Zhao Meiya rolled her eyes when she talked about this.
Help? Whose help is to pull up unripe vegetables and feed her chickens with vegetables that cause diarrhea?
These people are even less reliable than Pan Shuyu, and she can't afford it.
They didn't even bother to learn how to please others, but just wanted to spend a small amount of money to get a big benefit. She looked down on them and kicked them out without any hesitation.
As for the fact that her reputation in the village has become a little worse since then, so what?
Seeing that she was about to move to the city, Zhao Meiya didn't care whether it would hurt any feelings. In the past, she could argue with people she disliked and scold them whenever she wanted, but in the future, she would have no such chance.
She took the last blanket into the house and said, "What do you mean it's only been two months? If you haven't gotten married in two months, isn't that just being a hooligan?
Young people nowadays are so impatient. I don’t know when Zhao Yong got the letter of introduction, and I didn’t even inform my family, but I rushed to get the marriage certificate.”
The Zhao family had not originally planned to hold the banquet so early. They wanted to pick an auspicious day and make more preparations first.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yong couldn't even wait a few days and caught them off guard.
But Zhao Meiya was more concerned about another thing at this time, "You said they made it in such a hurry, how could the food be good?
The sheep in your eldest brother's family had no milk left, so he sold it to Du Chunhua at a low price. She also got more than ten pounds of pork from her mother's family, which should be enough to make a few meat dishes.
I just don’t know if we can hire a good chef. It would be a waste if we let the chef from the textile factory take charge.”
"Doesn't Aunt Du work in a restaurant? Can't she find a good cook at home?"
"Yes, get a bowl later. No, I remember your eldest brother has a large soup bowl at home. It's perfect for you. Garnish it before serving."
Zhao Meiya was thinking about the mat and took her to the yard.
There were already six tables set up in the open space. They were all square tables brought from various households, with benches placed beside the tables.
If you squeeze in a little, each table can seat 12 people. If there is not enough space, you can add chairs.
The meal had not started yet, and there were fried pumpkin seeds and boiled water on the table.
He Ruixue took a bite and found the melon seeds a bit salty.
Zhao Meiya peeled the melon seeds with her hands, and when she had gathered a handful, she handed them to her, "Come on, Dongbao, eat them, don't crack them with your mouth.
His family is so smart, they want people to drink more water because the melon seeds are salty, so that they can eat less at the banquet after they are full of water.
Humph, this trick has been used everywhere in the village.
The Zhao family was quite kind, at least they gave people melon seeds to eat. Some stingy and face-conscious families gave them dried sweet potatoes that they had dried themselves.
It is choking but also very filling, and I wish the guests would use their chopsticks less often at the table.
"Mom, don't peel it for me. I'm not very hungry."
"Okay, I'll pack some for you and you can eat it when we get back."
As she spoke, she grabbed a few handfuls of melon seeds, retracted her arm, and slid them into her pocket. Her movements were so quick and stealthy that even if someone was sitting next to her, they wouldn't notice if they weren't paying attention.
He Ruixue was amazed. Zhao Meiya showed off her skills and said proudly.
"When the village had a big canteen, each household took turns cooking, and when making porridge, they had to hide some wheat, beans, etc.
I was the quickest and hid the most, so I could bring back an extra two or three taels every time I went home, enough to feed one more person."
Unfortunately, someone later discovered that the porridge she made was the thinnest, and complained to the team leader. She had no choice but to retreat to the second line and ran to cut wild vegetables.
But I can always get some cornmeal when kneading the vegetable dumplings, so it's not a bad deal.
In fact, she had no idea of storing food at that time. She felt that other families were taking advantage, and if something went wrong at her family, she would lose out.
Since she is going to do it, she must do it to the best of her ability.
The newspapers were making big claims, saying that other places could produce 10,000 kilograms per mu, so everyone thought that food would fall from the sky in the future, and they were not very dedicated to their work in the fields.
She would pull up the wheat ears in the field and dig up the sweet potatoes that others had not dug up cleanly when no one was paying attention.
The team set up a canteen to serve collective grain and asked each household to hand over the grain. She was unwilling to do so and hid all the food she could eat at home in the mountains.
She only gave a small portion when she handed it in, and would make a fuss whenever someone asked about it.
He said that all the food in the family had been sent to his eldest son's house, and the whole family had to tighten their belts and even had to ask the village for food aid.
The team leader was her relative and didn't bother to argue with her. He just moved the iron pot away from her house, which made the old lady sad for several days.
It was thanks to these foods that she was able to keep He Ruixue healthy and well during the famine.
All the people sitting at their table were acquaintances. When having a banquet in the courtyard, they wanted to have a lively atmosphere. Since everyone brought their own food, almost everyone came out.
There were five people coming to my eldest brother's house.
Of course, because we need to drink, the tables for men and women are separate.
He Chunsheng and He Xiaotuan were sitting at the front table, and Wang Taozhi, Lu Lan and He Xiaojie were sitting next to them.
Sitting on He Ruixue's right were Tan Wei, the old lady of the Li family, and Li Youlu's daughter-in-law Yin Hong.
There was also Dr. Liu's wife, Ma Tiandong. As for Liu Huixin, she took the two little girls from the Tan family and sat at the children's table.
Across from him were Fang Wanggui's family, his mother Yang Ruoqing and sister Fang Zhenzhen, as well as Fang Yongfu's wife Qin Xia.
There were eleven people sitting at the table. It wasn't full, but it was almost full.
Originally, Meng Yuqin should have sat with them, but she wanted to drink and was determined to get everyone at the table drunk, so she simply sat down next to Boss Xu.
Even though the men at the same table had opinions, they didn't dare to say anything because of her power.
Everyone sat together and chatted, and the food came up soon.
The meal was good, with three meat dishes, six vegetable dishes and a tomato and egg soup.
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