sbdcsierra Chapter 1634: The wealthy old lady, the prominent host
Chapter 1634: The wealthy old lady, the prominent host
Chapter 1634: The wealthy old lady, the prominent host
Wang Meilan's first move shocked everyone.
At this time, even Zhao Jun looked at Wang Meilan in shock.
It turned out that Wang Meilan made such a big move without discussing it with anyone in advance.
Wang Meilan was very open-minded. She thought that after she was gone in a few years, her treasures would sooner or later belong to Ma Ling. Moreover, in a few more years, these things would be passed on to her grandson by Ma Ling, and would never leave the Zhao family.
In that case, instead of waiting until I die to pass it on to my daughter-in-law, it would be better to give it away today, on this auspicious day, in front of all the guests in the house.
This way, my family will have face and my daughter-in-law will also be honored.
If the daughter-in-law is happy, she will definitely treat her son better. A happy family is better than anything else.
"My dear girl." Hearing Ma Ling calling her mom, Wang Meilan knew that the child was stuttering.
In daily life in the Northeast, younger generations do not use reduplication when addressing their elders, but simply call them dad, mom, grandpa, and grandma.
Ma Ling's face faded slightly after being comforted by Wang Meilan.
At this time, Liu Tiezui, who was briefly stunned, shouted loudly: "The old lady gave her daughter-in-law a big gold bracelet. This old lady is too rich!"
As soon as Liu Tiezui said this, people inside and outside the courtyard couldn't help but talk and whisper.
"Haha..." Wang Meilan laughed out loud when she heard that and looked at Liu Tiezui with satisfaction.
Seeing Wang Meilan's admiring look, Liu Tiezui was secretly delighted, knowing that after today's work was over, the big moneybag would definitely not let him suffer a loss.
Thinking of this, Liu Tiezui immediately perked up and shouted loudly: "Call them mom and dad, and you will be blessed."
Upon hearing this, Ma Ling hurriedly handed the basket containing an axe and red cloth that she had brought from her mother's home to Wang Meilan, and called out "Mom" again.
Wang Meilan happily took it, and then she heard Liu Tiezui shouting, "The new bride is coming in!"
As soon as Liu Tiezui finished speaking, the band still on the Liberation train put in all their efforts and played joyfully.
To put it bluntly, marriage means leaving one family and entering another.
Seeing Zhao Jun holding Ma Ling's hand, a hint of relief flashed in Wang Meilan's eyes.
President Wang is a generous mother-in-law. Although she has only one son and usually regards her son as more important than her own life, Wang Meilan does not think that her daughter-in-law is here to snatch her son away, nor does she make things difficult for her daughter-in-law because of their love.
At this time, Wang Meilan, carrying the "blessing" brought by her daughter-in-law, happily moved aside.
Zhao Jun brought Ma Ling into the courtyard. Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai could not follow them in directly. They had to stay to greet the bride's family and the villagers who helped to welcome the bride into the courtyard.
When Wang Meilan took a step forward, she found that Zhao Youcai was still standing there stupidly.
"He's so happy that he's silly." Wang Meilan didn't think much about it. She raised her hand and held Zhao Youcai's wrist and squeezed it lightly.
Zhao Youcai came to his senses and resisted the urge to glare at Wang Meilan. He followed Wang Meilan's hand and moved aside.
Zhao Jun brought Ma Ling into the Zhao family compound. Li Ruhai took out his camera and pressed the shutter to record this beautiful moment for them.
Li Ruhai was very proud to have defeated so many opponents and won the right to hold the camera. But at this moment, he felt a little regretful. If he had taken a photo of the old lady putting the gold bracelet on his sister-in-law, he would have received a lot of reward money.
"In-laws!" Just like three days ago, Zhao Youcai and Ma Dafu greeted them enthusiastically and exaggeratedly. In contrast, Wang Meilan and Wang Cuihua were reserved, and they just shook hands and smiled.
Zhao Youcai invited the guests from her bride's family and those who came to help welcome the bride into the courtyard. At this time, more than 200 people had gathered in the Zhao family compound.
Most of these people were from the forest protection team, and they got up early to attend Zhao Jun's wedding. They were very happy.
As the guests from the bride's family and those who came to help welcome the bride entered the courtyard, there were more than three hundred people gathered in the Zhao family compound.
At this time, Chu Anmin, accompanied by forest farm leaders such as Zhou Chunming, Liu Renshan, and Yan Shugang, walked out of Zhao's house.
Early in the morning, all the leaders, big and small, including the director and team leaders of the forest farm came.
Logically, they didn't need to come so early. But when they heard that Chu Anmin would come early in the morning to officiate at Zhao Jun's wedding, they all came happily.
As the master of ceremonies, Chu Anmin had to stay at the Zhao family for a short day, so these people were prepared to stay with him until he left.
"Director Chu!" Zhao Jun walked to the front of the room and greeted Chu Anmin. Chu Anmin smiled and shook Zhao Jun's hand, then looked at Ma Ling and said "Congratulations".
Ma Ling had never seen much of the world, so she just nodded and smiled in response. At this time, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan came over, and Chu Anmin hurriedly sent them his blessings.
Although Chu Anmin came here on his own initiative today, his arrival did make the Zhao family proud, and Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan were very grateful.
Seeing that the time was almost up and the guests had gathered in the courtyard, Zhou Jianjun stopped the band from playing outside.
The band took this opportunity to get off the car and move gongs, drums and other instruments into the Zhao family's courtyard.
As soon as the music stopped, today's receptionist Zhao Guofeng cleared his throat and said loudly to the crowd in the courtyard: "Dear guests, relatives and friends, please invite Director Chu Anmin of the Shanhe Forestry Bureau to officiate the wedding of Zhao Jun and Ma Ling."
As soon as Zhao Guofeng finished speaking, there was a burst of applause. The forest rangers below clapped their hands in confusion and excitement.
Although these forest rangers have a hard job and are not officials, they have power. If anyone from the surrounding villages goes up the mountain to collect firewood or mountain products, it will be troublesome if they are targeted by them.
These people have the right to impose fines, so they treated the people of Xishantun so humbly.
But these forest rangers were as obedient as possible in front of Zhao Jun and the forestry leaders. They had never expected that their team leader would be married by the director, which made these forest rangers even more respectful of Zhao Jun.
Seeing Zhao Guofeng retreat, Chu Anmin stepped forward and said loudly: "Dear guests, relatives and friends, today is a good day for Zhao Jun and Ma Ling to get married. I am happy and honored to be entrusted by Zhao Jun's parents to be the master of ceremonies."
Anyone could see that Chu Anmin's words were just clichés. But since the director had said so, everyone could only applaud.
After the applause died down, Chu Anmin continued: "Here, on behalf of the newlyweds, I would like to thank both parents for their hard work in raising them. I would also like to thank all the neighbors, colleagues, relatives and friends for coming. This lively atmosphere in the yard is the best blessing for the newlyweds."
The applause rose and fell, and Chu Anmin continued: "This couple's acquaintance and acquaintance to forming a family together is the starting point of a new life. I hope they can shoulder the responsibilities of the family together and live a good life down to earth.
Finally, I wish the newlyweds success in their work and a happy life! "
The speeches these days don’t have any fancy words, but every word is very simple.
Amid the applause, Chu Anmin stepped back, and Zhao Guofeng stepped forward again, clearing his throat and saying, "Now, please invite Secretary Zhou Chunming of Yong'an Forest Farm to officiate the wedding of the newlyweds."
Applause broke out again. Compared with Chu Anmin, people in the forest area were more familiar with Zhou Chunming.
Zhou Chunming stepped forward and said loudly: "Dear guests, relatives and friends, I am very happy to be here today to witness the wedding of Zhao Jun and Ma Ling.
As their relative, friend and leader, I have witnessed their progress over the past two years.
Zhao Jun is positive in work and helpful in life. He was awarded the title of production protection model in the forest farm's advanced selection last year. He is a rare and promising young man in our forest area."
At this point, Zhou Chunming paused for a moment, and warm applause broke out.
"Ma Ling is filial to her parents and hardworking. The couple obtained a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate at the family quarters on November 11 last year and became a legal couple."
As the applause rose and fell, Zhou Chunming continued, "This certificate is the testimony of their marriage and a contract for sharing joys and sorrows in the coming decades. I think our Chinese marriage should not be as romantic as Westerners, but should be as practical as the meshing of machine gears in our field.
Finally, I wish the newlyweds to be like the larch, ash, red pine and oak trees in our forest area, with deep roots and a happy life! "
"Wow..." Zhou Chunming's last two sentences were particularly close to the lives of people in the forest area, so there was thunderous applause. Even Chu Anmin, who was applauding on the side, smiled.
Zhou Chunming stepped back, and Zhao Guofeng stepped forward and said loudly: "Here, on behalf of the Zhao family, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the guests, relatives and friends for coming."
As the applause rose and fell, Zhao Guofeng went straight to the point and said, "The Zhao family has specially prepared a sumptuous meal to thank everyone for their blessings to the newlyweds. Please go to the backyard in an orderly manner to enjoy the meal!"
Since the morning, the Zhao family compound was filled with fragrance. Many of those who came to the wedding had not eaten breakfast. They could not help smelling the fragrance.
After hearing Zhao Guofeng ask them to take their seats, the group of people walked towards the backyard while applauding.
Zhao Guofeng served as the host, and Li Dayong, Li Dazhi, Wang Qiang and others led the guests to their seats in the shed in the backyard.
Although there were less than 200 forest rangers, forty tables were set up for the first banquet to entertain Zhao's relatives and friends, guests from the bride's family, people who helped to welcome the bride, cooks, kitchen assistants, and the band.
When the guests took their seats, they saw that although there were no dishes on the table, there was a plate in the middle of the table with twenty cigarettes stacked on two layers in a circle on the plate.
Wedding cigarettes are available at every family’s banquet, but the ones used by the Zhao family are Shilin!
Previously, Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai had discussed using Yingchun, but later when she heard that Chu Anmin was coming, Wang Meilan upgraded the specifications of the cigarettes without even discussing it with Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai smoked Shilin, so he couldn't give Yingchun to his leader, right? If he gave Shilin to his leader, how could he give Yingchun to others? What would happen? I don't know about others, but Wang Meilan would never do such a thing.
Twenty cigarettes per table, that is, one box. Two hundred tables, but two hundred boxes of cigarettes. Wholesale, only nine hundred yuan. This money is nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the richest man in Yongan who is becoming more and more wealthy.
It would have been fine if there was only one plate of Shilin cigarettes on each table, but around the plate there were also scattered melon seeds, peanuts and candies, which was the first of its kind in Yong'an Forest District.
These days, many families in the forest area can only buy some melon seeds during the New Year. So before the dishes were served, everyone started eating. In just a few minutes, the cigarettes and snacks on the table were all gone.
As the leaders took their seats, the 40 tables were almost full. The dishes were served, with the cold dishes being the first.
The Zhao family’s cold dishes consisted of four dishes.
Home-cooked cold dishes, cold venison, celery and peanuts, and canned luncheon meat sliced and served on plates.
Seeing four dishes served at once, Chu Anmin smiled and said to Zhou Chunming beside him: "The dishes are served quite quickly."
As soon as Chu Anmin finished speaking, two more hot dishes were served. One was pork and spare ribs stewed with vermicelli, and the other was stir-fried leeks with elm mushrooms.
There were six dishes, four meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Many families’ formal banquets were not of this quality. But the only drawback was that the portions were not large.
Three days ago, the Ma family mainly used large plates with a diameter of half a meter to serve dishes. If there were not enough plates, they would use small plates or small basins.
But today, of the six dishes served on the table at the Zhao family, except for the pork and spare ribs stewed with vermicelli which were served in large bowls, the others were served in normal plates.
Considering the size of the dish, it's not a big one.
At this time, some people started to talk about it: "The Zhao family is rich, but they give too little food."
"What do you know?" Someone who is well-informed said, "They are serving twelve dishes today. If you want to prepare such a big dish, how can they put it on the table?"
"Twelve dishes?" The person who raised the question earlier exclaimed, "Really? Fake?"
"Really? Could what Li Ruhai said be false?"
……
"This dish is so delicious!" Suddenly, a voice came into Chu Anmin's ears. Chu Anmin didn't even need to turn around, he knew it was his mother as soon as he heard it.
"The elm yellow mushroom is the freshest. I'll get you some before you leave!" When Chu Anmin heard this voice, he couldn't help but look back.
He is the director of the Forestry Bureau, he has eaten all kinds of wild delicacies, why does his mother act like she has never eaten anything good?
When Chu Anmin turned around, he saw that the left cheek of Old Lady Chu was bulging. It turned out that she was holding a piece of pork ribs in her mouth.
Sitting at the same table with Old Lady Chu were her daughter-in-law Liu Hongmei and granddaughter Chu Xiaoxue. Chu Xiaoxue had to sit next to Li Tongyun, while Lin Xue and Jin Xiaomei accompanied Liu Hongmei, and the old lady and Hu Sanmei accompanied Old Lady Chu. Together with Xu Chunyan and Yang Yufeng, there were only ten of them at the table.
Chu Anmin didn't know until he saw it, that among the ten people, the three from his family ate the most, while the seven from Yong'an, on the other hand, chewed their food slowly.
It’s not that Chu Anmin looks down on people from the forest area, but it seems as if the three of him are from the forest area, and the seven people from the forest area are from the city.
Chu Anmin's mouth twitched, and then he heard someone calling him, "Old Chu, what are you looking at?"
Chu Anmin turned around and saw Zhao Weipeng raising his fat hand and gesturing to him, "Don't worry about your aunt and the others. Don't worry, they will definitely have a good meal."
"Hehe..." Chu Anmin laughed dryly and thought to himself: This is not what I was thinking about.
At this time, Zhao Weipeng pointed at the fried leek with elm mushrooms with chopsticks and said, "Old Chu, try this dish, it's delicious."
"Hmm?" Chu Anmin picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and his eyes lit up as he chewed.
"That's fine, Director Chu." Li Chunming, head of the Forestry Bureau's Security Section, pointed at the cold-mixed venison and recommended it to Chu Anmin: "This is different from what we usually eat."
Chu Anmin heard this and curiously picked up a piece of venison. After chewing it, Chu Anmin looked at Zhou Chunming and asked, "Old Zhou, where did Zhao Jun find the cook?"
"The chefs in our cafeteria." Zhou Chunming finished laughing, and seeing Chu Anmin's puzzled expression, he quickly explained, "Each of these chefs has a unique skill."
As he spoke, Zhou Chunming also took a piece of fried leek with elm yellow mushrooms and said, "This is made by Xiao Song. He is famous for this dish."
"It's delicious." Chu Anmin picked up another piece with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and tasted it slowly.
The Zhao family's dishes were served quickly, including crispy white meat, stir-fried pork offal with green peppers, stir-fried pork with celery powder, meatballs with kelp, homemade tofu, and dried tofu with green peppers.
Within three minutes, eight more dishes were served in an orderly manner. The Zhao family's kitchen assistants were very particular about serving dishes. The cooking stove was on the west side, so they all carried the dishes in from the west and left from the east empty-handed.
These are the rules that most restaurants in the city cannot follow.
In the blink of an eye, twelve dishes were served. Old Mrs. Chu, who was slurping them up, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. That day, Fatty Zhao said that Zhao Jun's family would have twelve dishes at the banquet, and the key was that it would include the Three Immortals of the Earth and the Flying Dragon Stewed Mushrooms.
Now all twelve have arrived, but the Three Earth Immortals and the Flying Dragon are nowhere to be seen, which makes Old Lady Chu a little disappointed.
But at this moment, a voice came from behind my head: "Turn around slowly, the food is served!"
(End of this chapter)