Chapter 95: Scare away the chatterbox Jiang Meizhi
The next day was October 1st.
It was early in the morning and the streets were already bustling.
In the second year of working on their own, each household's income increased, and the number of people coming to the streets to buy goods also increased significantly.
There are more people buying things and more shops.
In addition to shops, there are also mobile stalls of all sizes, which are next to each other.
Jiang Meihua was so excited that she couldn't sleep and got up at six o'clock.
Jiang Xiaoxiao heard her getting up and got up too.
Jiang Meihua rubbed her little head and said jokingly, "You got up to prepare the banquet, what did you get up for?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Of course I'll accompany you."
Jiang Meihua took Jiang Xiaoxiao to wash her face, brush her teeth and comb her hair.
The two of them packed up and went to the first floor.
Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua also came down from upstairs.
Jiang Meihua hurried to help Liu Xihua, "Sister-in-law, you are in advanced stage of pregnancy, you should rest more. Why do you get up so early?"
"If you're nervous, I'll be nervous too." Liu Xihua said with a smile.
Her mother-in-law didn't care about her second sister-in-law's engagement, but she couldn't ignore it. Although she didn't need to prepare the banquet, she wanted to watch it personally, with an extra pair of eyes to supervise and avoid mistakes.
"I'm not nervous." Jiang Meihua smiled calmly.
"Then I feel relieved." Liu Xihua patted Jiang Meihua on the shoulder and said with a smile, but Liu Xihua knew in her heart that how could Jiang Meihua not be nervous? She went to bed late and got up early, isn't this called nervousness?
There were a lot of things to do, so the person who arranged breakfast today was Jiang Daguo. He cooked dumplings for everyone. After the meal, he and Jiang Meihua got busy.
Liu Xihua and Jiang Xiaoxiao sat aside to check and give reminders.
The Tai family will arrive before nine o'clock, and after tea and banquet, the engagement will begin.
Nowadays, there is no grand ceremony for engagement, and the relatives of the two families just sit together and have a drink.
Tai Wenguang told Jiang Meihua that two tables of people would come from the Tai family.
There were only two tables with many people including Aunt Jiang's sisters and several relatives of the Jiang family.
Four tables can be set up in the shop.
The tables and chairs were already set up in the shop yesterday.
The things that are most abundant in the breakfast shop are tables and chairs, which are covered with tablecloths made by Jiang Meihua and then covered with a thin layer of plastic film, which is both waterproof and does not affect the appearance.
Most of the ingredients for the banquet were prepared yesterday.
For example, fried meatballs, fried fish, and pork ribs soup are all ready.
Some vegetables were also washed and placed on the table and covered with bamboo strips.
Now all you have to do is cut the vegetables, put them on a plate, and heat up the other dishes.
Fruit snacks were also prepared, and Jiang Meihua packed them up one by one and placed them on the table.
Jiang Daguo took out the good tea leaves he had bought and put them into the teapot. It was still too early to make pickled vegetables now, so he would wait until after eight o'clock. When the guests arrived at nine o'clock, they would have just the right time to enjoy tea and snacks.
While I was busy, a cheer came from outside the shop, "I'm back!"
A figure swept into the shop like the wind.
Liu Xihua said with a smile, "Meilan, you are still so reckless. Run slower! There are so many things in the shop. Be careful not to bump into anything."
Jiang Meilan immediately retracted her feet, put down her luggage bag, and picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, do you miss your aunt?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao grinned and nodded.
Jiang Meilan held Jiang Xiaoxiao in her arms, looked around the shop, and asked Jiang Meihua with a smile, "Second sister, when will someone from the Tai family come?"
"I told them the time was nine o'clock," said Jiang Meihua.
Jiang Meilan looked at the old clock hanging on the wall of the shop, "Ah, it's only eight o'clock, it's still early."
She put Jiang Xiaoxiao down, rolled up her sleeves, and took the initiative to help. Jiang Meilan was talkative, and while she was busy, she talked about what she saw and heard at school. Everyone listened with great interest, and Jiang Meihua forgot her nervousness for a moment.
"Hey, busy."
"How are you preparing?"
"Look, without me watching, nothing can be seen."
At the door of the shop, there were voices of several people talking.
Hearing the complaints, Liu Xihua and Jiang Meihua immediately stopped laughing and looked towards the shop door together.
Liu Xihua was about to stand up, but was stopped by Jiang Xiaoxiao.
Jiang Meilan raised her eyebrows slightly and called out to the people who came, "Aunt, Third Aunt, Big Sister, Dad, Mom." She glanced at Jiang Meizhi's boyfriend again, and then ignored them.
Aunt Jiang saw Liu Xihua sitting still, Jiang Meilan's tone was bad, and Jiang Meihua was still like a wooden stake. She immediately got angry and asked, "Do you think we are air?"
Jiang Daguo came over from behind a pile of meatballs and said, "Mom, we are all family, please sit anywhere."
"Say less." Uncle Jiang glared at Aunt Jiang. "On such a happy occasion, can't you control your temper?"
Aunt Jiang is here to show off today, why would she be in a bad mood?
Especially in front of my older sisters.
"I'm her biological mother, can't I say it?" Aunt Jiang raised her voice.
"Mom, Meihua married a family that produces commercial grain, and they look down on us." Jiang Meizhi raised her lips and smiled.
"Meizhi, talk less!" Jiang Daguo felt a headache when he saw this older sister. He looked towards the door of the shop from time to time, hoping that Huang Mingcai would come quickly and drive away this troublesome older sister.
"Oh, big brother, now that your business is doing well, you look down on me, your poor sister?" Jiang Meizhi rolled her eyes.
Jiang Daguo looked unhappy and simply ignored her, only asking everyone else to sit down.
Aunt Jiang's elder sister and younger sister looked at the family, just smiled and said nothing, with an expression of watching the fun the whole time.
Jiang Meizhi's boyfriend Ouyang Lin didn't know the family's situation and just smiled politely without saying anything.
Jiang Xiaoxiao clenched her fists angrily. It would be better if these people didn't come!
The most anxious one was Jiang Meihua, who was almost crying.
If she doesn't invite her mother's family, the Tai family will gossip about her. If she invites her mother and sister, it turns out that they will only disrupt the situation and not care about her feelings.
Jiang Xiaoxiao clenched her fists and ran to the door of the shop to see if Huang Mingcai had arrived.
What's more, she just arrived at the door and saw Huang Mingcai coming.
Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled and waved at Huang Mingcai.
Sitting on the crossbar of Huang Mingcai's bicycle was Jiang Meizhi's eldest son Huang Sheng.
Huang Sheng is a greedy little kid. He has been thinking about the steamed buns he had for breakfast here last time.
When he saw Jiang Xiaoxiao, he clapped his hands happily, "Dad, I want to eat Xiaoxiao's buns."
"Yes, yes, yes. I'll buy some for you later."
"I want three big meat buns."
"All four." Huang Mingcai said with a smile.
He parked his bicycle next to the store door and shouted to Jiang Daguo, "Brother Daguo, the beans are here!"
"Uncle, I want to eat buns. I want to eat big meat buns!" Huang Sheng rang the bicycle bell hard.
The loud voices of the father and son startled Jiang Meizhi who was sitting in the shop.
Jiang Meizhi was so scared that her face turned pale. Why did Huang Mingcai come?
She looked up and saw Huang Mingcai parked his bicycle.
Aunt Jiang also saw Huang Mingcai and was worried that Huang Mingcai would hit Jiang Meizhi, so she pushed Jiang Meizhi and signaled her to hide.
Jiang Meizhi looked left and right, then ran to the stairs and squatted down.
Huang Mingcai walked into the shop carrying a bag of soybeans.