Chapter 131 Jealousy
These days, banquets in rural areas are still very lively and atmospheric.
Basically all the dishes to be prepared must be prepared one day in advance. For example, dried vegetables must be soaked, meat must be processed in advance, tofu must be prepared a day in advance, and tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks must be obtained from each household in the village. Borrowed.
Of course, hosting a banquet is too complicated and trivial. Naturally, many villagers will come to help with it. It is impossible to do it all by yourself.
Some relatives who are far away will basically arrive a day early, such as the second aunt in Dingjia Village, Lin Xue in Xianfeng Village, and the great-aunt who married in the next town.
The Lin family was very lively the day before the countdown to the banquet began, and this liveliness naturally involved being busy with guests and various trivial matters related to the banquet.
It can be said that the Lin family is so busy that even Lin Shu is busy chatting with the guests. At the end of the day, not to mention the Lin family who are busy with various things, even Lin Shu is tired before going to bed at night. I don't want to speak.
Accompanying guests like this consumes too much of her energy.
Fortunately, the Lin family knew to let her sleep a little longer the next day and woke her up until dawn.
Gu Jiu got up early and had breakfast, and the Lin family rushed him back to his room to change clothes and prepare to help receive guests later.
After Lin Shu got up and finished breakfast, she put on the bridal dress specially made for today. The upper body was in the style of a short windbreaker, and the lower body was an A-line skirt of the same fabric. The style would not be outstanding in later generations. It was considered a relatively classic style, but In today's era, it is fashionable and very eye-catching.
My hair was tied up, with a few red velvet flowers in it, and I put on light makeup, and I immediately looked brighter.
"Wow, Lin Shu, you are so beautiful today." Lin Haiyan praised, Lin Shu's makeup today is eye-catching, so beautiful.
Each of the Lin family has their own affairs to be busy with. The job of accompanying the newlyweds in the boudoir is left to Lin Haiyan, who is not yet married.
Lin Shu pursed her lips and smiled and said: "You are also very beautiful today. If you are envious, I will help you put on the same makeup next time when you have a wedding party."
When mentioning her partner, Lin Haiyan blushed without any surprise. She held her hot little face and said coquettishly: "Oh, today is your special day. Why are you mentioning him? He hasn't passed my test yet. I won't rush Talk to him about the evidence in a hurry. Don’t talk about him anymore. I’ll go out and help you see if your Gu Jiu is dressed up.”
Lin Shu looked at Xiao Nizi who rushed out of the door and smiled. , turned around and looked at himself in the mirror seriously. Appearance aside, her skin seems to have improved since she became pregnant.
Lin Haiyan left Lin Shu's room, patted her hot cheeks, exhaled and waited to calm down before walking out.
After a while, many guests came one after another. Xu Ming, Tang Jianjun and Li Yuanchao arrived. Along with them was Xie Hui, who worked in the police, and with Xie Hui was a group of Gu family members. Cousins and cousins are all young guys from the same water.
This time Li Yuanchao did not drive to them, but rode a bicycle.
When they went back the day before yesterday, they drove back in Xie Hui's borrowed car. The one they borrowed is still in Xiaohe Production Team.
The reason why everyone came on bicycles today was because Lin Shu got motion sick and planned to use bicycles to pick her up.
Gu Jiuying came up and gave them wedding candies and fortune cigarettes. Everyone said congratulations and was welcomed in.
In the kitchen, the two sisters-in-law were boiling water and the others were busy cooking. When He Caiyun saw the man's pick-up party arriving, he asked Lu Yinhua to quickly make tea and bring it out.
The liveliness of the Lin family today is naturally incomparable to the last time Meizi held a wine party.
Lin Dashan didn't want to make a big deal, so he prepared a dozen tables, but even these dozen tables were more luxurious than the original two-bedroom and four-table place.
When Lin Mei followed Aunt Lin Li Xiu to arrive, she saw many gifts placed at the entrance, as well as the village accountant who sat at the door to record the gifts.
She snorted jealously, "Show off!"
Thinking that she married well, she showed off here, as if she wanted the whole world to know that she married well. It's really disgusting. . After hearing this, Li Xiu said in a weird manner: "No, you think you can show off just because you have a few stinky money. You may not know this when you come here today. Half a head of pork was used for today's banquet. Remember to add more meat to the bowl when it is served. Clip.”
Lin Mei exclaimed, "Half a pig? How much does that cost?"
Half a pig is calculated as one hundred and fifty kilograms, which is seventy-eight cents per kilogram, and half a pig is one hundred and seventeen cents. Yuan, not counting other meat dishes, tobacco, alcohol, candies and other supplies.
How many times do the Gu family in this city misappropriate money to make money like this?
After calculating the approximate price in her mind, Lin Mei almost grinded her back teeth into pieces with hatred.
"Mom, I suddenly regretted coming over to drink. Why don't I rush to get slapped in the face?"
She bet that the people who came to the banquet today would definitely compare her with Lin Shu.
Li Xiu couldn't help but pulled Lin Mei inside, "What are you regretting? If you don't come, you will regret it. How can you eat meat if you don't come?"
You know, the big room is here today. One hundred and fifty kilograms of pork were obtained, and there must be enough meat and vegetables for each table, so they can make whatever they want.
Thinking of one hundred and fifty kilograms of meat, Lin Mei moved her legs shamefully to follow Li Xiu's footsteps.
As he approached the table where the gift money was handed over, Li Xiu grabbed Lin Mei and asked in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "How much gift money are you going to give?"
Lin Mei glanced at the guest who was handing over the gift money, shook off his sleeves, and said matter-of-factly: "We, Lin Shu, won't deal with it at all. Of course I will only give two yuan."
"Two yuan? This is too much. A little less, she gave you five yuan last time when you served a drink. As a sister, you can’t pay less than her, right?”
The reason why Li Xiu is dissatisfied is because she wants to save face. There are still certain etiquette requirements.
For example, when Lin Mei got married, Lin Shu gave her five yuan as a gift. Then when Lin Shu got married, Lin Mei could not give less than this amount. Otherwise, if outsiders found out, she would be stabbed in the back and be raped. People are particular about it.
"Two yuan is a lot, Mom, how much do you want me to give you?" Lin Mei asked back.
Li Xiu: "Last time you got married, your uncle gave you six yuan. Today, Lin Shu is getting married. On behalf of the second wife, I have to give you at least six yuan."
Returning a gift like this can only be more, not less.
“Then the six yuan you gave me. We have just gotten married and are working hard for our careers. It’s a time when we don’t have much money. I’ll give you two yuan, which is good. If she thinks it’s too little, I won’t give you a cent back. I’m willing to pay.”
Lin Mei thinks that Lin Shu has money, and the remaining three yuan is for her.
In the end, she ignored Li Xiu's nagging and went directly to hand the gift money to the village accountant.
The village accountant also received the gift money, looked at them confirmingly, and finally registered the gift money directly in the book without saying anything.
This made Li Xiu unable to stop her even if she wanted to. She almost got mad at this stinky girl, "Just pick it. Who will help you when you need help in the future?"
< br>Which normal person would be willing to date such a fussy person?
This damn girl didn’t learn anything from her in terms of shrewdness. She only learned things that couldn’t be put on the stage.
(End of this chapter)