Chapter 18 A Day Worth Remembering
Saturday, July 30, 2022.
Today is a special day. Jiang Feng got up earlier than usual. While brushing his teeth and washing his face, Jiang's mother, who was washing rice and preparing porridge, couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Feng, why are you up so early? Why don't you sleep more?"
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Jiang Feng said while washing his face: "I got up because I couldn't sleep. We have guests coming this morning. Mom, tell me what vegetables you need to buy. I'll go out and buy them in a minute!"
Jiang's mother's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked, "Xiao Feng, do you have a new customer?"
Jiang Feng hung up the towel, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a new customer, but the customer named Zhu from Qingshan Town. Yesterday, the customer went to the county to register for marriage. Today he should be here to thank the matchmaker."
Speaking of this, Jiang Feng couldn't help but sigh. Unexpectedly, the first customer to come to thank the matchmaker was not the first client, the Li family, but the second client, the Zhu family.
According to the customs here in Bailiang County, couples usually come to thank the matchmaker the day after the wedding, but the wedding of the first client, Li Xingwen and Zhang Qiulan, is scheduled for the last day of this month, which is tomorrow.
Therefore, according to custom, the Li family will not come to thank the matchmaker until the day after tomorrow.
Although the second client's blind date was more than ten days later than the first client, because the second client had no plans to hold a wedding for some reasons, the couple just registered their marriage in a low-key manner, which led to the second client's blind date.
Instead, a customer came to thank the matchmaker before the first customer.
Hearing this, Jiang's mother couldn't help but widen her eyes and said in surprise: "No, it's progressing so fast. It seems like it's only been a week since you arranged for them to go on a blind date, right? Did they register their marriage so soon?"
Jiang Feng smiled and said: "It is indeed a bit fast, but it is nothing. There are faster things than this! They have been together for a few days and feel that each other is okay. Coupled with their trust in me as a matchmaker, they registered so quickly.
Married."
Jiang's mother beamed when she heard this and said, "That's great. Just wait at home to receive the guests. Leave the shopping and cooking to us. I'll call your dad and your brother to help right away."
Jiang Feng laughed and said, "Mom, how can a guest come so early? I can just buy the food."
However, Jiang's mother disagreed. Originally, her youngest son was her heartthrob and she loved her so much before. Now that her youngest son is so good at matchmaking and can make a lot of money in sight, she naturally can't bear to let him do anything, even just buying groceries.
You are not allowed to do such small things.
Jiang Feng saw that he couldn't resist her, so he let her go.
Soon, Jiang's father and Jiang Fei were called out by Jiang's mother. Originally, the father and son were a little sleepy when they first got up, but after hearing Jiang's mother say that Xiaofeng had a client coming to thank the matchmaker today, both father and son instantly became energetic.
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Since Jiang Feng started working as a matchmaker, Jiang's father and Jiang Fei have benefited a lot. Not to mention the big bags of fresh fruits, just the Dalong cigarettes sent by the two customers made the father and son famous in their circle of friends.
Stealing the limelight.
After all, those are expensive cigarettes that cost fifty yuan a pack. In rural areas, apart from the rich people and gamblers who are willing to spend money, how many ordinary villagers are willing to smoke such expensive cigarettes?
Jiang Feng did not smoke, so most of the expensive cigarettes sent by customers were divided between Jiang's father and Jiang Fei.
Nowadays, customers come to thank the matchmaker, and they all know that Dalong cigarettes are indispensable. Therefore, the father and son clean the house and go shopping for groceries, and they are more active than Jiang Feng.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, a red Teana parked in front of Jiang's house.
The ones who came were none other than the newlyweds Zhu Liang and Ding Yaping, as well as the eldest sister Julie and Zhu's father.
Jiang Feng's family of four greeted him together. After the two sides greeted each other and exchanged a few polite words, the four Zhu family members began to take out the matchmaking gifts they had prepared from the trunk of the car one by one.
In addition to pig heads, pig buttocks, pig trotters and other must-have gifts to thank the matchmaker, there are also two bottles of Maotai, two Dalong cigarettes, two boxes of tea that are not cheap just by looking at the packaging, as well as wedding candies, cakes, peanuts, melon seeds and fruits.
gift.
In addition, there was a very festive oversized red envelope. The oversized red envelope was so bulging that I didn’t know how many old people’s heads were inside.
Next, I will save the 3,000 words of polite remarks.
At noon, the Zhu family had a very sumptuous lunch under the warm hospitality of Jiang Feng's family.
The result is naturally a happy one for the guests and the host.
After the meal, the Zhu family stayed for more than ten minutes to drink tea before leaving with a lot of thanks.
After the Zhu family left, Jiang Fei, who had been holding it in for a long time, couldn't help but said: "Mom, take out that big red envelope and open it to see how much money is in it!"
Jiang's mother glanced at him and said, "You are the only one who is anxious!"
After saying that, she quickly went back to get the red envelope. In fact, she was more anxious than anyone else.
Jiang's father had just drank a lot of wine with his guests. At this time, his face was red, and he said with emotion: "The Zhu family are very down-to-earth. Although I don't know how much money is in the big red envelope, but just
I made a rough calculation of the gifts they brought and found that they are worth at least four thousand, which is really incredible!"
Jiang Feng nodded secretly after hearing this. He had made some calculations before and found that the value of so many gifts was indeed no less than four thousand.
Jiang Fei said with excitement on his face: "There are two more big dragons in the gifts this time. Dad, you and I have all been influenced by Xiaofeng, and now even the level of smoking is completely different from before."
Hearing this, Jiang's father was both happy and a little sad, and said, "It's a waste to give us such high-end cigarettes."
Jiang Feng heard the words and said with a smile: "Dad, what's the waste of this? Smoking is harmful to your health, and you can't quit even though you have to quit smoking. Since you have to smoke, then smoke better cigarettes. This is better than smoking those low-quality cigarettes."
Some."
At this time, Jiang's mother had already taken out the big red envelope, and the father and son no longer bothered about smoking. Instead, they watched with wide eyes as Jiang's mother opened the red envelope and took out a thick red envelope.
Stack of hundred dollar bills.
Then Jiang's mother handed the money to Jiang Feng and said, "Xiao Feng, count it!"
Jiang Feng took the money, pinched the thickness, and then analyzed: "I guess this money should be no less than fifteen thousand. According to our habit of bringing auspicious numbers, there is a 90% chance that this money is 16,800 yuan."
After saying that, he started counting quickly.
Soon, the money was counted.
In the end, Jiang Feng guessed it right, no more, no less than 16,800 yuan.
Jiang Fei couldn't help but exclaimed: "Xiao Feng, you are really amazing, you can guess this right."
Jiang's mother took inventory and said: "The matchmaker's money is 16,800 yuan, and the value of the matchmaker's gifts is calculated as 4,000 yuan, which adds up to 20,800 yuan. Then the red envelopes and gifts on the day we asked the matchmaker exceeded 1,100 yuan, and we received 800 yuan on the day we arranged the blind date.
Yuan red envelope, and the 'housekeeper' also received an 800 yuan red envelope on that day, how much is the total?"
It was rare for his mother to remember it so clearly. Jiang Feng couldn't help but smile and said, "The total is about 23,500 yuan."
Hearing this number, Jiang Fei couldn't help but gasped and said in surprise: "Oh my god, from the time the Zhu family came to ask for a matchmaker to today when they came to thank the matchmaker, it should be less than ten days, right? This is a profit for me.
Four months’ salary?”
Jiang's father was also shocked. He made 23,500 yuan in less than ten days. Looking at the entire Longshan Village, few people could compare with him.
Chapter completed!