NCCnovel Chapter 200 Entrance Banquet
Chapter 200 Entrance Banquet
Under the golden autumn sun, everyone in Huajia Village who was even remotely related to the Hua Yuansheng family spontaneously got up early.
Today is the day that Hua Lichu and her sister are holding their graduation banquet.
Two bright red banners fluttered in the wind between two large trees at the entrance of the village.
On the side of the main door of Hua Lichu's house, there were festive couplets.
In the courtyard of Hua Yuansheng's house, a temporary kitchen and banquet tent had already been set up.
The women who came to help were busy chopping meat, stir-frying vegetables, and steaming fish. The stove was roaring, the spatulas were flying, and the scene was bustling with activity.
Hua Yuansheng stood to the side, busy but with a satisfied smile on his face. He would occasionally greet the villagers who came to help and thank them for their support and help.
It's worth mentioning that the Hua Li Chu sisters had instructed each household beforehand not to send gifts.
But the villagers truly wanted to thank Hua Lichu and her two grandchildren from the bottom of their hearts.
Since the Hua family's food processing plant was built in the village, it has solved the employment problem for many villagers.
Many of these people are hardworking, but have heavy family burdens and cannot go out to work.
Li Yan is one of them.
She has many children, with elderly parents to care for and young children to raise, but the grain doesn't fetch a good price, so they can only barely make ends meet and have no money to send their children to school.
She did consider going out to work, but if she went out, there would be no one to take care of her children and elderly relatives!
Relying solely on the couple's two plots of land, even if they worked themselves to death in the fields all day long, they would barely have enough to eat and wear.
Since the story of Hua Lichu and her sister came out, most people in Huajia Village have realized the importance of going to school.
Li Yan didn't want her children to grow up to toil in the fields, at the mercy of the weather, but her family's circumstances made it impossible for her to leave.
However, this situation improved after the Hua family's food processing plant was built.
When the factory recruited its first batch of workers, Hua Lichu specifically instructed Hua Anyan to prioritize selecting from among the hardworking but financially disadvantaged people in the village.
Li Yan mustered up her courage and signed up, and to her surprise, she was actually selected!
The factory has plenty of orders, so as long as you're willing to work, you'll never be short of work.
The benefits are also very good. There is overtime pay for working overtime, and there are also gifts and bonuses during holidays.
Most importantly, the factory is right at her doorstep, so she can earn money without neglecting to take care of her elderly parents and children.
As for the work inside, it was very easy for people like them who were used to working in the fields; they didn't have to use their brains at all!
In just over half a year, she successfully raised enough tuition fees for several children and sent them all to school!
Now, her family has a bright future ahead!
At Huajia Food Processing Plant, there are many people like Li Yan.
They were filled with gratitude for Hua Lichu and her two grandchildren, and treated the food processing plant as their own business.
It is no exaggeration to say that if anyone dares to do anything that harms the interests of the processing plant...
Even without Hua Lichu lifting a finger, the factory workers alone could drown the other side with their spittle.
Everyone knows that only if the factory is good and profitable can it continue to operate forever, so that these villagers can take advantage of their proximity and live a better life sooner than others!
Therefore, Hua Lichu didn't need the village chief Hua Anyan to notify each household about her college entrance celebration banquet.
Those who had received Hua Lichu's kindness spontaneously came to her door, asking her to raise funds to hold a graduation banquet.
The elderly people in the village would smile whenever they saw the two sisters.
On the very day that Hua Lichu successfully received her college admission notice, she proactively opened the ancestral hall.
This time, the two sisters stood at the very front.
In the past, this position was reserved for "highly respected men" in the village.
Considering that there would be a large number of people attending the graduation banquet, and that Hua Yuansheng's courtyard could only accommodate 6 tables.
The neighboring families offered to join in the celebration, asking Huayuansheng to set up the remaining tables in their yard.
Around 10 a.m. that day, the car that was specially sent to pick up the guests arrived.
Elderly people such as Zhao Tianlin, Qiu Jianying, and Zhu Yong were the first to get off the bus.
Xu Yaozu, Zhang Xinran, Pei Yi'an and other friends followed closely behind.
After smilingly arranging the guests for the graduation banquet, the Hua Li Chu sisters gathered around their friends.
"Pear, Peach, congratulations!" Xu Yaozu grinned.
Perhaps the Bodhisattva heard his devout prayer?
Or perhaps it was the culmination of years of hard work that led to his exceptional performance in this year's college entrance examination, where he scored a remarkable 547 points!
It's higher than all the diagnostic tests in the senior year of high school!
The Xu family was overjoyed and set off firecrackers all night, not knowing what to do.
Zhang Xinran and An Yining performed as expected and were both admitted to their desired schools.
These young people, chasing their dreams, reached the edge of their dreams after three years of hard work.
At midnight, firecrackers went off, and the banquet began.
In the courtyard, tables were set up, each covered with a red tablecloth, and laden with a variety of colorful and fragrant dishes: braised pork, steamed fish, roast duck, cold dishes...
The villagers sat around the table, raising their glasses in celebration, their laughter echoing throughout the room.
The Hua Li Chu sisters, dressed in fashionable dresses, moved among the guests at the banquet, toasting each one with gratitude and pride on their faces.
The village children chased and played in the yard, holding candy and snacks, their laughter ringing out.
The elderly sat at the dining table in the courtyard, chatting about everyday life, but mostly expressing their feelings of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep emotion/reflection).
"If this were three years ago, who would have thought that Shengzi would be living such a good life?"
Back when Hua Yuansheng silently brought Hua Lichu and her sister back to the village after they had just lost their mother, everyone in the village was worried.
I'm afraid Huayuansheng will raise another ungrateful child.
Who would have thought that the two sisters would be so ambitious!
Not only Hua Yuansheng enjoyed good fortune, but everyone in the entire Huajia Village also benefited from it.
After the graduation banquet, everyone's face was beaming with smiles, as if the banquet was not only a happy event for the Hua family, but also for the entire village.
Meanwhile, the Liang family was receiving "friendly greetings" from the villagers.
"Wang Pandi, didn't you always say that your Dongdong is a reincarnation of the God of Literature? The college entrance exam results have been out for so long, why haven't we seen the admission notice yet?"
"Yes, yes! We're all from the same village. Getting into university is such a huge joyous occasion, why are you keeping it a secret?"
Wang Pandi's face turned from green to red in turn, like a palette of colors, which was quite a sight to behold.
After holding it in for a while, he muttered to himself, "It's still early, the acceptance letter is still on its way..."
"Good morning? I've heard that your two granddaughters have already received their admission notices from Peking University, and they're having a big celebration for their college admissions in Huajia Village today!"
What? Your son Dongdong got into a better school than Peking University? And he still hasn't received his acceptance letter by this late hour? Could it be that your brilliant student didn't get in?
The room fell silent as soon as he said that.
Wang Pandi wanted to refute it, but now that things had come to this, even if she didn't want to admit it, she had no choice but to.
"My Dongdong didn't perform well this year! But next year, he'll definitely do better tomorrow!"
The village chief of Liangjia Village stood on the outermost edge, looking at Wang Pandi, who was the most stubborn of them all, and mentally complained.
Both of his granddaughters have been admitted to top universities, yet he stubbornly refuses to admit his ignorance, hoping that the family's good-for-nothing son, who wouldn't even lift a finger to help if the oil bottle fell over, will still be around.
He just couldn't understand how there could be such a clueless person in the world.
Did pears and peaches desecrate the Liang family's grave in their past life to be so disliked by them?
If he could have such outstanding granddaughters, he wouldn't trade them for even 100 grandsons, let alone one!