Chapter 105: Cai and Chi are Getting Married

Zhang Rui returned to commercial house after a few days.

Chen Xiao Mai and Yuan Bao followed him around curiously, "Cousin, you're married!"

Zhang Rui scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Yeah!"

"Uncle Rui, is your wife pretty?" asked Yuan Bao.

"Very."

Zhang Rui couldn't help but feel awkward when Mai and Yuan Bao bombarded him with questions.

Chen Xiao Mai looked at Zhang Rui and said, "Big Brother said that you will be an adult after getting married, but you don't look any different!" Do you feel anything different?! Do you think you have suddenly become an adult?!"

Zhang Rui, who was no longer a virgin blushed and said, "It's still a bit different."

Chen Xiao Mai asked excitedly, "Really? Is that so? I want to become an adult too."

Zhang Rui blushed, he was rendered speechless by Xiao Mai.

"Mai, don't talk nonsense," Lu Lin stopped Mai.

Chen Xiao Mai made a face at Lu Lin and ran away.

......

Lu Lin picked Granny Shen up from Willow Town and to discuss the wedding ceremony with Granny Shen.

Granny Shen was very happy when she heard that Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi wanted to hold the wedding ceremony soon for Shen Chi and Chen Xiao Cai.

Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi had worked together in Willow Town for a few years. They had established themselves in Willow Town. Many people in Willow Town respected Chen Xiao Cai very much. Some masters and officials would address Chen Xiao Cai as Master Chen or Manager Chen respectfully when they saw him.

Granny Shen was more than happy that Cai became so capable, but sometimes she couldn't help worrying because Cai and Chi were still not married.

It has been some time since Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi were engaged. They got along great, but Granny Shen always hoped they could get married soon.

Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi got engaged years ago when they were really young to protect their reputation, strictly speaking, they were still a bit too young to get married. So Granny Shen had never brought it up that she wanted them to get married soon.

When Lu Lin picked her up from Willow Town and discussed the details of the wedding with her, Granny Shen showered praise on him by saying that was a great idea.

It did occur to Granny Shen that Chen Xiao Mi had sold their village house already, so she asked them where they wanted to hold the wedding ceremony.

Lu Lin told Granny Shen that they would hold the ceremony in Granny Shen's house, and he would transfer the commercial house of Willow Town to them. That meant Lu Lin admitted that he and Chen Xiao Mi were the actual owners of the business.

Granny Shen had long suspected it for the past few years, but she was still shocked when she heard it from Lu Lin.

The Sino Commercial House in Willow Town had greatly expanded in size. Two years ago, Lu Lin bought two shops near the Sino Commercial House, hence the actual size of the shop was at least twice as big.

The Sino Commercial House Willow Town was located in a remote area originally, so the prices of the surrounding stores were not expensive. However, after the Sino Commercial House's reputation grew bigger, the surrounding areas had raised more on commercial values recently.

The price of the entire street had increased.

Granny Shen murmured, "The commercial house!" The commercial house in Willow Town was worth more than 100 taels of silver. Plus the residential area in the backyard, that was a number Granny Shen wouldn't dare to imagine.

Lu Lin smiled, "Gran, can I ask you a favor though? Me and Xiao Mi are still trying to hide the fact that we are the actual owners of the business in case it gives rise to other contingencies."

Granny Shen nodded in a hurry and said, "Yes, yes, I will keep it to myself."

Deep down, Granny Shen really wanted to show off to the villagers who used to look down upon her and Shen Chi. However, when she thought that the Lu family and Chen family were not easy to deal with, she decided to keep it to herself. There was no need to 'wake a sleeping dog' or in this case, 'sleeping dogs'.

However, this logic sounded simple but it was not easy to do. Granny Shen looked at Lu Lin with admiration.

Granny Shen thought to herself, 'Lu Lin is an amazing young man! He has been managing the business without ever showing off! That's very hard for a young man to do!'

Lu Lin asked Lin Chun to accompany Granny Shen to the village, Granny Shen insisted that she could take care of herself, but Lu Lin still decided to let Lin Chun keep her company on the way.

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After Granny Shen returned to the village, she and Lin Chun had a great house cleaning. .

"Granny Shen, you're back!" Several villagers came over to greet Granny Shen.

Granny Shen smiled and greeted everyone.

"Granny, who is that girl that comes back with you?"

"She is Lin Chun, a worker in the store, she is here to help me out," Granny Shen said.

"Is it Chen Xiao Mi who asked her to follow you back?"

Granny Shen smiled and didn't say anything.

"Granny, why are you suddenly back?" Granny Shen rarely returned to the village after going to Willow Town, so this time there were many people who were curious.

"Cai and Chi are getting married. I'm back to clean the house," Granny Shen said.

Several villagers asked with confusion, "Granny Shen, the Chen family's house is sold. Where are they going to hold the wedding ceremony then?"

Granny Shen smiled and said, "There is no house in the Chen family. Don't I have my house right here?"

Several villagers laughed dryly and said that if they were to stay in the Shen family, it was more like Chen Xiao Cai was marrying into the Shen Family, not the other way around.

......

Anyway, the moment Granny Shen returned to the village, the news of Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi were getting married had spread all over the village.

It had been a few years since Lu Cheng Yu got married. However, Lu Cheng Yu's wedding ceremony still remained the most ostentatious one in the village. The villagers were now curious about whether it was going to be a grand wedding ceremony or not for Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi. Chen Xiao Mi could afford to give Chen Jing as much as 30 taels and a house in one go after all.

And that was a few years ago, the villagers all thought that Chen Xiao Mi should be even more wealthy now.

"Granny Shen, how many taels of silver is Chen Xiao Cai going to give Chi as betrothal present?"

Granny Shen smiled and said, "Hey, what are you talking about? Neither Chi nor I care about money, I'll be happy as long as the kids are happy."

Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin had transferred the commercial house of Willow Town to Chen Xiao Cai, the residence area to Shen Chi. The house and commercial house together were worth more than 300 taels, but Granny Shen wouldn't mention a word to the villagers who would turn green with envy once they found out.

"Granny Shen, I heard that Xiao Cai has been a shopkeeper in Willow Town, he must have made a lot of money, right?"

Granny Shen smiled and said, "How much money can he earn, he is very young after all. He and Chi are both working for the boss and trying to make a living."

What Granny Shen said provoked an uproar from the villagers. They wondered whether Granny Shen was just being humble or the Chen brothers were actually not as wealthy as they had heard.

......

Lu Cheng Yu had been the talk of the village for months, but people were dying to find a new topic to talk about.

The villagers soon started to talk about Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi's marriage right after Granny Shen came back.

When the Chen family heard that Chen Xiao Cai was going to get married, their reactions varied.

Chen He and Chen Qu both got married over the past few years. Both of them were older than Chen Xiao Cai and they couldn't afford to get married after they turned eighteen years old.

The Chen family was originally a rich family in the village, and many people would love to be betrothed with them until Chen Jing borrowed usury. Even though the two brothers managed to get married, neither of them was happy about their wives.

The entire village was discussing how many taels of silver Chen Xiao Cai was going to give Shen Chi, Grandma Chen was curious as well, but she wished it was going to be a small amount.

Chen Xiao Mi and Granny Shen had agreed that they were not going to hold a grand wedding ceremony, they would invite a few guests and have some food together in the village. And they would invite a few guests intown to have a meal in the restaurant in town as well.

Granny Shen liked that idea a lot, she always liked to keep a lowkey herself, she was relieved that Chi's in-laws had the same mindset.

Chen Xiao Mi didn't want to come to put up a pageantry about Chen Xiao Cai's wedding, but he still caused a big sensation.

On Chen Xiao Mi's side, he invited a few guests for a banquet in the restaurant. The price of the banquet was usually very high. Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi picked their old friend Manager Wang's Good Luck Restaurant for the banquet.

Two years ago, Lu Lin sold three recipes to Manager Wang, which had greatly boosted their business. Manager Wang was very grateful to Lu Lin.

This time, when Manager Wang heard that Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin were going to hold a banquet for Xiao Cai's wedding, Manager Wang took the initiative to give Lu Lin 50 percent off as a discount. As for the wine, it was brought by Lu Lin.

Lu Lin invited the employees, some masters and councilors who he was on great terms with.

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Although they had tried very hard to Chen Xiao Mi and Shen Chi's wedding as lowkey as possible, the villagers still kept talking about it.

Many people thought that Chen Xiao Mi must have spent a lot taels of silver for the banquet in the restaurant.

The betrothal gifts that Chen Xiao Cai sent to Shen's family were considered average, but they were still much more decent than most villagers would get. There were ten taels of silver, some clothes, shoes, quilts, bedding, and dolls...

Just like when they got engaged, the deed transferred to Shen Chi was hidden in the middle of the jewelry box. That deed alone was worth a hundred taels of silver.

"The Chen family didn't give Chi much money! He only gave something like ten taels of silver."

"They've already sent quite a few taels when they got engaged. All combined, it's still a lot."

"Although that is the case, Chen Xiao Mi must have made a fortune over the past few years!"

"Shen Chi is just a Bio. It is already a blessing that someone married him and gave him such decent betrothal presents."

"I agree, I honestly think Shen Chi is lucky! Chen Xiao Cai has become more and more successful in the past few years. If it were not for they were already engaged, he might not be interested in Shen Chi now."

Some villagers started to spread rumors that Chen Xiao Mi didn't take Chi seriously, the village was not big, the rumors had naturally reached Granny Shen's ears.

Several grannies who were close to Granny Shen visited her and secretly asked if Chen Xiao Mi was actually dissatisfied with Shen Chi.

Granny Shen was rendered speechless, but she couldn't say that Chen Xiao Mi had actually given Chi a deed to a giant house, so she just said that was already very decent betrothal presents, plus neither Chi nor her cared about money, the only thing mattered was they would lead a happy life.