It turns out that the Hundred Family Banquet is only held once a year in this small mountain village.
Even for the most distinguished guests, it is difficult to see a banquet for a hundred families at other times except on the first day of the first lunar month every year. But Zhang Fan is different. The villagers of this small mountain village actually made an exception and held a banquet for a hundred families to thank Zhang Fan.
In addition to every household serving up the most exquisite food at home, this banquet also includes several activities that are particularly interesting.
One of them is the activity of kidnapping the bride.
During the banquet, the young men and girls here would dance gracefully. As they dance, they would fall in love with each other. If they find a suitable match, they would hold hands and dance forever.
In the end, the girls will take the initiative to invite the boys to their tables to eat and drink rice wine. After they have finished drinking the rice wine and eating the food, they will try to take the boys home.
Because at that time, most people were singing and dancing on the grass in the square.
The young man who was forcibly taken home will be with the girl. After a night, the young man will be kept at the girl's house for a month. The elderly in the young man's family will send someone to the girl's house with gifts to pick up the young man and the girl.
When that day comes, all the villagers will go to the boy and girl's house to eat and dance.
Of course, if the guy is not willing, he will naturally not be snatched away by the girl. Mr. Zhang will definitely attract a lot of girls to like him in this way, and then it will be easy to snatch him away.
Wang Ju felt that she must remind Mr. Zhang during the banquet, otherwise he would be snatched away by someone who was not prepared, and it would be bad if he regretted it...
Zhang Fan ate and drank happily, planning to attend a banquet after dinner. How could he know that this small mountain village had so many rules?
Is there still a custom of girls snatching boys from each other at banquets?
After Zhang Fan had lunch at noon, Wang Ju specially asked Xiaoshan to take him to see the ancient tree tea, and even made a cup of ancient tree tea for him.
The tea leaves here are very strange. They grow like big trees. One tree is more than 20 meters tall and is lush and green with new buds. There are racks around the trees. People can step on the racks or on the tree trunks to pick the young buds of tea.
Strangely enough, although these ancient tea trees are seven or eight hundred years old, they are very resilient. Even if one or two people step on a thin tea tree and it shakes, the tree will not break.
"Mr. Zhang, these ancient tea trees were planted by our ancestors. It is said that they are more than 700 years old. Look, you can still pick the tender leaves from these ancient tea trees. What I am brewing for you is the ancient tree tea..."
Xiaoshan happily took a cup of tea and handed it to Zhang Fan who was looking at the ancient tea tree.
The tea soup was beautiful in color and had a fresh fragrance. Zhang Fan, who had just finished lunch, couldn't help but drink two more sips. He felt refreshed and his mouth was filled with fragrance.
Oh, it tastes so good!
Zhang Fan happily took another sip. This ancient tree tea was good for removing greasiness. The ham and bacon he had for lunch were very nice to drink after drinking this tea.
"It smells really good, and it has no pesticides, it's all natural. You said your hometown is so good and comfortable. Is that place better than your home in the city? If I were you, I would stay in my hometown, accompany my parents, work from sunrise to sunset..."
Zhang Fan looked at Xiaoshan and said with a smile, "Look at him."
When Xiaoshan was first found, he was still living in the basement, which could be said to be the lowest level of the city. Living in the basement, he had no quality of life at all.
But it's different in his house.
Eating and drinking are of course the best things, because no matter how delicious the food in the world is, it can’t compare to the food cooked by mother.
Where Xiaoshan lives, he can see the bamboo forest and green mountains by opening the window, which is much better than living in the basement with the lights on in broad daylight.
"I also want to stay in my hometown, but it's too hard to make money here. Besides, when my grandfather was sick, he wanted to go to the hospital, but he couldn't because of the long journey. If I lived in the city, I could ask my parents to live with me when they get old. If they are not in good health, I can take them to see a doctor, and there will be no need to repeat the tragedy like my grandfather!"
Xiaoshan smiled bitterly. Who doesn’t love his hometown?
But when transportation in hometown is so inconvenient, and medical care and education are so poor, who would be willing to stay at home?
"Also, for children here, it's good enough to finish junior high school, because to go to high school, they have to go to the county town hundreds of miles away from home, and it's too inconvenient. Because of poverty, many families simply can't afford to send their children to high school..."
"If they don't study, it will be hard for them to find a job when they go out. People used to joke that those who don't study can just move bricks. But the construction in big cities is all mechanized. How many people can find a job moving bricks? Machines are much more useful than manual labor..."
"The uneducated children in our village can't even find food to eat when they go out!"
Xiaoshan was extremely depressed at this time. He liked the fresh air and pace of life in his hometown, but as long as he found a job outside, it would be easy to make money.
A few thousand yuan a month is more than what my family earns in a year.
In this situation, Xiaoshan felt that this was also the reason why he didn't want to go back to his hometown.
"If it's very convenient to see a doctor here, and it only takes less than an hour to go to the county town or even the province? Or if it only takes half an hour to go to high school here, do you think you will stay at home?"
"Impossible, how is it possible? This is totally impossible. Mr. Zhang, stop kidding me!"
Xiaoshan kept smiling bitterly, but refused to believe what Zhang Fan said.
Although Mr. Zhang is a nice person, how could this be possible?
How could what he said be possible?
Xiaoshan wouldn't even dare to think of this in his dreams, so now he called Zhang Fan to gather at the village square after they finished looking at the ancient tree tea, because the banquet of a hundred families was about to begin.
The banquet of a hundred families was held in the big square of the village, which is the largest place in the village. At this time, every household was moving out tables. There was one table each in the hundreds of households, and the tables were connected into a piece.
Then a huge circle was formed in the middle of the tables. The circle was about an acre in size, with several entrances and exits left. The villagers planned to have a lively dance here.
When Zhang Fan arrived, the banquet of a hundred families had already been prepared. The old patriarch stood at the highest point with a big loudspeaker in his hand.
He kept reminding everyone to pay attention, pay attention, and pay attention to how the tables and chairs were placed. He was shouting very loudly, but when he saw Zhang Fan coming, he quickly got down from the table.
He brought a few people to greet him excitedly, because this banquet was held just for Zhang Fan! ?
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