The Old People's Palace of Dakang Village is at the entrance of the village, facing the road at the entrance of the village. Due to the economic conditions of Dakang Village, the office of the village committee is also in the Old People's Palace.
On weekdays, the Senior Citizens' Palace is mainly used for activities by the elderly, such as playing cards, mahjong, and chess. It was also the only public activity place in Dakang Village before the garden at the entrance of the village was built.
Today's Old People's Palace is much more lively than usual, even more lively than when the village sings a big opera every few years.
There are some colorful ribbons and some festive things hung on the wall at the entrance of the Elderly Palace, including many couplets and banners.
Most of the villagers took leave today and did not go to work. People came and went at the gate of the Old People's Palace, and from time to time I saw people helping the elderly to go inside. The village has not been so festive for a long time. In addition to the elderly, many villagers came here to join in the fun.
Everyone in the village has heard about it. Not only was there a centenary banquet and red envelopes given out today, but a very good opera troupe was also invited. Therefore, people from neighboring villages inevitably came to watch the opera.
"Shanzi is coming!"
"Shan Zi."
"Coming."
When Wang Leshan arrived at the gate of the Elderly Palace, everyone he saw greeted Wang Leshan with smiles on their faces. Shanzi responded with a smile and walked in.
"Is this Wang Leshan?"
"Tsk, tsk, you're so young! I thought you were quite old!"
"Of course he is young. He is just 20 years old today, and he is not old enough to marry a wife yet. I heard that there are many people in Dakang Village and our villages who want to be matchmakers for him! "
"I heard that this little kid spent one million to rent the wasteland at the foot of Dakang Mountain. How can he be so rich at such a young age?"
"You probably haven't heard how much the vegetables grown on his farm are sold for. Corn and potatoes sell for more than ten yuan, which is more expensive than meat, but there are still people rushing to buy it! Can you not make money?"
"Yes, I heard that the income of the Dakang Village Committee today is entirely dependent on him. Also, people in the village have to work every day to build this and that on his farm, 150 a day, and sometimes For 200, we still eat big fish, meat and these sky-high prices of corn and potatoes every day.”
"What's this! I heard that the bosses who go to the farms to buy goods scatter cigarettes to the people who help work there. The cigarettes are all soft Chinese, and they are scattered in packages! Not to mention anything else, just This cigarette, think about it, tsk tsk tsk..."
"I also heard that Wang Leshan has a very good relationship with the leaders of the town and even the city! It seems that the mayor will come today."
"Do you think this is the manifestation of the Dragon God on Dakang Mountain? There is such a young man. He doesn't talk about making money for himself, but he also wants to help the people in the village make money! Why can't our village produce such talents? !”
"Talent? What kind of talent is this? This is the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth! With this God of Wealth, Dakang Village is really going to prosper this time!"
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The villagers of Dakang Village inside and outside the Elderly Palace, listening to the words of those who came from neighboring villages to watch the show, all grinned to the back of their heads, straightened their backs, and felt proud!
How many years have the villagers of Dakang Village not had this kind of enjoyment
Wang Leshan walked into the Elderly Palace, and it was obvious that the inside had been cleaned up, and even some places had been slightly renovated. It has been over 20 years since the Old People's Palace was built. There are many couplets in it, but it was difficult to read the words clearly at first. Now that I have made some new ones, I can still read the words clearly.
When he was a child, Wang Leshan always wondered what those blurred words were, but now he can finally see them clearly, especially the couplet on the front of the stage.
"Gods are humans, ghosts are humans, humans are humans, and one or two people are ever-changing."
"The chariots follow the steps, the soldiers follow the steps, the walking steps follow, and the three or five steps are all over the place."
Ten tables have been set up in front of the stage. Some cold dishes have been placed on the tables, and many old people are already seated beside them.
The elderly people invited for this Double Ninth Festival are all 60 years old and above. There are about 100 people in Dakang Village in this age group, and more than 90 people who can move around easily and can go out with the help of family members. Just enough to seat ten tables.
The chef in charge of this centenary banquet is of course Fan Mingwei, and the deputy is Zhu Dandi. When Zhu Dandi heard Wang Leshan's words, he agreed wholeheartedly. When he saw Fan Mingwei when he arrived, he was even more shocked. The goods in Dandi Restaurant were always delivered from the farm, so Zhu Dandi never saw Fan Mingwei. . Not to mention asking him to be the assistant to a master idol in the industry, he would be willing to even do the dishes.
In addition to these two people, there are also several restaurant owners in the town. I don’t know where they heard the news. They came here early this morning to purchase goods, and then followed them on the pretext that they had nothing to do today. I went to help Fan Mingwei. This saved a lot of trouble, and some women came to wash and serve the dishes, and the centenary banquet was settled.
The temporary open-air kitchen was at the side entrance of the Elderly Palace. Many of the people coming in and out, from the village or neighboring villages, recognized the chefs who worked there, and their jaws almost dropped.
Zhu Dandi and the restaurateurs are all considered figures in the town. Being able to invite them to cook the centenary banquet in the village is already impressive. Unexpectedly, these bosses are just helpers, real chefs. There is someone else.
Some villagers who had heard of Fan Mingwei took great efforts to give a thumbs up to people in neighboring villages who did not know him. He was a famous chef in the Yangtze River Delta. He used to work as a chef at the Sunshine Hotel in the city. of. I don’t know where I heard it from, but I recounted Fan Mingwei’s glorious deeds on the 18th floor of the Sunshine Hotel in detail, including a table of 5888. The description was so vivid that the people in the neighboring villages were speechless. , the more frightened and envious they saw them, the more enthusiastic the villagers became!
"Shanzi is here."
A group of people came to greet Wang Leshan, including the village chief Wang Dabao and several village cadres, as well as the mayor Lin Xiaohu, and several middle-aged people whom Wang Leshan didn't know. They all greeted them with smiles.
"Uncle Dabao, Mayor Lin, hello everyone."
Wang Leshan greeted everyone politely and privately called Lin Xiaohu Brother Hu, but of course it was better to address him as the mayor in a situation like this. He smiled and said, "There are some things on the farm, so I'm late."
"Just right."
Wang Dabao smiled and introduced to Wang Leshan a few people standing next to Lin Xiaohu. Some of them were owners and section chiefs of the town, and some were village chiefs of several villages in the town.
Then I talked to Wang Leshan about the process of activities before the show started, and I still wanted Wang Leshan to go up and speak. After Wang Leshan heard this, he immediately waved his hands and begged for mercy. Seeing this, Wang Dabao couldn't stand it anymore, so he gave Wang Leshan another "task", which was to distribute money to the elderly on behalf of the village. This time, Wang Leshan would not let Wang Leshan shirk, and Wang Leshan also I had to agree.
After a while, the old people were invited by the villagers or family members to sit down. People from neighboring villages came to watch the show, either sitting on the rows of benches behind the ten tables, or standing on both sides. There are already a lot of people in the Elderly Palace, and it is full of people sitting and standing.
The gongs and drums troupe on the stage were in place. After a smooth and festive performance of gongs and drums, the village chief Wang Dabao, who had been prepared for a long time, walked out from the "general" side with a microphone.
"Hello, folks!"
Wang Dabao often shouted through the loudspeakers in the village, but this was the first time he went on stage to speak to so many people. There were also so many people from neighboring villages and leaders of the town. He thought it was nothing, but once he got on stage, Clearly a little nervous.
However, after the leader choked and coughed a few words, he calmed down.
We talked for a while, basically thanking the old people for coming, thanking the folks from neighboring villages for coming, thanking the leaders of the town for coming, and then talked about the major events that happened in the village this year, praised Wang Leshan, and then I just wish the elderly people a happy Double Ninth Festival and good health and longevity.
"We are very fortunate today that the mayor of Sanhe Town has also come to our village. Now, we welcome Mayor Lin Xiaohu to speak."
Wang Dabao invited Mayor Lin and handed the microphone to him.
Lin Xiaohu took the microphone and said with a smile: "Today is the Double Ninth Festival and the Elderly's Day. I am very happy to come to Dakang Village to participate in this Double Ninth Festival event. Respecting the elderly and loving the elderly is a fine tradition of our Chinese nation. Big event. As the saying goes, one old person in the family is like a treasure. There are so many old people in Dakang Village, which means there is a mountain of treasures! On behalf of the town government and myself, I wish all the elderly people health, longevity and happiness!"
After saying that, he handed the microphone back to Wang Dabao.
Wang Dabao took the microphone, coughed out of habit, and said with a smile: "Originally, the next paragraph was going to be spoken by Wang Leshan Shanzi, a young talent from our village, but Shanzi is too shy to come on stage."
The audience smiled kindly and gave warm applause to Wang Leshan who was in the audience over there. Wang Leshan smiled naively and waved his hand at the big guys. Wang Dacheng and Hong Ximei next to Wang Leshan were all smiles on their faces.
After Wang Dabao waited for the applause to stop, he said: "Then I will say it for Shanzi, all old people, eat well and drink well! Let the centenary banquet begin!"
People who had been prepared from the side door walked in one by one carrying trays. This was the first dish, which was rice noodles made from Linggu. Fan Mingwei cooked the longevity "noodles" strictly according to the eating habits suitable for the elderly, and named it "Longevity without borders" comes in at one end, and the fragrance immediately overflows.
At this time, Wang Dabao also came off the stage, and the gong and drum troupe also started beating, and the show started!
The first play today is called "The Bed Full of Wats". It tells the story of the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi's 60th birthday. All his seven sons and eight sons-in-law came to pay homage to him. Since they were all high-ranking officials in the court, they all had tablets of tablets in their hands. Board headboard. It is also very appropriate to use the metaphor of a prosperous family, wealth, honor and filial piety.
After the first act, there is an "original" called "Magu's Birthday Blessings", and the "Zhuangyuan Seal" and "Peach Club" to be sung in the evening are both related to birthday wishes.
This time, the troupe was invited to sing for three days. The first day was all about auspiciousness, and the next two days they would perform some popular songs.
(End of chapter)