Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 409: Four hundred and eight, engagement banquet

Chapter 409: Four hundred and eight, engagement banquet

"Is this beef? This is quite a rarity."

"Indeed, look at that dish, I heard it’s wild boar meat."

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! This table is really extravagant! It’s the first time I’ve seen a wedding with so many dishes."

"Isn’t it because of Yujuan’s capable friends from the city? Yujuan has really made something of herself!" The guests said as they looked at the dishes on the table, swallowing their saliva nonstop. But since the star of the day hadn’t appeared yet, they could only hold back.

In Meng Yujuan’s bridal chamber, Luo Shu and the others were surrounding her, helping her with her hair and makeup.

"Apply some lipstick, hmm! Much prettier now."

"And don’t forget to wear the earrings."

"Our Yujuan is really beautiful, when Li Hui sees her later, he’ll surely be spellbound."

"Just put on this flower, and you’re all set, Yujuan. What do you think?"

As Wang Fei spoke, she had already pushed Meng Yujuan in front of the mirror.

Looking at herself in the mirror, dressed in a red dress, with a complexion radiant with beauty as if she had become a different person, Meng Yujuan’s face broke into a happy smile, and she looked at everyone gratefully, "Thank you all!" She felt truly blessed to have these friends.

"Stop being so sentimental! Let’s go out, Li Hui must be getting impatient," said Zhang Qi with a smile.

"Let’s go, the banquet must be almost ready." Everyone escorted Meng Yujuan out of the room like stars around the moon.

Li Hui was waiting outside, and upon hearing the noise, he turned around. When he saw Meng Yujuan, a flicker of astonishment crossed his eyes, and he stepped forward, taking her hand, "Juanjuan, you look beautiful!"

"Stop it!" Meng Yujuan said coyly, glancing at Li Hui.

"So cheesy! I’m getting goosebumps." Zhang Qi couldn’t stand it and shuddered.

"Let’s go! I’m starving," Chen Xiaomeng said with a laugh, pulling Liu Mengyao by the hand.

When the villagers saw Meng Yujuan and Li Hui come in, they too were stunned by her beauty.

"Yujuan cleans up pretty well."

"She used to look plain, but now that the freckles are gone, she’s prettier than all the girls in the village."

"That dress is really beautiful; you can’t buy that in our town."

Meng Xiaohua looked at Meng Yujuan with envy and jealousy. Yujuan’s glory today was all thanks to her city friends. No, she too must seize the opportunity to get in good with those city folks.

Meng Yujuan and Li Hui walked to the center of the canteen, raising their cups to the assembled villagers, "Thank you, folks! Thank you for attending our engagement celebration. We salute you all with this cup." Such simplicity was customary in their village during engagement festivities, and that signified the completion of the ceremony.

The villagers hurriedly picked up their cups from the table, toasting to the couple.

As they all took a sip, the feast officially began.

The villagers could hardly wait; they grabbed their chopsticks and devoured the food like a tempest.

Meng Xiaohua approached the table where Meng Yujuan and the others sat, shamelessly pulled up a chair, and squeezed herself into the middle of the group.

"Yujuan, I wish you and Brother Hui a lifetime of happiness together and may you have children soon," Meng Xiaohua raised a bowl filled with soda pop and toasted Meng Yujuan and Li Hui.

Meng Yujuan frowned slightly, but since she was getting engaged today, it wasn’t good for her to get angry at Meng Xiaohua, so she forced out a dry laugh, "Thank you!"

Meng Xiaohua downed the soda in her bowl in one gulp, picked up the bottle on the table to pour herself another bowl, and smiled at Luo Shu and the others, "Thank you, sisters, for taking such good care of Yujuan. I’d like to toast to you on her behalf."

"Thank you!" Although they didn’t really like Meng Xiaohua, they didn’t make it too obvious and picked up their bowls to clink glasses with her.

"Sisters, are all of you from Jinchen?" Meng Xiaohua smiled and asked everyone.

"Xiaohua, why don’t you go back to your own table, we’re a bit crowded here," Meng Yujuan said.

"I don’t mind the squeeze. Sister, I heard that you arranged for these dishes. You’re really amazing!" Meng Xiaohua said, looking at Luo Shu with an adoring face. She had no intention of returning to her own table. Over there, she wouldn’t be able to get any food at all. As soon as the dishes were served, they’d be snatched up. Not like at this table, where the food had barely been touched. City people are indeed different. And by coming over here, she was trying to cozy up to them. If she left now, she might never get the chance again.

Luo Shu just smiled without responding. She never forced herself to interact with people she didn’t like.

"What I mean is, it’s too crowded with you sitting here," Meng Yujuan clarified.

"Yujuan, I feel like I get along really well with the sisters. I’ll chat with them for a bit and then leave." Anyway, she definitely wasn’t going to leave now.

Everyone simultaneously rolled their eyes. It seemed they hardly spoke to her at all. This was practically talking nonsense with open eyes.

Meng Yujuan was speechless too, but since Meng Xiaohua couldn’t be driven away, she had no choice but to ignore her and started chatting with everyone else.

Yet Meng Xiaohua hated being ignored. She kept stuffing her mouth with food, often interjecting a few words; because her mouth was so full, some of it would spray out while she spoke.

Seeing Meng Xiaohua like this, everyone instantly lost their appetite and felt extremely annoyed with her.

Seeing that everyone else wasn’t eating, Meng Xiaohua began to eat even more eagerly. She hadn’t eaten so many delicious dishes in her whole life. If only she could take the dishes home with her.

"Ow!" Meng Xiaohua’s face suddenly changed, and she clutched her stomach as she hastily ran out.

"Finally, she’s gone. That was so annoying! Can’t she see that we don’t like her?"

"I’ve seen shameless people, but never someone this shameless."

"Exactly, she made us all lose our appetite."

"Considering how fast she ran out, could it be that she’s got a stomachache?"

"Serves her right! That’s what she gets for eating so much."

Hearing everyone’s comments, Luo Shu smiled. She should have made Meng Xiaohua get a stomachache earlier.

The engagement feast continued until after four in the afternoon, and the fully satisfied villagers said their goodbyes to Meng Yujuan’s family and left contentedly. However, Meng Xiaohua never returned.

After cleaning up, everyone returned home as it was getting dark.

After a tiring day, everyone washed up quickly and once again, like the night before, squeezed into one room.

"I’ll take you to town tomorrow for some fun. It’s very different here compared to Jinchen," Meng Yujuan said with a smile to everyone.

Xiao Yan nodded with interest and said with a smile, "Sure! I’ve read that there are many strange things here, like corpse-driving, Chen State Talisman, and Gu-poisoning. Is that true?"