After the two paid the money, Chen Tan took Xie Shuijun and followed the crowd in to watch the ceremony with everyone.
Nowadays, people don’t worship heaven and earth when they get married as before.
Team leader Liu Kaishan took the Chairman's Quotations and said a few words of wedding congratulations. A group of people surrounded the newlyweds and made some jokes, and the ceremony was considered complete.
After watching the excitement, Chen Tan pulled Xie Shuijun to the kitchen.
Seeing Qin Qiuniang holding a large spoon to make soup, she quickly took it over and said, "Grandma, let me do it. Let Shuijun sit outside with you."
Qin Qiuniang didn't give her the spoon. "Grandma isn't old yet. I can handle it. You go and look after Yu Jin and make sure those rascals don't go too far."
It's just a rural banquet, she can handle it.
"Grandma, it's a rare opportunity to have a banquet. You have to give me a chance to show off. It's also a good opportunity for you to see the results of your teaching."
Chen Tan coaxed and snatched the spoon and helped Qin Qiuniang to the yard.
Let Xie Shuijun take care of her.
Qin Qiuniang had no choice but to let her practice.
Chen Tan looked around at the dishes and immediately had several recipes in his mind.
She shared her idea with several women who were helping her.
These days, it's a rarity to have a full meal. When the women who were helping her heard about the dishes she was talking about, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Tan Nier, let us help you. We'll do whatever you say."
"Then I will assign tasks to the aunts."
Chen Tan smiled and assigned them different tasks: picking vegetables, chopping meatballs, cutting fish, blanching meat...
The group worked until noon and cooked four tables full of dishes.
Not only is it delicious, but it’s also plentiful.
Today's guests are mainly Liang Yujin's educated youth friends. Because of their status, the Wei family has been alienated by relatives and neighbors for many years.
This time, Wu Xia did not invite them to the banquet.
Only a few families who usually got along well with Wu Xia and the team leader Liu Kaishan came.
The four tables were packed, and the moment the food entered their mouths, everyone exclaimed in admiration.
Especially those educated youth in the city, they all said that the taste was better than that in state-owned restaurants.
Everyone finished their meal happily. Before leaving, Wu Xia gave them some of the fried food she had made yesterday as a return gift.
By the time the guests had left and the house had become quiet, it was already past three in the afternoon.
Xie Shuijun did not go back, but sat in the yard chatting with Wei Mancang.
Wu Xia called Qin Qiuniang and Shen Tan into her room and hugged Shen Tan gratefully. "Without your help today, I'm afraid I would be too busy to death."
"It's just a small favor, don't worry about it, auntie," Chen Tan hugged her back, "as long as I didn't embarrass you."
"How can you be embarrassed? You've really made me proud. Everyone is praising your cooking skills today."
"Haha, you all flatter me."
"It's okay, I'll hold on tight for you," Wu Xia hugged her, lowering her voice a bit, "I'll also trouble you to cook a table of food for me tonight, because Yu Jin's parents are coming over."
A look of joy flashed across Chen Tan's eyes. She was just thinking about meeting Liang Yujin's parents. "Okay, I'm fine anyway."
Wu Xia was very happy. "Thank you so much. I'll thank you when I have some free time."
"Auntie is being too formal."
It was not until the evening, when it was completely dark, that Liang Yujin's parents arrived.
Along with them came the brigade secretary Fang Desheng, Song Che and Qin Li, and later Xie Junqian was also invited by Wei Xiao.
After Liang Yujin's parents arrived, they went into the house to reminisce with their daughter.
Fang Desheng pulled Qin Li aside and talked in a low voice with Xie Junqian and Wei Mancang.
This is the first time Chen Tan has seen Fang Desheng in all the time he has been here.
This is the supporting character with the most scenes in the first half of the book. It can also be said that his role is the central idea that the book wants to express.
Fang Desheng is an old hero. The book says that he retired from the position of division commander.
After returning to his hometown many years ago, he took over the position of branch secretary of Hongyao Brigade.
He spends most of his time on the tea farm and is rarely seen by villagers.
But his majesty can make everyone in the Hongyao Brigade behave themselves.
In the book, he often says, "I don't judge people by their status. I look at whether what they do is worthy of the people and the country."
In order to highlight his greatness and the highlight of his character, the author had him sacrificed in the mudslide rescue the next year.
Before his death, he was still thinking about the undeveloped tea garden.
Chen Tan had already prepared the meals: beef stew with potatoes, braised pork ribs, mutton hot pot, big plate chicken, steamed ham...
There were more than twenty meat dishes, and the ingredients were bought by Wei Xiao at the county department store, and some were brought back from outside.
He prepared for this wedding banquet for more than half a month.
Wei Xiao and Wu Xia brought the food to the table before Liang Yujin came out with her parents.
There were quite a few people here tonight, so we put two large square tables together for dinner.
Liang Yujin's parents were sitting at the top. They both wore yellow-rimmed glasses. Apart from being a little thin and having a yellowish complexion, they looked to be in good spirits.
Fang Desheng sat in the upper seat on the left, Xie Junqian sat beside him, followed by Xie Shuijun.
On the right are Qin Qiuniang, Wei Mancang and Song Che.
Chen Tan, Liang Yujin and Wu Xia sat at the bottom. Wei Xiao did not sit at the table, but stood aside to help add food and pour wine.
There is a rule in rural areas that people cannot talk while eating. The men drink warm millet wine and start by chatting about all sorts of things.
Then, they asked each other about their recent situation.
Chen Tan sat next to Liang Yujin, and the two chatted in low voices.
Suddenly, Xie Junqian asked about the tea plantation, "Is the production of spring tea expected to double next year?"
"Alas," Fang Desheng sighed heavily, "I've been walking around the tea fields with them every day these past few days, and many of the tea branches that just grew up in the spring have been frozen to death this time. We'll have to replant them next year."
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