Su Jingtong straightened up with a smile, and then saluted the rest of the Zhao family. Although the Zhao family didn't say anything, looking at their expressions, they knew that they were very satisfied with Su Jingtong.

After talking for a while, a small servant of the Qin family came in outside, and reported: "Old lady, the eldest lady asked the servant to ask, is it 'proper' here?" The kitchen is ready to be served. ”

"Hehe, it's right, it's right. Go and reply to You'er! We'll be able to get over soon. The third uncle sitting on the throne still had a smile on her face, and it could be seen that she was in a particularly good mood today.

"Yes, the minion will go and reply to the eldest lady." The little guy saluted to the upper seat, and then ran away without a trace.

As the head of the family, Grandpa Su Hemu stood up from his seat at this time, smiled at the uncle of the Zhao family and said, "Uncle her, this banquet is ready, let's go to the front yard to sit together?"

Uncle Zhao also stood up and responded with his fists clenched: "Haha, okay, let my in-laws bother......"

After another round of politeness, a group of people walked out of the hall in unison.

The purpose of today's banquet is mainly to invite the Zhao family who came to give the dowry, so there are not many tables, the elders of the Zhao family and the elders of the Su family sit at the same table, and the juniors of the Zhao family sit with the juniors of the leisurely family.

"I don't know if the two of you should be called sister or sister? My name is Su Jingrou and I am 15 years old. This is a sister, named Jingduo, now fourteen and a half years old. The table they were sitting at was full of girls, so as soon as Su Jingrou sat down, she introduced the two girls of the Zhao family, after all, they were guests, and the Su family had the obligation to take care of them.

"The two here are my cousins, Qin Youran and Qin Siran." With Su Jingrou's introduction, Youran and Siran nodded slightly towards the two girls of the Zhao family. After that, Su Jingrou pointed to Mu Lan and introduced another girl: "This is Mu Lan, the daughter of the aunt of my two cousins; The other one is my uncle's sister. ”

The two daughters of the Zhao family were also modest and polite, and they nodded to the leisurely and a few of them one by one with Su Jingrou's introduction. Seeing that the introduction was over, the older one replied with a smile: "There is a sister of the Lao Su family, my name is Zhao Xiuxiu, I just turned fourteen years old this year, and I am the second daughter of Sister Yingru's uncle's family." This is the daughter of my uncle's family, named Xiaoxiao, who is twelve years old this year. ”

"I've seen you sisters." Xiaoxiao greeted them with a smile on the corner of her cousin's introduction, and she looked like a dignified and quiet person.

Seeing that everyone knew each other, he smiled leisurely and said, "Our table is full of girls, and they are all of the same age, so you can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, don't be too restricted." ”

"Hmm." Several girls looked at each other with a smile and nodded in agreement.

While they were talking, the servants and the women who had come to help had already put all the prepared meals on the table.

"Here, let's try this." After waiting for the dishes to be served, he leisurely took a small pot of rose wine and said to everyone: "This is the rose wine I just brewed, and the woman is good for her skin when she drinks it." You can rest assured that this wine is not high in alcohol and has a good taste, so it will not be intoxicating. ”

Leisurely as she spoke, she poured wine for them, and after pouring a circle, she put down the wine jug, picked up the wine glass in front of her, and raised her glass and said, "Today is a good day, let's have a drink too, shall we?"

Su Jingrou smiled and looked left and right, then raised her glass and responded, "Yes, such a good day, it is worth celebrating." Come, let's learn from the elders and have a drink! ”

As he spoke, several girls raised their glasses in unison, and the crisp sound of clinking glasses sounded, accompanied by the laughter of the girls like silver bells, and they drained the wine in the glass.

This banquet was eaten until the end of the day, and after sending off the Zhao family, the Su family began to be busy again.

According to the custom here, Su Jingtong will go to Zhao's house to greet the bride tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow night, the Zhao family will feast on the woman's relatives, and the groom will stay to entertain the guests, and will not marry the bride home until the next morning.

"You'er, You'er, you all come over and rest, there are still a lot of things for you to do in a while! Come on, come and sit down...... "As soon as the Zhao family was sent away, a few people returned to the main hall. As soon as they entered the door, Grandma Sanzeng beckoned to them.

Su Jingduo smiled and took her leisurely hand, sat down next to the old lady, shook the old lady's arm and said, "Grandma Great, we have been busy for a long time in the morning, let's rest more in the afternoon and have a good time, okay?"

The third uncle glanced at Su Jingduo with a smile in her eyes, and gently patted her little hand in the crook of her arm with her big wrinkled hand, and should not ask rhetorically: "Your eldest brother is married, and you should help with the work." I'm tired of shouting now, so what are you going to do in the next two days? ”

When Su Jingduo heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then saw the old lady's ridiculous eyes, her cheeks turned crimson in the blink of an eye, and she said coquettishly: "Oops~ Grandma Zeng, you are really, Duo'er didn't say that she wouldn't help out." I just saw that You'er had been busy all morning and hadn't rested much, and I was afraid that she would be tired, so I told you this. Duo'er didn't think she was lazy! ”

Seeing Su Jingduo's blushing face and trying to defend herself, she couldn't help but laugh. The old lady was in a good mood and pinched her somewhat baby fat cheeks, and said, "Okay, grandma Zeng knows that we are thinking about everyone." Well, grandma has approved it, and you can have fun in the afternoon! Those things that haven't been done or something, just leave them to your mother! ”

Su Jingduo was relieved when she saw the old lady, and her smile became even brighter. Immediately pulled him to stand up leisurely and said to the third uncle: "Grandma Zeng, please rest assured, we will not leave anything behind." We don't want to play for too long, we just want to take a break. ”

"yes, okay." The third uncle nodded with satisfaction and responded.

"Grandma Zeng, a few of us went down first. Take advantage of the fact that there are not many people now, go to the back room and rest for a while! ”

"Okay, you can go." The third uncle waved at them as she spoke, and let them go.

Leisurely, several people saluted the third uncle and mother-in-law, and then exited the main hall together.

As soon as "You'er ......" came out of the door of the main room, Qin Yanran called a few girls who were walking in front.

Turning his head leisurely, he looked at his eldest brother suspiciously, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you get up early in the morning and go to the kitchen to get busy, and I'm tired now. Why don't you girls go back to your room and take a nap? Qin Yanran's eyes were full of worry, and he proposed.

Leisurely tilted his head and thought about it, there is really nothing to do now, just listen to my brother! So she nodded and agreed.

Several girls held hands and talked and laughed back to the room. I sat on the bed and talked for a while, and when I was a little sleepy, I covered myself with a small quilt and fell asleep with my head to head.

In the quiet afternoon, there were only a few small servants in the courtyard who were cleaning up the cups and plates of the noon banquet back and forth.

In the main hall of the Su family, several elders were discussing with several juniors of the Su family other than Su Jingtong about picking up distant relatives in the afternoon.

Picking up distant relatives is a unique local custom of weddings in Nancang County. That is to say, when a certain family wants to get married, the man's family will take those elders and relatives who are far away from the house on the first two days of the main day. One is to be lively, so that they can share this festive day; Second, in order to test the ways of these relatives, there are a few families that are worth continuing to contact.

"Take a break, rest enough, Xiuzhong, Xiuchang, Xiuming, you can take Brother Yan and their brothers to leave!" After Su Hemu took a sip of tea, he commanded.

Su Jingtong's father, Su Xiuzhong, nodded and responded, "Got it, Dad."

The third uncle and mother-in-law originally sat on the main seat and closed their eyes to recuperate, but only after the eldest son finished telling the matter, did she open her eyes and beckoned to Su Xiuzhong and the others, and called: "Zhong'er, Chang'er, Ming'er, you come over for a while, I have a few words to tell you."

"Grandma, say it, let's listen!" Su Xiuzhong's brother came to the old lady together, waiting for her advice.

"I'm going to pick up distant relatives this afternoon, the three of you have to remember one thing, any one is going to go, don't leave one behind, give people the truth. This time I got married to my brother, and our family sent the letter a month in advance, as for whether they come or not, that's their business, and you guys don't have to be too demanding, you know? ”

The old lady paused, and after seeing Su Xiuzhong and the others nodding in response, she continued: "When you go to your aunt's house, you have to talk to your eldest cousin, she is a person with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, don't have a quarrel with her." If your aunt wants to come, she should also tell your cousins and aunts to reassure the family. ”

The aunt in the mouth of the third uncle is the sister-in-law of the third uncle, and she is 70 years old this year. In ancient times, this age group was considered to be an advanced age. And the third uncle is one year older than this aunt this year, so she cares about her sister-in-law very much.

For this aunt, Su Xiuzhong and the others still care very much, after all, she is the only relative of their grandfather who is now living in the world. Now that their grandmother has told them like this, they have an extra heart, "Grandma, don't worry!" We're not children anymore, and we're awake to these things. ”

When the third uncle heard such a reply, she nodded with satisfaction and did not say anything more.

Su Hemu looked at the sky outside and felt that it was still early, so he said, "You guys take a rest first, and then you can leave in the middle of the day!"

"Yes."