After Zhang Huai led a group of male babies, drove a red ox cart, beat the gongs and drums loudly, and set off to welcome their relatives in a majestic manner, the Zheng family also began to be nervous and busy, mainly to buy banquets.

The chopping board chopped "dong dong" sounded, the pot "zila" was bubbling with oil smoke, and the aroma wafted out of the kitchen, attracting dogs, cats, and even chickens in the yard; From time to time, the men met to discuss matters; The women washed the dishes and the dishes, and laughed and laughed; Laishou took Zhao Qing to run around the dry yard, looking for the unexploded squib from the pile of confetti.

In such activities, the role of the individual is always inconspicuous, and the chrysanthemum can only help with chores, and by the way, take care of a few babies who come to wealth. She was suspicious of being messy, so she deliberately pulled Liu Xiaomei to accompany her, but unfortunately Meizi wanted to take the baby, otherwise she could help her.

Everyone is busy, but Aoki, the main master, is idle. He accompanied a few elders to gossip a few words, then quietly came to the study, took out a history book and turned a few pages, where can I see it, I couldn't help but smile, put down the book, and sat quietly for a while.

The life after marrying made him both look forward to it and hesitate, there will be one more person in the family, this person is still closely related to him, after that, he will live in this yard with her, what will it be like?

Thinking of Liu Yunlan's clear eyes, his heart became gentle and sweet, and he slowly calmed down. Not to mention that Yun Lan is reasonable, but he himself is also very confident now - he will definitely be able to lead his daughter-in-law to live in harmony with his family and live a warm life as usual, he will never allow those chicken and dog suspicions and quarrels to appear in his home.

Also, although his father and mother had told him before that it would be best to break up after he got married, and he agreed at the time, but now that he has changed his mind, Yunlan will definitely approve of him.

After thinking for a while, he calmly got up, closed the door of the study and locked it, and went out to welcome the guests and welcome his newlywed.

In the middle of the day, the temperature rises a lot under the sun, and the most obvious is the ice ridge under the eaves, which starts to drip down incessantly - the snow on the roof melts in large areas. Eventually, some of the ice edges couldn't bear it anymore and were shaken at all." Falling from the eaves with a snap, he fell to pieces, startling the unsuspecting greyhounds on the side.

The guests were almost all here, and even the shopkeeper Song of the Fang family's farm tool workshop sent someone to send a congratulatory gift - a carriage pulled by two horses.

Looking at this carriage with a very ordinary appearance, the horses are also ordinary and not very tall Xiong Jun, Chrysanthemum secretly thought that this congratulatory gift Song shopkeeper was carefully selected, neither to give those luxury goods that are useless to the peasants, nor to give money by relying on the rich, but to give a very practical carriage.

The Zheng family built a shop in Xiatang and went out more often, but the ox cart was still a little slower, and this carriage was delivered in a timely manner and was also very suitable.

When I opened the car door, the interior was also very well furnished, not as simple as the outside, which was very in line with the Fang family's gift-giving status, but it was not too luxurious and eye-catching.

However, the Fang family felt that it was very ordinary, and these rural guests felt rare, and they made a lot of comments around the carriage, and their envy was overflowing.

Aoki was busy letting people into the house and chatting with them.

During the period of waiting for the bride to enter the door, those daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law gathered at Aoki's new house, accompanied by Yang's grandmother and aunt of Chrysanthemum, to look at the furnishings of the new house and gossip about homely and private affairs; The croppers, accompanied by Zheng Changhe, Li Gengtian and others, gathered in the main house in the east, chatting and laughing loudly at the high gate; Even Chrysanthemum was dragged over to accompany a few cousins who didn't recognize him

She and Liu Xiaomei were chatting with these little girls for a while, and they wondered in their hearts, why did these relatives who were not close to their own family let their daughters come out to participate in such a wedding banquet?

When their mothers called them over and introduced them to the aunts and mothers-in-law one by one; And those people took the hands of these girls, looked up and down carefully, and the scrutinizing and judging eyes reminded her of her father's gaze at the calves when he bought the cow, and she suddenly realized in her heart: it turned out to be a rural social activity. After this wedding banquet, maybe a few family affairs can be accomplished.

Seeing that those people kept greeting, she chuckled and whispered to Liu Xiaomei: "The boy in our village can eat fragrant!" There are many brothers in your family, and your mother is going to die of busyness. ”

Liu Xiaomei asked with a smile: "Chrysanthemum, you say, what is Xiaoxiu?" ”

Chrysanthemum's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded again and again: "Of course Xiaoxiu is good, if I am a male baby, I will marry her - gentle as the water of Xiaoqing River." What's the matter, which of your brothers has taken a fancy to her? "This Liu Sanshun, his movements are too slow, if you wait for Zhou Xiaozi to help Xiaoxiu get married, see if he regrets going for the second time!

Liu Xiaomei's black eyes flashed and asked, "Do you think that if my third brother comes to the door to propose, can Uncle Dwarf agree?" Can Xiaoxiu agree? ”

They were in the main house in the west at this time, and Chrysanthemum saw that there were too many people in the house, so she hurriedly dragged her to the backyard, squatted in front of the spinach field, and used branches to pull away the snow, revealing the dark green and strong spinach, while saying to Liu Xiaomei with a smile: "Xiaoxiu will definitely agree." But it didn't work for her to say yes - she couldn't be the master at home. As for Uncle Shorty? I think I should be able to agree, he is a particular person, and he doesn't like idle and sharp-tongued people the most, and he likes it the most if he is capable like your third brother. ”

Liu Xiaomei said happily: "I think so too, my father is going to propose marriage to Uncle Shorty." ”

Chrysanthemum was overjoyed when she heard it - this Liu Sanshun finally turned a corner.

Talking and laughing busy, before you know it, it is afternoon, and when the old village comes to the loud melody of suona and the sonorous sound of gongs, the guests here are like bees in the hive, pouring out of the house, and the little babies are excitedly rushing in front, cheering loudly "bride", welcoming the old and far.

Listening to the festive blowing that was getting closer and closer, Aoki only felt his heart beat faster, his palms were hot, and his spirit was tense, and when the red greeting team appeared in view, he couldn't move his footsteps, standing there stupidly smiling!

Chrysanthemum looked at her brother, felt that the smile on his face was a little restrained, thought it was a little nervous, and hurriedly went up to help him get dressed, and whispered: "Go quickly!" You're done with a meeting in the workshop. ”

When Aoki heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, nodded, followed behind Li Gengtian, and strode out of the courtyard.

Next, the courtyard was noisy, laughing and calling, whispering, gongs and drums were noisy, firecrackers crackled, welcoming newcomers, moving dowries, worshipping the church to get married, singing the food after the banquet began, what a mess! It's also very lively!

The noisy voices were filled with the laughter of the little children, who ran down from the eaves of the porch and rushed up again, because when the snow melted on the roof, the water kept dripping down to form a curtain of rain, and they competed to see who could pass through the curtain without letting the water drip on their bodies.

In such an atmosphere, Chrysanthemum was a little dizzy, and when she saw her father and mother smiling with white teeth, she didn't feel sour; After Aoki sent the bride into the cave room, he came out to the tables to toast.

He was busy and whispered to Chrysanthemum: "You go to the room to accompany your sister-in-law, it's very noisy to stay outside, and you can talk to her when you go to the room." Grandma, they're all inside. He was no longer nervous at this moment, only his face was full of joy.

Chrysanthemum smiled and nodded, and found Liu Xiaomei, who was pulled by Laixi to talk just now, and entered the new house together.

The new house was also lively, Laishou and Zhao Qing were taken off their shoes, standing on the new bed and jumping, stepping on the peanuts and dates all over the bed flattened, and no one stopped - it is auspicious for the little baby to step on the bed.

The new dark red shelf bed is very classical, the head and back walls are carved with hollow flowers, long pedals are placed in front of the bed, and the bed is hung with pale pink gauze tents; The house is full of cabinets—much more solid than the new house when Zhao Dazui got married—but most of them are simple and suitable household goods, and there are no dazzling decorations.

This new house was furnished with the help of chrysanthemums.

She wanted to help Aoki build a bed with a modern atmosphere, but looking at her house with small bricks and tiles, it is more classical to configure an old-fashioned carved shelf bed. The craftsmanship of carpenter Li is good, and the carvings of flowers and plants are vivid. So, taking this opportunity, she also made a small shelf bed herself, hung a plain gauze tent, and slept on the bed at night, feeling as if she had become the old little jasper.

Liu Yunlan's face was full of red clouds, her eyes were like autumn water, sitting on the edge of the bed with her feet on the pedals; Wang and other old people were talking and laughing on the side, and the daughters-in-law kept admiring the bride's good appearance, and their eyes were full of envy.

Getting married and being a bride is the most beautiful time in a woman's life, that is, there are only three points of color, and it will also show a very good style - the other seven points are dressed up by happiness and sweetness, and can be painted without makeup; Liu Yunlan already has seven points of color, but now when she is newly married, her eyes are affectionate, and her face is shy, like flowers with dew in the morning, delicate and moving.

Chrysanthemum's two aunts and grandmothers looked at this nephew and daughter-in-law and were very satisfied. Of course, they are not because Liu Yunlan is good-looking, she is old, she has experienced the world, she always has a little vision and insight, and she thinks that this nephew and daughter-in-law are very atmospheric, and the two took the newcomer's hand and sighed

Even if Liu Yunlan is generous and calm, being stared at by so many people at this time, it is also uneasy. was in a hurry, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Chrysanthemum coming in, his eyes lit up, and he smiled at her, shaking the eyes of a group of people.

Seeing that most of the people in the room were familiar to her, Chrysanthemum squeezed forward with a smile, stepped on the pedal, sat next to Liu Yunlan, and asked in the first sentence: "Sister Yunlan, are you hungry?" Why don't I bring you something to eat? ”

Liu Yunlan was stunned for a moment, but before she could answer, the daughters-in-law burst into laughter.