Chapter 703: Starry Night
"Aunt is calling me? What's the matter?" Chen Hui asked.
Chen Qiaomei waved her hand and did not answer Chen Hui's question.
He poked his head into the house and shouted, "Sister Hong, Sister Lin Jiao, my mom wants you to come over too."
"coming!"
"Put a mouthful of rice in there, and it will come right away."
Chen Huihong and Lin Jiao answered one after another.
Come out soon.
"Sister Hong, my mom said that the tables will be set up at Daqiaotou and my house tomorrow anyway."
"Just go to my house to prepare the dishes tonight and cook for tomorrow."
"Chen Hui's house is so far away. It will be too troublesome to cook the food and then take it to Qiaotou." Chen Qiaomei said.
Chen Huihong said politely, "I'm so sorry for making your house dirty."
"That's what my mom said anyway!"
Chen Qiaomei shrugged.
She only delivers messages and doesn't care about anything else.
"No, we'll bring the stove and cooker tomorrow."
"I found a stove that was modified by a master. When the fire is turned on high, it is very fast for frying and cooking."
"However, we need a larger place to operate."
Li Da took over the conversation.
"Then my yard will do!"
"The people next door had a wedding before, but they thought it was inconvenient to go to the village community, so they set up a few tables in my yard," said Chen Xiaoqiao.
"That's it!"
“No need for the kitchen of the host or the villagers!”
"Since we are making money from this, the services and tools are all included."
"If you want to hold a banquet in the future, you can also ask us to do it."
Li Da seized the opportunity and immediately launched another wave of publicity.
"Then you guys just need to discuss it. Don't stand here and chat. Let's go over there."
After Chen Qiaomei finished speaking, she left in a hurry.
Chen Hui was confused. "Work? What kind of work? Aren't they all contracted out?"
"Silly child, do you really think that holding a wedding banquet is just about making a few dishes for everyone to eat and that's it?"
"You still want to go to the beach, you still have a lot of work to do tonight?"
"Xiaoqiao, don't even think about playing anymore. Let's go and work together!"
Chen Huihong waved her hand gracefully and walked towards Chen Kaiming's house first.
Lin Jiao asked An Wenjing to do some housework and then followed her.
"Hey!" Chen Xiaoqiao sighed.
"Uncle Xiaoqiao, is there any other work?" Chen Hui asked.
Chen Xiaoqiao gestured to Chen Hui to go with him, and said as they walked:
"You're going to have the banquet at noon tomorrow, so after dinner tonight, you need to go and clean up the place first."
"The tables, chairs and benches that we borrowed from others will also need to be moved here today."
"Some families don't usually pay much attention to it. They still wash it when it's old and dirty, so that the wedding banquet won't look ugly."
"For vegetables that can be prepared in advance, wash and chop them as needed, and soak dried vegetables the night before."
"The tea tray must also be prepared, so as to avoid having to spend time preparing it the next day."
Although Chen Xiaoqiao doesn't work, he has hosted several wedding banquets at home.
He became familiar with this process just by watching it.
After explaining everything to Chen Hui in detail, he couldn't help but sigh again.
He said rather plaintively: "Why do you think I came to you in such a hurry? I just thought I could escape the disaster by going to the sea!"
"No wonder Wang Shuhui laughed when I asked you to go fishing this afternoon."
"You can't escape, so get to work."
Chen Hui smiled.
I calmly accepted this sudden extra work.
Li Da and his wife Guanglan were responsible for all the work in the kitchen.
In their own words.
This is the money they earn, so it's their duty to do a good job.
Chen Hui and Chen Xiaoqiao cleaned the bridge together. Chen Qiaomei brought a bucket.
Using local materials, we drew water from the river and simply washed away the mud and soil on the bridge deck and bridgehead.
"Huihong, A Jiao, please move this table to the other side of the bridge first."
"Today, all those who are borrowing tables and chairs are in this area. Start from the farthest places."
Yuan Chuanfang came out of the house.
I happened to see Chen Huihong and Lin Jiao moving the table back and gave instructions loudly.
"Sister Chuanfang, where should we put this?"
Chen Guogang and Guo Hongxia moved the square table from their home over and asked loudly.
"Oh! You two are really sensible!"
"The legs of this table are so clean, have you washed them yourself?"
Yuan Chuanfang took a look with a flashlight and said with a smile.
"The water was splashed at the door just now, so it wasn't dirty to begin with." Guo Hongxia said.
"Just put it next to the one Huihong just placed." Yuan Chuanfang said, pointing in the direction.
Chen Guogang and Guo Hongxia moved the table over.
I chatted and laughed with Chen Huihong and Lin Jiao for a while.
Seeing that there were many people helping, the two of them went home first.
Lin Jiao watched Chen Guogang and Guo Hongxia walk away, and suddenly sneered twice.
"What's wrong?" Chen Huihong was confused.
"I just suddenly thought of something." Lin Jiao said with a smile.
"Tell me what you think of!"
"That's what you want to ask. Don't say I'm a spoiler later."
"I promise I won't tell you, now go ahead and tell me! I can't stand people who only finish half of their sentences."
Lin Jiao looked at Chen Huihong and hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Chen Hui's father is young, so Chen Hui has to call everyone he meets in the village "uncle."
"Any uncle I can find is better than my uncle Chen Xiangdong."
That said.
Chen Huihong couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her nephew.
After all, I married and moved to a neighboring village, so I can't take care of her so much in my daily life.
There are so many things I want to complain about, and I don’t know where to start.
Finally, he looked at Lin Jiao and said, "You're such a killjoy!"
"You just promised not to tell anyone about me." Lin Jiao was speechless.
"I don't care! Who told you to bring up such a spoiler on such a great day?"
"Even if you mention his biological father, I won't say anything about you."
Chen Huihong knew that she had broken her promise, so she just acted like a rogue.
The two chatted and laughed, and continued to move tables to other people's homes.
After Chen Hui and Chen Xiaoqiao finished cleaning, they joined the ranks of porters.
Chen Qiaomei took a bucket and a flashlight and looked everywhere for tables and chairs to wash.
Wang Shuhui coaxed the two children to sleep and came downstairs to help.
There is strength in numbers, and everything was done with more than an hour left before the tide rose.
Chen Hui patted Chen Xiaoqiao on the shoulder and asked, "Uncle Xiaoqiao, are you still going to the beach?"
"Are you crazy? You're still fishing when you're exhausted! I'm going back to sleep."
Chen Xiaoqiao shook his head repeatedly.
"Chen Hui, if you go to the sea like this, the sea will be scared away by you." Wang Shuhui teased with a smile.
"What time is it? You still want to go? Go back to bed!"
"When Master Li left just now, he specifically told you to go to bed early and get up early. Have you forgotten that?"
When Chen Huihong heard it, she immediately came over to educate him.
"Oh! I was just joking."
"Let's go, let's go back to sleep, wife, go back to sleep."
Chen Hui waved to An Wenjing and took her home.
Chen Huihong walked in front, chattering along the way about the order of work for tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)