The new house is built, but there are still five days before it can be a warm place to live.
Today is the day the furniture is delivered.
Nuan Nuan and his family were excited to clean.
When the family was very busy, Wen Jiafu and Mr. Wen came to the door.
"Fourth, is Wen Ju's day in five days? Does anyone need help? Someone is holding a wedding banquet in the restaurant that day, otherwise I can ask two chefs to help you cook." Wen Jiafu took a look at this three-in-one restaurant The blue brick and large tiled house makes me feel a little unhappy.
This house was built with the money earned from selling vegetable recipes. Now Ruyi Restaurant has customers coming in like clouds every day. The business of their Fugui Restaurant is not even a little bit worse!
If the fourth child had given the recipe to himself that day, he would have earned more than just the fifty taels!
He can give him a hundred taels!
"No need, we've already found a cook." Wen Jiarui responded lightly.
Wen Jiafu thought he was inviting people from the village.
When people in the village hold wedding banquets, they are all helped by the villagers. Almost every village has one or two people who are known as chefs. Every family has a wedding banquet and invites these two people to help make the banquet noodles.
"Fourth, how many people have Wen Ju invited this time? How many tables do you plan to set up?" Mr. Wen asked.
"Ten tables. We only invited some people from the village, some relatives, and a few of my friends. We didn't plan to make it big."
"Didn't Brother Chun and his wife invite you?" Mr. Wen asked curiously.
"Please, but I don't know if I can come. Mr. Lin usually lives in seclusion."
"Building a house, Fourth, is a major event in life, so of course it must be done in a big way! There is only such a house in your life, and there are only a dozen tables. How can it be grand enough? Only a few friends were invited? What friends? Are they friends you met at work before? Those are all coolies, and it’s useless to hire too many friends! Don’t say that big brother doesn’t take care of you! Big brother will invite some dignitaries and rich people to introduce you to you! These people are here to give you a warm home, but for the sake of big brother It’s about your face! After you make these friends, when you go out, people will treat you a little bit thinly!"
After accidentally offending Mr. Lin last time, the Wen family wanted to take this opportunity to make amends. Moreover, the county magistrate and several wealthy businessmen wanted to get to know Mr. Lin. Several of their children wanted to study under Mr. Lin. He then invited them to come to the Fourth Lao's house for a banquet, and then they could meet Mr. Lin.
Mr. Wen nodded: "Fourth brother, it's easier to travel if you have more friends! In the future, Brother Chun and his brothers will take part in the imperial examination. Knowing one more person will mean more ways!"
Wen Jiarui refused directly: "Thank you, brother, but the dishes have been ordered and the invitations have been sent out long ago. In case the greeting is not good, I won't invite more."
Upon hearing this, Wen Jiafu immediately said: "The food is not prepared enough, my restaurant has it! It doesn't matter about invitations. If the eldest brother speaks out, they will definitely come! It will never be a bad greeting! If you feel that the greeting is not good, the people at the table Brother Xi Mian asked the restaurant to prepare it and deliver it over!"
Wen Jiarui had a dark face after hearing this. Did the restaurant deliver the table for that table? Others' are different from theirs? Isn't this something special? What does this make other guests think
This is not a treat, this is just to attract hatred!
He said unceremoniously: "Brother, my family is of a low status, so I can't entertain your distinguished guests! It would be bad if I offend you. Besides, the distinguished guests we invite like to be quiet, so we don't plan to invite anyone else."
"How come? I'm here to greet you! Just let me greet you. I won't disturb your distinguished guests!"
No matter what Wen Jiafu said, Wen Jiarui did not agree.
If you don't agree with each other, who knows what his plans are!
It was such a happy event, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself!
Finally, Wen Jiafu left with a dark face.
Mr. Wen hated the iron and said: "Why don't you understand? Do you know how important this interpersonal relationship is? It's a waste of your brother's good intentions!"
After scolding her son, Mrs. Wang became unhappy: "Our temple is small and we can't accommodate the big Buddha. If you don't invite us, we won't invite you! You don't have to come when the time comes! I don't mind!"
"You..." Mr. Wen was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
Wouldn't it be nice if he didn't come to his son's new home
Women really have long hair but short knowledge!
In the end, he turned around and left without saying anything else.
Mrs. Wang is holding a broom in her hand!
He didn't want to be beaten out again and become everyone's laughing stock again!
What happened to their family was enough to make the village laugh for a year!
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When Wen Jiafu returned to the Wen family's old house, Xiao Zhu quickly stepped forward and asked, "How was it? Did the fourth child agree?"
She had promised several ladies that she would let them see Mr. Lin's wife when the time came.
"No."
Xiao Zhu's face changed: "Isn't the fourth child a fool? He took the initiative to introduce dignitaries to him, but he didn't want to make friends with him! What should I do?"
A stern look flashed in Wen Jiafu's eyes: "What should we do? He has to invite us even if he doesn't want to! Let the restaurant prepare two tables of good wine and food at that time, so that the fourth child will not be poorly served."
Xiao Zhu's smile widened: "Okay."
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After the Nuan family cleaned the new house and placed the delivered furniture, they had breakfast the next day. Nuan Wen asked Xiao Hei to send a note to Nalan Jinnian, saying that he had to go to the city for something and could not prepare lunch. , dinner was as usual, and then the family drove two carriages to Fucheng to deliver New Year's gifts to Mr. Lin and Magistrate Liang's family.
I bought some things by the way and used them to greet guests on the day of Wenju.
The grocery stores in Fucheng are quite complete.
Wenjia Village is located in Shengping Town, surrounded by mountains, and adjacent to the prefectural city and the county seat on the east and west sides.
More than ten years ago, the government opened a mountain access road, which brought great convenience to Wenjia Village. It is much faster to go to the prefecture and county seat.
The carriage arrived at Fucheng in more than two hours.
They first went to Lushan Academy to visit Mr. Lin and delivered new year gifts, and then left the academy to go to the Yujin Street Prefecture to deliver gifts.
As soon as the family got on the carriage and left, a carriage stopped. Mr. Xu got out of the carriage with a disappointed look on his face.
There was a family named Wen in Changyuan County. He traveled thousands of miles to find his apprentice, but he wasn't!
These days, he has visited all the families with the surname Wen in all the counties in Jianghuai Prefecture! He didn't even find his apprentice!
Where is his apprentice
Mr. Xu walked into Lin Honghao's yard with a disappointed look on his face and saw many gifts placed on the table.
"Who sent this?"
Doesn’t Mr. Lin not accept gifts from students
Mr. Lin was eating snacks and said with a satisfied look on his face: "A New Year's gift from my apprentices!"
Mr. Xu looked envious. If he found an apprentice, he would also receive a new year's gift.
Seeing this, Mr. Lin sympathized with him, and reluctantly pushed the box of snacks in front of him: "If you are destined, you will always find it, don't rush it! Eat some snacks! It's delicious!"
Mr. Xu was not polite. He was already hungry. He casually picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. His eyes lit up. He didn't expect it to be so delicious!
Then he ate it piece by piece, and soon the box of snacks was all gone!
Mrs. Lin's heart skipped a beat and she quickly grabbed the snack: "Okay, no more!"
Mr. Xu hasn't had enough yet: "Don't be so stingy, it's just a piece of snack! Let me eat a few more pieces!"
"no!"
"I'm almost starving, just a few bucks!" Mr. Xu reached for another unopened box on the table.
"Stop!" shouted loudly!
…
Then the two old men started fighting over a box of snacks!
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The Nuan family went to Liang Ziyun's house to send New Year's gifts again. After lunch, they went to the grocery store and other shops to buy many things. The afternoon passed.
The family hurried out of the city and prepared to go home.
Wen Jiarui bought some buns from a bun shop not far from the city gate for his family to eat on the road. Unexpectedly, he saw Tan and Wen Qian also buying buns here, and their eyes were red.
"Second sister-in-law, Sister Qian, why are you here in Fucheng? Where is second brother?" Wen Jiarui asked uneasily.
When Wen Qian saw Wen Jiarui, her tears that had been stopped burst out again: "Fourth uncle, something happened to dad!"
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