The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 184, Wedding Banquet

The Yuan family cried so hard that their eyes were filled with tears.

It was also the first time for Zhao Guobing to see this scene. He didn't know what to do at all, so he had to pull his brother-in-law and sister-in-law who were standing aside to help comfort his wife and mother-in-law.

After comforting her for a while, and after the two had cried enough, Zhao Guobing took his daughter-in-law from the hands of his mother-in-law and left the house.

Li Weiguo and others who were waiting at the door were relieved when they saw this. Without saying hello, they hurried forward and took the bride's things from the Yuan family. Those who carried the luggage took the luggage, and those who carried baskets carried baskets. Here comes a young man who can move all the things in a few seconds.

After receiving the bride and leaving the courtyard gate, Li Weiguo and others worked together to tie the things to the back seat of the bicycle.

When we arrived, there were eight cars with people numbering 14 or 5. When we went back, the back seats of four cars were packed with dowries. Fortunately, these days, the 28-year-old bar is strong enough. It is no problem for several people to fit in one car. Li Weiguo and the others A group of big guys can still fit in if they squeeze together.

After doing it, they got into the car respectively. Zhao Guobing and his wife said goodbye to Yuan's father and Yuan's mother respectively. Under the reluctant eyes of the Yuan family, the group left in a hurry.

When we returned to the Zhao family yard, a lot of people had gathered at Old Zhao's house, and everyone was waiting at the door eagerly.

As soon as the team to pick up the bride stopped at the door, there was warm applause all around. The young couple got out of the car, thanked everyone, and kept taking out candies from their bags to give out candies to the neighbors who came to congratulate them. After walking all the way, he entered the courtyard surrounded by people.

After all the onlookers at the door had gone in, Li Weiguo and the others struggled to unload the dowry from the back seat of the car, and then ran to the new house carrying their things.

Not long after, the wedding started. When they entered the main room in the west wing of the courtyard, the young couple stood in the center of the main room, surrounded by Zhao's parents, Zhao's mother, relatives and friends.

There are no complicated procedures. After the staff of the subdistrict office took out the couple's marriage certificate and read it out in front of the public, the relationship between husband and wife was established.

The marriage certificate of this era is said to be a certificate, but it is actually a thin piece of color-printed paper, similar to a certificate of merit. On it is written the names, genders, and ages of the man and woman. They are voluntarily married. After review, they comply with the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China. According to the regulations, this certificate is issued, and then there are the seals of the district mayor and sub-district director. It is very simple.

After reading the certificate, Zhao Guobing and his wife first bowed to the portrait of the great man, and then bowed and offered tea to Zhao's parents and Zhao's mother. The wedding was considered complete.

After witnessing the wedding, the lively crowd received wedding candies and then left.

Materials are really scarce these days. Even though the Zhao family is in good condition, they can't invite all the neighbors to the wedding banquet. They can only invite one person from each family to the wedding banquet as a token.

Therefore, only six tables were prepared for the wedding banquet, and two tables were placed in the front yard. They were the heads of families and respected elders of the surrounding neighborhoods.

The second courtyard is larger and has four tables, two for relatives and two for friends.

There are twelve people at each table, and there are sixty or seventy people at the six tables. There are quite a lot of people, and the second-level courtyard of the Zhao family is fully occupied.

After everyone was seated, the steward in charge of hosting the wedding banquet said hello, and there was movement on the side of Shazhu. Five or six aunts carried large trays and began to serve on the table.

There are thirteen dishes in total, eight hot dishes and five cold dishes. The vegetarian dish is served at the beginning, followed by four hard dishes, braised rabbit, Sixi meatballs, Dongpo elbow, and braised pork.

The staple food is Erhe noodle steamed buns, but no matter how much there is, there is only one per person. There is also a pot of steamed sweet potatoes and steamed buns, and each person can only share one. If you are not full, you will eat more.

There is no way, after all, the current food quota per person per month is rationed. If you really dare to control enough, someone will have to come to Zhao's door tomorrow to inspect it.

Today's rations are all saved by the Zhao family's frugality.

In a short time, all thirteen dishes were served.

Good guy, as soon as this meat dish was served, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of meat, which made all the guests present hungry.

In a time when supplies are so scarce, the Zhao family can come up with such good things to entertain, and insist on getting them. The guests present nodded their heads and secretly praised the Zhao family for their magnanimity.

At the main table, Father Zhao, who was sitting next to Father Yuan, glanced at his father-in-law's face and was relieved when he saw that his father-in-law was smiling. To be honest, he had not expected the appearance of the table today.

Long before his father-in-law wanted to test Zhao Guobing, he had already thought of helping Zhao Guobing cheat.

It's embarrassing, but it's better than screwing up.

After all, there were six tables. Zhao Guobing, a young chicken who had just graduated and had not been working for a long time, had no help from his family. How many opportunities could he have.

Later, Zhao Guobing confidently said that he had done it, so there was no need to worry. Based on his trust in his son, he did not interfere much, but he was also prepared for backup. If Zhao Guobing failed to do it when the time came, he would ask someone to send it in time. Batch food for emergencies.

He never expected that Zhao Guobing would give him such a big surprise today, and now he was completely relieved.

Regardless of whether Zhao Guobing did it by himself or with the help of his friends, it is considered his ability. If his son is capable, how can he be unhappy as a father?

After the dishes were served, several aunts brought out bulk liquor, and poured a glass for each of the drinking gentlemen at the table. There was no more, so they could only taste it.

After the food and wine were served, the steward who was in charge of the meal simply said a few words. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on the meat and vegetables, they had no intention of listening to him, so he stopped talking nonsense.

He waved his hand directly: "Open the banquet!"

Good guy, this is what I've been waiting for.

As soon as the steward finished speaking, the big guys started moving instantly, aiming their chopsticks at the four meat dishes in the center of the table.

Swish, swish, swish. In less than two minutes, there was only a little bit of vegetable juice left in the four plates of meat and vegetables.

Li Weiguo's table was in a similar situation. He sat at the same table with Zhou Can, Ding Guandong and other young men who were getting married. These young men had not seen meat for a long time. In the blink of an eye, four meat dishes were gone. Even the gravy on the empty plate was not left alone. Someone used the steamed buns to dip it all over, and the plate didn't even need to be washed.

Zhou Bo, a boy with short hands, couldn't pick up vegetables as quickly as others. After eating a few pieces of meat, the meat and vegetables were gone. He could only smack his lips and said with unfinished thoughts: "Brother, this braised pork is not satisfying. It only took a few chopsticks and it was gone. What if?" It’s great to have one plate per person.”

Zhou Can glared at him angrily: "How dare you think about it? It doesn't matter how many people there are. It would be nice to have a meaty taste. Do you want to enjoy it?"

"Hehe. That's what I said." Zhou Bo smiled. He knew it was unrealistic and was too embarrassed to continue talking nonsense.

Li Weiguo also felt that he had not eaten well and was not feeling energetic.

Mainly because the buddies at the same table are all masters. Some people had another piece in their mouths before they could swallow it. Before they could chew it well, they picked up another piece with the chopsticks in their hands. The chopsticks were used. Good guy, that’s enough for the movie.

In this situation, how can you win over others?

Li Weiguo picked up the wine glass and touched it with Zhou Can. He glanced around at the people who were eating vegetables and whispered to Zhou Can and his brother, "I'm not satisfied with it. Come to my place later and let Brother Zhu cook us another meal."

After speaking, Li Weiguo winked at Zhou Can and Zhou Bo, telling them to keep quiet and keep everything low-key.

When Zhou Can and Zhou Bo heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up and they nodded quickly.

You can have this.

The three brothers finished the banquet hastily and sat aside for a while. After Si Zhu finished his work, they said hello to Zhao Guobing and his wife, pulled Si Zhu and quickly moved their position.

Before leaving, Zhao Guobing took Li Weiguo and Shazhu to express his gratitude and sealed a big red envelope of ten yuan each to them as a thank you for their help.

As for the leftovers, Zhao Guobing wanted to give some to Sha Zhu, but Li Weiguo also didn't lack this, so he didn't let Sha Zhu ask for it and directly gave it to the two chefs who came to help.

After leaving the Zhao's courtyard, the group of four returned to the Nanluoguxiang courtyard and started the second round of small cooking.