Chapter 333: Eating a big banquet in the countryside

There was still a set of procedures after the bride was picked up. After arriving home, she had to call her dad and mom. Usually, when ordinary people go to eat a banquet, these procedures have already ended. This time, Li Long participated in the whole process.

The bride had relatives coming over, these were distinguished guests, and Li Jianguo naturally had to arrange them in the main table position in the room. Someone had to accompany them here.

Li Jianguo found two people in the village who could drink relatively well to accompany them and talk first. Li Long glanced and found that there was still an empty seat at this table.

Under normal circumstances, this table basically counts as a friendly "exchange" between the bride's and groom's relatives. In fact, it's a contest.

The bride's relatives, usually uncles, etc., generally must show enough "heroism" at this time, so as to show that the bride's support is strong enough and she won't be bullied in her husband's family.

And the accompanying guests from the groom's side also need to show enough strong strength. The meaning on the surface is to show that the groom's side has strength and can let the bride who married over live a good life; secretly, it is also to suppress the bride's relatives. If they can get the other party drunk and send them away, that is the best.

This is the battlefield for both sides to compete, but the most basic thing is to indicate that this is the most important table of guests.

People kept arriving one after another to attend the wedding feast. Li Long followed the others to watch the excitement and observe the proceedings, while also keeping an eye out for any rowdy wedding pranks—after all, in his previous life, he had seen many people on social media engaging in malicious wedding hazing.

Although he had no memory of Tao Daqiang's wedding in his past life, and there was basically no rowdiness at weddings in the team here, who could guarantee that things wouldn't change now that he had been reborn?

Fortunately, the process concluded without any real trouble. Everyone was quite well-behaved, joking only within the bounds of propriety. The bride's relatives were full of praise and envy for the furnishings in the new bridal room, especially the sewing machine and the radio; these were luxury items at this time!

Some of the woman's relatives were whispering that the bride married over, this is really going to enjoy happiness. There is no mother-in-law to manage, the family is so wealthy, and Tao Daqiang is honest. How good this life is!

Li Long went to the table at the gate to give a gift. He first looked at the gift list. There were many five-mao ones, some were one-mao or two-mao, some were one-yuan, and the most were one-yuan.

Li Long took out a five-yuan one and put it on.

The "Minister of Rites" was Gu Bo Yuan, and sitting next to him was the team accountant Chen Qiang. Seeing Li Long take out five yuan, Chen Qiang was a bit puzzled:

"Xiao Long, you and your brother haven't separated the family yet, your brother has already given a gift."

"Write it down, Daqiang has been working with me, this gift must be given." Li Long said with a smile.

Gu Bo Yuan didn't say anything, and wrote down Li Long's name and the amount of money with a fountain pen.

"Uncle Gu, cold or not, do you want me to find you some clothes?" Li Long said with a smile.

Gu Bo Yuan was wearing a flat jacket bought by Gu Xiaoxia, looking quite spirited, just a bit thin at this time.

"Not cold, inside is a sweater and vest, it's warm."

"Alright, I'm going in."

"Xiaoxia didn't come back, she should be busy at the unit." Gu Bo Yuan said, "There is no phone, and I don't know the situation."

"I'll go to the county to handle things tomorrow, I'll ask then, and tell you when I come back."

"Alright."

After finishing the conversation, Li Long went to find his table.

More and more people came outside. Li Jianguo was so busy he couldn't stop, constantly arranging for people to sit at each table. Heaven rewarded the face, today was a sunny day. Outside, although it was a bit dry and cold, it was still more than half a month away from the winter solstice, and the temperature wasn't very low. Melon seeds, sugar, peanuts, and cigarettes had already been placed on the table—but soon, the sugar was gone.

There was no way around this. Sugar is also considered a luxury at this time. Even fruit hard candies have great attraction for children.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jianguo let people sit down and prepared to start the banquet. What was served first on each table was a pot of hot tea, and a bowl was placed in front of each person to drink tea.

What was served next was cold dishes. At this time, there were already children shouting that they were hungry, some crying, some chatting, and some had already opened the wine on the table to drink. The courtyard was really lively.

Li Long originally aimed at a position, intending to sit with his second brother Li Anguo and the others. However, as soon as he sat down, he was pulled up by Tao Jian She.

"Uncle Jianshe, why are you pulling me? This banquet has started, don't you want me to eat?" Li Long joked, "You have to go to the main table to sit."

"Xiao Long, you also have to sit at the main table today," Tao Jian She pulled Li Long and walked inside, "Without you, there wouldn't be Daqiang's today. Daqiang can marry a wife, that's thanks to you leading him. You are his noble person, you have to sit at the main table today..."

Li Long originally thought Tao Jian She had something to discuss with him, so he followed him for two steps. Hearing that he was asked to sit at the main table, he immediately broke free from Tao Jian She's hand and shook his head, saying:

"Uncle Jianshe, this matter can't be like this. Helping Daqiang, I have nothing to say. Daqiang is willing to follow me, I will definitely help. But I can't sit at this main table." Li Long said quickly, "Uncle Jianshe, today is Daqiang's big happy day, we have to entertain his wife's family well. Our own affairs, we'll talk about it later, okay? Today I am Daqiang's brother, we can't mess this up..."

Tao Jian She naturally wasn't willing. At this time, Li Jianguo came to find Tao Jian She. Seeing him and Li Long pulling, he asked what was going on.

"Uncle Jianshe asked me to sit at the main table, how can I go." Li Long said helplessly.

"That can't go." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Old Tao, this matter really can't be done like this. How old is Xiao Long? If he goes to sit at the main table, what will Daqiang's wife's family say? Bringing a young man to sit with them, what will they think? They will think we don't value them, and then the Tao family's face, our team's face, will all be lost?"

"Then I have to tell them. Without Xiao Long, there wouldn't be Daqiang's today. Daqiang can marry a wife so quickly in the village now, isn't that all thanks to Xiao Long's help?" Tao Jian She was still stubborn at this time.

"That won't work either. Xiao Long is still young. If you put him at that table, won't he become a prominent figure?" Li Jianguo saw it very clearly, "Our two families have a good relationship. If there is anything, wait until Daqiang gets married, then you let the two of them thank Xiao Long separately. Now with such a big scene, we have to do the surface things well!

Old Tao, this matter is settled. Xiao Long, you go and sit at a table with your second brother. Old Tao, go, the guests on the bride's side at the main table are waiting for you!"

Li Jianguo pulled Tao Jian She away, and Li Long breathed a sigh of relief.

In just this moment, the cold dishes on the table had bottomed out, especially the cold mixed vermicelli, the juice on the bottom felt like it was about to freeze.

Dish after dish was served. Those addicted to alcohol had already started drinking and playing finger-guessing games, not thinking about whether it was cold or not. When the atmosphere arrived, it wasn't cold even if it was cold.

The guests at most tables mainly ate. Eating at a banquet in the village is better in this point. Eating is eating, and they won't grab or stir randomly, or take it away directly.

Li Long remembered seeing people eating banquets on short video platforms in the previous life. Those hard dishes like whole chicken were served and directly taken away. Such a phenomenon didn't happen even in the year or two before he passed away. Some people want to take away the leftovers, usually only waiting until the banquet is finished and no one is eating to take them—and at this time, even the leftovers are the host's, and the host needs to handle them. At this time, there were no plastic bags for packing, and they might bring a staple food bun when leaving, but the dishes definitely couldn't be taken away.

Some people are hired specifically to clean up bowls and chopsticks, and they will pour all the leftovers into a big basin, like the "folded radish" in a certain place, and finally give these mixed dishes to the helpers—some hosts whose family situation is not good will leave a large part of this mixed dish to eat slowly.

In an era of poor conditions, every bit of meat is very precious.

At this time, no one will think about whether the dish is clean or not.

Li Long still felt quite cold. Chen Xingbang had already unscrewed the wine bottle. He had a social butterfly attribute, and had already started chatting and bumping with another drinker in the village at the table, and started discussing the difference between finger-guessing games on both sides.

The sound of finger-guessing games on each table came one after another. Li Long felt fresh, but if he were to do it, he really had no talent in this regard.

"This master chef's cooking is still not bad." Li Anguo, who didn't drink, tasted the newly served dish and said with a smile, "Didn't expect the master chef in this village to be quite capable."

"Worked in the big canteen before, the craftsmanship won't be bad. Plus today's dishes are all passed through oil, so it must be fragrant." Li Long ate a few mouthfuls and said.

Although there is hot tea, this dish is served, and it starts to get cold after eating two chopsticks, and the taste is immediately different. Especially dishes like braised pork and sauerkraut stewed pork, they freeze together two minutes after being served.

He turned his head and looked, and found that adults and children at other tables, for this kind of dish, even if it was frozen together, were still eating it in big mouthfuls.

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I don't know how many people will have diarrhea tomorrow after eating this banquet.

This is cold!

Li Long actually understood a bit of health preservation in the previous life. In this life, his body seems to be stronger than in the previous life. For a year, he didn't get any illness, but he still paid attention.

He didn't eat after a few mouthfuls, but kept drinking hot tea instead. This thing can also increase a bit of heat for himself.

After all, it's still quite cold outside.

Seeing someone leaving, Li Long prepared to stand up, but at this time Tao Daqiang and his wife had already come over with cups.

The groom and bride are going to toast.

Yang Yongqiang, who was helping on the side, had four cups on the tray, two white and two red. The red wine now is actually grape wine. At this time, there is no distinction between dry white and dry red, so it is directly called red grape wine and white grape wine.

Toasting usually means white wine for men and grape wine for women. Of course, if the man can't drink, red wine is also fine, and vice versa.

"Brother Long, my wife and I toast you a glass of wine." Tao Daqiang was a bit excited, smiling unnaturally, "Pingping, this is Brother Long, I often tell you, without him, there wouldn't be the good life for us now. Come, let's both toast Brother Long a glass..."

Li Anguo was the oldest at this table, followed by Chen Xingbang. Li Anguo didn't have anything, but Chen Xingbang was a bit dissatisfied that Tao Daqiang looked for Li Long first, but hearing Tao Daqiang's words, he pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

Li Long stood up, took the cup, and said:

"Daqiang, this... sister-in-law, Yang Pingping, right? Today is your big happy day. I wish you both, husband and wife loving, early birth of a precious son, harmony for a hundred years, happiness and peace!"

After finishing, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, took another cup, drank it in one gulp again, and then put the cup down and said:

"Hurry up, toast my second brother. It's cold outside, look at the two of you not wearing thick clothes, finish quickly, and go into the room to warm up."

Tao Daqiang looked at Li Long gratefully, and then went to toast Li Anguo.

Li Long went to the kitchen inside to get two clean bowls, came over and poured two bowls of hot tea. After Tao Daqiang and Yang Pingping toasted Li Anguo, he handed them the hot tea.

"Drink something hot, otherwise you'll catch a cold later, and you won't be able to join in the wedding night pranks."

Hearing Li Long's words, everyone else at the table laughed loudly, and Tao Daqiang and Yang Pingping also laughed and drank the tea, continuing to toast.

After this table was toasted, Tao Daqiang and the others went to other tables, and Li Long stood up quietly and went out of the courtyard.

Must go back. Eating this banquet, watching others eat lively, Li Long was still not used to it. It's better to stay in a warm room with a stove! And don't have to suffer.

He didn't go far after leaving the Tao family, and Li Junshan chased after him from behind.

"Uncle Xiao Long, why don't you eat?"

"Can't eat, the dishes are frozen."

"So, are you going to join in the wedding night pranks tonight?"

"Go, go see the fun." Li Long said with a smile, "Do you want to go? If you want to go, I'll take you over."

"That has to be seen." Li Junshan's face was still a bit envious, "This Daqiang isn't older than me, and he's already married. I don't know when I'll be able to handle it."

"Earn money for three more months, and you can go back to get married too." Li Long said with a smile, "Just work hard."

"Hey." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 334 =====