After Liu Erxia left, Qin Changgeng felt that he owed his daughter too much, and planned to buy more things to marry, and considering that it was too late, he asked his daughter's affairs to be done after his son's affairs, but Li Ergui refused in person. "Brother Chang Geng, this is not something else, it's okay a day earlier, it's okay a day late, to say something ugly, your family will do things first, Bao Lian slept with Liu Erxia, and then your daughter changed the hexagram and disagreed, or ran away with which boy, the surname Liu was empty, can people agree? This is a family exchange, everyone has to have a good heart, and it can only be done on the same day! ”

If Li Ergui said such a thing, Qin Changgeng would be able to beat him with a blue nose and swollen face, but if you think about it, who doesn't have such worries when it comes to changing relatives? Therefore, Qin Changgeng did not pursue the lightness and seriousness of his speech.

In order to welcome Qin Yulian's arrival, Liu Erxia and his brother took matters into their own hands, decorated the two rooms, and pulled the cloth block to hang it in the middle of the partition, which seemed to be inside and outside; I thought about which relatives should be notified and which relatives could be present; How many people and guests, what things need to be bought, how to open the seats, how to sit in the chair, who will serve the deacons, who will buy vegetables, etc., have all been arranged.

Qin Changgeng's side, in addition to Baolian decorating the new house at home, Yulian cooking and entertaining the carpenters who make furniture, Qin Changgeng and Chen Sujuan are even more busy with their feet not touching the ground. They also ask people to buy sewing machines and bicycles, and they buy basins, towels, soaps, needles and threads, pots and pots in the north set today, and tomorrow in the north set, anyway, they think they can buy what they think is good, and they can buy what they can use, and they try to satisfy their children for the sake of their children's lifelong events, even the red paper on which new couplets are written, they have to pick the ones with good colors and thick papers to buy, find who to do, which village's chef cooks and tastes good, and the things on the table are arranged to be bought when the day is approaching, and everything is ready to stop.

Bao Lian's wedding date has arrived, and Qin Changgeng near the room, not out of the five clothes have come to help work, some find tables and benches, some pot sheds, some brush dishes and dishes, some choose vegetables and carry water, and send people to carry pots and dumplings, all the doors near the room on both sides are pasted with the word "Xi" in red, especially the couplets on the door of Bao Lian's house are pasted neatly, not crooked, up and down, left and right symmetry, plus the two vigorous and powerful "Xi" words outside the door, adding a bit of festive atmosphere to the newlywed marriage of Bao Lian and Liu Erxia.

In the evening, the three chefs invited from Waizhuang arrived, Qin Changgeng shook hands and handed over cigarettes, welcomed into the vegetable shed, and after a short greeting, he began to change the dishes, fried and fried.

At dusk, the relatives who had already received the notice came one after another, the host greeted them warmly, the guests said hello, and the deacon sat down, drank tea and smoked. The distance is far and near, getting up early and late, some walking, some riding bicycles, and relatives have arrived one after another.

Several cooks were quick with knives, and before it was dark, all the dishes were ready, and the deacon beckoned the relatives to take their seats, and there was no need to repeat the arrangements for drinking and eating.

In Yulian's boudoir, after relatives went in and out several times and took out the money in the box, only the mother Chen Sujuan, aunt Qin Changmei, concubine Liu Wanqiu and aunt Wang Mingying accompanied and comforted Yulian.

The electric light shone on Yulian's face, and her aunt took her hand, looked at her emaciated and bloodless face, and said kindly: "Niece, if you want to open up, don't blame your father and mother, there is really another way, there is a way to go, and I won't let you change your brother's relatives." Don't be sad in your heart, you have to eat when you should eat, your body is falling, how can you have the strength to work and live after passing the door? She gently touched her niece's head with her hand, and couldn't say any more. She held back her cries.

"Yes. Your aunt is right, girls have to take this step sooner or later, but they don't know the bottom line as much as they talked about. Don't care if the family is poor or rich, it doesn't matter, people often say, 'A good son doesn't want to divide the family property, a good girl doesn't want a dowry', the future life mainly depends on the two of you. Do your best work, who can you compare to? "The concubine enlightens her niece." When I married your uncle, your mother knew best that it was really destitute and nothing! Isn't it better now? As long as you do it, you are not afraid of being poor, and you are afraid of a man who doesn't eat and don't do it, then it's really scary! ”

"We know the end of our way, who is so poor that he wants to come to our village, Da Ling is not Qiu Ju to change his relatives, and he doesn't expect to find a woman! People change relatives, both of them are doing well now, when did Qiu Ju come to her mother's house and couldn't see it, and she was not satisfied with having that happy face? Don't worry about talking about yourself, others will introduce it, or change relatives, out of this village is stronger than this, what are you afraid of! "Aunt Bao Lian's mouth is a well-known little knife, and it is sharp everywhere, but she has always loved Yulian and Bao Lian.

Chen Sujuan looked at her daughter, there were thousands of words in her heart, but somehow, she couldn't say a word, and she looked at Yulian from time to time and felt sad.

Yulian slept on the bed, listlessly listening to every word said by her aunt, concubine, and aunt, especially when she heard her aunt talk about Qiu Ju's change of relatives for Da Ling, she wanted to tell the real situation, but she felt that the matter had come to this point, what was the use of saying it? I swallowed the words that came to my mouth again. She knew that these people were the closest people to her, and they were also the people who loved her the most, she couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb like this, and she couldn't say a word, it would hurt their hearts and make them feel sad, she would rather bear the pain alone than let so many people suffer for themselves. She beat her spirit and said, "Don't worry! I don't want to think about it, I don't want my brother to live alone for the rest of his life, and I don't want my father and mother to be sad so I am willing to do this. From now on, I don't blame anyone whether it's bitter or sweet. I just can't bear to leave this home! She couldn't contain her pain and cried.

"Don't cry, don't cry! You can't cry on a big day, it's unlucky! Several people persuaded at once.

"Let the child cry! It's going to be better. Chen Sujuan also shed tears.

"On a happy day, the child is reluctant to leave, cry twice and cry twice, what are you crying about?" Wang Mingying argued (criticized) according to her sister-in-law.

"Alright, don't cry! For so many years, it has been rare for our old sisters to talk together, not to do things, and to say that they can't all get together? Yulian's aunt persuaded her sister-in-law and Yulian.

Chen Sujuan stopped crying and hurriedly took a towel to wipe her daughter's tears.

Yulian didn't cry anymore, she lay on the bed and turned over, the old sisters persuaded Yulian, and talked about the change of relatives that everyone knew, and felt a little chill on her body, so she stood up and said goodbye to sleep.

After everyone left, Chen Sujuan brought half a basin of hot water for her daughter to wash her face, and settled down for a while before taking out the basin and leaving. Seeing that the sky is very overcast, I am worried that the rain will not be good for the errand. Qin Changgeng also complained and said, "Hey! It's really unlucky to do things once in a year and still rain it! ”