Be hospitable

There is a folk custom that when a craftsman goes to the master's house to do things, he must pick up his own tools to the halfway point, and then the master's family will pick them back.

The man of the main family saw Yan Yongnong coming from afar, and he hurriedly ran to catch the burden.

When the women of the main family saw Yan Bianzhao, they were as fond of it as they saw angels.

"I've brought someone to eat!" Yan Yongnong said.

"Master Yan, you are guests who can't be invited, the lucky stars are in place! The woman said happily.

"Good luck?" Yan Yongnong was confused.

"But isn't it? We make furniture to marry a daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law of Bawang enters the door to spread branches and leaves, and the husband is added. It just so happened that you brought a boy with you. Look, isn't that a good sign?" said the housewife, cheerfully.

"Ah, then congratulations in advance!" Yan Yongnong congratulated.

"Thank you, for your light and for your blessings. The husband and wife thanked each other in unison.

"You are still blessed and have a good life! Such a young and brilliant person will marry a daughter-in-law and hold a grandson. Yan Yongnong flattered.

"Don't say that life is good, a hard life, a life of hard work. I raised my children at the age of sixteen, large and small, the cubs have just been brought up, and it has not been easy for a few days, and the cubs are going to be accepted and have to add grandchildren. Alas, you can't live a day of comfort. The hostess said.

"Very tender (very young) grandparents! Rush to take your grandchildren out next year, and people who don't know still think they bring cubs. Yan Yongnong said.

"How is it possible? I have a handful of old feet, thirty-six or seven, forty on the edge, and I have also done grandpa. "The hostess was impressed.

"It's a good thing! Plant trees early, shade early, and enjoy the blessings of grandchildren earlier. Yan Yongnong said again.

"I can't count on the early valley and still count on the late valley? I can only say that raising children and grandchildren is the duty and obligation of the Venerable Master. What about you? You must be a lot smaller than me! At least you have a pair of smaller hands. The man continued.

"Actually, it's not much younger than you, my marriage is late, and my children are small. Yan Yongnong responded vaguely.

The lord treated them as nobles, and brought them fine cigarettes and fine tea. Yan Yongnong took the tea, no matter what, he didn't take the cigarette, and pushed it back and forth like a fight.

Rural people marrying daughters-in-law and daughters such a big happy event must invite carpenters to make furniture. The man's home should be equipped with large furniture, beds, cabinets, large tables, and large chairs. The woman's house has small tables, chairs, foot basins and benches. This is all a matter of being more cautious and taboo. The craftsman enters the door to see the day, and the round worker wants to celebrate.

The employer is also very good to the craftsman, and he entertains him with three drinks and three meals a day, and offers tea and cigarettes diligently. I'd rather be mean to myself than to be mean to a craftsman.

Once, because the main family was mean, the craftsman also left a story.

A wealthy and very stingy rich man will marry his daughter-in-law, and in order to talk about pomp and show wealth, he will put up a full house of furniture, from the carved bed to the small lamp picking. The craftsman worked in his house for three years and six months.

The rich man did not know how mean the craftsman was, and buried the potatoes under the rice bowl for the craftsmen to eat, and the meat was made from winter melons; the fish was a golden-brown wood-carved fish smoked on a chimney, which could not be eaten; and scooped half a pot of wine with half a pot of water.

The craftsman didn't say a word, but did things as usual, and when he finished his work, he received his wages and left.

The rich man took his daughter-in-law into the door. But the problem is that on the wedding night, the two newlyweds can't make a bunch on the bed, just hugging each other, immediately the two flickering 'Wang Ba' on the top of the mosquito net crawled out, frightened the new daughter-in-law screaming and rolling out of bed.

When they brought a lantern to the bed, they searched from side to corner and turned the new silk into a mess, and there was no 'Li Qi', where did the 'Wang Ba' come from?

This is an evil collision, and it must be that the day of marriage is not clean, the rich man thinks. So he invited a monk to chant scriptures and fast, and invited a Taoist priest to set up a dojo to make Jiao.

It turned out that the craftsman had read Lu Ban's book and knew some spells, and carved two foot fish on the baffle at the head of the bed.

It's impossible to know whether the joke is true or not, but people don't neglect the craftsman. Since you can afford a big business, you don't look at mean craftsmen.

"I have never been in the habit of eating cigarettes, which neither support my stomach nor quench my thirst, and smoking is purely to burn money. Once you become addicted to smoking, you have to throw a lot of money into the water in vain, and you don't even bubble a single one. If you don't ask me to smoke, it's for my good, and if you ask me to smoke, it's bad for me. Yan Yongnong said.

When the lord saw that he was so sincere, he was no longer reluctant. In fact, where did he not eat cigarettes? Originally, he had smoked two packs of tobacco and chicken a day and had not yet stayed in a cage! When he got up in the morning and did not smoke a cigarette, his mind was not clear, and if he did not smoke a cigarette after eating, he would have drooling in his mouth, and if he did not smoke a cigarette before going to bed, he felt that there was something to be done that day.

During the day, he couldn't put out the cigarette while working, and basically lit the first cigarette so that he didn't have to waste matches. If you don't have a cigarette in your mouth, you won't be able to get out of your body.

He quit smoking only when he went to the city, and he saved money for cigarettes to buy more popsicles for Yan Bianzhao to eat. Before, Yan Bianzhao didn't belong to him, because he quit smoking, but now that Yan Bianzhao is his, he wants to ban smoking even more. Just like he said at home, he saved money on food for Yan Bian Zhao by smoking and drinking.

During the meal, the host brought out a bottle of Wuliangye, which was a fine wine at that time, and not many ordinary farmers could drink this kind of wine. Yan Yongnong pressed the cap with his hand and did not let it go.

"Master Yan, do you think my wine is bad, or do you think I don't have good snacks? Is a man a man if he doesn't drink? This is the wine to be drunk anyway. The man said.

"Look where you said, I really can't stick to the wine, and the king of Hades didn't let me bring the wine. As soon as I drank alcohol, my skin was allergic, and I had itching and uncomfortable all over my body, and I tried it more than two and a half times. Yan Yongnong lied again.

Yan Yongnong doesn't smoke, and he doesn't drink alcohol, and the main family is very unhappy, and he always feels that he is at a loss to Yan Yongnong, and he always has to make up for it in another way. Then the hostess gave him a bowl of meat and eggs, and piled them up. Serving dishes to guests at the dinner table is also a manifestation of rural people's hospitality.

Yan Yongnong sandwiched a piece of lean meat and an egg for his son, and sent the rest back to the plate: "If I want to eat it, I will sandwich it myself." ”

"Ah, you think my chopsticks are dirty, don't you? I have a pair of clean chopsticks that haven't been touched. The hostess said.

"Hey, what are you talking about? It's the same person. It's because you're so gracious, I only have one stomach and I can eat so much! Look, my bowl is piled up like a mountain, and it's not easy to pick up rice!"

"You also save me cigarettes and wine, which really makes me feel sorry. I don't have any good hospitality, they are all local vegetables in the countryside, the meat is homemade, and the eggs are also laid by yourself, so you must not be polite. Before the woman could finish, the people in the room laughed. The woman looked at everyone inexplicably when she saw everyone laughing.

Yan Yongnong smiled and said, "You laid your own eggs, I can't eat them." ”

The woman reacted and laughed along.