Chapter 643: Happy Occasions in Succession (2/2)

The wedding banquet was held at the Zhenxiu Restaurant in Tanggu Town. Zhenxiu Restaurant was now the most popular restaurant in Tanggu, and its scale had expanded significantly. Many guests had come to the celebration, and it was just able to accommodate all of them.

Yu Hang’s wedding banquet had caused quite a stir in Tanggu. No one dared to look down on the Yu Family, who had come from a farmer’s background. No matter if it was their connections, financial resources, or material resources, the Yu Family was very outstanding in Tanggu. Many old noble households, who originally looked down on the Yu Family and just viewed them as nouveau riche, gradually made friends with the Yu Family and regarded them as people worthy of being friends with.

The relatives of the Yu Family had also come to Dongshan Village early to help prepare the first wedding for the younger generation of the Yu Family. After consuming the nourishing medicinal meals that Xiaocao sent over, Xiaocao’s maternal grandparents, who were almost seventy years old, had even healthier bodies than their fellow villagers, who were in their fifties. They didn’t have any health problems and were able to directly travel from home to Dongshan Village without any need to rest.

The three brothers of the Liu Family traveled between the prefectural city and the neighboring counties to deliver goods to various fruit and vegetable shops. There were the early-maturing vegetables in early spring, melons in late spring and early summer, various fruits in the fall, and out-of-season fruits and vegetables in the winter… They rarely had free time throughout the year.

At the beginning, the oldest son of the Liu Family was responsible for transporting the goods, the second son, who took care of the farmlands at home, occasionally helped out, and the third son worked on port construction at the harbor. As the work got busier, Second Maternal Uncle realized that transporting goods made much more money than farming at home. After helping out a few times, he opened up a new route and also started doing this business with a few horse carriages.

Later, when the port construction was completed, Third Maternal Uncle could only take on some casual jobs and became the person who earned the least in the family. Hence, Eldest Maternal Uncle invited him to help transport goods between the prefectural city and neighboring counties. In actuality, the business that they were doing was similar to the fruits and vegetable wholesale in later generations.

The Yu Family’s out-of-season vegetables were of high quality and had excellent taste, so they were naturally very popular! It wasn’t something that could be brought by just anyone! The three brothers of the Liu Family had the advantage of being able to obtain an unlimited supply of goods, so for the sake of convenience, the fruit and vegetable shops within the vicinity all got them to deliver the goods. Although it cost 20% more than getting the goods from the Yu Family directly, there were still some profits.

In order to attend her oldest nephew’s wedding, Xiaocao’s oldest paternal aunt handed the braised food shop and pickled vegetables shop to the steward working under her and arrived early in Dongshan Village to help out. Although the braised food shops still used the name ‘The Yu’s’, it had long become the property of Xiaocao’s oldest paternal aunt. The business of the braised food shop and pickled vegetables shop was so good that they opened several more branches in the prefectural city, and the business was thriving.

On the day of the wedding, an unexpected guest had appeared, which was Yu Hang’s younger paternal uncle, Yu Bo. After moving to the prefectural city, Yu Bo had changed his impetuous temperament. He had studied hard for three years and finally passed the county-level examinations. Madam Zhang relied on selling the braised food that she got from The Yu’s to support the whole family. They even had extra money to buy ten or so mu of farmland in the outskirts of the prefectural city, which they rented out to farmers who had no land.

Yu Bo clearly realized that with his skills, passing the county-level examinations was the most he could accomplish. He didn’t even need to think about passing the provincial examination. Thus, he opened a small private school in the south side of the city to teach young children and earn a small income.

It had been a long time since Yu Bo and Madam Zhang had appeared in front of the Yu Family. At this time, he had come to Yu Hang’s wedding with a gift. While it surprised the Yu Family, they also warmly welcomed him. Yu Bo was quite selfish in the past, but he had never done anything to harm Yu Hai’s family. His biggest mistake was to have Madam Zhang as his mother.

Not long after Yu Hang’s wedding, Zhuang Xiaomo prepared a grand gift and solemnly asked the Yu Family for Yu Xiaolian’s hand in marriage. Yu Xiaolian and Zhuang Xiaomo’s wedding was scheduled to be held in early winter. At this time, Zhuang Xiaomo no longer sold greenhouse fruits and vegetables. Instead, he had taken over the business of supplying seafood to the major restaurants in the capital.

At the beginning, it was because of the hot sale of ‘The Yu’s Medicinal Cuisine House’s’ signature dish, ‘Buddha Jumps Over the Wall’, which required a large supply of seafood. Since they had to find a supplier, they might as well hand it to Zhuang Xiaomo, who was the future son-in-law of the Yu Family.

Zhuang Xiaomo, who had been doing business in Tanggu for several years, knew quite a lot of people and had accumulated a decent amount of personal connections. In addition, when he used to gather seafood in the sea, he had made many friends in the seafood market and had many resources. Therefore, the seafood he purchased was the freshest and best quality in the market.

Third Young Master Zhou, who had inadvertently learned about this, also let him be in charge of supplying seafood to Zhenxiu Restaurant. Gradually, the reputation of Zhuang Xiaomo’s seafood supplying business had spread out. Many restaurants in the capital contacted him and were willing to work with him. A year and a half later, Zhuang Xiaomo, who was in his early twenties, had become the biggest seafood supplier in the capital.