Chapter 177: The Grand Banquet Continued
With the arrival of guests from all over the world, it suddenly became lively. Children crying, adults screaming, mixed with sparrows and magpies standing on the branches of the trees and smelling the fragrance of the sky, the scene is extremely noisy.
Mrs. Ye followed a few old people in the village to sit on the kang with a little hot buttocks, chatting about some parents' short chatters, with a comfortable smile on her face.
I don't know when it began, as the wife of a former father, she has never been so easy. Her high-ranking status makes her always pay attention to her every move and be strict with herself and her family.
But since she came to the goddaughter, she came into contact with the villagers in the village, and she finally let go of the tight thread in her heart and began to open her heart, like a real rural old man, laughing loudly, and doing whatever she wanted without scruples.
"Oops, my ass hurts when it's hot!" Mrs. Ye muttered in her mouth, turned her head and said to the eldest daughter-in-law standing on the floor of the house: "You go and give us a few small stools, and let the second family stop burning it, and it doesn't cost money to buy coal?" What a person who can't live! ”
Li Xiumei did not have any dissatisfaction with her mother-in-law's dissatisfaction and complaints, covered her mouth and turned around with a snicker, opened the door curtain, and went out to convey the old lady's will.
Across a wall, Zhang Mei, the daughter-in-law of the second child of the Ye family, who was very interested in burning the big boil in the countryside, heard her mother-in-law's complaint, her face turned red, and she hurriedly stopped filling the hall with firewood.
In the house, several old people in the village began to give Mrs. Ye family education classes.
"Hehe, old sister, you don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings!"
"That's it, don't you know, when the village didn't get rich before, whose kang would burn so hot! It would be nice if it wasn't cold. ”
"A ton of coal is a lot of money! At that time, almost everyone didn't burn coal, and everyone bought cheap slime. Even so. I don't dare to burn it hard, and a meal of slime will have to be used for at least two or three years! ”
"If you want me to say, we are old, and now we are living one day at a time, and the children are all older, and the affairs of the family should not be taken care of. Let them do it themselves, and let's enjoy the blessings honestly! ”
"By the way, yesterday Secretary Zhao said that he was going to organize a group to travel, which of you will go?"
"That's called the "Sunset Red" tour! “
"Yes, yes, that's it, I heard that I have to go to Lingui, so far away, I can't run for a few days just on the road?"
This time it was Mrs. Ye's turn to show off. The old lady glanced at the old sister who had just spoken very angrily, and coughed again to remind everyone that she was about to speak.
"How many days? I've heard about it, and he originally wanted to charter a plane to take us there. If you take a plane, it will only take four or five hours to get from our city to Lingui, right? If the performance of the bag is better, maybe it can be faster! ”
"Ahh By plane! ”
"God, I don't dare! The plane flies so high, what if it falls? ”
"I'm not going either! Say nothing! That plane and that thing are scared when I think about it! Falling from the sky, I can't run. Don't you have to fall into the mud? ”
"It's as scary as you say, the plane is safe. You've often heard of accidents in cars, how many times have you heard of accidents in airplanes? ”
It's a pity, no matter what Mrs. Ye said, these old ladies in the house just didn't let go, and they looked like they were killed and didn't take a plane, which made a few young people in the house who were waiting for these old people smile bitterly.
"O you! You really can't help it. Then it changed. It is said that he will take a boat from the port city and go all the way along the sea. After a day of walking, stop by the shore to go to several cities along the way. I guess Xiao Zhao is also afraid of flying! ”
"Huh"
"Haha"
"I think so, flying so high, can people be solid in it?"
Then. The loudspeaker broadcast sounded outside, and the voice of Secretary Zhao clearly reached everyone's ears through the loudspeakers distributed throughout the village.
"Attention everyone, pay attention to all households, our boss Wang is about to open a banquet, hurry up if you haven't arrived, don't wait for anyone to call you, be happy!"
As his voice fell, a slightly old voice sounded in the courtyard, which was the shout of Grandpa Liu Bin, who was a great guest, beckoning everyone to hurry up and take a seat, ready to start the banquet.
"Hurry up and find a seat by yourself, hurry up and round the round table first, hurry up, and start preparing to serve the food immediately!"
"Who, you hurry up and gather all the people who serve the dishes, and I'll give you a few more instructions. Hurry up, these bear children are really, when will they come over, waiting to eat ready-made? ”
"That navy, the time has come, you quickly ask the people outside to start firing the cannons, and it's good to serve the food when it's over!"
Old man Liu's youngest son, that is, Liu Bin's father, Liu Haijun listened to his Lao Tzu's instructions, did not dare to delay, walked a few steps hurriedly, and came to the door. Soon, the earth-shattering second kicks and firecrackers exploded outside the door.
The confetti flying in the sky and puffs of gunpowder smoke soon poured into the courtyard, and the three chefs who were angry scolded them straight to their feet.
"These bastard boys, tell them to stay away, they just don't listen! Look, look, the pieces of paper from these firecrackers are flying into the pot! ”
"Little bastard! Get out of the way! ”
"Hurry up and cover the pot for me, don't let the confetti fly in!"
There was another rush of work, and when they had prepared their defenses, the firecrackers outside the door were put to an end. After the last explosion, a group of teenage bear children rushed in, and immediately provoked the adults in the courtyard to complain and reprimand.
"Let's start serving!"
With the order of Old Man Liu, twenty or thirty big girls and young men in the village each gathered in the west wing room with cold dishes with a tray.
The standard of today's banquet is six cold dishes, eight hot dishes, and six large bowls of hard dishes, which can be said to be the highest standard of a banquet in the nearby countryside.
Although rural people don't pay much attention to good looks now, every dish is very affordable. The biggest feature is that each plate is full, which is definitely not comparable to that in a restaurant.
Especially the six large bowls, according to custom, a fish is a must, and then there is a bowl of stewed pork belly. A bowl of chicken nuggets and a bowl of meatballs.
The remaining two things, a bowl of tomato beef stew and a bowl of sauerkraut meat rolls with northern characteristics, are hard dishes that are difficult for everyone to eat in ordinary times.
The people who do it here are all from Wangjiazhuang Village, or relatives of Wang Hai's family, and there are not many very good friends, of course, Ye is indispensable to those college students and experts who work on farms and farms.
And some other outsiders who wanted to take the opportunity to show their faces in front of the Ye family and curry favor were all arranged by Wang Hai in the large courtyard of the brigade headquarters and the villagers' activity center.
Wang Hai and Ye Weiguo were here to greet these people. At the same time, Liu Yaowu, the successor of the old secretary, also followed behind them in high spirits, constantly greeting some familiar and unfamiliar people.
"Mr. Wang, this is a little bit of the meaning of the little brother."
"Yes, yes, this is mine, your housewarming joy, how can you express it!"
"I said Lao Liu, this is your fault, Boss Wang is busy forgetting. Why don't you remind him, this is even arranged for a person to receive gifts, shouldn't it! ”
"This is mine!"
"And me!"
As someone mentioned the matter of gift money, the scene suddenly became chaotic, you said something, she shouted, everyone got up and surrounded Wang Hai and the three of them in the middle, the scene was extremely chaotic.
"Stop! It's all quiet! ”
Liu Yaowu, the prospective village head, revealed one of his great advantages as a future village chief at this time. That's a loud voice! As a grassroots cadre in the countryside, it is certainly impossible to do without a loud voice.
There are many times. For the villagers in the village, it is useless to talk about it. You have to compete with the volume of your voice, and overwhelm the other party in the momentum of the voice, so that he can listen to you well.
"We won't accept gift money this time, this is what Mr. Wang has already ordered. I said Mr. Li, you should hurry up and pack up the money. Don't stink! ”
Wang Hai also got out of the crowd at this time, facing the crowd in all directions, with a kind smile on his face, and bowed to everyone without saying anything.
"I would like to thank you all in advance! This gift money is really not collectible! I appreciate everyone's kindness, and eating and drinking well will be the greatest blessing to me later! ”
"How does this work?"
"You didn't do that, did you?"
"No, I can't. How does this work? ”
Seeing that the scene was about to be chaotic again, Liu Yaowu hurriedly shouted again: "Okay, okay, don't embarrass Boss Wang, this matter is settled." Okay, let's sit back and let's eat! ”
As he spoke, he gave Zhao Qiang and Huang Yuexiao, who were helping here, a look through the crowd. The two of them quickly understood what Uncle Liu meant, and shouted outside the crowd:
"Serve!"
"Let's start serving!"
There are not as many tables here as there are in Wang Hai's house, but there are more than a dozen tables in the courtyard that are not all full. Moreover, the master chef who cooks here is also the master chef who specializes in village banquets nearby.
In a short time, seven or eight young girls from the village began to serve all kinds of dishes to the table and serve drinks and drinks.
"Eat and drink well!"
"Drink and eat!"
"Lao Zhang, drink more, I know you can drink it, this wine is a ten-year-old wine I got from Lao Zhao of Tianwang Distillery, and it is a good thing that ordinary people can't drink."
"Director Ye, congratulations!"
"Joy and joy, thank you!"
"Boss Wang, have a drink?"
"I'll do it first as respect, Boss Wang, Director Ye, you can do whatever you want!"
Just when everyone was eating and drinking, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Oops, it's too late to hurry up." I said, Lao Wang, you are too boring! Didn't you say yes and the table would start at half past eleven? You're deliberately cheating me, aren't you? ”
Mr. Zhao of Tianwang Group walked in as he spoke, followed by a group of big bosses from various counties and districts in the city.
Gotta have to open a few more J tables again! (To be continued......)
PS: Headache!