Chapter 28: Doing business is treating guests to drinks
Today, my eldest sister-in-law was supposed to go to the market to collect the goods, but for Wu Li's sake, she handed them over to her brother to watch at the market. At noon, my eldest brother and sister-in-law went to the market to hand over the goods to the people sent by Lao Wang to pull them, and immediately
I rushed back and prepared dinner for Wu Li for dinner.
Wu Li got everything together.
Chicken, duck, fish, meat, herring, turtle, shrimp, crab, eel, loach, these are meat foods.
Cucumbers, water spinach, Chinese cabbage, nut beans, peas, edamame, luffa, wild rice, eggplant, chicken claw mushrooms, fungus, these are self-grown vegetarian vegetables.
In addition, I don't know whether they are meat or vegetarian grass eggs and salted duck eggs, as well as fried peanuts for drinking.
There were a lot of people here last night, so I called my third uncle and a few old men, and five tables were set up at once. Most of them were my own stuff, except for some pork and beef, which cost about a hundred yuan.
money.
There were five large dishes on the table, and each table was first set with two beers from Jingshui Town and a jar of grain wine. Drinking and eating meat, eating meat and drinking wine, this is basically the whole content of serving wine in the countryside.
Frying, frying, stir-frying, boiling, stewing, stewing, steaming, and cooking, my sister-in-law made more than ten kinds of dishes and made more than twenty dishes. The big round table with water was full of them. My sister-in-law's cooking skills are really good.
It goes without saying that more than 20 dishes are prepared with full color, aroma and flavor, which are very mouth-watering.
At 7:30 in the evening, it was almost dark, and the incandescent lamp in Wu Li's front yard illuminated the yard as bright as day.
"Third Uncle, you are here. Come, sit at that table. There are all old people and family members." Wu Li had sharp eyes. When he saw Third Uncle walking in with his hands behind his back at the entrance of the courtyard, he hurriedly greeted him and handed over the cigarette.
past.
"The cigarettes are good. They said that you kid has made a fortune, so the third uncle thought, Xiao Li, you should treat me to a nice meal. No, you actually came to treat me. It seems that you kid has really made a fortune.
I have money." The third uncle is not tall. When he is not working as a plasterer, he is still farming at home and cooking vegetables. He is a full-fledged old farmer.
"Uncle San is a mature man. I really have something to discuss with you today. Let's talk while we eat later." Wu Li led Uncle San to the upper seat of the serving table. Uncle San didn't sit there because he was an old man.
The place where the Party Secretary should sit.
At eight o'clock, the village party secretary, accompanied by the clan leader, and the village accountant came over with flashlights. As soon as the three arrived, the banquet officially began.
Wu Li first toasted everyone a glass of wine, thanking everyone for their help last night. He also toasted the patriarch, party secretary, accountant and third uncle respectively, thanking them for coming to the house for a drink. He also toasted his brother and sister-in-law, thanking them.
selfless care and help.
After the round of toasts, everyone ate and drank casually. From time to time, some young men came to pay respects to the elderly. Of course, they had to give Wu Li a drink by the way.
"Brother Li, the beer is gone. Hurry up and bring the wine." Wu Yong stood up and shouted that he was out of wine.
"There are more than ten pieces of ice in the well, so I asked for it myself." Wu Li dismissed the guy casually. He already knew that these guys were bad at drinking beer, so he had already prepared theirs.
"Xiao Li, are you inviting us here just to have a drink? Let's talk about business first, and what I say will not count after we drink." The party secretary took a sip of grain wine and enjoyed it very much.
"Uncle, I have something to ask of you, old man. This is not because the house is too old and we are planning to build a new house. To build a new house, we need a certificate from uncle. Otherwise, we won't be able to get the real estate certificate. If we can't get the real estate certificate, then
I can't afford a new house, I don't have a new house, and no one is willing to marry me. Anyway, whether I can marry my little wife depends entirely on my uncle's words.
The village party secretary is Wu Li's roommate, a very close uncle.
"You just need to be poor. If you want to build a house, I support you with both hands. I asked you to build a house two years ago, otherwise all the boys would have taken it. I will build it for you tomorrow. Just come to my house to pick it up tomorrow. Wait.
Fill out the form and give it to me, and I will help you get the approval. Just build the house, and you don't have to worry about anything else." This uncle, the party secretary, was quite concerned about Wu Li.
"Thank you, uncle, let's go one by one." Wu Li toasted the branch secretary.
"Third uncle, come on, let me toast you first. We have something to ask of you." Wu Li and his third uncle touched each other.
"Haha, you kid, didn't you just ask your uncle to help you build a house? In a word, uncle agreed. As long as you have enough good wine and meat, I guarantee to build a house that satisfies you." Of course the third uncle understood what Wu Li wanted from him.
What's up.
Wu Li toasted his third uncle again, "Third uncle, you are an expert in building houses. This will only trouble you when you are old. Anyway, I will do what you say and everything will follow your command." Wu Li behaved very seriously.
sincere.
"Okay, let's take a look at Feng Shui then. Whether it's better to build a foreign-style building or our traditional house. After we have discussed the style of the house, we can choose a date to start construction. This matter will wait until the busy farming period is over in a few days.
, let’s talk about it later when you are free. Let me tell you first, I can help you hire big and small jobs, but the wages will follow the current price. In a word, if you hire me to be the foreman, you just have to pay and style the house.
Once it's settled, you don't have to worry about anything else. As long as the money is in place, there will be no problem at all if you move in before this year." The third uncle has always brought a group of people to work with him, and he always takes care of himself first when hiring people.
human.
"Anyway, just follow the rules of the third uncle. Third uncle, I am busy at home alone, and my sister-in-law also has something to do. No one will help you cook. Do you think you should hire someone to cook for you, or give you extra money?
"Wu Li is afraid of trouble. When building a house, he must have a lot of things to do. He really doesn't have time to cook for them. And the elder brother and sister-in-law have their own things to be busy with. How about hiring someone to cook, or how much can one person make up for each job?
money.
"Please invite someone. It's inconvenient for some people to go home for lunch at noon. Besides, your food is more delicious than other people's. It wouldn't be a big loss if I don't eat at your home. I'll ask your aunt to cook for you then. Anyway,
She is idle at home alone." The third uncle did it for the sake of food, and for everyone's convenience, and he also allowed the old lady to come out and earn some pocket money.
"Okay, then I'll give aunt the same salary as uncle. Let aunt show off her housekeeping skills, and everyone will be happy."
"Xiao Li, I'll talk to your third uncle about those things later. I have something to discuss with you." The clan leader, who was drinking wine happily and eating vegetables slowly, spoke.
"Patriarch, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders. As long as Xiao Li can do it, it's just a matter of words." What Wu Li said was not watery at all. Whatever the patriarch asked, he had to do it no matter what.
That's it.
"Let me talk about this matter. Xiaoli, doesn't our village have a large reservoir? Now the superiors want us to contract out the reservoir. The contract fee is 10,000 yuan a year, and the contract period can be from thirty to seventy years.
Flexible change, but the first time the contracting fee has to be paid for five years, it is 50,000 yuan. Ordinarily, the contracting fee of 10,000 yuan a year is not much. It is still okay to raise some fish to show off 20,000 to 30,000 yuan during the New Year. But we
I have asked a few people who can afford it, but no one is willing to take it over. You are the only one who raises the best fish in the village. I just want to ask you if you are interested in it. But you are planning to build a house again. Do you know how to pay for it?
Why don't you come over?" The branch secretary took over the matter and explained it to Wu Li.