On the morning of the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, when Zhang Xiaoxue came out of the farm, she saw the sun coming out outside, and her worries were put down.

Today is a good day, it is the wedding day of Zhang Xiaoxue's third uncle Zhang Zhenhu, because yesterday evening, lightning and thunder suddenly poured down.

At that time, seeing the rain that seemed to be pouring down from the sky, the Zhang family was a little worried that the rain would not stop today, and it would not be easy to brave the rain to pick up relatives.

This wedding day is set, but it can't be changed casually, otherwise the older generation will feel very unlucky, and if it is rainy weather to get married, the newlywed couple will also be paid attention to by many people.

Fortunately, God is very face-giving, this morning, the sun is very bright, the sky is blue, even the white clouds are rare, although the road may be a little slippery and not easy to walk, but it is better than rain to pick up the bride.

Therefore, when Zhang Xiaoxue walked out of the door, she saw Zhang's father and mother talking about a sunny day today, and Zhang Xiaoxue's third uncle and third aunt were blessed people.

After the family had breakfast, Zhang's mother commanded the slaves in the family to take some tables, stools, pots and bowls, chopsticks, as well as pork, beef, grass carp, roast mutton, eggs and some vegetables taken out by Zhang Xiaoxue, to Zhang Zhenhu's new home, so that they could be used for a banquet later.

Today's wedding banquet here has 36 tables, basically the whole village will come, and they still have to eat flowing water seats, otherwise they can't sit down so many people to eat at the same time.

The people in charge of the kitchen today, in addition to Zhang Xiaoxue's aunt, Zhang's mother, Zhang Xiaoxue, and Er Man, also invited the three daughters-in-law of the village's own family.

The three daughters-in-law invited are very quick with their hands and feet, and they are also very good at cooking food recognized in the village, and they will make their own specialty dishes today.

No, because there are a lot of dishes to be done at the same time, in addition to the two pots in the kitchen of the new house, there are also three pots in the yard to cook and boil water.

Because cooking in the kitchen on this hot day is stuffy and hot, it is not a light and economical work, so I let the three daughters-in-law of the family cook outside, and Zhang Xiaoxue and their family members do it in the kitchen.

After being all her own family members in the kitchen, Zhang Xiaoxue quietly took out a few cold dishes she had made in the leisure cottage a few days ago, and the aunt who was busy burning the fire on the side did not notice these small actions made by Zhang Xiaoxue.

After Zhang's mother glanced at Zhang Xiaoxue with a smile, she talked to her sister-in-law and was busy with the work in her hands, Zhang Xiaoxue saw that the two of them no longer paid attention to what they were doing, so she simply waved her hand and took out several curtains of the finished steamed buns.

waited until Zhang Xiaoxue's aunt found that there were a lot of steamed buns on the table behind her, so she inexplicably asked Zhang's mother when she got the steamed buns, why didn't she see them just now.

"Oh! this is already steamed, and it is not surprising that you have not paid attention to the things brought this time. ”

Zhang's mother didn't say much, so she explained vaguely.

Zhang Xiaoxue's eldest aunt did not doubt Zhang's mother's explanation, thinking of so many things brought by the second brother and sister's family, she only felt that the things that her family, as the boss, gave to the third brother's family was a little too thin.

"Hey, as an old family, we can't look at the things we brought compared with your family......

Mother Zhang was stunned when she heard what her sister-in-law said, looked at her sister-in-law's somewhat depressed look, and hurriedly said, "Hey, look at what my sister-in-law said, what is the situation in our family, you don't know."

Can help the third brother a little, my family has this condition, how can I stay out of the matter and not help him, why should my sister-in-law compare with my family, who in the village doesn't know, our family is in the pancake business, and opened a shop in the county to make money?

We have the money to contribute, and we have the strength to contribute, so don't worry too much about these things, and when your two nephews and my nephews get married, our family will be treated the same, and our own family will not talk about the two families, or we will have a part in our life. ”

"Hehe, second brother and sister, that's what I said, but I didn't want to compare with your family, my brother and sister are right, we have the money to contribute, and we have the strength to contribute, let's cook more good dishes today, and earn enough face for the third brother." ”

Zhang Xiaoxue's aunt was a little embarrassed to hear her younger sibling's explanation.

"Mother, you said that my third uncle and them, when will they be able to bring the third aunt back? I can't wait to see the bride. ”

Zhang Xiaoxue asked while peeling the lotus root in her hand.

"Haha! They won't come back early, it is estimated that they will not be able to come back until the end of the day, the rain yesterday was not small, the ground was soaked, and the road was particularly slippery.

In this way, the ox cart is not so convenient, it is estimated that the road will be very slow, I believe that the woman's side also knows about this, and it will not be too difficult for the man to pick up people, and it should be easy to put the new girl. ”

Zhang's mother heard that her daughter was worried about this matter, so she happily explained it to Zhang Xiaoxue.

Going to pick up relatives is actually very lively, but unfortunately Zhang Xiaoxue is not compatible with the third aunt, the new bride, because of her own appearance, so she is unfortunately not among the people who pick up relatives.

It's the eldest brother Yuan Guang and the second brother Yuan Lei, both of them followed the third uncle Zhang Zhenhu to pick up people, and the male guests who went to pick up people, in addition to Zhang's father, there was also Zhang Xiaoxue's fourth uncle Zhang Zhenhai.

And the woman who went to pick up the people was to find four fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls in the village who were compatible with the third aunt to help pick up the bride.

The reason why there are so many is that in addition to the guests who come from the woman's side, there is also the woman's dowry to be pulled by the ox cart.

At the beginning, when Zhang Xiaoxue saw that the person who went to pick up her relatives just drove the family's three ox carts, Zhang Xiaoxue was a little puzzled, she thought she would hire a sedan chair.

The reason why she had this idea was because when she was in the county seat, she saw someone hurrying away in a sedan chair carried by four people.

At that time, she opened her mouth and asked Zhang's mother: "Mother, didn't you use a sedan chair to pick up the bride when you got married?"

"Haha! How can people in the village be so particular, our family has an ox cart to pick up the bride, it is not bad, some families are poor, to pick up the bride, the young couple are walking back.

They would not even be willing to spend the money for hiring an ox cart, and the bride's dowry was pitiful, so they took it back with the help of their relatives.

Your third uncle used three ox carts to pick up the bride this time, which can be regarded as a big deal, so that the people in the village will say something envious when they see it.

Because most people just drive an ox cart to pick up the bride, they let the bride and the woman's guests take the ox cart, and the man goes to pick up the people, but they all walk later. ”