Chapter 324: Bride Price
When the Li family came, everyone in the Su family warmly welcomed them, met their in-laws, greeted each other, and then sat down.
Li Yuexiu, as a matchmaker, of course, has to speak first.
"The eldest brother of the in-laws, sister-in-law, what about me, entrusted by Lao Li and his wife, to be a matchmaker and tell the two children about this family matter."
"Today, these two children are engaged, and we don't need to talk about those vain heads.
Here is the engagement wedding prepared by the Li family, let's take a look, if you think there is anything missing, even if you mention it, let's talk about it. ”
Li Yuexiu is an open-minded person, she went straight to the point and put all the things prepared by the Li family on the table.
Four bottles of wine, loin with four ribs, four handfuls of vermicelli tied with red string, four boxes of dim sum.
This is the engagement that has become popular in Songjianghe recently, and these four gifts alone will cost a lot of money.
Waiting for the engagement to be completed, the woman will keep half of the four gifts, and the other half will have to be brought back to the man.
Some people are reluctant to spend so much money, so they simply prepare half of it, and they don't need to bring it back when the time comes.
The Li family is not short of money, and it is also for the sake of good looks, so they all make up double copies, and wait to bring one back.
In addition to the four necessary gifts for engagement, the Li family also prepared a set of clothes, a pair of leather shoes, a watch, two catties of wool, and a bride price of 160 yuan.
In these years, it is definitely a high standard, and it is good for ordinary people to be able to make a set of clothes and buy a pair of shoes.
If the conditions are better, add a watch, and it will be enough.
Have you ever heard that there is a bride price? Anyway, there has never been one in Daying Village.
When Su Anying and Su Anzhen got engaged, there was no bride price.
These things plus the bride price were placed on the table, and the Su family inside and out, even the people who were lying outside the window and looking at the excitement at the door, were all dumbfounded.
Oh my God, so many things, and money, how much do you get together? Not three or four hundred?
"No wonder people say it's good to be a worker, and they all say that a worker who participates in the field is rich, which is really amazing.
You say, there is a family in our village, and whose young man is engaged and can come up with these things?
No wonder the old Su family wants to send their daughter to Donggang, not looking for it in our village, you see, let the family catch it, right? ”
Some people were envious, so they whispered at the door of Su's house.
"That's right, who is as shrewd as the old Su family?
At that time, the second daughter married quite well, you see now, they are all stained, right?
Hey, why don't you have such a good uncle in our family? ”
This speech is even more sour, no way, it's too gluttonous, who doesn't blush when you see it?
Whatever is said outside, in fact, you can hear it inside the house.
Su Weizhong was happy in his heart, and he didn't want to worry about those people outside, so he could say whatever he liked.
In the past, these people laughed at him behind his back for not having a son, and no one will support him in the future, but now they are all envious again?
Su Weizhong doesn't care, Su Weicheng is not happy, what is this for? It's not embarrassing enough to go out one by one.
Let the Li family see it, and people can't say that the people in Xiaotunzi just don't know it? There's a lot of fuss about everything. It's a shame.
"That, there is a happy event in our family today, so we won't leave the big guys.
Another day, when the fifth child goes out, he must prepare a banquet and invite everyone to drink the wine.
Don't freeze out on this cold day, go home, go home. Su Weicheng lowered his face and went out to pick up those people.
They are all neighbors, and they don't look up and see each other, no matter how shameless they are.
The Su family came out to get rid of them, and they didn't want to stay here anymore, so they smiled and said a few words to Su Weicheng one by one, turned around and left.
Su Weicheng watched those people leave, then he snorted, and ordered his third child to watch outside and not let those irrelevant people come.
Su Weicheng drove away those who were watching the excitement and turned around and went back to the house.
At this time, the house was lively, and Su Weizhong and Li Zheng, who was also the eldest Li, had a lively chat.
Han's Feng and Zhao Meijuan and Li Yuexiu also chatted more and more.
The marriage is at the woman's house, and the woman should prepare a sumptuous banquet to entertain the man's family.
It happened that in the New Year, every household had delicious food, and Su Weizhong knew that he was going to get engaged to his daughter after the New Year, so he specially left a lot of meat.
At this time, Qin Meiling and the others were busy in the kitchen, frying and frying at a meal, and making a few tables of good dishes.
So a table was set up in the east house and the west room, and these little babies in the family were led by Su Anhua and Su Anyu to Su Weicheng's house next door for dinner.
At the beginning of the banquet, Li Zongliang and Su Anfang had to toast the matchmaker first, and then toast and change their words to their parents.
Su Weizhong and his wife, Li Zheng and his wife, also took out the red envelopes prepared in advance and gave them money to change their mouths.
At this time, the engagement ceremony is over, and then there is nothing to do, it is time to eat and drink.
The Su family was hospitable, constantly persuading the Li family to drink and eat, and Su Weizhong and Su Weicheng accompanied Li Zheng to drink.
Xu Shiyan and several other brothers-in-law, as well as Su Anbang and Su Anmin, accompanied Li Zongliang.
Everyone pushed glasses and changed lamps, drank and chatted, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
There are several trains from Xianren Bridge to Songjiang River, and there are slow trains in the afternoon, so the Li family is not in a hurry to go.
The meal began at twelve o'clock and lasted until after two o'clock, and it was mainly the men who drank and the women who actually ate quickly.
The men didn't drink less, and by the end they were a little lost.
Li Zongliang looked at his watch, it was not early, they had to hurry to the station.
"The eldest brother-in-law, the second brother-in-law, I really can't drink, we inquired when we came, and there is a slow train at three o'clock in the afternoon.
"The Great Luo of the Worlds"
It's not early, we have to hurry back, or we won't be able to catch the train. ”
"Ahem, if you can't catch up, you won't be able to catch up, if you can't catch up, you will stay and live here, what are you afraid of?" Sui Hongzhi's tongue was a little hard.
"No, no, no, the two sisters at home will take care of the house, if they don't go back at night, they won't be scared and cry?"
Li Zongliang hurriedly waved his hand, how could he live in his father-in-law's house on the day of the engagement, but there was no such rule.
Over there, Elder Li also told Su Weizhong and Su Weicheng about the situation at home, and they had to catch the train back.
Su Weizhong had no choice but to keep it, and in the end, he had no choice but to let the Han family go and separate the four gifts and bring back half of them to the Li family.
Su Anmin was young and didn't drink a few sips of wine, so he sent him to catch the car.
Sui Hongzhi and Xu Shiyan followed and took the Li family to Xianrenqiao Station in a carriage.
Xu Shiyan drank a little better, and he was quite sober, so he went directly to the ticket window and bought four tickets for Lao Li.
"Uncle Li, I still have to stay here for a few days, so I can't go back with you, be careful on the way back.
When I go back, find time to invite Uncle Li to come to the house for a drink. ”
"Oh, look at you, how can this still make you buy a ticket? No, no, no. Da Lao Li hurriedly refused.
"Look, the tickets are all bought, so you still let me go and refund them? I don't have a lot of money in total, and Uncle Li is still polite to me? ”
Xu Shiyan smiled, gave the ticket to Da Lao Li, and stayed with them for a while, until he shouted that the ticket was checked, and then he saw the four people check the ticket and enter the station.