishes and stewed the potato stew first.

As soon as the chef here was busy with work, the Chu family over there arrived. Of course, the Xia family had to entertain this in-law's first visit.

The people from the Xia family's old house had already arrived. Grandpa Xia was in a good mood because his grandson married a wife, but Grandma Xia and eldest daughter-in-law Xia didn't look very good.

For a long time, Grandma Xia felt that Xia Zhongguo would not be able to live a good life after the separation, but now seeing those pork and fish, Grandma Xia felt very unhappy, thinking that Xia Zhongguo was a white-eyed wolf who didn't know how to send good things to the old house.

But Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei had already settled their anger with the Chu family, otherwise it would be strange for this marriage to come true with such stinky faces like Grandma Xia and the others.

Of course the Chu family had inquired about the Xia family's affairs, but they didn't care that they didn't live together anyway, and they wouldn't have any contact except for the New Year.

"Dear relatives, you are here, please sit down and rest for a while, Guoying is so beautifully dressed today, let her recognize the relatives here after the banquet." Wang Ximei enthusiastically took Chu Guoying's hand, happily They refused to let go.

They are still very satisfied with Chu Guoying's future daughter-in-law, Wang Ximei, and the Chu family is very satisfied with Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei's attitude. As for Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia, the Chu family greeted them, so long as there is no conflict.

Getting engaged is much simpler than getting married, and the scene doesn't need to be so grand, and this engagement is just to let others know about Xia Wenhao and Chu Guoying's engagement.

There are a total of seven dishes and one soup per table. Although there are not many dishes, the portion of each bowl of dishes is sufficient, and the baked pancakes on the table are enough to at least replenish oil and water for a meal. full meal.

Because it was a banquet, Xia Zhongguo also prepared three bottles of wine, so it was appropriate for the occasion!

During the banquet, Xia Zhongguo solemnly announced the engagement between Xia Wenhao and Chu Guoying, and during the banquet, he asked Xia Wenhao to take Chu Guoying to identify the relatives who came to the wedding table table by table.

The presents are also very simple. There are eggs and some small items such as pillow towels. Everyone at the banquet is working hard to eat. Fortunately, there is enough oil and water on the banquet and the chef baked enough pancakes, which is still enough for the guests to eat. of.

The guests at the banquet all praised Xia's family for being honest enough. The food and drinks at the engagement banquet could be compared with other people's official weddings. Grandma Xia not only ate by herself, but also kept feeding her grandson.

If it weren't for Grandpa Xia blocking the side, Grandma Xia would probably bring the whole pot of meat to her. This eating appearance is really ugly, but the Chu family doesn't care. In their opinion, Chu Guoying only needs to marry into the Xia family Parents-in-law and mother-in-law are fine.

After the banquet, the Xia family took out the betrothal gift for the Chu family and gave it to the Chu family. The betrothal money was 66 yuan and [-] catties of millet and [-] catties of rice. The sewing machine was considered a betrothal gift, but it was directly put into Wen Hao’s new house.

Looking at the food and money, Grandma Xia wished to snatch them all back, especially the new sewing machine made Grandma Xia jealous. If her grandson could have such a sewing machine, what kind of girl would she want to marry?

It's a pity that no matter how stupid Grandpa Xia is, he can't let Grandma Xia make a joke on such a day. He held on to Grandma Xia and gave her a hard look to tell her not to make trouble.

There is no way to prevent Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia from the sidelines with a dark face, witnessing the entire process of the hiring process. Grandma Xia's heart is bleeding when she sees the money in other people's hands.

When the betrothal gift was given, the people who came to drink were all witnessing that not only the betrothal gift and food, Wang Ximei also decided to add two extra pieces of fabric to make two clothes.

After the betrothal gift is given, the marriage of the two families can be regarded as settled. They will get married in June next year and just miss the busiest double grab in July.

The Xia family's house was built after the separation and it is very new, spacious and bright, and the Xia family's yard is very large. When Xia Zhongguo found the village to approve the foundation, he deliberately approved it a little bigger considering the issue of his son's marriage. Wen Hao settled down a month ago, and Xia Zhongguo bought the land next to his house as a foundation.

Isn't this big courtyard now the area after Xia Zhongguo enclosed the foundation with a wall, even if there are more than ten or twenty tables of banquets in this big courtyard of the Xia family, it won't feel crowded.

Because Wen Hao was going to get married and Xia Nuan took a lot of money from his family, Xia Zhongguo asked someone to build three more houses or brick houses. Of course, it has just been built and there is nothing inside. The three rooms were tidied up.

Wen Hao and the others have a house. The house Xia Zhongguo built now is mainly because the two of them got married and gave birth to a child. When the child is older, the house will not be enough. It just so happens that the family has money and has a foundation. Just take advantage of this time Build more houses.

Looking at Xia Zhongguo's spacious eight to nine-room house, Grandma Xia wished she could exchange it with Xia Zhongguo. In fact, it's not that the Xia family's old house has no money to build a house, but the money from Xia's old house is all on Grandma Xia's possession.

Grandma Xia is also a frugal person. She has kept all the money in her body and she will not take it out until it is critical.

Of course, most of the money is still in Grandma Xia's hands, but Grandma Xia is reluctant to take it out.

Everyone in the village thought that Xia Zhongguo had used all his family savings to build houses, and Xia Zhongguo didn't explain much, just let them think so, if others knew that their family had built several houses and still had a lot of savings Time to gossip.

After the Chu family visited the Xia family and spent time with Xia Zhongguo and his wife, they were very satisfied with Chu Guoying's marriage. The engagement went smoothly and both parties were satisfied.

(End of this chapter)