Chapter 0044 Entry banquet
When Zhang Zhenyu brought his two nephews back home, he found that his second sister Zhang Fang and his second brother-in-law Zheng Yongzhang also brought his nephew Zheng Zhen to the house on the minibus this afternoon.
Although Zhang Zhenyu's school banquet will only start after the postgraduate genius, it is expected that the scale of this school banquet will be unprecedented and there are many things to prepare. Zhang Zhenyu and his parents must be too busy, so they called and asked their two sisters to come to their house two days in advance to make preliminary preparations, mainly to clean up the house and buy some materials.
Of course, the main preparations will not be carried out on the 19th, and many relatives from both parents will be invited to help.
The family made dinner, and it was basically dark after eating. After chatting for a while, they would have a rest early. Starting from tomorrow morning, the family would be busy.
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As the government resident of Dongling Township, the Dongling Community where Zhang Zhenyu's family is located, it is still very large, with ten groups of 4,000 people. In fact, before the village was withdrawn at the beginning of the century, there were four villages in the area under the jurisdiction of Dongling Community, and after adjustment, it became a community.
The surname Chen of Zhang and Zhang Zhenyu’s mother are the two largest families in the local area, each with more than 300 households, which together account for about 70% of the total population of the community.
Although after entering the new century, all regions are vigorously eliminating the influence of clan forces. However, with the absolute advantage of population, it is inevitable that the grassroots of various places are controlled by clans. Take Dongling Community for example. Whether before or after the merger, the branch secretary and director (village chief) are either Zhang or Chen, and the other surnames are at most as clerks or other positions.
This is determined by the actual situation. If outsiders really want to be the secretary and director, it will be difficult to continue the work.
Nowadays, the secretary of this neighborhood committee member is Zhang Zhenyu's distant grandfather, and the director is Zhang Zhenyu's distant cousin.
On the morning of the 18th, the two of them came to Zhang Zhenyu's house and discussed what to do with Zhang Zhenyu's school banquet.
The result was basically destined. Zhang Zhenyu won the first top scorer in the college entrance examination in Dongjiang City. This is equivalent to a major celebration of the ancient Jinshi. It must be held for a special event. Therefore, Zhang Zhenyu's secretary-general and director cousin almost did not ask for the opinions of Zhang Zhenyu's family, so he decided to hold a grand celebration to host a banquet for Zhang Zhenyu's teachers, classmates and all relatives in Zhang Zhenyu's old house.
According to preliminary statistics, the total number of people attending the banquet this time will definitely exceed the cousin of Zhang Zhenyu who was admitted to the Chinese People's Congress last time, and at least 2,000 people will reach at least about 2,000.
Large banquets of this scale are very troublesome. Not to mention the large number of people help, even the chef team responsible for the banquets are extraordinary.
In the end, it was decided to invite Zhang Zhenyu's cousin Zhang Chenghao to serve as the chief shop assistant of the banquet.
At noon that day, Zhang Chenghao, as the chief shop manager, began to gather his apprentices and assistants to start making a banquet budget.
A total of two hundred tables will be the most grand banquet held in Dongling Township in history, and it will also be the largest rural banquet hosted by Zhang Chenghao since he started his career.
After determining the scale of the teacher’s banquet, the entire Zhang family, including Zhang Chenghao’s chef team, immediately started to operate like a tight machine. Everyone had clear responsibilities and orderly order.
As the chief shop manager, Zhang Chenghao began to assign various tasks to his assistants, including the rental of tables, chairs, benches, stoves, chopping boards, tableware and other equipment, the procurement and processing of various ingredients, etc., have already been decided, but this time the scale is even larger.
Everyone in the Zhang family has tasks, and Zhang Zhenyu is no exception. His task is to call all his teachers, from elementary school to high school, and invite everyone to attend the banquet.
Another task of Zhang Zhenyu is to take charge of taking three nephews. After all, the eldest sister, second sister and second brother-in-law have to participate in the preparations for the banquet, and the three nephews cannot be taken care of. This person is coming and going, and it is easy for problems to occur if the child is not well taken care of.
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Just when Zhang Zhenyu was busy calling the teachers and having to take care of three troublesome little things, the huge kitchen team led by Zhang Chenghao was also working in an orderly manner. Various equipment, ingredients, and people working were constantly gathering in the Zhang family's old house.
This is the benefit of the large enough area of the Zhang family’s old house. If it is an ordinary family, such a huge team cannot be used at all. They either rent other places or build temporary venues in the open world.
This time, Zhang Zhenyu's school entrance banquet was mobilized by the whole village. Many villagers, especially those from the Zhang family, spontaneously came to Zhang Zhenyu's old house to help after finishing all kinds of farm work and housework at home. The whole house was even more lively than the New Year.
This time, Zhang Zhenyu became the first top scorer in the college entrance examination in Dongjiang City's history. This is not only a major event in the history of Dongjiang City's education, but also considered by neighbors as their honor. As long as they have time, they are willing to come and help.
On the 19th, guests who were close to the Zhang family or had a very good relationship with Zhang Zhenyu had arrived at the Zhang family one after another, including Fang Xuelin and Wang Xiaohe.
As for Pang Jie and the others, they were busy preparing for a school banquet at their own home. Everyone basically held it in these two days, so they called each other and agreed that they would do their own things and would not visit each other.
Fang Xuelin and Wang Xiaohe came by bus together in the afternoon. At that time, Zhang Zhenyu's house was full of traffic and was very lively.
The amount of ingredients required for the two hundred banquets is extremely large, and it is definitely impossible for Zhang Zhenyu's family to meet the needs. Most of the ingredients need to be purchased from the outside. Therefore, in the past two days, the butchers and merchants in the town have received many orders from the Zhang family and are busy delivering goods to the old house.
The first time I saw Fang Xuelin holding a flowing banquet in the countryside, she was already shocked. She and Wang Xiaohe were excited to take photos everywhere.
Compared with the various dishes in the city hotel, the rural banquet is undoubtedly more rough, but it has more vitality. Hundreds of villagers participate, and the joyful atmosphere is something you can't buy in the hotel.
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After six o'clock in the morning on the 20th, Zhang Zhenyu was awakened by the noisy sound in the yard. Today is the day of the school entrance banquet, and the villagers are spontaneously coming to the old house to help prepare.
Five big fat pigs, two hundred macaque ducks, two hundred native chickens need to be slaughtered and cleaned, and tons of various ingredients need to be processed. This is not an easy task. Fortunately, the entire village has already taken action, with many people and great strength, and all work is being carried out in an orderly manner.
Today is the day of "Golden List" that one of Zhang Zhenyu's four joys in life. i-casual clothes and a pair of imported casual leather shoes. It is said that Buddha relies on gold clothes and people rely on clothes. Zhang Zhenyu, who is already pretty good, looks a little more handsome than usual. He appeared in the yard in the morning, and immediately praised everyone. Even Fang Xuelin gave him a thumbs up.
Today, Zhang Zhenyu is the absolute protagonist. After twelve years of hard study, he will eventually gain something!
Zhang Zhenyu’s task today is no longer to take care of his three nephews. He needs to go to the side of the highway to greet the arrival of teachers and guests. Many of them don’t know where Zhang Zhenyu’s home is, and it will be a lot of trouble if he doesn’t go to the side of the road to guard it.
Moreover, he was the only one in the family who had met with all the teachers and school leaders. If he didn’t give him the task of welcoming guests, who else could be competent?
After breakfast, Zhang Zhenyu left the old house and rushed to the side of the big highway. After a while, several elementary school teachers arrived first. They were closest to Zhang Zhenyu's house and were relatively familiar with Zhang Zhenyu's house, so they came the fastest.
Zhang Zhenyu immediately took them home and handed them over to the elders at home to receive them, while he continued to return to the side of the highway to wait for other guests.
At noon, more than a dozen teachers from Jiangzhou No. 3 Middle School where Zhang Zhenyu attended junior high school and Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School where he attended high school arrived one after another. They all drove by themselves. Although not every teacher had a car, everyone worked hard and rushed together.
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When these guests were brought to the house, he could not escape, and there were still several heavyweights on the way.
At one o'clock, two cars drove from a distance, one after another, and slowed down and stopped after seeing Zhang Zhenyu.
In front of him was an Audi A6 with an ordinary license plate. Zhang Zhenyu hurried over and opened the car door. However, when he saw the guests getting out of the car, he was stunned.
He is not unfamiliar with the other party, and of course he is definitely not familiar with it. After all, he has only seen it on TV before.
The visitor is Liu Xupu, the top leader of Dongjiang City!
Zhang Zhenyu didn't know how to greet such a real big shot for a while.
On the phone just now, Lu Guorong told him that there was a mysterious guest, and he was a little strange. He didn't expect that this guest was indeed mysterious enough.
The other party seemed very kind. When he saw Zhang Zhenyu, he smiled and said, "Why, Xiao Zhang doesn't welcome me as a free meal?"
After all, Zhang Zhenyu had seen some worldly appearances. At this time, he had already reacted and said, "Secretary Liu, welcome you. I just didn't expect you to come in your busy schedule. This really surprised me!"
Liu Xupu smiled and said, "You are the first top scorer in the college entrance examination in Dongjiang City. In the eyes of more than three million fellow villagers in Dongjiang City, you are the Wenqu Star. I have to come to have a glass of wine for your school entrance banquet and enjoy the joy!"
Chapter completed!