I attended a wedding in the countryside, and during the wedding banquet, when the groom's parents were toasting, the bride's aunt accused the wedding banquet of having a singular number of dishes. According to local customs, the dishes of the white banquet are singular, so it is considered unlucky. The groom's parents found the theory of the owner of the private table, and originally ordered 20 dishes per table, but only 19 dishes were served.
Relatives in the countryside sent us invitations to their son's wedding banquet and invited us to the wedding.
My relative's family is in a small village in Hebei, and I rarely attend village weddings, but I like to eat the village's flowing water feast.
Early in the morning, I drove there and it took me more than an hour to reach my destination.
The marriage of the people in the village is really festive, and the villagers, adults and children of the whole village come to see the excitement, and everyone is happy.
I arrived early, when the groom had not yet returned, and I saw a greenhouse in the yard cooking.
I thought it was a chef invited by a relative's family to help, but when I asked, I found out that it was a team that specially chartered tables.
I have also opened a hotel for more than ten years, and I felt cordial when I saw my peers, and I chatted with the boss by the way.
The boss said that there were more marriages around May Day, and they took over three families today, and the whole team was divided into three groups, so he, the boss, also had to go into battle in person today.
Wedding banquets in the countryside are not like the city where tables are set up in the house, but a wedding tent is set up in a small square on the street, and tables, chairs and benches are set up to sit a dozen tables at a time.
The convoy of relatives entered the village, the sound of firecrackers rang out, and some young people in the village began to rejoice.
The wedding ceremony was held in the compound of a relative's house, with flowers, colorful balloons, backgrounds, and red carpet facilities.
As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the salute was fired, and the wedding ceremony officially began, the wedding host was a young man, his host was humorous and funny, very sensational, and the festive atmosphere was higher than a wave.
After the wedding ceremony, there was a big banquet with two boxes of cigarettes, two plates of candy, two bottles of liquor, two barrels of drinks, and two plates of melon seeds at each table.
We are all relatives at this table, and there are men and women who know each other. After the last ten cold dishes came up, some drivers also consciously did not move the liquor, and our table was basically a drink.
Don't look at the country flowing water banquet, the dishes are no worse than those in the city restaurants, the banquet is full of real materials, from the table to the taste of the dishes are very good.
Soon after the dishes are served, the bride and groom and the parents of the groom begin to toast from table to table, and after this session, the happy event is considered a complete ceremony.
Since relatives don't often meet, we at the table were eating and chatting, and suddenly we heard a commotion, as if someone was arguing.
Why is there still a quarrel on the day of the big day? We hurriedly left the table to see what was going on.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw the groom's parents arguing with the owner of the private table, and I was quite puzzled.
On the day of the big day, what should wait for the wedding banquet to end, and the bride's family who sent away the bride will say, there are still many guests, why can't you bear it?
Some other relatives explained that it was the person who made the table that made a mistake in remembering the dish, which caused a misunderstanding, and the host family was not happy.
It turns out that the local customs, the number of dishes for the wedding banquet is in pairs, and the white banquet is paid attention to the order.
A relative's family ordered a wedding banquet for 30 tables, each with 20 dishes, and the cost was 666 per table. Originally, the wedding was a happy and everything went well, but there was a problem with the dishes.
When the groom's parents toasted the bride's family at the table, the bride's aunt suddenly asked her in-laws, don't you pay attention to the wedding banquet here?
The groom's father said casually, it is also exquisite, happy events come in pairs!
The bride's aunt said, "Shouldn't there be 18 dishes or 20 dishes on this table in your house, why are there 19 dishes on the table?"
The groom's father was shocked, he had ordered 20 dishes, could he have missed one?
He counted it, and there were indeed 19 dishes on the table, and he quickly asked if the other tables were also 19 dishes.
Look at the steamed buns again, that is to say, the dishes have been served.
At this time, the faces of the groom's parents couldn't hold back, and this matter was brought up by the mother's family, and it seemed that people were very concerned about this matter.
The groom's father said sorry and quickly withdrew, and then he angrily approached the owner of the private table and questioned him.
The groom's father was also angry, and pointed directly at the boss's nose and asked, "What kind of heart do you have?" We have a happy event here, and we have set up 20 dishes, 10 cold dishes and 10 hot dishes, what do you mean by serving us 19 dishes?"
At this time, someone came over and said, I have seen it, and there are 19 dishes on all the tables.
The owner of the charter table was a little stunned when he heard it, and felt that it was a little unlikely, he had been doing this business for more than ten years, how could he make such a low-level mistake?
He took the plunge and counted several tables himself, and each table turned out to be 19 dishes. The boss knew that he had committed a taboo, and of course he understood that only white dishes were singular.
But after doing this business for a long time, his brain is still very flexible, seeing that the master family is not forgiving, and it is indeed his own fault, he quickly apologized to the master family and wanted to try his best to redeem it.
He told the groom's father that it was already so, and that it was indeed his own fault, perhaps by mistake, but not intentionally.
Today, I took over the banquet of the three families, and it is inevitable that mistakes will be made in the busyness.
But the countryside is not like the city, it is definitely too late to cook freshly cooked, the boss said that he can send someone to buy canned food to make up 20 dishes, and first find back the taboo of everyone.
The groom's father was angry at the time, and said that he could not make up for it, because some of the guests had left the table after eating.
The suggestion of the owner of the private table was rejected, so he had to ask the host what he wanted to do, and he had to find a way to solve it.
The groom's father's anger has not subsided: Today is my son's big day, you gave me an order, this is an unlucky thing, who of us here does not know that only the table on the white matter is ordered.
And this matter just made the new in-laws of the family point it out, do you say that we are not ashamed, and we are not unlucky?
It is customary for your misdeeds to cause moral damage to our whole family, and this incident will be remembered as a joke by relatives and friends for the rest of their lives.
Besides, we have an agreement in advance, and the number of tables, how much, and how many dishes are clearly written in black and white.
On a happy day, you have caused a very bad impact on our family, so I will not give you a cent of all the money for the table today!
The boss has been apologizing, and the host has not let go, and the boss said that today is indeed our fault, do you think this will work?
We charge a little less per table, and no matter whether anyone eats or not, I will also make up a dish for each table, so that you will no longer be psychologically taboo.
But the groom's father said that he didn't agree to anything, I just won't give money, what do you like?
Because the owner of the table is also from a nearby village, he has been doing the table business in the nearby villages for many years, and each village has relatives and friends.
He saw that the master's family did not settle the bill, and he was responsible for his own losses, so he asked his relatives in the village to make peace.
Maybe the groom's father is also really angry, no matter who makes peace or doesn't give face, several groups of people have not solved this matter.
Later, relatives invited the secretary and village chief of the village, and the groom's father had to save face.
In the end, it was agreed that the boss would need to set off firecrackers in front of the groom's house afterwards to get rid of bad luck, and then charge 200 yuan less according to the original price of each wedding banquet.
That night, the owner of the private table came to the groom's house again according to the pre-negotiation, bought a lot of gifts to apologize, and set up another table, and the host also forgave him for his mistakes, and the matter was finally resolved.
In fact, this matter is indeed the fault of the owner of the table, who has been doing such a business for many years, and should not make such a low-level mistake.
Every place has its own local customs, especially for happy events, and the wrong dish is the opposite, so you can't blame the host for being in a hurry.
However, since the matter has happened, we must find a way to make up for it, but we can't make up for it, and we must also be considerate of each other, and the two sides should negotiate to solve it.
Since the owner of the table is at fault, he must take responsibility, and if he loses some of his money, he can be regarded as a lesson for himself?
What do you think, the wedding banquet is set to be an even number of dishes, but the odd number has committed the taboo of the host's family?
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