Gu Dongxing only scraped the fish's scales, disembowelled it, and then went to the regiment headquarters.
Jiang Mengyu was still handling the ingredients when Zhang Qiaoqiao arrived: "Jiang Mengyu, I'm here to help."
When she came, she brought bowls, chopsticks and stools along with her. Everyone knew that no household could have so many bowls, chopsticks and stools, so everyone brought their own.
Next, Luo Xiuyu, Qin Xiufang and Liu Yumei also came, and they also brought their children.
Except for Zhang Qiaoqiao who has no children, the other three family members all brought one or two children.
Jiang Mengyu was a little stunned: she didn't count the child.
Can this accommodate that many people?
Liu Yumei held a child with one hand and felt a little embarrassed: "No one was watching the child at home, so I brought it here."
Jiang Mengyu could only accept: "It doesn't matter, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks."
It wasn't until she was eating that she realized that it wasn't just a matter of having multiple pairs of chopsticks.
Next, the family members of the three middle-level leaders also came to help. This is also an unwritten rule. Whichever house invites guests, the invited family members will come to help.
One of the family members of the three middle-level leaders was named Lin, one was named Li, and one was named Gao. Jiang Mengyu found that the family member named Gao showed some vague hostility towards her.
Jiang Mengyu felt very strange. This was probably the first time she had met her. Where did her hostility come from?
After thinking about it for a moment, she determined that it was the first time that the two of them met, and that they had not even met each other in a previous life, so she left them alone.
To Jiang Mengyu's helplessness, the three of them each brought two children.
In this way, there were already ten children. Jiang Mengyu had to bring out two more chickens and ducks to prepare three tables.
Fortunately, everyone brought their own bowls, chopsticks and stools, otherwise, she would not have known where to find so many bowls, chopsticks and stools.
However, with the help of the first four family members, the three wives of the later middle-level leaders were unable to intervene. They could only do things such as preparing tables because their homes did not even have enough tables.
Finally, the table was naturally borrowed from the canteen by the wives of the three middle-level leaders.
Jiang Mengyu suddenly thought of a problem: the pots at home, including the pot she bought and threw in the space, were not big enough to cook for such a person.
Qin Xiufang saw her holding the pot in a daze, and said with a smile: "We usually treat guests, and everyone brings this staple food from the canteen. Which pot can cook food for so many people?"
Jiang Mengyu felt relieved now, but she still kneaded a large ball of flour and stayed awake, frying more than a hundred large scallion pancakes.
"Jiang Mengyu, I heard that you hired Deputy Director Yan?" Qin Xiufang asked.
Jiang Mengyu shook her head: "I only invited four of you, uh, four families. Gu Dongxing invited you, it is said that he is a middle-level leader or above."
Several family members looked at each other and sighed: Doesn't that include middle-level leaders and above, including Deputy Factory Director Yan?
Qin Xiufang whispered to Jiang Mengyu quietly: "That person lives at Wen Meiling's house. Be careful if she brings that person here."
Jiang Mengyu was stunned at first, and then realized that the person Xiufang said was Ye Rushui, who coveted Gu Dongxing.
She said calmly: "I didn't invite her. She can't come uninvited, right?"
Qin Xiufang nodded: "If you didn't invite her, then she shouldn't be so thick-skinned."
Facts have proved that they all underestimated the thickness of Ye Rushui's face.
It wasn't until the meal was almost ready and a strong smell of meat spread in the yard that Wen Meiling arrived belatedly.
Seeing Ye Rushui appearing holding Wen Meiling's arm, Jiang Mengyu felt depressed for a while: Unexpectedly, this Ye Rushui actually came uninvited.