CHAPTER 308: CHAPTER 308: GO SERVE TEA AND WATER

The two spent a whole day inviting everyone they needed to! Since it was supposed to be held in the village, it was quite convenient.

However, shortly after returning home in the afternoon, the Sun Family came over, and they were having a boisterous meal together.

These days, the meals at home were mostly prepared by Xiao Xue. No matter how busy she was, she always came back to cook at mealtime, because she worried that her grandparents wouldn’t get used to the food otherwise.

Including Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma Bai Xianglan, five elderly people, she had to put in the care to make it right!

As soon as Sun Bing got home, he talked about Lin Yun wanting to move to the Capital City with her big sister, and then he mentioned he wanted to get engaged now.

The parents didn’t object, so they hastily followed him over, along with the matchmaker Sun Lingdao.

They came over while Lin Daliang and his wife weren’t home, so they waited until now and had a meal in the meantime, nearly eating their ears off!

The food was too delicious, they almost fainted from the aroma, hahaha.

When Lin Daliang and his wife came back, the family sat down to discuss Lin Yun’s engagement.

Originally, the Sun Family wanted to hold the event at their place, but considering the Lin Family’s situation, they had no objections to holding the wedding and engagement together for the two kids.

Given the family conditions weren’t great, it was usually just the two families sitting down for a shared meal to consider it a wedding.

Additionally, for some, the groom would pay the bride price, bring the girl home, and that would be considered married, particularly simpler for working-class families, which was just a matter of turning a single bed into a double.

Lin Yun had gone through every step, and everything was arranged so grandly, it could have matched twice the weddings of an average family, so there were no complaints.

The Sun Family suggested contributing some money, intending it for the engagement banquet, but the Lin Family didn’t care about that money now, not at all.

Not to mention Xiao Xue; even her sisters Lin Yun and Lin Xia could easily pull out a few thousand bucks from their pockets without any issue.

Plus, Zhang Yuan would never allow the Lin Family to pay for the wedding, even though traditionally the bride’s family should handle it.

However, there wasn’t much that required spending money, as everything was taken from Xiao Xue’s supermarket space.

Everything was ready, and Wang Cheng had long taken a few lads to the village to prepare. On the right day, early in the morning, Xiao Xue and the others got up, and then the jeep took trips to bring people back to the village.

Third Uncle’s family and Second Uncle with his daughter also took the jeep back to the village.

Lin Daliang and his wife had invited all the relatives, be they on good or bad terms, not missing anyone.

After all, it was their first child’s wedding, plus the engagement of the second daughter, and they were preparing to move house after the wedding. Who knew when they’d return? So they’d invited everyone, no matter the history.

Aunt Bai Dajuan, Aunt Bai Xiaojuan, and Aunt Bai Xiaomei were all there, along with First, Second, and Third Uncles, and even Grandma Bai’s family was invited.

Although Bai Xianglan had severed relations, Lin Daliang insisted, saying that after all, they were the only uncle in the world, and not inviting them wouldn’t sit right. No matter what happened before, once they moved to the Capital City, there would be fewer chances to meet; it was time to let bygones be bygones.

Now that their lives were getting better, the past grievances didn’t seem so significant anymore.

Wang Cuihua was angry, angry at Grandma Bai for being heartless, at her big brother and second brother, her sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law. But since her husband had spoken, she realized holding onto it wouldn’t be right, so she decided to let it go for now. Her daughter’s wedding was a joyful day, and she couldn’t be too particular.

It’s just a meal, and their family doesn’t lack that meal now.

Thinking this way, Wang Cuihua’s expression softened quite a bit, and on the big day, she couldn’t stop smiling.

It must be said, Xiao Xue had foresight. Marrying off, she brought the family along, or else marrying so far away, her mom’s crying prowess might drown herself.

The Fifth Team had over fifty households, but a big population, with each family having ten or so people, even those that divided had five or six; with such a lavish banquet, it was an all-out mobilization for sure.

So Xiao Xue had prepared plenty of food supplies, and sure enough, just as she expected, by the time they arrived, the courtyard was already surrounded by people, as if they weren’t afraid of the winter cold, forming a tight circle outside.

Seeing the jeep coming, they made way consciously, and they quickly helped the five elders into the house to sit on the warm kang.

Bai Dahe and his wife seriously took on the tasks given by Xiao Xue, making sure the kang was toasty and the house clean and tidy, which made Xiao Xue very satisfied.

Zhang Haijun, seeing others busy settling the elders, quickly climbed onto the kang and sat next to the old lady, while Xiao Xue noticed but didn’t say anything.

Zhang Yuan shot him a glare, which Zhang Haijun noticed, but he didn’t care. He was freezing, and today he wasn’t getting off the kang no matter what. There were so many people, all rugged, and the way he looked at the meat in the pot, it was like he was just about to grab it.

His son had married a daughter-in-law like this one, and yet he had to run errands for these old farmers; he simply wouldn’t!

Grandma also noticed her grandson’s glance, turned to see her son climb onto the kang and sit beside her, and unhappily gave him a push. "Today is your son’s wedding, how can you shamelessly get on the kang and have others serve you?"

"Mom, today is the bride’s wedding! Wait till I return to the Capital City and organize a proper wedding for Xiao Yuan! I have no way to do anything here! Let me stay here and not get in anyone’s way!" Zhang Haijun had prepared his excuses, so he wasn’t afraid of Grandma giving him a hard time.

Grandma was momentarily at a loss for words, but seeing Lin Cuifen sneaking her shoes off also annoyed her.

"Lin Cuifen! Your Haijun is a man and might not know how to help, but don’t you know how to help out? Can you serve tea and pour water for the guests? How can you two be such parents? Your son gets married, and you just lie on the kang and bring the bride home! You think too much of yourselves!"

This rant got Lin Xue, nearby, stumped on what to do. If she intervened, it would make her really look that cheap, plus only Grandma could manage Lin Cuifen.

These days, she hadn’t stopped causing trouble, so she deserved the scolding.

"Mom, isn’t it supposed to be the bride’s side serving us tea and water? We’re the guests today!" Lin Cuifen ultimately echoed her husband’s words.

Earlier, Grandma had let Haijun off when he said that, so there shouldn’t be an issue if she said it too, right?

"That’s nonsense!" Grandma was fuming, "Your son is getting married, and you want the bride’s side to serve you tea and water? Where do you get such ego? Was Xiao Xue so desperate to marry into your family? If you’re not going, I, the old lady, will! Idiot!" Grandma said as she was about to get off the kang.

Grandpa, upon seeing this, got furious, kicked Zhang Haijun off the kang, and said, "Go serve tea! Light cigarettes one by one for the guests! Today, all who came are Xiao Xue’s family! If you slow down even a bit, watch me skin you!"

Seeing Grandpa’s display of authority and that he wouldn’t let her off the kang, Grandma finally felt pleased in her heart.