Chapter 40: There is a coincidence called irony
Actually, when I heard about this, in addition to being surprised, I felt more ridiculous, and at the same time I also understood what it meant to be sarcastic, my previous blind date object Li Zhihua actually wanted to marry the little three tigers who grew up with my bare buttocks, I couldn't help but sigh, this world is big and big, so big that some people will never meet in their lifetime, small and small, so small that there are only a few young men and women in this circle, The curse that once fell in love with me Shao Erdan, I went out and fell into the well, and Li Zhihua, the proverbial girl, looked for it and still found our Shangen Village, and she was going to marry my good brother Sanhu, you say this is not irony.
In all fairness, Li Zhihua is still very outstanding among our rural girls, to have good looks, to have a son, really good, and my beauty Qingyu is not inferior, some places are slightly higher, my three tiger brothers, the family is also solid, the three tigers have been working outside all these years and saved a lot of savings, his father and his mother will also do a small business, that is, we here on the mountain goods to the city to buy some money, the small life is also prosperous, this Li Zhihua can marry the three tigers is also a blessing, Anyway, it's much better than marrying me, think about it, I should really bless them, whose daughter-in-law is who's, and I won't let others marry after all, just like I'm holding Qingyu in my hand now? Sometimes the miss between men and women will give us a good thing for each other in the end.
Hey, these days I have been patronizing and Qingyu you and me in love, I didn't expect the world to change so fast, Qingyu and I are still in love, and we have not been recognized by our parents yet.
In our countryside to do a happy event, that is a big thing, in advance must be discussed with the village people or even the village famous people, this is also not a rule of the rules, and in our village to do a happy event must find our village patriarch level known as the old fairy white-bearded old man and second master.
That day, in the fence courtyard of the second master, the second master, the master, me, Qingyu, the three tigers and his father and mother, the old Aunt Zhang and his wife, to be honest, saw the old Uncle Zhang was very distressed, since Sister Tingting was killed, the old Uncle Zhang's hair was white, the old Uncle Zhang became silent, he was smoking a choking dry smoke in his hand, Yu looked wooden, and the spirit of the old Aunt Zhang became not very good, and the mouth kept chattering, and I couldn't hear what she was saying. Looking at this family, they are about to have a happy event, and they can't see how happy they are.
Qingyu didn't know the story inside, she sat upright on a bamboo chair, her arms on her knees, her fingers gently caressing her blown-up skin, and her keen eyes looked at everyone present.
Maybe there is no follow-up news about Sister Tingting, the master is constantly pondering and seems a little restless, I don't know what I was calling for specifically, just serving tea and pouring water.
Because Master and Uncle Zhang's Three Tigers came a long time ago before I came, and I really don't know what they talked about before, and it's hard to interject.
"Sanhu and his father, it's not that I don't want you this bad old man, I am a person who is half buried in the loess to my neck, I feel annoyed and dirty when I see myself, how can I still officiate a wedding for young people" The second master was embarrassed
"Second uncle, you have been presiding over the wedding in our village since you were young, and generations of ancestors have been looking for you, if you don't come forward, this new daughter-in-law will be like she hasn't married into the door, and it will make people laugh when it goes out" Uncle Zhang took a sip of dry tobacco and said a word, and he said intermittently, like a pleading and as if he had no confidence.
"Three Tiger Father, this is the reason why I called Xingze, I am about to turn ninety years old in a few years, I am a ghost old man, maybe I can't go up in one breath that day, I can't always hold this position, it should be given to young people, I think Xingze is the most competent for this position, Xingze, what do you think?"
"Second master, I can't help it, I Xingze is an authentic Mr. Yin and Yang, I eat a meal in the underworld, and it's better to take care of the things in the yang world, besides, this marriage is a big thing, let me be a Mr. Yin and Yang to preside, let me do it, I think it's unlucky, it's a joke when I think about it, Xingze will be a person in the future" The master also excused himself, laughing impatiently and embarrassedly.
Old Uncle Zhang listened to the master, let out a long sigh, he snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand and stepped on the ground again, he looked up at the sky with a vacant look and said disappointedly:
"My old Zhang family is notorious in Shangen Village, the second master will not go, and Xingze will not come, I am afraid that even a ghost will not come to the door when the three tigers get married and serve the wedding wine."
The second master was a little annoyed when he heard Uncle Zhang's frustrated words, and inevitably reprimanded a few words:
"Three Tiger Dad, you don't want to say these frustrating words, the Three Tigers are about to get married, you see that your face is so long, everyone owes you as if we owe it, why don't we find a way now......"
The second master's words were very important, everyone present was silent, did not speak, the second master picked up the tea on the table, greedily smelled a few noses of tea, lightly blew the floating tea leaves in the cup a few times, a large mouthful of tea stuffed into the mouth, a grunt down the stomach, and 'ah' a refreshing heart, came to the spirit, the original serious face also reflected a smile.
"Erdan" I heard the second master call me, hurriedly got up from the small pine bench on the side and waited, the second master saw me keep giving him full of tea, satisfied patted my back a few times, and then stroked his snow-white beard and laughed.
"Erdan, did you understand what we said just now?"
I really didn't understand the "what", I didn't understand it very well.
"I mean, this is also an ancient ritual in our village, whenever someone in our village gets married, we always have to find the most famous person in the village to preside over it, representing the recognition of the whole village, your second master and I are too old to do it, I want you to take my place, are you ready?"
"Second master, I'm a hairy child, I can't do it, I'm not as respected as your old man, fair and just, besides, I'm not married yet, so I'll officiate someone else's wedding, others won't be convinced, second master, is your decision too hasty" I hurriedly refused, this is not a joke, this is like a thunder pool, you will be crushed if you step on half a step, how can I Shao Erdan mix in Shangen Village in the future!
"Erdan, I don't think it's hasty at all, I said that you Erdan, you can do it, in this Shangen Village, whoever dares not to recognize you, who gets married and doesn't find you to preside, they will not be recognized by the whole village, and after a hundred years, they can't write their names into the ancestral hall of our Shao family, and they can't be buried in the cemetery of our Shao family."
"Second master, as the saying goes, the twisted melon is not sweet, if people don't like me, wouldn't we catch the duck on the shelf, the result is very embarrassing, besides, if there is a mistake in the middle, the new daughter-in-law thinks that my words are not listened to and run away, causing our village guys to beat the sticks, and the three aunts and six mothers-in-law among their relatives and parents must not scratch me to death."
"I think it's okay, it's just two eggs, the people in our village used to look down on two eggs, because they gave birth to the wrong family, this child is a good child, and now he has led the family to such a beautiful new daughter-in-law, what does it mean, besides, although the two eggs and the three tigers were born in a year, they are more than a month older than the three tigers, I think the wedding of the three tigers will be presided over by the two eggs" Uncle Zhang extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and still was on the ground, fully expressing his support for me to take over the position of the second master in the village.
"Erdan, don't refuse, the second master is old, your master Xingze has his own hardships, he is an outsider, you are the youngest, and he is the most suitable candidate, although you are not deeply involved in the world, but from today on, you have to learn how to be a good adult"
"Erdan, don't you hurry up and thank the second master" Master's stuffy gourd finally spoke, his old man decided for me, can I still escape? It's hard work.
"Thank you, second master, thank you, the second master is not talented, for fear of insulting the reputation of the second master, but the second master is so optimistic about the second master, I will no longer refuse"
"Hey, that's right, you and my ancestors and grandchildren can also be regarded as a kind of fate, your name is Erdan, people of all ages in the village call me a second master, we all have a two word in front of us, you say it's not a kind of fate, isn't it very two"
"It's quite two, no, I'm two eggs, and the second master is a person we respect."
Ah, haha, the second master smiled, that was a kind of calmness, before he was too old to move, he was in the Zen position, as for whether I can do it or not, that's my business.
"Erdan, do it well, do it with a conscience, this is not only a responsibility, but also a belief...... When one day the whole village calls you Second Master, your life will be complete."
"Yes, the second master, the second egg has written down" The second master's words are serious, from now on, the burden of the wedding and funeral of the whole village will be all on me, I scratched my scalp and suddenly felt that the mountains were pressing on me, and I was a little out of breath for a while, hey, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this day, good things don't throw on my head, it's all a ghost, and there will be a wedding and funeral in the future, maybe, the midwife in the village will have to find me when she is old, and I Shao Erdan will have to give these little daughters-in-law and old ladies in the village to deliver them, Hey, I'm Shao Erdan, what kind of life is it.
The Three Tigers will get married in a few days, and I should do the errand for the Three Tigers to preside over the wedding, and it is also a big deal, and the master and the old Uncle and Aunt Zhang have also dispersed, and they are going to Zhang Luo to buy the utensils for the banquet.
I took Sanhu to the broken bridge not far from the second master's house, I haven't had a good chat for many years, I asked Sanhu:
"Brother-in-law, are you from that village?"
"Lijiazhuang's"
"Tell me quickly, what's it called, is it pretty?"
"Her name is Li Zhihua, it's okay" I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard these three words, Mom, my former blind date is about to become a brother and daughter-in-law, I really want to laugh to death, I can't help but want to laugh but have to endure it, this is not because Li Zhihua married the Three Tigers and didn't marry me Sorry, mainly on the day of the wedding, Li Zhihua saw me officiating at their wedding, how embarrassing, she still has to regret the marriage, my debut show to preside over the wedding actually wants to dedicate to my bitter former blind date, this is really ridiculous.
"She's not bad" I didn't dare to say anything in front of Qingyu, of course Sanhu didn't know that Li Zhihua and I still had a past, and I must not let him know, otherwise he would not marry the woman I Shao Erdan had with his strong temper.
"Do you know her?" the three tigers gave me a gloomy look.
"I don't know each other, I was in a neighboring class when I went to school"
"Brother, I don't like her, she doesn't have Duoduo smart, she doesn't Duoduo tactful, she doesn't have Duoduo's beauty and moving, she doesn't tug at my heartstrings like Duoduo, brother, do you know? Her name is Lan Yunduo, a girl as holy as a cloud, is her name good? "The Three Tigers, an amorous species like me, actually shed tears when he said it, looking at the direction of his tears, how heartbroken he should be.
"Nice, nice, do you mean the girl from the city you brought back during the Chinese New Year last year?" I don't know how to consol me.
"Yes, I insisted on going back to the country, and we separated"
"Three Tigers, why don't you work hard to stay, because it's a pity for this little thing" I feel sorry for the Three Tigers, just like me, if one day I lose Qingyu, I don't know how sad I should be, what will become.
"I'm so tired, my parents are old, I'll come back, it's fate!"
"What, Three Tigers, don't talk nonsense, what is lifeless, you also believe this? If you want to say that our brothers are all singles, it's really true."
"Okay, Sanhu, let's not talk about this first, let me ask you, why do you want to marry someone else, you don't like people's branches, you will ruin the happiness of others in the second half of their lives, this is too unfair to a girl, think twice, this is not selling regret medicine"
"Brother, what kind of woman do you say a man should marry? It's not that you want to marry a woman who is willing to marry you, no matter how good a woman is, no matter how much you like it, it's a zero if people don't like you, what can we do?"
"This? This? It's also a reason, Three Tigers, you're not a child anymore, you have to be sure of it yourself, don't let down other girls, don't be a negative man"
"Brother, I know" Since the three tigers have already made a decision, and the wedding date is approaching, some things are not easy to change, so they can only go up hard, I think as for why the three tigers are so eager to get married, one is to forget Lan Yunduo as soon as possible, and the other is to think about Chong Chongxi, since his sister was killed, his old Zhang family has been worried, which is just to drive away the haze.
"Three Tigers, brother will definitely help you make the wedding more beautiful"
"Thank you, brother" Sanhu finally squeezed out a smile on his face, but I sighed at the right time:
"Three tigers, we have all grown up and matured unconsciously, you have never called my brother before, and now it is so easy to call"
"Yes............"