Chapter 22: I'll Be Your Bridegroom
After all, it is a newlywed, and although the dormitory is simple, it still needs to be cleaned up as a cave room.
Everyone helped Chang Xiaochang and the others paint the house white and clean it again.
Chang Xiaochang was still prepared in advance, brought a few red happy words from home, and pasted them on the door of the dormitory on the glass window, so that it looked more like a cave room.
It has always been a major event in marriage and life, not simply getting a certificate, nor holding a ceremony at home to end, it involves a lot of things, especially Chang Xiaochang married a local mother-in-law, and there is a ceremony that has not been completed.
There is a local custom of newlyweds returning to the door, which is very valued by the woman, saying that the boy's wedding is the man's ceremony, and the girl's return is the woman's ceremony, they are all the same children, and marriage should be treated equally, which is a manifestation of equality between men and women.
Although Chang Xiaochang is not a local, he must follow the local customs.
The date for the two to return to the door was set for the twelfth day of the first month, and when Shi Tao and Yang Qiong went to visit the two in the newly arranged dormitory, they were discussing the matter of returning to the door.
The marriage of the two people was simple, and after Chang Xiaochang held a simple wedding ceremony in his hometown, no one from his mother-in-law's family came to participate in the return to the door, so Chang Xiaochang could only take care of it alone.
It is precisely because of the lack of the role of her in-law that Ma Juan has an opinion on Chang Xiaochang.
"I said that your family was going to come, but now it's you, how can we explain to the family when we go back?" Ma Juan complained that the original plan was not implemented.
"Isn't it a simple wedding? I thought that if we were all enough, why bother with the family again. You see, it's not convenient to live here, and if someone comes to the family, it's going to be here for a few days, what's the need?"
Chang Xiaochang didn't want to cause trouble to his family anymore, so he didn't tell his family about returning to the door at all, and he hid it from Ma Juan.
"You don't think it's necessary, but the people in our village think it's necessary. The fact that my in-laws' family didn't come showed disrespect to my mother's family, my parents, and of course, even me, which made me feel very awkward. ”
Ma Juan was worried about Chang Xiaochang's refusal to let her in-laws come.
"Since you're so awkward, it means that you care about form, not me as a person. Not only did I leave my hometown and come to work in your hometown with you, but I also got married and came back here, which means that I want to put down roots here. I will treat you like this, you will not accept me, and you still feel awkward, which means that you are not satisfied with our marriage at all, in this case, what else will we marry?"
Chang Xiaochang was also aggrieved and complained.
"The marriage is over, and you still say this, do you make me unhappy with your insincerity? I mean to say, no one in your family comes, and the two of us go back to the door, which will make my parents lose face, and my parents and fellow villagers will have opinions about your family and my family. Ma Juan has her own worries.
"Since you have an opinion about my family, then I won't go tomorrow. Chang Xiaochang also got angry and began to gamble with Ma Juan, he wanted to blackmail her by refusing to go back to Ma Juan.
Shi Tao and Yang Qiong, who were sitting on the side, didn't speak, listening to the debate between the two people, because they didn't know what was going on, and when they understood what was going on, Shi Tao spoke.
"I'll be your groom!"
What an amazing statement!
Chang Xiaochang, Ma Juan, and Yang Qiong all looked at him with surprised eyes, not knowing what he meant.
Chang Xiaochang was a little embarrassed, which made him a little at a loss, where did he come from to bite the gold?
Ma Juan was even more stunned, and also felt embarrassed, what does Shi Tao mean?
In addition to being surprised, Yang Qiong was even more psychologically cold, how could he say such things at this time, did he have an opinion about me, could it be that the person he liked was not me?
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Shi Tao hurriedly explained, also half-jokingly, and said to Chang Xiaochang: "Don't think that if you don't go, you won't be able to go back, if you don't go, you will still be back tomorrow." ”
Turning his face and saying to Ma Juan, "You tell the family that the scene of returning to the door tomorrow will be arranged as usual, and there will definitely be no delay in returning to the door, the groom will always have it, and if there is a small man missing, a big man will come, and I will go back to the door with you." ”
Ma Juan came back to her senses, Shi Tao was relieving her, so she said to Chang Xiaochang: "Really, who will you take tomorrow if you don't go? If you don't go, someone will go, you think that if you don't go, you won't be able to go back to this door! Ma Juan smiled faintly, as if it was a wry smile.
Chang Xiaochang also understood that the taste was coming, and he suddenly woke up! Hurriedly said to Shi Tao: "No, no, no, I don't need you to go, I don't need you to go, I'm joking, how dare I drive you?"
Turned his face to Ma Juan and said, "Alas, tell that family, we will arrive on time tomorrow, we will leave on time, and I have found the car." ”
Turning his head, Chang Xiaochang said to Shi Tao again: "How can you do it for me? You are also going to help, when I am accompanied, even if it is my mother-in-law's family." You can't be a groom, it's okay to be a groom. If you are a bridegroom, someone will hate me. Chang Xiaochang looked at Yang Qiong meaningfully.
Yang Qiong smiled, "Yes, yes, what kind of mess are you making! Tomorrow you should help out, you should praise people." Well, you can go with it, but you must not be a ......."
Yang Qiong's words became quieter and quieter, and people couldn't hear them clearly.
At this time, Chang Xiaochang and Ma Juan stopped arguing, and the matter of returning to the door was finalized.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Shi Tao worked the night shift and had time during the day, and everyone else asked for leave.
Chang Xiaochang was as energetic and lively as ever, wearing a suit and leather shoes, beckoning Shang Shitao and Ding Dezhi as in-laws, and Ma Juan got into the car he found from the class and went to his father-in-law's house together.
Because she didn't need her mother-in-law's house to go to the woman's house, Yang Qiong didn't go with her.
Ma Juan's house is not far from the city, and the car quickly entered the village. Ma Juan's family, including the villagers, was already waiting at the door of the house.
The pot stove has been set up in the yard, and a large pot of dishes has been prepared, and the smell of vegetables wafts all over the yard. The room was also full of several tables of banquets, all waiting for the arrival of the young couple and preparing for the feast.
Shi Tao's task is mainly to accompany Chang Xiaochang, one is to be a guest of his mother-in-law's family, and the other is to protect Chang Xiaochang from being troubled by others.
In fact, these are just a formality, just a look, Shi Tao has never accompanied this kind of occasion, and he doesn't think about it so much. If you come, you will be safe, so I will accompany Chang Xiaochang and all my relatives and friends to drink together.
Chang Xiaochang is the protagonist, he can't drink too much wine, he can't drink if he wants to, don't let him drink, just drink three or two glasses, and the task of drinking is handed over to Shi Tao and Ding Dezhi.
Ding Dezhi has a large number of people, and he does not refuse to come, and he drinks his relatives who accompany him to a straight change.
Shi Tao got the order, so he opened his belly and raised a glass to drink.
On this occasion, you usually don't drink too much, Shi Tao seems to be preoccupied, as if he is borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, and he can't stop it, and finally drinks like mud, and is carried into the car by Chang Xiaochang and Ding Dezhi, and pulled back to the dormitory.
Shi Tao never thought that his drunkenness disappointed Yang Qiong!