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273 Finishing work

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    After the burial is completed, it means that the father's funeral affairs are basically over.  Next, all we have to do is some finishing touches.

    For such a big event, with so many banquets, it is impossible for you to fully understand who will come and who will not.  Therefore, it is impossible to prepare all kinds of dishes just right.  Under normal circumstances, the host will prepare more to prevent the embarrassing situation of not having enough dishes.  Of course, this time, my family is also prepared in the same way.  However, the extra dishes are not completely useless.

    ? Although all relatives and friends have passed away, neighbors have helped a lot since my father returned home after surgery.  In addition, during the process of father's funeral, many villagers came to help. Maybe these people finally got a meager reward of 50 yuan, but from an emotional point of view, it is still necessary for us to express our gratitude to them.  of.  Therefore, my mother and I unanimously decided to invite all the neighbors who have helped our family to have a meal tonight to show our gratitude.

    Unlike entertaining friends, this dinner is not formal, and the number of people is limited, with a maximum of four tables. Therefore, we decided not to have a family dinner this time, and we will do it ourselves.  In this way, the next expense can also be saved.  Of course, the family banquet invited by our family is also an acquaintance, but a distant descendant of our family.  Therefore, they are polite, knowing that we are going to have a banquet tonight, so they specially leave tables and stools.  His generosity has saved us a lot of trouble.  Otherwise, we'd have to borrow tables and stools around.

    Compared with the dinner last night, although there are a lot fewer people this evening, there are still four tables after all, so some manpower is still needed.  At this critical moment, it shows the difference between closeness and distance.  Needless to say, our family members.  Except for us, my aunt naturally couldn't shirk it, just like the nights when the vigil was required, all the dishes were still served by my aunt.  The sister-in-law volunteered to do odd jobs, while the mother was responsible for adding firewood to the stove.  In addition, my sister and wife help with washing dishes, serving dishes, etc., in fact, I can already be busy.  However, some women who have a good relationship with my family must also help.  Of course, these few female comrades have helped my family the most these days.  No matter how much we try to persuade, it will not work.  In the end, they turned directly to customers, making their sister and wife feel like customers with nothing to do.

    Since all kinds of dishes are ready-made, there is no need for much preparation at all.  When it was almost time for dinner, my uncle, cousin and I went separately to invite the people who had made an appointment to come over for dinner.

    This meal was just to deepen the relationship with the neighbors, so the meal was more casual, and the atmosphere during the dinner was quite harmonious.  It wasn't until the dinner was approaching that mother, aunt and the lesbians who helped gathered around the small round table in the kitchen and started eating with the few extra dishes.

    Generally speaking, although it is true that the extra dishes cost more money, the role it plays in condensing the feelings among fellow villagers cannot be measured by money.  That's why I thought before that "more dishes are not completely useless".

    This night, I feel like I slept the most soundly in my life.  After getting up the next day, I continued to work again.  Because the necessary finishing work has not yet been completed.  I am not used to being in debt, so the first thing I thought of was to settle the various amounts owed to others.

    Early this morning, the hostess of the family banquet came to pull tables and stools.  While expressing my gratitude, I convey the meaning that I will settle the account with him now.

    When the man heard this, he immediately said politely: "It's all from my own family, what's the rush? Go and do other things first, and settle the bill with me when you're free."

    I know what he said is pretending to be generous, but anyway, after listening to it, I still feel warm in my heart.  "Brother (that's because he is older than me, so I call him that. In our village, there are many people who are actually younger than me, but because they are much older than me, I usually  I will politely call him 'Brother'), I am almost busy with what I should be busy with. Now, I have settled the outstanding bills, and I can go to work."

    After listening to my words, the host of the family banquet stopped insisting, and quickly sat down at the table, and opened the ledger that he carried with him.

    Seeing this, I knew that the person in front of me had already planned to pay the bill while he came to collect the tables and stools.  Maybe you think this kind of person is very hypocritical, but in fact, it is just a way of dealing with people that many Chinese people like.  If, at that time, I really said "wait and then pay the bill", then he would have agreed to it.  However, from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that the accounts would be settled at that time.  Therefore, it cannot be said that he is hypocritical.

    In front of me, the person who made the family banquet wrote down what he had said.?Show me the bills one by one.  After he came up with the total, he asked me to double check to see if he had made any mistakes.  After confirming that it was correct, when I gave him the money in full, he insisted on rechecking the accounts kept by my family.

    "Brother, is this necessary? Can't I trust you as a person?" I immediately handed over two thousand yuan in cash while expressing my opinion.

    However, those who do family banquets are determined not to accept it.  He said righteously: "I have always done things clearly and never left gossip to others. I remember that every time the meat is delivered, someone in your family will keep an account. You bring the account book  For a couple, if there is really no problem, then it will not be too late for me to collect money."

    I know, he's talking about my wife.  In fact, the bill we have settled is not only the cost of the family banquet, but also the money for buying pork from the night watchmen when they hosted the banquet before, and the money for buying ribs from them during the dinner.  Because, the person who is doing the family banquet is also doing pork business.  Seeing that he was really persistent, I had no choice but to call my wife and cousin.  After they confirmed that the quantity and price of pork and ribs and the labor cost of each table meal were exactly the same, the person who made the family banquet happily accepted the reward he deserved.

    Although on the surface, it seems that the family banquet has added a little trouble to the host family.  However, this method of deliberately adding trouble is his shrewdness.  It was through such troubles that he proved his honesty.  The biggest trick of doing business is "based on honesty". Only by operating with integrity can the business grow bigger and bigger.  After a check, he will leave a good impression of "honesty" in the mind of the master.  In the future, if the host's family has something to do, or if the host's relatives and friends have something to do, they may patronize his business again because of his "honesty".  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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