The snow melted.
The sun was shining brightly, but the temperature was much colder than the snow.
Today was a good day.
Because the Ye family was going to hold a banquet on the beams of their new house.
This was the custom of building houses in the countryside.
Relatives, friends, and neighbors would all be there to congratulate them.
After the beams were placed on the roof, they would set off firecrackers and sprinkle candies.
Usually, at this time, many people who were attending the banquet would stand below and fight for the candies thrown from the roof.
Regardless of whether they were children or adults, they would all rush up. It was very lively.
Originally, Ye Xiaochen did not intend to hold a big banquet. There would not be more than ten tables of relatives, friends, and those in the village.
Today was Sunday, so there were more children, but many young people had gone out to work.
Many of her relatives were also outside.
But who would have thought that this banquet would cause so many relatives to call to congratulate them and say that they would come back to attend?
Ye Xiaochen naturally could not say that it was fine as long as the gifts were here. So be it. At most, it would be a little busy.
For a family like this, with all their relatives and those in the village, there would probably be more than thirty tables.
The Ye family had many relatives. Just on Dad's side, there were five brothers and three sisters. On Mom's side, there were fewer, three brothers and two sisters.
This was just the closest relatives. There were still other relatives, such as Dad's cousins!
It was the same on Mom's side.
Even her uncle-in-law's brothers were coming to attend.
Just these alone, there would be more than thirty tables.
Not only that, because Ye Xiaochen also had some business partners who would come.
Although she did not invite them, they had heard the news from somewhere and congratulated her, saying that they would definitely come on the day of the banquet.
In this way, there would be at least thirty-five tables.
To be conservative, it would be better to prepare forty tables. If there were too many people and the banquet was not enough, it would be a joke.
Ye Xiaochen was very speechless. Wasn't this just a normal banquet? Was there a need to make it so lively?
But Mom and Dad were very happy. They were beaming and extremely happy because to them, the bigger the banquet, the more guests would attend. Naturally, it would be more dignified!
Ye Xiaochen had no choice but to get busy.
Actually, she did not need to be busy.
Because the banquet had been outsourced.
Moreover, there were many people at home, so there were many people who could do things.
At nine o 'clock, the guests arrived one after another.
His younger sister, Ye Ying, was carrying a bag and was collecting red packets.
Every time he received a red packet, he would give a red packet in return.
This red packet was usually 10 or 20 yuan.
Because there were too many people, his sister almost never stopped.
As time went by, people who had business dealings began to drive over.
Ye Xiaochen had to go up to greet them personally.
Li Jiaren, Liu Fusheng, Xu Jiao, Master Lin, and so on.
There were also some leaders from the county and city.
Wang Shuisheng and his family were also here.
Circumference and Huang Qiqi arrived.
Even many people from the research institute had come.
He really didn't know how they knew.
Ceng Hongye also sent a secretary over.
At eleven o 'clock, the restaurant was packed with people. There were more than thirty-five tables in total.
Crackle …
On the eaves of the new house, sealed firecrackers were hung. As soon as they were ignited, there was an earth-shattering explosion.
All the voices were drowned out by the sound of firecrackers.
Soon, all kinds of candies were thrown down from the roof like rain.
Many people below began to scramble for them.
It was extremely lively.
When the banquet started at noon, tables and chairs were placed inside and outside the new house, on the ground, and in the old house.
There were a total of thirty-eight tables.
This was definitely not a small scale banquet in the farm.
It was lively until three o 'clock in the afternoon, when Ye Xiaochen sent off the last batch of guests.
Only a few of her closest relatives were left at home.
Wang Xinyi also went back with Wang Shuisheng and his family.
"Chen Zi, come, have a few drinks with us."
"Chen Zi, you're a big celebrity now. You're the pride of our Ye family. Let me toast you."
"Let's drink properly today. We won't go home until we're drunk."
Sitting at the table were all Ye Xiaochen's cousins. There were more than a dozen of them, and more than half of them were married.
It was rare to see so many people gathered together like today.
"Okay, we won't go home until we're drunk today."
Ye Xiaochen sat down with a smile.
More than an hour later, Ye Xiaochen finished the last glass of wine. Seeing that no one could stand up, she smiled.
She was really invincible when it came to drinking!
At night.
The lively atmosphere was gone.
All the tables and stools had been moved away.
The floor was swept clean.
Ye Xiaochen's family was registering red packets.
Ye Ying was holding a pen and seriously writing down the gift money in a notebook.
Nowadays, the gift money for banquets was at least 100 yuan. If they were close, it might be 200 yuan. If they were relatives, it was normal for them to give 300 to 500 yuan.
"Wow, this is a lot!"
Ye Ying opened a big red packet. There was a stack of red banknotes. Counting it, there was a total of 5,000 yuan.
Ye Xiaochen looked at the name. It was Liu Fusheng's.
Generally speaking, business partners like this would definitely give a lot of red packets.
Next, she opened several red packets of 3,000 to 5,000 yuan.
The highest one was Wang Shuisheng's. It was 10,000 yuan.
It took a few hours to open and register the 200 to 300 red packets.
All the gifts added up to more than 100,000 yuan.
It didn't seem like a lot, but it was actually quite a lot.
Because under normal circumstances, if Ye Xiaochen's family held a banquet, it would be considered good if they could get 8,000 to 9,000 yuan.
Now, it was more than ten times.
Of course, a mere 100,000 yuan was nothing to Ye Xiaochen now.
Now that the Xianquan shop in Yang City was open, his monthly bonus would definitely increase by a lot. Seven to eight million yuan this month was no problem.
"Son, so many people came to the Shangliang Banquet. Many of them are your friends. You'll have to return the gifts. Your father and I only take care of the relatives at home and those in the village."
Mom reminded him.
She was afraid that her son would be rude and forget these things.
Since they came to the Shangliang Banquet, if they had any happy events in the future, he would naturally have to attend.
"Mom, don't worry. I'll remember this."
Ye Xiaochen nodded.
Because he didn't have many friends in the past, it was rare for him to send gifts to wedding banquets.
He had to pay more attention to this.
"Brother, these are all your friends recorded in this book. Take it."
Ye Ying handed a book to Ye Xiaochen.
Ye Xiaochen nodded and took the book. Seeing that his parents had gone to bed, he suddenly asked with a smile, "Didn't Guo Moyun send red packets too? Why didn't you write it down?"
Ye Ying blushed and said, "It's none of your business what he wants to write down."
"Fine, fine, fine. I don't care."
Ye Xiaochen smiled.
"Here's the money."
Ye Ying put a few stacks of money into a paper bag and was about to hand it to Ye Xiaochen.
"Take it and use it."
Ye Xiaochen waved her hand and walked out with the book.
Ye Ying saw the paper bag in her hand and was slightly stunned. She immediately put it in her bag.
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