Chapter 249: Engagement Reception: Begin.

Time: 10:55

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

The engagement banquet in Yuanfeng City is equivalent to the first meeting of the families of both men and women.

According to tradition, this engagement feast:

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

Due to special family circumstances, Shen Yanhua brought his grandmother and seven friends with him.

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

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

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

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

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

The dowry (amount) of both parties has been determined 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, special witnesses will announce the couple's relationship between the two.

When the engagement banquet is over, both the man and the woman can go to register the marriage with the household registration book given by both parents.

Afterwards, the wedding ceremony is specially selected by the woman to be held on auspicious days.

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 it, but the result of not accepting it is that he will lose the other party forever.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Shen Yanhua.

In order to collect these 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 miss it this time, according to the custom here in Yuanfeng City:

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

During this year, the man must never have any contact with the woman, because this is a taboo in traditional customs.

If you touch the 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 changes would occur this year without him by his side.

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

Only by marrying her justifiably, can Shen Yanhua truly feel at ease, and at the same time let the other party feel at ease.

...

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

But Jiang Jiaying was not seen here.

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

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

And if they can't reach an agreement during this process and the two sides part ways, then Jiang Jiaying will leave from the side door behind the screen.

At the same time, starting from the collapse of the talks between the two sides, Shen Yanhua will not be able to have any contact with Jiang Jiaying, including mobile phone communication, for at least one year.

If they are found to be secretly in contact with each other in private, the two parties will completely lose the opportunity to become a legal couple.

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

When Shen Yanhua and others pushed open the door and entered the banquet hall, a host who hosted 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 greeted everyone to take their seats.

After Shen Yanhua and his party took their seats, the host spoke again:

"Since the representatives of both parties have been present, 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:

"I'm sorry to disturb everyone, you continue."

The man in charge was a little confused when he saw this:

"Dare to ask which relatives these are?"

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

"We're just here to join in the fun, just pretend we don't exist and continue."

"Uh this~"

It was probably the first time the host had encountered such a situation, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to turn his inquiries to Jiang Zhenguo.

Jiang Zhenguo directly waved to the host and said:

"continue."

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

"Respected ladies, dear men, distinguished guests, good afternoon everyone!"

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

"I'm very happy to be able to deliver in this golden autumn, a season full of grains and a festive harvest. We can all get together at the Jinfu Hotel to hold the engagement banquet of Mr. Shen Yanhua and Miss Jiang Jiaying."

"Before this engagement ceremony, which concerns the lifelong happiness of Mr. Shen Yanhua and Miss Jiang Jiaying, let's taste the various delicacies carefully prepared by Jinfu Hotel."

"Invite our staff to start serving!"

"Bang~" sound

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

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

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

The waiter understood and immediately greeted the others to walk towards Song Tianyang's table.

Song Tianyang smiled at Jiang Zhenguo and said:

"Thank you Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Zhenguo smiled slightly:

"The visitor is a guest How can you be neglected?"

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

"Everything is weird today, and I see something is wrong with the second one and the others, why don't we hold the engagement banquet another day?"

Jiang Zhenguo glanced at Shen Yanhua, who was at the opposite table with a nervous expression, and said expressionlessly:

"If this kid really has the ability, even if these people play any tricks, it's useless."

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

"I wouldn't put my only daughter in the hands of a man who doesn't have the ability to protect her."

"Second master, don't worry, I have my own plans."

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

Soon all three tables were prepared, 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 not to be hungry, and they all took small bites.

On Shen Yanhua's side, I don't know if it was because they had eaten Buddha Jumps over the Wall before, and almost everyone didn't move much.

Of the three tables, only Song Tianyang was the only one who enjoyed eating there.

After a period of boring speeches, the supporters came to the stage, and it was the main part of announcing the engagement banquet.

At this time, someone carried out a square table, spread red cloth, and called it Xitai.

Shen Yanhua sorted out his clothes, sat in front of the happy stage, and said to the female representative of Jiang Zhenguo:

"let's start."

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