Chapter 311: The Past (I)

Li Qingping and Wen Shuzhi held their children and took Chu Feng and Shu Shi to the big hotel in the prosperous area of Yangzhou, the provincial capital. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wen Shuzhi, who has always lived a frugal life, waved her husband this time and ordered a table of meals in this high-grade luxury hotel in Yangzhou City, in order to ceremoniously entertain Shu Shi, the prospective "bride" who is about to marry Chu Feng.

During the banquet, Wen Shuzhi pulled Shu Shi and couldn't stop talking, extremely affectionate and happy. And Shu Shi was also very respectful and respectful to Chu Feng's two elders, and couldn't help but take the initiative to serve tea for the two elders during the banquet, which was decent and dignified.

When Chu Feng first arrived in the ancient town of Sucheng, he lived in the old house of the Li family. Li Qingping and Wen Shuzhi are also watching Chu Feng go from an ignorant amnesiac teenager all the way to the present and now about to start a family.

Eating, talking about the past, telling about the parents' shortcomings. Between the words, Li Qingping and his wife had a lot of emotion. At the end of the feast, Wen Shuzhi handed the child to her husband, and then turned around and took out a big red wedding envelope from her small bag.

Wen Shuzhi affectionately took Shu Shi's hand and stuffed the bulging red envelope in her hand into Shu Shi's hand.

Seeing Wen Shuzhi's situation, Shu Shi was a little flustered, and hurriedly spoke politely.

"Miss Shu Shi, you also know that Chu Feng has lost his memory, and now he has no elders in his family to preside over such a major event as marriage. In this matter, you and Uncle Li are duty-bound. Aunt Li and your Uncle Li don't know what the customs and etiquette of your place are, but the etiquette here is like this, the first time the woman comes to the door, the man's parents and elders have to give red envelopes......"

Seeing that the girl Shu Shi got up a little flustered, Wen Shuzhi smiled and sat her down, and gently told her the reason for the custom.

"Auntie, this is not appropriate, not appropriate......"

Facing the hospitality of the two elders on Chu Feng's side, Shu Shi was very moved, and felt that Li Qingping and his wife treated her too well and well.

But for this aunt's gracious gift, Shu Shi felt ashamed to accept it. After all, the first time I saw these two elders, she came in a hurry, and she, who was a junior, didn't bring some gifts to Chu Feng's family elders, which was originally a bit rude. Now that he has to accept the heavy gifts of the elders, Shu Shi feels that this is rude, so he refuses to do anything.

"Silly girl, this is the meaning of one in a million. It's also a little bit of your Aunt Li and your Uncle Li's thoughts, take it quickly. Obedient. ”

Wen Shuzhi said with a smile, glanced at Chu Feng who was standing aside, and motioned for him to persuade Shu Shi to accept the red envelope.

"Three media and six hires, and the Ming media are marrying, which is the right thing to do. Shu Shi, you can accept it, since I want to marry you, the number of courtesies that should be there can't be left behind. I don't have relatives and elders here, and Uncle Li and Aunt Li represent my parents, family, and elders. So what they give you, you don't have to refuse, this is what should be accepted, and it is also a courtesy. ”

Chu Feng came closer, took the red envelope in his aunt's hand, put his hands in Shu Shi's hands, and said slowly.

Although Chu Feng didn't know the wedding ceremony today, he knew about welcoming relatives in ancient times.

There are two ways to say the so-called "three media and six hires".

"Three media", one said, it needs to be a male matchmaker, a female matchmaker, an intermediate matchmaker, and the three matchmakers say that they are close to each other to achieve a happy event.

If there is a conflict after marriage, the woman can use the "three media" to protect herself, and she can confidently say, "I am married to your family's Ming media, and I will personally use a sedan chair to welcome me into the door." ”

At that time, the three media that have been matched from it will naturally have to come forward to reconcile.

And there is another way to say this "three media and six hires".

"Three media", also known as "three books".

These three books refer to the documents exchanged in the process of courtesy, which are:

"Letter of Appointment" - exchange at the time of engagement;

"Book of Gifts" - exchange when the gift is excessive;

"Welcome book" - the man hands it over to the woman at the time of orientation.

And these "six appointments" are also known as "six rites", which refer to the procedures from courting and matchmaking to marrying and completing marriage. Specifically:

"Gifts" - the man invites someone to prepare a gift to the woman's family to propose marriage and matchmaking;

"Asking for a name" - the man writes his name, ranking, and birthday on the Honggeng wedding card, and the matchmaker sends it to the woman's home. If the woman's family intends to marry, they will write the girl's name and eight characters, etc., and then ask someone to take the count;

"Najib" - If the man and the woman do not contradict each other, the marriage can be preliminarily agreed;

"Na Zheng" - also known as the great gift, that is, the gift of engagement at this time.

"Invitation period" - choose an auspicious day to get married. In the old days, I chose auspiciousness, and I chose two months and days, and I didn't like a single time.

"Greeting" - On the day of the wedding, the man takes the book of greeting and personally goes to the woman's house to marry the bride.

The above is three media and six hires, and after that, the Ming media is marrying.

The rites of ancient times, with the changes of the years and regions, have long been different from the customs today.

According to the customs and rules in Yangzhou, when the man's parents officially meet their daughter-in-law for the first time, they have to prepare a big red envelope.

Among the red envelopes, ten thousand and one, brand new money.

The implication is that this girl is one in a million virtuous women.

This was the first time that Chu Feng had officially brought a girl to his home and introduced her to the two elders. So when she was about to go out, Wen Shuzhi hurriedly prepared etiquette for Shu Shi, the prospective daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, I prepared a set of wedding jewelry for my daughter at home, which can be used as an emergency. As for the winnings, it's better to be prepared.

Chu Feng's marriage was a bit hasty, and Li Qingping and his wife were overjoyed and nervously started their marriage.

Although Chu Feng and the Li family are not related by blood, but the two families have traveled all the way, and it is not an exaggeration for Li Qingping and his wife to regard Chu Feng as their own and treat him as their own child.

On the one hand, it is Chu Feng's filial piety and intimacy, and on the other hand, Chu Feng's character. Watching Chu Feng go all the way from an ignorant and amnesiac teenager to today's career and family, Li Qingping and his wife have a deep understanding of Chu Feng's character.

Although Chu Feng has never mentioned it explicitly, the couple can also feel the feelings and thoughts that Chu Feng, a young man, has buried deep in his heart.

The two of them regarded Chu Feng as their sons and nephews, so why didn't Chu Feng treat them as their parents and relatives?

The feelings between people and people are mutual.

Young people like Chu Feng and Shu Shi don't understand the red tape of handling happy events, but Li Qingping and his wife are from the past, so they naturally understand that the details must not be wrong. When the time comes, the loss of etiquette is a small matter, and the matter of delaying Chu Feng's marriage is a big deal.

So after arranging a place for the young couple, Li Qingping went out to run, while Wen Shuzhi was at home preparing trivial things such as banquets, restaurants, and ceremonial convoys.

After asking Qing Shushi's home address and the details of her relatives, the two sides communicated for a short time, and Li Qingping drove to see Shu Shi's mother in person.

And Wen Shuzhi at home was not idle, while taking care of the children, she waved Chu Feng to decorate the new house, buy furniture and daily necessities and other things. At the same time, Wen Shuzhi called her daughter Li Shulei, who was studying abroad, and asked her to rush back to China as soon as possible to attend Chu Feng's wedding.

Li Shulei, who has been studying abroad for nearly a year, suddenly received a call from her mother, and was instantly stunned on the spot when she learned the news that Chu Feng was going to get married.

"Mom, my brother Chu Feng is getting married?! When and who did he marry? ”

In shock, the mobile phone next to his ear almost fell to the ground. Li Shulei stabilized her mind and asked her mother urgently.

"It's a girl your brother met in Sioux City, you should be called Sister Shu Shi. When I was chatting with your sister Shu Shi, she mentioned things you had seen before. Hurry up and ask for a leave of absence from the school and rush back to help as soon as possible. Your brother can't live without me, and I'll take care of him while taking care of your brother's business. Your dad can't be busy alone, so you just need to come back early. ”

Chu Feng's marriage here in Yangzhou is complicated, and it is only up to Li Qingping and his wife to handle it, and the two of them are also a little busy. So after a brief explanation to her daughter on the phone, Wen Shuzhi hung up the phone.

Standing beside the Hudson River, the sea breeze blowing from the riverbank harbor blew Li Shulei's hair lightly. I don't know if the long hair blown by the wind blurred the corners of the eyes, or the wind blew tears down......

Looking at the harbor in the distance and the towering Statue of Liberty, Li Shulei was a little stunned.

All these years of hard work, at this moment, seem to be a waste of bubble phantom.

After that incident, she studied the campus of a university in China, and won a scholarship with her own efforts to get this opportunity to study abroad. She came to this strange city, to a foreign land, just to find that girl for her brother.

Jia Guqing......

Chu Feng's brother's first girlfriend, the girl who would often pick up and drop off her brother to and from work in Suzhou City, and send food to her brother, buy clothes, and ask for warmth.

Tears, sliding from the corners of the eyes.

There is a vast sea of people, and it is difficult to find Jia Guqing's whereabouts abroad, only relying on the news from his hometown in the ancient town of Sucheng.

Fortunately, it lives up to the painstaking people. Li Shulei finally found the news of Jia Guqing's whereabouts and intersected with him.

But after such a long time, facing Jia Guqing, who has lost her memory, and she has become friends from strange to familiar. Li Shulei's heart is getting colder and colder.

Jia Guqing did have amnesia, she couldn't remember everything about Brother Chu Feng, and she didn't even remember his name......

I'm about to leave New York and return home.

When she was about to leave, Li Shulei asked Jia Guqing to come out and walk along the Hudson River together.

Sitting down on a bench on the riverbank street, Li Shulei looked at Jia Guqing, who was dressed fashionably and beautifully, and hesitated silently.

"My brother is getting married soon, and I'm going back to my country for his wedding. Sister Gu Qing, do you have any plans to return to China during this time? ”

Sitting down next to Jia Guqing, who was dressed in red, Li Shulei looked at the vast river in the distance and said softly.

"Really? Congratulations to your brother. When you go back, help me bring some gifts to my dad and grandpa. I bought my dad some Brazilian cigars and a bottle of wine for my grandfather......"

Jia Guqing looked sideways at Li Shulei, and after being slightly surprised, she smiled and smiled. The carefree and sunny smile makes people feel very good at a glance.

"My brother used to have a girlfriend and they were very affectionate, and that girl was very nice to my brother as well. But because of me, the girl misunderstood my brother and left him. As she drove away in a sad and angry manner, there was a car accident on the road. Later, my brother's girlfriend lost her memory, and my brother was particularly depressed and decadent during that time. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shulei's nose was a little sour, her eyes were slightly red, and her tone was no longer as smooth as usual.

Jia Guqing, who was sitting on the side, listened quietly and did not say anything to disturb.

Later, the two men separated. Her brother remembered her, but she didn't remember him anymore. My brother hasn't talked about his girlfriend anymore over the years, although my brother is very outstanding and very good, and there are many girls who like him, but he has always been alone. Now, he's getting married, and even me, who is my sister, feels like the news is very sudden. I don't know what my brother thinks in his heart, whether he has that girl in his heart, and that girl occupies a place......"

As she spoke, Li Shulei's voice gradually lowered until she was silent, looking at the vast river in the distance in a daze, and she was stunned.

The river flows quietly. Like years, silent.

Standing on the bridge, watching the river flow quietly under the bridge, it is vaguely like yesterday.

The girl playfully pulled herself to lean on the bridge, and when she was stunned, she took a photo of the two.

Chu Feng stood in the middle of the arch bridge, leaning on the bridge and thinking, in the mobile phone, the photo with Jia Guqing was clearly visible.

There are too many things in the past to forget.

Now, I'm about to get married. We are about to enter another stage of our lives, bidding farewell to our youth and entering the middle age of starting a family.

However, there are too many people and feelings. It can't be cut off, completely forgotten.

Those things of the past, those of the past. Where are you now, and how have you ever lived?

The ancient town, the river, the stone bridge, stands.

The past is vivid, and it comes to mind.

In the world, the most important thing is that love debts are overwhelming.

Take off the Buddha bead bracelet on your wrist, and twist it between your right fingers.

Buddha beads are strung like water and silk, twisting and gliding between the fingers.

Personnel three glasses of wine, a game of chess in the passing years.

The past is long, the past is good.

Difficult to cut, hard to break, unforgettable, hard to say.

If you are ashamed of the people of the past, how can you treat the people around you in the future......

is full of things, but there is no one to talk to.

Nai, nay.

If this small river stone bridge is a Nai He bridge.

Let you drink this bowl of Meng Po soup, let you cross this Nai He Bridge, let you forget the countless things in the past, or have no heart for this burden......

Chu Feng returned to the ancient town of Sioux City, got old with a group of old friends, and sent a wedding card in person.

Standing on the small bridge of the ancient town, you will remember countless things from the past.

Jia Guqing's face is thousands, and all kinds of old feelings are vivid in my mind now.

I already thought that I had forgotten about the seal, and I originally thought that I had long been indifferent and ruthless. But now, I know that everything is just self-deception.

Are you okay in another country?

Or there is no fate in this life, or it is wrong, or there is no fate.

Chu Feng stood on the stone bridge, looking at the red line in the sky, and the sun was setting in the west.

The wind is rising, and the night is falling.

All kinds of past events, only a helpless sigh.

Turn around.

……

The boss of Suzhou City, Liu Jianglong's car, stopped next to the small bridge in the ancient town.

From the afternoon until the first light of night.

How long Chu Feng was alone on the bridge, Liu Jianglong waited by the riverbank.

"The old man of the Jia family, you can also go and deliver a wedding card in person when you arrive. After all, they are all old relationships you met when you first arrived in Sioux City, and you got married for such a big happy event, if you don't talk about it, the etiquette is a little unreasonable. Brother, the past is in the past, don't think about it......"

Watching Chu Feng come down from the bridge and come slowly. Gradually from the darkness, to the light of the headlights.

Liu Jianglong gently patted Chu Feng's shoulder and persuaded him.

When he was still a gangster, he was seriously injured and inadvertently saved by the old man of the Jia family. From then to now, decades have passed, and the two families have become world friends.

So about the matter between Chu Feng and Jia Guqing, Liu Jianglong knew everything clearly.

This time, Chu Feng returned to the ancient town of Sioux City to send wedding cards to old friends and relatives, and wanted to ask him to send the Jia family's wedding cards, Liu Jianglong had already guessed Chu Feng's thoughts.

"Well, I figured it out, there are some things that can't be escaped. It's better for me to deliver the wedding card myself......"

Seeing Liu Jianglong's concerned gaze, Chu Feng nodded slowly and said in a deep voice.

Both the Jia family and the Su family had to go to him personally to deliver the good news.

There are some things that must be faced in the end, and there is nowhere to escape.

You can't get rid of the demons in your heart, you can't cut off the past, and you can't cut off the past.

How to face Shu Shi's personal promise...... (To be continued.) )