Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm-Chapter 861 - : Attending the Wedding Banquet_1
Chapter 861: Chapter 861: Attending the Wedding Banquet_1
“I will go,” Tong Sanlang said.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang huffed heavily and left on her horse-drawn carriage.
Tong Sanlang watched her retreating figure, pursed his lips, and turned to enter the Courtyard.
Qiao Xiaomai was making Chicken Soup. Seeing Tong Sanlang come in, she asked, “What did she come to talk to you about?”
“The day after tomorrow is my cousin’s son’s Full Moon Banquet. My cousin has booked the celebration at Jimei Residence, and my mother let me know to attend,” Tong Sanlang replied.
Xiaomai had already heard about this from Shopkeeper He in the morning. She raised an eyebrow at his words, “So your cousin is quite wealthy.”
“The Zhang Family is not as well off as the Tong Family.”
“Then how can he afford to book a celebration at Jimei Residence?” Xiaomai inquired.
“I suppose my mother must have chipped in. Over the years… she’s contributed quite a bit. My cousin had three daughters before this; now, a man nearing thirty finally has a son. He probably wants to have a proper celebration,” explained Tong Sanlang.
“Then you should go when the time comes; I won’t go,” Xiaomai said, fanning the stove fire leisurely with a palm-leaf fan.
She always preferred to do things for Yang Ye and Yang Wenxiao herself, even down to tending the fire, never asking anyone but Tong Sanlang for help.
“My mother hopes that you will go. You’re quite well-known around Bailu Town nowadays, and she wants you to be there to show face,” Tong Sanlang mentioned.
Hearing this, Xiaomai let out a gentle snort, “Did you accept?”
“I did.”
“Alright then, I’ll go, for your sake,” Xiaomai rolled her eyes as she spoke.
Now they remember to ask for her help to present a good image, yet nobody needed her to ‘show face’ when they were slandering her as unclean with other men.
Seeing her reaction, Tong Sanlang walked over and sat down beside her on a small stool, speaking softly, “It’s just a meal, after all. You just need to show up, and that will be enough. Later we’ll have Shopkeeper He prepare a Private Room for you, and you can go upstairs to eat there after making your appearance.”
It was all about saving face, and when Mrs. Zhang made the request, he genuinely found it difficult to refuse.
After he had been awarded the title of a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, he hadn’t brought any substantial benefits back home to his family or relatives. To refuse even this simple matter of saving face would indeed be somewhat unreasonable.
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Xiaomai, of course, understood this.
Just like how she treated Qiao Chang’an and Qiao Changfu, even though she didn’t care for these people, she still attended Qiao Dazhu’s wedding, for Dazhu’s sake.
She didn’t care about face-saving measures.
And she didn’t want to make things difficult for Tong Sanlang.
Since Tong Sanlang had agreed, she wouldn’t refuse.
So, the couple got up early that day, ate breakfast, and then placed the earthen jars prepared for Yang Ye and Yang Wenxiao onto the ox cart, heading into town.
First, they found Guard Xiaoyang to send the items on their way; then, Tong Sanlang sought advice from the Academy Dean on some matters until almost noon, when the couple hurried their ox cart to Jimei Residence.
Mrs. Zhang had instructed them to prepare a gift of one hundred taels of silver, but Tong Sanlang naturally wouldn’t agree.
He only received one hundred taels for his monthly allowance.
He bought a silver lock and some other children’s jewelry, totaling up to fifty taels.
In the countryside, this was considered an extremely generous gift.
Jimei Residence’s ground floor had thirty tables, and now that Zhang Sheng had booked ten tables for the banquet, Shopkeeper He ordered some screens to be placed to separate those ten tables from the rest, creating a private space for the Zhang Family’s celebration.
Xiaomai and Tong Sanlang left their ox cart behind the Jimei Residence and then walked around to the front entrance.
Zhang Sheng, his father Zhang Xiaoman (who was also Tong Sanlang’s uncle), Mrs. Zhang, and several others were standing at the entrance. Their faces bloomed with smiles as they saw the two approaching.
Tong Sanlang offered a few auspicious phrases, Xiaomai didn’t utter a word, and after some pleasantries, the two entered the space separated by the screens.
[Updated ten chapters, good night.]
