Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 90
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Sister Cui found that the indifference in Li Hongbing's eyes had disappeared after regaining his mood, adding a bit of calmness and elegance.

"That's right, keep it up." Sister Cui nodded appreciatively.

Li Hongbing returned a thankful smile.

Fortunately, Sister Cui reminded me in time.

Otherwise, the consequences will be really serious.

...

Night falls.

All the newly built street lights on the square at the entrance of the village were turned on, and the dazzling light illuminated the entire square brightly.

Not only the square, but the entire Caogou Village is bathed in light, and there are street lamps at intervals in the lanes of the village.

The elderly finally don't have to walk in the dark at night, and the children can also play freely at night.

Women don't have to urge men to go to bed at night, and now they invite a few chatty people to sit under the street lamp, mend clothes, and gossip about family members at the same time.

The man can finally breathe a sigh of relief. You grab a handful of peanuts, and I grab a handful of soybeans, and drink the homemade grain wine while recalling the past.

Caogou Village, because of the arrival of Li Hongbing, gradually changed.

Da Kui, who made a temporary guest appearance as an acquaintance, stood on the stone mill that had been straightened and yelled loudly.

"Let's open the table, please!"

The villagers scattered around the square at the head of the village quickly walked towards their seats.

Rural customs are such a thing, the place is not big, but there are many famous places.

Take the dining table as an example.

To eat a big banquet, the table is respected, and only the person with the highest seniority in the village, or the most honored person, is eligible.

Rural houses generally sit north and look south, and the wine table also regards the north as the right seat, which is often called the "top seat". Zhike must first invite the elders to sit at the top seat, and then let the villagers sit in other seats.

The table didn't move the chopsticks, and didn't say anything to start eating. Everyone couldn't eat first.

After the meal, the others can leave only when the seat is left.

The villagers stood at the mat table in unison. If a child was hungry and wanted to eat quickly, he grabbed a seat and sat down, and his parents would immediately pull him back.

Dakui yelled again, "Uncle Red Soldier please come to the table."

Li Hongbing, who originally wanted to keep a low profile, walked out of the crowd with a wry smile, and bowed to the surrounding villagers.

There is no way, my father is not here, and I am the oldest elder in the village. If I don't sit, I don't even think about using chopsticks at this big banquet tonight.

Go to the chair and sit down.

Da Kui continued to yell, "Sit down with me."

The upper seat is respected from the left, and the positions on the left side and diagonally opposite to the upper seat are all "accompanying seats". Those who sit in this position are slightly lower in seniority than the upper seat, but they are also more distinguished guests.

Xu Dalang walked out like a dog, following Li Hongbing's example, he bowed his hands around, and kept winking at Li Hongbing after he sat down.

Li Hongbing smiled back, hoping that he can maintain this mentality later.

Next, San Pao was also escorted to sit as an accompanying seat. Yes, it was escorted. San Pao was full of fear, and even if he tried to refuse, he couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the two young and strong young people.

"Three bubbles, men should be more generous, don't they just eat a banquet and grind like girls." Xu Dalang educated with the attitude of someone who has experienced it.

Ha ha!

Don't be too happy.

You'll find out later who the bitch is.

San Pao unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a half-crying half-smile expression, looking down at the table.

The first table and the accompanying table were all seated. As the leader of Caogou Village, Li Huaizhong, Fu Sheng, Shui Sheng, Lao Gen, and Tian Wa were seated in order.

After the table was seated, Dakui called the villagers to join the table.

"Sit in!"

The villagers sat in their seats one after another.

According to the rules, the placement of the table is particular.

The innermost is the upper table, where the elders and distinguished guests of the village sit, surrounded by the men in charge of each household, the young people outside, and the children and women outside.

The village also specially arranged a few tables for the workers who installed the street lamps.

After everyone was seated, Da Kui yelled in the direction of the kitchen.

"Serve the food!"

Guifeng, Tiemei, Xiu'e and a group of sister-in-laws brought out plates of banquet dishes from the open-air kitchen.

There are rules for serving food at a banquet.

Five cold, eight meat and three bowls of soup.

Cold dishes and hot dishes are all prepared in advance, put them in the pot and return to the pot, and serve them directly on the table when the table is opened.

Five cold dishes, fried peanuts, cucumbers, pickled radishes, pork skin jelly, and sugared tomatoes.

Eight hot dishes, braised pork with dried bamboo shoots, braised pork with preserved vegetables, fried cabbage with lamb, tiger skin eggs, stewed chicken with mushrooms, braised chicken nuggets, steamed spicy sausage, wild garlic bacon.

Three soups, pig offal soup, lamb offal soup, bacon soup.

Men, women and children in the village, seeing so many meat dishes on the table, are almost drooling. The last time they ate was Chinese New Year.

The children scratched their ears and cheeks and couldn't sit still, their eyes wandered around the dishes, wondering which one to eat first.

After the dishes were served, Li Huaizhong held up his wine glass and said the opening remarks, nothing more than thanking Uncle Hongbing, thanking Xu Dalang, thanking Sanpao, etc., and finally looking forward to the bright future of Caogou Village.

At the end, before eating, Li Huaizhong emphasized again.

No one is allowed to take food until the big banquet is finished.

The banquet begins.

In an instant, the chopsticks flew across the table, and there was the sound of clinking plates. One table was okay, but more than 30 tables appeared at the same time. What a spectacular scene.

Even Li Huaizhong didn't expect the villagers to be so enthusiastic, his face darkened, and he smiled shyly.

"People in the mountains eat like this, so don't be surprised. What about the wine, serve it quickly."

Fu Sheng held up a red lacquered wooden tray from his side, on which were placed two rows of small copper wine cups, which cost only three cents a cup, and there were 18 of them in total.

Next to the wine cup is a brass jug with a narrow mouth. Judging from the luster of the wine glass and jug, it should be quite old.

Li Huaizhong walked up to Li Hongbing, picked up a wine cup, "Uncle Hongbing, thanks to you for bringing those four bastards back, if something really happened, I would be ashamed to live, I don't thank you for your kindness, I will do it first."

After speaking, he raised his head and drank a cup of wine.

Li Hongbing nodded with a smile, accepted the thanks calmly, picked up a wine cup from the tray, and took another wine cup to drink after drinking.

Then Li Huaizhong offered two more, and Li Hongbing returned four, and then increased in multiples of doubles, until Li Hongbing drank eight wine cups before stopping.

This is called good things in pairs and not singles. Two, four, six, eight, and nine cannot be drunk.

Xu Dalang sat on the sidelines and observed secretly, there are too many ways in the wine market, one must drink to be a table, and you can't get away, but first you need to see how to drink.

The small wine cup is less than three yuan, and four cups are only one or two. The smell of the wine cup should be rice wine or other sake.

Rice wine can also be called wine. With the capacity of three bottles of foreign wine, it should not be a big problem to easily handle this table of small Karami.

Especially Li Hongbing, when he has a grudge, he will show him what is a real man in wine, and a real man in wine.

After seeing him, he still dares to look down on city people.

Seeing him dare to torment Lao Tzu in the future.

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(End of this chapter)