Chapter 41: The Wedding Banquet

The crisp days of autumn, but also the peak season for marriage, there are many newcomers who come to the Peony House to book a banquet (since it is a domestic thing, there are naturally more scenes in Chinese restaurants, and then it will slowly enrich the scenes of other restaurants), every day the front desk waiter and Wang He have to usher in several batches, and privately Yanfei also teased Wang He to say how about opening a restaurant specializing in this kind of private banquet, usually does not do a la carte business only banquets, Wang He began to say that he was messing around, but she was really a little tempted after a while.

As soon as the restaurant opened that day, four elderly people came to the restaurant, and they came to the front desk and said to Bai Yi: "Miss waiter, we want to book a banquet for the child." Bai Yi introduced very professionally: "Then which day do you want to set, because there are more people booking banquets in our hotel recently, I have to see if the date you set conflicts with other people's families." One of the four men said, "We're going to see if anyone has set it for September 25." Bai Yi looked at the record and replied: "No one has booked a banquet this day, you can book, let me introduce you to our banquet pricing, we have a total of three wedding packages for you to choose from, the Centennial Harmony package is 999 yuan per table, the Millennium Love package is 5999 yuan per table, and the Everything is 19999 yuan per table, of course, the above packages include drinks, and we also provide a free stage and a series of facilities. One of the ladies said, "Do you have a menu for these set menus?" "Yes, please see." Bai Yi said as he handed three menus to the four of them. The names of the dishes on the menu are named with a variety of words for love and marriage blessings, such as growing old together, giving birth to a noble son early, a thousand words of honey, tying the knot, etc., in order to highlight transparency, the original name of the dish is marked behind the name of each dish. Another couple asked, "Do you have a drink list in your menu?" After listening to this, Bai Yi handed over two more drink lists to the four of them. The wine list indicates the drinks that go well with each set. After learning Caijing from Xi Shangyou, Yan Fei and Wang He discussed, and they decided to lower the price of drinks to the maximum limit they could afford, so that the guests who came to dine would not have to worry about being slaughtered by the restaurant when they drank. Maybe it was the man's father who said to the other three: "According to their logos, the pricing of these three packages is very reasonable, although the price is a little higher, but the child is married once in his life, and he spends a little." The boy's mother also nodded and said, "Yes, in-laws, now this Peony Pavilion is the most famous restaurant in our city, and it is not easy to book a table on the day we booked." The girl's parents said: "This is good, but it is a bit expensive, our two families are not rich, and the child has spent a lot to buy a house or something, and then spend it is the foundation of our pension." The boy's father said: "In-laws, children are our successors, our hope, this wedding can't be saved, or else, let's set the lowest grade, and then the money will be paid by my family sixty percent of the rest of your old couple." The girl's father was a little embarrassed and said, "Brother, how can this make you pay more, so that we will pay sixty percent, and you will pay forty percent." The boy's mother said: "Don't fight with you two brothers, it's not easy for our two families to be so temperamental, I ordered half of the family, Miss waiter, a hundred years of good package, according to the day we said, place an order, thank you." ”

The four old men left the hotel with the receipts issued by Bai Yi. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a pair of young men and women came to the store, "Waiter, I want to ask if there are four old people who have come to book a banquet in the morning." The boy said. That's right, you are? Bai Yi asked. We're the couple who want to have a wedding here. The girl said. Congratulations, do you have any help? Bai Yi asked. I would like to ask you if there is such a wedding banquet for golden and silver weddings. The two asked. We're sorry, we don't do this kind of wedding reception, but you can order a la carte. Bai Yi replied. But we want to hold the silver wedding of our parents and our newlywed together, and we will see if we can accommodate it. The boy asked. I'll have to ask you about our manager. Bai Yi replied.

After a few minutes, Yan Fei and Wang He came to the front desk one after another. "Sir, Madam, I just heard from our staff about your request, I'm curious why you have such thoughts, can you tell us?" Yan Fei asked. "Does this have anything to do with the banquet?" The girl asked. "Of course, we can only serve better if we have a clear intention of our customers." Wang He said. "Well, both of our parents have been married for 27 years, I think when they got married, the conditions were very simple, I heard that they were in their own yard at that time to do the banquet, we think it is not easy for them to raise us, for us to go to school, and now give me money to marry a daughter-in-law, today I heard my parents tell me that when I held a banquet here, my heart was even more unhappy, they didn't talk about what pomp and delicacies when they were young, When their children get married, they would rather take out their last savings to make the wedding beautiful, we really don't know what to use to repay them, and after thinking about it, I thought of holding a silver wedding ceremony for their four elders to make up for the shortcomings of the year, and it is also a little expression of our children's intentions. The boy said. Well, we'll help you fulfill this wish, but then your menu will change, after all, the meaning is different. Yan Fei said. That's fine, as long as you can have two weddings at the same time. The little couple said. You can rest assured that we will make you satisfied. Wang He said.

Seeing off the young couple, Wang He asked: "Husband, holding two weddings with different meanings at the same time, it's okay to say anything else, it's quite difficult to design this stage." "How is the meaning different, silly girl, the purpose of the wedding is the same, as for the set or something, I have already thought about it." Yan Fei said. "Then tell me how you designed it." Wang He asked. "It's a secret, you'll know when the time comes, oh yes, it's rare for these two children to be so caring, see if you can reduce their fees appropriately." Yan Fei said. "It's not okay to reduce it, people will definitely say that if you give us a discount, then our marriage will be discounted, in my opinion, we might as well exchange the reduction for a gift and give them a big red envelope of 1314 yuan." Wang He proposed. "Wife, you're awesome." Yan Fei praised. "Don't be a sycophant, get to work." Wang He said.

On September 25th, the happy day of the young couple, the hotel was arranged according to Yan Fei's arrangement, the rainbow door, the red carpet, the flower girl, and the stage newlywed convoy arrived at the hotel according to the scheduled time, everything was ready, and only the wedding began. Before preparing to go on stage, the groom found Wang He and said to her, "Manager Wang, are you ready for the silver wedding celebration of the four old men?" "Don't worry, everything is arranged, you just have to marry your bride." Wang He replied affirmatively.

The wedding proceeded according to the steps, the groom entered, the bride entered, when a couple stood on the stage, the host did not continue to speak according to the previous routine, but said to the parents of both sides: "Please the parents of the groom and the parents of the bride come to the stage, relatives and friends, parents and fellow villagers, today is a special day, today is a happy day, today our Mr. Zhang Min and Ms. Liu Ping got married, and today is the silver wedding celebration of these two old couples." At the same time as he spoke, the original curtain was raised, and Zhang Min and Liu Ping's wedding celebration were projected on the big screen on the other side of the symmetry with the names of their parents, and the silver wedding celebration was written behind the name, and the host's voice sounded again: "Our parents have worked hard for half a generation, they have not said that they are tired, they have silently supported us behind us, how should we repay such great kindness, today Zhang Min and Liu Ping set an example for us, they privately planned this collective wedding, Although the gift was insignificant, they put their heart into it. Parents all over the world don't care about how much food and clothing these children buy for themselves, what they care about is whether their children are well, let us applaud the greatest father's love and mother's love in the world, let us applaud such filial and sensible children, and I announce that the newlywed silver wedding celebration is now officially begins. ”

When the host announced the incident, Yan Fei saw that the parents of both sides were first surprised and then moved, and the two mothers were even more moved to tears. The wedding was held very successfully, and the waiter also heard that many young people also wanted to hold a silver wedding celebration or pearl wedding celebration for their parents, and many elderly people kept praising the current children for being very sensible.

Relatives and friends have left, leaving the immediate family to eat the family banquet, Yan Fei and Wang He came to the table with a big red envelope, "Congratulations, I wish you two young couples a happy wedding forever, I wish you four old couples a happy silver wedding forever, this is a small gift for a few of us, please accept it." The two said in unison. How embarrassing is this, we have given your store such a big problem, and you still give us red envelopes, which is unacceptable. The little couple said. We would like to thank you two young people for teaching us a lesson in not only being filial to the elderly, but also caring for the elderly. Yan Fei said. Yes, there are very few young people like you now, so it is also appropriate for us to send this red envelope to this. Wang He said. Then we're embarrassed to accept it. Zhang Min said. Min'er, take it, it's rare for the two bosses to be so gracious, and it would seem that we are stingy if we shirk it, and with the two bosses so generous, we will definitely soar in the future. Zhang Min's father said. To borrow your old auspicious words, let's continue to eat, and we won't bother. After speaking, Yan Fei and Wang He left.