Volume 1 Unforgettable Chapter 8 Blind Date (2)
hung up the phone, Li Zeyu couldn't calm down for a long time.
It's an absolute lie to say you don't love it! It's just that they can't be together, but he definitely doesn't want Zhang Qin to ruin himself, so he just finds someone and marries! He hopes that Zhang Qin will be happy, no matter who gave this happiness!
Sitting on the sofa, before he finished smoking a cigarette, his cousin came up and called himself, and the welcoming party was about to leave!
The wedding customs in Li Zeyu's hometown are like this, which is more complicated, and after a wedding, often the man's parents have to be tired if they are not in good health.
The marriage is divided into three days, and the first day the man has to go to the woman's house to give the bride price, which is generally three gold (gold earrings, gold necklaces, gold rings, of course, because young people nowadays feel that gold is more tacky, they all choose platinum instead. ), four things (cash bride price, a large carp, ten catties of pork, ten catties of wine, this is a custom handed down many years ago. In the past, the common people were relatively poor, and they couldn't get too much bride price, so they used fish, meat and wine to make up the amount, but now life is better, and this custom has been retained. )
The next day, I want to invite the matchmaker to come to the house to eat, drink and have fun, of course, it is not just to eat and drink, but also to bring my aunts, uncles and aunts to accompany the matchmaker, commonly known as "aunt and uncle to accompany the matchmaker"! Of course, the size of the red envelope depends on the family conditions, some of the family conditions are good, package 1888, and the conditions are worse to package 888, which is also a good omen, and the newcomer can live a better life in the future. So there is a saying that "anyone can offend, but the matchmaker can't"!
The third day is the day of the wedding, the countryside is in their own home banquet, when the poor in the past, will also invite the village can play suona musical instrument master to play a day, a little sound also seems lively. It's different now, and I don't know when the popular "band" started, in fact, it's just to build a shed, come to a few people who can sing a few pop songs, sing for a day, and in the evening, sing local folk opera, and have fun!
Of course, the most important thing on this day is the two banquets, as well as going to the woman's house to pick up the bride, and coming back to worship heaven and earth! The banquet is generally a very good chef who cooks in the vicinity, and pursues the "water seat" at noon and the "main seat" in the afternoon. How to understand it? There is a lot of soup and water at noon, and according to the old generation, there is nothing particularly real. In the afternoon, the bride came back, after worshipping heaven and earth, because it was the bride's first meal to her mother-in-law's house, so she had to do a little bit, every bowl of dishes was real, which meant that the family conditions were rich and rich.
In the course of the dinner, there is also a more interesting program, that is, the commonly known "serving tea", the bride has to serve tea to all relatives and friends from table to table, and give gifts. Of course, this tea can't be drunk in vain, and you have to pay for the tea if you drink it. This also depends on the relationship between relatives and friends, especially close ones will be given more, and general ones will be given less, and no one will say anything. It's just that now this custom has also changed, and when there is no tea, the gifts are put in the empty bowl, and relatives and friends take away the gifts, and then put money in the bowl, and forget it.
Li Zeyu followed to pick up the bride, and after eating, because he still made an appointment with the girl to meet, although he was reluctant, he took the initiative to tell his cousin to let him make an appointment to see where it was more appropriate to meet.
Perhaps this move made the elders misunderstood, they laughed and joked on the side, thinking that Li Zeyu was still willing to go on a blind date. In fact, he just didn't want to lose his trust to others, and besides, he had to go to the city early in the morning tomorrow to attend Zhang Qin's wedding, and he didn't want to be delayed because of some inexplicable things.
After a phone call, the time was set for half an hour later, and the place was set at the uncle's house, and it happened that the girl's family was also drinking wine at someone's house not far from the neighborhood today.
My cousin is also a real person, and I said to Li Zeyu, why don't you ask me what the girl's name is?
Li Zeyu himself was not much interested in this matter, and said with a smile:
"It doesn't matter what your name is, it doesn't matter what you look like, it's a blind date, meeting is the most important thing!"
Half an hour later, the person arrived as promised, accompanied by the girl's parents.
The elders rushed forward and showed great enthusiasm. Li Zeyu stood behind and quietly observed the family of three, the girl has to be more than 1.60 meters, which is tall among girls, her face and mouth are okay, not particularly beautiful, but she is also more attractive, especially her casual dress and ponytail tied at the back of her head add a lot of points in Li Zeyu's eyes. As for her parents, they looked like rural nouveau riche, with a large gold ring on his finger and a thick gold necklace around his neck; As for the mother, it is even more exaggerated, there are two jade rings on her fingers, a big jade bracelet on her wrist, and a gold necklace around her neck, but it is very thin, of course, it is impossible for a woman to wear it too thick.
Seeing this dress, Li Zeyu wanted to laugh, in his eyes, this pair of parents was really too vulgar.
However, in order not to overshadow the elders in front of this pair of "local tyrants", Li Zeyu walked to the front, stretched out his hand to the girl's father with a smile, and said:
"Hello uncle, I'm Li Zeyu, the boy who is going to meet your daughter today."
Seeing Li Zeyu's outstretched hand, the father was a little nervous, and the smug confidence on his face just now suddenly disappeared. Li Zeyu is more than 80 meters tall, wearing typical business clothes, and talking confidently, which makes this father feel a little oppressed.
"Oh oh, hello hello!"
Li Zeyu could clearly feel that his father's hand was trembling slightly.
In fact, this is the most obvious ideology of the "local tyrants": in front of people who are not as good as themselves, they always look like they are superior, and they are particularly invincible. When there is a person who makes him feel inferior in his eyes, the deep-seated inferiority complex in his bones will burst out at that moment, and then be completely released.
Li Zeyu couldn't hold back a smile, looked at the girl standing next to him, and asked:
"Is this your daughter?"
The father nodded.
"Then we won't waste time, you and Auntie will talk to my parents and this large number of elders for a while, and I will talk to your daughter alone?!"
When my aunt heard Li Zeyu say this, she smiled, even happier than Li's mother, and said:
"Then let's talk in the house, let the children go to the room and talk for themselves."
This large group of people went directly to the living room from the door, and Li Zeyu and the girl were "locked" into the room.
Li Zeyu was not polite, as soon as he entered the door, he sat directly on the chair next to the bed, the girl was a little nervous, and she didn't know where she should sit.
"You just sit on the bed, you're welcome!"
Li Zeyu felt a little funny when he saw her embarrassed appearance.
"My name is Li Zeyu, what's your name?"
After the girl sat down, Li Zeyu asked.
"Oh, my name is Yan Ran."
"Yan Ran smiled between the bamboo fences, good name!"
"You're quite knowledgeable!"
"What is the knowledge! Okay, let's not waste time, let me introduce myself first, what about me, 30 years old this year, I heard my cousin say that you are the same year as me, right?! Now I have opened an Internet company in Guangzhou, I have just started my business, and my family conditions are not too good. I also have a younger sister who is married! “
Li Zeyu briefly explained his situation in one breath, but Yan Ran did not introduce himself as he thought, but fell silent.
"Why don't you speak? Don't you feel like there's nothing to say to me? If that's the case, then let's go out and just say that we're not suitable! “
Li Zeyu stood up a little impatiently.
"No, no, you think too much! You sit down first! “
Seeing Li Zeyu standing up, Yan Ran also quickly stood up, his face flushed, and said.
"Then why don't you speak?"
"I'm a little nervous, I've never been on a blind date, it's my first ......"
"Oh, yes, it's actually my first time. Urged by my parents! But it's okay, nice to meet you! “
Li Zeyu suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was a little cute, if it wasn't for the blind date, if it wasn't for Zhang Qin's preconceptions, maybe he would like her.
It's just that now he doesn't have the heart to be emotional about any girl!
"My parents didn't force me, they always said to find me a good condition, so it has been delayed until now!"
"Oh, that's no wonder!"
"What's the wonder?"
"It's nothing, I saw your parents' outfits, and I felt that they must look down on ordinary families!"
"Don't laugh, they used to be poor and afraid, and they have made some money in business in the past few years, it's not strange to have this kind of mentality, I also persuaded them, but they just didn't listen."
"And what do you think about your own life's work?"
"I didn't think much about it, this kind of thing just has to happen!"
"You're thinking too much!"
"It doesn't matter if you think about it or not, many things are not what you want and you will definitely get, and forcing it will not necessarily get the desired result in many cases!"
"That's right, I can't see it, you see the problem quite thoroughly!"
"Don't talk about me yet, let's talk about you, you boys should be fine, how can you be forced to go on a blind date?"