Chapter 159: The busy day before the wedding(1/2)
"No, I'm just coming back to see if you need any help. If not, I'll have to go to work later, so hurry up and greet the guests."
Lin Cuiqing: "What kind of guest am I? I'm just a soldier under Director Xu."
Things were a little messy today. Xu Damao didn't have time to be polite to her, so he didn't spend much time with her.
After Qin Huairu left, Lin Cuiqing said: "Director, does your neighbor work in the street office?"
"Yeah~ I found a job for you."
"Hey~ Then the relationship between you two is unusual. It takes a lot of effort to help people find a job these days."
Xu Damao: "What nonsense are you talking about? I just found a temporary worker for her. Do you know who she is?"
"She is Jia Fei's wife. Last time Jia Fei's son was hospitalized and he had no money for treatment."
"They used their house as a mortgage and borrowed 300 yuan from me. If I don't help his wife find a job and pay me back immediately, how can I really take over their house?"
Although what Xu Damao said seemed to make sense, Lin Cuiqing remained skeptical.
As for Qin Huairu's figure, even a woman like her would be envious of her.
She didn't believe that this little beast would not be tempted by such a woman.
But it's none of her business, as long as she doesn't say too much about it.
But where is the limit of this little beast? This is a difficult problem.
While eating, the two of them calculated how much food they would need.
In the afternoon, Lin Cuiqing will ask her friend who owns a restaurant to prepare the things and deliver them early tomorrow morning.
Finally, when it comes to the cook, Lin Cuiqing knows that Sha Zhu is Xu Damao's neighbor, and also knows that there is a conflict between them.
So she was determined not to let Xu Damao use Shazhu to cook. Xu Damao had no way to refute the reasons she gave.
If Si Zhu gets nervous and gets married, even if he is beaten to death afterwards, he will not be able to make up for the regrets he and Lou Xiao'e have.
Lin Cuiqing then said that the chef she hired was the heir to the royal cuisine and there was no need to be foolish.
Xu Damao agreed with her, it was not the most important thing whether the royal family was good or not, as long as his marriage went smoothly.
After dinner, Lin Cuiqing rode her bicycle directly to her friend's place, but Xu Damao had nothing to do.
Sitting leisurely on a chair and drinking tea, the fuss and bustle just now is completely gone.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After everyone finished eating, the people in the courtyard gathered at the door of Xu Damao's house again and started chatting.
When Xu Damao saw this, he called Qin Jingru over and asked her to help boil and pour water.
Qin Huairu has already gone to work, Banggeng lets him play in the house by himself.
The midday sun was warm on his body, and the aunts and uncles around him were chatting very lively, and the topics were ever-changing. Xu Damao's thinking almost couldn't keep up.
Not long after, Lin Cuiqing came back with a cook, and first asked the cook to see what pots were used in the venue, where to build the stove, and how many stoves to build.
These are all very particular and cannot be achieved with briquettes.
When Lin Cuiqing took the cook to see the venue, the original lively sounds in the courtyard gradually disappeared.
In the past, Sha Zhu was in charge of everyone's affairs. Although everyone knew about the conflict between Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, they didn't expect it to become public.
If Xu Damao does this, people in the yard will no longer have to look for Sha Zhu to take charge.
You have to go to someone else, so why bother to find someone who speaks in a horrible way to make things difficult for you?
Treating guests is always a good thing. On a good day, sometimes you can get Silly Zhu to break up the atmosphere with a few words.
It is also appropriate to pay, but when Silly Zhu was about to leave, he still had to take something and say it was a rule.
In the past, I couldn't save my face, and it would look bad if someone in the courtyard didn't ask for his help.
If Xu Damao breaks this rule, it will be a good thing for everyone.
For a while, the conversation in the courtyard started again, and it was a bit more lively than before.
There aren't many good things about watching the excitement, but I don't know how Silly Zhu will deal with it this time.
After the cook saw the venue, he followed Lin Cuiqing to Xu Damao's side.
When the cook named Baoxiang saw Xu Damao, he quickly expressed his gratitude: "Director Xu, thank you very much for taking care of our lady during this time."
"Don't worry about what happens tomorrow. I will use all my means to make sure you have a face."
Xu Damao looked at Lin Cuiqing and then at Baoxiang, thinking that this person was just a dog licker.
After exchanging polite words, Baoxiang said that if you want to make a big pot dish, at least three pots are needed.
Boil water for steaming steamed buns, stir-fry vegetables, and make large pot of vegetables.
He can cook on the stove but doesn't know the caliber of the pot, so he can't do it for the time being.
This is easy to do. There are still a lot of big pots in the factory, all left over from the days when satellites were used to eat in big pots a few years ago.
Immediately, I asked an aunt in the courtyard who had nimble legs to run to the factory.
Ask Daniel to go to the canteen director to borrow a pot and a steamer, and bring back some bricks and stones to build the stove.
After the aunt left, Xu Damao kept talking to Baoxiang and Lin Cuiqing.
Not long after, Daniel led several people and arrived at the courtyard with their things.
The director of the cafeteria not only delivered everything, but also asked several people from the cafeteria to come over and help with the work, but did not ask Si Zhu to come back.
Xu Damao quickly dispersed a circle of smoke, and everyone started to take action.
The people who came were all experienced people with lots of strength, those who moved the bricks and those who moved the clay together.
This kind of temporary stove is very simple, and it only takes half an hour to complete it.
After another round of smoke, the group of people left. Daniel was a little embarrassed, so he stayed.
He and Xu Damao had similar ideas, but Lin Cuiqing was not as considerate as she was. She thought she would be fine in the afternoon, but she knew there was a lot more going on.
When the commotion in the middle courtyard rang out, the old lady in the backyard had already learned from the eldest mother that Xu Damao had hired a cook from outside and had no intention of using Silly Pillar to cook the food.
But what can she do? She can't force the cow to drink water.
I originally hoped that Si Zhu could ease the relationship with Xu Damao when he got married.
Now I can only hope that Shazhu will open his eyes and give the gift that needs to be given.
The old lady decided to ask the aunt to bring her to her place as soon as Si Zhu got off work, so as to prevent the two cooks from fighting.
Thank God if nothing messy happens.
Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Lin Cuiqing had already placed a notepad on the table by the door, placed a plate of sugar and cigarettes, and was ready to start accounting if anyone came.
When Xu Damao saw it, he immediately stopped him. How could the accountant be a woman? It was disgraceful to others.
Then I went to the third aunt and asked the third uncle to keep the accounts for a while. Lin Cuiqing could just collect the things and collect the money.
Teachers in this era usually came back very early, so the third uncle quickly sat at the table and acted as a counting house.
As the people in the courtyard begin to disperse, it means that those who go to work are about to come back, and they have to go home to cook.
As for inviting everyone to dinner, don't think too much about it, everyone is here to compliment you.
It would be nice if you can manage a meal on the wedding day. Usually, you just eat a piece of candy after giving the gifts and that's it.
The first people to come back are the two uncles, who will play the role of welcoming guests later.
Most of them had known each other for a long time in the factory, so Xu Damao entrusted this matter to these two.
As for Jia Fei and others, they can just show off to each other. You must know that the people here today may all be leaders, so it's a good thing to look familiar to them.
Not long after, all the members of the Publicity Department came together.
After being brought in by the two uncles, Xu Damao smoked cigarettes and Lin Cuiqing handed out candy.
The group of people didn't stay long, delivered the things and took down the accounts, then left.
Then people from the office building and some team leaders and deputy team leaders came one after another.
Most of them didn't stay too much either. Wouldn't it be nice to just stay and go home without worrying about food?
Only the majority of the staff in the office building remained, and several others went to the door to serve as assistants to the two uncles.
The factory director and director did not wait. Director Liang from the subdistrict office and Section Chief Liang from the security department came together.
This had to be welcomed into the house. Xu Damao led the two of them into the house.
Before I could sit down, I heard the directors calling from outside. After apologizing and asking the two of them to relieve themselves, Xu Damao went out again.
There was no way he was going to die today. This was also the disadvantage of not having his family around.
Then several factory directors came together with the directors of the branch factories below.
This also brought the atmosphere in the yard to its climax. I didn't know him but there were people around me who knew him. Basically all the directors of the branch factories below were here.
Xu Damao usually kept quiet, but why were all the factory directors here? The more I wondered, the more terrifying Xu Damao's connections became.
In fact, not only the whole street was in a state of shock, but several cars were parked on the roadside.
There are as many as twenty or thirty bicycles in the alley. Have you ever seen this scene these days?
To be continued...