A little after noon, Ma Jiquan, Ma Deliang, Party Secretary Gao and Accountant Xiong arrived at the educated youth site one after another.
Ma Jiquan and Accountant Xiong both brought a child to the banquet.
With the children around, the yard of the educated youth site became more lively.
When Kong Wanwan and Du Wenli invited these four people, they specifically told them that they had no relatives here, and that there would only be a few educated youth at the wedding banquet. Then they invited a few cadres, and they just wanted to have some fun together.
So let them do the same as the educated youth, and don't give them any gifts, just come and support them.
Although Kong Wanwan and Du Wenli said so when they invited them, it is generally not possible to attend someone else's wedding banquet for free, whether in the city or in the countryside.
What's more, the four of them were cadres of the brigade and production team, so it was impossible for them to come empty-handed.
Led by Secretary Gao, each of them took out the gift money they had prepared before arriving and insisted on putting it in Du Wenli's hands.
Secretary Gao gave two yuan, and Accountant Xiong, Ma Jiquan and Ma Deliang each gave one yuan.
Du Wenli accepted the gifts and felt a little nervous, worried that Secretary Gao and the others would misunderstand that he and Kong Wanwan invited them to the wedding banquet just to get their gifts.
Fortunately, Kong Wanwan likes to save face.
The return gifts prepared for them were quite generous, including a box of cigarettes, a bag of fruit candy, a bag of wedding cakes and a towel for each person.
The money for the wedding banquet and return gifts was paid by Kong Wanwan, so she naturally would not let Du Wenli swallow the gift money.
When no one was paying attention, she snatched the five dollars that was still hot from him and put it on herself.
Du Wenli was so angry at her ruthless behavior that he gritted his teeth.
But in a moment, he still had a gentle smile on his face and invited Secretary Gao and others to take a seat.
Shen Xiaobei had been busy in the kitchen all morning. All the vegetables had been cut and prepared, and the meat dishes had all been processed in advance.
As soon as the guests arrived, she was able to quickly prepare one dish after another.
Because she needed some seasonings and food in the space to make side dishes, she only let Ke Xiaoli stay to light the fire and serve dishes for her.
She didn't let Fan Huifang and Deng Yuliang come in to help.
However, Fan Huifang was naturally not idle either. She was busy outside serving tea and water to the guests, arranging snacks before the meal, greeting the two children, and distributing wedding candies to them.
Deng Yuliang was the oldest among the educated youth, so he naturally took on the role of the elder of the bride and groom.
She enthusiastically joined Du Wenli and Kong Wanwan in socializing and chatting with Secretary Gao and several other men.
After asking them all to take their seats, he went to the gate of the yard and lit firecrackers.
When Shen Xiaobei heard the sound of firecrackers signaling the start of the meal, she immediately asked Ke Xiaoli to start serving the dishes. She had taught Ke Xiaoli to name all the dishes.
"Good luck and good fortune are here, I wish everyone good luck and good fortune!"
It is actually a braised chicken. The chicken pieces are golden yellow, and the side dishes are green and red peppers. The color combination is rich and bright, which makes people very appetizing.
As soon as it was served on the table, the rich aroma immediately hit everyone's nose.
Coupled with the auspicious name suggested by Ke Xiaoli, Kong Wanwan and Du Wenli were both very satisfied with this first dish at the wedding banquet. They quickly invited Secretary Gao and the others to start eating.
After tasting two bites, Secretary Gao and his friends all praised the chef's cooking skills.
When they learned that today's chef was Shen Xiaobei, a young female educated youth, everyone praised her highly.
"The second dish is called 'Nian Nian You Yu' (Abundance Every Year), wishing everyone abundance every year!"
It was actually braised fish, which Deng Yuliang caught from the river.
So when he saw this dish, he felt a sense of familiarity and accomplishment, and ate it with gusto, repeatedly praising Shen Xiaobei for cooking the fish well and making it smell so good!
It was the most delicious braised fish he had ever eaten.
“This dish is called Heart to Heart!”
"This is called eternal love!"
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For each dish, Shen Xiaobei asked Ke Xiaoli to give it a name with good meaning.
Judging from everyone's reactions, her little creativity really added a lot of color to the wedding banquet.
Secretary Gao and his entourage ate to their heart's content and drank heartily.
After three rounds of drinks, Du Wenli, Kong Wanwan, Fan Huifang and Deng Yuliang, as they had agreed in advance, brought up with Secretary Gao at the dinner table the matter of borrowing bricks from the brigade's brick kiln to build a house.
Secretary Gao agreed without any hesitation.
I just told Accountant Xiong to keep a record of the account when the time comes.
No one expected that this matter would go so smoothly, and they couldn't help but smile at each other knowingly.
Fan Huifang immediately made an excuse to go to the kitchen and excitedly told Shen Xiaobei the good news.
"Xiaobei, this is all thanks to you for organizing such a great wedding banquet! You don't know that every dish you asked Xiaoli to serve, Secretary Gao and Accountant Xiong said after taking two bites, 'Hmm, this dish tastes really good!'"
Fan Huifang drank a little wine with them, her face flushed.
She looks a little more charming than usual.
Afraid that people outside would hear, she lowered her voice, but still smiled happily as she imitated what Secretary Gao and Accountant Xiong said and demonstrated it to Shen Xiaobei.
"Okay, Sister Huifang, I know everything. Thank you for coming to share this good news with me right away! Go and continue eating with them! I still have a few dishes left, and I'll go out and eat with you guys after I'm done!"
"Well, okay, Xiaobei, you've worked the hardest today!"
"It's okay, it's okay. I took the money! It's my duty, haha!"
"Yeah, that's right! I forgot you made ten dollars from Wanwan in one go! Taking money and doing things for others, well, that's what you should do, hahaha! Then I'm leaving first!"
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