Chapter 22: The Wedding Reception
After Long Dan and Chen Ying's family affairs were settled, according to the customs of Chen Ying's hometown, Long Dan had to come to the door to recognize his relatives, which could be regarded as being recognized by his mother-in-law. Long Dan was not exempt from vulgarity, so he took a Sunday and came to Chen Ying's house with Chen Ying.
Chen Ying's home is in Hujiawan, which is a very large village. Chen Ying's house is a courtyard house, there are two elder brothers, two younger brothers, the two elder brothers are married, the third brother is still in college, the fourth brother is still in high school, and then there are parents. Chen Ying's father is a well-known foreman of the rural construction team in the Hujiawan area, and he has led dozens of old and young masters in the village to engage in construction, and he is a bit of a culture, and he is also a well-known person in the Hujiawan area.
Chen Ying's father attached great importance to his son-in-law's first official visit, and on this day, knowing that Long Dan was coming, he had already invited seven elders of his own family to wait for Long Dan to come to the door. Long Dan saw when he entered the door, it was really a big scene, Chen Ying's father also specially invited a chef to entertain his son-in-law.
According to rural customs, the new son-in-law will officially come to the door for dinner for the first time, and he will have a banquet. The new son-in-law must also sit at the head of the feast and be the honored guest, and the lower capital on either side must be the companion. Waiting for the guests to sit down, Chen Ying's father introduced the identities of the guests to Long Dan one by one, most of whom were Chen Ying's elders. Long Dan is either called uncle or uncle, and it is the first time for Long Dan to sit at such a banquet, and he is unspeakably uncomfortable.
The banquet for the new son-in-law was according to local custom, and all 28 dishes were served. The sequence of serving dishes is: four fruit plates, four stir-fried dishes; Four cold dishes, four hot dishes. These 16 dishes can not persuade each other to drink, the last dish will drink a cup, the rural wine cup has about three dollars, the sixteen cups of wine down is about half a catty of liquor, and the general small amount of wine is full. Next are the ten large dishes, which are also exquisite. The order is one chicken, two fish, three balls, four bamboo shoots, five lotus roots, six celery, seven mountains, eight places, nine crisps, and finally the fat is served. One chicken is the whole chicken, two fish is the whole fish, generally braised carp, three balls are Qingqi balls, four bamboo shoots are winter bamboo shoots, five lotus root is the boiled lotus root slices, six celery is celery shredded meat, seven mountains is vegetarian fried yam, eight is the silk sweet potato, nine cakes is fried cakes, and the last one is braised large pieces of pork belly, generally eight pieces, not more can be less, is one piece per person. In the end, when the wine is finished, there are 2 dishes to eat, and these 2 dishes are just a little bit easier, as long as they are seasonal vegetables.
Although Long Dan grew up in the countryside, and he heard a little about the rules for his son-in-law to come to the door, it was far from being done, and he had already forgotten about it. After the 16 side dishes were served, half a catty of wine went down, and he was bold, and he forgot the rules, so he took the initiative to drink with the elders who accompanied the guests. According to the rules, the new son-in-law cannot take the initiative to drink, otherwise the woman will think that the wine is not enough.
Long Dan took the initiative to drink, and the cola broke the elders who accompanied the wine. Do you think, seven people against one, then you can't accompany it? So everyone took turns to toast with Long Dan, and this time, Long Dan didn't know how much wine he drank.
Long Dan himself has never let go of the amount of drinking, and he doesn't know how much he has drunk. In addition, I have practiced for many years, and as soon as the alcohol enters the stomach, it will be transformed by the power after a while. Long Dan only felt that his stomach was a little swollen, but he kept going to the toilet, so he just drank boiled water. But the uncles and uncles who accompanied the wine didn't have such a good amount of alcohol, and after a while, they all staggered and got drunk.
When the old man saw it, he couldn't help but be a little angry, and he was embarrassed to persuade the new son-in-law. It wasn't until all the 7 people who accompanied the guests lay down that they had to let Chen Ying say a few words about Long Dan, and Long Dan woke up like a dream and said that he would not drink anymore. After this drinking, Long Dan became famous in Chen Ying's hometown, and after Long Dan went to Chen Hong's house to visit relatives, no one dared to drink anymore.
went to my mother-in-law's house, which is equivalent to justifying the name, and the matter of marriage is naturally on the agenda. Long Dan was not short of money at this time, and advocated that Chen Ying's family should not take care of anything, and that he would go to the city to attend the wedding banquet when the time came. However, Chen Ying's father was unwilling. said: "You have it's yours, why don't I have to accompany me to give some dowry", so Long Dan helped the old man buy good wood, beat furniture in the old man's house, and pulled him to the city's residence in a beautiful way.
Long Dan's house was a house assigned by Chen Ying's unit, and at that time, the employees of the general unit were assigned a house, although it was not very good, but it was more convenient. Originally, Long Dan also bought a single-courtyard villa in the city, but Chen Ying couldn't ride a bicycle, so for Chen Ying's convenience, he had to set the new marriage house in the house divided by Chen Ying's unit.
Everything is ready, and we are waiting for the wedding feast. The first thing Long Dan told was his four college roommates. After receiving the news, the four college friends came to Luzhong City one after another, and when the three of them came, Long Dan booked a banquet in the best private room of the Luzhong Hotel, and the four classmates of the year became lively.
The first to speak was Wang Jing: "No wonder Long Dan is looked down on by no one in college, even the pursuit of the school flower Gao Fangfang is not very hot, it turned out to be a dark Chen Cang, and he has already had a fairy-like sister-in-law, I really know people and don't know my heart" Lao Xiaoxiang said jointly: "Brother Long, what do you say today, you have to introduce your experience, tell me, why did you hook up with your sister-in-law when you were in high school?" The second Zhao Cheng said: "Sister-in-law, let's not mess with a few of them, let's get down to business, does my sister-in-law have a sister?" Tell me about it? Chen Ying smiled and said: "I'm disappointed, our family is short of girls, I am the only girl in the five courtyards of our family, but there are also a lot of beautiful girls in our unit, what are you looking for?" "I don't have many requirements, just look for it like my sister-in-law," Zhao Cheng continued to joke. Wang Jing said to Chen Ying: "Sister-in-law, don't listen to Zhao Cheng's nonsense, he still looks for another one, the one in his family is the daughter of their county magistrate, if he lets his father-in-law know, his newly mentioned little section chief's black gauze hat will be unstable", "Wang Jing is well-informed, when will Lao Zhao get married?" Long Dan asked when he heard this. Zhao Cheng said with a smile: "When I got married, I don't count, it depends on when I am mentioned as the director, if I am not promoted, I will let her daughter stay at home" Several people laughed when they heard it, and Xiang Lian said: "Lao Zhao is the most shameless, I have chased someone else's daughter, just say this, I am now a small section member, and I will be content to be the section chief" "You two are official fans, look at me and Brother Long, how hard it is to do business, no one can care about the fragrant and spicy drinks, look at Brother Long, the assets are millions, You don't have much property even when you're the mayor, right? "Wang Jing seems to have learned as a second brother." Ah, Brother Long is so powerful, when he graduated, he said that it took ten years, but it was only a few years? Terrible! Terrible! Xiang Lianhe said enviously to Zhao Cheng. Long Dan explained: "It's nothing, I just ate the benefits of boldness, these years, when I just started doing business, I shrunk my hands, there are few bold ones, I just took the first step." After a few years, you may not be able to make a fortune if you do this again."
After sending off the three classmates, Long Dan spread the news of his marriage in his old unit and Chen Ying's unit. Chen Ying's unit said that there were less than 100 people in total, and the guests who came to congratulate him were all invited in a few days.
Longdan's old unit department store is different, there are already many people, and Longdan's reputation is not small. As soon as Long Dan revealed the news, there was an endless stream of people who came to give congratulatory gifts. Of course, the gift money is not much, and those who can send ten yuan are usually in contact, usually 5 yuan, which still depends on the position of a deputy manager in Long Dan, although Long Dan is no longer at work, but after all, he is a leader. If you can give a gift of more than 10 yuan, it has a special meaning.
There is no way, Long Dan is to come in a batch, please a batch, and I have been inviting for more than three months, and then I have finished inviting all the congratulatory gifts. The treat was held in the Luzhong Hotel, each table was arranged according to the best wine and food for 28 yuan a table, and after three months, Long Dan was familiar with the staff of the Luzhong Hotel. The people in the hotel also knew that there was a Long Dan in the department store who made a fortune, and he invited the wedding banquet for three months.
After a few months, Long Dan couldn't remember how many tables of guests he invited, and he didn't know how much wedding wine he drank with him. Although he was not drunk with a thousand cups, he also made Long Dan physically and mentally exhausted after drinking a few times every day, so he said to Chen Ying: "This marriage is really tiring, if you get married again, you won't toss like this" The angry Chen Ying glanced at Long Dan: "What?" Do you want to get married again? Long Dan hurriedly defended: "I mean, don't toss our son when he gets married" Chen Ying turned his anger into joy: "You are so beautiful, you just got married, and I am looking forward to my son's marriage, you are living fast."
Maybe it was Long Dan's words, but many years later, he responded to Long Dan's words, and he really got married again.