Although Yan Jiecheng has a somewhat bad reputation around the courtyard.
As Yan Bugui is the third uncle and an old teacher, and is usually very popular, there are quite a few people who come to attend the Yan family's wedding banquet.
Yan Bugui is a cultural person. When other people's families have happy events, he is usually responsible for collecting gift money. Today is Yan Jiecheng's wedding. As the father of the bridegroom, naturally he can no longer do these chores.
Originally, Yan Bugui thought of asking Li Donglai to collect the gift money for him, but then he thought to himself that he didn't seem to have that much face, so he had to settle for the next best thing and entrust Liu Haizhong with the task of collecting the gift money.
certainly.
In order to prevent Liu Haizhong from causing trouble when receiving the gift money, Yan Bugui specially sent him an assistant - Yan Jiedi.
Yan Jiedi was also a down-to-earth girl. She moved a small stool and sat in front of Liu Haizhong, staring at Liu Haizhong's every move.
As the second uncle, Liu Haizhong didn't originally want to blackmail the Yan family's money (he did, the key point is that Yan Bugui, a stingy little man, will definitely calculate everything clearly.)
Now being stared at by Yan Jiedi, she suddenly felt unhappy.
"I said Yan Jiedi, it's so lively today, there are so many children outside, why don't you go and play with them."
After being stared at by Yan Jiedi for twenty minutes, Liu Haizhong couldn't bear it anymore.
Yan Jiedi shook her head: "My father said that you are not a good person and asked me to keep an eye on you to prevent you from stealing my family's money."
Good guy, Yan Jiedi is also honest enough and clearly stated what Yan Bugui told her.
Now, Liu Haizhong couldn't bear it anymore.
"Snapped"
He slammed the table, his eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Since Lao Yan can't trust people, why do you want me to accept gift money? I won't do this job anymore!"
Liu Haizhong was also a face-conscious person. He threw the gift list on the table, turned around and ran away.
Weddings are full of tricks. We have seen the new daughter-in-law running away with her lover, and the groom running away from home, but no one has ever seen the bride-to-be receiving gift money.
Those who came to hand over gifts burst into laughter.
After Yan Bugui learned about this, he gave Yan Jiedi a lesson: "You kid, why are you so stupid? Why did you tell Liu Haizhong what I told you?"
Yan Jiedi looked aggrieved: "But you didn't tell me either."
Well... with such a daughter, there is nothing Yan Bugui can do.
However, now he couldn't care less about being angry with Yan Jiedi. The most important thing was to quickly find another person to receive the gift money.
The person receiving the gift money must not only have some prestige, but also be literate. There are not many people in the courtyard who can take on the important task of receiving the gift money.
It is impossible to invite Li Donglai and Ding Qiunan from the Li family.
So Yan Bugui thought of Shazhu's daughter-in-law Yu Juhua.
Yu Juhua was a butcher at the food station. This profession was not considered popular in later generations, but in this era it was quite impressive.
Moreover, she is strong-looking and able to hold her own.
Yu Juhua was helping Sha Zhu prepare the ingredients for the wedding banquet. After hearing Yan Bugui's request, her eyes widened instantly.
"What the hell, you want me to be the recipient of gift money?"
"Yes, Comrade Yu Juhua, you are a hero among girls and the light of our courtyard. This position belongs to you."
Yan Bugui is generous with his kind words.
Yu Juhua especially liked to listen well and be obedient. She threw down the carrot and said loudly: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely handle things properly for you."
Due to Yu Juhua's simple nature, Yan Bugui also learned the lesson from last time and did not send Yan Jiedi to keep an eye on him this time.
Yu Juhua was sitting at the gift table, facing the guests who were giving gifts, feeling like a general.
Ding Qiunan came to hand over the gift early in the morning. When he saw Juhua sitting there, he smiled curiously and said, "Juhua, why is it you?"
Yu Juhua smiled naively: "Sister-in-law, the third uncle said that this job was prepared for me."
Ding Qiunan smiled and said: "Okay, here, this is a gift from our family, a total of ten yuan."
Gifts in this era were not much, usually only two yuan, but in the countryside there were still a few cents.
However, when Li Donglai and Ding Qiunan got married, Yan Bugui handed over ten yuan, so Li Donglai naturally wanted to take this opportunity to return the favor.
"Li Dong comes home, ten yuan."
Yu Juhua took the money, counted it, put it in a cardboard box made of newspapers, and then wrote her name and the amount of money on the gift book.
The people who came later to hand over gifts also had more or less money.
"Zhang family, two yuan."
"Wang family, fifty cents."
"Zhou family, four yuan."
....
Yu Juhua was reluctant to accept the money and was so excited that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.
Suddenly, a blank piece of paper appeared in front of her.
Yu Juhua was stunned, raised her head and looked at Jia Zhang: "Jia Zhang, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Look at you girl, why are you still so stupid? Of course I am handing you a gift."
Jia Zhang's nostrils were piercing the sky, and her expression was arrogant. She pointed her finger at the words on the note: "Don't you know the words?"
Seeing her disgusting look, Yu Juhua really wanted to punch her in the face, but she thought of her responsibilities and held back.
Yu Juhua picked up the note and read loudly: "The Yan family once owed the Jia family a wedding banquet. With this IOU, the gift money is waived."
Yu Juhua frowned and looked at Jia Zhang: "What do you mean?"
"Ha, you don't understand! When my little Huaihua held a wedding banquet, Yan Bugui didn't go, so he owed my family money. This time I went to Yan's family for the wedding banquet, so I didn't have to pay any money.
If the gift is money, the two cancel each other out."
After listening to Jia Zhang's explanation, Yu Juhua frowned and started thinking. She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't remember it.
Jia Zhang was urging her from the side: "You are a gift recipient, why are your hands and feet so slow? Hurry up and write my name on the gift book."
Amidst the urging, Yu Juhua picked up the pen and just wrote the word "Jia" when she suddenly remembered something. She raised her head and glared at Jia Zhang and said, "That's not right. The Yan family didn't come to your house for a banquet last time, so of course there's no need."
I paid the gift money, how can I owe your family money?"
"Oh, who told him not to eat?" Mrs. Jia Zhang pinched her waist with both hands and pointed at Yu Juhua's nose and said: "You little girl, you are really stupid. This money does not belong to your family. You care about that?"
Do more."
Yu Juhua now realized that Jia Zhang wanted to eat and drink for free.
In this case, she could no longer swallow her anger.
Yu Juhua jumped out from behind the gift table. Before Jia Zhang could react, he reached out and grabbed Jia Zhang's arm, put it on his shoulder, and threw her back hard.
"Bah"
Mrs. Jia Zhang was thrown to the ground heavily, covering her arm and screaming in pain.
"Yu Juhua, you are a murderer of a thousand swords. What do you have to do with the affairs between me and the Yan family? Who asked you to meddle in other people's business?"
'Snapped'
Before she finished speaking, Jia Zhang received a big slap on her face.
Yu Juhua's strength was already very strong, but driven by anger, this slap was really a bit heavy.
A bright red slap mark appeared on Jia Zhang's cheek.
She covered her mouth and wanted to continue cursing, but when she saw that Yu Juhua had raised her fists, she got up from the ground in fright and ran away in a flash.
....
"Oh, Qin Huairu, you are so harsh, do you want me to die early?"
In Jia's house, Mrs. Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at Qin Huairu who was applying purple liquid to her.
Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang with a bruised nose and swollen face, and it took a lot of effort to hold back her smile.
"Mom, our name is not on the gift list now. The Yan family will definitely not allocate a place to us. Are we going to have a wedding banquet at noon?"
"Eat, why don't you eat!"
Jia Zhang sneered: "Today I will let Yan Bugui know what it means to eat the King's meal."
....
"Crackling"
Along with the crisp sound of firecrackers, the guests who came to attend the wedding banquet gathered in the front yard.
The Yan family had already set up dozens of tables in the front yard. The tables were long and looked like they were borrowed from school.
As the host, Yan Bugui loudly greeted the guests to sit according to their seats. Sometimes when he saw someone sitting in the wrong position, he had to correct it.
The seats are arranged in advance according to status and seniority. If the seats are messed up, there may be a fight.
Yan Bugui was busy talking when he saw Jia Zhang's big horse with a golden sword sitting next to him. Although he felt a little strange, he didn't think much about it.
"Wang Zhenshan...Wang Zhenshan..."
Yan Bugui pointed to Jia Zhang's position and said, "Go and sit there."
Wang Zhenshan is Yan Bugui's colleague and a teacher at Hongxing Primary School. He nodded and walked quickly to Jia Zhang.
He smiled and said: "Madam, you are sitting in the wrong place. The people sitting at this table are all Mr. Yan's colleagues, and relatives and friends are at the table over there."
"Get out!" Jia Zhang didn't even look back.
"ah?"
"Go away, I said you, a young man, are wearing a pair of glasses. Your eyes are not working well, and your ears are not working well either?"
Jia Zhang's eyes also squinted, and spittle sprayed onto Wang Zhenshan's face.
Wang Zhenshan is a cultural person, and his daily job is to teach in schools. How have I ever seen such an unreasonable old woman?
His face suddenly turned red and he said in a trembling voice: "Auntie, today is Yan Jiecheng's happy day. As his relatives and friends..."
"Get out!" Jia Zhang said coldly: "I'm just sitting here today to see who can do anything to me!"
Wang Zhenshan was completely helpless this time. He turned around and ran to Yan Bugui and told him what had just happened.
Only then did Yan Bugui remember that he had never seen Jia Zhang's name on the gift list table.
He realized something was wrong.
Today is Yan Jiecheng's wedding day. If the Jia and Zhang family make trouble here, the Yan family will become a joke in the eyes of relatives and friends.
But he knew that Jia and Zhang were not easy to deal with, and he alone might not be his opponent, so he found the third aunt.
The third aunt was shocked when she heard this and realized the seriousness of the problem. She followed Yan Bugui to Jia Zhang.
She licked her face and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, you are here to attend our Yan Jiecheng's wedding banquet today. Our Yan family is very grateful, but according to the regulations, should we hand over the gift money?"
"I don't have any money. I'm just here to eat the King's meal today. What can you do?" Jia Zhang's triangular eyes also slanted.
She was too lazy to make excuses now.
The third aunt was so stunned by Jia Zhang's righteousness that she almost gasped.
She pointed at Jia Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, we are all neighbors. When Lao Jia was still here, we had a very good relationship with our Lao Yan. How could you do this!"
"I'm just here to eat the King's meal today, what can you do with me!"
As Jia Zhang spoke, she also picked up two enamel basins and threw them on the table: "Not only do I have to eat, I also want to take the leftovers back. These two basins must be filled for me today."
Looking at the two enamel basins, a cold sweat broke out on Yan Bugui's forehead.
If these two things are full, the guests at this table will not even think about picking up food.
The people who came to the wedding banquet also noticed the situation here and came over one after another.
Pointing at Jia and Zhang, there was a lot of discussion.
"Who is that? So arrogant."
"Hey, who else can it be besides Jia Zhang from the Jia family?"
"She is Jia Zhang... No wonder, the Yan family is in dire straits today."
"Yes, Mrs. Jia Zhang is the most unreasonable person. If Yan Bugui doesn't handle it well, today's wedding banquet may not be possible."
....
During the discussion, Yan Bugui also realized the seriousness of the problem.
But he really didn't have any good ideas for Jia Zhang.
In normal times, he could report to the police station and ask the comrades from the police station to take away Mrs. Jia Zhang.
But today is Yan Jiecheng's happy day, so it is not appropriate to alarm the officials.
There was really no other way, so Yan Bugui had no choice but to shamelessly come to Li's house.
Li Donglai originally thought he was calling him to attend the wedding banquet. After hearing what Jia Zhang did, he laughed and said, "Jia Zhang really asked for trouble. Let's go, I'll go meet her."
It's not that Li Donglai must help the Yanbu family, but the wedding banquet was reported in the courtyard. If something really happened, it would definitely affect the reputation of the courtyard.
As the grand master of the courtyard, Li Donglai naturally had to maintain the reputation of the courtyard.
When Li Donglai came to the front yard of the courtyard, people were already surrounding Jia Zhang. Sitting in the crowd, Jia Zhang looked very embarrassed.
But when she saw Li Donglai's figure, her face suddenly darkened and she subconsciously moved back.
"Li Donglai, today is a matter between me and the Yan family, it has nothing to do with you."
After many battles, Jia Zhang was a little scared when she saw Li Donglai.
Li Donglai chuckled and said: "Mr. Jia Zhang, I am the eldest son of the courtyard. If you cause trouble in the courtyard, you have something to do with me. Now I order you to grab your washbasin and get out of here."
Although Mrs. Jia Zhang was afraid of Li Donglai, she had been hungry for several days for this extended banquet and could not give up when she saw that she was about to eat meat.
Mrs. Jia Zhang folded her arms and snorted coldly: "I'm just sitting here today to see what you can do to me!"
In her opinion, Yan Bugui, as the third uncle, could not do anything to her, so Li Donglai, as the first uncle, could not do anything to her.
It's a pity that she still underestimated Li Donglai.
I saw Li Donglai waving to Shazhu and Yu Juhua outside the crowd: "You two, throw this troublemaking old thing out."
Silly Zhu and Yu Juhua had long been dissatisfied with the Jia Zhang family, but they didn't want to interfere with Jia Yan's family's business, so they didn't take action.
Now that they had received Li Donglai's order, the two of them rushed forward. Regardless of Jia Zhang's struggle, one hugged her upper body and the other hugged her upper body, and threw her onto the road outside.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
