Chapter 79 Jiang Meihua and Tai Wenguang's marriage is settled
Time flies and it's Sunday again.

As agreed, Tai Wenguang would bring his family to the breakfast shop that morning.

Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo ended their breakfast business early.

At around nine o'clock, Uncle Jiang took the village team's tractor and came to the town.

Today he was wearing the coat he usually wore when visiting relatives, and his hands and face were washed clean.

He also brought two bottles of wine and two boxes of snacks.

Jiang Daguo looked behind him and said, "Dad, you're here alone? Where's Mom?"

As for Jiang Meihua's marriage, Jiang Daguo went back to the village the day before yesterday to tell his parents.

Uncle Jiang happily said he would come, but Aunt Jiang said nothing.

I don’t see my mother now, so I’m afraid she won’t come.

Uncle Jiang took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Forget it, she is at home taking care of Meizhi's child and can't leave. I came to take a look, it's the same."

His mother had always been difficult to talk to, so Jiang Daguo had no choice but to say nothing and helped his father into the shop.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had a favorable impression of this grandfather. She swayed over and smiled, "Grandpa."

This made Grandpa Jiang laugh out loud, and he took out two candies wrapped in colorful candy wrappers from his pocket and handed them to Jiang Xiaoxiao, "Grandpa picked these especially for you at the candy store in town. One is red, and the other is blue. They look good, don't they?"

"Yeah." Jiang Xiaoxiao took it in her hand and walked aside to sit down.

Today is Jiang Meihua's special performance, and she just needs to sit aside and listen.

Jiang Meihua, dressed up by Liu Xihua, came down from upstairs. When she saw Uncle Jiang, she nodded and said, "Dad."

Jiang Meihua felt a little disappointed because her mother didn't come.

Uncle Jiang looked at his grown-up daughter who was getting married, and he was filled with emotion. "Please sit down. This marriage is under the supervision of your brother and sister-in-law. I am just here to show my support and will not interfere. Don't worry."

Thinking of the bad marriage he had arranged last time, Uncle Jiang felt very guilty towards his second daughter. However, he couldn't argue with his wife and could only sigh in his heart and feel sorry for his daughter.

Jiang Meihua pursed her lips and said, "If Dad hadn't let me out, I might have gotten married. I don't blame Dad."

Liu Xihua came over, put the teapot and snacks on the table, looked at the father and daughter and said, "Dad, Meihua, that thing is in the past, don't mention it, let's talk about something else happy?"

Uncle Jiang also realized that he shouldn't say it today, no, he shouldn't say it in the future, "Okay, let's talk about something else."

He couldn't tell any jokes, so he just talked about the income from his family's land.

Ever since Jiang Daguo and his wife came to the town, they had to rely on only him and his three daughters to farm the few acres of land in their family, which was simply too much to handle.

Besides, the second daughter came to town, the eldest daughter hardly went to the fields, and the youngest daughter still had to go to school, so they couldn't help him at all.

When he was worrying, his eldest daughter found a new man who was very hardworking and helped a lot at home.

Jiang Meizhi's boyfriends changed one after another, and Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo couldn't remember who was who.

The two just listened without expressing their opinions.

After chatting for a while, at ten o'clock, Tai's father and Tai Wenguang came with gifts.

Following behind them was the owner of the candy shop.

Tai Wenguang pointed at the woman and said to Jiang Meihua, "This is the matchmaker my father found, Xiuping's aunt. You saw her the other day. She runs a candy store under the riverbank."

According to local customs, even if a man and a woman are in love freely, there must be a matchmaker to arrange their marriage.

The Jiang family naturally understood this rule.

When the two parties met, they introduced themselves to each other and greeted each other, then said hello.

Uncle Jiang brought two bottles of wine.

The father and son of the Tai family brought two boxes of crispy candies and eight-treasure cakes that were rarely available in the town.

They were all packed in iron boxes with pictures of blooming flowers and prosperity.

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua were responsible for passing cigarettes and pouring tea respectively.

The matchmaker followed the customary practice of asking about the birth dates, home addresses, population and jobs of both parties. It was awkward to find that the mothers of both parties were not present.

Xiuping's aunt was good at smoothing things over. She cleared the air with a few words and got down to business.

"If both of you have no objection, how about picking a date for the engagement? According to the rules, it's the woman who decides."

Jiang Meihua looked embarrassed and asked Liu Xihua in a low voice.

Liu Xihua whispered, "Let's go any day you think is good."

Jiang Meihua looked up and saw Tai Wenguang looking at her with burning eyes.

She pinched the corner of her clothes, thinking and thinking, but couldn't remember.

Tai Wenguang was anxious, but it was not convenient for him to urge her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was sitting aside eating candies until her teeth ached, knew that Jiang Meihua was a slow person, and she stamped her feet anxiously.

[Second aunt, how could you forget what Second Uncle said? Second Uncle said he wanted to take Second aunt to the south by the end of the year, so of course we should get married before that. So the engagement should be brought forward a little bit.]

Jiang Meihua suddenly realized, how could she have forgotten about this?

"Then... let's get engaged on August 15th and get married on January 1st." She said with a blushing face.

Although her voice was very soft, everyone was waiting for her to speak, so they all heard it.

Xiuping's aunt clapped her legs and laughed, "Okay, then it's settled."

Tai Wenguang and Jiang Meihua smiled at each other.
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After the marriage is decided, they can interact openly.

Whenever Tai Wenguang was free every day, he would come to Jiang Meihua's shop to help.

Whenever there are activities at the veterinary station and breakfast needs to be arranged, it is still delivered by Jiang Meihua and Liu Xihua's shop.

In addition, Tai's father often introduced Liu Xihua's breakfast shop to others, which made the Jiang family's breakfast business much better.

However, although the two parties were engaged, neither Tai's mother nor Aunt Jiang was satisfied.

Tai's father ignored him and arranged the engagement and marriage on his own.

For example, which people to notify, where to set up the wedding banquet, and how to arrange the furniture for the wedding.

The Jiang family is the one marrying off the daughter, so they don't have as much to do as the groom, except preparing some dowry.

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua discussed and planned to arrange for Jiang Meihua to get married from the breakfast shop in the future.

When Aunt Jiang found out, she couldn't help but grumble, "You've forgotten about your mother now that you have a brother and a sister-in-law, right? You didn't even come back after you got married!"

Uncle Jiang smoked his pipe and asked, "Don't you care about Meihua's affairs?"

Aunt Jiang was so shocked that she couldn't say a word.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the end of May.

The weather is getting hot.

All the schools are rehearsing programs for Children's Day.

Jiang Xiaoxiao heard this from a child who used to come to the breakfast shop for breakfast.

She thought of something and calculated it with her fingers.

[This year’s Children’s Day was the 20th anniversary of Xinnong Primary School. The school banquet was arranged by Uncle Tai’s mother]

[But she will mess it up. Second Aunt should go and help her. Maybe she will look at Second Aunt with new eyes.]

Jiang Meihua is a dull person, but she is meticulous and likes to think.

After coming to the breakfast shop, I actually figured out quite a few breakfast styles.

When I cook, I always try different ways of cooking.

In her previous life, Jiang Meihua worked as a kitchen helper in a restaurant. She was self-taught and could actually take on the job of a chef.

Jiang Meihua was carving patterns on steamed buns. When she heard Jiang Xiaoxiao's thoughts, she blinked. Would there be trouble with the banquet arranged by her mother-in-law?

(End of this chapter)