Li Xu nodded, then asked curiously, "It's only a little after four o'clock, why are there so many people at your house?"
"Some are here to help, and some are here to take advantage." Fu Qing replied helplessly.
"Take advantage?" Li Xu was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"As you know, my parents prepared a lot of cigarettes and candies for today's wedding. These things may not be a big deal to our families, but they are still quite precious to most families. So some people come here to take advantage of them under the guise of helping others."
Now Li Xu understood.
Some families have large populations and low incomes, so they naturally can’t afford to buy these things. Today, the Fu family is offering them for free. With such a good opportunity, how can they not come and try them?
However, many people just take one or two to try them out and won’t take more.
Unless they are the kind of people who particularly love to take advantage of others, no matter whether they are rich or poor, they can only be described as greedy when taking advantage of others.
Thinking of this, he began to persuade them, "Just take it. They are all people who care about face and know when to stop. If they are really asked to take more, they themselves will not be willing to do so. Besides, Uncle Fu and the others must have thought of this when buying so many things.
Besides, this is a big day and the purpose is to have a lot of people around. You must not get angry or look sullen because of this, otherwise if outsiders see you, they will think you don't want to marry Ye Hongmei."
"I know, and I didn't say anything."
"That's fine." Li Xu smacked his lips and said, "Judging from today's situation, I think you have to have a buffet, otherwise there won't be enough seats."
If the main hall and yard of the Fu family were filled with tables and stools, there would probably be room for about ten tables.
Even with so much, Li Xu felt that it might not be enough.
Because Ye Hongmei's relatives will also come over for dinner in the evening, that's why the Fu family needs so much food.
Hearing this, Fu Qing felt even more helpless. "That's what my parents planned. My relatives won't be at the table first, so we'll have the second round. We'll let the Ye family's friends and family sit first, and then my neighbors and my dad's colleagues and friends will go. If there are any remaining seats, we'll make other plans."
This practice is very common.
These days, supplies are scarce, and many families have to estimate the number of people attending banquets in advance, and then arrange tables and prepare meals based on this number.
Since it is an estimate, it cannot be accurate.
So sometimes there will be more people coming than expected, and the host has not prepared so much food and tables. At this time, the host naturally has to make things difficult for the relatives and ask them to leave the table to make room for the guests.
Relatives will not have any bad emotions because of this matter.
After all, relatives should help each other, and this is the right time to do so.
Otherwise, if the host family loses face, their face will not be much better either.
What's more, the host will make up for the meal they missed out on later.
Thinking of this, Li Xu couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's good. Fortunately, your family prepared enough food. Otherwise, we would have to treat them to a separate meal another day. Wouldn't that be an extra effort?"
Fu Qing also laughed, "Really? It's better to solve it all at once."
The two chatted for a while before walking into the yard.
At this time, Li Xu saw that Fu Lin had already sat at the table next to the courtyard gate and started to keep accounts, so he pulled Fu Qing over.
Coming to the table, Li Xu took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it over, "Brother Fu, my parents have two yuan, and I have three yuan."
Li Jiakang and his wife knew Uncle Fu and his wife before, but their relationship was not that deep.
But since the last time the Fu family gave Li Xu a bicycle, the relationship between the two families has become much closer.
So Li Jiakang and his wife will also come over tonight.
Actually, all the gift money was paid by Li Xu. He wanted to take this opportunity to repay some of it, but he was afraid that Fu Lin would not accept the five yuan, so he asked his parents to pay a share.
But he didn't expect that even so, Fu Lin still felt it was too much, "Xiao Xu, it's too much, give me less."
"It's not much. Lao Fu and I have been together for so many years. I'm happy for him to get married. Besides, you know my situation, so I can afford this little money."
"That's right, we are so close that we are almost wearing the same pants. This little money is nothing." Fu Qing agreed.
Hearing this, Fu Lin glared at him, then said to Li Xu, "Xiao Xu, let me tell you the truth. My parents said that your family can only accept a maximum of 50 cents as a gift money. Don't make things difficult for your brother."
Li Xu: ...
The people around who saw this scene also didn't know what to say.
I wondered what kind of family this was, giving so much at once.
What’s even more surprising is that the Fu family still refused to accept it, as if they knew in advance that the other party would give so much.
Fu Qing was stunned. "Is this true? How come I don't know about this?"
"Our mother is in the kitchen. If you don't believe me, go over and ask her." Fu Lin said unhappily.
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xu and the others knew that it was true.
Li Xu had no choice but to hand over a dollar and said, "Okay, then my parents and I will each contribute fifty cents."
Fu Lin took the money with a smile on his face, put it into the cloth bag on his waist, and then recorded it in the notebook.
After finishing writing, he raised his head and pushed the two plates beside him in front of Li Xu, and said with a smile, "Xiao Xu, have some wedding candy and a wedding cigarette."
Li Xu responded, picked up a candy, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth, then picked up a cigarette and held it in his hand without lighting it.
Fu Qing also took a cigarette, then took Li Xu to a group of young people and introduced them to each other.
Only then did Li Xu realize that they were all relatives of the Fu family and were the ones who would go to pick up the bride in the evening.
Although we were not familiar with each other before, we were all men, so we became familiar with each other after smoking a cigarette.
Everyone was talking and there were more and more people in the yard.
It was almost time before Fu Qing went back to the house, changed into new clothes, and took everyone on bicycles to the Ye family.
At this time, the Ye family courtyard was also full of people.
Seeing so many bicycles, everyone was amazed.
Ye Hongmei's father was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He felt that his family had been honored, so he took out a pack of cigarettes and gave one to each of the people who came to pick up the bride.
Everyone put the cigarettes in their pockets and followed Fu Qing to the main room.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ye Hongmei sitting on a stool, also wearing new clothes, looking at Fu Qing with sparkling eyes.
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