At the dinner table, Jia Dongsheng kept testing Yan Fugui to find him at this time, wondering what was going on, but Yan Fugui knew women too well.
If he told everyone that he held a banquet and accepted gifts even though it was raining, then Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, and Qin Jingru might all tell the story while chatting in the courtyard.
Therefore, Yan Fugui chose to avoid the topic and after finishing his meal, he quietly told Jia Dongsheng that he wanted to talk about something alone.
"Okay, let's go to the study and have some tea."
Finally getting to the point, Jia Dongsheng said with a smile, "Uncle, I'd like you to try my good tea."
"OK."
Yan Fugui has lived to such an old age, but he has never tasted good tea. Even if he wants to drink some high-quality tea, he has to spend a long time and feel very painful, brewing it over and over again.
Arriving in the study, Yan Fugui looked at the ornaments on the antique shelf and was secretly surprised: "This Jia Dongsheng is still looking for antiques!"
"Sit down, Third Uncle."
After arranging Yan Fugui to sit down, Jia Dongsheng skillfully took the tea leaves and started to make tea.
"Dongsheng, I came to see you because I want you to help me with something."
"What's the matter, Third Uncle?" Jia Dongsheng was also quite curious. After all, Yan Fugui had started giving gifts for the first time. If he asked him to do something for him, he would feel a little nervous to accept it.
"That's what happened..."
Yan Fugui indirectly told Jia Dongsheng that Yan Jiecheng was getting married tomorrow and it was raining so he couldn't have a banquet, and then asked him if he had any solution.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Jia Dongsheng with anticipation, fearing that Jia Dongsheng would shake his head to indicate that he had no choice.
"Hiss... Uncle Third, this is really hard to handle."
Jia Dongsheng pondered for a moment before speaking, "Our country's tradition is to hold a banquet and invite people to dinner, and people come to the wedding to pay their respects and drink in the wine. If the banquet can't be held, no one will come."
"That's right, so, Dongsheng, please think of a way to hold the banquet even if it rains tomorrow."
This problem would certainly not be a problem in later generations. After all, in later generations, even in the countryside, there would be banquet halls or big hotels, and it would be easy to set up more than ten or twenty tables for banquets.
No need to worry about weather problems such as rain or snow.
However, there were no banquet halls in that era, and everything was held outdoors. If it rained, the banquet would definitely not be able to be held.
Whether or not he accepts the gift money is secondary. It would be unlucky for him if he doesn't hold a wedding ceremony!
Of course, for Yan Fugui, this point may need to be changed. As a teacher, he doesn't care about whether it is auspicious or not, but whether or not to accept the gift money is the most important thing.
For a long time, Jia Dongsheng frowned and didn't speak, which made Yan Fugui feel very uneasy. He didn't even have the heart to taste the tea in front of him.
If Jia Dongsheng has no other solution, then he will really lose a lot this time.
I don’t know how long it took, Yan Fugui just felt as if he was being judged. Finally, Jia Dongsheng spoke.
"Uncle, if it really rains tomorrow, we definitely won't be able to have a banquet outside."
"Yes, I understand that. So what do you think we should do?" Yan Fugui looked at Jia Dongsheng expectantly.
"Then we can only buy it in the house."
"In the house?"
Yan Fugui thought about the two rooms in his house. If a small octagonal table was placed in one room, it could be accommodated. However, how many people could sit on an octagonal table? Six to eight people would already be very crowded.
But no matter what, there can’t be less than thirty people attending the wedding tomorrow. How can two tables accommodate them?
"No, Dongsheng."
Yan Fugui explained, "In our courtyard, there are about twenty households. If each household has one person, that would mean about twenty people. I have some relatives here too, and a few people from Yu Li's family will have to come too. There's no room for everyone."
There are two large round tables for weddings in the courtyard, which can accommodate fifteen or sixteen people at a time.
Therefore, whether it is the wedding banquet held at Yan Fugui's home today, or the wedding banquet held by Jia Dongsheng and Xu Damao before, the number of people eating at the banquet is not small.
This is also the reason why Yan Fugui dared to spend more than ten yuan to buy meat and vegetables for the banquet. He believed that as long as the banquet was prepared, the people who gave gifts would definitely not let him lose money.
"Look, Third Uncle, there's definitely no room for a big table in this room, but we can put a small table in there!"
Seeing what Yan Fugui wanted to say, Jia Dongsheng raised his hand to indicate that he hadn't finished speaking yet: "Two small tables definitely can't seat so many people, but you can put four tables."
"Four tables?"
Yan Fugui's face turned grim. "Dongsheng, you know the situation at my house. Apart from sleeping quarters, there's only enough space for a table in the two rooms. So where are we going to put the other two tables?"
"There's another thing, which is the issue of food."
"Dongsheng, I only prepared food for two tables. If we're going to have four tables, I won't have food for the other two!"
"Haha... Uncle Third, you are really confused because you are in the know."
"What do you mean?" Yan Fugui was a little confused.
"You prepared two tables of food, so the portions must be large, right?"
At this point, Jia Dongsheng hesitated. If it were someone else, and they only had to prepare two tables, and they were large tables for fifteen or sixteen people, then they would definitely have to increase the portion of each dish to avoid having too little to eat.
But is the person in front of me an ordinary person?
This is a person who is calculating to the core. Does it matter whether he has enough to eat or not?
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