Chapter 249 Engagement Banquet: Start.

Time: 10:55

Venue: The main hall of banquet living room on the fifth floor of Jinfu Hotel

The engagement banquet in Yuanfeng City is equivalent to the first meeting of the family members of the man and woman.

According to tradition, this engagement banquet:

In addition to the groom, the man also needs to be present with eight family members and relatives and friends to form a number of nine, representing eternity.

Due to the special circumstances of Shen Yanhua's family, the eight people he brought here are his grandmother and seven friends.

In addition to the bride and her parents, the woman needs eight relatives and friends and an elder to be present as witnesses.

Jiang Zhenguo brought Jiang Jiaying's five uncles and three elders of the clan.

In addition to this, there is also a 100-year-old elder who is considered highly respected in Yuanfeng City to witness this engagement banquet that is related to the happiness of the two people's lives.

And the theme of this so-called engagement banquet is nothing more than a 'friendly' discussion around the conditions (pretend/dowry) offered by the man and woman.

However, with the evolution of the times, the current engagement banquet has become:

Both men and women have already determined the dowry/dowry (amount) of both parties before the engagement banquet.

Then at the engagement banquet, take out the pre-agreed amount and hand it over to the other party.

When both parties have no objection to this, then under the witness of the family members of both parties, a special witness announces their relationship as husband and wife.

When the engagement banquet is over, both the man and the woman can take the household registration books given by their parents to register for marriage.

After that, the wedding ceremony will be held on an auspicious day specially selected by the woman.

This is the marriage process that belongs to Yuanfeng City.

It can also be seen from this that the key to whether the two can become husband and wife depends on whether the engagement banquet can be held and completed smoothly.

At the beginning, Jiang Zhenguo gave Shen Yanhua a gift of 480,000 yuan, while the dowry was only 10,000 yuan.

Shen Yanhua can choose not to accept, but the result of not accepting is: he will lose the other party forever.

For Shen Yanhua, this was absolutely unacceptable.

In order to collect the 480,000 within the stipulated time, Shen Yanhua can be said to have exhausted everything...

If he can't hand over the 480,000 yuan to the other party at this engagement banquet, it is very likely that he will miss the only chance to be with the other party in a legitimate way.

Because if you missed it this time, according to the custom in Yuanfeng City:

In addition to the consent of the woman's parents, the next engagement banquet must be held in the second year.

And during this year, the man must not have any contact with the woman, because this is a taboo in traditional customs.

If you touch the big taboo, the man will never be able to step into the door of the woman's house again.

So Shen Yanhua didn't dare to bet on whether other accidents would happen this year without him by his side.

After all, Shen Yanhua also knew that there were not a few people in Yuanfeng City who coveted his beautiful girlfriend.

Only by marrying her in a legitimate way can Shen Yanhua truly feel at ease, and at the same time make the other party feel at ease.

...

When Shen Yanhua led a group of people into the banquet hall, Jiang Zhenguo's family had already sat at the table.

But Jiang Jiaying was not seen here.

According to traditional customs, Jiang Jiaying should be behind the huge screen on the side of the banquet hall now.

Jiang Jiaying will come forward only after the two parties have negotiated all the conditions.

And if they fail to reach an agreement during this process and the two parties break up unhappy, then Jiang Jiaying will leave through the side door behind the screen.

At the same time, starting from the "collapse" between the two parties, Shen Yanhua will not have any contact with Jiang Jiaying, including mobile phone communication, for at least one year.

If it is found that they are secretly contacting each other, the two parties will completely lose the chance of becoming a legal couple.

This is the ancestral precepts and family rules passed down from generation to generation in Yuanfeng City.

When Shen Yanhua and others opened the door and entered the banquet hall, a host who presided over the engagement banquet immediately followed:

"This is the man Shen Yanhua and his relatives, right?"

Shen Yanhua nodded and said:

"Yes!"

The host pointed to a round table next to Jiang Zhenguo and said:

"Please take a seat."

Shen Yanhua nodded politely, and then asked everyone to sit down one by one.

After Shen Yanhua and his group were seated, the host spoke again:

"Since the representatives of both parties have arrived, then..."

At this moment, the closed door of the banquet hall was suddenly opened from the outside.

Then a group of people swaggered into the banquet hall, and Song Tianyang, the leader, said:

"Sorry to disturb everyone, you continue."

The man who hosted was a little confused:

"May I ask whose relatives are these?"

Song Tianyang directly led a group of people to sit down at another round table, and then said to the host:

"We are here to join in the fun, you just pretend that we don't exist, go on."

"Eh, this~"

This host probably encountered this kind of situation for the first time, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he turned his questioning eyes to Jiang Zhenguo.

Jiang Zhenguo waved directly to the host and said:

"continue."

Seeing that the host had already spoken, the host quickly adjusted his state, and then he was full of emotions, and said impassionedly:

"Dear ladies, respected gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, everyone!"

"On behalf of Mr. Jiang Zhenguo, I would like to extend my warm welcome and sincere thanks to all of you for coming!"

"I'm very happy to be able to enjoy the coolness in this golden autumn, when the grain is full and the harvest is joyful. All of us can gather together at the Jinfu Hotel to hold the engagement banquet of Mr. Shen Yanhua and Ms. Jiang Jiaying."

"Before this engagement ceremony, which is about the lifelong happiness of Mr. Shen Yanhua and Ms. Jiang Jiaying, let's taste all kinds of delicacies carefully prepared by Jinfu Hotel for everyone."

"Please ask our staff to start serving the food!"

"哐~" sound

The two doors of the banquet hall were pushed open almost at the same time, and then a line of uniform waiters came slowly with various dishes.

Jiang Zhenguo pointed to Song Tianyang's table to the waiter next to him who was about to serve his table and said:

"Serve them first, and let the chef serve another table."

The waiter understood, and immediately called the others to Song Tianyang's table.

Song Tianyang smiled at Jiang Zhenguo:

"Thank you, Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Zhenguo smiled slightly:

"The visitor is a guest, how can you neglect?"

At this time, an elder of the clan beside Jiang Zhenguo whispered in his ear and asked:

"Today's affairs are full of weirdness. I see that the third child is also a little bit wrong. Why don't we hold the engagement banquet another day?"

Jiang Zhenguo glanced at the nervous Shen Yanhua at the opposite table, and said expressionlessly:

"If this kid is really capable, no matter how tricky these people are, it will be useless."

"And if this kid is really incapable, even if he can escape this time, what about next time?"

"I will not hand over my only daughter to a man who is incapable of protecting her."

"Second Master, don't worry, I have my own plan."

When the elder known as the second master heard the words, he could only sigh softly, and said no more.

Soon all three tables were served, including Jiang Jiaying behind the screen, who prepared a separate serving.

I don't know why, when the food was served, everyone on Jiang Zhenguo's side seemed to be not hungry, and they all ate in small bites.

As for Shen Yanhua's side, almost everyone didn't move much because they had eaten the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall before.

Of the three tables, only Song Tianyang ate there with gusto.

After drinking and eating, the supporters came to the stage and after a boring speech, it was the main part of announcing the engagement banquet.

At this time, someone brought out a square table, covered with red cloth, called Xitai.

Shen Yanhua tidied up his attire, sat in front of the wedding platform, and said to Jiang Zhenguo's female representative:

"let's start."

…………

Today's update is complete.