Chapter 17: The Marriage of the Second Zhuang
It is said that Li Jianmei, the two big fat boys born to the women's family, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" were more than two years old, but they kept milking, which was not according to the local method of the village people with pig bitter gall smeared on the breast milk of the women's family Li Jianmei, the two dolls just sucked with their mouths and were so bitter that the whole mouth opened wide, and after a long time, the two dolls were afraid to see the breast milk, so they put the milk aside.
Shaoping and Shao'an, these two dolls are also well-behaved, and they haven't cried much since the full moon, and they don't make a fuss, they all say that male dolls like to make noise and cry when they are young, but this Shaoping and Shao'an are quiet and cute.
Although these days are getting better day by day, Fugui is still wearing the original tattered clothes, not that he doesn't want to wear new clothes, but now he is the father of two dolls, and the burden on this body is not light! Therefore, whatever good things in the family are rich, they will first give it to their father Zhang Youcai or their daughter-in-law Jianmei, or let it to these two-year-old dolls, but they endure everything, after all, the current wealth can also hold up half the sky for the family, which has to make him feel happy and proud.
After feeding the two dolls, Li Jianmei, the woman in the inner room, cleaned up and walked out of the inner room, ready to go to Da Zhuang's house with Fugui to help Da Zhuang, and to celebrate Zhang Luo and Zhang Luo, the second brother of Da Zhuang.
Just as Fugui and Li Jianmei were about to walk out of the house, Zhang Youcai shouted and said, "Rich! You are slow, the second strong brother of the family is married, you two can't go empty-handed! When you and Jianmei got married a few years ago, when the situation of every household in this village was not good, the family Da Zhuang took out a part of the rice grain from the family and helped to shout at the happy events of you and Jianmei, so it is very inappropriate for you and Jianmei to go empty-handed like this! ”
Li Jianmei, a wealthy and woman, stood aside with a blushing face after hearing what Zhang Youcai said, Zhang Youcai took out a drawer from the wooden cabinet in the hall, and took out a small black shiny book from the drawer, each page of this small book is full of things, but the blurred words and numbers on this small book are only understood by Zhang Youcai, after all, Zhang Youcai is illiterate, so he always likes to draw horizontal bars to represent when recording things, some horizontal bars are longer, and some horizontal bars are shorter. This is a heavenly book for a literate person, but this is a well-documented account book for Zhang Youcai.
Fugui and daughter-in-law Li Jianmei watched their father Zhang Youcai flip through the small black book, and asked suspiciously: "Dad, why are you turning this book?" ”
Zhang Youcai responded: "Rich! This small book records the gift money or rice grain and work miles taken out by every household in the village when you and Jianmei got married, the old man I remember all clearly, is waiting for us to get better and then return it to the villagers one by one, after all, our villagers recognize this reason, and now the two strong brothers are married, we should also send a gift and then help Zhang Luo Zhang Luo, our villagers like this, but we can't mess up the proportions! ”
After hearing this, Zhang Fugui and Li Jianmei, a woman, hurriedly smiled and said to Zhang Youcai: "Dad, don't worry!" We are ready, we are also a person who understands, we know what to do, you always take the "Shaoping" baby and the "Shao'an" baby at home, and I will bring you some delicious food after a while."
Zhang Youcai looked at his son Fugui and daughter-in-law Li Jianmei so sensible and said with a smile: "Okay, well, since you are all ready, let's go quickly!" Don't let Da Zhuang wait in a hurry."
Zhang Fugui and Li Jianmei answered and walked out of the house, and it didn't take long for Zhang Fugui and his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei to rush to Zhang Dazhuang's house. Is my sister-in-law Jianmei here? ”
Zhang Fugui responded with a smile: "Your sister-in-law Jianmei went to the kitchen to help as soon as she arrived, you can see what I arranged, and I can help Zhang Luo and Zhang Luo is miles."
"Rich! It's good if you can come, there are enough people to help, there is only one person left to welcome the wedding, you see that you are the village chief of our Zhangjia Village, as long as you stand there and shout, my Da Zhuang also has a light on his face", Zhang Da Zhuang said with a smile.
"Good, good, strong! Then I'll help you shout and shout more today", Zhang Fugui responded with a smile.
As he spoke, Fugui took out a few crumpled pieces of money from his purse, one of the crumpled money was one yuan, and a few were five-cornered, which was not a light gift at that time.
Fugui tidied it up casually, then put it in Da Zhuang's hand and said with a smile: "Da Zhuang! Now that the Erzhuang brothers are married, I have nothing to give to the rich, so I will pay some money to add joy to the Erzhuang, you must not dislike it! ”
Zhang Dazhuang took over the rich money and was a little reluctant to accept it at first, after all, the villagers kissed the mile, but they didn't look at the money so tightly, and the wedding event was just a lively event, but he couldn't stand the persuasion, and he was persuaded by the rich and noble to put it away.
Zhang Dazhuang put away the money and then took out a pack of gold leaf cigarettes from his purse and handed it to Zhang Fugui, Fugui was surprised when he saw Da Zhuang handing him the cigarettes and said, "Da Zhuang! Where did you get these gold leaf cigarettes, I remember that they didn't seem to be sold in our village! ”
"Rich! This golden leaf cigarette can't be bought in our village, or I asked a friend to bring it in the county! I also brought a cigarette, and after a while, the welcoming team came and you helped me send these cigarettes to them to smoke, and let them relieve their fatigue, but also don't send it uncontrollable, after all, this cigarette is expensive, just bring one, you must count it for a while, and leave a pack for my talented uncle to smoke, I saw that he smoked dry tobacco for half his life, and let him smoke this paper-wrapped cigarette, so let the talented uncle be happy! Zhang Dazhuang said with a smile.
Zhang Fugui smiled and nodded to Da Zhuang, and led the two and three of them to the entrance of Zhangjia Village, waiting for the arrival of the bride.
Not long after, the sound of gongs and drums sounded not far from the entrance of the village, and after a while, Liu Laohan of Liujia Village accompanied some relatives in the village to push the wooden cart and walked over, the bride sat cross-legged on the wooden cart with a red hijab, and there were three or five villagers beating gongs and drums standing next to the wooden cart.
Zhang Fugui saw the family sending team coming, and he also took the two three people to greet him, Fugui took out a pack of gold leaf cigarettes from his purse, tore open the cigarette box, and then sent them to the hands of these family sending teams one by one with his hands, and they all laughed after taking the paper-wrapped cigarettes, but they just put the gold leaf cigarettes under their noses and smelled them and put them on the back of their ears, most of them were reluctant to smoke such good paper cigarettes.
Liu Laohan stood aside and said to Zhang Fugui with a smile: "Village Chief Zhang is really polite, I married my daughter today, I should give you cigarettes to smoke."
Zhang Fugui responded with a smile: "As the head of a village and the cousin of Erzhuang, this cousin is married, and I should come to pick it up!" After all, who dared to marry his own daughter to our village a few years ago in Zhangjia Village! Now that the situation is getting better and better, Erzhuang is also married, I have to help more foil and foil no matter what, and Uncle Liu must appreciate his face and drink a few more glasses with me when he eats the banquet for a while."
"Okay, okay, everything is up to you", Liu Laohan said with a smile.
This Zhangjia Village suddenly became lively with gongs and drums, and it looked vibrant, and the whole village was happy to help the two strong brothers.
It didn't take long for all the wedding banquets to be prepared, and all the villagers in the township sat down at the table step by step, ready to wait for the bride Liu Shuangxi and Zhang Erzhuang to eat the banquet after worshipping heaven and earth!
Liu Shuangxi, the daughter of Liu Laohan in Liujia Village, was born very cute, very handsome, a pair of big eyes looked very bright, and her fair skin made the villagers even more so that the young offspring of the villagers could see the throat of the spittle, after all, Zhang Erzhuang married a new daughter-in-law or the second daughter-in-law in Zhangjia Village, Fugui was married a few years ago, if it wasn't for Fugui's luck a few years ago and met Li Jianmei, then maybe the first young offspring to marry in Zhangjiacun was him Zhang Erzhuang.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the sky gradually darkened, Zhang Fugui had previously accompanied Liu Laohan to drink a few more glasses, and the flush on his face did not decrease and increased, but he felt dizzy in his head, and he would feel dazzled even if he stood up and walked a few steps, but fortunately, his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei came with him, otherwise he didn't know if Zhang Fugui would be able to walk home tonight.
Li Jianmei helped Zhang Fugui to rush home along the way, Fugui drank a little too much, and said in a daze: "Uncle Liu, come... Drink again...... Drink some more...... It's all about having fun......... Have fun".
Li Jianmei supported her husband Zhang Fugui all the way back to the house, and his father Zhang Youcai looked at his son Fugui, who was drunk and unconscious, so he took a bowl from the cabinet and poured some vinegar and handed it to his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei, Li Jianmei took the bowl and carefully put the bowl to Fugui's mouth, let Fugui drink the vinegar in the bowl one by one, and then carefully lay Fugui flat on the bed.
"Shaoping" and "Shao'an" on the bed looked at their father Fugui lying on the bed, and bursts of wine came out of their mouths from time to time, so they bared their baby teeth and fanned them with their small hands, and said inexplicably: "Dad, stinks...... Stinky Dad".
Li Jianmei, a woman, also laughed after sitting on the side and watching the expressions and movements of her two dolls, and Zhang Youcai also laughed after looking at the stinky father of the two big fat grandsons on the bed.
Zhang Fugui lay on the bed and rested for a while, and soon woke up a little groggily, Zhang Fugui picked up a hand and covered his mouth and ran out of the house, it turned out that Zhang Fugui wanted to vomit, which is a common thing for drunk people, but even if the villagers are drunk and want to vomit, they have to find a place, this place is nothing else, that is, in their own chicken pen.
Zhang Fugui ran to the chicken pen outside the house with one hand and threw up at the chicken pen, and Li Jianmei, a woman, also walked out after him, looking at Fugui who vomited very uncomfortably, as a woman, she only gently patted his solid back with her hand to make him feel better.