In Tang Xiaochuan’s hometown, when holding weddings and ceremonies, the host family always hopes to have as many guests as possible, so it looks lively and popular, which shows that the host family is popular in the local area, people come to cheer for face, it’s really true that they don’t like you will not come.

If the conditions of the host’s family are not very good, people nearby will know that they will not eat and drink together. Unless they are blood relatives and friends, other guests who have relationships with others will just eat a formal meal and leave, and the family will only eat and drink. Come for one, you won't bring your whole family with you.

Tang Xiaochuan didn't expect that half of the people in the village came for just a light meal at noon, and they were not psychologically prepared. Fortunately, they had just slaughtered cattle, sheep and big fat pigs, and they were well prepared for meat dishes, and the vegetables in the vegetable garden were also well prepared. There is no shortage, but a big pot of rice has been cooked.

At the end of the year, most of the migrant workers came back, the farm work was done for every household, and every household had nothing to do. Many neighbors and other team members in the village stayed after eating to play mahjong, Doudizhu, and Shuangsheng.

But the weather was a bit cold. Although there was a wedding shed to block the cold wind, it couldn’t stop the cold air. Tang Hanmin went to the front and back of the house to collect wood and built a fire in the open-air movie theater. Many people sat by the fire with small benches to enjoy the fire. The adults chat and the kids watch cartoons.

Tang Xiaochuan drove to the street again to buy a small sun for people playing cards and chatting to keep warm.

When the car drove to the street, Tang Xiaochuan saw an old man leaning against a cart with more than a dozen baskets of charcoal stacked on it. He parked beside the cart and passed a cigarette to ask the price. There were forty-five baskets of charcoal.

Tang Xiaochuan counted the number of baskets on the cart, and used sixteen baskets. He paid on the spot and added thirty yuan for shipping, and asked the old man to send them home, and he went to buy a few little suns himself.

When Tang Xiaochuan drove back home, several relatives had found broken pots and pans filled with charcoal and put them under the table for the poker players to warm up. The poker players would feel much more comfortable with the fire.

Many people who come to play cards are here to join in the fun. The host must put two packs of cigarettes on each card table. Both the players and the people watching the cards can smoke. The host does not release cigarettes, and the guests will not say that the host If you don't understand etiquette, you will only say that the manager is not doing well.

In the light meal in the evening, the number of people is less, but including the chef and the neighbors who help, together with the guests, they also set up fifteen tables, some of whom have just arrived, and many people who came in the morning and noon have left .

In the evening, Tang Xiaochuan called someone to set up a wedding shed where the movie was watched. Many villagers and relatives sat in the wedding shed to watch movies. The domestic war blockbuster was released, which immediately attracted many people to watch it. Go to a few braziers, and people gather around the braziers in groups of threes and fours while watching movies while warming up.

"Old Cousin, Junzi, Da Zhuang, Xiao Qiang, come and help me!" Tang Xiaochuan greeted the cousins ​​and Fa Xiao who were sitting by the fire.

The friends who were warming up got up one after another, and followed Tang Xiaochuan to a room on the second floor.

Tang Xiaochuan's parents, Tang Hanmin, uncle, aunt and several other relatives walked here. Tang Xiaochuan walked to the closet and opened the door to take out a large bag and a plastic bag, which contained bunches of red envelopes.

"Come on, anyway, you guys are not playing cards, and you are free when you are idle, help me seal all these big red envelopes, each big red envelope is 400 yuan; each of these small red envelopes is sealed 12 yuan, 24 yuan each! "

The old man quickly asked: "Boss, what is this big red envelope for? It can't be the red envelope returned when writing the gift book, right?"

There are many kinds of rules here, but in most cases, when relatives and friends are presenting, the host will return red envelopes to the guests, usually 16 yuan in the red envelope, and 40 yuan, 50 yuan in the red envelope for those who have money. The price ranges from ten yuan, but there are also return items, such as cigarettes, towels, umbrellas, and so on.

"Yes!" Tang Xiaochuan replied.

The eldest aunt said: "Too much, too much, usually sixteen yuan, how can you do it like this, you can't die like this? Most people come to drink with a gift of one hundred and two hundred, cousin Most of them are five hundred, and the one thousand two thousand is only a very small number, you got back four hundred in this red envelope, and there are so many banquets, after this happy event, you have to lose hundreds of thousands?"

The eldest uncle sighed and said, "Hanchen has his own considerations. He has made a fortune now. If he still manages according to the general standards like other families, what will the villagers say? People will say that the Tang family is stingy!"

Tang Hanmin made a bitter face: "This is my marriage, why don't you ask me what I think? Tang Hanchen's money is his money, how much do I owe him after this wedding?"

The eldest uncle said at this time: "Hanmin, your idea is wrong. Now it's not just you getting married, it's your parents marrying their daughter-in-law. This is a different matter. They will accept all the favors and gifts, and they will pay for all the expenses of your marriage." Do you understand? After finishing this matter, you and your guest will be a new family in the future, and the family relationship will be managed by you. When you give birth to a child, you will have a full moon wine and a birthday wine. I won’t take care of it anymore, this time is the last time!”

Tang Xiaochuan nodded and said: "My uncle is right. I am not married yet, and I am still in the same family with my parents and you. It is also my business for my parents to marry their daughter-in-law. My parents are old and I will bear this matter. You don’t have to pay it back, the money you left behind when you bought the house was given by your parents, so you don’t have to pay it back!”

"You take away the money from your classmates, friends, and colleagues, and you will pay back the favors yourself. All other favors and gifts will belong to me, and I will return them! After you get married, we brothers will have money. If you get involved, you must settle the score!"

The eldest uncle agrees with this: "Boss is right, I, my uncle, is in charge of this matter, so it's decided! Come on, since the boss said to pack a red envelope of 400 yuan, then do as he wants!"

For the next two days, the Tang family had more than a dozen tables of cards every day. People who watched cards, watched movies, and warmed up by the fire came and went.

On the evening of the 25th, this was the main table. The two brothers Tang Xiaochuan and Tang Hanmin kept passing cigarettes to the guests, and the relatives and friends who helped them brought tea and water to the guests.

Secretary Wei, deputy secretary, director, accountant, and women's director of the village committee all came.

"Xiao Tang, Secretary He and Mayor Wang from the town are here!" Secretary Wei of the village committee found Tang Xiaochuan who was receiving guests and whispered.

"Ah? All the big leaders in the town are here? Where are they?" Tang Xiaochuan was very surprised. He had never met these big leaders, let alone met them.

Tang Xiaochuan followed Secretary Wei to the small road, and saw two cars turning in from the road. The two small cars stopped one after another, and two middle-aged men got out of the car.

"This is Mr. Tang. I heard that your family is having a happy event today. Mayor Wang and I are here to join in the fun. You won't be welcome, right?"

"Secretary He and Mayor Wang are noble people. They can't be invited normally. How can they not be welcome? Please invite the two leaders to have tea at home!"

When the village cadres came, the villagers didn't feel much. Those who should play cards still played cards, at most they raised their hands to say hello, but it was different when the town leaders came, and the card players got up one after another.

Secretary He joked: "Mayor Wang and I are here for a wedding reception, not to bring people to check and play cards and gamble!"

"Hahaha..." The guests all laughed.

"It's okay to play cards for weddings and entertainment, you guys go on, go on!"

The guests all sat down and continued to work.

Tang Xiaochuan arranged a separate room for the leaders to rest, and asked someone to carry a mahjong table over. Unexpectedly, the leaders really started to work, and the beating was not too big, one or two yuan, to pass the time.

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