At this time, the courtyard was already a bustling scene.
Early in the morning, Liu Haizhong and his second aunt built an earth stove at the door. The bricks used for the stove were secretly obtained by Liu Haizhong from the construction site on the street last night.
After working hard to build the stove, Liu Haizhong suddenly realized a serious problem. Silly Zhu was acting like a chef and refused to do chores such as setting fire and chopping vegetables, and Liu Guangfu was today's protagonist.
Just like the groom at a wedding, it is impossible to help Liu Haizhong do these things.
So the Liu family now needs a helper.
Liu Haizhong scratched his head dejectedly: "Now that we've been together, where are we going to find someone?"
"There are a lot of idle people in the courtyard, but most of them will come to attend today's banquet. They are considered our guests. Even if we are not careful, we can't let the guests help us with the work." The second aunt counted on her fingers for a while.
Suddenly his eyes lit up: "Yes, as for the Yan family, the Jia family and Li Donglai's family were not invited. Li Donglai's two sons are still too young and cannot work at all.
The Jia family’s Banggeng is a lazy guy, and I’m afraid that Jia and Zhang will make trouble, so I can’t hire Banggeng.
The only people we can invite now are Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiecheng from the Yanbu noble family."
"Okay, I'll go now!"
Liu Haizhong was scratching his head anxiously at this moment. Hearing this, he stood up without hesitation and came to Yanbu Gui's house in the front yard.
Yan Bugui didn't have a good look when he saw Liu Haizhong. On the one hand, it was because of Liu Haizhong that his bicycle fell down. On the other hand, Liu Haizhong was obviously going to be unlucky today, and Yan Bugui definitely didn't want to mess with him.
relationship.
"One dollar!"
Liu Haizhong knew Yan Bugui's temperament, so he took out a banknote from his pocket without any hesitation.
Looking at the banknote, Yan Bugui's worries were instantly thrown to the back of his mind: "Second uncle, what do you want to do?"
Liu Haizhong explained his plan, and Yan Bugui was ecstatic. This was a good opportunity to make money.
only....
Yan Bugui suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Haizhong: "Your family is so busy. Not only do you have to light the fire and cut vegetables, but you also have to carry and wash the dishes. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to handle alone. How about you bring Yan Jiekuang with you? This guy is so young."
If you're younger, how about I give you fifty cents?"
"One and a half for two people..." Liu Haizhong was silent for a moment, then took out another fifty cents from his pocket and handed it over: "Deal."
After taking the money, Yan Bugui said in his heart that he had made a fortune.
He usually earns less than one yuan by picking up scraps for a week, but in this short time, he earned one yuan and fifty cents. It would be great if this kind of good thing could happen every day.
After taking other people's money, you have to do things for them. Yan Bugui opened the door and shouted inside: "Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiekang, the second uncle's family is short of manpower to hold a banquet today. We are all in the same courtyard.
You two, hurry up and help the second uncle at home!"
Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiekang were both lying on the bed and sleeping in. When they heard this, they suddenly felt depressed.
"Are you kidding me? It's so hard to spend the weekend without letting anyone take a break!"
"Yes, yes, I am less than fifteen years old, how can I work!"
Seeing his two sons lying on the bed, Yan Bugui was not anxious, but said lightly: "If any of you don't help the second uncle, you won't be able to ride a bicycle in the next two months!"
Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiekang both jumped up from the bed quickly, ran to Liu Haizhong, licked their faces and said with a smile: "Second uncle, what do you want us to do?"
Just kidding, bicycles these days are like Ferrari sports cars. Yan Jiecheng often takes Huang Yanling around on his bicycle these days. As a junior high school student, Yan Jiekuang also had his first love interest and invited a girl named Dahong from his class to play in the park.
Dahong has fair skin, a small oval face, and a black whip hanging from the back of her head. She is very popular with male classmates in the class, and many male classmates secretly slip notes to her.
The only reason why she agreed to the humble Yan Jiekuang was because of the bicycle.
For the sake of his youthful dream, Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to compromise.
Looking at the two young helpers who were eager to try, Liu Haizhong was somewhat impressed by Yan Bugui. This guy had really done a great job in educating his sons.
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui are about the same age and have children at about the same age. They also discussed how to raise children at that time.
Liu Haizhong has only one way of trading, and that is education with a stick. As long as the children are beaten, they will be filial in the future.
As an old teacher, Yan Bugui said that if he wanted to make the children obedient, he should control them financially.
Just record all the money they spent from childhood to adulthood, then multiply it by ten, and ask them to repay it when they grow up. Looking at the astronomical amount of raising fees, the children will obediently obey him.
Neither of them could convince the other at that time, and each educated their children in their own way. Now it seems that Yan Bugui is better.
It's just that Liu Haizhong couldn't care less about these emotions at this moment.
After he found the two helpers, he immediately went to the middle courtyard and knocked on the door of Shazhu's house.
Looking at the sleepy Silly Zhu, Liu Haizhong urged: "Sinzhu, hurry up and cook."
"I know, can you please calm down this early in the morning?" Silly Zhu replied impatiently. Remembering Li Donglai's instructions, he still put on his clothes and yawned as he arrived at Liu's house.
At this time, two helpers, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiekang, had already raised the fire, and Shazhu also entered working mode, first cutting all the pork into pieces.
Now that the cook is in place, what Liu Haizhong needs to do next is the focus of this feast, which is to collect the gift money.
Logically speaking, the host of the banquet does not need to accept the gift himself, but will entrust a reputable householder to collect the gift money on his behalf.
It's just that Liu Haizhong didn't trust anyone, so he could only move a table by himself and stand at the door of the backyard.
He put red paper on the table, picked up a pen, and stared at every resident who came in and out.
"Old Zhang's family, it seems you haven't handed over the gift yet, right?"
Aunt Zhang was about to go shopping for groceries. When she heard this, she felt reluctant. How could she force anyone to pay a gift? It was just that she had promised the second aunt a few days ago. If she didn't pay it now, it didn't seem to be the case.
Son.
She could only take out more than three yuan from her pocket and put it on the table.
The harvest season has finally arrived. When I saw the money in my bangs, I was so excited that I almost couldn’t close my mouth.
He put the money into his pocket, then wrote his name on the red paper, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Old Zhang is fake, he paid a gift of three yuan."
The voice was loud and elongated, and almost all the residents in the courtyard heard it. In this way, those residents all knew that it was time to pay the gift money.
Although I didn't want to, there was still a long queue at the gift list table.
Looking at the three yuan each, Liu Haizhong was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He sighed in his heart. This courtyard is really too small. There are only more than 20 households. If there are more than 200 households, then he
He must have made a fortune.
"Uncle Liu, three yuan!"
"Little wife of the Zhang family, three yuan!"
....
After a while, almost all the residents in the compound had paid enough money. Liu Haizhong counted them and found that there was no shortage of households, so he thought about putting away the stalls and preparing to entertain guests.
At this moment, a big unity appeared on the table.
hiss....
Liu Haizhong couldn't help but take a breath, and without thinking, he put the big ball in his pocket, then raised his head and looked at the most generous resident.
With just one glance, cold sweat started to flow from his bangs, his legs became weak, and he squatted down on the chair.
He gasped for air and looked at Director Wang of the sub-district office in disbelief. After trying hard for a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a smile: "Director Wang, are you also coming to my banquet?"
Seeing Liu Haizhong pretending to be confused, Director Wang said coldly: "What do you think?"
Liu Haizhong was silent for a moment, and finally took Da Tuan Tuan out of his pocket and timidly handed it to Director Wang: "Director, please listen to my explanation..."
In the past, Director Wang would have started to scold Liu Haizhong, but thinking of Li Donglai's plan, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said coldly: "Okay, you start explaining now!"
At this time, the residents who had just paid the gift money did not go far, and they all gathered around. Seeing Director Wang appearing here, and the sweaty look on his bangs, everyone immediately understood what happened.
There was a lot of discussion immediately.
"It seems that Liu Haizhong held this banquet and did not report it to the street."
"Definitely not, otherwise Director Wang will come looking for trouble?"
"Now we have a good show. Our Director Wang, although he is not very amiable on weekdays, is very powerful when he gets angry!"
.....
The residents gathered around, but Liu Haizhong still didn't speak. Director Wang from the subdistrict office had to urge: "Liu Haizhong?"
"Ah!" Liu Haizhong quickly laughed and said: "The thing is like this, my Liu Guangfu left home a while ago, and this time he came back. Our family is equivalent to having an extra son. How can we not handle such a big happy event?
Where’s the banquet?”
"Really..." Director Wang of the sub-district office smiled incredulously, and suddenly raised his voice: "In that case, whose children join the work in the future, will they be able to hold banquets?"
Hearing this, Liu Haizhong was speechless.
Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office continued: "In the future, if a patient's patient is discharged from the hospital, can he hold a banquet? If a family gets divorced, can he also hold a banquet?"
She looked past her bangs, glanced at the faces of everyone in the courtyard, and said sternly: "If you continue like this, how many banquets will we have in our courtyard every year? We are in a difficult period now. If
If everyone holds grand banquets and collects gifts from residents like you, how can we develop?"
Hearing this, Liu Haizhong immediately felt that something was wrong. Director Wang was trying to raise the seriousness of the matter to a higher level, and he wanted to go online.
He quickly waved his hand at Director Wang: "Director, you are too serious, I just held a banquet..."
Before he finished speaking, Director Wang interrupted him: "Liu Haizhong, it seems you still don't realize the seriousness of the problem..."
As he spoke, he turned around and pulled out a middle-aged resident from the side: "Aunt Zhang, let me ask you, since Liu Haizhong is going to hold a banquet, have you also had the idea of holding a banquet?"
The aunt of the Zhang family nodded heavily: "Director, you are right. Liu Guangfu is Liu Haizhong's son. He only goes home once and Liu Haizhong will hold a banquet. My son got double hundred points in the final exam last year. I am better than Liu Haizhong."
I am still excited, so I also want to hold a banquet, otherwise, will I suffer a loss?!"
These words resonated in the hearts of the residents, and everyone nodded.
"Yes, a small thing can hold a feast. Why don't we hold one?"
"This thing makes money. If you don't make money, wouldn't you be a fool?"
"Yes, yes, I have to do it next month too."
....
Hearing the residents' discussions, Liu Haizhong's expression changed, but Director Wang of the Street Office felt a sense of fear in his heart.
If it weren't for Li Donglai's reminder, she would not have realized the seriousness of the problem. If this bad trend was allowed to spread, how much waste would be caused!
Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office took a deep breath to wake himself up, and then waved his hands to the residents to signal them to calm down.
When the scene was completely silent, she said coldly: "Everyone has said so much, and I have all understood it. Now I have a question for everyone. If everyone holds a banquet, will you make money or lose money?"
Already?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As soon as these words came out, the residents in the courtyard were stunned.
They really haven't thought about this problem.
"You must have made money, after all, hosting a banquet is a matter of making money!"
"How is that possible? Everyone is holding a banquet. You hold a banquet and invite others. When someone else holds a banquet, you have to participate. When the time comes, don't you have to give them money?"
"Yes, yes, if you calculate it this way, none of you can make any money."
"Not only can't you make money, but you also have to lose money. After all, hosting a banquet also costs money."
....
The residents of the courtyard house have always lived a simple life, and they quickly understood the accounts.
Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office saw this situation and said loudly: "It seems that everyone has understood that everyone holding a banquet will not only fail to make money, but will also cause a waste of limited resources, so we must resolutely resist this unhealthy trend now!"
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Bang bang bang bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of tearful applause in the courtyard.
At this time, the residents were sweating down their spines, and they were afraid. If they really did what Liu Haizhong did, it would be terrible!
And Liu Haizhong was already trembling with fear.
He just wanted to make some money through the banquet, and had no intention of engaging in evil behavior at all.
Moreover.
If he really knew that the matter would be so serious, he would definitely not dare to do this!
Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office turned to look at Liu Haizhong: "Liu Haizhong, what else do you have to say now?"
"I...I really didn't mean it, Director Wang, please believe me!" Liu Haizhong almost cried.
Director Wang from the sub-district office shook his head: "It's been this long, and you still don't know where you went wrong. It seems you are hopeless. From today on, you are no longer the second uncle in the courtyard!"
