Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

"Yes, I've seen it, there's no problem." Yi Zhonghai said with a normal expression.

Tian Zao didn't say anything more and continued to check the house.

Yi Zhonghai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, really worried that Tian Zao would continue to ask.

When they came to the middle courtyard, Mrs. Jia Zhang was washing under the faucet. When she saw Tian Zao coming in, she quickly smiled and said: "Hello, Leader Tian, ​​this is"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Let me introduce you. This is Jia's sister-in-law."

Tian Zao said "Oh," knowing that this was Jia Dongxu's mother. After looking up and down, she said, "Hello, I'm busy."

The two of them exchanged a few polite words and continued their patrol.

When He Yuzhu went to exercise the next day, Tian Zao talked about what happened and confirmed the fact that the Jia family occupied Qian Datong's house.

Time flew by, and the day came to the ninth day of July. Today was Saturday, and the entire courtyard was busy.

Jia Dongxu was very energetic, his face was full of joy, and he was also wearing five-person-six-person clothes. He asked: "Master, Shazhu is really unwilling to help?"

Yi Zhonghai was also helpless. Yesterday he went to Sha Zhu again. No matter how he tried to persuade him, Sha Zhu refused and said, "Yes, I can only find a chef."

In Sijiucheng, ordinary people have to find cooks who specialize in weddings and weddings.

Mainly because of the custom in Beijing, people need to do things in their own homes. When they go home, they have to sit out the street gate and sit in the street gate. Even if it is a funeral, they have to be carried out decently. Doing things in your own house is very important. .

Therefore, it was necessary to invite chefs to the courtyard specifically, which gave birth to a professional profession called Kouzi. Ordinary people all use Kouzi Kitchen and call them greenhouse cooks.

There are also companies that specialize in renting various utensils. Today is the first day and you need to go to them to rent various utensils such as square tables, benches, greenhouses for pots and pans, large pots for cooking, etc.

Jia Dongxu sighed. He couldn't take advantage now. The last time he had Shazhu's cooking at his master's house, it was really good, no worse than He Daqing's.

At that time, I thought about letting Sha Zhu take charge of the job, but after looking for it twice, the bad guy Sha Zhu was not willing.

"Okay, you help at home, and I'll hire the cook."

He Yuzhu came back from leave the next day. He heard the sound of a suona from far away. When he walked up to it, he saw an Eight Immortals table outside the courtyard. Several people were sitting there playing the suona, as well as gongs and drums. For those who play the sheng, there are two red lanterns hanging in front of the courtyard door, and bright red words of happiness are posted on both sides of the courtyard door.

After passing the Moon Gate, I saw Yan Bugui sitting under the pomegranate tree, writing a gift list.

There were not many people in the courtyard. Someone handed over the gift and went to the middle courtyard.

There is a pergola in the yard with several tables. It seems that the place in the middle of the yard will be used for eating.

He Yuzhu came and sat on the bench, picked up the sunflower seeds on the table, ate two, and then spit it aside.

"Uncle Yan, are these melon seeds from the Jia family?"

"Yes, can it be done by someone else?"

"Why is it so wet? It doesn't taste good at all."

Yan Bugui sighed: "Everything I bought was bought by Jia Zhangshi himself. Of course, I have to buy it cheaply and make do with it." '

He Yuzhu threw the melon seeds back on the table in disgust. This was indeed something that the Jia family could do.

Question: "How many etiquette are given when getting married nowadays?"

No one came to pay the gift money this time. Yan Bugui put down the pen in his hand, pushed up his glasses wrapped with cloth, and said: "There are three kinds of gift money now. If it is a relatively close person, it is usually one yuan or two yuan. According to There are also differences in the gifts given based on the distance of the relatives.”

He Yuzhu nodded, like a biological sister or an aunt. This is the closest relationship, and the gift is the heaviest. Jia Dongxu does not have a biological sister, but he has a biological aunt. This kind of close relative usually costs about 5 yuan.

The next closest relative is between 1 and 5 yuan. Depending on the distance of the relative or when their family did things before, the Jia family will give the same gift back to the other party no matter how much the Jia family takes.

He Yuzhu said: "An ordinary neighbor like me."

Yan Bugui said: "There are two types of this. One is to pay 5 cents or one yuan for a meal. It is relatively far away, but I am just familiar with it. This kind of gift money can be as little as cents or cents."

Yan Bugui asked: "This is your nearest neighbor. How much do you pay?"

He Yuzhu asked: "How was the preparation of today's food?"

Yan Bugui didn't answer directly. He picked up the damp melon seeds on the table and said, "Look, the melon seeds for the guests are all damp. You can figure out how much meat the Jia family can prepare."

He Yuzhu immediately laughed. Yes, Mrs. Zhang was not happy to marry Qin Huairu as her daughter-in-law, so she was not enthusiastic about preparing for the wedding.

In addition, he has a sharp and acerbic personality, so he would definitely want to make money when he got married.

If you can buy good wine and meat to entertain your relatives and friends, that’s really too much.

He Yuzhu asked: "How much gift did you pay?"

Yan Bugui sighed again, and then said painfully: "Of course I paid a 50 cent gift."

Although Yan Bugui felt distressed, the human relations in this courtyard still had to be maintained, so he paid fifty cents.

He Yuzhu said: "Uncle, why are you still distressed? You have three children in your family, and this is the only Jia family. When your family does things, they will give three gifts, don't you still earn one?"

Now the Yan family has given birth to three sons, and the fourth, Yan Jiedi, has not yet been born.

Yan Bugui was stunned, and then immediately became annoyed. Why was he not as smart as Silly Zhu?

I just thought about having to pay 5 cents this time, so I felt bad. Why didn't I think that when my three sons got married, Jia Dongxu would come to eat three banquets?

Can't you make a dollar?

Yan Bugui asked: "How about I change it again and change the gift money to one yuan?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "Uncle Yan, how can you have the nerve to change the gift money? Besides, when your eldest brother gets married, he will come, and the second brother will get married. If he doesn't come, you can't go and ask for it, right?"

Thinking about it, Mrs. Zhang might really be able to do such a thing.

I haven’t seen her suffer a loss in decades. Or if you pay a dollar as a gift, he will give you 1 cents for a meal the first time, and another 2 cents for the second time, and another meal. When the third child gets married, he won’t do it again. Come on, I still lost a meal.

"You still think too far."

Yan Bugui's eyes changed when he looked at He Yuzhu. When did this silly Zhu become so shrewd and see things so thoroughly?

The two chatted for a while, and neighbors and relatives came over one after another to pay tribute. Yan Bugui took the time to ask: "Zhuzhu, how many gifts did you pay? I'll record it for you."

He Yuzhu was stunned and said, "I won't pay you any money."

"What? You don't want to pay the gift?"

Yan Bugui said in surprise: "Zhuzi, you really don't want to pay the gift?"

"What kind of food can their family prepare? I won't eat her banquet."

I came to see a show, not to waste money. 5 cents can buy more than a pound of pork, so why should Jia Dongxu be cheap?

It's better to buy meat, cook it and eat it yourself.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu said: "I have 5 cents to buy meat for myself, why should I eat hers?"