You're urging me to get married just for the sake of a feast?

"Okay, uncle, I'll send a WeChat to Chen Yuan now."

"Why send a WeChat? I'll go down the mountain myself and hold a banquet in my name. If the villagers have any gossip, they can just blame me."

After that, Lao Mo took a bag of things and went out, leaving his nephew at home.

...

"Chen Yuan..."

Uncle Lao Mo went down the mountain to Chen Yuan's house and saw that his door was open.

So, Uncle Lao Mo called out loudly.

"Who is it? I'm here..."

Chen Yuan was taking care of the things he planted in the vegetable garden when he heard someone calling his name, so he quickly got up and walked over.

"Oh, Chen Yuan, you're busy."

"It turned out to be Uncle Lao Mo. Come on, sit down. I'll go wash my hands first."

Seeing that it was Mo Sha Niu's uncle, Chen Yuan was also a little surprised.

Usually, if there was anything between the uncle and nephew, they would ask Mo Sha Niu to send him a WeChat message.

This was the first time that Uncle Mo came to visit in person.

He guessed that there must be something important, otherwise Uncle Mo Sha Niu would not come in person.

Chen Yuan quickly washed his hands. He was tidying up the vegetable garden just now, and his feet and hands were covered with mud.

After washing the mud, Chen Yuan took a towel to dry his hands.

"Chen Yuan, a few days ago, Uncle Mo went up the mountain to pick some wild mushrooms. I just dried them, so I thought of bringing some to you."

As he said, Uncle Mo handed a plastic bag in his hand to Chen Yuan.

Uncle Mo carried this bag when he went out. It turned out that the bag contained wild dried mushrooms.

Wild dried mushrooms taste very good and can be stored for a long time.

After soaking in water, they are more flavorful than fresh mushrooms.

"Uncle, why did you suddenly think of sending me these things? You should keep them for yourself. You worked so hard to pick them in the mountains."

"Oh, I have a lot of them at home. Chen Yuan... Uncle came to you this time because I wanted to discuss something with you."

Sure enough.

Hearing Uncle Lao Mo say this, Chen Yuan nodded.

When he saw Uncle Lao Mo coming to his house, he guessed that Uncle Lao Mo came here today to find something to rob.

Then, Lao Mo said, "Here's the thing, Chen Yuan, are you free these days? Uncle wants to ask you to help cook a banquet. I don't know if you agree."

Chen Yuan agreed without thinking. I have nothing to do these days, and I am worried about not having any tasks.

"Sure, uncle... Who are you helping to book a banquet?"

At this moment, Chen Yuan thought that Uncle Lao Mo was helping others to book a banquet.

But...

The old uncle explained with an embarrassed look on his face: "Chen Yuan, you misunderstood. I didn't accept this banquet for others. It's mine."

"What? Your own?" Chen Yuan couldn't believe his ears. He didn't hear Mo Shanniu say that there was any happy event in their family.

Could it be that this old uncle Mo found his other half?

After all, looking at the old uncle Mo, he is only in his fifties, and it is unlikely to celebrate his birthday.

Because in Chen Village, only those who are over seventy years old will invite people to hold a big banquet for their tenth birthday.

So, this old uncle Mo is unlikely to celebrate his own birthday.

Then there is only one possibility... Did the old uncle Mo find the old aunt Mo?

Looking at the shy expression of the old uncle Mo, Chen Yuan also thought that this was the case.

Thinking that the old tree of the old tree finally bloomed, Chen Yuan was also happy for the old uncle Mo.

"Uncle Mo, sure. When will you book the wedding banquet?"

"Wedding banquet? What wedding banquet?"

"You just booked a banquet, aren't you getting married?"

"..."Uncle Mo.

"Chen Yuan...you really misunderstood. This is what happened..."

Seeing that Chen Yuan had misunderstood, Uncle Mo seemed even more embarrassed and quickly told Chen Yuan the whole story.

"What? Uncle Mo, did I hear wrong? Your sow gave birth to 13 piglets. Are you going to hold a banquet?"

Chen Yuan stared at Uncle Mo in shock. He thought he had heard wrong.

After all, this sounded so outrageous.

In his impression, no one in the entire Dongfeng Town, let alone Chen Village, had ever done such a thing.

A banquet must be held when a sow gives birth.

So in the future, will someone in the village also have a banquet when their dog is one month old?

This is really absurd and outrageous!

It's too outrageous, but I like it.

Chen Yuan's heart was cheering. If there were more people in the village who held banquets like this, wouldn't he be unable to complete his tasks?

Uncle Lao Mo also rubbed his hands awkwardly: "Actually, your uncle is also in a difficult situation. But you also know that for so many years, our Lao Mo family has given out so much money in the village, and we haven't collected it back. We have to find a way to collect it back.. "

"Then... then uncle, you can't think of this way, I'm afraid I can't agree to you on this matter."

Chen Yuan really wanted to refuse this task.

If he accepted this task, he would be scolded to death by the villagers.

This is just to destroy his own reputation, how can he cook a big banquet in Chen Village in the future.

"Chen Yuan, you can't do this, you can't refuse this matter."

Hearing that Chen Yuan was going to refuse, he was immediately anxious.

If a different chef was replaced, the villagers would definitely not do it.

"Uncle, it's not that I don't agree to you, but you are doing too much. If I go over to help cook the banquet, I will be scolded to death by the villagers."

Chen Di said worriedly.

"That can't be done, Chen Yuan, you don't know how much the villagers are greedy for your dishes now. They instigated me to hold a banquet, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do this, don't you think?"

"Uncle, is what you said true? "Of course it's true. How dare I lie to you about such a big thing?" After listening to Uncle Lao Mo's explanation, Chen Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that the villagers were so greedy for his dishes that they actually encouraged Uncle Lao Mo to do such a ridiculous thing. However, since the villagers all agreed, and Uncle Lao Mo, the head of the family, had no objection, it would be a bit unreasonable for Chen Yuan, the chef, to say anything. "Okay, I'll take this seat. ”

When Chen Yuan readily agreed to Uncle Lao Mo's request, the system's task was also refreshed.

[System Task: Accept Uncle Lao Mo's Commission.]

[Task Description: Uncle Lao Mo has no children in his life, has never married, and has never held a banquet for himself. The village has given out a lot of money, but has never collected it back. This time, the sow of Lao Mo's family gave birth to 13 piglets, and the villagers asked Lao Mo to hold a banquet. They said they also wanted to eat the dishes made by the host, and Lao Mo also wanted to take advantage of this time to collect his own money.]

[Complete the task to receive the reward randomly distributed by the system.]

[Do you accept it?]

Accept!

Since it's like this, Chen Yuan took on this task.

"Okay, then thank you uncle."

Seeing that Chen Yuan agreed to accept this banquet, Uncle Lao Mo also seemed very happy.

"Thank you for what? This is what I should do. "Chen Yuan smiled sincerely and said, "Since you are here, let's discuss some things about setting up the banquet. Uncle, have you... set the date?"

To be honest, this is the first time to hold a banquet for the pigs at home, and Chen Yuan doesn't know how to arrange it.

Does he need to ask the sow and 13 piglets for their opinions?

Uncle Lao Mo thought for a while and said, "There is nothing particular about the date, so let's set it on the 8th of this month. I wonder if you have time."

"The 8th... Let me see. "

Chen Yuan checked his mobile phone and found that the day was empty in the memo of his mobile phone, so he said that he had no problem.

Now Chen Yuan is used to using the memo on his mobile phone.

Since the big feast in the countryside, there are too many things to do. Once busy, it is easy to forget things.

This is not only easy to offend people, but also easy to make mistakes.

So Chen Yuan used the memo on his mobile phone to record some important things in advance and planned his daily affairs.

He looked at the memo on his mobile phone and found that he had time on the 8th.

This month, he was thinking about renovating his old house, and he refused to take any tasks that were a little far away.

"Okay... Then we will set the 8th. Uncle also looked at the calendar and it was a good day."

Hey, it's funny to choose a day to hold a feast for pigs.

Chen Yuan smiled in his heart.

"That's fine. Now that we have set the date, how many tables do you plan to hold?"

"How many tables... Oh, I calculated it before, just 20 tables. ”

Before coming, Uncle Mo also calculated how many favors he had given over the years and who he had given money for.

They were all from the same village, and he remembered the money he had given clearly.

As for his own relatives, there were only one or two tables, plus the people in the village, he roughly calculated that there were only about 20 tables at most.

So if you want to buy ingredients, just buy according to this number of tables.

“Okay, then we will buy vegetables according to 20 tables, and then we can buy two or three more tables to prevent not enough at that time.”

Chen Yuan nodded.

If he wants to buy vegetables, he can just take Mo Sha Niu to buy them.

Since they are all family members, he won’t charge for buying vegetables.

“Thank you, uncle. Do you want me to give you a deposit first?”

“Uncle, you are here again. Mo Sha Niu and I are childhood friends and playmates who grew up together. Why are you so formal? What about the deposit?No need. When we go to buy food, just let Mo Sha Niu take the money with him. "

"That's fine."

Uncle Mo was also very happy. After so many years, it was the last time that the Mo family was going to hold a banquet. He was really at a loss. He really didn't know what to do next.

"Well, since you are here, let's also decide on the dishes for the banquet."

It was only a few days away from the 8th of this month, and he was too lazy to go up the mountain to find Uncle Mo.

Let's decide on the dishes today and buy the dishes the day before the banquet.

"Okay, you can decide on the dishes. I have no objection. As long as everyone enjoys the meal, it's fine. "

Uncle Mo is also a down-to-earth person. He didn't think of buying some cheap dishes to perfunctorily collect money for the meal.

He still thought that everyone would eat and drink well after going to his house.

Since Uncle Mo said so, Chen Yuan felt relieved.

We are all from the same village, and everyone has the same eating habits, so it will be much easier.

He will set it according to the general standards.

It will not let Uncle Mo suffer a loss, nor will it let the villagers say that the banquet is too shabby.

Chen Yuan went into the house and took out a pen and paper, and quickly listed a menu.

Now his mind is full of menus for banquet dishes, and it is not easy to list a menu.

"Uncle, take a look, this is a list of 12 dishes, do you have anything to add? "

Chen Yuan handed the written menu to Uncle Mo.

When they have a big banquet in Chen Village, the dishes of the banquet are usually either 12 or 16, all in even numbers.

They are always these two numbers. If the family is richer and more generous, it will be 18 or 24.

However, Chen Yuan felt that it was not necessary to prepare too many dishes for a banquet for the pigs at home.

Because he didn't know what the people who came to the banquet would think. If they came and gave less money, wouldn't they lose a lot of money.

"12 dishes? Can we add 4 more?"

Unexpectedly, Uncle Mo looked at the menu and suggested increasing the dishes to 16.

"Okay, then 16 dishes, listen to you."

Seeing Uncle Mo, the host, say so, Chen Yuan didn't know what to say. He took a pen and added 4 more dishes on the paper, "Uncle, take a look, how about adding these four dishes?"

"Okay, I don't know about the dishes, you can make the decision. ”

Uncle Lao Mo is a real farmer, very honest. He only went to school for two years in his life, and he can only write his own name, and he doesn't know other words.

So, when Chen Yuan handed the menu to Uncle Lao Mo just now, he couldn't understand it.

Chen Yuan could only read the menu to Uncle Lao Mo, and the other party said that he had no opinion at all after listening.

These dishes are very good, and the cost of ingredients is not very high.

When Uncle Lao Mo was about to leave, Chen Yuan had nothing good to give him, so he went to the vegetable garden to pick a few vegetables and brought them back to him.

"I said Chen Yuan, your uncle Lao Mo has nothing else, but there are a lot of vegetables planted at home. I can't eat them all by myself, so I feed them all to the cows. You don't have to pick them for me..."

Uncle Lao Mo quickly refused when he heard that Chen Yuan wanted to go into the vegetable garden to pick vegetables for him.

He is a very hardworking person. The mountain is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is fertile. , all kinds of vegetables can be grown.

But when Chen Yuan took out the vegetables, Uncle Mo was simply stunned.

Look at the carrots. If it wasn't for the wrong color, he would have thought it was a white radish.

What? It's as tall as rice and as thick as an arm, and you tell me it's garlic?

He has been a farmer for so long, but this is the first time he has seen vegetables growing so vigorously. It's really hard to believe.

Chen Yuan took out the vegetables generously and asked Uncle Mo to take them back to taste.

This universal organic fertilizer improved the soil in the vegetable garden, and the things grown were much better than those grown in ordinary soil. Eating this kind of vegetables is also beneficial to the human body.

Seeing Uncle Mo happily carrying the vegetables away.

As for Chen Yuan, he went back to fiddle with his vegetable garden. There was a lot of grass growing in the ground, so he had to remove it.

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