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Yang Yongqing from the big house and Yu Jingu are getting married.

Although Lao Yangtou and Tan Shi disliked Yu Jinguai, they couldn't resist Yang Yongqing's insistence.

Over the past six months, Yang Yongqing and Yu Jingu went to other towns to find work and returned after the Lunar New Year.

And when they came back, they didn't live in Old Yang's house anymore. The couple lived together at Yu Jinfu's house.

This means that they are coming back to hold two wedding banquets, which is considered a formal way of welcoming Yu Jin-gui into the Yang family.

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So, Yang Yongxian and his two brothers were busy tidying up the house in the front yard.

And the happy event for the fourth house was that Uncle Four and his family were going to send a gift to Chen Biao's side. Once this gift was sent, by Dragon Boat Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Biao could officially become the son-in-law of菊兒's family.

So, following the timeline, everyone is currently busy with Yang Yongqing's affairs because his wedding date is set. He will marry Yu Jingu on the 16th of the first lunar month, right after the Lantern Festival.

At night, Yang Yongjin and Cao Baimei, along with Yang Yongzhi and Zhao Liuer, came to Yang Huazhong's house to discuss this matter.

Yang Yongjin said, "This house was allocated earlier. Even though the fourth brother and his family went to the neighboring town in the second half of last year, we didn't touch their half-house, we left it for them."

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"This time we just cleaned their whole house, scrubbed the walls and dust off the tables, and stuck up some big red lucky characters."

“There was a bed, a table, and four chairs in the room. As for other things, my older brother, my third younger brother, and I discussed getting him a wardrobe and cooking utensils for the kitchen.”

"As for the dowry, that's Si Di's business. Since they're already living together before their marriage, they must have already discussed it between themselves. We don't need to worry about it. Si Di also hasn't confided in us brothers about these matters, so we shouldn't pry. Third Uncle, what do you think?" Yang Yongjin asked Yang Huazhong.

Yang Huazhong pondered for a moment before saying, "It's not easy for you guys to help out Qing Xiaozi even though he's turned out like this."

“I think this works, as for the banquet…”

Yang Yongzhi took out five hundred wen from his bosom and said, "Let me have the five hundred wen here so I can buy things with it."

“Five hundred wen?” Yang Huazhong glanced at the money and roughly calculated, “According to the standard of this banquet, a table of dishes would cost at least three hundred wen. Five hundred wen for two tables is a bit tight!”

Yang Yongjin said, “Just our old Yang family sitting together would fill two tables. Then you add in my aunt and grandpa, and those real relatives of ours, plus a few village elders like Chang Geng Uncle and Big Niu Uncle, even if the women and children from our family don't eat at the table and just have some leftovers, we’d still need enough money for three full tables. It can’t be done for less than 900 wen!”

Yang Huazhong took out 500 wen from his pocket and stuffed it into Yang Yongzhi's hand: “This is a gift for him and his aunt-in-law, so with this, we can almost afford the wedding banquet.”

Yang Yongzhi returned the five hundred copper coins to Yang Huazhong, "Third Uncle, what are you doing? With several of us brothers here, we don't need your elder contributions."

Yang Yongjin also nodded. "Yes, when the three of us came here, we had already agreed that each of us would contribute another 500 wen as a token of our goodwill. This way, together we'd have two taels of silver."

"With two taels of silver, we can set up a few tables for the feast, buy some fireworks and melon seeds and candies to greet our guests, and also prepare gifts for them as tokens of appreciation. This is enough, right? We can't just have our guests sit there waiting to eat after they arrive, and then send them away after the meal!"

Yang Yongjin's words made everyone laugh.

Yang Huazhong said: "This kid's marriage is really messed up. As family, we should help out as much as possible, after all, this is the biggest event in his life." Please provide me with the text you would like me to translate. I can then translate it into English while preserving any HTML tags.

Yang Yongjin's brothers all nodded their heads, and they once again discussed the menu, process, and guest list for the banquet. After some deliberation, they each dispersed.

Regarding Yang Yongqing and Yu Jinguai's marriage, how much to give as a gift and what to give, Yang Huamei took the opportunity to come to Yang Ruqing and discuss it.

Because they are all daughters-in-law from the Lao Yang family, this has to be the same.

Yang Ruqing brought some snacks and let Dahu, Xiaohui, Luobaobao, and Dazhi go to the yard to play. She herself sat with Yang Huamei on the soft couch by the window and talked.

As soon as I heard the name Yu Jingu, I got annoyed. This young man is bringing in a used item, and it's someone who is quite trouble-prone," Yang Huamei said with a worried face, sighing heavily.

To tell you the truth, it's quite funny. My nephew got married, and as his aunt, I'm actually feeling so stressed out right now that people would probably laugh if they heard about it.

But, Qing'er, why can't I feel happy? Why is that?" Yang Huamei patted her thigh, feeling extremely downcast.

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Yang Ruqing smiled with pursed lips, "Auntie, don't worry so much, okay? This is Little Cousin's own choice, and it's his fate."

"Even if he knew she was a troublemaker, marrying her meant that the trouble would be his younger brother's."

“We should separate those who need to separate, we are all independent households, what's there to be afraid of!”

"Besides, even if you're unwilling, your younger cousin is eager. He insists on taking her in as a precious jewel, what can we do? Just live your own life!" Yang Ruqing said.

Yang Huamei said, "Yes, it's also because I worry too much. I mainly feel sorry for Yongxian because Li Xiuxin has tormented him so much."

"For fear of following in the footsteps of Eternal Youth and Eternal Immortal."

"Regarding this, you don't have to worry at all,"

"Dà Tánggē and Lǐ Xiùxīn only started living together after they were married. They had to get used to each other, as they didn't know much about each other's habits or true personalities before."

"My little cousin has already been living with Yu Jingu for half a year. This time he's just coming back to hold a banquet, so that their relationship becomes official." she said.

Yang Huamei said, "I understand. Board the ship first and pay the ticket later. So we all know what kind of boat this is."

Yang Ruoqing laughed again, "Auntie, your words are so witty, you nearly killed me with laughter."

Yang Huamei said, "Okay, let's stop joking around. Let's get down to business. How much are we planning to bring as a gift?"

Yang Ruqing thought for a moment and said, "Those acquaintances in the village should send 30 to 40 wen. Let's send 60 wen, and we won't buy any other things."

Yang Huamei said: "Sixty wen is too much, just forty wen. Even if you give them six hundred wen, they two wouldn't remember it."

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“You get what you give, and next time if any of us here have something happen, they won’t even think about returning the favor!” she said.

"At least it should be a bit higher than the gift money people in the village give when they offer congratulations. After all, she's our blood relative, my aunt and cousin,"