"Dad is going to the village to find Brother Mo!"
The first ssage Jiang Wenqing sent was to Li Jingyi, since she was his good desk mate. In Jiang Wenqing’s "mature" little brain, this kind of good news definitely needed to be shared with his desk mate.
After all, Brother Mo had an ice cream cart and juice to drink there.
More importantly, from the last sumr camp, Chen Mo gave Jiang Wenqing a feeling of being omnipotent and especially fun.
After receiving Jiang Wenqing’s ssage, Li Jingyi pouted for a long ti and eventually went to find her mom.
"Mom, Jiang Wenqing and them are going to the village tonight."
"What?" Jingyi’s Mother thought for a long ti.
The banquet is tomorrow at noon, so what are they going to the village for tonight? It must be to arrange various affairs. For such a big banquet, who is the steward responsible for distributing drinks, tobacco, and alcohol? Who is the accountant responsible for collecting gift money? Who is taking care of the guests and guiding them to their seats? These things must be arranged in advance by the host family.
"So tonight should be to arrange these things."
Jingyi’s Mother thought, "The big feast is tomorrow; Xiaochen must be preparing the dishes tonight. Even if I can’t eat, it’s good to take a look."
"But I’m just the classmate’s mom from the other family. Wouldn’t it be inappropriate to go there rashly?"
Jingyi’s Mother thought and thought, feeling that it was inappropriate to go to a small village so late with a classmate’s parent, but the food she ate at the last sumr camp made her taste buds salivate uncontrollably.
Got it!
"Jingyi~ Mom guesses you really want to go to the village to play with Jiang Wenqing today, right?"
Li Jingyi, chatting with Jiang Wenqing on her little genius phone, said without turning her head, "But it’s too late. Anyway, we’re going to the birthday tomorrow, so I don’t have to go."
Jingyi’s Mother frowned, "No, you want to go."
"Mom, I..."
Fifteen minutes later.
Jingyi’s Mother, holding her phone, spoke with apologies and embarrassnt in her voice.
"Oh, I’m really so sorry, Jingyi sohow found out about you going to Jiuniu Pass, and I told her it was too late to disturb others, but she just kept crying and crying."
"Wenqing’s Dad, isn’t it too late to follow you to the village?"
"Oh, Sister-in-law is going too? That’s great, I still have so things the teacher asked to figure out, perfect to chat with Sister-in-law. Ah, who doesn’t say so? Kids these days need coaxing, as even a little dissatisfaction makes them cry and fuss, especially daughters. I really envy that you’ve got a son~"
"Okay, okay, I’ll wait for you downstairs in a bit? Thank you so much!"
After hanging up, the woman stood by the window, her gaze sowhat dreamy as she looked outside. The buildings shining with lights no longer seed like buildings.
They were more like kebabs sizzling with sparks or sothing.
Li Jingyi sat on the sofa, bewildered, and after listening to her mom’s phone call, she said softly, "I really didn’t want to go..."
A mont later, a Buick GL8 appeared at Jiuniu Pass.
"Today, you go and explain to my parents; I’m really exhausted," Zhang Yaling was still troubled.
Jiang Fei sighed, "I must say, our banquet is no less than any restaurant’s in Jingzhou City. If anyone doesn’t co, it’s their loss!"
Zhang Yaling looked worried, "That’s all well and good, but guests don’t tell you that. They’ll just say, ’Minister Jiang earns three to four hundred thousand a year, yet for his son’s celebration, he wasn’t willing to book a hotel and instead did a one-stop in the countryside. That’s just wanting gift money without providing als for the guests!’"
Jiang Fei knew he had no grounds to argue because it was true.
But what could be done now?
With his neck stiff and filled with indignation, he said, "Never mind, I’ve sent the invitations to everyone. Whether they co or not is up to them! Why should I care if they talk about like that? Alright, when you get to the courtyard, don’t say anything about this in front of Chen Mo. He helped us a lot, and he’s had a tough ti; you hear ?"
Zhang Yaling looked out the window, expressionless, "Got it."
The three adults and two children got out of the car and walked toward the yard. Jiang Wenqing and Li Jingyi even ran to the food cart at the gate and took a couple of turns, "There’s no ice cream cart today."
Li Jingyi sucked on a lollipop, "There will be tomorrow!"
The two little kids then followed the adults into the yard.
It was getting late, and the villagers went ho to rest. In the yard were only Chen Mo’s family and Hou Yao, who had been temporarily brought in as a laborer.
Mu Xin was in the west room scolding, while Mu Mu stood there like a child who made a mistake receiving a scolding.
"Oh, the boss is here."
Jiang Fei just stepped into the yard and was imdiately attracted by what Chen Mo was doing, "So much preparation? This is more than twenty tables, right?"
The large basins on the ground were full of pork knuckles, several basins for sure more than twenty.
Chen Mo laughed, "Bought a bit extra just in case. Even if we can’t finish it, we can pack it up and take it ho."
Then he added, "The extra is my treat! Not in your budget."
In fact, the food Chen Mo bought had already exceeded the two thousand yuan per table budget, given that Jiang Fei’s help couldn’t be asured with money.
"That’s sothing you say, I wouldn’t let you lose out!"
Seeing Chen Mo about to speak, Jiang Fei didn’t want to get tangled up over money, so he asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"
"You can’t cook, though, haha." Chen Mo joked, "Besides, with Master Hou helping, just relax and wait to taste our dishes tomorrow."
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