Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 908 The Alcohol Test!

Soon, many guests arrived at the courtyard to attend the wedding banquet. As more and more guests arrived, Jia Dongming asked Banggeng, "Banggeng! Have the tables and chairs for the wedding banquet been set up?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Banggeng answered without hesitation, "Uncle! Er Mao and the others have already set out the tables and chairs, distributed the bowls and chopsticks, and laid out peanuts, melon seeds, and drinks for the wedding banquet."

Upon hearing Banggeng's explanation, Jia Dongming nodded in satisfaction and instructed Banggeng, "Banggeng! Go and organize the people now. Arrange for our neighbors to eat in the backyard. The middle courtyard will be reserved for our relatives. Of the three tables in our villa, one will be reserved for your mother and father-in-law, and the other two will be used to seat Director Li and his family. As for the tables in the front yard, they can be used for your friends and my colleagues."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Bang Geng immediately memorized them, nodded, and replied, "I understand. I'll go arrange it now."

Jia Dongming stood outside the gate for about ten minutes, then raised his wrist to check the time. Seeing that it was already 10:30 in the morning, he turned around and walked into the courtyard.

"Director! This is today's gift list!" Jia Dongming walked into the front yard. Zhang Guoping, who was sitting to the side, immediately stood up from his chair and handed the gift list to Jia Dongming for review.

Upon hearing Zhang Guoping's words, Jia Dongming reached out and took the gift list. When he saw the monetary gifts listed on it, he immediately asked Zhang Guoping, "Guoping! Didn't I say that we don't accept monetary gifts from our colleagues who come to the banquet? Why did you accept all the monetary gifts from everyone?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Zhang Guoping's face immediately showed a troubled expression. He quickly explained to Jia Dongming, "Director! When everyone came to give their gifts, I already told them that you are hosting Jia Geng's wedding banquet today and you will not accept their gifts. However, everyone disagreed. They said that over the years, they have never returned the gifts you gave them for their weddings, and now we cannot refuse their gifts."

Hearing Zhang Guoping's words, Jia Dongming could only nod helplessly and said to Zhang Guoping, "Since everyone insists on giving money as a gift, I will accept it first. I still need to entertain the guests. You can just hand it over to my wife."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Zhang Guoping immediately nodded and replied, "Director! I understand. I'll go find Director Lin right away!"

After greeting Zhang Guoping, Jia Dongming immediately went to the Central Courtyard. He strode into the Jia family's old house and saw the Tang family members chatting in the living room. He immediately greeted them warmly, saying, "In-laws! Mother-in-law, the wedding banquet is about to begin. Please take your seats!"

When Banggeng brought Tang Yanling some snacks, Tang Jiansheng had already learned from Banggeng that Director Zhou was actually Jia Dongming's friend, and that Banggeng called Director Zhou "Uncle Zhou" entirely out of respect for Jia Dongming.

This news made Tang Jiansheng realize that Tang Guohua's plan to become a legitimate member through a gangster was not feasible, so he could only place his hopes on Jia Dongming.

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's greeting, Tang Jiansheng immediately stood up from his chair and warmly greeted Jia Dongming, saying, "Uncle-in-law! You've been busy with all the arrangements for the two children's wedding; you've really worked hard."

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's polite words, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Tang Jiansheng, "My dear in-law! My brother's lineage only has Jia Geng as a male heir. If I don't worry about his affairs, who will?"

Jia Dongming paused slightly after speaking, then continued, "In-laws! Mother-in-law! Let's not stand here any longer, let's take our seats!" Soon, the women who had come to help brought the dishes to the table one after another. Jia Dongming looked at Li Huaide and the others sitting in front of him, and after everyone had filled their glasses, he raised his glass, stood up, and said loudly to everyone sitting in the courtyard, "Dear relatives and friends, first of all, on behalf of my nephew, I toast you all with this first glass. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend his wedding. I wish you all good health and all the best!"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine in one gulp.

At this moment, in the backyard of the courtyard house, Yan Bugui saw the dishes served on the dining table and his eyes lit up. An indescribable hunger burned in Yan Bugui's stomach like a flame, giving him an irresistible urge to eat.

At this moment, Yan Bugui didn't care that his neighbors at the table hadn't picked up their chopsticks yet. He quickly reached out and tore off the chicken leg of the roast chicken, put it directly into his mouth, and began to wolf it down.

Yan Bugui quickly devoured a chicken leg in a few bites, but without considering that the others hadn't eaten yet, he reached for another chicken leg.

The neighbors who sat at the same table as Yan Bugui all showed disgust at his ravenous eating. Liang Ladi mocked Yan Bugui with a look of disdain, "Teacher Yan! You've already eaten one chicken leg, how dare you reach for another one? You're a teacher, don't you know how to write the words 'set an example for others'?"

Although Yan Bugui was thick-skinned, he still had his pride. When he heard Liang Ladi's mockery, he realized that his eating manners were rather unseemly. He replied in a feigned manner, "Neighbors, I didn't eat breakfast this morning, so when I saw these delicious dishes, I couldn't resist because I was hungry. Please forgive my poor eating habits."

Li Huaide looked at Jia Dongming sitting next to Wu Tianlin and said with a smile to everyone present: "Comrades! Although today is the wedding day of our Director Jia's nephew, I believe you all know a little about Director Jia's family situation. So, the wedding of Director Jia's nephew is actually no different from the wedding of Director Jia's son. So, everyone should toast Director Jia a few times today."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's encouragement to the crowd, Jia Dongming immediately understood what Li Huaide was trying to do. He then smiled and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li! Since you've asked everyone to toast me, you should at least set an example for everyone, right? I remember Xu Damao used to have a catchphrase when he was drinking. How about we start with one, following Xu Damao's old catchphrase?"

Li Huaide had been encouraging everyone to toast Jia Dongming, wanting to see just how good Jia Dongming's drinking capacity was. But upon hearing Jia Dongming's suggestion and recalling Xu Damao's drinking mantra, Li Huaide immediately backed down, chuckling awkwardly, "Director Jia! I was just giving everyone a suggestion, I didn't mean to target you. Besides, with your drinking prowess, if I challenged you to a drinking contest, it would be like an egg hitting a rock. I, Li, wouldn't do something so unprofitable."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's reply and seeing his submissive expression, Jia Dongming reached for two bottles of wine, placed one in front of Li Huaide, and said with a smile, "Director Li! Look at what you're saying. We've been revolutionary comrades for over ten years. They say deep feelings mean downing it in one gulp, shallow feelings mean just a sip. Why don't we start by getting everyone started?"

When Li Huaide saw the Moutai that Jia Dongming had placed in front of him, and saw Jia Dongming tentatively reaching for another bottle of Moutai, he quickly made an excuse, saying, "Director Jia! Although that's what you say, I didn't even have breakfast because of this meal at your house. Even the emperor doesn't starve his soldiers, so you have to let me have something to eat first."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Jia Dongming immediately understood Li Huaide's intentions and seized the opportunity to say, "Alright! Director Li, you should have something to eat first, and then we can deepen our relationship later."

(End of this chapter)