Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Banquet
Everything you need is ready, and now it's up to the chef in charge. The people in Qingshui Village hold banquets, and the chefs invited are usually women who have done a good job in cooking. After discussing with Li Jinshu, Ye invited Liu Cui and Li Chunlan, who had helped to cook for the helpers. The other person is Aunt Zhang from the village, who has also helped other people make banquets before.
The rest of the other people who helped, the Ye family picked up the relationship, and invited three or four casually in the village.
On the day of the warming banquet, Li Jinshu gave the guys in the restaurant a holiday. When they got up early in the morning, the family of three began to clean up. The people who invited to help also came early, and everyone also brought their own tables and benches by the way, which was also greeted by the Ye family in advance.
Liu Cui and Li Chunlan came earlier. As soon as they arrived, they began to work in the kitchen. Although Qingshui Village is not large, there are still thirty or forty families, and even if there are only two people from each family, there are at least nearly eighty people. If you have children, you will definitely bring your children with you, and many villagers who like to take advantage will definitely drag their families to come when the time comes, so the number is probably far more than eighty.
With so many people, you can imagine how many ingredients are needed. Fortunately, the first day their family went to the town to buy all the things, and Li Jinshu was afraid that it would not be enough, so he deliberately prepared some more. The vegetables are all ready-made, just go straight to the field and pick them.
It was almost noon, and the villagers came one after another with gifts. Because they are all Zhuang families, their respective family conditions are also limited, so although the gifts prepared by everyone are very ordinary, they are basically practical.
Some people give a few eggs, others a basket of vegetables, and some a piece of cloth. Those with slightly better conditions at home are given a piece of bacon or a jar of wine. This situation is the same regardless of the village, and no one will say anything.
The Ye family happily accepted it and politely invited someone to sit at the table.
The Li family also came. Except for Li Yunzhi, who was studying in the academy, the rest of the family were all dispatched, and the six people directly occupied most of the table. The key is what was sent, which made Li Jinshu roll his eyes.
Just a handful of shallow shallots, stir-frying a dish is not enough. The green onion is still stained with mud, so I guess I pulled it from the vegetable garden when I went out! It is estimated that Li Quanfu also thought that it was not good to come empty-handed, so he pulled a handful of green onions. However, Li Jinshu felt that this family was simply wonderful, and he almost couldn't help but kick people out.
But today was a happy day, and she endured it and still didn't show any dissatisfaction.
As the dishes were served on the table, the Li family couldn't wait to start devouring them. Such a starving ghost-like behavior really made the people at the table couldn't help frowning. Fortunately, after eating, they left, or Jinshu probably wouldn't be in a good mood that day.
Although the courtyard is large, the number of tables is limited, so it is not possible to seat all the guests at once. However, everyone also has rules, those who come early will eat first, and those who come late are not in a hurry. Visit the new house, admire the new furniture, and eat snacks with melon seeds, chatting and waiting, and you won't feel bored.
All the guests left, and the family plus the helpers began to eat. When it was almost cleaned up, Ye went into the house and took the money out, and paid everyone's wages. In addition, she also packed a portion of the remaining snacks at home.
After a busy day's work, the warming banquet finally ended, and fortunately I asked someone to help. But even so, Li Jinshu and they are tired enough.
After everyone left, Li Jinshu lazily collapsed on the sofa in the living room. Ye was busy with the final finishing touches in the kitchen, and Zhao Hui was also outside to help. In a trance, she fell asleep like this.