In the countryside, it is also important to have a banquet with wine.

There is a saying that "the birthday banquet eats nine, the wedding banquet eats eight, and the funeral meal is seven".

There is a saying that the nine dishes originate from the previous "Shou Jiu Da Gui" (簋, pronounced the same as "ghost", referring to the ancient bronze or pottery container for food), in which "nine" is the same as "long", and the picture is a long and long-lasting good fortune.

In addition to the dishes, "Nine" has many connections with longevity.

There is a saying in rural areas, "Men are too full, women are too full", which means that men generally live at the age of 69 or 79 in advance, while women can live a full life at the age of 70 or 80.

"Wedding banquet eat eight" refers to the number of dishes at the wedding banquet is usually related to "eight", the so-called good things come in pairs, and the double number can be said to be ubiquitous in the wedding banquet, with the good meaning of "pairs in pairs". Moreover, "eight" and "hair" are homophonic, so there are eight or eight seats in the wedding banquet, some places are said to be eight large bowls and eight small bowls, some places are said to be eight cold dishes and eight hot dishes, and the guests are also subject to a table of eight people. In some places, there is a saying that there are eight bowls and twelve plates, in which "twelve" refers to the twelve months of the year, which is also a more auspicious number.

"Funeral Meal Seven" means that the dishes at the funeral are prepared around "Seven", which is generally seven dishes.

The so-called "product" is because the funeral is generally sudden, the host may be unprepared for grief, and the guests are also mourning, and the meal is in the "product", not in eating well.

At the same time, the sound of "seven" and "go" is close, and there is also the custom of "burning seven" for funerals, once every seven days, a total of seven days, of which "the first seven" and "five seven" are more important.

In fact, there are many things to pay attention to about the banquet dishes, such as the combination of meat and vegetables, chicken, fish, pork and beef, etc., which need to be finalized after consideration, so as not to make the banquet look shabby.

But it won't be too hearty, after all, most people still drink whole wine to earn a few.

These are conventions, and almost all rural people know about them.

The reason why Jiang Haiyang called Jiang Xiaobai to discuss with Jiang Xiaofeng was to make the banquet look good, and when the time came, everyone who came to eat and wine praised him for having noodles.

Jiang Xiaofeng said: "Let's follow the standard of eight big bowls and eight small bowls, let's have sixteen dishes together." ”

Jiang Haiyang bowed slightly, he had participated in countless banquets in the bay, and there were not many banquets with more than 10 dishes, if he opened eight big bowls and eight small bowls of noodles this time, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire Jiangwan.

"Er, what is your opinion?"

Jiang Haiyang turned his head to look at Jiang Xiaobai and asked.

"Dad, you can do it, I'll pay for it!" Jiang Xiaobai said.

Jiang Haiyang blew his beard and glared, and said angrily: "Who wants you to pay, it's not that I don't have money!" ”

He just wanted to hear Jiang Xiaobai's opinion, and he didn't mean to ask him to pay.

In rural areas, parents have a very stubborn concept, believing that people have three major tasks in life: one is to send their children to school to complete their studies; the second is to marry their children and let them start a family; The third is to provide for the parents in old age.

Many people think that after completing the three major tasks, there will be no doubts in his life.

Therefore, to learn wine for Jiang Xiaoqing, Jiang Haiyang decided that it was his father's business, and he had to come forward to take charge, and the money for the whole wine would naturally come out of him.

This involves receiving favors and returning favors.

Generally speaking, it is the principal's business who is responsible for the trouble, and it is also the principal's business to receive favors and return favors.

For example, when parents die, according to the custom of the eighties and nineties, generally whoever lives with the parents before their death will be presided over by whoever presides over the funeral, and the other brothers also want to be favored.

This is different from the afterlife.

In later generations, there were not so many rules for people to live and drink, and the funeral of the death of parents was often done by several brothers, and the cost of the affair was shared equally, and the favors sent by the common relatives were equally shared, and the favors sent by the brothers and friends were received by each person, and the favors were also returned by each of them.

The reason for this evolution is related to the "messy wine" to collect favors and collect money.

If only one son is responsible for the funeral of the death of his parents, then the other sons will lose a chance to drink and receive favors.

Can't do it!

Jiang Xiaobai didn't think about it so much, he said that he paid purely because he didn't think it was necessary to spend his parents' money, and he didn't think about the main thing.

I didn't expect my dad to be so stubborn.

"Okay, okay, you pay!"

Jiang Xiaobai surrendered immediately, not wanting to argue with his father on this issue.

"Although I don't want you to pay the money, I will leave some things to you to buy vegetables." Jiang Haiyang clicked his mouth and said.

"Okay!"

Jiang Xiaobai nodded and agreed, who called himself a car.

"By the way, and firecrackers, you also bought them." Jiang Haiyang added.

"Okay!" Jiang Xiaobai still agreed, and asked, "If there is anything else you want to buy, you said it together." ”

Jiang Haiyang thought for a while and said, "Melon seeds, peanuts, your mother and I bought some in the bay and fried them ourselves, you can buy some candy." ”

Wang Xiuju added: "There are also cigarettes, alcohol, and towels, and the people who help will give a pack every day, and then a towel after the end." ”

Jiang Haiyang patted his head, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot." ”

After talking about himself, he instructed: "You don't need to buy expensive cigarettes and alcohol, you can buy Daqianmen and Daqu all over the mountain." ”

Jiang Xiaobai nodded in agreement.

Since the money for the whole wine is paid by his parents, he can't come from his own ideas, everything is up to his parents, and he just contributes by himself.

Jiang Xiaofeng said: "The matter of buying things is handed over to the second brother, so what should I do?" ”

Jiang Haiyang said: "You go and invite Butcher Zhang to kill the pig the day after tomorrow." ”

In the countryside, the people who help the day before the whole wine usually arrive, and they have to prepare for things such as buying things, borrowing things, killing pigs, and arranging the venue.

Jiang Xiaofeng agreed and said, "Then you want to borrow some things, which ones to borrow, and you have to say hello to others in advance." ”

Jiang Xiaobai still remembers borrowing things vividly.

In the eighties and nineties, there were not many tables, chairs, bowls, plates, chopsticks and other utensils in each house, and when there were many guests, the owner's own utensils were not enough, so they were generally borrowed from the neighbors.

Therefore, at that time, the bottom of the bowls, chairs, and tables in the countryside usually had surnames written in calligraphy, and the Jiang family wrote a Jiang, the Li family wrote a Li, and the Wang family wrote a Wang ......

If there are too many people with the same surname in the village, it is not enough to write the surname to distinguish them, and other marks will be written.

In short, it is common to have various markings on the borrowed items to avoid mistakes when returning them.

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Don't borrow things." ”

He collected dozens of Eight Immortal Tables from Chenjiagou, there was no shortage of benches, chairs, bowls, plates, and chopsticks, and he planned to buy a batch back.

It doesn't cost a few bucks.