When a fire broke out in a new house, according to convention, the most tired ones should be her uncle's family. Her uncle had to give a lot of ceremonial things before the ceremony was considered complete. But the problem was that Chen Weizheng hadn't even met his mother, let alone his uncle. The important task of arranging these things fell on the shoulders of the people of Chen Village.
Although Lord Eighteen was not a national cadre, he was quite familiar with the way things were done. He held a meeting with the Standing Committee of Chen Village and assigned tasks. The first sentence made all the villagers happy. "Ah Zheng said that we won't accept any red packets for the Fire Wine this time. We just need to send ten kilograms or eight kilograms of this year's new rice to each family. Ah Zheng's family hasn't planted anything for two years, so there's no grain."
The farmers had grain but no money. A catty of rice was two yuan, and ten catties of rice was only twenty yuan. But if they really had to take out twenty yuan from their wallet, it would be more painful.
Baolong's eldest aunt was in charge of making the cake. Originally, this was done by one's own maternal uncle. It implied that the family was going to make a fortune. Since there was no maternal family, they could only ask the eldest uncle, who was the most senior among the uncles, to take care of it.
Auntie Baoliang made glutinous rice cakes. The must-have food to eat when entering the Fire Wine was Ciba, which had the meaning of "intimacy" and "mutual care".
Aunt Chen Xiaomei was in charge of the wine and fruit. The first fruit was apples, which symbolized the safety of the house.
The seventh brother, Chen Weijin, who was the oldest among the Wei generation, was in charge of the brazier. He burned a brazier full of charcoal and moved it into the central room. This was the legendary fire.
The eighteenth old man prayed in person and lit candles and incense.
Uncle Baoliang was in charge of purchasing, Auntie Xiuhua was in charge of logistics, and Wei Lai was in charge of security. Wei Gang was in charge of communication.
The person in charge of the overall supervisor was still Uncle Bao Long. This old man had a pair of discerning eyes. He would not make any mistakes in any project that he inspected.
According to the statistics, there were still six members of the generation to pass on their names, and three of them had widows, so there were nine members of the generation to pass on their names to attend the banquet.
There were 47 people in the Bao generation, and 12 of them were married couples working outside. There was one representative from each family, so there were 35 of them.
Of the Wei generation, 88 had already married. Of the Shuangshuang generation, 61 were working outside, and only 27 were at home, representing 27 people.
The Hua generation was still young. Only Uncle Baolong's grandson, Chen Huaqiang, had just gotten married and was still working in Shanghai. As for the rest, they belonged to Little Rooster.
There were a total of twelve tables for the banquet, all of which were arranged on the first floor of Chen Weizheng's house. The sofa and tea table in the living room were moved to the corridor outside, and five tables were arranged here. Four tables were arranged in the dining room. After the eight-seater table in the central room was moved out, three large tables were set up.
Eight tables were arranged in the village, one table for the village, one table for the county, one table for the city, and one table for the logistics staff who couldn't be a representative.
The weather was a bit cold. Fortunately, Chen Weizheng's living room had two five-horsepower air conditioners. Turning on the heater, the atmosphere was joyous and harmonious. For the first time, the people of Chen Village learned that they could wear shirts and eat cold dishes in the village in winter.
Zhao Changfu from the county came with a table of people. Chen Weizheng did not know any of them. Fortunately, Chen Weigang was there to greet them, so they were not impolite. With Liu Dehou accompanying them, these people were all very cautious. They were trembling with fear and were very happy. Because they did not receive news that Chen Weizheng did not accept red packets, they all used RMB as gifts.
This group of people in the village were the most talented. Previously, they had colluded with Chen Baoliang and decided not to give red packets, but to use physical objects as gifts. Under the lead of the Enterprise Office and the request of the Party and Government Office, the Finance Office was in charge of several farms in the village. They transferred one native pig, fifteen native chickens, and twenty-five guinea pigs. The cost was covered by the village's reception fee, which made the ten people at the village level very satisfied. In particular, their action of not giving red packets and eating for free made the leaders from the county secretly shocked.
The nine standing committee members specially invited Old Master Chen to sit at a table. Of course, he was the chief. In the middle of the central room was the seat closest to the family's Immortal Spirit Altar. Auntie Xiuhua was very perceptive. From beginning to end, she helped the old men at this table to serve the dishes and wine. She basically did not eat anything. Chen Weizheng wanted to replace her a few times, but he was driven away by her. Aunt Baolong told Chen Weizheng that Auntie Xiuhua's job was very prestigious. Everyone in the village was very envious. It was fine if she did not eat a meal, but if the old men were not happy with a meal, it would be troublesome.
On the other side, Liu Dehou sat with the county leader. The female director of the county's publicity department, Chen Xiaomei's university classmate, ignored the leader and ran directly to Chen Xiaomei's table to sit at. The county's table did not have enough people, so they had to borrow Secretary Huang from the village's table. As a result, Secretary Huang immediately changed from sitting and asking people to pour wine to standing and helping people pour wine. It was painful but happy. Chen Weigang moved from the family's table to the village's table and drank with the village leader.
After three rounds of wine, Chen Weigang, who was pouring wine for Liu Dehou, received a phone call and laughed on the spot.
It happened to be the New Year's holiday, and the children were at home. Chen Weizheng did something that no one in the village had ever thought of. He put Auntie Wei in charge and led seven or eight women of her generation to set up a farmhouse buffet in the elementary school. The staple food was egg fried rice, and the main drinks were orange juice, yellow tea, and coconut milk. The main dishes were steamed sausages, ham sausages, and dried tofu. The side dishes were biscuits and candies. Other than the staple food, the rest was taken out by Chen Weizheng from his space. It was enough for 200 people. The children and those who did not attend Chen Weizheng's family banquet could eat as long as they were free. In the end, all the free people in the village were present. The leaders were Xiao Song, Xiao Zhu, and Huang Diandian. The buffet made Chen Weilai and his brothers, who were in charge of maintaining law and order, very tired and happy. Even though there was no wine to drink, these brothers were also very hungry.
Chen Weilai called Chen Weigang to protest seriously and solemnly asked to make up for it in the evening. Chen Weigang smiled and told the story of what was happening to the village leaders. When Liu Dehou heard it, he sensitively realized that there was a highlight in it. He immediately asked Chen Xiaomei and the head of the county party committee's publicity department to go out and take a few photos as the theme for the construction of a new socialist village culture.
Chen Weizheng quickly took out a DSLR camera and gave it to his aunt. Then he took out a camera and gave it to the director of the village party and political office. He asked Chen Weigang to take him along to add to the village's achievements. When Secretary Huang of the village party committee saw that Chen Weizheng could think of the village's work, he was very happy. He sincerely felt that the pig and chicken he sent was worth it.
There was nothing new about the village banquet. At 3 pm, the banquet ended.
The buffet at the primary school had already ended. A few people who went to understand the situation came back and explained the situation. A group of county leaders met and decided on the spot to make it a theme for publicity.
First, the Chen Village students who participated in today's buffet were required to write an essay on the theme of the village's buffet. Choose the best essay and submit it to the party committee's publicity department.
Second, the Longshan village party committee's office collected the materials and reported it to the party committee's publicity department.
Third, the party committee's publicity department sent the publicity draft to the city's evening newspaper and the province's daily newspaper.
Fourth, the party committee's office decided that Longshan Chen Village would be the experimental unit for the new village to be reported to the city and the province.
On the 3rd of January, Liu Dehou's leader was on duty. At around 4 pm, Huang Chenglong and Liu Dehou's family drove away, leaving Old Master Chen and his wife in Chen Village. After drinking some wine at noon, Old Master Chen went upstairs to take a nap. Grandma Chen helped Auntie Xiuhua and the others clean up the house. Chen Weilai and the others put the furniture back in place.
In addition to the main meal, dinner was also reserved. The locals were very particular about this meal. It was called the chopping board, and it was specially reserved for the staff. There were two tables in the central room. Auntie Xiuhua was really the daughter-in-law of Chen Village. She managed everything, no matter how big or small. Wei Lai and the others also listened to her and did whatever she asked them to do. Soon, dinner was ready under the care of Auntie Xiuhua and the other sisters-in-law.
Wei Lai and the others were very hungry and drank the wine as soon as it was opened. Auntie Xiuhua did not eat much at noon, so she was a little hungry. Just as she picked up the bowl, she was toasted by Wei Lai and the others. Chen Weizheng knew that he should toast these staff members, so he also picked up his glass and said some polite words. Everyone happily drank the wine.
At this time, Chen Weigang walked in with Lan Lianhua. Chen Weigang was busy taking care of the leaders in the afternoon and did not eat anything. He sat down and drank a glass of wine. He picked up a piece of pork belly and swallowed it. He said: "Damn it. They are sitting, and I'm standing. They are eating, and I'm looking at them." Everyone laughed. Lan Lianhua looked at her fiancé in surprise. This might be the first time she saw her fiancé swearing.
Grandma Chen had eaten meat for lunch, and she wanted to eat vegetables for dinner. She made plain porridge with pickled vegetables and ate dinner with Old Master Chen. After dinner, she walked a thousand steps.
Chen Weilai asked Chen Weizheng why he thought of setting up a buffet in his primary school. Those kids loved it so much that they were full! They drank so much that their faces turned green. They even tried to stuff sweets and biscuits into their pockets.
Chen Weizheng laughed: "We need pebbles to build a wall around our house. Everyone in the village helped us. Those little brothers and nephews helped me pick up the pebbles and set up a buffet. Thank you to them."
"It's too expensive!" Wei Lai's sister-in-law said: "I've calculated. Just the eggs alone, we used more than 30 kilograms, 100 kilograms of rice, a big barrel of oil, and more than 50 bottles of drinks. Adding up all the other things, we spent more than a thousand RMB."
"As long as you are happy. Money can be earned after you spend it." Chen Weizheng said casually.
"That's right!" Chen Weigang ate a few pieces of meat and regained his composure.
"We are happy, but I have never seen our Hua Jian eat so much." Hua Jian was Wei Lai's eldest son, and he was eight years old. Wei Lai's sister-in-law said with a smile: "He came to me and asked me to rub his stomach. It's my first time seeing someone who has nothing better to do."
"I saw Second Mistress, Ninth Mistress, and Thirteenth Mistress eat here and then go to the primary school over there. They picked up some food from the primary school and went to Fifteenth Mistress' grave." A young man who was younger than Chen Weizheng and followed Chen Weilai to do public security said. Second Mistress, Ninth Mistress, and Thirteenth Mistress were the three widows of the family.
"Weizheng, you may not remember him. He is Weicheng, the eldest son of Twelfth Master's family, Uncle Zhong." Wei Gang introduced. Twelfth Master had two sons and three daughters. The eldest son, Chen Baozhong, and the second son, Chen Baoluo. Baoluo was Xiuhua's husband. Chen Baozhong and Chen Baoluo each had two sons named Chengqian, Chen Weicheng, Chen Weiqian, Chen Weiqi, and Chen Weihou.
"Ninth Mistress and Fifteenth Mistress were married from the same village. Speaking of which, they are relatives. In the past few years, the three of them have been helping Fifteenth Mistress hang Qingming." Chef Chen Baoquan was the youngest son of Fourth Master. He was already in his fifties and had good cooking skills. He was taught by the same master as Chen Baoguo. After Chen Baoguo's death, the title of Chen Village's number one chef fell on his head. This kind of historical thing was probably only known to people of their age.
"Oh! It's hard for them to remember. Thank you. "Chen Weizheng said from the bottom of his heart.
"Weizheng, this time you don't allow everyone to give red packets. It's a new thing as long as the rice is here. I'm afraid there's more than a thousand pounds of rice in here. It's enough for you to eat for a few years. "Uncle Baoquan said when he saw the newly moved four-story aluminum rice warehouse in the corner of the kitchen.
"I'm not short of money. I'm short of rice, so it's better to ask for rice." Chen Weizheng was not short of rice. There were tons of rice in the space. This was just an excuse. He continued, "Everyone gave good rice. Today my aunt and the others went back and brought back a few hundred pounds. My aunt said that she doesn't need to buy rice anymore."
Everyone laughed.
"Weizheng, what are you going to do with those few acres of land? Do you want to plant them yourself? "Aunt Xiuhua asked.
"I can't plant them and I don't know how to plant them. I want to rent them to others."
"Then why don't you let our family plant them? Your Uncle Baoluo bought a rice transplanter two years ago. This year, the Ministry of Agriculture subsidized a small rice harvester. I want to find more land to plant. Anyway, it won't take much work." Uncle Baoluo used to be an apprentice in the agricultural machinery factory. He knew how to use agricultural machinery. In the past few years, he had been farming at home. The income was better than working outside.
"Okay." Chen Weizheng agreed.
"How about the rent?" Aunt Xiuhua was impatient and couldn't wait to sign the contract.
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