Chapter 52 Want to receive more gift money? Not a cent more!

Yi Zhonghai continued: "I have already prepared ten yuan. When the time comes, I will be the first to give the gift money to the Jia family."

"No, Lao Yi, are you going to give so much money?"

When Yan Fugui heard that Yi Zhonghai was going to give a gift of ten yuan, he was extremely surprised.

Jia Zhang looked at Yan Fugui with dissatisfaction, "What's wrong? He is Dongxu's master. Can't he give ten yuan for his apprentice's wedding?"

Yan Fugui frowned and said hesitantly: "If Lao Yi takes the lead and gives ten yuan, how much should we take?"

"Just give me more. After all, my Dongxu only gets married once, so I can only accept this much gift money. You come to our place for a feast, so what's wrong with giving me more money?"

Jia Zhang said as a matter of course.

Yan Fugui didn't say anything, but deep down he didn't want to take more gift money.

When it came time to receive gifts, he would only give fifty cents at most and would never follow Yi Zhonghai in paying more.

Anyway, he has given the gift money, and the Jia family can't refuse to accept it.

If you still think it's not enough, then there's nothing he can do.

Yan Fugui made up his mind and decided to contact several families later to tell them not to offer such high gift money. The gift money given by Yi Zhonghai was high because Yi Zhonghai accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, so he only offered ten yuan as a gift money.

But these people don't need to give too much. After all, they are just neighbors to the Jia family, and they don't have a close relationship like master and apprentice. They just need to give some gift money as a token of their appreciation when they come to the banquet. There is no need to give too much gift money.

Yan Fugui felt that most people would agree with what he said. After all, money is hard to earn these days, and no one is willing to spend a lot of money as a gift. Just giving a few cents like him is enough to show their appreciation.

Jia Zhang didn't know what Yan Fugui was thinking, otherwise, she would definitely have quarreled with Yan Fugui.

Because Jia Zhang had always wanted to receive more gifts when Jia Dongxu got married, she had specially discussed with Yi Zhonghai and asked Yi Zhonghai to give more. In this way, she felt that others would be embarrassed to give too little, and her family could receive more.

If Yan Fugui hadn't known about this in advance, he might have really been tricked by her.

But now Yan Fugui knew about it in advance. With his personality of wanting to make every penny count, he would definitely not be willing to pay even a penny more and would definitely mess up Jia Zhang's plan.

"Then I will come early tomorrow to prepare the dishes, and the helpers I find must also come early. The feast will start at noon, so we have to prepare long in advance."

"In addition, we need to borrow a few more double-handled pots. We don't have a large pot in our courtyard that can fry all the dishes on the table at once, so we can only add some small pots as a substitute. Then we need to borrow some stoves and find some charcoal. All these need to be prepared."

Wang Jianye stated his requirements.

Yi Zhonghai naturally agreed to everything.

When leaving after dinner, Yan Fugui not only held a pile of red paper and a bottle of ink in his hand, but also touched a handful of wedding candies he had bought, and went home contentedly.

Jia Zhang looked at Yan Fugui taking away the remaining wedding candies from her family, and said with some dissatisfaction: "This stingy old Yan even took away a few candies."

"Old Yan is such a person. Didn't he write wedding couplets and wedding characters for your family?"

Yi Zhonghai said something comforting.

After Wang Jianye said goodbye and left, he met Yan Fugui in the yard.

Yan Fugui pulled Wang Jianye to the front yard and asked, "Jia Zhang wants Yi Zhonghai to take the lead in giving more gifts. What do you think?"

Wang Jianye shook his head: "My family only gave 50 cents. I don't care what others think. Anyway, I won't give a cent more."

Yan Fugui laughed: "I thought so too. I'll only pay fifty cents. It's not that easy for us to make money now. Even if we have money, we can't just throw it to other people. I'll talk to a few more companies later, and then we'll all pay less."

After Wang Jianye returned home.

Tell Zhang Lan and the others what you have discussed.

Zhang Lan nodded: "It's well prepared. All you have to do tomorrow is to prepare the dishes carefully, and you don't have to worry about other things." "Brother, if you prepare a good banquet this time, will people often come to you to prepare banquets in the future?"

Wang Jianwu asked curiously.

Wang Jiannan said for him, "Of course. My brother's cooking is so delicious. If anyone in our courtyard wants to hire a chef, they will definitely consider my brother first. If my brother doesn't agree, they will look for someone else."

When saying this, Wang Jiannan held his head high and chest puffed out, looking very proud.

She knew how good her elder brother Wang Jianye's craftsmanship was, and she also knew the benefits this would bring to her elder brother.

Wang Jianwu became happy. Thinking about the scene of others asking his elder brother to cook, he became a little excited. My brother is really awesome.

Zhang Lan watched them happily, and she was happy too.

After all, Wang Jianye has finally mastered his craft, and his cooking has won the hearts of other newcomers, so he can now stand on his own.

……

After a while, Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Dongxu to come to the backyard to announce that a meeting would be held.

Wang Jianye, Zhang Lan, Wang Jianwu, Wang Jiannan and others left the house together.

Then it happened that Xu Damao also went out and they met.

"Is Uncle Xu back?"

Wang Jianye looked at Xu Damao and asked.

Xu Damao still said angrily, "My father is back."

He still holds a grudge against Sha Zhu.

After all, he was beaten so badly by Sha Zhu, and he wanted to call the police to arrest Sha Zhu, but failed due to Yi Zhonghai's obstruction.

This meant that Xu Damao had not yet taken revenge on Sha Zhu. He felt very uncomfortable because he hadn't vented the anger in his heart. He thought to himself that he must not let Sha Zhu fall into his hands, otherwise he would definitely give Sha Zhu a severe beating.

Xu Damao took his sister Xu Fengling and his mother to the central courtyard.

As for his father Xu Fugui, although he had a limp, but when he heard that the meeting was about the matter of Sha Zhu's father He Daqing, he wanted to go and join in the fun no matter how inconvenient his legs were, and see if there was any chance to add insult to injury.

Xu Damao is full of evil intentions and is a real villain who doesn't even try to hide them.

And his father, Xu Fugui, has even more evil in his heart than him, and he can hold a big boat in his heart just like the prime minister.

After all, like father, like son. People like Xu Damao learned that from his father.

Liu Haizhong, who was in the east wing of the backyard, actively followed and walked towards the central courtyard.

How could this meeting be held without his participation?

After Wang Jianye arrived at the Intermediate Court, many people had already come here.

Like Yan Fugui's family in the front yard, Yi Zhonghai and his wife, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu's family, Sha Zhu's brother and sister, plus Xu Damao's family who just arrived, and Liu Haizhong's family.

In addition to the other residents in the courtyard, the entire central courtyard is almost full.

There was a square table in the middle of the yard. Yi Zhonghai sat at the first seat and Yan Fugui sat next to him. On the table were a brush, an inkstone, and a piece of red paper.

When Liu Haizhong arrived, he saw that there was an empty seat next to the square table, so he pulled a bench and sat over.

Seeing that almost everyone from each family had arrived, Yi Zhonghai coughed lightly and put down the enamel pot in his hand, "Let's have a meeting."

(End of this chapter)