Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder — I Rise to Female Lead Through Hard Work Chapter 148: Attending the Wedding Banquet

The following day, the fifteenth day of June, a propitious day, many families were holding weddings, and Yi Roujing encountered two families celebrating on the way with Ding Ancheng to Huang Huimin’s wedding banquet.

Huang Huimin’s parents were teachers at a primary school in Huaixi County. The couple shared a matrimonial room, though it was small, in a tube-shaped building, it was cozy enough for the three of them.

Huang Huimin was being married from ho, with the groom’s family living next door in Bright Alley, where Li Hongying had visited before. It was not big enough for a wedding feast.

Nowadays, arranging banquets at state-run hotels is for families with good financial conditions. Generally, people host them at ho, and if the space isn’t big enough, they hold it in the alley.

Huang Huimin was a teacher at County First Middle School, a formal employee. Her fiancé worked at the Huaixi County power plant, and his parents also worked there. Both families were intellectuals and matched in status.

The wedding banquet was jointly organized. Both families wished to et more people, as County First Middle School and the power plant were both good institutes with many formal employees, knowing more colleagues benefitted them.

Upon deliberation, the banquet was held in the alley under Huang Huimin’s tubular apartnt, coinciding with Sundays, not affecting the school, and being quiet, it was more appropriate than the groom’s ho location.

Yi Roujing and Ding Ancheng arrived around half past ten, with the banquet starting at eleven. Their timing was neither early nor late, but the alley was already lively.

Yi Roujing assessed roughly twenty tables, already half-filled with guests.

"Ding, over here, over here," called the Chinese teacher who co-taught with Ding Ancheng.

Ding Ancheng nodded, taking Yi Roujing to find a seat, filling up the table. Though Yi Roujing didn’t know the other guests beforehand, she recognized them now as they had been exam invigilators recently.

Still, they weren’t familiar, exchanging greetings upon sitting down; most of the conversation was directed at Ding Ancheng.

"Ding, you’ll be going to Jing City soon, right? Do you have confidence in this national math competition?"

"It’s the students who need confidence, not ," replied Ding Ancheng calmly.

"Are you going for at least a week, Ding? If you have ti, could you help bring back so things?" asked a female teacher. Upon her asking, the other won at the table looked over, as Jing City had many items or trends unavailable elsewhere.

"It might not be convenient," Ding Ancheng declined without hesitation. "Besides, I plan to visit my university instructor, and the competition schedule is tight."

Ding’s temperant was consistently tepid, as colleagues at school were accustod, exchanging a few words before ceasing conversation.

"Roujing—"

Yi Roujing awaited the banquet when she heard a familiar voice, recognizing Feng Lishu approaching with a couple, aiming for a seat at the groom’s head table.

"Mom and Dad, that’s my colleague from the hospital; I’ll just go say hi," Feng Lishu announced before eagerly hopping over, prompting Yi Roujing to stand with a smile.

Coming closer, Feng Lishu noticed Ding Ancheng seated next to Yi Roujing, her mouth slightly agape, then making faces at Yi Roujing and nudging her arm. In a whisper, she remarked, "You look like a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman; you should find joy just looking at each other all day."

Yi Roujing chuckled at the comnt, and noticing movent beside her, as Ding Ancheng stood to nod at Feng Lishu, then glanced at Yi Roujing, waiting for her introduction.

"Feng Lishu, my colleague at the staff hospital; Ding Ancheng, my husband," Yi Roujing introduced with a smile.

"Hello," greeted Ding Ancheng. "Thank you for looking after Jing in the hospital."

"No worries, we take care of each other," Feng Lishu replied.

Considering it was soone else’s wedding banquet, they didn’t converse much; after a few exchanges, Feng Lishu returned.

"Seated at the head table, those must be the power plant’s heads."

"Haven’t you recognized him yet? That’s Feng Guolun, the power plant manager of Huaixi County."

"Why would the manager attend a regular employee’s wedding?"

"I recall the manager’s spouse is surnad Zhang, working in the county governnt."

"No wonder! Today’s groom is surnad Zhang, likely relatives."

...

Yi Roujing listened to the discussions among her tablemates.

At eleven o’clock, the newlyweds appeared. In this era, there was no bridal gown; wearing sothing slightly red counted as wedding attire, Huang Huimin donned a red dress, her face made up, radiating happiness.

The groom wore a green work uniform, looking particularly spirited, with a red flower pinned on his chest, easily identifiable as the groom.

Before the banquet, the groom invited soone from the head table to speak, it was Feng Lishu’s father.

"Today marks my nephew Zhang Jiyuan and niece Huang Huimin’s great day..."

Indeed relatives are involved; having heard the first sentence, Yi Roujing paid less attention to the rest, as the sentint was clear. Yet, when the speech ended, she applauded without hesitation, as the applause concluded, the al began.

The al today was comndable, with a good variety of dishes, and none lacking chicken, duck, fish, or at, the portions were also ample. Midway, the newlyweds circulated with toasts and handed out wedding candies.

Nowadays, leftover banquet dishes could be packed. Seeing guests at her table pull out lunchboxes, filling them with the untouched dishes, surprised Yi Roujing but didn’t prompt her to comnt.

As guests gradually began to leave, everyone eventually stood to depart, leaving Yi Roujing and Ding Ancheng’s departure in realization.

"Did we give a wedding gift?" Yi Roujing hadn’t seen Ding Ancheng give out a red envelope.

"We did," replied Ding Ancheng. "It’s collective, pooled by the teachers and handed to the bride."

"Oh, I see," Yi Roujing sighed in relief.

"By the way, are there any unmarried, decent teachers at your school?" Yi Roujing recalled a request from a colleague to help find a match, today seeing Feng Lishu made it cross her mind again.

"Thinking of being a matchmaker?" Ding Ancheng teased.

"Not really, worried about being blad if they’re unhappy, but today’s girl, Feng Lishu, she’s quite good. If there’s soone suitable, I’d like to introduce them," Yi Roujing replied, wrinkling her nose.

"Knowing their family situation, you’d have to find soone equally well-matched," Yi Roujing advised candidly.

"I’ll inquire," Ding Ancheng didn’t deny initially—rare for his wife’s interest—and indeed, there were plenty of fine young bachelors at the school.

"See who you can find. Anmin doesn’t have a partner either," Yi Roujing sighed, "Look for female teachers as well, Anguo seems to have difficulty finding soone suitable, Anmin’s always worried."