Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

At noon, Jia Dongxu finally rode his bike back to the compound with his new wife. As soon as they reached the gate, the lookout shouted to the courtyard, "The new wife is back!"

As soon as the shouting was over, someone else took out the firecrackers and started lighting the fuses. Amid the crackling sound, a group of children surrounded the bride, clapping their hands and singing a jingle: "Come and welcome the bride, welcome the bride, the firecrackers are ringing, men, women, old and young are all here to watch, laughing and dancing with joy.

The young boys nearby surrounded the new bride and made trouble for her. After Yi Zhonghai dismissed the young boys, Jia Dongxu led Qin Huairu in. After a simple wedding ceremony and tea, Yi Zhonghai was the witness and shouted loudly, "The ceremony is over!" The feast officially began in the yard.

There were six tables in the yard, all filled with people, young and old, men and women, chatting happily while waiting for their meals to be served.

As one of the few elders in the courtyard, and with the generous gifts he received, the old man was naturally seated at the main table. But as the dishes were served, the smile on his face disappeared.

4 plates of hot dishes, 4 plates of cold dishes, 4 sweet soup, 2 salty soup. The dishes are all the same, but the proportions are wrong. plates of cold dishes, mixed shreds, can only fill the center of the plate. Sugar-mixed tomatoes, at most one and a half tomatoes. Cold-mixed preserved eggs, one preserved egg cut into eight pieces, at most preserved eggs in a dish. There are quite a lot of pumpkins in sugar water.

4 hot dishes. Potato braised chicken, but it was all potatoes, not many chicken pieces. Braised carp, only 8 taels of carp. Cabbage and vermicelli stewed pork, but not many slices of pork. Stir-fried pork with chili peppers. There were a dozen slices of chili peppers and pork slices mixed in the full plate.

One sweet soup, rice wine and red dates soup. One salty soup, quail egg and spinach soup. The soup is watery.

The old man smiled apologetically along with the people around him, and drank a mouthful of wine. The old man's face turned green with anger. He suppressed his anger. After Jia Dongxu toasted, he found an excuse and went home angrily.

Those who knew the inside story in the courtyard all knew what was going on! But in this era, for ordinary people, these meals at the wedding were considered good. Yi Zhonghai also waited until the show was over and went home with a sullen face.

Uncle Qi saw that the old man was giving Jia Dongxu a chance to save face, so he didn't get angry. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he called his two sons back home. Liu Tieniu, who lived in the back house, saw the old man and Uncle Qi leave, and he also left with his wife and children.

At 5: in the evening, Yi Zhonghai brought the groom Jia Dongxu to invite the old man to drink and apologize to him.

In the main hall, the old man did not ask grandma to make tea for them this time. He held the teacup in one hand and blew away the hot air in the cup without thinking. He did not speak, deliberately ignoring Yi Zhonghai and the others.

Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai exchanged a glance, and seeing the old man's expression, Yi Zhonghai spoke first: "Old man, this time it was Jia Zhang's fault, and it offended you. To tell you the truth, Dongxu and I really didn't know about this. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to do this."

Jia Dongxu also quickly responded, "Grandpa Li, I know that my mother has embarrassed you this time. But my mother is a woman from the countryside. She has been frugal all her life, and I can't do anything about it. I thank you for your generous gift for my wedding this time. I also apologize to you. I hope you can come to our house for a meal again. Give me a chance to apologize."

After listening to Jia Dongxu's words, the old man put down his teacup and teased him sarcastically: "Don't worry! It's you who's getting married, not me! If there's any rebellion, it's your family."

"I'm confused. How come my eight bottles of Xifeng wine became worthless after staying at your house for one night? I'm going to find the wine seller tomorrow. He actually sold me fake wine."

"It's strange. You see, chefs are so bold nowadays. They took 7 kilograms of kickbacks from 3 kilograms of top-quality pork belly. I guess the chef took half of the kickbacks from the big roosters. It really proves the old saying that a chef who doesn't steal doesn't harvest."

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu blushed when they heard the old man's sarcastic remarks.

Seeing Jia Dongxu was so embarrassed that he couldn't hold back his words, Yi Zhonghai quickly interrupted him and said, "Grandpa, please calm down because Dongxu just got married. Dongxu's family has prepared a table of delicious food and wine for you, and Dongxu's wife is waiting to toast you."

The old man took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Zhong Hai! As Dong Xu's master, you have been busy with everything about Dong Xu's marriage. It's not your fault. Dong Xu, as the groom, didn't have the time to pick up the bride, so it's not Dong Xu's fault. As for Jia Zhang, she is a woman from the countryside. She is a little frugal and stingy. It's not her fault. Besides, the guests at the table didn't find any fault with it. It's not a loss of status. So, you don't need to apologize."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the old man say this, he thought the old man had calmed down, so he continued talking.

Jia Dongxu: "Grandpa Li, now that you are no longer angry, please come to my house for a drink."

The old man smiled and said, "No need to drink. My wife has prepared food for me, and my grandson's seventh uncle and Liu Tieniu are waiting for me to drink at home! I can't leave. As for your wine and food, save them for your mother and new daughter-in-law!"

Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai, who had originally felt relieved, heard the old man say this. The smiles on their faces didn't last for a minute before they immediately fell.

When the old man saw the two of them like that, he said, "Well, it's almost time. Go back and have dinner. I won't keep you any longer."

After saying this, the old man served tea to the guests. Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu left with constipated expressions on their faces.

Jia's house. Jia Zhang looked at the two people who came back dejectedly, walked to the door, looked outside, and said in a low voice: "Why didn't old man Li come?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Jia Zhang and walked into the house, and Jia Dongxu replied unhappily: "I didn't come! It's because you did it too harshly."

Jia Zhang saw that there was no one outside, rolled her eyes at Jia Dongxu, then turned around and sat down at the dining table: "It's just right that you didn't come. This table of good wine and food is just right for our family to enjoy."

Jia Dongxu listened to what his mother said, sat down at the dinner table helplessly, poured a glass of wine for Yi Zhonghai, and drank it in silence.

Seeing her son like this, Jia Zhang also asked, "Then are Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong still welcome?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai said unhappily, "I've already called them, but you don't invite them. What's the big deal? They'll stab you in the back the next day. Dongxu, don't sit there stupidly. Your mother doesn't understand, but you don't understand either? Go and invite them."

On the other side, the old man's family of three, plus Yu Shui, Uncle Qi's family of four, and Liu Tieniu's family of three were all sitting around the big round table in the restaurant, eating, drinking and chatting.

After drinking a glass of wine, Uncle Seven said to the old man, "Master, you sent wine and meat to the Jia family this time. You also gave them a generous gift. But in the end, you are still so angry. What do you want?"

The old man looked around and said to everyone at the table, "Do you know what I want?"

Everyone was silent when the old man looked at them, and just pretended to eat their food with their heads down, fearing that they would offend the old man.

Seeing that both adults and children were silent, grandma said angrily: "Who knows what you want, hurry up and eat."

After hearing what grandma said, the old man was not angry. He then asked Li Zihang: "Grandson, what do you think I want?"

After being called by the old man, Li Zihang swallowed the pork ribs in his mouth, picked up the napkin beside him to wipe his mouth and said, "What else can I want! I just want a good reputation. I want to use this incident to sever ties with the Jia family. I don't want the Jia family to get involved with us in the future."

After hearing what his grandson said, the old man smiled with relief and praised Li Zihang.

"That's right! My grandson is the one who sees things clearly. You guys should be careful of the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai in the future."

Liu Tieniu: "Old man, the Jia family is an orphan and a widow. Yi Zhonghai doesn't sound like a bad person in the way he talks and treats others. Why should you be wary of them?"

After hearing what Liu Tieniu said, the old man said angrily, "Tieniu! You are honest and simple-minded. I understand that you don't understand this little trick. But you all need to remember what I said at the dinner table today."

"Jia Zhang is an ungrateful person who can never be fed, and Jia Dongxu is a wimp at heart. Their family is like a toad lying on the feet, not biting but annoying. They are the kind that can't get enough of taking advantage."

"Yi Zhonghai is a hypocrite who talks a lot about morality and ethics and puts himself on the moral high ground. He wants both face and substance. So, in the future, when the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai ask you for help, you should be more careful. Think about everything more. If you really can't make up your mind, just laugh it off and come to ask me..."