Chapter 147 Six Happiness (please subscribe, please vote)
The wind was gentle and the sun was shining brightly, and there were many guests at Li Xiang's house.
I have to say that if you have money, you can really renovate quickly. After the house was decorated, Li Xiang planned to keep a low profile and not have to hold wine or anything, but grandma said that the family hadn’t held a banquet in many years, and there had never been such a big happy event. Having a well-built and decorated house is one, passing the driver's license test is two, buying three new cars is three, and being elected to the county CPPCC member and appearing on the TV news is four. These are the four great blessings. How could you not show off? What about a wine treat?
She was very eager to treat guests and firecrackers, so Li Xiang gave her this sense of ceremony.
In fact, Li Xiang secretly said in his heart that instead of the "Four Happinesses", if coupled with his breakthrough in realm, the three elixirs that he disliked were sold at sky-high prices, this would be the "Sixth Happiness", which is indeed worthy of congratulations.
Grandma is right, life requires a sense of ritual. Even if the end of the world comes, so what? Is life over? Should be happy or be happy!
He was anxious every day, his hair was pulled out baldly, and he lived under pressure and sorrow every day. On such days, he would rather die immediately. Some "apocalypse" are natural disasters and inevitable, while some "apocalypse" are entirely self-inflicted.
Besides, he is confident that he can reach the holy level before the end of the world, a holy level, or even a higher level. Will he be able to survive in the end of the world? What does he have to worry about, what's so urgent, to put it bluntly, the end of the world is coming, when strength is the most important thing, that's when he will really soar into the sky.
In troubled times, heroes emerge.
It's not him who should be worried or stressed, but other ordinary people, but those ordinary people don't know.
Li Xiang didn't have a big goal. If he could save 100,000 people at a minimum, he would be worthy of the human race. As for the rest, we can only take it one step at a time. The strength of the Holy Order was at this level. He could not even think about saving the whole world.
These are still peaceful times. If grandma wants to be happy, then be happy.
So he decided to hold a special event. Apart from sending paper invitations to some important relatives, there were no other special invitations. He just sent an electronic invitation letter to Moments three days in advance and stated that no members would be accepted. Money, if you have time to come, it will make you shine. If you don't come, you won't be surprised.
In addition to the electronic invitation, there is also an accompanying picture, which is a photo of his newly renovated "mansion" and his grandma's happy smiling face sitting on the stone steps and basking in the sun.
After this circle of friends was posted, many relatives, friends, and acquaintances sent congratulations and likes below, and it took me several pages to get to the end.
As for the banquet, it was contracted out to a team of chefs from the county. According to the standard of 100 tables, there are two meals for lunch and dinner, which adds up to 200 tables.
He thinks there should be a lot of this number. Even if all the people who like it come, it will be enough. It doesn't matter, as for the treat, you must pay more for it.
Including the villagers, basically the whole village came.
Everyone visited Li Xiang's newly built house and three new cars. They drove around and praised it non-stop. In fact, many villagers have seen these three cars before, but that does not prevent them from saying some nice things now.
The old village head Li Jinyu took the initiative to serve as the "Mr. Accountant", took a notebook, and was responsible for collecting gifts from Li Xiang's family and keeping accounts.
Although Li Xiang said that he would not accept gift money, basically every family sent a share of the money, and everyone persuaded Li Xiang to accept it, because many of them were given by Li Xiang's family in the past. They gave it more often and paid it back less often. Just ask grandma, and grandma will accept it as she says. The exchange of favors is originally about reciprocity. If you don't accept it now, next time someone treats you, will they accept it from you? Do you want to go? You go empty-handed and others give you gifts. Are you embarrassed?
In fact, although Li Xiang said he would not accept any gift money, everyone only regarded him as being polite and no one took him seriously.
Li Xiang just let them go. Anyway, there is no requirement for this matter. If you give it, you will keep it in the account. It will be easy to pay back in the future. If you don't give it, you won't be surprised. Of course, if he doesn’t give it back, he won’t pay it back next time because he doesn’t have to pay it back. Grandma is right, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.
Li Jintang and his wife also came. Li Jintang thought of what he said to ridicule Li Xiang when he came back last year, and he really wanted to slap himself in the face. Why did he get so excited at that time and say such careless words?
However, due to Li Xiang's generosity, the relationship between the two families had long since eased, so Li Jintang and his wife soon joined in the praise.
Li Xiang has helped their family a lot in the past six months.
Last year I helped sell winter bamboo shoots, and this year I helped sell spring bamboo shoots. Before that, the bamboo shoots at home could not be sold, and I felt like vomiting after eating them. Fortunately, Li Xiang came back and brought good days to everyone.
Li Xiang is really capable. In just over half a year, he has earned such a large fortune and has become a member of the county's CPPCC. He is much more promising than his son, the contractor.
Nowadays, the real estate industry is in a slump, and his son is not doing well in the provincial capital. He called back a few days ago and said that he had lost a lot in the stock market. He asked if the family had any money. He wanted to cover his position or something, so he asked his old father for some money. Money is really getting worse every year.
Li Jintang scolded his son but refused. After all, is stock trading reliable? It was shown on TV that many powerful people had to jump off the rooftop after failing in stock trading. How could his son be better than the protagonists on those TV shows? No amount of money is enough to fill that bottomless pit. His wife is also very supportive. The old couple cannot care about their son and need to save some money for retirement.
Grandma is dressed very grandly today. She is wearing a new red dress with many golden peonies embroidered on it. It looks very festive. It is from the "Blooming Wealth" series that Li Xiang bought her for the New Year last year. This is just one of the spring clothes. During the Chinese New Year, I wear winter clothes, embroidered with proud snow and cold plum blossoms.
There are also summer clothes embroidered with lotus flowers, and autumn clothes embroidered with chrysanthemums.
Grandma’s family, Li Xiang’s grandparents, sister-in-law and cousin, aunt, uncle and their daughter, second aunt, second uncle and their pair of children, because today is Saturday, they left home for work Most of the cousins who are close to me and those who are not in high school are here.
Naturally, Shen Zimo came too. After not seeing him for a few months, the little guy seemed to have grown a lot taller.
Shen Wenqian didn't come. She was a freshman in high school. Like Jiang Cai'er, she had holidays once a month.
Li Xiang took a look at what his eldest uncle was carrying. For the first time, he saw two bottles of good wine, the kind worth five or six hundred bottles. Then the aunt also carried a carton of milk, a serious brand, not the six nuclear bombs before.
"Congratulations, this house is magnificent!" The eldest uncle was very cheeky and greeted Li Xiang with a smile.
Li Xiang naturally exposed him and acted as if nothing happened. He handed over the cigarette and exchanged a few words with the other party. After all, he did not reach out to hit the smiling person.
During the Chinese New Year, because my aunt came to visit my grandma, Li Xiang, as a "reciprocal gift," also took some things to my aunt's house to pay New Year greetings. My aunt left some food but didn't eat it. She sat down for a while and then left. My eldest uncle was not at home at the time, so this was the first time we met after the unpleasantness last time.
"Xiangya, you are getting more and more handsome, you are so tall! What a talent! You have also become a member of the county CPPCC, which is a great honor for our old Li family!" The aunt was short and fat, with a smile on her face, holding her hand. Li Xiang's hand praised. The second aunt is tall and thin, and is about the same: "Come on, let the second aunt touch it. This hair is really nice, black and shiny, like satin, and the skin is smoother and tender than my daughter's. When you were a child, the second aunt I’ve hugged you before. We haven’t seen each other for a few years. How come we are so different from each other?”
The eldest aunt and the second aunt were "moving" and their words and expressions were so exaggerated that Li Xiang almost got goosebumps.
My sister-in-law couldn't help but shrugged from behind, wanting to laugh a little, thinking to herself, these two sisters, really, why did they go there so early?
In comparison, my sister-in-law was much more normal. Li Xiang was not too polite to her. After all, he was one of his own and asked her to help greet his relatives.
Moreover, there were many relatives who came over today, but Li Xiang didn't even know them, so he didn't know what to call them. And he didn't know how those people knew that his family was having a treat today.
But I know my sister-in-law. She is in real estate sales and is good at dealing with people. She is very suitable for this etiquette job.
Without Li Xiang's instructions, my sister-in-law went to the living room to get tea leaves, disposable cups and water bottles, and made tea for the guests who came to congratulate her. Her son also helped his mother and put out some snacks and fruit plates to entertain everyone. , everyone said that this young man is much more sensible now.
The county chef team who contracted the banquet brought their own ingredients and folding tables and chairs. Those tables and chairs have now been set up. Fortunately, Li Xiang did not seal off the yard. The front area is open enough, with a hundred round tables spread out, which is quite impressive.
This team set up a stove and chopping board in an open space further away. They drove a large truck and brought several gas tanks with them. As for drinking water, a long water pipe is used to connect it from Li Xiang's house.
Many guests happily visited Li Xiang's house, some vegetable plots in the front yard, and three new cars.
Three luxury new cars were parked on the edge of the yard in front of Li Xiang's house. Even the cheapest-looking pickup truck was super domineering.
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"This car is so good. I actually bought three of them at once. Everyone said that Xiangya got rich, but I still didn't believe it. As a result, he was even on TV and became a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference."
"Fame and wealth, indeed fame and fortune come at the same time."
"This vegetable garden is great. These lettuces are so thick and tender. My dear, are you the one who takes care of it?" A relative whom Li Xiang didn't know chatted with Grandma Li Xiang.
Grandma was so happy today that she didn't even close her mouth.
After a while, the town leaders and some county leaders actually arrived, with the county magistrate taking the lead.
This made Li Xiang slightly surprised. If I go, I'll treat guests as soon as the house is built. It's not a big deal, so how dare several leaders come to visit? Moreover, she was not empty-handed, she also carried something, so she hurriedly greeted her, entertained her, and chatted with her.
Naturally, Li Xiang would not be condescending just because he was an extraordinary person. That would be because he did not understand etiquette. Face is given to each other. Didn't you see that when these leaders arrived, many guests looked at them sideways and talked about them?
Li Xiang's hearing was sharp and he heard everyone saying that Li Xiang is so proud now. He built a house and invited guests. Even the county magistrate came. He was so awesome. Something like that.
Some of the other county leaders and town leaders may not know them, but the county magistrate often appears on TV, so he naturally knows a lot of them. Moreover, this group of people wear different clothes. They are basically navy blue or black or dark gray executive jackets. Their temperament and aura are still very different from ordinary people.
The county magistrate chuckled and said: "Firstly, we are here to congratulate you, and secondly, we also want to visit Lijia Village. As expected, the environment is much better than before. Then we also want to see your tourist attraction project under construction."
"Thank you, thank you, it's a great honor!" Li Xiang led the leaders over.
The construction team felt "as if they were facing a formidable enemy" and thought that so many big leaders came without notifying them. They hurriedly came out to greet them and took out spare safety helmets and safety shoes to distribute to all the leaders.
The manager in charge asked Li Xiang quietly: "Mr. Li, what's going on? Why did the county magistrate suddenly come to check? This makes me feel a little guilty."
Li Xiang said: "What are you afraid of? Didn't I strictly follow the strictest procedures before? Didn't you do it well?"
"No, no, that's not the case." The manager quickly assured, he said to himself, no wonder Brother Xiang was so strict before, and a big leader came to visit the co-author. Fortunately, I followed Brother Xiang's request and emphasized it again and again. . Otherwise, if something is found out today and it is said that I am not good here or there is irregularity there, it will be terrible.
Well, in terms of environmental protection, there seems to be no problem.
Then, the leaders went to visit and were quite satisfied with the construction site.
After the group left, the manager wiped his hands with cold sweat. Fortunately, there was no danger. It seems that in the future, stricter management will be needed to ensure safe construction and project quality, because maybe some big boss will come to visit and inspect.
After returning, Jiang Jianguo waved quietly, and Li Xiang apologized and followed Jiang Jianguo into the room.
"What's wrong, Uncle Jiang?" Li Xiang asked.
Jiang Jianguo said: "You have prepared too few banquets. There are too many people here today. It exceeds the budget. Eleven more tables need to be added."
"Uh," Li Xiang was surprised. Are there so many guests? He raised his eyes and saw that, sure enough, there were people everywhere. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's get the ingredients and drinks for the afternoon first. After lunch, let them go back to replenish the supplies. As for the lack of tables and chairs, ask Borrow some from the village.”
"Okay, I'm just telling you."
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