Generally, people in rural areas will call this a flowing mat, which is also a unique custom in rural areas.
China people pay special attention to reciprocity. We usually go to other people's homes for the annual meeting and prepare gifts in advance. Of course, we can't go to other people's homes for dinner empty-handed. This is impolite.
Generally, if you go to the countryside to hold a banquet, you will definitely prepare gifts in advance, but you will generally choose to send cash directly. The money that appears in this particular place is called money, and in some places it is called gift money.
I remember when I was still in primary school, I went to the flowing water banquet in the village. At that time, my parents basically gave money to students, and someone would count how much each guest gave. All these are necessary to make good registration information.
At that time, it was usually tens of yuan and hundreds of yuan, except for close relatives and friends.
On the other hand, nowadays, society basically starts with money, and money also keeps up with the joneses.
Does every family in rural areas have to give a gift of several hundred yuan or more? Some people just give less. In this village, it only costs 50 yuan for an old lady to take her granddaughter to dinner. On the contrary, the host of the banquet warmly entertained them and never had a bad face from beginning to end. Do you know why?
The first is money.
Nowadays, there are more and more kinds of banquets in rural areas, and there are also many delicious foods at banquets, some of which are foods that cannot be eaten in daily life. These are all situations in which family conditions are superior.
Basically, each household has five tables, and each table must have at least 10 dishes. The cost of running a watch of this size is about several thousand dollars.
There are more and more kinds of banquets now, and people who come to eat are embarrassed to hold one or two hundred dollars. Now people generally pursue 666 or 888 in order to pursue more festive numbers.
In the past, a gift box was specially sent after the rural gift account was paid, and some candy, milk, soap, towels or some cigarettes were put in the gift box.
Generally speaking, only people who are related to this family will give more money than ordinary neighbors, which is basically tens or hundreds of yuan.
In this village, the old lady came to dinner with her little granddaughter and received a gift of 50 yuan at that time.
On the other hand, according to the above amount, no one is less than 100 yuan, so 50 yuan is particularly eye-catching in it.
But at that time, the host family knew about it, but there was no special treatment. Instead, I warmly hosted the two men and asked them to sit down for dinner.
Although rural catering is cheaper than hotels, rural catering may still lose money.
Now there are some people in the countryside who specialize in catering business, and they can earn hundreds of dollars just by making profits.
Second, the net is coming.
Basically, the drinks in the audience add up to thousands of dollars, and then excluding labor costs, vegetable costs and other expenses, there is generally no loss.
Rural friends go to banquets and habitually bring all the children at home, hoping that the children can also come to dinner. After all, after paying some money, I always feel that my family's not coming to dinner is a sign of my loss.
However, if relatives and friends pay 50 yuan for each table, according to this level, this banquet is basically a loss.
Although some families finally found out that they had a loss-making banquet after accounting, they did not pay special attention to it.
After all, the original intention of hosting a banquet is to add happiness to the couple and make friends and relatives feel at home. The original intention of hosting a banquet is not to collect money, nor to earn money by catering.
And now many young people in rural areas have gone out to work, and fewer and fewer people stay in rural areas. Many people send invitations to relatives and friends, but fewer and fewer people come to attend, so those who are willing to attend are particularly popular, at least some people will not be left out in the cold.
Moreover, according to everyone's actual situation, some rural people are more frugal in their own lives and are unwilling to spend money on their own lives. This fifty yuan may be the maximum amount they can get.
Summary:
Those who are willing to come to the party are also giving face to the host, but on behalf of both parties, they can continue to communicate in the future.
This shows the importance of bookkeeping. These people who usually come to the banquet will attend the banquet at the same price when these friends host the banquet.
Personally, I still hope that there will not be too much competition in the money for banquets now, which will cause economic pressure to many villagers, no matter how much money is acceptable.