eurekapd Chapter 237 Wedding Banquet
Chapter 237 Wedding Banquet
Lost in thought, Wei Chaoyan, even under the bright sunshine, felt a surge of sweet joy as she recalled the earth-shattering changes that had taken place in the two worlds within those short five years.
Even if Wei Chaoyan only played a role in triggering this upheaval, she still left her shallow footprints in this catastrophic upheaval that is worthy of being recorded in history!
Moreover, this series of events is inseparable from the support and connection of cross-border live streaming rooms. It can be said that without the emergence of the live streaming system, these two worlds in different dimensions would have remained like two parallel lines that never intersect until the world entered eternal silence.
How could we have achieved the positive situation we have today, where we learn from each other, discard the bad and promote each other's development?
Hehe, since the cross-border live streaming room has played such an important and irreplaceable role, then Wei Chaoyan, as the host of this live streaming room, is essentially making such a huge contribution herself!
Hehe, Wei Chaoyan grinned and laughed for a long time, until her cheeks ached a little, before she reluctantly restrained herself.
He touched the corners of his slightly moist eyes, glanced at the sky, and secretly estimated that it should be early morning.
She immediately got up and prepared to go out to the meat stall at the market to pick up the pig's trotters, pork ribs, pork belly, and a cleaned and slaughtered fat hen that she had ordered in advance. She then cooked a sumptuous lunch for her playful children who had been away from home for a long time.
Why doesn't she go to the early market to buy fresh food and cook it herself, so she doesn't have to make another trip?
Nonsense! It's so much trouble to prepare pig's trotters, pork ribs, and fat hens yourself! You can spend a little money to have someone else do it for you—kill it, chop it, pluck the feathers, wash it—and then you just need to go and bring it back, do a little cleaning and chopping, and you can easily cook it!
This saves so much trouble! Anyway, it only cost less than forty-five copper coins, and her business is now on the right track. She can afford this small amount of money, even if she's not super rich. So why not?
Wei Chaoyan walked quickly and soon arrived at the butcher's stall where she always bought meat.
Before he even arrived, he waved with a bright smile to the tall, burly butcher who was chopping bones, and said, "Uncle Liu, I'm here! Are my pig's trotters, ribs, and fat hen ready?"
Butcher Liu (yes, one of the people who secretly took care of Wei Ying when he was wandering, see Chapter Twelve for details) looked up at the sound, his hands still skillfully chopping bones, and grinned with a simple and honest smile: "Ayan, you're here! The things have been taken care of for a long time. I wrapped them in clean oil paper and put them in the usual place in the back. Go get them yourself, I have guests here and can't leave!"
"Okay? (???)?"
Without any hesitation, Wei Chaoyan put down her hand and ran diagonally towards the small shed where Liu the butcher kept miscellaneous items to his right rear.
Upon entering, the visibility suddenly dimmed considerably, but Wei Chaoyan didn't mind. She skillfully navigated around several cluttered areas and arrived at a table on the inner side, where three large, square paper packages tightly bound together in yellow oil paper were prominently displayed.
Judging from its bulging belly, you can tell it's packed with good stuff.
Wei Chaoyan didn't even open it for inspection. She simply grabbed the sturdy rope and quickly left the storage shed.
Seeing that Butcher Liu was settling accounts with the previous customers, he stopped and waited.
A moment later, a customer, an elderly woman wearing a floral cloth, placed the meat in her basket and left satisfied.
Butcher Liu carefully sorted through the cleaver in his hand and the bits of meat and bones in front of him, then rubbed his hand repeatedly on the gray apron tied around his waist.
Satisfied, he stopped what he was doing and greeted Wei Chaoyan: "Ayan, you bought so much meat today, did Aying and the other boys come back?"
Wei Chaoyan gave a thumbs up: "Yes, Uncle Liu, you guessed it right away!"
"Hey! Isn't this what you always do?" Butcher Liu scratched his head. "These braised pig's trotters, braised pork chops with preserved mustard greens, braised pork belly with tiger skin, and chicken soup with Solomon's seal and ginseng are always the dishes those kids love to eat! As soon as you buy them, I know they're coming back."
Wei Chaoyan: "Wow! Uncle Liu has a good memory! Here, the processing fee for this time is forty-five coins. Uncle Liu, please keep it safe!"
Wei Chaoyan placed the three large oil paper packages on the meat stall next to her, then took out her money bag from her bosom, took out forty-five copper coins, and handed them to the grinning butcher Liu.
Butcher Liu didn't refuse, and carefully took it with his large, fan-like hands. Just as he was bending down to put it into his sleeve pocket, he suddenly looked up as if he had remembered something and asked, "Ayan, how many days will Aying and the others stay this time?"
"..." Wei Chaoyan was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and then said uncertainly, "I'm not quite sure either, but I'll probably stay for at least two or three days!"
"Oh?" Butcher Liu was somewhat disappointed.
"What's wrong, Uncle Liu?" Wei Chaoyan asked, puzzled by Liu the butcher's strange behavior.
"Uh..." Butcher Liu stammered for a while before his dark face flushed red and he said shyly, "Well, cough, Uncle is getting married on the ninth of this month, which is six days from now. Ah Ying and the others just happened to be back, so I was wondering if they wanted to come and share in the joy!"
"?" Wei Chaoyan didn't expect to hear such an unexpected answer. "No, Uncle! Why didn't you tell me sooner? You kept it a secret for too long! If you hadn't told me now, I wouldn't have known about this!"
Butcher Liu lowered his head and said apologetically, "Well, I'm already this old to be getting married, so it's not appropriate to have a big wedding banquet. Your future aunt and I had already discussed it and decided to have a low-key wedding banquet, only informing a few neighboring relatives, which is why no news got out. Today, I just happened to find out that A-Ying was coming back, so... I just casually invited her!"