The Notre Dame system is arrogant again

Chapter 241 Preparations for the Wedding Banquet
As autumn approaches, Uncle Zhang's marriage is also approaching.

Three days later will be Uncle Zhang's big day.

When getting married in the country, they don't go to restaurants to hold banquets, but only hold banquets at home, mainly to save money.

Of course it is troublesome.

People say that the youngest son's marriage is over, that is to say, the youngest son has gone to his wife, and the tasks of parents are completed, so the youngest son's marriage has to be done in the countryside.

Zhang Qingshan has a good face, even if his face is swollen to pretend to be fat, he will handle his youngest son's wedding in a graceful manner.

He took a pen and filled in the names of some people on the paper.

Although the Zhang family is not a big family, there are quite a few relatives and friends. In addition to the new relatives, that is, from the woman's side, there are probably hundreds of people.With so many people, it is impossible to entertain them with their own family alone, so they can only ask the people in the village to help.

No one would refuse to help on weddings and funerals, after all, it is a very face-saving thing to show your face on such an occasion.

These helpers are commonly called "busy people" in the countryside. There are men and women, they help cook, receive guests, and even accompany wine when the banquet is held. Everyone is happy, like this.

There will be a leader among these people, who is quite a supervisor. He is responsible for arranging the "busy people" to do things, and communicating with the host family about what is missing, so that the host family will save a lot of trouble.

Such a manager must have enough experience in organizing weddings to be able to handle it. Usually, people in their 50s and [-]s who have traveled from south to north and gone through many wedding banquets are in charge.

He can speak eloquently, be humorous, do things quickly and neatly, can drink together when necessary, deal with all kinds of troubles, deal with all kinds of emergencies, and understand the situation of ten miles and eight villages.

The only person in the village who can take on this important task is Dr. Li.

Zhang Qingshan had already agreed with Doctor Li, and of course Doctor Li agreed.

He finished writing to Liu Shi.

"Look, are these people enough?"

Mrs. Liu took it over and looked at it, and was startled.

"so much!"

Zhang Qingshan picked up the pipe and lit it, taking a few puffs.

"Not too many, I heard that there will be many new relatives."

"Isn't the fifth daughter-in-law a big girl? What are so many people doing when a big girl gets married!"

"What are you talking about! Her family is a big girl, and our family is a young son. If the youngest son gets married, it's okay if he doesn't do something decent. How many eyes are watching you! It's okay to save a little time in life, if something happens If you dig and search again, if you don’t find it, ask someone to say it!”

"I know, it's like Daniu's mother's sister's house, that guy, every relative is a plate of pickles!" Liu said with a curl of her lips, and then she felt a toothache, "But we can't be too extravagant, this The money is all borrowed."

Zhang Qingshan didn't frown as usual, but looked calm, with a confident look.

"Don't worry about the money, you can pay it back next spring."

"Have you accepted a long-distance job?" Mrs. Liu grabbed his skirt, "I tell you, I won't allow you to go! Long-distance, what's going on on the way, what are you doing!"

"What a long journey! Don't worry about it, I'm so old, I just want to pick someone up and I'm not happy."

"Then why do you say you can pay it back in spring?"

"You'll know when the time comes. I'll tell you now, and everyone in the village will know tomorrow. I don't know what you said!"

Mrs. Liu was not happy, and just about to say something, there was a voice from outside.

"I said, is Brother Zhang at home?"

It's Doctor Li.

Zhang Qingshan put on his shoes with a smile and went out.

"Oh, Doctor Li, you are here, come in quickly."

"Just say it outside, Liangtang!"

"Alright!" Zhang Qingshan asked Liu Shi to pour water, and sat with him on the stone roller.

"This is the list I wrote. Can you see enough of these people?" Zhang Qingshan handed over the list of "busy people" he had written.

Dr. Li was shocked when he saw it.

"So many people?"

"There are a lot of new relatives. I'm afraid I won't be too busy. But you have to decide."

"Did you say how many people are coming?"

"It is said that there are more than 100, but I didn't say how many. I guess it will be indispensable."

"Then how many can we have here?"

"Dr. Li drinks water." Mrs. Liu brought two bowls of sweet water over, gave each of them a bowl, then sat down and said, "I think there are only about a hundred people here."

"How can there be so few?" Zhang Qingshan shook his head, "I did the math, and there are about two hundred people!"

"Why are there so many!"

"Look, there are dozens of people in one family in our village. It's impossible to have one family. Don't forget there are children."

Doctor Li smiled.

"Children are simple, just set up a table for them to eat by themselves. The people in the village are also simple. I think almost all of them are among the busy people, and there are not many left. They are all from their own people, and they don't pay much attention. You just Tell me how many relatives can come."

"My relative, let me take a look." Zhang Qingshan stretched out his palm and began to count, "My sister's family has about ten people, and my grandma's family has about twenty people. How much can your mother's family come?" Turning to ask Liu.

Liu thought about it.

"It's about thirty mouths, right?"

"That's about sixty people. At home, the eldest daughter-in-law's house, and my elder brother's and second brother's house, add up to about thirty people. There are also Xiaowu's classmates. He said at least a dozen, which is close to About a hundred mouths."

"And the girl's house?" Liu reminded.

"The girl's house has a small population, that is, there are three members of their family."

"that's true."

Doctor Li nodded.

"According to a table with ten people, this is ten tables. I think the woman's house has at most 150 people, and it is less than two hundred. This is another ten tables, twenty tables, plus other people, more preparations." Ten tables, thirty tables are enough. These people are a bit too much, I will reduce a few..." He discussed with Zhang Qingshan who to reduce and what to do when the time came.

Just as I was talking, a donkey cart stopped outside the courtyard, and the sound of my father and mother, I am back, came in.

When Liu saw it, he slapped his thigh.

"Oh, the girl brought you wine!" He quickly got up and walked out.

Zhang Qingshan and Dr. Li followed suit.

This time, it was not only Zhang Shi alone, but also Zhang Shi's husband, Wang Mingyang.

Wang Mingyang is a teacher of the school, he is handsome, he is born as a scholar, and his family background is not bad, so his son-in-law Zhang Qingshan and Liu Shi who are educated and economical are very fancy.

"Why didn't my little girl come back with you!" Liu asked.

Xiaoya is Wang's daughter, Wang has only one daughter now, she is five years old.

"No, she can't let go of the things in the car," Wang said.

Wang Mingyang said to Zhang Qingshan.

"Father, I bought the wine first, and the meat will be sold one day in advance, I'm afraid it will be spoiled. It's all ordered over there, so don't be afraid that you won't be able to buy it when the time comes."

Zhang Qingshan looked at the six barrels of wine lined up on the donkey cart, and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay. We have food, but the meat is missing." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to move the wine barrel.

Wang stopped it.

"Father, what are you moving, stop!"

At this time, Boss Zhang and Uncle Zhang came back from the field, and when they saw it, they hurried up and said.

"Sister, brother-in-law is back!" Uncle Zhang greeted.

"Daniu, old aunt, Mingyang is back!" Old Zhang said.

(End of this chapter)