Chapter 103 Hao Yucheng's Wedding 4

Chapter 103 Hao Yucheng's Wedding 4

Inside the newlywed room adorned with red "double happiness" characters, the bride's family members were much more reserved. They even had the leisure to lower their voices and discuss how lavish the feast was, comparing it to the birthday banquet hosted by a certain local gentry.

Of course, not all of the bride's family members were happy.

Some people were happy that Miss Chen had married into a wealthy family, while others, because they weren't the ones who married into the wealthy family, deliberately said hurtful things to upset Miss Chen.

Some people think Hao Yu doesn't know how to manage money. She's cooking such good food for the villagers, and she must have lost a lot of money this time.

In short, a group of people with different intentions whispered all sorts of things in Miss Chen's ear.

After all the food was served at the other tables, Xie Wanniang called Xiao Yang, Aunt Chen, Wang Xiaozhi, and other female relatives who had been busy running around, as well as Jiang Yuan, Chen Zhao, and others who were responsible for receiving gifts, welcoming the bride, and greeting guests, to the east wing of Hao Yu's house.

She had the two extra tables of food prepared placed in the south and north rooms of the east wing, respectively.

The men went to the south room and the women went to the north room. While everyone else was busy eating and drinking, they also took the opportunity to fill their stomachs.

Although some villagers had eaten and drunk their fill and were preparing to leave, so they had to stand up every now and then to see off the departing villagers, they were still able to have a proper meal when they could take turns.

It wasn't until the village head and others had finished eating and drinking that Miss Chen's family got up to leave. Only then did Wang Xiaozhi and the others come out of the house and see them off with Hao Yu.

Afterwards, everyone took care of the cleanup and cleanup work. They washed what needed to be washed and returned what needed to be returned. After everything was done, Xie Wanniang, Jiang Yuan, Wang Xiaozhi and the others took the remaining fish, meat and steamed buns given to them by Hao Yu and went home happily.

With only Hao Yu and his wife left at home, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

After all, they had only met a few times, and their understanding of each other came entirely from other people.

Leaving aside how the two tentatively got to know each other and get used to each other, let's just talk about Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan. They parted ways with Wang Xiaozhi and the others at Hao Yu's house, carrying their things and taking Xiao Yang back to their own home.

After the new house was built and they separated from Hao Yu, they were too embarrassed to accept the food Hao Yu gave them. So after moving into the new house, they went to town together and bought two truckloads of food.

The two carts of grain contained only a small amount of rice and wheat flour; the majority consisted of millet, sorghum, buckwheat, wheat, yellow millet, beans, and other grains.

Over the past year, Hao Yu and Jiang Yuan have learned some skills from Xie Wan Niang. They still can't do complicated dishes, but they can independently make ordinary stews, stir-fries, and steamed buns, dumplings, and flatbreads.

It's no exaggeration to say that their cooking skills are no less than those of ordinary women in the village.

"My sister and brother-in-law are going to start building their house the day after tomorrow, right?" When they reached her front door, Xie Wanniang gestured for Jiang Yuan not to leave yet. "I prepared two bags of flour for her. Could you deliver them to her when they start construction?"

Jiang Yuan nodded, "Okay."

Not only Xie Wanniang was going to help Wang Xiaozhi, but Jiang Yuan was too. However, instead of flour, he prepared half a pig for Wang Xiaozhi, which he had ordered in advance from the pork stall in town.

Xie Wanniang then asked, "Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

Xie Wanniang was worried that Jiang Yuan wouldn't be used to eating alone all of a sudden.

Jiang Yuan's expression softened. "Then I'll put these in the kitchen for you."

As he spoke, he held up the things he was carrying.

Of the remaining meat and steamed buns, Hao Yu gave a chicken to Jiang Yuan, a fish and two four-happiness meatballs to Xie Wanniang, and then gave each of them five white steamed buns.

“Okay.” Xie Wanniang didn’t stand on ceremony with Jiang Yuan. “Then I’ll have Xiao Yang go and call you later.”

The two put the things in the cupboard in the kitchen, and then Jiang Yuan went home.

Despite her exhaustion, Xie Wanniang boiled water and washed herself from head to toe, washing away the smell of cooking oil and food. Only then did she lie down in a spread-eagle position on the still-warm kang (heated brick bed) in the main room.

Xiao Yang followed suit and washed himself from head to toe.

After the couple moved to their new home, Xiaoyang continued to live in the north room of her east wing.

The house was spacious and beautiful. The little girl was not afraid at all after moving in. On the contrary, she liked it so much that she wanted to show it off to everyone.

Of course, she only dared to think about this idea in her mind.

With such troublesome parents, Xiao Yang dared not boast to outsiders about how well he was doing with Xie Wanniang.

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The day after Hao Yu's wedding, Xie Wanniang, Jiang Yuan, and Xiao Yang went to Hao Yu's house in the middle of the morning to meet Chen Shi, whose face was relaxed and whose eyes were bright.

They came to reunite with their relatives, since given their relationship with Hao Yu, they would inevitably have to deal with the Chen family in the future.

Everyone bowed to Chen Shi with the respect due to a junior, saying, "Auntie."

Ms. Chen was a little embarrassed, but she still tried her best to maintain her graceful and composed demeanor. "Don't be so polite, sit down and let's talk."

The three of them sat down as instructed, and Xie Wanniang chatted casually with Chen Shi with a smile.

Jiang Yuan remained as taciturn as ever, while Xiao Yang, not yet familiar with the Chen family, hesitated to speak.

At noon, Chen warmly invited the three of them to stay for lunch. After declining several times, they finally accepted the invitation from both Hao Yu and Chen and stayed at Hao Yu's house for lunch.

Lunch was prepared by Chen Shi, Xie Wanniang, and Xiao Yang. However, this time, Xie Wanniang, like Xiao Yang, was only responsible for assisting Chen Shi.

Surprisingly, yet not entirely unexpectedly, Chen's cooking skills were actually quite good.

Xie Wanniang wasn't a picky eater to begin with, and ever since the food was served, she had been praising Chen's cooking.

Hao Yu, Jiang Yuan, and Xiao Yang nodded in agreement. Although Chen's skills were not as good as Xie Wanniang's, they were still much better than those of the others in the village.

Mrs. Chen was all smiles as they praised her. She never dreamed that after getting married, she would live a more comfortable and relaxed life than when she was at her parents' home.

Not only did her husband not despise her at all because of her reputation as a jinx, but even Jiang Yuan and Xie Wanniang, whom her husband treated as his own juniors, were exceptionally friendly to her.

Chen was actually quite concerned about the alarmist rumors that some of her relatives had made out of thin air. However, her concern was not about easily believing them and then making things difficult for others or herself. Instead, she suppressed all her worries and waited to use her own eyes and heart to confirm what kind of people those relatives had slandered were.

In retrospect, neither her husband nor the three children he once took in were of questionable character or temperament.