Chapter 279 Black Socks (for Subscription)
After setting up the herringbone ladder, Lu Jianren climbed up a few times, smashing the wall with a claw hammer in one hand and steel nails in the other. He was able to do these tasks of climbing high and low without any difficulty.
At the gate, several tables were set up, the largest Eight Immortals table was placed at the door, Accountant Li sat on a bench and was responsible for collecting gift money and posting it to the account.
Next to him, Li Wenyue's father, Li Shan, was in charge of keeping the money and distributing candy.
On the opposite side, the second grandfather held a pen, and placed a large stack of invitation cards in front of him. When someone sent a gift money, he wrote the corresponding name and gave it to the person along with Li Shan's candy and invitation cards.
It is much simplified now. In the past, invitations could not be given on the spot, and people had to be sent door to door in the afternoon of welcoming the relatives to express the sincerity of the host's invitation.
On the Lujia Village side, the overall development is towards simplification and convenience.
The young ones either go out to work, or work in companies in the village. Like before, it is unnecessary for dozens of people to toss for a week.
That would only take two days of real work, and the rest of the time would be spent playing poker and gossiping.
Now it is delayed for a week, and people who take leave earn a lot less money, and cannot afford to work due to the delay.
Receive gift money, send invitations, send wedding candy, one-stop service.
This job is not easy to do, and the owner has to hand it over to someone who is serious and responsible.
Lu Chun specifically instructed that the maximum gift money is 20, and no more than one point will be accepted.
Li Min had some complaints. After all, he had been out with money all these years, but Lu Jianguo knew very well that Lu Chun had a special job and couldn't leave anyone talking.
Besides, he invested in a company in the village, and Lu Chun could hardly spend his own money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. Why would he need more money?
If you don't accept favors, it's like making a bad start in the village. Of course not, it's just a symbolic meaning.
Near the gift gold table, many elders from the Lu family and the Li family were sitting around several tables, eating melon seeds, drinking tea and chatting.
They are all from the generation of grandparents, and the younger ones are too embarrassed to come here. They pull up colorful flags, hang lanterns and post happy couplets. They have to borrow tables, stools, plates and chopsticks from each family to cook by themselves. They are too busy today.
Sun Qinghai, who specializes in banquets in the village, asked Hongxing to pull a big stove, and built a temporary kitchen on the side of the street with the help of the mountain.
The purchased chicken, duck and fish are temporarily stored in the cold storage in the village, and they will be picked up temporarily before the fire starts at noon and afternoon.
The wedding banquet in Lujia Village, even if it is simplified, has to be held for two consecutive days, and it is different from the hotel dishes that pursue exquisiteness, here it is all about meat.
Without 70% to 80% meat dishes, there is no way to hold a big banquet, and people cannot eat enough.
Rural people these days lack oil and water in their stomachs.
Dozens of people work, don't pursue efficiency, everyone can see the work, even if they don't know how to do it, they will follow along.
Even Lu Jianren, who doesn't want to do anything but serious things, leads people to pull strings to hang lanterns.
Lu Jiansong came from the old street, changed into a new suit, wore bright new leather shoes, and had a spotless white shirt. He really looked like a vice-principal.
When he came to the gate, he moved a big stool and sat on the edge of the gift table with a toolbox next to him. He stretched his legs and kicked it aside, and sat sideways with his legs raised.
"Second uncle, can I help you write?"
Lu Jiansong's left leg went out, revealing everything from the ankle to the ankle to part of the foot. Because he didn't wear socks, the dark layer of his skin was caressed by the breeze.
No one answered.
On the other side, Lu Jianren stood in the middle of the road and picked up a bundle of iron wire, ready to cut it to make a lantern hook. When he turned to look for the toolbox, he saw Lu Jiansong, especially the new leather shoes that Lu Jiansong stretched out to this side.
"Over there, give me the toolbox!" Lu Jianren shouted.
Lu Jiansong ignored him, who made up his own jingle a few days ago? It's not a lice on a bald man's head!
Seeing people pretending not to hear, Lu Jianren simply pointed at Lu Jiansong's ankle and shouted loudly: "The one over there, the one wearing the big black socks, quickly give me the toolbox!"
Fearing that people would not be able to hear or see, Lu Jianren shouted again: "These new black socks can't be dirty with a toolbox!"
Everyone around looked at Lu Jiansong, and Lu Jiansong quickly shrank his ankles into his trousers.
No matter how fast it shrinks, many people still see it.
Isn't that dark layer like a sock?
Accountant Li couldn't help laughing, and reminded at the same time: "Jian Song, how long has it been since you took a shower?"
"Not long." Lu Jiansong felt quite normal.
Accountant Li said: "Hurry up, why don't you go back and wash, or wear a pair of socks."
Lu Jiansong walked back: "I'm going to put on a pair of socks."
Seeing him walking away, Li Shan said: "If you are a good teacher, you can't pay attention. There is no distinction between doing farm work in class, and learning depends on copying textbooks."
Lu Jianren came to get the toolbox, and when he heard Li Shan's words, he said, "What is this, Brother Shan, you forgot? He was repairing houses when he was teaching Dongzi and Wenyue, and he went to work as a free laborer after school in the afternoon. At most, the teacher asked to break a stick, he is so good, he created the history of teachers, and elementary school students became construction workers."
Some things are noticed by the big guys, but thinking that Lu Jiansong's father, who is gone, doesn't care about it, Li Shan said: "I also asked Dongzi and Wen Yue to herd the sheep on weekends, but the two sheep were called Dongzi. , I didn’t live for half a month, so I didn’t find students to herd sheep.”
Accountant Li couldn't help it: "The one in my house was called to scatter the onions when they were planting onions, saying it was an extracurricular activity."
After talking for a while, a few people were stunned and didn't think of Lu Jiansong's achievements as a teacher. They only knew that he asked the children in the class to work for his family.
Lu Jianren laughed and said, "It's not a junior high school teacher, or I rent out the students to work as coolies."
Iron Rooster wobbled over and answered, "Junior high school students also have to be coolies! I heard from Lan Lan that the boys in the class have asked the town government to pull out migrant workers to dig ditches for the water pipes."
"It's different." Accountant Li said, "This is public work, what about Jiansong?"
Lu Jianren glanced at him: "You stopped listening to the radio? Have you changed your mind?"
The iron rooster shook its empty wrist: "It hasn't been repaired yet."
"Didn't you show off that Lanlan bought you a new one by working part-time?" Li Shan asked.
The iron rooster was surprised: "Why use the new one when you have the old one?"
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In the east room where the walls have been repainted, Lu Dong is leading the hanging photo frames of Li Lin, Lu Guang and other younger generations, pulling colored balls, and pasting wall paintings.
"The biggest photo frame hangs in the middle of the bed!"
Unlike outside the house, where you can only do errands in front of the elders, there are a lot of younger brothers here, and Lu Dong can safely be the commander: "Li Lin, go a little to the left, yes! Make a mark! Smash the nails!"
Turning around, facing the end of the bed, there is a painting finished by the second grandfather and newly framed. He took a look and said, "Xiao Tao, the center point of the painting is aligned with the position marked by Brother Lin."
Lu Tao asked, "Brother Dong, would you like to hang a picture at the end of the bed?"
"This is what the second grandpa told me! Doesn't he know more than we do?" Lu Dong said, "The second grandpa painted the flowers of wealth and honor, implying that our brother and sister-in-law are very rich!"
Li Lin has been doing decorations all year, and he smashed the steel nails in a few strokes, and hung up the wedding photo frame with Lu Guang.
The garland balls were hung under the ceiling of the roof. Seventh Aunt led some aunts in, and handed the two doll paintings to Lu Dong: "Paste them quickly."
Lu Dong gave Lu Tao and Li Lin one each, and posted them on both sides of the bed, each with two little boys with bare buttocks.
Aunt Seven saw that Lu Dong and the others had finished their work, and beckoned people to carry the bedding from outside, and began to drive people out: "If you have only girls at home, don't stretch out your hands, and those who have sons and children, hurry up and make up the bedding."
Five or six aunts worked together and quickly made the red bed. An uncle came in to join in the fun, but was stopped by the seventh aunt just as he was about to enter.
"Jianming, you who gave birth to two daughters cannot enter the house!"
"Yes!" Lu Jianming patted his forehead: "I'm leaving! I'm leaving now!"
Seventh Aunt called Lu Tao: "Taozi, ask your father to press the bed!"
Lu Tao hurried to call for someone, and after a short meeting, Lu Jianshe, who had both children, came in, and according to Aunt Seven's instructions, rolled from the head to the end of the newly made big red bed.
"Good things come in pairs!" Seventh Aunt urged, "Do it again!"
Lu Jianshe rolled over again before going out.
Seventh Aunt gave each of Lu Dong, Li Lin and the others a bag: "You guys, pack more under the bed and under the bedding!"
Lu Dong didn't need to look to know that there were red dates, peanuts, longan and melon seeds in his pocket.
A group of boys began to hustle and bustle, and a large pile was stuffed under the bed, and anyone who lay on it would panic.
A wedding is not only a wedding, but also the expectations of the older generation for an early birth.
In the groom's room, until the bride walks in, those who only have daughters in the house are not even allowed to enter.
Those without sons have no human rights or status at this time.
They are all rural people, and the big guys understand it, but those who only have daughters generally don't join in.
As the sky gradually darkened, the temporary kitchen became busy. There were more than a dozen tables of dishes, cold dishes were helped by everyone, and the hot dishes were cooked by Sun Qinghai alone.
The master chef in charge of hosting banquets in the countryside must have the ability to turn the big pot.
For a table banquet, there are eight standard plates and six large bowls, at most three or four cold dishes, and the rest are hot dishes.
As for pure dishes, there are usually only two, and the rest are hard meat dishes.
It is never the men who eat the most at the wedding banquet. Most of the men are drinking, and the middle-aged women are the ones who can eat. The right to comment on whether the banquet is good or not is always in the hands of these aunts and aunts. Years, and then ten years later, it has never changed.