If you want to hold a college entrance banquet, you must invite everyone you have good connections with. Tian Shao thought about it and invited Section Chief He, Li Jia, Tang Yuanyuan, the class teacher in high school and others. As for the students in the study group, none of them were invited, because
Most of these students have gone to school, so inviting them is equivalent to asking their parents to give them gifts.
Thinking of giving gifts, Tian Shao returned home and said to Li Guihua: "Mom, our family will not accept gifts for this college entrance banquet. We will invite relatives and friends to join in the fun."
Li Guihua was unhappy: "How can we let them eat and drink for free?"
Tian Shao felt that those who were not well off in the village would not be able to give much if they were asked to give it away. This small amount of money was nothing to them, but to those in the same family, it might be three or four months' worth of salt.
Tian Dalin felt that what Tian Shao said made sense and agreed with her suggestion: "Our family is so good now, so we treat it as a treat for our relatives to have a good meal. Everyone will only praise us for being generous when they get benefits."
Although Li Guihua was not happy, they both agreed that they had no choice but to obey. Then, she went door-to-door to invite people to help cook, and then specifically told not to give gifts. This behavior was praised by everyone in the family.
On the day of the college entrance banquet, everyone invited by Tian Shao came. It was a working day, but everyone took time off to drink Tian Shao's wedding wine. We may not be able to drink the wedding wine of Peking University students in the future.
Tang Yuanyuan brought all her daughters over, and when she saw Tian Shao, she handed the child to her: "Quick, hug my daughter, let her share your joy, and she will learn to read like you in the future."
Hearing this, Li Aihua, who was holding the child, was happy and said loudly: "I am not as ambitious as you. If my Xuanxuan is half as good as Tian Shao, I will be satisfied."
When Li's mother heard this, she immediately said: "They say that my nephew is like my uncle. Our Xuanxuan will definitely do well in school in the future."
Li Aiguo was admitted to the University of Technology in Bingcheng, which greatly enhanced Li's mother's face. Now everyone in the factory does not envy her, saying that she can teach children and that all three children are promising.
Tian Shao smiled and invited them into the room to chat.
Uncle Li is also here. After more than three months of recovery, his injuries are almost healed, except that his right hand is still hanging. Now he can basically take care of himself, but he can't do any work now.
The dishes for the entrance banquet were planned by Tian Shao, including braised pork with pickled vegetables, steamed pork with rice flour, chicken nuggets stewed with potatoes, steamed fish, braised pork, braised tofu, steamed eggs, vermicelli stew and pork ribs and kelp soup.
After the banquet started, Uncle Li sat in the first seat, nodding his head as he watched the dishes being served one after another. His niece was still very generous. She didn't accept the gift and even bought six meat, two vegetarian and one soup. Everyone would talk about her in the future.
One is ready.
The food tasted very good. Uncle Li felt that the only regret was that he could not drink alcohol. He would always drink boiled water when greeting his guests. However, for such a big happy event, he would be happy even if he drank boiled water.
After eating, the guests all went back one after another. Mother Li stuffed a red envelope into Tian Shao's hand and said with a smile: "I heard from Zhao Kang that you will be leaving the next day. Auntie is here to wish you a safe journey.
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Tian Shao declined: "Auntie, I said I won't accept gifts. I'm very happy that you can come to have a drink. And you helped buy the wine today."
The two boxes of wine on the wine table today were bought from the winery where Mother Li works.
Mother Li stuffed the red envelope into her hand and said with a smile: "You helped my family become patriotic, and Lao Li and I don't know how to thank you. You must accept this red envelope today. Otherwise, Lao Li won't be able to come back."
Tell me."
Li's father was sent to study in the district for half a month. Likewise, after Li Aiguo's notice arrived, Li's mother gave up on the business and asked him to go to Li Yuan's house in the provincial capital for two days, and then go directly to the school to report.
Immediately afterwards, Li Aihua, Section Chief He and others also gave red envelopes to Tian Shao when they left. Everyone said the same thing. I was very happy to invite them to the wedding banquet, but they couldn't just eat and drink for free.
After the banquet was over, my eldest aunt and several aunts from my family helped clean up, and then sent all the tables, chairs and pans back. Soon, the originally busy courtyard suddenly became quiet.
Liuya brought a bowl of green vegetable noodles to Tian Shao, but she noticed that Tian Shao hadn't eaten yet. Knowing that Tian Shao was very particular, Liuya also specially explained: "Don't worry, eldest sister, I specially asked Third Sister to give it to me."
You did it."
Tian Shao has been busy greeting the guests. Later, when the guests were served, she went to look at the kitchen. There was no problem in the kitchen. The guests had finished eating and were leaving. She was so busy that she only drank a glass of water.
Tian Shao lost her appetite after looking at the greasy vegetables at the banquet, but the refreshing look of this bowl of vegetable noodles gave her an appetite. I have to say, Liu Ya was really considerate.
After eating the noodles, Tian Shao was too tired to go back to the house to sleep. When he woke up, he immediately called Erya and the others to clean up.
Li Guihua and Tian Dalin complained: "Those tables and chairs, I just wiped them and still need to wash them. Isn't this a waste of soap?"
Tian Dalin knew that Tian Shao loved cleanliness, so he said: "The tables and chairs are stained with oil. How can I wipe them clean? Oh, don't worry about this. Daya bought the soap anyway."
Out of sight, out of mind, Li Guihua went to Li's house to visit her mother.
There is strength in numbers, and it took six people more than two hours to clean the main room and kitchen.
Tian Shao felt much more comfortable looking at the clean stove.
After finishing cleaning, Tian Shao thought about Zhao Kang's entrustment and went to Li's house to talk about it.
When Sister-in-law Li heard that she was being offered a salary of twenty-five yuan a month plus three meals a day, she agreed without thinking. Such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern! Moreover, she can do laundry, cook, and take care of the children without being tired.
Uncle Li and aunt also thought it was a good thing, and they knew who Li Aihua and Zhao Kang were and could trust them. As a result, Li Dakui was unhappy.
Sister-in-law Li was very anxious and said, "Dakui, I only need to work for one year to pay off the famine in our family. Why don't you agree?"
To build a house and Uncle Li fell ill, the family borrowed more than 300 yuan. She could save 300 yuan a year by going to work, and the remaining dozens of yuan could be used to sell mountain products. With so much money, Mrs. Li was burdened
In her heart, she was a little panicked.
Li Dakui didn't say the reason, and just said in a low voice: "It's not why, I just don't agree."
My aunt originally wanted to persuade her, but Uncle Li stopped me: "If Dakui doesn't want to do it, forget it. In a few days, we can go to the mountains to pick wild products, and we can still sell them for a lot of money."
Although washing and cooking is hard work, it is much easier than going into the mountains to pick wild products, and it is also safe. However, his son is unwilling, and Uncle Li feels that this cannot be done forcefully.
The eldest aunt said: "How can this be done according to his temper? Picking mountain products is only for a short time, but taking care of Director Li's children can last for a year. After one year of work, all the foreign debts of the family can be paid off.
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Uncle Li said: "Listen to me and let the couple handle this matter by themselves."