The day when the two parents met came the next day, and the day was bright, hot but not sticky, and it was a good summer day. Antique buildings, black and white staggered * walls are lined up, and the deep alleys with a remote artistic conception are displayed, if there is a smoke and rain, it seems that a cheongsam girl with a light butter paper umbrella and waist will appear at any time.

At the entrance of the alley, a delicate nameplate, the dark red lacquer words on it are written "Watching Ducks" with a very temperamental small seal, and the new paint that is repaired from time to time reflects the light of fine velvet in the strong sunlight. Xia Lei, who was wearing a yellow silk pullover, appeared at the entrance of the alley, walked to the intersection of the main road where the vehicle came back, looked around for a while, lowered her head and fiddled with her mobile phone and returned to the alley. She walked on the irregular stone-paved path, walked briskly around two or three corners, and stopped at a door with heavy black copper nails, where two waiters in thin Tang costumes opened the door and welcomed her in.

"It's not there yet! Is the driver unable to find this? Xia Lei hurriedly walked through the welcoming courtyard with the acacia of the idle pond bananas, and the three or two miscellaneous muscovy ducks lazily twisted their necks. Tang Jianyu showed his face from the corridor where the pottery bell was hung, and the sunlight cast the shadow of the bell swaying in the wind on his face, climbing in accordance with the man's undulating facial features. Tang Jianyu stroked the spike, "I found it, I just called and said it." When Xia Lei heard this, her shoulders shrugged and her willow eyebrows raised, "Then you still let me run out!" ”

The two walked into the lobby, the 20-year-old shop, the decoration style that has never changed, the combination of green bricks and virgin wood, conveying the owner's consistent, high-spirited and casual life philosophy. As soon as Tang Jianyu entered the door, a tall and elegant woman of his age greeted him and asked politely, "Are the guests almost there?" I'll arrange cold dishes. Tang Jianyu looked behind the screen, Uncle Guo's family was talking to his parents, and other close friends also gathered together in twos and threes, he looked back and said, "It's okay, I'll be there soon." Xia Lei listened, went straight to the inner courtyard, said hello to everyone, and under the leadership of Tang's father and Tang's mother, people began to get up and go to the banquet hall behind.

About the relatives and friends were arranged, Tang's father and Tang's mother followed Xia Lei back to the hall, and saw Tang Jianyu frowning and talking on the phone, muttering about the revocation. Tang Jianyu raised his eyes and saw his parents, thinking that they were about to go to the door to greet the Shi family and his wife, so he hastily ended the phone call, stepped forward and said, "The phone has arrived at the intersection just now, and it is estimated that it is parking at this time!" Father Tang nodded and waved his hand, "Let's go, go and wait for them at the door." Xia Lei and Tang Mu whispered a few words, and hurried back to the banquet hall.

As soon as I walked to the doorway with the curtain hanging, I only heard the ducks in the yard "croak" twice, and a familiar voice came heartily, "Wow! I don't ask people to go to the intersection and then, the alley is so deep, if it weren't for me, the whole family would have been fooled into the former residence of a celebrity by a wild tour guide! Followed by a loud laugh, Tang Jianyu asked his parents to stand by the porch, and he walked around quickly, and when he saw from Basho, it was not Jin Hua who was crossed!

"Oh, you run slower, don't be stumbling over this gravel road!" When Jin Hua saw his old friend, he pretended to make a catch-up gesture and smiled, and behind him, Zhang Ye looked back at the Shi family and his party, covered his mouth and said with a smile: "It's just right to stumble, the old man's mother-in-law is here, and he can't afford a big gift from Jianyu!" In the garden, the two groups of people laughed loudly.

Tang's father had already walked down from the porch, and stretched out his hand to meet him with "hard work on the road" in his mouth, and Tang's mother followed closely. Father Shi was even more enthusiastic, holding Father Tang's hand with his hands full of palms to say hello, and said, "How can you be welcomed, such a poisonous sun!" The four parents exchanged pleasantries and hugged each other and walked down the hallway. At this time, Xia Lei led Uncle Guo out in a hurry. Father Tang hurriedly explained to Father Shi, "This is my old friend, surnamed Guo, as Jianyu's main media this time!" The Shi family said hello repeatedly, and at this time, a person stepped forward, and Shi's father hurriedly pulled him back and said, "This surnamed Chen is an uncle in the village who watched Jiaojiao grow up, and he is the main media of our family!" When the matchmaker met, it was another greeting.

Today's engagement banquet is the engagement of the two parties to formally introduce each other into their closest circle of relatives and friends, although there is no grand wedding, but it is of great significance in the local area, and it is no different from the big day. Because of the importance, girls also have to show a reserved attitude, such as Shi Jiaojiao, as soon as she entered the door, she was accompanied by Chen Li, a deputy media, and she was stunned and didn't say a word. Tang Jianyu hurriedly glanced at his little girl in the middle of the circle, and it happened that she was also peeking at him, and as soon as her eyes met, she smiled tacitly and shyly. This scene was seen by Chen Li, who hurriedly glared at Tang Jianyu, pushed Shi Jiaojiao and said, "Be careful!" ”

As soon as they entered the hall, the wedding banquet officially kicked off. Before taking their seats, Chen Li and Xia Lei walked together, squinted at each other, and finally couldn't help laughing! These two close friends, who are usually on the same front, actually came on behalf of both men and women at the banquet of another close friend today! Chen Li shook her index finger and sarcastically repeatedly, "In the end, it is still the relatives who matter, and I will escort my cousin silently, and I will treat you as my own daughter because of your father's mother!" Xia Lei shuddered and hung on Chen Li's head, "You don't have anything to say to me!" ”

There are two main components of engagement, one is the wedding banquet, so that the prospective couple can be introduced when relatives and friends get together; Instead, it is a negotiation, and the wedding day and general plan are planned first.

The Shi family originally moved from other places and almost cut off contact with their hometown, so there were very few people invited, only Chen Li's family, and the banquet was basically a guest of the Tang family. Even so, because it was just an engagement banquet, the Tang family did not invite much, all of them were people who were most familiar with each other, such as Tang Jianyu's uncle, Uncle Guo, Jin Hua, and the like. The relationship circle is small and close, everyone is really thinking about the engaged couple, and the politeness and harmony at the wedding banquet are needless to say.

After the banquet, the guest and the host said goodbye, the juniors properly arranged the elders' itinerary, and when the invited guests were gone, the young owner of the Guanya Garden, the tall and elegant woman, thoughtfully arranged the tea banquet and discussed the marriage matters for the two engaged families. Tang Jianyu and Shi Jiaojiao avoided these things as usual, but Xia Lei and Chen Li stayed at the scene with their parents. After the two of them saw off the guests, they really wanted to go to the former homes of nearby celebrities.

"Huh......" Shi Jiaojiao blew her bangs and stopped under the white wall and black tiles, an ancient elm tree inside the wall was towering, and the branches and leaves covered half of the path in the corner of the wall, covering pedestrians. Tang Jianyu also stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" The corners of Shi Jiaojiao's mouth pulled, covering her heart and said, "Guess what they are talking about, will they quarrel if they can't talk?" ”

"Heh......" Tang Jianyu smiled dumbly, and asked with his left hand holding his head: "As far as our parents are concerned, even a place to meet must consider each other, and one said that you can't delay the business in your store; One said that my father's health is important, don't travel far! With such two pairs, what can't be talked about? "That being said," Shi Jiaojiao pouted, still with a sad face, "After all, it is the most important thing they are most concerned about, and it is inevitable that it will be more serious!" If you look at the Internet, aren't there a lot of people who talk about marriage and become enemies! ”

Tang Jianyu rarely cares about the shortcomings of his parents, and he doesn't pay attention to it, so he naturally doesn't know how people who talk about marriage on the Internet talk about marriage collapse at the door of the marriage hall. He just analyzed the reality of the situation, no matter how he thought about it, there was nothing that could not be done, and what they had to overcome had already been faced before. He stretched out his hand, wantonly rubbed the silky hair on the top of Shi Jiaojiao's head, and said gently, "Actually, there is nothing to talk about, I, no matter what the situation, I want to marry you home." Shi Jiaojiao hung her head and could only see Tang Jianyu's shoes, and when she heard the words, she buried her face even lower.