A few days later, Li Xin'er was able to get up and walk around, but because she was able to move freely, she was almost found several times, but fortunately, Wang Yuan racked his brains to cover it up and did not show it, but it has already made the neighbors suspicious. Wang Yuan realized that it would be dangerous to go on like this, and Li Xin'er also understood this, so he asked for the implementation of the fake marriage plan.

Although Wang Yuan felt that this was a bit ridiculous, at this time, in the consideration of protecting himself and Li Xin'er, he had to be forced to agree.

On the night of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Wang Yuan pulled Huang San aside to speak. Since being reprimanded by Wang Yuan that day, Huang San has not dared to talk to Wang Yuan for several days, and has wanted to talk to him several times, but he was so frightened by Wang Yuan's face that he didn't dare to approach, but he still silently helped Wang Yuan do this and that, and ran to Wang Yuan's yard several times to help chop wood, but he didn't dare to enter Wang Yuan's house.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Yuan felt that Li Xin'er's whereabouts could not be hidden, and decided to quickly implement the identity of this fake daughter-in-law.

"Erlang, aren't you angry with me?" Huang San, who was carrying the lantern, looked at Wang Yuan with a smile on his face.

Wang Yuan said: "Don't be angry for a long time, what kind of anger did your brother have, San Lang, I have something to discuss with you today." ”

Huang San said: "Discuss something, just give the order." ”

Wang Yuan said: "I'm going to get married." ”

Huang San was surprised: "Marriage? Who's the girl? When? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Do you remember my distant cousin?" When she came that day, she saw that I was still alone, and when she returned, she discussed with my cousin-in-law that she wanted to help me find a family affair. Coincidentally, my cousin-in-law's hometown of Longzhou has a cousin, and last year's drought in Longzhou was fierce, and many families had no harvest, and life was difficult. My cousin fell in love with the cousin's daughter and wanted to match this family business for me, but it happened that the cousin's family couldn't support the family if there was a bad disaster, so she promised to become this family business as long as she gave the eight bride price money. ”

Huang San clapped his hands and said: "Okay, this is a good thing, but this bride price is inevitably more, is this family selling daughters?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Don't say that, if someone raises such a big woman to marry me, how can I compensate others." My cousin said that if this matter was to be done quickly, I thought that I would get it done in a few days. ”

Huang San smacked his lips and said: "A good thing is a good thing, but I'm afraid that this kind of woman from a poor family outside Beijing is not in line with Erlang's wishes, I always feel that Erlang, you will soar in the future, and the future lady will at least be an official lady." ”

Wang Yuan said: "How can there be such a good fate, but I secretly saw that girl, and she is at my cousin's house at the moment." looks thoughtful, and her temperament is quite gentle, a woman from the Han family must be a good helper to live at home, anyway, I'm at my age, and I'll marry if I marry. ”

Huang San nodded and said: "Erlang thinks it's good, and Erlang is hard to live alone, let's say, how much is it less?" I still have more than two at home, and I will go to Zhao Fangzheng's house for you to borrow the rest, and I always have to make a lively one. ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "I don't want to borrow money, I ask you to help Zhang Luo, I am afraid that no one will take care of me if I come forward myself, San Lang, you have a big face in the workshop, help invite a few people who understand the rules to help Zhang Luo, don't be too grand, just be lively." ”

Huang San frowned and said, "What about the bride price?" Do you have that much money? ”

Wang Yuan took out the bulging money bag from his arms and handed it to Huang San's hand and said: "Here is five money, for the banquet, don't worry about the rest, my cousin helped me borrow a little and prevaricated, I looked at the days, three days later, it is appropriate to get married, when the day dawns, I will call a carriage to pick up the girl back, enter the house to worship and kowtow, you help me to open a banquet and let the villagers eat a meal." Everything else is simple. ”

Huang San nodded again and again: "I know, I know, everything is with me, Erlang can rest assured." ”

In the next two days, Wang Yuan personally reorganized the three earthen houses, and carefully tidied up the cracked walls, leaky roofs, and messy courtyards. I replaced a few curtains and curtains, painted the door with new paint, and bought two pairs of red lanterns to hang on. The lintel of the window is pasted with the big red happy characters bought in the West Market. After finishing it, it was also full of joy.

During this period, Huang San brought a few acquaintances to help, but Wang Yuan refused all; Huang San was very puzzled, why did Erlang prefer to do it by himself, but he didn't want to accept his help, was he still angry with himself? However, Wang Yuan insisted that he was not allowed to help, and Huang San was helpless. Fortunately, on the last day before marriage, I finally helped Wang Yuan buy back a few pieces of furniture from the West Market, and then I felt a little at ease.

In the early morning of the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, when Huang San led Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Zhao and several other neighbors who helped in the workshop to Wang Yuan's house, they found that the bride in the hall was already standing in the hall.

Huang San was startled, and hurriedly asked the newly dressed groom official, Wang Yuan wrote lightly: "After half the night, I hired a carriage to pick up the bride, and the rule in Longzhou, where the governor of the house in front of him in the middle of the night is that the sooner he picks up, the more auspicious, and asks the man to pick up the bride early." No, I didn't have time to inform you, so I hired a carriage myself to pick it up. ”

Huang San was surprised, but he had nothing to say, but Aunt Wen probed and asked, "Why can't any of the other party's relatives be seen?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "My mother-in-law is not in the capital, and my cousin and brother-in-law will leave when they come, so there is no other party's relatives here." ”

Aunt Wen shook her head and said, "What kind of family are you?" I don't talk about the rules at all, this is the strangest marriage I've ever seen. ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "You are more responsible, for me to Zhang Luo's wedding banquet to worship heaven and earth, the remuneration will not be less, as long as there are a few of you old people in the workshop to witness, we ordinary people don't have to be so particular about the number of etiquette." ”

Everyone has nothing to say, people themselves are not shabby and not afraid of bad luck, what do outsiders worry about? At that moment, they each went their separate ways, the red candles were lit, the braziers were burned, they knelt down to worship heaven and earth, sang good blessings, and sent them to the cave room until the husband and wife were married.

After dawn, tables and chairs borrowed from the neighbors were also placed in the courtyard under Huang San's Zhang Luo, and several large bags of pastries and fruits were placed on the table, which immediately attracted the attention of the neighbors; When Huang San moved dozens of chickens and ducks, five fat sheep and a large basket of fish to the temporary stove, even Aunt Wen instantly felt that Wang Jiaerlang's wedding was impeccable except for the lack of etiquette, and this was a big wedding banquet.

"Tut-tut, so many dim sum and meat dishes, how much did Erlang cost." The sister-in-law of the Zhang family smacked her tongue.

"At least five or six dollars, look at these dozen tables, this is the posture of inviting hundreds of people to eat the wedding banquet, Wang Jiaerlang has made a fortune." The aunt of the Li family also smacked her tongue.

"What do you know? The skinny camel is bigger than the horse, the Wang family turned out to be a big family, and the old man didn't arrange it before he died? Tell me that Erlang must have found the money hidden by the master of the Wang family, but fortunately he didn't find it before, otherwise it would have been given to the prostitute in Pingkangfang. The lady of the Zhao family said.

"The Zhao family's words are right, I heard that this daughter-in-law was bought for eight times as a bride price, think about it, what about eight times, a month ago Erlang was still poor and almost starved to death, this wedding plus the bride price, at least a dozen dollars, such a large amount of money, I can't save it for a year, if Erlang either gets the wealth of his ancestors, he will make a windfall. This kid is really lucky. ”

"What tongues are you chewing on?" Aunt Wen crossed her waist and appeared in front of several sneaky women, and scolded angrily: "I invited you to help pick vegetables and work to prepare for the wedding banquet, but I didn't invite you to chew the root of your tongue. Can't see people's good? ”

All the women shut up in unison, lowered their heads and hurriedly washed the dishes and dishes, and quarreled with Aunt Wen, which would never end well. Aunt Wen is the first scolding king in Yong'an Fang, and she is a good person, but don't mess with her.

More than a dozen neighbors were busy, killing chickens and ducks and slaughtering fat sheep, and at noon, several large pots of good dishes were put on the table, and each table was full of ten dishes. At this time, Huang San led people to invite all the guests in the workshop one after another, and everyone saw that they were all old men and old women on crutches, and they all felt strange. As soon as I asked, I learned that the guests invited by Wang Yuan today were all old men from Yong'an Fang, and the rest were not invited.

These old people are a burden to the family on weekdays, fed up with white eyes, accustomed to eating cold rice, and one by one they think that they have lived too long, and today they suddenly become fragrant and sweet. Smelling the smell of chickens, ducks, fish and sheep, the toothless mouth was flooded, and their eyes lit up, and they were overjoyed.

As soon as the food was served, the old people moved faster than the young people, and the gums that had lost their teeth were more powerful than the healthy teeth of the middle-aged people.

Huang San brought more than a dozen jars of turbid wine, and all the remaining vegetables and meat were on the table, and all the drags who participated in the help went up together, eager to drink the bottom of the altar and gnaw on the dishes, and the commotion did not disperse until the end of the afternoon. The women scolded and dragged their drunken men home, and did not forget to take away half a bowl of leftovers, and after everyone left, the tables and chairs in the courtyard fell into a mess.

Wang Yuan stood at the door wearing a big red flower, watching every neighbor leave, with a wry smile on his face. Huang San stood aside and smacked his lips and said, "Hey, I'll leave after eating, and no one will stay to help clean up." Big sister and little sister, let's clean up together. ”

The two little sisters of the Huang family agreed to follow Huang San. went to clean up, Wang Yuan also came down to help with the work, but Huang Ying grabbed Wang Yuan and said: "Brother Wang, you are the groom's official today, how can you do it?" We'll just clean it up. ”

Wang Yuan straightened the stool and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, I don't seem to be very happy today when I see you, who provoked you?" Did your brother scold you? ”

Huang Ying hurriedly waved his little hand and said, "No, no, the slave is not unhappy." Brother Wang got married today, how can I not be happy? I went into the new house just now to see my sister-in-law, she looks so beautiful, Brother Wang is really blessed, and my sister-in-law is also blessed, you are so compatible. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "You little girl know what a match is?" ”

Huang Ying said leisurely: "The slave is not small, the slave is already fourteen years old." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "I can find my mother-in-law's family, ask your brother to help you find it, when you get married, your brother of the Wang family will do it for you, and the scene is big." ”

Huang Ying turned his head and walked away, and shook over and said: "Slaves, don't look for your mother-in-law, don't say such things in the future." ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, he didn't know what he said wrong to make Huang Ying unhappy.