Siheyuan: Pioneer in anti-corruption, fighting against evil!

In the past, when Jia was doing this kind of mischief and causing trouble, people would often be afraid of her power; even if someone was taking advantage of her, frictions between neighbors would mostly end up being resolved by making big things small and small things disappear.

But now, it was Damao's words that awakened everyone's hearts.

"Yes, these things were paid for by everyone. Why should I enjoy them all by myself?"

"Zhang, you have to consider your face too!"

"If you want to eat, you need to pay a gift to the Third Master in advance."

Jia did consider the idea of ​​paying a gift.

But her family had already paid one dollar to Liu Hai's family. If they added more money, it would be a double charge.

When Jia Zhang encountered the collective ** of the residents, she was about to curse harshly, but after thinking of Yi Zhonghai's words, she could only shrink her neck and forcefully swallow back the curse words. She left in a hurry with her tail between her legs, like a sick cat with nowhere to go.

Back then, Jia Zhang was the unrivaled eldest sister in the courtyard. But now, she doesn’t even dare to swear. She feels very aggrieved!

The exterior of the courtyard, under the blazing summer flames.

On the other side, it was like being in a frozen snowy country. Liu Haijun felt a chill rising up in his body and shivered involuntarily. As the clock was approaching the noon hour, no one in the courtyard came to pay the wedding money.

If this continues, the Liu family's marriage will inevitably fall into a desperate situation, and the gifts they bought will be wasted. However, Liu Haijun had a completely different feeling about the situation on the other side: Today, the person responsible for accepting the gift money was Li Aiguo's youngest daughter, He Yushui. A crowd of people lined up in front of the wedding list for several feet.

This was the first time He Yushui had handled such a matter, and he was not familiar with the specific procedures. He could only follow the instructions in the book and call out to the owner of each gift money one by one: "Director Zhang from the passenger workshop of the locomotive factory, the gift money is two yuan."

"Uncle Wang Tieniu in the courtyard wants three cents as a gift."

Later, "Comrade Zhou Ke from the maintenance team of the Public Security Bureau sent a gift of six yuan."

In such a short period of time, the names of hundreds of families were densely recorded in the record column of the wedding list alone, and piles of money were placed on the table.

Most of the residents of the courtyard were only willing to give a gift of 30 cents, but the generous residents from the factory were not like that. Basically, the people in the factory gave around 1 yuan or even more, and no one would give less than 10 cents. Old Navy, who rarely smoked, took out his pipe at this moment and squatted beside Yi Zhonghai to smoke. The thick smoke covered his sad face, and his lips were cracked and trembling slightly.

He asked:

"Old Yi, can you help me think about how to deal with this?"

Faced with Liu Haijun's questions, Yi Zhonghai was also at a loss. Just when he was about to comfort him, he saw Director Wang from the Street Office suddenly appear and hurriedly kicked Liu Haijun to remind him.

After receiving the warning, Liu Haijun instantly woke up from his dazed state, shook off the ashes of his cigarette, and gave a flattering smile to Director Wang who was walking towards the Li family's wedding table: "Director Wang, it is a great honor for us to come to my Liu family's son's wedding celebration."

Unexpectedly, the director said coldly: "It's not what you think. Liu Haizhong, you are the second brother-in-law. You shouldn't use your power to oppress the people and ask for the share of the huge amount of wedding money, but you did this!"

"I..." Liu Haijun lowered his head and could hardly refute.

It seems that this was indeed the evil done by his second uncle Yan Bugui. When he was questioned, he was indeed filled with anger, and his blame was completely poured on this unknown second uncle Yan Bugui.

Director Wang finally left a cold remark and turned to walk into the Li family.

A reply came from He Yushui's mouth:

"The gift list sent by Director Wang from the Street Office is worth thirty cents."

Two more bills were added to the table.

"What is this?" He Yushui raised his head and stared at a pair of innocent eyes.

"Just now, as the person in charge of the street office, I donated to Mr. Li, and now, as his elder, I am presenting this gift."

Although He Yushui didn't understand the subtle difference, he quickly put the money into his pocket and responded loudly:

"Thank you Mr. Wang from the street office for sending me a gift of 20 yuan!"

Time quietly stepped into the afternoon.

Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiecheng walked to the two sides of the gate without any prior arrangement and each lit a string of firecrackers.

The explosion that resounded through the sky symbolized that the banquet had begun at this moment.

This is Mr. Li.

The long-awaited crowd gathered around a huge cast iron pot, eager to be the first to grab a bowl and enjoy the delicious food.

That’s right, in a self-service wedding banquet model, guests need to do everything themselves.

But looking at the braised pork, braised carp, and spicy shredded chicken on the plate, even if my hands and feet are tired, my heart is still full of satisfaction. After eating this wedding banquet, at least in the next few months, I can temporarily get rid of the problem of craving for meat.

In particular, the master chef Li Gangzhu bought many strings of pig intestines from the meat market for Mr. Li's wedding banquet. Under the guidance of Nan Yi, he made a traditional garlic fried pig intestines, which became even more famous and was regarded as a favorite by the old lady of Xigong in the early years of the Republic of China.

After the dishes were served one by one, Mr. Li took Chen Xueru to go to each table and raise their glasses to congratulate their neighbors.

The first table we went to was the one in the machine shop.

Today, Mr. Liu Guozhang did not attend the event in order to avoid embarrassment, but sent a representative to present a gift.

An important meeting was held in the conference room of ** **. The leaders of Minister Xing's Maintenance Department were busy discussing national affairs, so the most important person at the table was Minister Lao Niu from the Armed Forces Department.

He raised a glass of wine and walked towards the other party: "Thank you for taking the time to come and celebrate my wedding with Chen Xueru. Although the food and wine are light, I hope that we will not be alienated. I hope that your coming today can be an honor for you to celebrate my engagement with someone else. As a newlywed bridegroom, I would like to drink a glass of wine to show my respect and gratitude for your sincere blessings."

After the toast, Mr. Li completed the first round of thanks, drank the wine, and moved on to the next table.

He walked around the dining table and drank about a dozen glasses of wine in one breath. Mr. Li's face was already slightly flushed.

After entering the inner room, she hurriedly handed the brewed jasmine tea to the gentleman:

"How can you be so honest? Can't you just drink half a cup of tea?"

"This is my first marriage, I'm very excited." Mr. Li glanced at the lovely wife in front of him.

When he met Chen Xueru's rough but hot eyes, his cheeks could not help but blush.

He lowered his eyes and gently rubbed the edge of his clothes, "Then... let's talk later~"

In this present moment.

The banquet officially kicked off.

The residents picked up a piece of bright red roasted meat and put it into their mouths. They couldn't help but squint their eyes and praise it together.

During this period, the only indicator of the quality of a banquet was whether the dishes were delicious enough.

Even experienced people like Cao Wenzhi, the supervisor of the passenger workshop in the maintenance department, Minister Niu of the armed forces department, and Zhou Ke could not help but marvel at the richness of the dishes.

More importantly, Li Aiguo did not take a penny and did not provide any help at the wedding banquet.

Thinking about how he was as tired as his grandson at the wedding, Zhou Ke suddenly felt depressed.

My brother is so lucky to be patriotic.

"Zhou Ke, don't you like these dishes? Then put the plate of braised pork in front of you over here; your wife can't reach it." Minister Niu also came to the banquet with his wife.

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The lesbian from ** had a pretty face, but her Mandarin was not very fluent and her behavior at the dinner table seemed awkward and unnatural.

Zhou Ke hurriedly picked up two pieces of braised pork and put them into his mouth, then pushed the plate over. His greedy look caused laughter from the people around him.

Under this circumstance, the Li family was bustling with activity, while the neighboring Liu family seemed much quieter.

After a busy morning, the fat chef finally prepared several tables of delicious dishes.

Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangfu and the second aunt were busy placing food on the table, but were surprised to find that there was no customer.

The people sitting at the only table were Zhonghai, Yi Niang, Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu.

The atmosphere contrasting with that of the Li family makes the scene seem particularly shabby.

Things have come to this point and Liu Haizhong can only grit his teeth and continue.

He said to several people, please sit down.

Jia Zhang glanced at the empty dishes on the table and said disdainfully, "Liu Haizhong, you are feeding the rabbits!"

"Jia Zhang, how can you talk like that!" Liu Haizhong was in a bad mood at this time, and immediately retorted, "Aren't you planning to have guests over? If you don't have a guest table, why are all the dishes vegetarian?"

The dishes on the table were glowing green, standing out in the sun.

"I advocate the resource-saving concept promoted by the street," Liu Haizhong responded. This explanation sounded quite complete, but was refuted by Jia Zhang.

"When you collected the 2 yuan gift money from our Jia family, did you advocate it?"

Liu Haizhong: “…”

Liu Guangqi and his wife were already feeling uneasy because the wedding banquet preparations were not satisfactory. After seeing Jia Zhang's picky behavior, they stood up and prepared to confront her.

Yi Zhonghai knew very well that the Liu family and the Jia family were important and indispensable allies and friends, so he had to choose to persuade them in a tactful way.

"Don't make such a fuss. Think about our good friend Sha Zhu. Aren't you satisfied yet?"

When the name of Sha Zhu was mentioned, everyone fell silent. Then they picked up their chopsticks and began to chew the delicacies that emitted emerald green fluorescent rings on the table. Soon everyone had a frown on their face.

"Bah, what is this? It won't even eat rabbits!" Jia Zhang spat out the food in her mouth in dissatisfaction.

Then he said, "This is not right. This dish was clearly made by Shazhu's apprentice. How could this happen?"