Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 252 Wedding Cake

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the Gu family and the Song family get engaged. The Song family had not originally planned to hold a banquet on this day, but the Song family is now famous and there are too many people who want to take the opportunity to make friends with the Song family. Grandpa Song simply waved his hand and held a buffet. Song Chunlin is a sharpshooter who protects the country. When the imperial edict came that day, there was no time to hold a banquet to celebrate. It was just the right time to have a good time on the engagement day.

Now that the old man has spoken, how can Song Dazhuang and Song Dahao not follow his orders?

Starting from the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Song family began to get busy inside and outside the house. There were not enough tables, chairs and benches at home, so Song Dazhuang had to borrow some from people he knew and notify them at the same time to come for a drink.

When passing by several aunts' homes, he did not forget to inform them to go to work one day in advance. Several aunts worked in the Song family workshop, and they all agreed readily when they heard it.

After finishing all these, the family began to prepare the banquet menu.

Chicken, duck, fish and meat are indispensable. The Song family is doing better now, and it is a double happiness, plus it is the Lantern Festival. Grandpa Song said that the banquet must be made beautiful.

In addition to the necessary chicken, duck, fish and meat, there were also various vegetables and fruits. Song Chunlin quickly counted the vegetables in the space, and then nodded to Song Dazhuang, indicating that there was enough.

Song Dazhuang understood what was going on. Since his son had said enough, he would not be polite anymore.

"We need 30 chickens. Chunlin also has sheep. We roasted five whole sheep for the New Year. It should be enough. We also have pigs. I think we won't have enough pigs for the New Year. What else does Chunlin have in his space?"

"We have spare ribs, pork loin, pig's trotters, and so on. We also have frozen sea fish and prawns. There are dozens of boxes. Seven or eight boxes should be enough. As for the fruit, let's have watermelons. It happens that we planted watermelons at home this year. We also have corn. Fried corn is delicious. We also have more than ten boxes of fried chicken. I want to eat some..."

The more Song Dazhuang listened, the more he felt something was wrong. It turned out that all the dishes this kid ordered were his favorites.

"Stop! This is your engagement party, not a child's game. Can we serve some meat?"

"Isn't fried chicken meat?" Song Chunlin blinked his eyes and asked innocently, "Fried chicken is delicious. It will be eaten up in a second when it is served on the table."

Song Dazhuang's mouth twitched a few times. Is this a question of whether it tastes good or not? Don't think he doesn't know that this thing is usually eaten by this brat as afternoon tea. It is not a proper meal at all, let alone served on the table.

The old-fashioned Song Dazhuang rejected Song Chunlin's idea of eating fried chicken at the table, so that night at the dinner table, Song Amao brought out a big bowl full of fried chicken.

Grandma Song put a fried chicken drumstick in each child's bowl and said generously, "Eat, give it all to me. Who dares to say that such delicious food is not good enough?"

Song Dazhuang was helpless: "Little Daddy, that's not what I meant..."

"What do you mean?" Song A-mo immediately retorted: "This fried chicken is not meat? Back then, my family even ate grass roots and tree bark. Now that we have had a good life, we even look down on chicken."

Song Dazhuang was so rebuked by his own father that he dared not say a word. He could only watch meekly as Song A-mo picked up a piece of fried chicken for everyone in the family, except for him. When the younger generations saw this scene, they all tried to hold back their laughter.

Finally, with the help of A-Mo Song, fried chicken was successfully included in the menu of the engagement banquet.

Fried chicken and other things are ready-made and do not need to be prepared in advance. But in addition to fried chicken, Song Chunlin also wanted to eat fried mushrooms and crispy pork, so he persuaded Song Amao to add these two things to the dish, and also added a fried meatball. Song Amao said:

"Frying one is fine, frying two or three is fine too. Anyway, such a big pot can't be used after frying, so it's a good use of it."

Song Chunlin praised him: "You are worthy of being a little grandfather. You even know how to make the best use of things."

After hearing this, Song Amao burst into laughter again and praised Song Chunlin for his sweet talk.

In the end, the menu for the engagement banquet consisted of ten meat dishes and ten vegetable dishes, ten cold dishes and ten hot dishes, and the last soup was rice dumplings made with fermented glutinous rice wine, bringing together the whole family in harmony and happiness.

When the menu came out, everyone in the Song family was shocked, especially Chen Yuer and Li Gensheng. The dishes were even richer than those at other people's wedding banquets. Moreover, they had only eaten many of the dishes at the Song family during Chinese New Year, especially the shrimp and lotus root, and the green beans. Chen Yuer had never even seen green beans, let alone Li Gensheng.

However, Grandpa Song and Auntie Song were quite satisfied with the menu and said it was very face-saving.

In comparison, the Mansion of Marquis Yongyi was a little deserted, because Gu Fengyun had no plans to invite relatives of the Gu family. He only planned to set up a few tables in the yard for a few good colleagues and friends who grew up together. As for whether any relatives of the Gu family would come to the house at that time, Gu Fengyun said that no one would be allowed to enter, as it was his brother's wedding day, and he couldn't bear to see these unlucky things.

Gu Fengyue returned to the Marquis' Mansion a few days in advance. In preparation for the engagement, Gu Fengyun specially bought new clothes for him and everyone in the mansion. Not only did they look brand new, but even the gate of the mansion was painted new and a brand new red lantern was placed on the door. They worked very hard to make everything inside and out look brand new.

God knows that when Gu Fengyue returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she almost thought she had walked into the wrong door. After entering, she became more and more suspicious that she had walked into the wrong house.

The originally deserted yard is now decorated with many potted flowers and plants. I don’t know how much money Gu Fengyun spent, but you can still find blooming flowers at this time of year. Pots of bright flowers add a touch of spring to the hall.

Even the housekeeper couldn't help but sigh: "The mansion hasn't been so lively for a long time." He looked at Gu Fengyue with a look of satisfaction.

"Second Young Master, work harder and strive to have two children in three years after Song Xiaojie comes home. By then, our house will be even more lively."

Gu Fengyue's ears turned red when he heard this, and he didn't dare to say anything. He lowered his head and quickly walked through the lobby and came to the flower hall on the side. Then he made a very rare discovery that his brother, who had been alone for thousands of years, was actually talking and laughing with a younger boy.

Gu Fengyue stood at the door of the flower hall. From his angle, he could only see the back of the other person's head, but the voice seemed familiar. He should have heard it somewhere.

The conversation between the two ended quickly, and Gu Fengyue walked in silently, only to find that the other party was actually the boss of Shengji, that young man Su.

"You're back just in time. This is the boss of Shengji. I ordered 800 wedding cakes. Have you seen enough?"

"That's enough." Gu Fengyue thought, there are four wedding cakes in a box, and we ordered two hundred boxes, so it should be enough.