Chapter 805

Shen Cheng picked up the old lady and returned. Because Shen Jingjing was catching up with Hu Xiaoyan, he happened to catch up with the ordering.

"Mother, see what you want to eat?" Shen Jingjing asked the old lady proactively.

Today, the old lady was dressed decently and wearing gold jewelry. Standing in the lobby of the Longyang Hotel, the feeling was completely different from usual.

She was familiar with this place; she had come to eat at other people's banquets twice, and the dishes were made so beautifully.

"Let's eat that emperor crab or whatever." The old lady was straightforward. She didn't remember the name correctly, but she spoke quite readily.

After all, her son had been nagging about it all the way here.

The waiter in charge of ordering on the side laughed when he heard this: "Is the old lady talking about king crab?"

"Ah, yes, that's it. How much is one?" The old lady asked casually.

"This is weighed by the catty. A small one is two or three mao, and a large one can be four or five mao."

"Ah?" The old lady was shocked: "So expensive?"

It was enough to buy several grams of gold.

The old lady glared at her son. Was this him knowing his sister was spending money and spending it to death?

"Then don't get it. It's too expensive. Spending so much money to eat that thing." The old lady grumbled.

She was biased toward her son, but not to the point of losing her mind.

Even if her daughter was spending the money, it had to be reasonable. Spending several mao to eat a crab—wasn't that crazy?

Did she really think she was an emperor?

Shen Cheng's plan fell through, and he couldn't help but curl his lips.

He wanted to eat it because he had never eaten it before.

As a result, Shen Jingjing said: "Let's get one. A medium-sized one will do. Make half steamed with garlic and half baked with cheese."

"Oh, Jingjing, it's too expensive!" The old lady shook her head repeatedly. With that money, she could do anything else; it would be better to buy some gold.

"It's fine, Mother. Let's taste something fresh; you've never eaten it either."

Not only that, Shen Jingjing also ordered a portion of mantis shrimp. The average price was even more expensive than the king crab.

After the dishes were served, the old lady looked at the table full of good things, many of which she had never even seen before, not even at banquets. The first thing that came to her mind was her eldest son.

"Ordering so much, how can we finish it?" The old lady looked at Shen Cheng and instructed: "Call your eldest brother. Isn't he having his lunch break now? Tell him to come here to eat."

She was also thinking about her grandsons, but the grandsons were at school and couldn't carry phones, so she couldn't contact them.

Upon hearing this, Shen Cheng made an impatient "tsk" sound: "My eldest brother's unit is far from here, and at this hour, he's probably finished lunch. Why bother him?"

"Just make a call and ask." The old lady was relentless.

Only then did Shen Cheng make the call, and the result was that Shen Mingming had indeed finished his lunch.

Only then did the old lady stop.

"Mother, eat. If seafood gets cold, the taste won't be right." Shen Jingjing didn't care at all and placed two pieces of crab on the old lady's plate.

The old lady was actually quite happy in her heart. The main reason was that her daughter hadn't forgotten her and had specially bought her gold jewelry.

It showed that her daughter was filial to her.

"Jingjing, bring him back to let Mother see him before you get married." The old lady suddenly said.

Shen Jingjing looked at the old lady. She didn't refuse, but she didn't agree either: "His business is quite busy, so it depends on the time. Besides, the wedding date hasn't been set yet; he wants to find a master to calculate it."

"You're even hiring a master?" The old lady's eyes lit up, because she also believed in these things: "Hiring a master is good. Calculate a good date."

Shen Ci sat opposite, looking at the old lady, and an idea suddenly sprouted in her heart.

"Grandmother." She took the initiative to look at the old lady and asked: "If my mother gets married, we don't have many relatives in Longcheng. Do you think we should hold one in Longyang?"

"Ah?" The old lady didn't react for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Shen Ci explained: "It means holding the wedding banquet in two places—once in Longyang and once in Longcheng."

"Holding it in Longcheng is to invite the man's relatives and friends, and holding it in Longyang is to invite our relatives and friends here."

Shen Jingjing and Shen Yingying exchanged glances upon hearing this, not knowing what the daughter was planning by suddenly bringing up this idea.

But neither of them spoke much. They understood in their hearts that since A-Ci had brought it up, she must have a plan.

The old lady frowned: "Holding it in two places?"

Shen Ci nodded with a smile, helping the old lady analyze: "Grandmother, think about it. Usually, the wedding is handled by the man's family, so the gift money collected at that time all goes to the man's side."

"If we hold it separately, we invite the man's people in Longcheng, and we invite our people in our hometown. At that time, the gift money can also be separated. You gave birth to and raised my mother; my mother definitely won't keep the gift money from her daughter's wedding, and will give it all to you as filial piety."

"You haven't given little gift money to others in Longyang all these years, right? If we don't hold it in Longyang, how can you recover the gift money you've given out?"

When Shen Ci said this, the old lady instantly became spirited: "Oh, isn't that so? This gift money must be recovered."

"But who pays for the banquet? If we hold it in Longyang, don't we have to pay for the banquet ourselves?" Shen Cheng interrupted and asked.

The old lady did some calculations in her heart again: "Indeed, holding a banquet also costs a lot of money."

Shen Ci hurriedly said: "Uncle Jiang will pay for the banquet. It's the rule in Longcheng; wherever the banquet is held, the man's family pays for it."

She was making it up, but as long as the goal was achieved, she could pay for the banquet herself.

"The man pays? Then that's fine!" The old lady was satisfied at once and took the opportunity to say: "I'm old, so I won't go to Longcheng to be tossed about. Holding one in Longyang is quite good. The neighbors all know each other, so we can invite everyone we can, and it can be held grandly."

As the old lady said this, a flash of cunning passed through Shen Ci's eyes.

The Shen Jingjing sisters also understood at once. A-Ci had come up with this idea to prevent the people from their Longyang hometown from going to Longcheng.

Unexpectedly, the old lady was quite receptive to it.

Holding one in their hometown could indeed save a lot of trouble. If this whole family went to Longcheng, Shen Jingjing would get a headache just thinking about it.

As a result, in the evening, an even bigger headache came.

After Shen Mingming came back from work, the first thing he did was call Shen Jingjing over, and then he took out an invitation from his briefcase and handed it to her.

Shen Jingjing was stunned and asked in confusion: "Eldest brother, what is this?"

"An invitation. Open it and you'll know."

Shen Jingjing had already opened it. It was He Meifeng's wedding invitation. She had just told Xiaoyan during the day that she wasn't going!

Shen Mingming, however, spoke on his own: "I ran into Meifeng at the unit today. Weren't you classmates when you were little? I just mentioned that you were back, and it excited her so much that she hurriedly stuffed an invitation to me, telling me I must hand it to you."

Shen Jingjing was speechless. Eldest brother was being too presumptuous.

Seeing her expression, Shen Mingming realized something and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? You don't want to go?"

Shen Jingjing had no choice but to tell him about meeting Hu Xiaoyan today. Shen Mingming sighed after hearing it: "This is a mess. Meifeng's eldest brother is still my superior leader. If you receive the invitation and don't go, isn't that inappropriate?" **CHAPTER 806: See Through Without Saying It, Continue to Be Friends**