Chapter 304 Eight Bowls

"The banquet and the like are all easy to arrange. We still have this little money.
But there are some things we must say first.

Everyone knows what the situation is now. We have unified purchase and sales, and each customer only has a certain amount of goods every month.

If you want to have a feast, you either have to bring your own food or give food coupons first.
Otherwise, this welcoming banquet will definitely not be held."

He Daqing's request was reasonable, so the neighbors in the courtyard naturally had no objection and expressed their willingness to issue food coupons first.

Just as she finished speaking, Jia Zhang continued to talk about the tiger bone wine.
"Lao He, forget about the food coupons. As long as you give me some of the tiger bone wine, I will help you pay for a portion of the banquet.

What do you think, think about it? "

As soon as Jia Zhang finished speaking, Yan Bugui, who was sitting opposite her, jumped out to interfere.

"Sister Zhang, our two families just had a fight over this tiger bone wine issue. Why are you still bringing this up?"

"So what if there was a scene just now? I can't mention it or what?
What does it have to do with you? I am not like you who likes to eat and drink for free. I paid for the wine!"

Seeing that Jia Zhang had poked at his heart and accused him of being stingy, Yan Bugui immediately became unhappy and retorted back.

"Although your Jia Dongxu has been converted to a regular employee, with a monthly salary of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, he is living a good life indeed.

But you also have to see who you are comparing yourself with.
Look at the conditions of the He family.
Not only do Lao He and Xiaosao both have jobs, but now Zhuzi has returned. This is the only family in our Siheyuan with three employees.
I wonder how much his monthly income is far ahead of your Jia Dongxu.

Not only are tiger bones extremely rare, but the main point is that Zhuzi brought them back to honor Lao He. He would not give you such a precious thing just for your tiny amount of wine money.

I think you should stop messing around and waste everyone's time."

After confronting Jia Zhang, Yan Bugui looked at He Daqing who was sitting on the rostrum, ready to get more out of him.
"Lao He, your family is so rich, shouldn't we host a better banquet this time?

Last time when Jia Dongxu got married, Lao Yi not only helped buy a sewing machine, but also paid for you to prepare a banquet of eight big bowls for him. We haven't eaten eight big bowls for more than two years.
How about making another eight dishes for everyone to try this time?"

I recall the eight-dish banquet that He Daqing prepared with several apprentices from Fengze Garden in the courtyard when Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu got married in 52.

The neighbors of the courtyard immediately drooled with envy.
After Yan Bugui finished speaking, they started to make a noise.
"Yes, yes, Lao He,

Zhuzi has been a soldier for three years and won so many battles on the front lines. We should celebrate for him!

The eight great dishes you made are so appetizing, how about making them again for everyone?"

Hearing these neighbors talking about eating the Eight Bowls, He Daqing couldn't help but roll his eyes and snorted coldly.
"Oh, you drank so much for just a few dishes at noon today.
Jia Dongxu's marriage is a major event in his life. It is reasonable for Lao Yi, his master, to come forward to hold a grand wedding for him and ask us at Fengzeyuan to prepare the Eight Great Bowls.

What is this pillar of our house?

He just returned from military service, so a small welcoming banquet with some stewed pig's trotters and braised pork will be enough.

Eight bowls.

Do you really think our money came from the wind?
Now that Zhuzi has been demobilized and returned to civilian work, our family is no longer military dependents, and Yushui and Jianguo have to pay tuition for going to kindergarten.

Besides, Zhuzi will be 20 soon, so he has to prepare for marriage.
Renovating the house, making clothes and quilts, making cabinets and tables, everything costs money, but it's not worth it for me to be so extravagant for a small welcoming banquet."

He Daqing said a lot of things in a very eloquent way, the core meaning of which was that he was unwilling to make eight big bowls for everyone to eat. However, the neighbors in the Siheyuan had already been piqued and naturally were unwilling to give up easily.

After thinking about it, they came up with a compromise.
"Don't worry, Lao He.
We also know that your family will have a lot of money to spend in the future, and we are not unreasonable people.

such,

We will pay the extra money ourselves.

All we ask is that you make these eight bowls well, and we will definitely not let you suffer any loss, what do you think?"

Since these neighbors were willing to pay more and he would not suffer any loss, He Daqing naturally had no reason to be unwilling.

"I don't have any problem, but you guys need to think about it.
There are about 60 to 70 people in our courtyard, so we need to prepare food for at least eight tables of banquets.
至少得4只鸡、8条黄鱼、8个肘子、10多斤五花肉、4斤排骨以及相应的萝卜白菜，

This is a lot of money, can you do it?"

"Of course not!
You guys have money so of course you don't care, but we in the Yan family can't.
There are six people in our family now, and I am the only one who earns money. I am not as generous as you, so I don’t agree to pay for it myself.”

Seeing that Yan Bugui was not happy, He Daqing did not force him, thinking that it was fine to just let it go.
But when he was about to speak,
Neighbors like Xu Fugui, Chen Zhijie, and Jiang Sheng have already started to criticize Yan Bugui.

"I say, Old Yan, everyone knows that you are a stingy person, but no matter how stingy you are, there must be a limit!
Why are you still talking about panic?

As a primary school teacher, your monthly salary is 300,000 or 400,000 yuan. Your family member Jie Cheng is an apprentice in a food factory. Not only does he get a salary of more than 100,000 yuan per month, but he also gets quite a lot of benefits.
You took all the money you left him except 5 yuan for pocket money.
That means you need at least 50 yuan every month.

Your family can't spend so much money, so you save all the money. Who would believe you if you said you have no money?"

"Of course not!
As the saying goes, the seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Now the government is implementing unified purchase and sales, and implementing equal distribution of materials. There is only a certain amount of ration per month. How much money can you spend on rice, oil, and vegetables?"

"that is,
Whether it is the price of food or cloth, it is much lower now than in previous years.

There is also a monthly bus pass.

In the past, the bulk of our salary was spent on food, clothing, housing and transportation, but now we only need to spend a few dollars, and the whole family can live well.

I really don't know why you save the money, is it to rot or give birth to a baby? "

Hearing the question asked by Xu Fugui and the others, Jia Zhang, who was sitting opposite Yan Bugui, started to complain in a sarcastic tone,

“Is there any need to ask?
Can Old Yan’s money get moldy? It must be used to make babies! Don’t you think so?

Seeing that Jia Zhang never missed any opportunity to ridicule Yan Bugui,
Thinking of Yan Bugui's character, all the neighbors in the courtyard burst into laughter.

"Haha, right, right, that's right. Old Yan's money may be rotten to us. He must have used it to have children. I don't know if he can do it at his age."

"Why not? Old Yan just had a daughter this year!"

(End of this chapter)