It was Sun Ming who opened the mouth. First, he politely expressed Lian Li's concern for his family, and then said that his family has finally settled in Dafang Village. This is all taken care of by everyone, and will need to be taken care of by everyone in the future. Therefore, this banquet In addition to congratulating yourself as a scholar, it also means expressing gratitude to all the villagers, so we must do well in terms of the number of tables and the quality. As he talked, he complained about the difficulties, saying that if he couldn't handle it well, firstly, he felt sorry for his family, and secondly, he was disrespectful to the villagers, especially Lizheng and the village elders! This disrespect, I absolutely dare not take it...
In the end, Sun Ming said: I want to run 20 tables at home, and the size of one table is three renminbi, so I am embarrassed to have less! Let them rest assured that they will definitely explain why during the meal! All in all, it won't make people think that his family is better than the Lian family's because the Lian family is stingy!
Lian Li and Qiao's expressions turned a little ugly, but it was Sun Ming who said these words, and they were a bit scrupulous, and they didn't dare to take the blame, otherwise, they would have opposed and accused them a long time ago.
Even so, Qiao Shi also said with a straight face, "So you are determined?"
"We have already made a decision, and we will not change it." Sun Ming said with a smile, very kindly.
Touching a nail that was neither soft nor hard, Qiao Shi froze for a moment.
Lian Hai said: "Father, mother, let's do it according to this standard! It won't cost much to make it lively and auspicious!"
Sun Ming's words can't be refuted, Lian Hai will never let the Sun family's banquet run better than his own. Not to mention whether outsiders will talk about it, at least I feel uncomfortable in my heart.
Hearing what he said, Lian Li and Qiao Shi could not refute their son's face in front of outsiders, so they had to agree.
Sun Changxing and Sun Ming breathed a sigh of relief, discussed a few more words briefly, and each set a date before leaving.
"If this is done, six taels of silver can't stop it, alas! It's a waste!" Qiao Shi sighed and felt distressed.
"Just this time, mother, don't talk about it! When people come to eat, they will bring gifts, and the loss is limited!" Lian Hai said.
In fact, he didn't pay much attention to six taels of silver, and his words were just to comfort his mother.
Qiao said "Yo", and said in a bad mood: "It's a gift! It's just a few eggs, a pair of two pairs of shoe soles, and a few cabbages! I'm afraid I can't bear to bring a chicken! When the time comes, the whole family will come to eat. If I can’t finish eating, I still take it away, I really don’t care for this gift!”
Lian Hai glanced at her and was too lazy to speak.
Lian Hai and Sun Ming worshiped the ancestors of the village and treated guests to dinner. Dafang Village was bustling for several days.
When the Lian family held a banquet, Lian Fangzhou did pull out five people to help out, and the other six had to manage the cotton fields, so they couldn't be separated.
She also used her family's donkey cart to buy all kinds of vegetables in the city, and Zhang Xiaojun drove the cart.
As for the firewood, Lian Fangzhou rejected Qiao's request, saying that he didn't have much firewood at home, which was barely enough for his own consumption, and he had to cook and fire every day in the compound. After a while, it was time to weed and fertilize the cotton fields, and he was too busy Very, no time, she can find a way by herself!
Seeing her sending out people and cars to work for her family, Mrs. Qiao was very proud of herself, but she didn't want to but couldn't get what she asked for and was rejected by her. She was so angry for a while that Lian Fangzhou didn't bother to talk to her.
Mrs. Qiao really wanted to scold Lian Fangzhou, thinking about never taking advantage of her, and thinking about what her son Tete told her two days ago, she had to endure it and curse behind her back .
During the banquet, Lian Fangzhou sealed a red envelope of two taels of silver.
It can be said that the gifts from all the people in the village did not add up to two taels of silver. Qiao couldn't wait to open the red envelopes and read them. If you are willing to take two taels of silver, you clearly look down on others!
She is not greedy, at least twenty taels, right
As soon as she couldn't help complaining in front of Lian Hai, she was warned by Lian Hai, so she had to hold back abruptly, and then nagged Lian Li behind Lian Hai's back. As for Lian Fangzhou, he didn't dare to talk too much.
What made her feel even more irritating was that Lian Fangzhou sent people and cars to help her family with work because she was honored by her family and because her surname was Lian!
But what is the Sun family? Sun Changxing is just a servant employed by her family. According to the etiquette, he has to address himself as master when he sees him. Why does Lian Fangzhou also send people and cars to help his family
The fire in Qiao's heart was blocked, and he was uncomfortable for several days and couldn't sleep for several nights. He tried every means to ask Sun how many red envelopes Lian Fangzhou had wrapped for his family.
She swore that if Lian Fangzhou gave more red envelopes to Sun's family than to her own, she would definitely scold her, and no one would try to stop her!
It turned out that Lian Fangzhou had only paid one or two taels of silver, which made her feel a little more balanced, but in fact, she felt that Lian Fangzhou had paid a lot! She also suspected that Mrs. Sun had lied to her, so she pestered Mrs. Sun and asked her repeatedly, making Mrs. Sun dumbfounded!
After holding a banquet in the village, Lian Li and Sun Ming went to the city together again, and they had to ask for two or three decent tables in the restaurant to thank the teacher for his teaching, and also to invite their classmates.
Often at times like this, the master will come forward to invite a few seniors who are quite famous in the local area for them. This is an extremely rare opportunity. Many students will accept their invitations just for this reason, and will not think too much about failing. I'm ashamed to go to the banquet.
After being selected as a scholar, there is no need to go to the academy to take classes, but to study at home by yourself. Every half a month, you can go to the academy with your homework and ask the teacher for advice, and then ask the teacher to assign new homework. Sometimes I will also participate in some poetry gatherings, gatherings and other activities, officially stepping into the circle of literati and Confucian scholars.
After inquiring when Lian Fangzhou's cotton would be transplanted, Zhao Rujun also ordered his own cotton to start transplanting.
When Ms. Zhao gave an order, the servants immediately went all out.
What the Zhao family lacked the most was people, and the thousand acres of land were all planted in less than three days!
However, when Zhao Rujun went to inspect the field, he frowned. Although these cotton seedlings are also planted ridge by ridge, but because there are too many people and there is no unified command, the ridges are crooked and the distances between ridges are not equal. The size of the ridges is also different, and the spacing of the cotton seedlings is also different!
In some places, there are dead seedlings and there are no extra seedlings to replant, so there are empty vacancies, which looks very awkward.
There are also many seedlings that were damaged during transplanting, especially the leaves, and some of the tops were cut off at some point, and they were still planted there!
All in all, looking at the past, there is only one word "chaos!"
Zhao Rujun frowned involuntarily, his face darkened and he did not speak.