"Lao Wang remarried? Need my cooperation? With what? Uncle Gu, I'm still young, don't scare me, I really can't help my neighbor get married and have children. ”

I was made a question mark by Lao Gu's words, not to mention that Lao Wang is a psychopath, whose woman is willing to marry him. It's amazing for Lao Gu to let me cooperate with this sentence, I think Lao Gu came to tell me that this matter itself is very, Lao Wang remarried and remarried, it's my? Tell me what?

Lao Gu smiled and said: "Hehe, that's the case, you also know, Lao Wang's situation is a bit special, plus the customs on our side, if it's a second marriage, it's not a big deal, just deal with it in a low-key manner, so yes, I'm just saying hello to you in advance, and if you have nothing to do tomorrow night, as soon as it gets dark, don't go out, Xiao Zhao, do you think it's okay?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Gu, what do you mean... Wang's wedding was held at night? I don't show up at night, so as not to irritate him? ”

Lao Gu nodded and said: "It also means this, Lao Wang is also a poor man, his family is his own, our old neighbors, can help a handful." You... Let's understand. ”

I said, "So? I thought you asked me to cooperate with something, this is simple, Uncle Gu rest assured, tomorrow I promise not to go out after dark, and I will never meet with Lao Wang, by the way, Uncle Gu, I take the liberty to ask, what kind of woman is willing to marry Lao Wang... This special race, huh? ”

I don't think it's polite to call Lao Wang "neurotic" directly in front of Lao Gu, after all, he and Lao Wang are old acquaintances, so I temporarily changed my name.

Lao Gu still said politely: "It's also a second-married woman, speaking of which... is also a hard-working person, anyway, he is a good match with Lao Wang, and in the future, Lao Wang has a family, and the probability of onset will definitely be lower, Xiao Zhao, you can live here with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about Lao Wang's body in the future, speaking of which, Lao Wang's remarriage is also good for you. ”

I learned the tone of Lao Gu and said: "I don't ask for much benefit, as long as Lao Wang can live a peaceful and stable life, in my heart, it can be regarded as a piece of pie finally falling to the ground." ”

Lao Gu laughed, and said a few polite words to me, and the meaning of the words was that Lao Wang is a vulnerable group, and the rest of us should be more considerate.

Farewell to the old man, I went back to the house to ponder this.

The customs of Marina City are really special, the second marriage has to be held at night, how late? Does it start after dark? Or late at night?

How long does that have to be tossed? Will it be in tandem with the pig dance?

Thinking about it for a while, I began to sort out the things at work, and when it was getting dark, I thought about it and sent a WeChat message to Brother Chao: Brother Chao, do you have any locals who are older than us and know more about the old customs?

After a while, Brother Chao replied with a message: It seems to have been, what's wrong?

I wrote back: You can help me ask the rules of the second marriage in Marina City.

This time, Brother Chao didn't reply to my message, and after a few minutes, he called directly, and when I picked up the phone, I heard Brother Chao say, "Brother Qian, are you stupid?" If you are not married once, what do you want to get married again? ”

I said: "It's not me, it's my old Wang next door, just now the property told me that Lao Wang's second marriage tomorrow, and when it was over, he told me that their second marriage here is a wedding at night, I think it's weird, I want to find a local person to ask what the rules are?" Well, you know, there was no local in the wild university I went to at that time, and then I went to the Zhubajie company, and I never knew the locals who I knew too well, and then I remembered your old man, do you know anyone? Can you inquire for me? ”

Brother Chao suddenly realized: "Oh~ That's it? Then you are really salty and eat radishes, and the marriage of Lao Wang next door is your? People tie knots during the day and at night, even in the second half of the night, where does it hurt next to you? What's up? Are you going to go with the crowd or are you going to have a wedding feast? If you have any questions, why don't you ask the property directly when the property tells you? ”

I sighed and said, "Alas... Brother Chao, I've wronged you, look at your little temper temper caused by severe sleep deprivation... No, I'm serious with you, I wasn't too embarrassed to ask more just now, but, I can't sleep properly if I don't ask about this matter clearly, let me tell you quietly, I just remembered something, in my hometown, there is only one kind of wedding to be held at night. ”

Brother Chao reflexively said, "What wedding?" ”

I took a deep breath and said, "For the dead, a ghost marriage." ”

Secret marriage is a custom in many places, although the specific steps and details may be different, but there are still a lot of things in common, such as generally for the dead, generally not big, generally do not have to worry about where to buy a house and what car to buy after marriage, generally do not need to consider the future children's education.

In my hometown, ghost marriages are for young people who die before they start a family.

After the young man died unexpectedly, the adults in the family asked the relevant person in charge of the village to help Zhang Luo, looking for the opposite sex soul of the right age, and after finding it, the parents of both sides talked about the bride price, and after the negotiation, they paid for the money, held a ghost marriage, and buried together.

Of course, this kind of arranged marriage does not take into account the free love of the two children.

As for the specific details of the secret wedding, it is nothing more than to simplify the formal wedding appropriately, from the scale to the duration, as much as possible, and it can generally be completed overnight.

After Brother Chao and I briefly talked about the custom of secret marriage in my hometown, Brother Chao was silent for a while and asked, "What do you mean?" Do you suspect that Lao Wang is going to marry himself? You don't want to say that Lao Wang is a dead man, do you? ”

I hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm just curious, although I don't know the locals who are particularly familiar, but I've been in Binhai City for many years, but this kind of thing is the first time I've encountered it, and I'll tell you the truth, when I was in school, there was a teacher who was a local, and the second marriage was relatively simple, and I gave our students a happy candy, and I didn't hear that there was a wedding at night." ”

Brother Chao let out a sigh and said: "Okay, I understand, you can't rest even when you are old before, and this sudden idle egg pain begins to think crankily, yes, the old man who dances with the old lady in a while should come, there are several local people in that gang, wait for me to ask them." ”

Hehe, go with me.

Hang up the phone and I continue to be busy with my own business, according to what Lao Gu said, Lao Wang will come back tomorrow, and he will come back with his remarried daughter-in-law, and start a happy life in the world of two people again, I hope it can really be like Lao Gu said, Lao Wang will never be sick from now on...

At half past ten o'clock in the evening, I was woken up by a WeChat prompt sound as soon as I fell asleep, and I clicked on my phone to see that it was a long voice message from Brother Chao.

I pressed the voice, and then I heard the voice of a middle-aged man who was already a little drunk: "Second marriage? What kind of customs can there be? It's all about the same, right? Anyway, I didn't think about getting married again when I left, a person is too comfortable, my daughter has a with me and I don't have to bother, and when I am old and can't walk, I will recognize my daughter back and let him give me a pension to the end, I have consulted, supporting the elderly is the responsibility that every child must fulfill, the law is on my side, if she dares not to support me, I will sue her, sue her bankrupt, and pay me all the money she has earned in her life! People, if you want to live a comfortable life, you need to know your brain..."

"Old scumbag..."

Before the voice was finished, these three words popped out of my mind, it turns out that there are also such fathers in big cities? Why did Brother Chao send me this thing?

Finally finished.,The second voice message also arrived.,I clicked on it again.,It's still the same person's voice.,But this time it's finally to the point:" If you have to say that there are any customs, that is, they don't do it at noon, it's usually when it's dark, just pick up the girls and go home, by the way, the second marriage doesn't set off firecrackers, and it doesn't make trouble in the cave room, anyway, it's low-key and quiet, and have a meal with relatives who send relatives at night, just get it, but these are old etiquette, and now there are not many young people who still care about these things, alas, people's hearts are not ancient... ”

Is it really at night?

It seems that I really think too much, and soon Brother Chao sent another WeChat, this time it's text, and it's very London-style English: areyouok? With an emoji: a cheap smile.

I replied: Pretty OK, a prick, face, I owe you a meal when it's over.

Brother Chao replied with a sinister expression, and five minutes later, he sent a small video, eight seconds, and I clicked on it casually.

Pretending to be drunk, Brother Chao staggered behind a somewhat balding man who was talking, and then poured a beer in his hand on the top of the man's shiny head.

After a burst of screams, Brother Chao made an expression like waking up from a dream, and frantically apologized to the old scumbag who was made into a soup chicken by him, and the bowing frequency seemed to be a foot trying to shake off the shit that he accidentally stepped on on his shoes.

"Zha" is a unit of measurement for beer in Marina City, a large glass can just hold three catties of beer in a plastic bag, so a cup is called "a tie".

I understand the principle of "not being angry, not being angry", I can do it, and as for not being angry, I can also do it in many things, but there are individual incidents, and I have always caught who hated whom.

And Brother Chao's attitude towards me in this regard has always been fully understood.

In the haze, I suddenly thought of one thing, just now this person spoke in the local dialect of Coastal City, and the old ancient kings are also locals, why do they always speak in Mandarin? Is it because I'm a foreigner, so they only use Mandarin when they talk to me?

After all, Marx once taught us that "if you learn Mandarin well, you will not be afraid to go all over the world."

By the way, the video just now was shot from a third-point perspective, who is helping Brother Chao shoot? Those male colleagues are unreliable, and if they see the information of me and Brother Chao, they will definitely go to the old witch to make a small report to ask for credit.

Was it taken by a female colleague?

I was a little curious and sent another message to Brother Chao: Who was that photographer just now?

After a while, Brother Chao's message came back, and there were only two words: Xiaoxi.