Although there is a saying in the agricultural proverb that "the July Festival is handed over, the night is cold and the day is hot", but in the real July, there is still the "autumn tiger" to blame, although the heavy rain two days ago slightly made people breathe a few cool breaths, as soon as the sun came out, the temperature was like a sesame seed blossoming and rising high, and it suddenly jumped to a high temperature of 35 degrees.

As soon as the day dawned, the adults of Liu Village have begun to take action, the prime minister Lao Zhao is clear, he has organized hundreds of red and white joys and sorrows in the village in his life, and today is the most face-saving thing he has done in his life, although Da'an is not the first college student in the village to go out, but he is the first scholar to hold a marriage in his own village, and today's happy event, there are big leaders from the city to participate, since the two Da'an mothers went to his house to say this, Lao Zhao began to think about it, the village can be dispatched to pull the list, and let the two dogs who run errands in the village be notified one by one, and at the same time repeatedly emphasized that the wedding day should be up early to prepare。

Lao Zhao stood at the gate of Da'an, holding the list in his hand, and named him there, almost every family in the village had at least one busy person coming over, for the busy people involved, although today's position had been determined two days in advance, but he was still a little uneasy and arranged it again while taking the roll call, and also specially called the second dog to check again, and the people in each post were in place. The busy people in the whole village are not ambiguous, they all know that the bride married today is not only a beauty who is difficult to find in ten miles and eight towns, but also the groom official in his village may become a "figure" in the village in the future.

In addition to the adults in Liu Village who were designated to participate in the wedding, there were also distant relatives who came to attend the Da'an wedding a day in advance, and they were also busy at this time, which has made the small village of hundreds of people active, and those children in the summer vacation seem to understand the big things to be done in the village today, give up their usual laziness, and sit at the gate with pants in their pants early.

"Knock, knock, knock" three cannon sounds, those children who were still looking just now immediately rushed along the street along the direction of the cannon, suddenly, the sound of tractors starting motors, children running and shouting, and the laughter of relatives who are preparing to pick up their relatives immediately melted into a rural festive symphony. With the sound of "getting up the car", the tractor with the word "Xi" written on big red paper on the front of the car immediately spit out a puff of black smoke, and the rear car carried a car to pick up relatives and children and drove out of the village.

Lao Mu rushed over before dawn, and Da'an arranged for him to accompany the guests to the bride's house, so today Lao Mu also deliberately dressed up today, wearing a newly bought really good shirt on the upper body, and a really good blue pants on the lower body. Standing on the side of the road, he watched the wedding car in the distance, but his heart couldn't calm down for a long time. He knew in his heart that although this marriage seemed to be the right thing in Yemen, it was full of twists and turns, and if Da'an hadn't introduced this marriage in advance, how could he have held this wedding in the countryside?

The adults in the village were still busy with the things at hand, and the most cheerful was the group of children who were drawn together by the sound of firecrackers, a group of three, a group of five, playing a native game, a few dug a small nest on the ground, and then took out a small glass ball from their pockets, and began to crawl around the dug nest, and a few took out a triangle or four corners folded with paper on the side, threw off their arms and smashed them on the ground, that scene, as if they could not prove their strength without defeating each other.

After all, it was dog days, and everyone was in a hurry, trying to finish the outdoor work before the sun went down, and then hide under the shade of the trees to talk about yesterday's and long ago's fun. Today, the people who greeted their relatives went out early, so they were naturally in a hurry to rush back to the village to hold a grand wedding for the two newlyweds.

Before the sun climbed over the roof, the prime minister Lao Zhao shouted with a loudspeaker:

"Those who lead horses, those who carry sedan chairs, those who beat gongs and drums and set off cannons;

Visitors, gift-givers, greetings from all directions;

those who burn the fire, those who take the spoon, those who carry water and cut vegetables for the feast;

sweeping, brushing dishes, carrying tea and pouring water to serve dishes;

Let's go to the village to greet our relatives!"

According to local customs, the procession of receiving relatives goes out from the east end of the village and comes in from the west end of the village, which is the rule set by the old people in the village, and it is said that it is to warn the newlyweds not to go back. When the tractor that picked up the bride drove out of the east entrance of the village, the people standing at the east entrance of the village to see the vehicle gathered at the west entrance of the village to wait, for fear of missing this great opportunity today. At the voice of the great prime minister Lao Zhao, those people in the village who were still busy at home immediately put down their work, hurriedly rushed out of their homes, and rushed to the west of the village.

At the west end of the village is a straight road of nearly two miles, connecting the main road to the county seat. The people who stood at the west end of the village gradually saw the vehicles that had turned off the main road, and the children who could not wait were running in the direction of the vehicles with joy, as if they were excited to seize the treasure.

With the roar of the tractor getting closer and closer, the vehicles that enter people's field of vision are becoming clearer and clearer, people consciously dodge a road, waiting for the tractor to pass, at the moment when the tractor passes, the people who are still looking forward to it immediately gather the channel and run closely behind the car.

According to the past customs of Liu Village, when the vehicle slowly stops and the bride gets off, there will be young men and girls rushing up to take the bride, kiss, Although everyone showed great enthusiasm when they entered the village, but at this time when everyone in the car got off, the people around the car paid attention to the bride's dress in the car, because it was summer, the bride did not have a long hair shawl like the last time she came to Liu Village, and pulled a bun on the top of her head, and a red silk flower was inserted on the bun, adding a little charm, on the oval face, there were a few drops of sweat, but could not hide the shrewdness of the eyebrows, although the eyes were not very big, with this face shape, but it was very symmetricalAlthough it is inseparable from the yellowish skin of rural people who work outside all the year round, it is covered by a little powder on the face, showing a bit of ruddyness, especially the fiery red shirt worn on the upper body, such as the hibiscus out of the water, and the more eye-catching is the two hillocks that are bound on the chest, piercing the eyes are bright, and the black high-waisted trousers on the lower body are also rarely seen by rural people. Straight, slightly flared trousers can't hide the pink sandals under the feet, although the heel is not high, but it also makes the bride's already taller than ordinary figure a few elevations, really slim. People have an aura, and they really express themselves heartily in the here and now. When the mother-in-law helped the bride out of the car, the temperament immediately shocked all the people present, no one crowded forward, and no one rushed over, under the greeting of the mother-in-law, people invariably flashed out of a way, silently staring at the bride who walked in front of them, and followed the bride's figure to move slowly, lest they get lost from their sight, at this time, a child's voice "like coming out of the movie!" , a few words, caused a commotion in the crowd, and everyone muttered to each other as if they had just woken up from a dream.

The groom Da'an came out of the courtyard, and when he saw Hui Qin's outfit, he was really shocked, "It's really a person with clothes and horses with a saddle", and he happily stepped forward to take the bride's hand and went straight to the courtyard with the four big characters of "wedding ceremony" written on red paper. Whenever this time, there will always be a few young people in the village jumping out, vying to step forward to press the neck of the bride and groom, and today's scene, but unusual, I don't know whether the young people out of respect for the scholars, or afraid of Da'an's special status as a policeman in the future, anyway, no one reached out to press the bride and groom standing in the respectful worship hall, when the officiant shouted "worship heaven and earth" according to the steps, the muttering in the crowd stopped, carefully watched the two newlyweds worship in the open space surrounded by the crowd, when the officiant finally shouted to " When entering the cave room", the pronunciation of the word "room" was deliberately dragged very long, and the prime minister Lao Zhao held the basket in one hand, grabbed the prepared candy and peanuts from it with the other, and threw it into the silent crowd.

A couple of newlyweds entered the new house, the people in the courtyard dispersed one after another, and the newlyweds who prepared the banquet still went to their own work, and the villagers who did not open the banquet went home, leaving behind in addition to the children in the village, that is, some close relatives and neighbors of the groom Da'an, and the family members who accompanied the bride to ask long and short questions.

Da'an sat with him, and didn't say too much, but his heart was thinking about the colleagues who came to drink the wedding wine from the commune, and after a long time, Da'an watched the guests talk heartily, and he couldn't say anything, so he said to everyone: "I'm going out to see, colleagues will come to drink the wedding wine in a while, I'll go and socialize!" After speaking, he came to the gate and waited.

Da'an's worry is not about receiving the old colleagues of the commune, the most important guest is that Sister Ma mentioned that Secretary Wang Yanqing wanted to come to his wedding in person, and he wanted to marry his daughter to himself, but he couldn't, but now he came to his wedding in person, which made him indeed a little flattered.

Da'an, standing outside the gate, looked at the mouth of the alley from time to time, for the passing guests in front of him, although he also said hello from time to time, but he didn't seem to care too much, he was still thinking about the upcoming colleagues, especially when he was a correspondent in the commune, Secretary Wang Yanqing, who took care of himself when he first entered the commune, was to pour tea and water in the office, Secretary Wang never regarded him as a subordinate, but an amiable parent, encouraging himself to be motivated in the commune, and actively move closer to the organization, after his introduction, he was fortunate to join the party organization in the commune, and became the only party member in the class after entering the university, based on this, he was successfully elected as the class leader。 But this time, it is really difficult to follow fate, just as I heard a "philosopher" in college say that "people's lives are like nails, and cranky thoughts are useless", marriage is a major event in life, and this "thousands of years of cultivation can sleep together" The saying is really difficult to violate.

In the past few days, due to the tiredness of running, Da'an, who stood for a while, his eyes were a little astringent, he couldn't help yawning deeply, his hands were raised high, he stretched his waist greatly, and the hands raised above his head had not completely fallen, and the figure turned around at the mouth of the alley made his eyes shine. It was a middle-aged woman, with a round face and short hair, a slightly plump body, and an upper-medium figure, which was indeed good in Liu Village, and then looked at the pink checkered gown on the upper body, and the black over-the-knee skirt on the lower body, which impressed the people in the village, this is Sister Ma who is the matchmaker for herself, her hurried pace, before Da'an came back to her senses, she first heard Sister Ma's somewhat slender and sharp voice: "Big brother, you are in a hurry to get married faster than my mouth!

"In the new era of reform and opening up, the pace must be fast, otherwise you will be eliminated!" Daan was teased by Sister Ma's words, and also joked.

"Let's get down to business, Secretary Wang will be here soon, I'll make an outpost!

"You see, everyone is here to cheer me on, and it's too late for me to thank you! How can I not be ready?" Da'an responded with a smile.

"The prime minister of the village just said that he had prepared a seat for us!" Da'an said with a twelve-point affirmation.

It is said to be a private seat, but in fact, a table is set up alone in the hall of the neighbor's house, and the table is just a square table. This kind of hospitality is actually prepared to welcome distinguished guests.

As the two were talking, a few familiar figures turned around at the mouth of the alley, several young people surrounded a secretary Wang Yanqing with a big back, short and fat figure, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a paper folding fan in his hand.

Seeing that the sun is approaching noon, from south to north in the alley, a long snake is neatly placed from the board and bench borrowed from various families in the village, and there is a burst of firecrackers of "splitting and splitting horns", the prime minister Lao Zhao beckoned the female guests to take a seat, and the wedding banquet of the dog days kicked off. When the female guests left the table after a full meal, and when all the male guests sat down in front of the board, the staggered sound of chips on the table, mixed with the sound of young people's fists, began the "reverberation music" of the village wedding banquet.

It has been a custom in Liu Village for many years, and toasting at the wedding banquet is a must-go process. Prime Minister Lao Zhao arranged for Da'an's two nephews with the same surname to carry wine to accompany them, and toasted the guests who came to the wedding banquet one by one. The wedding procedure is an opportunity for the bride to get to know each other, and every table of relatives and friends has a special person to follow and introduce to the bride one by one, and the seniors are naturally served by the bride and toasted, and from time to time there will be frolicking people asking the bride to light a cigarette, these details add a lot of festive atmosphere to the wedding banquet.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the two newcomers came to Secretary Wang Yanqing's wine table, and as soon as they stepped into the door, the sharp-eyed Sister Ma raised the chopsticks stopped in mid-air, "Ah! Isn't this ......?" she felt a little out of shape, and quickly withdrew the chopsticks and covered her mouth.

Everyone finally got together, everyone rushed to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and successively toasted their own leaders, no matter how strong the people were, it was difficult to beat so many people to raise a glass to persuade them to drink, Secretary Wang inevitably drank a few more glasses, at this time there was already a little too much wine, hearing Sister Ma's exclamation, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the two newcomers who came in, and in a haze, he was also stunned by the two newcomers in front of him!"How is this bride her own daughter?"

Secretary Wang was stunned for a moment, Sister Ma got up and walked to the bride's side, took the bride's hand, and greeted everyone: "Look at our bride, everyone says that drifting is not beautiful?"

"Beautiful!" except for Secretary Wang, who looked at the surprised bride without saying a word, everyone at the same table shouted.

"Let the bride toast our Secretary Wang first!" Sister Ma said as she pulled the bride to Secretary Wang's side.

Secretary Wang eased his emotions, stood up, took the wine glass handed over by the bride, did not drink it directly, looked at the bride with a little straight eyes and said: "You, you, you are my daughter! Da'an is my son-in-law!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and then they responded: "That's, that's!"

When Sister Ma saw this, she knew in her heart that the bride in front of her looked too much like Wang Jing. The drunken Secretary Wang has really regarded this bride as his daughter.

"This wine should be respected!" Sister Ma turned to Da'an on the side, and pulled the corner of his clothes, "Look at this wine, shouldn't you be saluting?"

Da'an was overwhelmed by Secretary Wang's seemingly joke just now, and at this time he also realized, "Okay, okay, I'll respect!" said and stretched out his hands to hold it under Secretary Wang's wine glass, at this time Da'an understood that the word "respect" could not be followed by any title, no matter what kind of title, it was not appropriate to use it here at this time, so the entertainment was over.

"Da'an!" Secretary Wang held the wine glass in one hand and pinched Da'an's outstretched wrist with the other, "You must be good to my daughter, no, you can't do anything to be sorry for her!"

"Certainly, definitely!Please drink this glass of wine for a long time!" Daan suddenly came up with the word "you are old", which surprised everyone to hear.

"Okay, I'll drink it, but you, you must promise me!" Secretary Wang said in a somewhat heavy tone.

"Don't worry, you must!" Daan nodded, "Let everyone testify!"

The colleagues present followed suit and said, "Of course we testify!"

Secretary Wang's hand holding the wine glass was raised, put it to his mouth, his head was raised, his neck was tilted, and the glass of wine was poured into his mouth, and he watched the throat move up and down and flow into his stomach. Then she was a little unsteady on her feet, and the cup was swiped in her hand, and she almost fell down, Sister Ma was in a hurry, and hurriedly held it and asked Secretary Wang to sit down.

Sister Ma and other colleagues at the same table immediately said, "Secretary Wang represents us!

"Then please take care of Secretary Wang!" Da'an whispered to Sister Ma.

"Don't worry!" Sister Ma agreed as she motioned for the two newcomers to go out.

Da'an went out after the toast, still thinking about the drunken Secretary Wang, who was not only his boss, but more importantly, he was the benefactor and Bole in his life. Without his support, how could he go on to higher education and become a real national cadre?

Da'an watched the Hutong banquet gradually disperse, he thought that Secretary Wang's table should be full of wine and food, so he went to the gate of the small courtyard where Secretary Wang was sitting, and heard that there were still people talking inside, so he walked straight in, at this time Da'an noticed that four new brick tile houses, by the gate side is two kitchens, the courtyard is surrounded by walls, and the southeast corner is surrounded by bricks The toilet is such a courtyard, it is the best residence in the village, when the prime minister Lao Zhao originally wanted to entertain the bride's family, and later heard that Secretary Wang came, so he temporarily changed his mind and became a banquet for Secretary Wang。 When Da'an entered the house, he greeted his colleagues one by one, but he didn't see Secretary Wang and Sister Ma, he hurriedly asked, "What about Secretary Wang and Sister Ma?"

"Secretary Wang is drunk, the car that came to pick him up just now picked him up, because he was in a hurry, he didn't greet you, Sister Ma let us wait to talk to you!"

"I'm afraid he's drunk too much, so come and have a look!" Daan hurriedly responded.

"Look, I'm really worried about your old Yue!" Liu Changshan said seriously half-jokingly.

"We don't necessarily be able to be if we want to!" Daan then teased.

"Don't talk about it, I'll toast you with a drink. As he spoke, he picked up a small glass on the table, filled it himself, spun it around his chest, and drank it all.

"Thank you all for attending my wedding, everyone drink well, I still have something to do!

"You go and get busy, don't worry, I will definitely preside over them to drink well. Liu Changshan said with a smile.

Daan hugged his chest with both fists, "Please, please!" he said, took two steps back, and turned to leave.