Chapter 33: The Wedding
Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba.
The Chinese New Year is obviously the most anticipated thing for children in this era, but before the New Year, children still have to go through a test - the final exam.
Yes, I believe that all people who have gone to school know the importance of the final exam, especially the final exam during the winter vacation. So when there was still half a month before the final exam, even Su Zhenguo, who usually doesn't like to study much, became serious.
However, the question of the final exam is obviously not a problem for Su Chenyu.
When Li Yuhan and Su Zhenguo were seriously reviewing their homework, Su Chenyu would always wander around the two of them like a ghost, and he also tried his best to "laugh". However, who called Su Chenyu with a "crooked melon" (plug-in).
Although this guy didn't review any homework, he still got a double hundred points on the final exam and went home. Li Yuhan also lived up to expectations and took the first place in the whole grade, so the only one who was more miserable was Su Zhenguo's children's shoes. During this period of night fighting, the results in all subjects were not bad, but who told him that there were still two demons around him, and in the end, it was inevitable to be reprimanded like "look at other people's children".
The children are busy with the final exams and start to run around the village, so it proves that the time before the New Year is getting shorter and shorter, and the adults in the family have begun to prepare for the New Year. The countryside is much more important for the New Year than in the city, after all, life in the city is usually better than in the countryside, and some families in the countryside can only open meat once a year in the Chinese New Year's Eve. Therefore, when there are still ten days before the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire Sujia Village is busy - there is no "harm" without comparison, and it is all tears.
However, this year is different from previous years, Su Chenyu and his family have no time to buy New Year's goods now, and they have to go to Su Zhongzheng's house to help - Su Zhongzheng's second son Su Zhengao is getting married.
In the countryside, if a young man gets married, the young man's family asks their close uncles and brothers to help. And weddings are generally organized by this group of close uncles and brothers, the key is that people who are busy with their livelihoods can also take this opportunity to connect with each other.
Therefore, a rural wedding can generally see many things, such as whether the clan is prosperous and whether the clan is very strong in the village.
Su Chenyu's grandfather is three brothers, so this is the three families who together form this close-knit clan, and Su Zhongping is the current "patriarch" of this clan.
Su Zhongping's generation has a total of nine uncles and brothers, while Su Zhenbang's generation has eleven cousins so far. There is no doubt that this is a large clan with a thriving individual, and their clan is also very strong in the whole village.
Now that the policy is good, the lives of several big families are better, so of course Su Zhengao's marriage this time will be carried out in a big way, not to mention that Su Zhongzheng is also the lowest leader of our country (now it is necessary to do a big job, and the lowest leaders are in charge).
Su Zhengao's wedding date was set on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the local New Year, which was set by the parents of both parties in the summer. Although the wedding date of the twenty-fourth is on the same day, the twenty-first day has to start to open.
Weddings in the countryside are not like those in the city - find a big hotel and invite some relatives and friends to have a meal and it's over, and the countryside is all about liveliness. Therefore, most rural people invite a chef who is often busy with rural red and white affairs to handle the eating and drinking of the people who help these days and the banquet of the guests.
This cook is still a trivial matter, and the most important thing is that the uncles and brothers of one of his own clans will come to help. Therefore, Su Zhongzheng took Su Zhengao to go to various houses on the evening of the twentieth day of the lunar month to invite someone and inform him to help tomorrow to make a scene.
Su Zhongzheng and Su Zhengao were the last to go to Su Chenyu's house, and the two of them were going to discuss some specific operational matters with Su Zhongping tonight. When the father and son arrived at Su Chenyu's house, it was already dark, but the Su family had just finished dinner, and Su Zhongwen's family was chatting.
"Uncle, aunt, second uncle, second aunt, eldest brother, sister-in-law, just finished eating?"
After Su Zhengao greeted him for a while, he finally sat down on the chair.
"Zhengao, will you be a groom in a few days?" Feng Ying said with a smile and joked to Su Zhengao.
Su Zhengao's face flushed at Feng Ying's words, and the young man was actually embarrassed. Shi Yuxiu looked at Su Zhengao's appearance, and said with a smile: "What is there to be embarrassed about?"
Su Wen, who came home from school vacation, smiled at Feng Ying and said, "Sister-in-law, what do you think Brother Zhen Gao's face is red into?"
"This kid is like this, he can't hit a fart with three feet. Su Zhongzheng looked at his son and smoked a cigarette, and then said to Su Zhongping: "Brother, you have to give me an idea about this matter." ”
Su Zhongping took the cigarette handed over by Su Zhengao, lit it and took two puffs, before saying, "This kid Zhengao is an honest child, very good." By the way, have the others been notified?"
"I've just been there, I've said it's all over, and tomorrow will be over. Su Zhongzheng said.
Su Zhongping nodded and said, "Okay, let's sum up the things of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and let's talk about the things of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”
"Zhengao's child's marriage is in time, we have to do a big deal. Su Zhongwen on the side interjected.
Su Zhongping ignored Su Zhongwen's words, but looked at Su Zhongzheng as if asking what he meant. Su Zhongzheng obviously understood what Su Zhongping meant, so he said: "Zhongwen is right, the New Year is coming soon, and this time it happens that several of our families will also get together." ”
Regarding this matter, Su Zhenbang is also more in favor of doing a good job, just to contact the feelings between the clan brothers. On top of that, many of these uncles and brothers are now working for his construction company, and their pockets are now bulging. Therefore, Su Zhenbang decided to take this opportunity to let the whole village know that as long as he works hard with him, there will definitely be sweetness and enthusiasm.
So Su Zhenbang said: "It's okay to do a big job, it's just lively." ”
Seeing that so many people are in favor of doing it well, Su Zhongping has no objection. So he extinguished his cigarette and said to Su Zhongzheng: "Then let's discuss the affairs of the past few days now." ”
A few men in charge of the family began to sum up the whole process of the wedding - from the cost of the marriage, to what guests to invite and how many to invite, and then what is the standard of each table, how much it costs, and how many tables to open, etc.
These things are only a small part of the whole marriage, and when it is officially done, these people in charge almost every night need to calculate who will arrange for what to do the next day.
Only after the bride marries into the door can the whole marriage be considered to be a complete conclusion.
After a brief discussion, Su Zhongzheng looked at his watch and found that it was not early, so he got up and said goodbye: "Big brother, Zhongping, Zhenbang, we will go back before it is early, and you will go over tomorrow." ”
As soon as Su Zhongzheng got up, he suddenly said to Shi Yuxiu and Feng Ying: "By the way, sister-in-law, and Zhongwen's family, Xiaoying, you will also take the children and the whole family to dinner tomorrow night, and our family will start to have a banquet tomorrow night." ”
"Okay. ”
Naturally, the family agreed.
Su Zhongzheng pulled Su Zhengao to go out, but after Su Zhengao stood up, he looked at Su Zhenbang with a look of wanting to speak and stopping. Su Zhenbang knew that there must be something wrong with this little cousin as soon as he saw him like this, so he said, "Zhengao, is there something wrong? ”
"Brother, there's something I want you to help me with. Su Zhengao glanced at his father and said hesitantly.
Su Zhongzheng saw that Su Zhengao seemed to have something wrong, so he was not in a hurry to leave, and stopped to look at him.
Here, Su Zhengao seemed to be very embarrassed and said: "Brother, Xiaohui said that she didn't want to use the tractor or bicycle we usually use on the day of the kiss, she ...... She...... Want to sit...... Car. ”
"What?" Su Zhongzheng was relieved when he heard this, and he shouted: "Where did you come from so many things? Other people don't want to take a car, so she has a lot of skills? She wants to take a car, and Lao Tzu still wants to take a plane cannon?"
Seeing that his father was furious, Su Zhengao couldn't help but feel a little timid, so he couldn't say anything cowardly.
In fact, Su Zhenguo also felt that his fiancée Li Hui's request was a bit excessive, and the people who could use cars these years were all rich and powerful families, and none of their families could touch it. However, Li Hui was very understanding about the bride price and other aspects of the marriage, and Su Zhengao really couldn't refuse such a request. In the end, he really couldn't think of a way, so Su Zhengao could only ask his cousin Su Zhenbang, who was very capable, for help.
Seeing that Su Zhongzheng was angry, Su Zhenbang persuaded: "Uncle, don't be angry, everyone in the city is in vogue now." ”
"It's fashionable in the city, she's from the city, it's all a native hat from the countryside, what kind of foreign appearance is she playing?" Su Zhongzheng said angrily.
Su Zhenbang saw Su Zhongzheng like this, and hurriedly said: "Cover this matter with me, I must guarantee that it will be a car to pick up relatives that day." ”
"Zhenbang, this matter is too embarrassing for you, isn't it?" Su Zhongzheng blushed when he heard Su Zhenbang's words, and said embarrassedly.
"Uncle, what's this? they're all my own brothers. ”
Su Zhenbang said very confidently, it is true that this little thing is really nothing to Su Zhenbang, otherwise he would have been in vain in the ancient city for so many years.
"Thank you, brother, thank you. As soon as Su Zhengao heard that Su Zhenbang agreed, he quickly said excitedly.
"Okay, okay, what's your brother's politeness?" Su Zhenbang patted Su Zhengao's shoulder and smiled.
After sending off the father and son, the Su family sighed that life is better now, and people are paying more and more attention to these face-saving things. Obviously, the main reason why Su Zhengao's fiancée wants to ride in a car is definitely not that the car is comfortable, but that she and her family have a bright face.
Early the next morning, the three men of the Su family all went over to Su Zhongzheng's house, of course, Su Chenyu and Su Zhenguo, the children who were most looking forward to these things, would not be missing. When Su Chenyu came to Su Zhongzheng's house, he found that the courtyard was full of people, all of whom were close to his uncles and grandfathers, and of course, some close neighbors.
The first day of the marriage is the busiest, and on this day I have to send someone to inform the relatives and friends of the marriage owner, and I am also busy buying vegetables and things.
At noon, when the chef comes, he needs to set up the earthen stove, then set up the tent for the banquet, and pull the table and chopsticks for the banquet to be made.
The most important thing is to put on the red "Xi" and the happy couplet that symbolize the joy of marriage today.
Anyway, all kinds of chores have to be done as much as possible on the first day, which obviously tests the ability of a principal, but for Su Zhongping, it is a piece of cake - you must know that as one of the people with the highest prestige in the entire village and even the whole town, he is invited to take charge of many red and white things.
On the first day of dinner, the host's house had a stool meal, and although it was more than a lot of the main sitting, it was not bad—there was wine and meat, but what else was needed? This stool was to be held until the morning of the third day, and of course, on the night of the wedding, when the business was done, everyone had to eat the main meal.
Therefore, in the past three days, the men, women and children of the uncles and brothers who are close to the main family have basically eaten here, and the family has basically stopped firing.
Although there were fewer things on the second day than on the first day, there was one important thing to do - the bridegroom went to worship his ancestors. Su Zhongping took the groom Su Zhengao and the best man Su Chenyu to worship each ancestor in the ancestral tomb of the Su family.
Su Zhenbang apparently did what he said, and the night before the wedding, he found two cars, one was a slightly more upscale Toyota sedan, and the other was a slightly older old jeep. These two cars exceeded Su Zhengao's expectations, he was simply too satisfied, and the rest of the people in the village were envious when they heard that the car they would pick up tomorrow would be such a beautiful car. Everyone secretly said in their hearts that Su Zhenbang is really capable, and the car was found when he said he was looking for it - it's not simple.
Obviously, the wedding on the third day was quite successful, and even in the village of Su Zhengao's father-in-law's house, it became a good story, which made many unmarried eldest girls and little daughters-in-law who had already entered the door envious and jealous.
The little girls who were not married decided that their partners would have to hold their own weddings in the future - they must have a car to pick up their relatives, but in the end, the people who knew about it poured cold water on them - "Then you have to find someone rich and powerful, or you have to find a relative who has the ability."
A beautiful wedding came to a successful end in the envy and blessing of everyone, and in order to thank Su Chenyu's family that night, Su Zhongzheng took the newlywed Su Zhengao and his wife, and the two came to thank them. Obviously, they not only came to thank Su Zhongping, the principal, but also to thank Su Zhenbang.
The marriage that the children are most looking forward to is over, but there are still bigger surprises waiting for them, because the Chinese New Year is coming......