The Bai family's house was completed very quickly. At noon on the day of completion, Man Bao and the others did not eat in the school, but ran into the new house to eat after Bai Shanbao.
Mrs. Bai's Mrs. Liu was very generous. She went to the county seat to hire a chef, and invited many people from the village to help them.
All the guests who come can sit down and have a meal without bringing a gift.
As the number one person in Qili Village, Mr. Zhuang was of course invited. Of course, Man Bao and the others were all called.
There is one person in the village, from a 60-year-old woman who can walk, to a child who can eat complementary food in August and September, everyone comes.
Of course, the villagers came empty-handed because of embarrassment, and more or less brought something. Xiaoqian and others who came to help also declined the wages offered by the Bai family. : "For weddings and weddings in the village, every family has to help, and I have never met anyone who has given money. Since your old lady lives in the village, she is a member of Qili Village. The villagers in the village help each other It should be."
Everyone hurriedly responded, Xiaoqian also said: "That is to say, the house built by your old lady is not ordinary. It has been built for so many days, and we men have the nerve to take the money. Earlier, when my sister-in-law came home, she clamored to build it for your house. The house was supposed to be built in a few days."
"Yeah, folks in the village, who doesn't take the lead in building a house? Just take care of the food. It's very embarrassing for men to ask for wages before. We just help out with two meals, washing and cleaning, all the work is done. You don’t need to hold the spoon, where you want wages, take it back quickly, take it back quickly.”
The servants obviously didn't expect this, it was beyond their knowledge, so they could only go back to find the old lady and his wife with the bounty.
Mrs. Zheng obviously didn't expect it either, and said: "The villagers in Qili Village are simple and simple, mother, will the money be returned?"
Mrs. Liu thought for a while and said, "Since it's the custom in their village, then I won't give it. If I force it, not only will it not be good, but it will also look unreasonable."
Zheng was amazed, "There are helpers in this world who don't need money. My daughter-in-law remembers that in the clan, even distant relatives came to help at home, and they still had to be paid."
"The customs are different from place to place. When we go to the country, we do as the Romans do. We order the kitchen to sort and collect the leftovers that look decent, and bring them back to the women who are helping us."
The next person should go down.
At this time, Man Bao was climbing up a high chair, sitting beside Bai Shanbao with his feet dangling in the air, looking left and right curiously, she saw many familiar people, but she didn't find Fifth Brother and the others, who were just like adults. sighed.
Before the food was served, everyone could only drink the water in the cup, so Bai Shanbao chatted with her, "Why are you sighing, is it because the husband said that we can't write articles yet?"
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"What is that for?"
Man Bao let out an "ah" and said, "My fifth brother and sixth brother didn't come, they must have gone on business. It seems that they are not lucky enough to eat delicious food today. I heard from my sister-in-law that you The family also made goose meat, and that goose is so big."
Man Bao made a big circle, and Bai Shanbao said: "Impossible, I have never seen a goose in my house."
"It can't be wrong, my sister-in-law never lies." Man Bao said: "If you don't believe me, wait until the dishes are served and see if the goose is so big."
When Bai Erlang heard them talking, he changed the topic, and couldn't help correcting them, saying: "Aren't you talking about your fifth brother and sixth brother's business? We've all been to school for several days, Why are they still going?"
"What does this have to do with our going to school? My third brother is serving there, so he must go, otherwise my third brother will eat cold buns and drink cold water, how pitiful he is."
Drinking cold water in winter, Bai Erlang also tried it, he shuddered and said: "It's better to spend money to serve on behalf of this crime."
In the past, Bai Erlang definitely didn't understand this kind of thing, but he followed Man Bao and the others for a while, and when he came back, he was worried that he would go to work as a laborer in the future.
Although it was fun there, he still didn't want to have to dig the soil all day long, so he asked his father as soon as he came back, and learned that his father used money to serve on behalf of him, otherwise he would be the one serving at the moment. Dad, when his elder brother becomes an adult, it will probably be his elder brother's turn.
Knowing that money can be used instead, Bai Erlang became proud. Although he is young and doesn't know much, he also knows that his family is the richest in the whole village, even the richest in several nearby villages!
It's not that Man Bao hasn't mentioned it to her family, so she knew the reason, she shook her head decisively and said, "My family doesn't have enough money, five taels of silver is enough to marry my fifth brother a wife."
Bai Erlang stared wide-eyed, "You can marry a daughter-in-law for five taels?"
"Yeah, your father used your eldest brother's money to marry his wife this year as a proxy, and next year it's his turn to use your money to marry his wife." Man Bao worried for him, "What if you don't get a wife in the future?" Do it."
Bai Shanbao covered his mouth happily.
Bai Erlang was startled and terrified, although he was young, he also knew that a daughter-in-law is a good thing.
He got up from the chair at once and ran towards his father. Just as the food was starting to be served in the kitchen, a group of children immediately picked up their chopsticks and waited in full force.
After investigating and serving in the army, Bai Shanbao is not so picky about eating, and now he wants to eat everything he sees.
It happened to be the second sister-in-law, Feng Shi, who came to serve the food. When she saw the sister-in-law, she immediately smiled at her, and put the meat in her hand near Man Bao's side.
A group of children wowed, drooling secretly looking at the meat in the pot, but the dishes were not complete, and no one moved.
Before coming, Mr. Zhuang taught etiquette lessons to everyone, and he knew what the correct rules for dining as a guest are.
Mr. Zhuang sat at the head table in the main hall, took a look outside, saw that the students were all well-behaved, and nodded in satisfaction.
Just as he was satisfied, Bai Erlang ran up and asked the old master Bai who was sitting next to him, that is, Bai Erlang's father, glaringly, "Father, did you use the money you gave me to marry my wife to serve as a substitute?"
Master Bai: "..."
Man Bao's eyes were fixed on the meat. In order to divert her attention, she stared at the meat and whispered to Bai Shanbao next to her: "My fifth brother and the others are amazing. They made a lot of money the day before yesterday and yesterday. money."
Bai Shanbao was never short of food, and he was quite reserved at this time, but seeing Man Bao like this, he also felt greedy, so he looked away with difficulty, just looked at Man Bao and asked, "How much is a lot?"
"My fifth brother and sixth brother earned three hundred and sixty-eight cash, and still had half a bag of wheat. My second brother was a little bit short, but he also earned two hundred and eighty-nine cash, and he had a lot of wheat and Daogu, do you think they are great?" Man Bao said: "After I have divided the money, I will go buy geese to eat."