Twenty-four-year-old Li Huatong is indeed at the age of talking about marriage in a small city like Luochuan. Parents have completed the glorious task of letting their children study and educate to obtain academic qualifications, and naturally hope that their children will get married as soon as possible, so that they can feel at ease, which can be regarded as completing a major responsibility to their children's lives. Under the urging of the parents of both parties, Li Huatong and Xu Ruobin decided to put the wedding date in December.

It was a weekend in November that year, and the weather was not bad. According to the plan of the two people, Li Huatong followed Xu Ruobin back to his hometown. Xu Ruobin's hometown is a village in another county in Luochuan, and that village has a nice name called Quhe. Quhe has beautiful mountains and rivers, but the economy is not developed, and there are no mineral resources to develop, so most people rely on growing crops to make a living.

Xu Ruobin's mother is in her early fifties, and she is relatively tall, if she can be slightly plump, her figure will be good-looking. His father was a little older, and at a glance he knew that he was the person who understood the family and the head of the family. Xu Ruobin is the eldest son in the family, and there are four younger siblings below, the second, third, and fourth are all younger sisters, and the fifth is a younger brother.

It took more than three hours to take a long-distance bus from Luochuan to Quhe. Along the way, Li Huatong was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart, so he repeatedly tossed Xu Ruobin. In order to reassure her, Xu Ruobin has been talking about the situation at home, about his parents' preferences and the personality traits of his younger siblings. He comforted Li Huatong and said: "Don't worry, they are all my family, you are my girlfriend, they will naturally not embarrass you, don't worry!" The more she was reassured, the more Li Huatong couldn't rest assured, she half-covered her face and muttered: "People are still a little nervous! Who knows if your family will like me!" Xu Ruobin pulled her hand away and smiled at her: "Anyway, the ugly daughter-in-law always has to see her in-laws, you are not ugly, what are you afraid of?" Li Huatong punched it, pouted and said: "Before I returned to your house, I began to bully me!" It's really unkind!" Xu Ruobin hurriedly took her little hand and coaxed her to say, "Okay, how can I be willing to bully you? I'll help you bully them, okay?" Li Huatong laughed: "Anyway, it's going to your territory, you can do it! You can think about it and stand in line again!" Xu Ruobin replied: "You don't have to think about it, I'm naturally on my wife's side, hehe!"

Laughing all the way, it seems that time flies quickly. It didn't take long for Xu Ruobin to remind the driver loudly: "Master, get off at the big locust tree at the entrance of the village in front!" The driver replied: "Yes, Qu He gets off!"

As he spoke, it was really there. Li Huatong and Xu Ruobin got out of the car with large bags and small bags, and walked along a small road to the village.

Xu Ruobin's parents and siblings were already waiting at home, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted, and the whole family came out of the house. After greeting each other and taking things, everyone went into the back room and sat down to talk.

As Xu Ruobin said, the family is a simple villager, and Li Huatong really doesn't have to be so nervous. Xu Ruobin's father didn't talk much, but he understood everything. His mother is a meticulous person, and she is meticulous and meticulous to Li Huatong, especially when she has a pair of skillful hands and makes delicious side dishes. The younger sisters are all kind and smart, and the younger brother is shy and doesn't like to talk. It is said that my grandfather and grandmother had a fairly prosperous family, but later they were classified as rich peasants, and most of the family's belongings were confiscated. Later, my grandparents died early, and there was nothing left in the family. In addition, there are too many children, and the parents are honest people, looking at the situation at home, the family background is really not good, just average. There are no strange heresies in the family, everyone is affectionate and very harmonious.

I didn't plan to stay longer, so the two of them stayed overnight, and the next day after lunch, we started the return trip. Naturally, it was a big bag, and I brought a lot of steamed buns and vegetables from home. Li Huatong was not polite, and took all the orders back to Luochuan without pulling it.

There was a very strange phenomenon in that era, most of the boys and girls who graduated from college were basically naked marriages, no house, no car, nothing, and even some were two single beds together, and the single dormitory was the marriage room, and sending some melon seeds and candy to colleagues and friends was the official announcement of marriage. On the contrary, those girls who have no education are very demanding, at least to have a house, and they also ask the man to give a certain bride price. At that time, a house was not a requirement for marriage.

Li Huatong and Xu Ruobin are the first case. went to his house, and she had a general understanding of the situation of Xu Ruobin's family, and knew that the family basically couldn't help them. Li Huatong didn't even think about it, didn't think about the house. Xu Ruobin applied to the unit for a single dormitory of about 20 square meters in accordance with the rules, and the two of them made a list and bought some necessary things, a one-meter-five bed, a combination wardrobe, a sofa, a TV, a washing machine, and moved the refrigerator that Li Huatong bought before in the dormitory, and bought a set of liquefied gas stoves and other cooking things. Furniture and appliances were put in, and the room of more than 20 square meters was filled, and finally the liquefied gas stove was squeezed into the corridor outside the door. That's good, anyway, there were no range hoods at that time, and it was not suitable for cooking in the house.

Li Huatong thinks it's not bad. Everything is new, I bought it myself, and I arranged it myself. Until that night, a friend of Xu Ruobin came to visit, looked at the new house, shook his head, and said, "Isn't it a little too simple?" Li Huatong smiled and said, "I have everything I should have!" The friend still kept shaking his head.

Two days before the wedding, both parents rushed over, and there was actually nothing more to help. The day before the wedding, several classmates and important relatives from my hometown also rushed to Luochuan.

On weekdays, Li Huatong is quite reasonable, but when there are many people and a lively thing like marriage, Li Huatong is completely dizzy. She didn't know how they came to Luochuan, where they stayed at night, and how they ate during the day, she didn't know any of them, and no one told her.

On the day of the wedding, she only remembered very early, it was not yet dawn, it was dark outside, and someone took her to the hairdresser she had made an appointment to put on makeup. It seems to have melted for a long time, and when I returned to the dormitory, everyone looked at it in amazement, and my aunt also boasted: "It's so good-looking, like a person on TV." Li Huatong looked in the mirror and found that he really didn't know much about the person in the mirror. She didn't dare to say much, she simply ate something, and put on the only wedding dress, a big red tweed coat, and she really didn't remember any other clothes.

It was already dawn, and there was a clamor outside that the bridegroom was coming. After a while, Xu Ruobin stood in front of Li Huatong in a brand-new suit with flowers, looking at her stupidly and smiling. He brushed his hair back and looked refreshed. Everything is ready, the bride and groom listen to the command of the supervisor, go downstairs to the wedding car, and the wedding team sets off. Along the way, firecrackers crackled, and when I arrived downstairs in the new house, the ceremony of the main marriage ceremony began. It's very simple, the leader of one unit officiates the marriage, and the leader of the other unit witnesses the marriage, which is witty and humorous, simple and grand, and it will end soon. Then everyone shouted to send the bride and groom into the cave room, and a group of people hugged and squeezed upstairs.

After all, the space in the wedding room is limited, and most relatives and friends go directly to the hotel. Here, Li Huatong and Xu Ruobin stayed upstairs for a while, and also got up to go to the hotel to entertain guests.

When I arrived at the hotel, it was already noisy. At the request of the supervisor, a table of toasts begins. Naturally, some of the tables went well, and everyone drank together. Some tables are more difficult to deal with, and the bride and groom can't count without a few drinks. Li Huatong and Xu Ruobin were dizzy and didn't know how many tables they had passed, but their ears were full of newlywed wishes from relatives and friends.

When the two were sent back to their new house, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, I found out that the relatives and friends on both sides, including my parents, had all left Luochuan and returned to their hometown, and no one was gone. Luochuan's friends and colleagues have also returned to work. There were only two of them left in the new room, exhausted, one half lying on the bed, the other nesting on the sofa, tired and didn't want to move, only feeling hungry and blank!

Li Huatong opened the refrigerator and took a look, and there seemed to be nothing to eat. The liquefied gas stove outside the door was locked in a tin cabinet, and it felt cold to look at. Li Huatong looked at Xu Ruobin helplessly, he lazily curled up on the bed, and said, "Rest for a while, let's go out to eat!"

The two of them were lying on their sides on the bed, feeling very tired and tired, but they couldn't close their eyes and fall asleep. They looked at each other face to face, one combing his back hair, the other painting bridal makeup, and suddenly felt that the other was very strange.

Li Huatong suddenly felt a wave of fear in his heart. For the past 24 years, her parents have been the people she trusts and is closest to the most, and no matter what difficulties she encounters, as long as they are there, she will not be afraid, because they are her backers! However, today, she is married, will she just give herself to the man in front of her? Will he really be good to him all his life? Will he be unconditionally good to him like his parents?

Li Huatong buried his head in Xu Ruobin's arms, and couldn't help but quietly shed tears. Xu Ruobin hugged Li Huatong, took her hand, and said softly: "Xiaotong, from today onwards, you will be my daughter-in-law." Don't worry, I will protect you for the rest of your life!"

It was past six o'clock in the afternoon when I woke up, and both of them felt so hungry. Li Huatong hurriedly washed his face and removed his makeup, put on a red tweed coat, and Xu Ruobin straightened his suit. The two of them went out to eat arm in arm.

When night falls, the lights come on, and the dinner on the wedding day of the bride Li Huatong and groom Xu Ruobin is two plates of fragrant leek dumplings.

After that, the two of them returned to their new house and slept until dawn.