Chapter 1392: Wedding Banquet
There was a lot of food left over at noon, so Qu Xiaoli had everyone divide it up. This way, we save the effort of hosting another event in the evening.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the identity of the eldest brother-in-law, we would definitely invite people for two meals. But now there’s talk that the eldest brother-in-law has money. So things can’t be done this way.
"Sister Jingchu, look at Brother Guodong, he’s got that silly grin on his face." Jiang Feifei said with a smile, "But in the future, Brother Chaoyang will be like this too, right?" Jing Chu gently tapped Feifei’s forehead with a smile.
With people cleaning up, there wasn’t much for them to do. The dishes and bowls belong to the public, and once cleaned, they must be returned. So, Jing He and Chaoyang headed home with a few kids.
Jiang Xinyu stayed behind to help. She couldn’t really just be a hands-off manager.
The six educated youths found Li Yungui, who had a bit too much to drink, to discuss the situation.
"Congratulations to all of you. But if you want to build houses, you’ll have to go to the wasteland by the mountain. In the future, the village will allocate homesteads there."
"Village Chief Li, we understand. We plan to go to the educated youth office together tomorrow."
"Alright, I’ll go back and prepare letters for you all."
Li Yungui was glad about this, eager to get them married, which would avoid any trouble. Estimating this year’s educated youths won’t be easy to handle, unlike other villages that have twenty to thirty. There will surely be quite a few allocated to our village this time.
They’re all married, so the youth point can be vacated.
There’s a marriage boom among educated youths, and the village is the same. In May alone, four families had weddings, and two families had betrothals.
Lv Beiguang also drank some wine today, though just a symbolic amount. So in the afternoon, he came to the brewing factory.
Now, this factory, which occupies more than three mu of land, is only inhabited by Yang Xiuqin.
She’s quite brave, not scared at all, also thanks to the safety of Li Family Village.
Now they’re just waiting to get started. Next month, when the vats and such arrive, they can begin brewing.
The two sat in the room discussing wine recipes, looking at insights left by the Yang family. Lv Beiguang felt enlightened.
"I have the storeroom keys here. Tomorrow I’ll bring over two big vats. Let’s try first."
"Mr. Lv, it says here they can be made into medicinal wine. Shall we try it?"
"The name of this medicinal wine is quite nice, ’Drunken Three Lives.’ Let’s give it a shot; maybe by the New Year, we can enjoy it."
This got Lv Beiguang excited, "I’ll go find some Chinese medicine. If we can get everything together, the two of us can start making these wines little by little, for our own consumption."
He hurried off, went home, and got two large vats from Jiang Xinyu, along with a piece of white cotton cloth provided by Chaoyang.
Jiang Xinyu laughed as she spoke to Jing Chu, "I’ve never seen your dad this excited before."
"My dad loves to brew wine." This is something they knew even as kids.
Shen Youjun also went to the mountain with Xie Guoqiang and the others,
In fact, this place is quite nice, and they understand why Village Chief Li allocated this area as a homestead.
"We’re also here, so we’ll have company."
"That’s great. We’ll feel more at ease together."
Li Yungui had no objections. He and Li Cunshan went to the mountain to measure the homesteads.
After confirming it, Shen Youjun went to hire the mason, and the three finalized the timing for building the houses.
This time, they were too embarrassed to discuss things with the mason beforehand.
Yang Zhongyi returned to his dormitory, lying directly on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Truly, there’s no turning back now.
From now on, they’re strangers. As he placed his hand over his heart, tears rolled down his cheeks. A man isn’t easily brought to tears unless he reaches a place of deep sorrow.
He told himself that this would be the last time, truly the last time. He would do his best to keep Tao Yanzhen in his heart in the future.
Lv Jingchu was his cosmic ill fortune, leading him to meet her, but fate did not bring them together.
Tao Yanzhen was also lying on the kang, telling herself this was the last time she’d be heartbroken; there would be no next time. Just bury that man in her heart.
Guodong was lying with his wife, "Are you tired?"
"Not tired, I’m good, don’t worry about me."
"I’m just afraid you’ll get worn out. Take a nap."
Li Xue felt incredibly sweet, "Guodong, will we be this happy for a lifetime?"
"Yes, our family will be happy for a lifetime. I will be good to you and the kids forever."
Li Xue nodded firmly, nestled in Guodong’s embrace, her face radiating a happy smile.
After Li Yunqiao’s family finished eating, Chaoyang drove them back.
"Chaoyang, when you get engaged, let Guodong come and pick us up." Li Honglin said smiling.
"The night before the day, you get off work, I’ll come pick you up."
"Alright, kid, you’re finally getting what you wanted."
The family in the car all laughed.
The two kids pulled out the red envelopes given by Lv Beiguang and tried to stuff them into Li Yunqiao’s pocket.
"When did you get the red envelopes?" Li Yunqiao opened it and saw it wasn’t a small amount, twenty yuan each.
"Chaoyang, your father-in-law must be out of money, right?"
"Exactly, he spent all his savings buying apartments for Xue’er and Jing Chu in the Capital and even borrowed two thousand from my master."
"Your father-in-law is really generous. But in a way, that’s good for Xue’er."
"My father-in-law insisted the house is in Xue’s name."
"Then how will your father-in-law get by in the future? He also gave your second aunt three hundred yuan?"
"There’s a dividend from the winery. My master wouldn’t let my father-in-law live without money. Besides, Jingchu and Guodong both have plenty of money, but he doesn’t want theirs."
"Yes, the winery’s dividend won’t be small. Following your master, you don’t have to worry about not having money."
"Actually, my father-in-law is a really good dad. He could give up his dreams for his children. You should have seen he loves brewing wine; when he resigned, he didn’t know he could come here to start a winery."
Li Yunqiao nodded, achieving this level isn’t easy.
"Chaoyang, when can you come back from the Capital?"
"From the way my master sees it, he’s not having me come back."
"Then you really have to work hard. Don’t be like Xiang Dong. He didn’t even come back today."
"Being a worker isn’t that free. You can’t just take a leave whenever you want." Li Yunqiao lamented about this nephew. He had the same opportunity as Chaoyang, but he let it slip.
"Chaoyang, your master certainly won’t treat you poorly. You better listen to him."
"Of course. My master offered me five percent of his own bonus and told me to buy a house in the Capital."
"So envious of you, having a master like that." Honglin genuinely envied him; Master Wei was indeed generous.
"Actually, before I went to the Capital, my master gave me a thousand yuan to buy whatever I liked."
"Chaoyang, stop talking. You’re making me so jealous. My wife and I don’t even earn a thousand a year together."