Volume 4: The Cry of Loneliness and Helplessness Chapter 60, Drunken Tango
Liu Shoucheng has left a performance worth showing off for his decades of public security work.
He came to the Railway Street Neighborhood Committee and issued a letter of introduction for marriage registration for Tiemin.
He was instructed that under special circumstances, in-service workers can also go to the local neighborhood committee to open a letter of introduction for marriage registration.
Tiemin's so-called special situation is a lie casually made up by Liu Shoucheng. The staff of the neighborhood committee, thinking that he was still a railway public security, gave him a face and met his requirements.
Tie Min saw the marriage introduction letter and was stunned for more than ten minutes without speaking. It seems that he is destined to be tied to Liu Dongmei in his life.
This is pure nonsense.
From the first time Liu Dongmei walked into Zhou's house, Zhou Zhiqiang had already tailored this marriage for him; From the moment Liu Dongmei got into his bed, this marriage set sail.
No matter who he is still thinking about in his heart, on this small fire kang, he is lonely and bored, or empty in his heart, he has sown helplessness and impulsiveness in Liu Dongmei countless times.
The debt he owes must be repaid for the rest of his life.
The staff in charge of marriage registration, seeing Liu Dongmei's smiling face and Tie Min's depressed appearance, specially asked: "Are you two getting married voluntarily?" ”
"Of course." Liu Dongmei replied very lightly and happily.
Tie Min Muran did not react.
"Zhou Tiemin, what about you." The staff asked Tiemin.
"Hmm." Tie Min's answer was quite perfunctory.
In order to celebrate that she and Tie Min officially became husband and wife, Liu Dongmei deliberately left Liu Shoucheng behind and wrapped a bag of meat-filled dumplings.
Zhou Zhiqiang personally went to the store and bought two bottles of Hutou brand Taonanxiang liquor.
Aunt Zhou took another half day off, and before she started drinking, she officially discussed the marriage of Tiemin and Liu Dongmei with Liu Shoucheng.
"No matter what happens to your family, I'm going to take care of it anyway." Liu Shoucheng explained that there have been a lot of contacts over the years, and he needs to do something once and collect gifts.
"My family doesn't have any personal contacts, except for the people who entertain your mother's family, I can say that I can hold three or four tables." Zhou Zhiqiang can't say that Aunt Zhou is picky, and he is reluctant to spend a lot of tickets on running a banquet.
The railway residential area of the town is prevalent in a popular folk style:
When a family does things, regardless of red or white ceremonies, relatives and friends only spend five yuan as gifts, and the whole family comes to eat a ditch full of trenches.
Aunt Zhou believes in a reason, we don't take advantage of others, and we can't use the hard-earned money without making a sound.
This should be regarded as a general consensus in the railway family at that time.
The reason is that every family, with a large population and a small income, has to break a penny in half and spend it.
Whoever does things is inseparable from an overall routine. First, two round stoves with a diameter of less than one meter are made out of bricks, and charcoal is burned in them, on which food is steamed, vegetables are fried, etc.
At this time, a group of little children can be attracted around the stove, staying there from afar, ostensibly watching lively, but in fact, each nose is like an exhaust fan, constantly sucking the aroma of the stir-fried food, and swallowing saliva greedily.
On the day of Tie Min and Liu Dongmei's wedding, Liu Shoucheng specially borrowed a bus with the word double happiness pasted on the front.
The car went to Zhou's house first, picked up Tiemin and the people who picked up his relatives, loaded the dowry pushed by Liu Dongmei with a trolley, and then went to Liu Shoucheng's house to pick up Liu Dongmei.
Da Niu and Erguo also have a few junior high school classmates of Tiemin, forming a marriage team.
The new daughter-in-law came, set off firecrackers for a while, and people moved Liu Dongmei's dowry into the new house one by one. Then there are rituals such as folding quilts, making beds, wall clocks, and finally a wedding feast.
Make the bed said.
It must be called to the sister-in-law to operate it herself, and there are also vigorous words: the quilt is carried, the children and grandchildren are in groups, the quilt is shaken, and everything you want. They also threw peanuts, nuclear heads and other mascots into the quilt to indicate that there were groups of children.
The funniest thing is the quilt stacking ceremony.
The two sisters-in-law of the mother-in-law and the mother-in-law are smiling on their faces, and they must compete in their hearts.
You fold a bed of mother-in-law's quilt, I fold a bed of mother-in-law's quilt, and in the end, whoever is on it indicates who has the final say in the future.
The scheming sister-in-law has a handkerchief in her pocket. When the quilt was folded, he found that his side was pressed underneath, so he threw the handkerchief on the quilt, even if he occupied the commanding heights.
The wedding banquet was placed in the garden of the Zhou family.
Zhou Zhiqiang took matters into his own hands and leveled the ditches in the field, and filled the place where Liu Dongmei poured feces and urine with a thick layer of soil.
Then, he borrowed more than a dozen wrist-thick wooden poles to support the shelves, asked Feng Guozhang to come forward, borrowed a special tarpaulin for railway wagons, spread it on the shelf, and the wedding banquet greenhouse was set up.
The chef built a stove at one end of the greenhouse, lit a charcoal fire, and set up an oil pot.
Feng Guozhang and Dong Zhensheng were invited by Zhou Zhiqiang as the guest of honor to accompany their mother's guests, showing their value in this building.
Da Niu and Nikoku are busy people.
They went with the car to pick up the bride first, and when they came back, they were responsible for serving the dishes. The dishes were all served, and they didn't need to be greeted by others, so they squeezed into the table to pick up their relatives, and ate and drank.
The maiden guests had a wedding banquet and got on the bus before 12 o'clock at noon. Next is the last highlight of the wedding banquet, a reunion dinner.
According to Lao Li'er, the reunion dinner of the Zhou family can't let Yanzi be served, she is a girl, and she is a foreigner sooner or later.
Zhou Zhiqiang didn't care about that, he took his baby daughter's hand and sat down first, no one dared to say a word.
The family sat together, and just about to move the chopsticks, there was a shout from the big cow: "Tiemin, look who is coming." ”
The family followed the sound, and Zhao Miao and Zhao Hong walked into the wedding banquet greenhouse.
The whole family greeted them and invited them to take a seat.
I don't know what Zhao Hong thinks, Zhao Miao didn't give in at all, she sat firmly beside Tiemin.
"Tiemin, show me your marriage certificate." In this way, Zhao Hong showed her intention.
Tie Min went back to the new house and got the marriage certificate, Zhao Hong read it, and said with a smile: "Dongmei, your father is really capable." ”
Liu Shoucheng went to Zhao Hong to ask for face, hoping to open a letter of introduction.
Zhao Hongming knew the reason why Tiemin's first letter of introduction was lost, but she was silent, and she didn't mention that there was another person named Wang Li.
She didn't directly refuse Liu Shoucheng, but just gave Liu Shoucheng an idea, the neighborhood committee also has the power to open a letter of introduction, you might as well go there and try it.
Liu Shoucheng has done things successfully, and Zhao Hong is also responsible, officially confirming that Tiemin and Liu Dongmei are a legal husband and wife, and she is ready to leave immediately.
"Since you're here, there's no reason not to drink a glass of wine." Zhao Miao grabbed Zhao Hong and sat down together.
This is a reunion dinner, outsiders are not allowed to serve on the table, and even Yanzi was left by Zhou Zhiqiang as an exception.
"Tiemin, quickly pour wine for the guests." Zhou Zhiqiang was very enthusiastic about the two uninvited guests.
Everyone sat together, eating and drinking.
Erguo and Da Niu also came over with wine glasses because Zhao Miao came.
The reunion dinner was like this, and due to Zhao Miao's intervention, it turned into a gathering of friends.
Zhou Zhiqiang and his wife, including Shengzi and Yanzi, hurriedly ate and got off the table, Zhao Hongtui said that he had something to do and left early.
Zhao Miao was originally here to accompany the tie-up.
Zhao Hong informed her: "Zhou Tiemin is married, and we must go and check his marriage certificate." ”
"Okay." Zhao Miao was suffering from having no reasonable excuse to come to see Tiemin's wedding, and Zhao Hong helped her at a critical moment.
According to the attention at that time, Tiemin's marriage was not a big wedding, and he only made a few tables of wine and food to entertain his mother's guests. Ordinary congratulatory guests, smoke a cigarette, eat a piece of candy and leave.
Liu Dongmei smiled sweetly all morning, she finally fulfilled her long-cherished wish and became the daughter-in-law of the city people.
Zhao Miao's arrival made her a little indignant.
Zhao Miao once said that she would give a big gift when she and Tie Min got married.
Liu Dongmei was very nervous at the time, and she didn't know what Zhao Miao's gift was. The panic of the unknown is the most unsettling.
Today she and Tie Min officially became husband and wife, Zhao Miao is really here, no matter what banner she plays, Liu Dongmei feels the need to compete with Zhao Miao again.
"Zhao Miao, let's drink some wine." Liu Dongmei's face was provocative, she took a small rice bowl and wanted to pour liquor for Zhao Miao.
"Let's have a drink, then." Zhao Miao didn't know Liu Dongmei's strength, and she was also dissatisfied with seven and eight were angry.
"Don't ......" Seeing this, Da Niu knew that Liu Dongmei was not at ease, and he wanted to stop him, but he was secretly dragged by Erguo.
In normal times, Da Niu may understand the hints of the two countries, which is to let him not meddle in his affairs.
"Zhao Miao, she's a wine leaker, you can't drink her." Da Niu gave Zhao Miao a wake-up call first.
Today is the big day for Tie Min's marriage, once Zhao Miao drinks too much and shows timidity, won't it make people laugh.
It's nice to say that Zhao Miao is ignorant, and he got drunk on people's happy days, and if someone says a few unpleasant words, maybe he will make some jokes.
This is Da Niu's kindness to Zhao Miao, and at the same time, he is also out of hatred for Liu Shoucheng, and when he found that Liu Dongmei was not well-intentioned, he deliberately stirred up the situation.
Da Niu wants to maintain Zhao Miao, and there is another layer of meaning, hoping that in the future, he can get Zhao Miao's care.
He feels smart about himself and wants to kill three birds with one stone.
As a result, it offended two people, Liu Dongmei and Erguo.
Liu Dongmei was completely envious and jealous of Zhao Miao, for the first time in her life, she turned out to be Zhao Miao's stand-in.
Liu Dongmei wanted to take this opportunity to get Zhao Miao drunk with the attitude of a winner, so that she would not dare to worry about Tiemin again in her life.
She didn't know about the festival between Da Niu and Liu Shoucheng, so she kicked Da Niu while Zhao Miao was not paying attention. It means that you don't know if it's cloudy and rainy, and you don't know who is far away and who is in.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, not to mention that you are still the hair of the iron people. I want to clean up Zhao Miao, if you don't help, you can't dismantle it.
Da Niu had the heart to scold Liu Dongmei for a few words, and when he saw that Tie Min's smile froze, he knew that Tie Min could see that Liu Dongmei was not kind to Zhao Miao.
The big cow laughed and stopped talking.
The two countries thought that Da Niu understood his intentions.
Erguo's mind had already told Tie Min without reservation that he hoped that Zhao Miao would get drunk.
Women don't get drunk, men don't have a chance.
Erguo has long known Zhao Miao's background from his father Feng Guozhang.
He was eager to become the commander of the car, and then entered the workshop and got in close contact with Zhao Miao, looking for an opportunity to chase.
Finding a good husband will definitely be beneficial to his future life.
After several efforts, he wanted to leave a good impression on Zhao Miao first. He took the initiative to have several contacts with Zhao Miao, but unfortunately, Zhao Miao was very cold to him, on the contrary, he was very enthusiastic about Tiemin.
Tie Min has always been afraid of Zhao Miao, and he knows best the reason why Liu Dongmei took the initiative to provoke.
Because of today's day, he didn't want to make irresponsible remarks about Liu Dongmei in front of outsiders, thinking that he was gloomy, and Liu Dongmei accepted it when he saw it.
"Tiemin, today is your big day, I congratulate you." Zhao Miao said, took out a red paper bag from her pocket, she pulled Tie Min's hand, slapped the red paper bag hard in Tie Min's hand and said, "Happy newlywed." ”
"Thank you." Tiemin was forced to smile and say, "I'm sorry to let you break the bank." ”
"Zhao Miao, I remember you said that when I marry Tiemin, you will give us a big gift." Liu Dongmei smiled, took the red envelope from Tiemin's hand, shook it and said, "It's really valuable." ”
Liu Dongmei was careless, revealing the same virtue as Da Niu. She couldn't hide the resentment in her heart, and she didn't want to miss any opportunity to vent her anger.
She opened the red envelope, and wanted to be in front of everyone, and ridiculed Zhao Miao, five yuan, or ten yuan, what kind of gift.
The scene was a little embarrassing because of Liu Dongmei's straightforwardness.
No one has ever seen an unreasonable person like Liu Dongmei, how can anyone open a red envelope in front of the attendants.
"Oh, I ......" Da Niu couldn't control his emotions and suddenly tilted his mouth.
The two countries glanced at Tie Min, and had the intention to squeeze Liu Dongmei a few words, which was tantamount to laughing at Zhao Miao.
Tie Min stretched out his hand to snatch the red paper bag and put it in his pocket to prevent Liu Dongmei from embarrassing him.
Liu Dongmei held back her strength, and if she wanted to argue with Zhao Miao, she had already guarded against Tiemin's hand. Just as Tie Min stretched out her hand suddenly, she turned around and opened the red envelope.
Everyone present was stunned.
Inside the red paper bag is a stack of ten-yuan bills, like Da Niu and Erguo, who are very sensitive to banknotes, and they know at least 100 yuan at a glance.
Tie Min is the shunting chief, and he belongs to the highest wage earner in the operation workshop, and he only earns about fifty yuan a month, and Zhao Miao's gift is equal to Tie Min's salary for two months.
"Zhao Miao, it's too much." Tie Min took the money from Liu Dongmei's hand and was about to stuff it into Zhao Miao's hand.
"Zhou Tiemin, who do you look down on!" Zhao Miao's eyes widened, and she said with a straight face: "Just for our friendship, what is this money." ”
Tie Min's face flushed.
Da Niu and Erguo were stunned by Zhao Miao's boldness.
Liu Dongmei sat there woodenly, her ears buzzing.
Zhao Miao saw that Tie Min didn't say anything, and put the money in her pocket, she smiled.
"That's right. Don't forget, you are my master and you must be responsible. Zhao Miao smiled again, took the wine bottle, poured a small bowl of liquor for herself, and pointed the bottle at Liu Dongmei and said, "Bride, where is your wine bowl." ”
The two countries lost no time in putting an empty bowl in front of Liu Dongmei.
Zhao Miao poured Liu Dongmei a bowl of wine and said, "Why don't we drink this wine." ”
"It's done." Liu Dongmei raised the wine bowl and drank it in a few sips.
"You're really impatient." Zhao Miao picked up his wine bowl and said, "I don't dare to drink rush wine, so I can only take my time." ”
She took a sip of wine and said, "This wine is good." ”
Liu Dongmei was inadvertent, so she poured herself a bowl of wine. She is really Liu Shoucheng's daughter-in-law, her mind reacts quickly, and her temperament is quite anxious.
She found out that she was tricked by Zhao Miao, took the wine bottle and said, "It's okay, isn't it just drinking slow wine, I'll accompany you to the end." ”
Zhao Miao smiled and picked up the wine bowl and said, "Come, let's take a sip." ”
People raised their bowls.
I don't know if Liu Dongmei did it intentionally, or if something really happened. She drank another bowl of wine, put it down, and slipped under the table.