At noon on an autumn day, the sun is shining high, and there are a few white clouds floating in the blue sky.

On the outskirts of Lianhai City, in a farmhouse hotel at the junction of urban and rural areas.

A lively wedding is underway.

The bride and groom are villagers from the nearby village of Daxing, and after the ceremony to welcome the bride in the village, by noon, all the family and friends have arrived at the hotel in the town called "Shanhai Farmhouse" to attend the wedding banquet.

According to the popular customs in the town in recent years, the wedding of the newlyweds also invited a master of ceremonies to officiate.

The master of ceremonies presided over the lotus flower, and the wedding atmosphere was warm and warm.

After the bride and groom have bowed, they begin to toast each table of guests in the wedding hall.

The wedding hall on the first floor of Shanhai Farmhouse accommodates more than a dozen tables of guests.

The bride and groom toasted table by table in order, and after one time, the groom was already slightly drunk.

The guests at the wedding feast drank to their heart's content, and at one of the tables there was an old man in his fifties, who seemed to be happier than the groom, who was the groom's father.

After a few glasses of wine, the groom's father turned red and talked more because of the effect of alcohol, and said loudly to the guests at the table around him: "Today my son got married, and a big stone in my heart has finally landed, everyone must eat and drink well." ”

The guests are all relatives and friends of the groom's father, some who often see each other, some who have not seen each other for many years, and they all send their blessings at this time.

After listening to the blessings of the guests, the groom's father was even more happy, poured wine for everyone, and saw that the two bottles of white wine and four bottles of red wine on the table had been drunk, and the groom's father called the waiter for the wedding banquet, "Waiter, serve two more bottles of white wine." ”

A young girl dressed as a hotel waitress ran over to hear the sound, glanced at the empty wine bottles on the table, and explained to the groom's father, "This wedding banquet is booked for two bottles of white wine and four bottles of red wine per table, and if you want to add them, you need to pay extra." ”

The groom's father was obviously a little unhappy, "What money is not money, the big day must be drunk to the fullest, and all the money will be spent." ”

Waiter: "And what do you want to add?" White or red wine? What brand? ”

"Two more bottles of liquor, it must be of a good brand, better than the current brand."

The bride's father was visibly drunk and spoke a little unsmoothly.

Waiter: "We have several brands of liquor here that are more expensive than the current wedding banquet wine table, which one do you choose?" ”

"I'll choose for myself, choose the best ......" The groom's father staggered to his feet, ready to go to the hotel front desk with the waiter to choose a few bottles of good wine.

The groom's mother, who was sitting next to the groom's father, pulled the sleeve of the groom's father and persuaded: "Drink less, drink more, how can you send guests for a while?" ”

The groom's father shook off the groom's mother's hand and complained, "What do you know as a woman? When my son gets married, I must let the guests who come to the wedding drink well, I am now accompanying the wine, you don't care about me, usually I drink some wine, you just chatter, and now my son is married and I don't want to drink a good ......"

The groom's father muttered as he followed the young waiter to the front desk of the hotel to choose liquor.

On the shelves at the front desk of the hotel, there are a variety of liquors.

The waiter patiently explained to the groom's father the type and price of the wine.

The groom's father looked at the bottle of wine, which was very small, but the price was so expensive, he was not satisfied.

Suddenly, the groom's father noticed that there was a large barrel of liquor on the bottom layer of the shelf, which was five or six liters.

The groom's father pointed to the barrel of liquor and asked, "How much does this liquor cost?" ”

The waiter explained: "This is the liquor just sent by a manufacturer this morning, and it was given to our hotel for tasting, and the price is very cheap, 160 barrels." ”

The groom's father was very happy, "This kind of wine is only enjoyable to drink, come two barrels." ”

"I'm sorry, the manufacturer only sent a barrel to our hotel, and our boss originally wanted to sell this wine by the glass."

The groom's father said disdainfully, "It's too stingy, and it sells by the cup, I'll take this barrel of wine to our table." ”

The groom's father opened the lid of the barrel, sniffed it, and sighed, "What a good price!" ”

The groom's father staggered back to the wedding table with the wine, opened the wine and continued to drink.

As the wedding feast drew to a close, the guests dispersed one after another, and at last only the groom's father was left at the table.

There were already people on the table who were drunk, and family members brought the drunk people home one after another, and in the end only three friends who were very good with the groom's father were left on the table.

In the end, the barrel of liquor brought back from the front desk of the hotel had gone down for the most part.

The groom's mother couldn't stand it, so she leaned into the groom's father's ear and scolded: "Don't drink it anymore, you have poured down several of them, and if you continue like this, you will be laughed at by your parents-in-law!" ”

The groom's father didn't listen, and he drank a few glasses of white wine, until finally he got drunk and lay on the wedding table, and was carried home by several relatives.

Midnight.

A crescent moon hangs in the sky, and the early autumn night is even deeper.

The groom's father woke up in a blur and felt that it was dark around him.

"What time is it?" The groom's father pushed his wife beside him and asked.

The bridegroom's mother slept in a daze, and when she was awakened, she reached out and turned on the lamp at the bedside, and then fell back into bed.

The groom's father felt the movement of his wife getting up and falling asleep again, but he couldn't hear the answer, and couldn't help but ask dissatisfiedly: "I asked you what time it was, why did you ignore me?" ”

The bridegroom's mother nestled in the quilt, closed her eyes, and said in a nasal voice, "See for yourself." ”

The groom's father tried to open his eyes, but he felt a vague spot of light in front of him, but it soon disappeared and became a hazy place, and he looked in the direction of the clock on the wall, and could not see anything clearly.

The groom's father pushed his wife next to him again, and his voice was panicked, "Old woman, I can't see with my eyes, what's the matter?" ”

The bridegroom's mother sobered up a little and sat up and looked at the wall clock on the wall, one o'clock in the morning.

The groom's mother was already a little unhappy because the groom's father was drunk, but now she got up in the middle of the night and made a fuss, and she was even more annoyed, "Didn't I turn on the light, why can't you see clearly?" ”

The groom's father's voice was even more panicked, "I can't see anymore, my head hurts, it's nauseous, I used to be drunk and didn't do this......"

The groom's mother is completely awake, the old man is usually drunk, and he will get up and drink some water by himself in the middle of the night, and the next day he will be the same as no one, but this time the symptoms are very serious, and he can't see, isn't he drinking too much?

The groom's mother got up and put on her clothes, "You wait, I'll go to the kitchen and pour you some hot water and sober up." ”

When the bridegroom's mother poured a cup of hot water and returned to the bedroom, she found the old man lying on the bed foaming at the mouth and convulsing all over.

"What's wrong with you, old man?"

The groom's mother was so frightened that she threw away the boiling water in her hand and went forward to check, but found that the groom's father who was convulsive had only breathed out, not in.

The frightened screams of the groom's mother pierced the night sky of the quiet village.

The lights of the whole village came on one after another.

The night was awakened.

Amid the roar of tricycles, people were driven to the town's hospital.

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