Chapter 776

Weekend

The Sihe Academy was bustling with noise.

Chu Jinshui, Liu Liu Limin, Li Fei, Liu Lan, and others arrived at the Sihe Academy early.

The Xu family had already bought back all the ingredients.

Seeing basket after basket of ingredients, the residents all rolled up their sleeves.

Many hadn't eaten the night before, waiting all day to get their money's worth.

Xu Xu Damao was a man who cared about face; this banquet would surely be impressive.

From morning on, Jia Jia Zhangshi had been clutching her stomach, waiting for the feast to begin.

Seeing Seeing Shazhu watched the joyful Xu household, his chest tight with suppressed bitterness.

At noon, ten borrowed tables were set out.

He He Wenjie, with several women, distributed melon seeds and candy to each table.

Yan Yan Fugui cheerfully set up a table to keep accounts.

Besides the neighbors in the courtyard, workers from the steel mill also arrived in turn.

Xu Xu Damao wore a red flower on his chest, beaming as he greeted guests.

He He Wenjie walked beside him, her makeup making her even more radiant.

This made Seeing Seeing Shazhu feel like he'd bitten into a lemon—his candy no longer sweet.

At mealtime, cold and hot dishes arrived in succession.

Relatives and friends praised the eight cold and eight hot dishes endlessly.

Chicken stewed with mushrooms!

Wood ear meat!

And braised fish!

This raised the whole banquet's status at once!

Two mao for the gift was worth it!

Everyone ate with beaming smiles.

Only two people looked displeased.

One was Seeing Seeing Shazhu, seething with envy.

The other was Yi Yi Zhonghai, utterly humiliated.

When Xu Xu Damao came over with a cup of wine to thank him, Yi Yi Zhonghai was so ashamed he wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.

Who in the courtyard or outside didn't know he was the one who reported Xu Xu Damao's immoral conduct?

And what happened?

He got married anyway!

He was in a normal romance!

He made himself look like a fool both inside and out!

After drinking a full cup of bitter wine, Yi Yi Zhonghai reached for the chicken with his chopsticks.

But the moment he extended them, the piece of chicken was snatched away by Banggeng.

Eat the banquet!

It's first come, first served!

"Dear relatives, friends, neighbors!"

"Today is my great wedding day, Xu Xu Damao's!"

"Please eat well and drink well!"

Xu Xu Damao, beaming, raised his wine cup.

The guests burst into cheers.

After all, Xu Xu Damao's banquet was generous and grand!

The Xu family's gift money might end up a loss.

After all, this year's gifts were only two or five mao.

Each gift supported an entire family's meal.

For example, the Yan family's five-mao gift fed seven people.

For example, the Jia family's two-mao gift fed five people.

Xu Xu Damao's banquet was surely a financial loss.

But Xu Xu Damao was happy to lose the money.

The wedding banquet earned him all the face he needed.

The eight cold and eight hot dishes left everyone's mouths greasy with delight.

Jia Jia Zhangshi ate like a demon reborn.

She picked up the entire dish of braised fish and carried it off.

She devoured the whole fish in greedy gulps.

This enraged the neighbors at the same table.

"Jia Jia Zhangshi, what are you doing?!"

"Who eats like this at a banquet?!"

"You took the fish—what am I supposed to eat?!"

Jia Jia Zhangshi yelled with grease all over her mouth:

"What are you yelling about!"

"There's so much food on the table, isn't it enough for you to eat!"

"I paid my share of the gift money, I'll eat however I want!"

"What kind of dog-fart nonsense are you all spouting!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai said with a dark expression:

"Everyone, let's eat!"

"Aren't there still other dishes here!"

The neighbors could do nothing about Jia Jia Zhangshi.