Chapter 2013: Attendance
When Li Xiaoyan caused trouble in No. 2 Middle School, Principal Yin already felt guilty and felt that he had misjudged her. Yesterday, she learned that Zhou Xialong was divorced and Li Xiaoyan broke Xiaole's millions of dollars, which made her feel even more guilty.
He felt very sorry for Xiao Le and his uncle Zhou. He tossed and turned last night and stayed awake for half the night. In the morning, he met with the leaders of the Township Central School, Jiudao Junior High School, Primary School, Kindergarten, and the Township. The leaders who were going to the meeting took the earliest bus back to their hometowns.
The car arrived at the Jiudao open-air parking lot two minutes before 11:30. Principal Yin had something on his mind and did not go straight with his classmates. He carried his bag and went straight to Meicun.
When walking on the street, the old principal didn’t pay attention to the firecracker confetti. When he entered Plum Village, he noticed that the red confetti went straight along the road to Plum Village. He didn’t care about whose family was hosting what happy event.
When walking along the village road leading to Lejia, I found that there were still paper scraps all the way, but I still didn’t pay attention. I walked until I was near Lejia, and I saw the paper scraps continuing to extend forward, and I couldn’t help but pay attention. stand up.
Old Principal Yin found that the scraps of paper went from the village road to the door behind Zhou's house, so he didn't think about it anymore and continued to move forward. When he was about to reach the garden in front of Le's house, he listened. It seemed very lively when I arrived at Zhou's house, and I couldn't help but be filled with suspicion.
He couldn’t figure out whether it was the Zhou family having guests, or whether the Zhang family behind the Zhou family was holding a happy event. He hurriedly ran to the Lejia, and when he got to the building, he found that the door to the north building of the Lejia was closed. , but the voice of Leshan reading came from the third floor of the south building, and he couldn't help but hesitate.
Leshan is in class in the south building, which means someone in the Le family is at home. The door of the north building is closed, which means the owner and his wife may have gone out for something.
Before the old principal decided whether to wait in front of the Lejia Building, he saw a handsome young man wearing a long-sleeved shirt coming out of the alley between the north and south buildings of the Lejia Building. The young man was carrying a Carrying a basket, the rice ears in the basket are piled up like the top of a hill, and the golden rice is particularly eye-catching.
Recognizing that the handsome young man was Xiao Le’s bodyguard, Principal Yin no longer hesitated. He walked into the floor in front of Le’s building and asked, “Brother, is Xiao Le at home? "
Yan Xing recognized who it was at a glance and showed a faint smile: "Little Loli is at home. She teaches Leshan studying on the third floor of the south. Old principal, please go inside and sit for a while. Mr. Chao He and Yan Laoyan will be back soon."
"Hey." Principal Yin responded, walked to the front door of Lejia, waited for the young man to open the door, and then followed him in Room.
Yan Xing asked the old principal to sit down first. He carried the rice ears in the basket to the third floor to dry on the roof. Then he went downstairs, washed his hands and face briefly, poured the old principal a cup of herbal tea, and then Go wash rice and cook.
He had just turned on the rice cooker, and Mr. Yi Laoyan and Mr. Chao were also covered in sweat.When they came back, the old men saw Principal Yin and said hello first and sent the rice ears upstairs before taking a shower.
The three old men simply freshened up, and then returned to the north hall of Lejia to drink tea with Old Principal Yin. The old principal did not say what happened to the Lejia, and the old men did not ask.
When Le Xiao’s classmate knew that Principal Yin was here, he remained calm. He started class for his younger brother at 11:55 and ended the get out of class five minutes early.
At the end of the morning class, Leshan put away his books, rushed to his sister's side and hugged her legs, becoming a perfect pendant with the big wolf dog.
Her younger brother and the big wolf dog were so sticky that Le Yun carried them downstairs one by one, then put them down on the ground and locked the door of the south building.
Little Leshan and Big Wolf Dog were waiting for their sister, then ran ahead to have fun, and trotted all the way into the north building.
When Leshan saw that there were guests at home, he smiled sweetly, and then decisively asked his master to act coquettishly with Mr. Yan and Grandpa Chao.
Old Principal Yin saw the little girl who followed the baby and the wolf dog into the room, and stood up with a guilty look on her face: "Xiao Le-"
"Old Principal, sit down." Le Yun grinned: "Have you, the old principal, heard the rumors about Li Xiaoyan's mother and daughter? You are so kind in those matters that have nothing to do with you. Unfortunately, Li Xiaoyan and Meng Lili did not cherish the opportunities you created for them. I was so stunned that my fate was ruined."
"Oh, I originally thought Xiaomeng was a transparent person, but I didn't expect that she... was so confused that I made a mistake and introduced her to Uncle Leshan, they have ruined the reputation of the Zhou family." Principal Yin felt particularly guilty. Why did he feel that both mother and daughter were responsible persons in the first place.
"The Li family only has a little flesh and blood, and it is inevitable that a loving mother will lose her children." Le Yun didn't care about the conduct of the Montessori mother and daughter at all, and smiled and comforted: "Old principal, please stop blaming yourself. , It is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger, and it is difficult to know the heart of a person. No one can see through the hearts of the Montessori mother and daughter. Who would know that they are different on the surface and selfish in their hearts.
Old principal, you Lao Mo is worried about my Uncle Zhou's reputation. Even if I get divorced again, my Uncle Zhou's reputation will not be ruined. If I get divorced, I will be able to marry a wife. No, I, Uncle Zhou, got married again. We are having a happy event today. The new wife has just entered the house not long ago."
The little classmate was comforting himself, and the old principal blamed himself even more. He didn't know how to make up for his mistakes. When he heard that Uncle Zhou's family had gotten married again, his whole body was filled with excitement. They were all stunned.
"Uncle Zhou is getting married again. Are you getting married today?" So, the confetti on the road was caused by Uncle Zhou setting off firecrackers when he married his wife, not someone else's wedding?
"Yes, the new daughter-in-law came in less than an hour ago," Le Yun smiled and nodded: "My dad and Aunt Feng are helping at Zhou's house, and the banquet starts at twelve o'clock. I alsoI will take my brother over for dinner. Old principal, if you don’t mind it, will you go with me? If you don’t want to go, you can have dinner at my house today at noon. Handsome Yan and Yan Laoyan are always at home. "
"No, no, I won't go there, I will eat at your house. "Old Principal Yin was made slow-witted and confused by the news that Zhou Xialong had a new wife, so he would usually say "I won't eat anymore", but he was tricked by his junior classmates and chose to eat at Lejia. Lunch.
“That’s it, you’re welcome at Xiao Lele’s house, Xiao Tuanzi, you can take Leshan there, I won’t go either. "
Mr. Chao patted Mr. Yin on the shoulder with a smile: "We have two drinks at noon. Xiao Lele keeps an eye on us elders and doesn't let us drink more. We drink more when there are guests, which makes us salivate looking at the wine jar every day. ”
Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan also agreed.
Principal Yin nodded awkwardly, hesitated, rummaged through his backpack, and after searching for a long time, he only took out three red banknotes. Sorry, "Xiao Le, do you have any cash? Please lend me a thousand red envelopes first. "
"Okay, I'll get it. "Le Yun didn't say that she didn't need to wrap a red envelope or anything. She ran upstairs, went to the study room, dug out a box, took out a thousand cash notes, and then took a red envelope and went downstairs.
Old Principal Yin wrapped a thousand dollars Er's red envelope was given to a junior classmate to take to the Zhou family, and he asked not to mention that it was from him, lest the Zhou family knew about it and called him to dinner.
Le Yun also understood the old principal's mood. I felt bad, and if I went to Zhou's house, I would feel even more guilty, so I didn't talk nonsense, stuffed the red envelope into my sleeve, took my brother's little hand, and went to Grandma Zhou's house.
Grandma Zhou was scheduled to At twelve o'clock, a string of thousands of firecrackers was set off five minutes before the dinner was served, also to urge the guests to sit down.
The villagers of Meicun Village who knew that Zhou Xialong was marrying his wife continued to arrive after the bride entered, so they Even some people from neighboring villages came uninvited.
Originally there were twenty tables, but the seating capacity was not enough. Another table was added in the patio, but it was still not enough. Grandma Zhou Man took the initiative to occupy her grand-in-law’s room. After the firecrackers went off, another group of people rushed to Zhou's house and filled the seats.
At twelve o'clock, Village Chief Zhou took the person in charge of the banquet to inspect the place and found that it was still a bit crowded. He added two more tables to the room where Zhou Chunmei originally lived on the second floor and arranged all the people.
When the guests were seated, Village Chief Zhou looked at the Chairman and there were still two empty seats and shouted: "Zhou Tianming, go see if Leshan has finished class. "
"Grandpa Man, I'm out of class. "The old man just yelled loudly, and the cheerful voice came from outside the gate into the Zhou family hall.
"Ouch, you said Cao Cao CaoDamn it. "
"Fortunately, I didn't say bad things about people behind their backs. If I did, Little Yazai would have heard them. "
The people who were secretly waiting for the Le family girl burst into laughter.
Le Shan followed her sister to the door of her grandmother's house and heard Grandpa Man talking about herself. She responded first, and then Followed her sister up the steps and crossed the threshold to enter her grandmother's house.
Grandma Zhou took her son and new daughter-in-law, and Grandma Zhou Man followed Village Chief Zhou to invite the guests to take their seats. They saw the two little boys coming. , a few people were happily waiting for someone to come over.
Leshan was very polite. He first called grandma, grandpa, grandma, grandma, and then uncle, and finally asked to wear red clothes. Ms. Li called "aunt".
That call of "aunt" made the Cao family feel refreshed and energetic.
Ms. Li was also full of joy and hurriedly prepared all the things she had prepared. The red envelopes she held were given to each of the Le family siblings.
Leshan took the red envelopes and stuffed them into her sister’s wide sleeves.
Village Chief Zhou didn’t see Mr. Chao. I asked why the old man didn't come.
"There are guests at my house. My grandpa Chao is staying at home with the guests and won't come over at noon. Le Yun explained with a smile, and stuffed the red envelope given to her by Ms. Li into Guangxiu’s inner pocket.
Xiao Lele said that the Le family had guests, and Village Chief Zhou guessed that it was Xiao Lele. Lele’s friends did not invite them, but urged the little boy to go to the banquet and take a seat.
Grandma Zhou took little Lele’s little hand: “Last time you refused to sit at the banquet, we didn’t force it. , must sit today. ”
“It’s not my turn to take the first seat. It’s a big deal if I take the second seat. "Ask her to sit with a bunch of old people? To be honest, Le Yun is really not willing to do it. It's a wedding or wedding. The guests on the chair are the slowest to eat. They have to eat for at least an hour. It's hard to endure the time. You can just sit on the side table and eat when you're full. .
“Miss Le, if you don’t sit at the table today, no one in our Cao family will be able to sit still. "Everyone in the Cao family stood up together. This marriage was possible because the girl from the Le family was jealous. If she doesn't sit at the main table, who in the Cao family can feel at ease?
"The Cao family is the honored guest of the natal family, so sit at the table. It's only natural that I am a relative of the husband's family, so I should sit at the side table. "
"We don't care about other times. Today, you and Zhou Ba's wife are official guests. You can't sit at the side table. Xiao Lele, hurry up and go to the table with your aunt. "
Village Chief Zhou made the final decision, and without any explanation, handed the little boy to Aunt Pa, and asked Aunt Pa to take her to the banquet.
Leshan was very clever, and he walked away in a hurry. Before running away, he ran to where Grandma Chao and Mrs. Wu were sitting, stuffed it in the middle, and used it as a small sandwich biscuit.
The little boy slipped byCome, Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Wu are having fun. They rub the little guy's head with a smile and look at his sleeves, teasing him why he doesn't hide the red envelope himself.
The eldest son of the Le family wears a wide-sleeved coat, while Leshan wears straight sleeves. The clothes of the siblings are mainly sky blue and embroidered with flowers.
She is willing to let others touch her head, she is a well-behaved and cute baby.
Le Yun, who was being pulled by her aunt, had to go even if she didn’t want to sit at the table. She was stunned when her aunt and an old man from the Cao family who was the sister-in-law of Cao’s mother-in-law sat on the table. On one side of the north wall, Aunt Pa sat facing away from the back hall.
Xiao Lele and the matchmaker Aunt Pa sat down. Village Chief Zhou asked his mother-in-law and sisters-in-law to take the newlyweds to the table. He went to the kitchen to inform the dishes.
Grandma Zhou and others sat down in the main room.
When the guests take their seats, the kitchen staff brings the pots and dishes.
Because the weather is hot, I don’t eat hot pot. However, since I am getting married and setting up a banquet at home, I must have a pot to show my happiness, otherwise I will not be able to enjoy the meal, so I set up a pot stand. Pot, no need for round table.
The first course is a base dish of spareribs, followed by three main courses.
After four dishes were served and several strings of thousands of firecrackers were set off, Village Chief Zhou led the newlyweds in the main room to say a few words to thank the guests, and then toasted with a glass of wine, officially opening the banquet.
After the guests were seated, Village Chief Zhou also went to the lower hall to have dinner.
There were guests at each table at the main banquet in the upper room. The guests greeted the Cao family, so Leyun acted like a mascot and just ate and drank.
After the first dish was served, three more dishes were served ten minutes later.
The second round of dishes was served, and the newlyweds toasted.
To toast the host first, not only the guests, but the newlyweds also have to toast the matchmaker three glasses of wine. Mr. Le Xiao doesn’t drink, so his aunt drinks on his behalf.
After toasting to the four tables in the upper room, the newlyweds went to other tables to toast one by one.
At the end of the toast for the newlyweds, the third round of dishes was served. When the newlyweds finished their toast, the kitchen staff served the last round of dishes, two vegetarian and one meat.
The last meat dish is meatballs, which represents completion and also means that the food has been served. If anyone has something to do or is in a hurry, they can leave the table early after the meal.
When the last dish was served, the young people of the Zhou family left the table, went to Grandma Zhou’s room to carry out baskets, and distributed wedding cakes and red envelopes to each table of guests.
Red envelopes don’t cost much, usually two, four, or six dollars is enough. One red envelope per person, no matter young or old, everyone has a share.
The Zhou family’s red envelope is four yuan, no more, no less.
Wedding cakes include more than just cakes, and wedding candies, packed in bags, one for each person.
The villagers who came to the Zhou family for a wedding banquet received the wedding cakes, ate for a while, and then returned to their homes in groups after eating and drinking.
After all the guests at the banquet resigned, Village Chief Zhou went to the banquet to accompany the guests to drink. The Cao family was afraid that the bride-to-be would get drunk and cause something embarrassing, so the wedding-goers did not Greedy for a drink, he accepted Village Chief Zhou’s kindness and stopped drinking.
The guests at the table ate until about 1:20, and the guest of honor had a good time and dispersed.
After the host and guests dispersed, Mrs. Liu and others who were in charge of the work quickly cleared away the tableware and served tea and fruit plates.
After drinking a cup of tea with the Cao family, Le Yun first excused herself, found Uncle Zhou and Grandma Zhou, and gave the red envelope given by Principal Yin to the newlyweds.
Brother Zhou was embarrassed to accept the red envelope from Principal Yin. The little boy told him that if he didn’t accept the red envelope, the old principal would think that the Zhou family was complaining about his poor matchmaking performance last time, so he accepted it. .
Grandma Zhou packed a wedding cake and candies, and a red envelope, went to the kitchen to get a piece of meat, and asked her son and wife to take the return gift for the old principal and go with little Lele to Lejia to pay homage to the old principal. thank.
Uncle Zhou and Aunt Li were going to the Le family to express their gratitude to the old principal. Le Yun greeted the Cao family and went home first with Mr. Li, who was holding her younger brother.