Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 152
There are some sayings about burning firecrackers in Dongwang Village.

When a big wedding banquet is held, the seats are generally divided into the first seat and the second seat. The first seat is naturally relatives and the elderly in the village, and the second seat is the people of the clan.

This is also particular, the first table is at least more honorable, not to mention that relatives have to rush home after drinking the wedding banquet, and after eating the first table, they have to quickly clean up the dishes and chopsticks and the table, and then set up the second table. live?If you have a job in your heart, you can't sit there and eat with peace of mind.

In addition, there are good friends in the village, such as good neighbors like Zhang Liu, who are not relatives, or people with different surnames, and each family invites one to sit at the table, which is almost the same.

People with foreign surnames do not need to help with work.

But if people from outside want to come, there are not so many people here. For example, the Wei family and the Li family will send one, just like the situation of the Su family. In the past, they naturally invited Mr. Su to go, and then invited another Su. Virtuous, that's about it, what if the rest of the people want to join in the fun?

That is, a group of a dozen or so, pooled money to buy firecrackers, and when the day came, they would come in with firecrackers, plus a gift, that is, they could attend the table. On such a day, who would dislike the abundance of firecrackers? .

But having said that, there are many such things, but they can’t be counted as too many. Life is always calculated and budgeted. This burning firecrackers is an exception to this human relationship. For the money, it won't be much.

The main thing is that it depends on the face of the host family, so as to see whether there will be people who come to burn firecrackers, and how many there will be.

My own family has always been unknown. Hearing what Zhang Liu said, Su Youli was a little surprised, "There are also people from Xiwang Village? How many?"

Zhang Liu just laughed, "What's so strange, there is a lot of trouble at the Wei family, but it's just Wei Zhuang's family. The workshop invites people, and there may be people who want to come. Seeing that we didn't invite people there, I'm afraid it might be a problem." Now that I have an idea, Wei Zhuang's family is probably going to be sad."

Su Youli was a little taken aback, "This is to burn firecrackers. I didn't think about it when I invited people here."

Since they want to hire people to work, they will not look far away. As for them thinking that way, they have nothing to do.

Zhang Liu agrees, "Who says it's not the case, but you don't have to ask for it. We don't have any reason to push away people who come to make friends. If someone makes trouble... I'm afraid no one will dare to make trouble, hehe. "

Hearing what he said, Su Youli also understood, not to mention that no one in the village dared to make trouble, even the shop outside had never seen the troublemaker again. A group of people wandered around the shop from time to time, and they were willing to let it go. Those who knew knew what was going on, and would not go there to make trouble. Those who didn't know said that the shop was taken care of, and no one dared to Looking for trouble, spreading rumors like this, came over calmly.

Even if Su Youli explained, others might not be willing to listen.

Occasionally, Da Niu went to eat rice noodles, and when he saw others say so, he didn't deny it, and patted his chest to promise, "This shop is the same as my Da Niu's shop. If someone really wants to make trouble in the future, I can't spare him. !"

This is even more inexplicable.

Su Youli understood Zhang Liu's words, "I'll save it, how many people will come over there? I'll be ready too."

Zhang Liu thought for a while, "I guess there could be more than a dozen of them, all of whom are young or just married, and they are the only ones who will join in the fun."

Su Youli nodded, "Well, then go tell Big Brother that two more tables will be enough."

Seeing Banxia at the side, Su Youli greeted, "Go and tell your mother and third aunt that there are two extra tables of firecrackers, and ask them to be more careful when arranging staff."

Ban Xia hurriedly walked over.

Although it was in a courtyard, there was a group of women gathered there, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Qiu were arranging work, Ban Xia remembered what she was about to bring out, and hurried back to the house.

He took out a bed board that Yang Su Youli had nailed, it was the size of a pot lid, and many patterns had been drawn on it. In another bamboo basket, there were pieces of bamboo plaques.

Taking these, Ban Xia walked across the house to the end of the workshop shed.

Three women live on the same street, this is not a false statement, just after saying a few words, the sound of buzzing can no longer be heard. "What do I do? I used to help cook the big pot of rice. Now I'm afraid it's not easy to wash the dishes. When the time comes, cooking over there will be rice crusts, which is a waste of rice!"

"What am I doing?"

Li's head was dizzy from the quarrel.

Qiu Shi was also a little helpless at the side, every time there was a banquet, it had to go through this mess.

"It's better to let Yuan Guang come in and write it down, it's the same as outside."

"If this is written down, can we change it by ourselves? It's all work anyway, and the little girl can also wash vegetables..."

"I want to take care of the old man first at home. You also know that her grandma is lying on the bed. I'm afraid I won't be able to do the dishes..."

There are endless questions, the man has no such questions at all, is he too flexible?

Ban Xia smiled and told them what Su Youli explained just now.

"Okay, I'm going to cook more rice this time."

Things get messier.

Lin held a handful of red-dyed peanuts, threw them into his mouth together with the skins, and soon the shells came out from the corner of his mouth, biting them loudly. He didn't seem to be worried, while Zhou clasped his hands Be ignorant on the sidelines.

Seeing the peanut shells at the corner of Lin's mouth falling to the ground, Banxia twitched the corner of her mouth.

Come over and tug at Mrs. Li, the voice raised a little, "Mother, you are really serious, didn't you agree on a way before? You are still arguing with them here."

Li Shi didn't know where to start, seeing Banxia coming over with the thing and handing the bamboo card to Li Shi, Li Shi just looked at it and remembered it, his expression relaxed a lot.

He raised the things in his hands, and said with a smile, "This person has a lot of miscellaneous eyes, and we are no more literate than the old men, so we can only use this stupid method, sister-in-law, you have quick hands and feet, just look at it." For cooking, I have to ask you to come and watch, each person gets one of these signs, and those who receive the sign will stand here, and it will be clear when you look at it."

Mrs. Lin stopped eating peanuts. What happened last time was a mistake, so she couldn't show any strangeness in front of outsiders. Next, she looked at the thin lines engraved on the bamboo card, which was simple but very clear. Isn't it just steaming rice?Immediately, he showed off, "This is a good idea! I heard Yuanfeng's father said that the big families all use the right cards, and whoever cares will know exactly what!"

The people around were both curious and admired, and all praised Mrs. Lin as a well-informed person.

Lin raised her neck and smiled brightly.

Mrs. Li looked at and took a few more pieces and put them over, "Qiaoni, how about you and the girls just wash the vegetables at home, the water outside is also clean, and when the time comes, they will be washed and put on this shelf. Those of you who get the signs stand here."

Qiu Shi watched from the side, and this was not the time to sigh, so she stepped up the assignment, "Ms. Shui Ping, please lead the people to clean up the dishes..."

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she immediately became unhappy, "That greasy stain stained my clothes!"

After finishing speaking, everyone looked a little weird, "I'm afraid that I will break the dishes clumsily!"

Qiu's complexion was a bit ugly, Wumei got married, Zhou's is naturally her own, there is no reason for you to let others do what you don't want to do, but she didn't say, "Then you said that would be easy, the girl's family will naturally You won't come in and do these, you don't want to clean up or wash the dishes? But in time?"

Zhou searched carefully, but couldn't find anything he wanted.

Qiu Shi didn't look at her at all, "Niang Banxia led a few people to clean up the bowls and chopsticks. After eating the first table, they should be cleaned up quickly, and then immediately set it up for the second table, without delay."

"In addition, I take someone to wash the dishes..."

Ban Xia clicked her tongue. If she hadn't participated in it herself, she wouldn't have believed it. A banquet in this countryside really needs to be fully mobilized, from firewood to buying things, and then tables, chairs and benches. Yes, even lighting a fire requires people!Everything is inconvenient, each household has limited tables and chairs, and these trivial matters naturally require everyone to work together to deal with them.

This is probably why everyone's family values ​​are very strong, and they dare not tear their faces easily. Otherwise, if they encounter such a happy event, without the help of the family, the family will not be able to settle down no matter what.

Not to mention the need to carry the coffin and other major events in the event of a funeral.

She shook her head, Zhou chose left and right, but she didn't find a suitable one, Qiu couldn't see it, "I have no choice, you just follow me to wash the dishes!"

The work was assigned one by one, and no one got a thin bamboo card. It looked very rare, and the pattern on it was also very good. You don't need to be literate to understand it. The host just wrote down a few leaders People are fine, and it is good for the leader to call on the people at hand to do their own work.

Such a big event is also the time to show the ability of the daughter-in-law, and no one is restrained.

As for exchanging two people in private, if you want to, just make it clear, that's fine, it's very convenient.

When everyone dispersed to prepare separately, Qiu finally let out a long sigh of relief, "Your brand is good, I'm afraid I'll keep it in the future, and at other times, I'm afraid someone will borrow it."

Mrs. Li looked at Ban Xia with a smile, with a look of relief.

Hearing what Qiu said, Li stared at Qiu and teased, "When the matter is done this time, you can just take it back."

Qiu's complexion was reddish, her eldest daughter had also settled down and was about to go out.

I couldn't help but feel a little emotional, "You don't know my heart. This girl is going out, and I have been worrying about it, for fear that she will have a bad life in the past and no one will love her. Some things will naturally happen in the future, I can't bear to Teach her, I used to think it was not a big deal, but now I think about it and I am afraid that I will be harshly criticized by my husband's family for being ignorant in the past. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed..."

Seeing Mrs. Li was a little dazed, "You! Pinellia is only a few years away, and you will be busy then!"

Looking at the autumn sunset, the two mothers felt a little sad.

(End of this chapter)