Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

In his new life, Li Long followed the bride to receive the bride, but it was the first time for him to drive a jeep to receive the bride.

Gu Xiaoxia's leader, Director Wang, was very good to her. After she was seconded to the company, he made her a full-time employee. He was considered Gu Xiaoxia's guide.

So it was reasonable for Li Long to be willing to drive over to help.

There is still some time before New Year's Day. After Gu Xiaoxia got Li Long's affirmative response, she notified Director Wang the next day.

Director Wang was very happy. He felt that he had completed his mission - his nephew was getting married, and not only did he give gifts, he also found a 212 jeep to pick up the bride. This face alone was enough.

Since he was going to pick up someone else's bride, Li Long had to pack up the car. After breakfast the next day, he first drove the car to the county transportation company for maintenance, which took half a day.

After the maintenance, Li Long drove the car back to the yard and started to clean it up. The car had been used for leather and other things, and there was still some smell in the corners. He cleaned the car carefully, and after an afternoon, the jeep looked much more impressive than before, although it was not brand new.

Although in Li Long's opinion, it was just so-so, but at least now this car was in no way inferior to the two in the county party committee compound.

After packing up the car, Li Long was very careful with the car in the next few days. Fortunately, nothing serious happened and the car remained in a very new condition.

On December 12, Director Wang's nephew, Wang Qiyuan, invited Li Long and his helpers to have dinner at Tuanfeng Tower to discuss the bride-picking ceremony for the next day.

The fact that the Wang family could host these helpers in a place like Tuanfenglou already showed how powerful the Wang family was.

The matter of inviting helpers and rewarding helpers has been mentioned before. If it is in the countryside, usually you will ask the chef to prepare a table of dishes in the yard in advance, invite the people who need help, and then arrange things.

There are usually fewer people at wedding banquets in the city than in the countryside, so things will be more concise. In general, you just invite the guests to their home or a table in a restaurant and explain the situation while they eat.

Li Long was a little surprised that the invitation to dinner could be held in Tuanfenglou. After all, at present, the County Hotel was not open to the public, and Tuanfenglou was already the most high-end place for entertaining guests in the entire county.

Li Long thought that this family might want to see the car, so he drove the jeep to Tuanfenglou.

The place for the banquet was a large private room on the second floor, which could accommodate two tables.

The Wang family invited two tables, so it seemed that there were quite a lot of people helping out.

When Li Long entered, there were already some people sitting at the table in the box, smoking and chatting. There were melon seeds, peanuts, cigarettes and candies on the table.

"Hello, who are you..." someone asked Li Long, a man in his thirties wearing a suit.

"I'm the driver of the jeep." Li Long said, "Is it the Wang family who's picking up the bride?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Come on, come on. Master, please sit inside and have a smoke. What's your name, Master?" The middle-aged man was very enthusiastic. Those who could drive a jeep were not ordinary people, so he naturally greeted him with a smile.

"I don't smoke." Li Long waved his hand, sat in the corner, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them, saying, "My last name is Li."

Seeing Li Long sitting down, the man smiled and said, "Master Li, please sit down first. There are a few more people. We will start the meal after they arrive."

Li Long nodded and said nothing more. He just cracked melon seeds and listened to these people's gossip.

Most of the people present were young people, and two of them were chefs. What surprised Li Long was that the banquet would be held in the yard tomorrow, just like in the countryside, and these two chefs were the ones who cooked. In fact, Wang Qiyuan was planning to hold the banquet in Tuanfenglou, but firstly, there were not enough tables in Tuanfenglou, and secondly, some distinguished guests were said to be coming tomorrow. Some people had already booked tables at Tuanfenglou, so they couldn't clear the place, so they just held it in the yard.

The bride is a math teacher at the town's primary school. Li Long guessed that Director Wang had introduced her to him. Although the bride teaches in the county, her parents are from the countryside and are not farmers. However, in the eyes of those present, the bride is considered to be marrying above her station.

Because Wang Qiyuan works in the County Light Industry Bureau, which is a good unit.

Of course, Li Long didn’t think so, but since others saw it that way, he naturally wouldn’t say anything.

Tomorrow we will set out from the county, pick up the bride's parents in the village, and then return to the county to hold the wedding banquet. The process is similar to what Li Long did in the countryside before. Wang Qiyuan's leader, the director of the Industrial Bureau, will be there to give a speech, and today we will mainly arrange the procedures and the tasks to be done.

After more than ten minutes, people gradually arrived. Next to Li Long sat two young people, a man and a woman. They were classmates of the groom and were chatting in a low voice about the interesting things that happened when the bride and groom met.

Before Li Long could listen, the middle-aged man who had greeted the guests clapped his hands and said:

"Okay, everyone is here. Let's serve the food first. The groom will come over later. Let's discuss our affairs first. When the food comes, we can eat and talk. I will sort out the procedures and everyone can help to see if there are any problems."

Li Long commented that this person is quite capable of handling things.

The dishes for the two tables were served quickly. They were not particularly good. There were two main dishes, one was braised pork elbow and the other was spicy chicken. The rest were basically vegetarian dishes and cold dishes.

For Li Long, this was just an ordinary meal, but for most people, the food was already very good. They were a little impatient, but they basically remained restrained until the middle-aged man said the meal started.

"Let's eat. We have something important to do tomorrow, so let's not drink for now." The middle-aged man also understood the feelings of these people and waved his hand to let them eat. "Next, I will give you a pair of procedures. Master Li... You have to drive the car to the gate of the Industrial Bureau's staff quarters at ten o'clock tomorrow. Is this okay?"

"No problem." Li Long said, he raised his chopsticks and was picking up a preserved egg - everyone's target was mostly the pork elbows and chickens on the table, but he was not interested in them.

The pork elbow is too greasy, and the spicy chicken is not as good as the big plate chicken. He just ate the big plate chicken at home yesterday and currently has no opinion of the chicken.

"Okay," the middle-aged man said with a smile, "Okay, Master Cao, you will do the same tomorrow, and the tractor must be in place. Master Li, drive your jeep slower tomorrow, the tractor is not as fast as yours, we need to form a convoy, and the lead vehicle cannot be too fast."

It turned out there was a tractor, so Li Long smiled and said it was no problem.

Master Cao is about 40 years old. He didn't say anything, but just raised his left hand to indicate that it was okay. Now he was concentrating on eating the pork elbow.

"Well, that's good. Xiao Wang and Xiao Qin, the two of you who are going to load the things onto the car, should go to the family compound at 9:30 and prepare the things with Qi Yuan. Once the car arrives, load the things onto the truck. Do you understand?"

"Got it." Xiao Wang and Xiao Qin were the two young men next to Li Long. They were moving the things from the groom's family to the bride's family into the car and sending it over.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to continue speaking, the door of the box was pushed open, and a young man walked in. Li Long had a hunch that this person should be the groom - he looked very high-spirited, so he should be the groom.

"The groom has arrived," the middle-aged man said with a smile, "Come on, let the groom speak first."

Wang Qiyuan had a new haircut, which was later called a traitor's haircut, which was quite popular at that time. He was also wearing a suit, with a woolen coat hanging on his arm and a red scarf around his neck that was quite eye-catching. Li Long looked a bit vulgar from the perspective of later generations, but it was quite fashionable at that time.

To be honest, his appearance was average. Li Long felt that the groom was definitely not as handsome as himself, and was only slightly better than Tao Daqiang. However, maybe he was in a good mood because of good things happening, and he worked in a government agency and had the temperament of a cultured person, so he looked pretty good.

A seat was reserved for Wang Qiyuan at the table near the door, but Wang Qiyuan did not sit down. He smiled and waved to these people and said:

"I won't sit down because I have something else to do. Everyone, enjoy your meals and drinks. If there aren't enough dishes, order more. I'll just say one thing. I'll leave everything for tomorrow. Take your time eating. I'm leaving now!"

After that, he said to the middle-aged man: "Brother Liu, I'll leave it to you to take care of things here."

"No problem, just go do your thing." The middle-aged man was a little surprised, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile, "It's normal for a groom to be very busy on the first day."

Following Wang Qiyuan in came a man in his forties. He sat in the seat originally occupied by Wang Qiyuan and picked up the chopsticks with a smile.

Brother Liu waited for Wang Qiyuan to leave before introducing everyone: "This is the groom's second uncle, Wang Chunsheng, from our county food company. He is here today to represent the boss."

The meaning is very clear. The one who is talking is Brother Liu, who is similar to the manager of a banquet in the countryside, and Wang Chunsheng is the representative of the host family. Of course, he should not say anything and just sit here to act as a face.

Wang Chunsheng smiled at the others, and then started to eat - Li Long discovered that this man really didn't avoid people when eating, he raised his chopsticks and went straight for the elbow, taking half of it at once - the elbow was stewed very well, and Wang Chunsheng originally came for the whole elbow, but because it was stewed so well, he took half of it.

When the others saw his actions, they were a little surprised. Master Cao felt that something was wrong. Without waiting for Brother Liu to speak, he immediately stretched out his chopsticks and picked up half of the remaining half. Then the two master chefs also joined in, one picking up the meat and the other picking up the bones, and the elbow was gone.

Wang Chunsheng ate the pork elbow in two or three bites, and when he picked up his chopsticks again, he found that it was gone on the plate, and he felt a little unhappy.

Brother Liu was also a little helpless, but he didn't know what to say and continued to explain the procedure.

Li Long only remembered his own things. He waited for people at 10 o'clock, loaded their things after getting on the car, and then went to the bride's house. As the first car, his car had to pick up the bride and the bride's family's people, and took the bride from her parents' home to the family compound. The next step was to go in for the feast.

After picking up the bride tomorrow, there will be a reward the day after tomorrow, and he will be invited to come over then - Li Long thought that it depends on the situation, he will come if he has time, and not come if he doesn't have time.

It's just a pack of cigarettes, a towel and a bar of soap, he doesn't need it.

But the scene at the table looked a bit interesting. It was as if Wang Chunsheng had not eaten meat for several days. After failing to get a second bite of pork elbow, he started to pick at the spicy chicken.

After he did this, others who were dissatisfied couldn't say anything, so some people joined in.

Li Long was just watching a joke. Most of these people were from the county town and had some kind of relationship with the Wang family. When they talked about the bride, they all said that she was lucky to marry into a family of higher status. But at this moment, their behavior was so vulgar, no different from those rough guys at the rural banquet.

The room was filled with smoke. Although Li Long did not smoke, he was inevitably stained with the smell of cigarettes, which made him unhappy. After all, he had two sons at home, and he did not want his children to smell the smell of secondhand smoke.

So he watched Brother Liu talking about something, and since he had basically nothing else to do, he stood up and walked over to Brother Liu and said, "I have something else to do at home. You must be there on time before 10 o'clock tomorrow. I'll leave first."

Brother Liu was a little surprised. Looking at the table, there were still many dishes left. He thought, even if you are a driver for your boss, you can't normally eat such a meal. Why are you leaving now?

However, since Li Long was leaving, he didn't think of keeping him, but just reminded Li Long to remember the time tomorrow.

After Li Long got off, he did not drive immediately. Instead, he walked back and forth in the snow to get rid of the smell on his body before driving back.

So they returned to the yard. Mingming Haohao came up to them, sniffed them, said, "Dad stinks", and then walked away.

Li Long smiled bitterly, he really got it right.

He went to change his clothes and threw today's clothes into the washing machine.

In the evening, I told Gu Xiaoxia what happened today. Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised, but then she treated it as a joke.

After all, there are people with high quality everywhere, and there are people without quality everywhere. On average, city dwellers are more educated, and relatively speaking, there may be more people with high quality, but it is hard to say how much higher.

Because Li Long helped with the car and had a good relationship with Director Wang, Director Wang suggested that Gu Xiaoxia must bring her children to the wedding tomorrow, and Gu Xiaoxia agreed.

Fortunately, Haohao was still obedient at this time, and everything was fine after Li Long came back to pick up the bride. There would be no problem for the two of them to take care of the two children.

"Don't rush to go tomorrow. I'll pick up the bride and come over to pick you up," Li Long said, "or you'll get cold if you go too early."

According to Brother Liu today, although the banquet was held in the yard in winter, there was a plastic shed in the yard with a stove in the shed, so it was still warm and people would not be frozen. However, Li Long felt that it would be better for the two children to go later.

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia nodded, "Let's wait until half past twelve. If you don't come by then, we'll go there by ourselves."

The matter was settled.

The next day, Li Long got up at around eight o'clock, when it was still dark. He first went to add hot water to the jeep, and took some effort to start the car. Sister Yang was already in the kitchen, cooking porridge, stir-frying side dishes, and making steamed buns. After Li Long finished eating, he drove the jeep to the staff quarters of the Industrial Bureau.

It was just past nine forty when they arrived at the place. The gate was a little small and could not be opened, so Li Long waited outside for a while. Then he heard the sound of rumbling sounds and the tractor arrived.

At this time, lights were on in the yard. It was not yet fully light, but some people had already come out.

Li Long knew that his mission had begun. (End of this chapter)