Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 213

The next morning.

Li Hongbing led the blind man and the silly child out early.

When he arrived in the village, Zhang Shouxin was arranging rehearsals for the troupe. After one night, the temporarily repaired stage was ready for normal use. Actors in colorful costumes practiced their voices on the stage.

There were various rehearsals on the stage, and some older villagers sat in the Mazha and watched with relish. The children took sticks and learned how to make gestures. Li Hongbing smoked and exchanged greetings.

"Uncle Confused, I'm watching a movie! Smoke one"

"Uncle Tobacco, stop smoking some grass-burning tobacco, come and taste mine, bring a filter, I will take the two children to your house for a while."

"Aunt Trumpet, I need you to tell everyone in the village that I will bring the blind and idiots to door-to-door for dinner."

When Li Hongbing walked into the alley with the two young men, everyone in the rice field got together.

"What does Red Soldier mean?"

"Come to the door to pay respects, the Red Soldier understands the rules."

"No, who cares about this now."

"Let's go, go back and wait, don't come to the door, no one will welcome you in the room."

"Let's go! The Red Soldier asked me to help spread the message!"

The first one to go to Lao Gen's house was also Lao Gen's house, the silly boy Li Hongbing met.

Bang bang bang!
"Who is it!"

Mrs. Tiemei's yelling sounded in the yard, and as the gate was opened, Li Hongbing, the blind man and the silly boy stood outside the gate.

"Uncle Hongbing, aren't you having dinner at your house today? Come in and have a seat, isn't it too early?"

Li Hongbing smiled and waved his hands, "We won't go in, is Lao Gen at home?"

"Here!" Aunt Tiemei saw what was going on, and hurriedly turned her head to the rice field and shouted, "Lao Gen, hurry up, Uncle Hongbing is looking for you."

Lao Gen came to the door in a hurry with a bowl in his hand, forgetting to wipe off the crumbs from the corners of his mouth.

Don't wait for Lao Gen to speak.

The blind man and the silly boy immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Lao Gen and Mrs. Tiemei were stupefied at this moment, and when they came back to their senses, they hurried forward to pull the blind man and the silly boy up, "What are you doing so early in the morning, get up quickly."

However, the blind man and the silly boy were kneeling, and they couldn't stand up, Li Hongbing spoke.

"It's right to kowtow, don't pull them."

Then, the blind man and the silly boy each took out a red envelope and raised their hands high.

"Thank you, Mr. Tiemei, for your kindness in nurturing me."

This!
Lao Gen and Mrs. Tiemei knew what was going on, but they didn't know what to say, and tears welled up in their eyes.

Looking at the blind man and the fool who had grown up kneeling on the ground, his thoughts went back to the past.

At that time, the two children had no father and no mother, they were in tattered clothes, their faces were yellow and thin, and they had a restless meal.

People in the village saw the two children as pitiful, with one family in the east and one in the west, one pair of clothes in one house and one pair of trousers in the other house, and they grew up eating a hundred kinds of food and wearing a hundred kinds of clothes.

In a blink of an eye, they have grown so big.

Aunt Tiemei turned around and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Lao Gen took the red envelope, "Okay, I'll accept it. You guys will work hard with Uncle Hongbing in the future, and work harder."

Afterwards, Li Hongbing took out a red envelope and handed it to Lao Gen, "This is a wish from the Li family, please accept it."

"How embarrassing that is."

As for Uncle Hongbing's red envelope, Lao Gen didn't have that much burden. Since it was made out in the morning, it showed that the Li family was following the old rules of the village.

"Don't forget to have a meal at noon, let's go to the next one."

After finishing the thanksgiving process, Li Hongbing rushed to the next house without stopping. Although there are still thirty or forty households left in the village, it still takes a lot of time for each household to go through.

The next one is Dakui's.

It is also kowtow, gratitude, and gift, and immediately go to the next one after one set is finished.

In this way, the 38 households in the whole village finished walking, and it was after ten o'clock.

As the host, Li Hongbing was also responsible for welcoming and seeing off the guests, and the three of them hurried back to the old house.

Some villagers took their seats one after another, and the old man stood at the intersection and gave a temporary support, and there were many gifts from the villagers piled up next to him.

"Father, let me come!" Li Hongbing led the two boys to the side.

"Has every household gone?" Dad squinted.

"Here we go!"

"You guys welcome the guests here, and I will go up the mountain with me to burn paper later." After finishing speaking, the old man turned and walked into the courtyard.

As the time for the banquet drew closer, the villagers arrived one after another.

Almost everyone is carrying things in their hands, such as home-made liquor, home-raised chickens and ducks, brown sugar noodles, air-dried bacon, grains, peanuts, etc. Although they are not valuable things, they are also a gift from the villagers.

"Uncle Red Soldier, congratulations!"

"Blind man, silly boy, you two must listen to Uncle Red Soldier from now on."

"Master Red Soldier, be careful, don't be disgusted."

Li Hongbing accepted the gift with a smile, handed it to the blind man and the silly boy, and took out a cigarette to greet the villagers to the table.

There were peanuts and melon seeds prepared in advance on the table, and the villagers found a place to sit down, eating melon seeds and chatting happily, and the atmosphere was lively.

When Li Hongbing saw his father, mother, Anna, Shan Xing, eldest sister and second sister coming out of the gate with baskets, he quickly asked Da Kui and Fu Sheng to greet the villagers. past.

The sky today is very beautiful, the sky is very blue, the clouds are very light, and the wind is very light.

On the Phoenix Slope.

The sun shines through the dense branches and leaves of the cypress trees, printing large and small sparkling spots on the graves of grandparents, as if the two elders also know that today is a good day.

All members of the Li family lined up with incense sticks in their hands, and tributes of chicken, duck and fish were placed in front of the grave.

The fire paper was blazing in the brazier.

The old man took out a yellowed booklet with a solemn face, looked at the tombstone and said.

"Father, mother, today our Li family has added two more people. You are always well-informed, protect your family, ward off disasters and avoid disasters, and the population is prosperous."

"Li Ansheng, kowtow to the grandpa and grandma."

The blind man went to the grave, lit the incense with the torch in the brazier, and inserted it respectfully!Enter the censer, retreat to kneel down and kowtow six times.

"Li Angang, kowtow to the grandpa and grandma."

The silly boy also finished offering incense and kowtowed six times in a row.

Dad took out a pen, opened the yellowed booklet, and wrote down the names of the two.

At this time.

It was supposed to be the turn of the children and granddaughters to offer incense and kowtow, but the father suddenly looked at Shan Xing, his serious expression became much softer.

"Shan Xing, you also come to offer incense sticks to grandpa and grandma."

Ah!
Shan Xing's face suddenly turned red, and she looked at Li Hongbing in a state of bewilderment.

How can outsiders go to the grave? It has no name or distinction, and it is against the rules.

"Myolie, look at what San'er is doing. Dad told you to offer incense, so you go to offer incense." The second sister said outspokenly.

The eldest sister also persuaded, "It's okay, go! It will be a family thing sooner or later."

Shanxing and Hongbing have been together since they were young, childhood sweethearts, and the Li family knew about it. Later, the whole family left Caogou Village. In the past 20 years, the two finally came together after going around.

What's more, the red soldier has no virtue, a lazy man who doesn't pick his hat off the ground, divorced and has a daughter, Shan Xing has no complaints and no regrets, and he does his best to serve the father and son,
The Li family saw all these things. Although she had no status, everyone recognized that she was a member of the family.

The most important thing is that Anna told them that Dad slept with Aunt Shanxing.

There are pillows to prove it.

"Come on, I'll be with you, Anna, you come too."

Li Hongbing knew what his family meant, so he dragged Shan Xing to the grave of his grandparents. Anna puffed her cheeks and followed beside her angrily. What Tie Dan said came true. After Dad got a new wife, he would not want to be himself.

Crackling!

Two strings of firecrackers were lit, billowing gunpowder smoke enveloped Fenghuangpo, and was carried into the sky by the wind.

The villagers sitting at the table looked at the top of the mountain at the same time, and the sound of the cannon sounded, indicating that the Li family's entry ceremony would be completed, and the blind man and the idiot would be the serious Li family from now on.

"Tie Dan, get over here." Uncle Liang grabbed his grandson Tie Dan by the ear and pulled him towards him, "From now on, you are not allowed to arrange your blind uncle and silly uncle. If you do any more, I will break your leg."

"Scarred head. Mouth torn"

"Gouzi, swollen buttocks"

"Mao Ya, don't eat"

"Xi'er. Take you to school."

All kinds of threats and intimidations were staged everywhere in the banquet. If there were children who made up blind and stupid children in the past, the villagers would just quarrel when they saw it.
It can't be done now, the two children have roots and feet, and if they arrange it again, they will not give Li Hongbing or the old Li family any face.

Who is Li Hongbing!
The village tyrant, richest man, doctor, and village head of Caogou Village.

Wait for the Li family to come down from Fenghuang Slope.

Tables 25 were packed, not only Sanpao and Chunmiao came, but Li Hongbing saw Xu Dalang, Queen, Ma Fatty, and Hou San smiling and waving at him, and Li Huaizhong was sitting beside him.

"Why are you here? I don't remember inviting you?" Li Hongbing asked intentionally.

The expressions of the Queen, Fatty Ma, and Hou San froze, and it was exactly as Xu Dalang said. The doctor is a dog-faced person, and he will turn his face when he says he will turn his back on him, but Xu Dalang, who is accustomed to it, waited with shame, "Why, today is a good day for our two brothers. As an older brother, you can’t come and celebrate.”

Oh!
Li Hongbing suddenly showed a playful smile, and looked Xu Dalang up and down.

"The blind man and the fool are my nephews from the Li family. If you are their elder brother, then I am your uncle! Call uncle and listen."

"you!"

Xu Dalang was dumbfounded for a moment, he was on guard and slow, but Li Hongbing caught him and took advantage of his uncle for no reason.

"I'm not talking nonsense with you. You'll see me later."

"Then I'll see."

Li Hongbing turned around with a smile and went to the kitchen.

The Queen, Fatty Ma, and Hou San saw that Xu Dalang was tough and tough on Li Hongbing, and they were afraid that the purpose of coming to Caogou Village this time would be spoiled.

"Boss Xu, the doctor is the host, we are the guests, don't make trouble."

"That's right! We have something to ask him, calm down."

"Sister Dalang, don't cause trouble."

Looking at the nervous three people in front of him, Xu Dalang rolled his eyes in disdain, they would know Li Hongbing's viciousness, he looked gentle and elegant, but in fact he had a smiling face, and if he didn't pay attention, he would be tricked.

As for these three people, it is estimated that they are also dishes.
"Take care of yourselves. If you encounter anything, you'd better discuss it with me. Don't promise anything indiscriminately."

Li Huaizhong, who was on the sidelines, could hear something from the conversation between Boss Xu and his friend.

It seems that they came here with some purpose.

I'll talk to the Red Soldier later.

These city people are very mean-spirited!
There is an open-air back kitchen.

Master Su was in full swing with the help of the cooks. Ten large pots were stewed and steamed at the same time. Plates of cold dishes were stacked together, just like terraced fields outside the village.

Not only is Master Su busy, but the villagers who came to help in advance have long been accustomed to this kind of ostentation.

Some people pick the vegetables, some wash the dishes, some chop and serve the vegetables, some light the fire, some serve the vegetables, put them on the plates, and some serve the dishes.

Tie Dan, a group of kids headed by the scarlet head, guarded by the back kitchen, grabbed a handful of cold dishes and ran out when the chef was not paying attention, and came back to continue guarding after eating.

Snapped!
"Don't wash your hands, eat whatever you want." Li Hongbing slapped Tie Dan on the head, and after speaking, he picked up a piece of cold beef from the chopping board and threw it to him, "Take it and eat it, remember to use chopsticks."

After driving away the children, Master Su came over sweating profusely, "Master Li, it's time to serve the food!"

Li Hongbing took out his mobile phone and checked the time, then nodded.

"let's go!"

"Okay!"

Master Su grinned and shouted at the banquet.

"The table is open!"

Crackling!

The sound of firecrackers was deafening, the choking smoke and red firecracker skins flying all over the sky.

The helpers who have been waiting for a long time are waiting in line with square trays to load the dishes.

The helper puts the cold dishes on the tray, and the helper lifts the tray up to shoulder level, walks into the seat, and when someone blocks the way, he yells, "Break!"

Villagers who heard the sound of intrusion would quickly move out of the way, the helper walked to the table, and the seater immediately got up and brought out the dishes belonging to his table from the tray.

The helper will continue to pick up the tray and move to the next table.

The first dish, cold beef.

The beef sauce is rich in aroma, ruddy in color, and the meat is full of tendons.

The villagers cried out secretly.

I usually eat a large feast, and the first cold dishes are usually fried peanuts, stewed peanuts, kelp vermicelli and other vegetarian dishes. If possible, pig ears are served on the plate, and beef is usually placed in the middle as a big dish.

But the first cold dish of Uncle Hongbing’s banquet is cold beef. Not to mention the portion, the beef is also thickly cut. This does not mean that the beef is just a side dish, and there are big hard dishes behind it.

Regardless of its.

Let's eat first.

The villagers stretched their chopsticks on the plate one after another. There were eight people at a table, and no one had a big chopstick. Half of the beef was left on the plate.

"Break!"

The second dish is served.

Braised elbow.

A complete elbow is covered with sauce, and the color of rock sugar hangs attractively in the sun, making mouth watering.

Gently pinch the chopsticks, the skin and flesh of the elbow are separated, and when you put it in your mouth, the gelatinous skin of the elbow melts instantly in your mouth, and your mouth is full of the smell of pork simmered with seasoning.

The villagers have turned their chopsticks to braised elbows.

I haven't waited to eat two bites.

The third course is served,

Crispy hairtail.

Each piece of hairtail is in the middle of the fish body, three fingers wide.

The fourth course, roast chicken with peppercorns.

The fifth course, sweet and sour carp.

The fifth course, roast duck with beer.

The sixth course, dry pot beef bones.

The seventh course is braised pork with big knife.

……

The villagers were all numb from seeing and eating, and faced with a plate of hard dishes, they didn't know which one to eat first with chopsticks.

Is this girl still a big seat?

That's what the emperor ate!

I have lived for decades, and I have never eaten such a big banquet.

There is a table of meat and vegetables, but I can't find any vegetables.

That's it.

The helpers are still serving up plate after plate of meat dishes.

correct!

And wine.

The wine used for Uncle Hongbing's banquet is Niangniang Erqu wine. This wine is quite famous in the local area. There is a Niangniang spring in the forest area. The spring water is warm in winter and cool in summer.The wine made from spring water is like a mountain spring, clear and sweet in the mouth, and has a strong aftertaste. A bottle sells for 60 yuan.

Buying loose wine for 60 yuan in the forest area can buy dozens of catties.

this dish.

this wine.

Uncle Red Soldier, this handwriting is no ordinary prodigal!
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(End of this chapter)