With Wang Shuhai's help in contact, Wang Manyin's purchase of wood was very smooth. The next day, the two sides agreed, and he borrowed the donkey and rack cart of the production team to pull the wood back.

After the eldest uncle Sun Shaoan got the information, he took the initiative to come over to help.

Neither of them had ever done carpentry work, so they could only pull a big saw for Wang Shuhai.

There is a riddle that is both meat and vegetarian in Jar Village to describe the big saw: the two stood opposite each other, took off their clothes and dried, and were so tired that they sweated for a line.

This job seems simple, but it is actually very tiring, and it is all about the two of them pulling back and forth.

After a while, Wang Manyin felt sweat in his head, as if he was about to catch fire. He simply took off his torn cotton jacket, and only wore a thread coat and dried.

"Man Yin, you kid looks like a coward, but you have a lot of strength!" Seeing him covered in tendon meat, Wang Shuhai couldn't help but admire.

Even Sun Shaoan didn't expect that his brother-in-law hadn't done much work, and he seemed to have a lot of strength.

Eating and drinking well every day, and keeping up with nutrition, Wang Manyin can also feel that his physical fitness is constantly improving.

It is no exaggeration to say that he now carries two hundred pounds of things very easily.

The two of them pulled the big saw according to the ink line, and Wang Shuhai was not idle. Axes, adzes, planing, and chisels are all in his hands.

I saw the sawdust flying, and it soon turned into a smooth and straight component......

In three days, the doors and windows were ready.

On the kiln walls on both sides of the inner side of the cave entrance, Wang Manyin had already dug two holes, one deep and the other shallow.

Then, the two of them pushed a prepared log into it and fixed it. This log is equivalent to the beam of the gate, and the installation is also exquisite.

A section of the log should be placed in a deep hole first, and then it should be moved to a shallow hole for fixation.

A high window is installed on the door, parallel to the door, and then a low window is pressed to ensure that the house is lit and ventilated.

So far, it took two months, and the new cave of Wang Manyin's family was finally completed.

Building a house is also a major event for the croppers, and in the future, a banquet must be put on to celebrate.

But now everything is simple, he only let go of the small foreign whip. When the children in the village came to join in the fun, a few handfuls of sugar were sprinkled and it was fine.

The next two boxes, four chairs, and another day took it.

The furniture was ready, Wang Manyin did not delay, and sent it directly to his old father-in-law's house.

This is a dowry, and you need to wait until the wedding day to send it back.

There are also duvet covers and a pair of red quilts with flowers, two pairs of plastic-soled shoes, and a square scarf. Enamel washbasins, cups, and thermos with the word "hi" with the word "hi" ...... With the help of Liu Qingli, Wang Manyin also got together and sent it over early.

In fact, this is enough to save money, and the main old father-in-law's family is not a picky person.

Many later generations think that in this era, marrying a daughter-in-law does not require money, and they know how it is possible to think about it with their toes.

There must be people who don't want financial gifts, but there are not many. And generally the man has better conditions and works in a factory or somewhere.

Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat.

If you don't have anything at home, who will marry you.

According to Wang Manyin's memory, some people order doll relatives, and the man has to send things to the woman every year. Send a single body in the spring, send a body cotton in the winter, send food after the autumn, and send it all the way to marriage.

Coupled with the bride price, the price is beyond imagination.

If there are three or four sons in the family, the parents will be distraught. And often in such people, the bride price demanded by the woman is heavier.

Life is a little worse, there must be a son who fights singles.

Therefore, it is very popular to change relatives on the Loess Plateau.

A few days ago, Wang Manyin went to Liu Qingli to do something, and heard that a young man in Huaishucha Township married a daughter-in-law and gave a bride price of 1,800 yuan.

For this reason, when the man got married, he posted a couplet at the door of the cave: "Buy high-priced grain at a high price, and the girl at a high price enters the cave room", and the banner is "One Thousand Eight".

After hearing this, Wang Manyin was also dumbfounded (Note: This example comes from the local chronicle compilation research office of a city on the Loess Plateau, dated 1972, and the authenticity should be guaranteed. Although it is only an example, it can also get a glimpse of it. So don't worry about the bride price anymore. ）。

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Everything is ready, Wang Manyin is no longer tossing here, and is honestly waiting to be his groom's official.

He is a man for two lives, and it is the first time he has been married, so his heart is naturally full of expectations.

Now marriage advocates simplicity, but there are still some ways to have. Fortunately, with the help of Wang Lianshun, the matchmaker, the arrangement was clear, and nothing went wrong.

Marriage on the Loess Plateau, no suona is not lively. The person who played the suona was also found by Wang Lianshun.

In addition, there are two mothers-in-law who serve as the greeting party in the welcoming team, and they are in charge of the bride's affairs from beginning to end today.

Pork, cake from the mother, white flour, kicking money, falling box money, etc., everything is ready. When you go out, you put a small foreign whip first, and then the suona sounds......

Wang Manyin rode a donkey to open the road in front, followed by a frame car, and several people rushed towards Shuangshui Village.

The new society, the new atmosphere, the suona tone is not the same. What "the sea sails by the helmsman", "bring flowers to bring big red flowers" .......

There are rules along the way, and when you encounter villages and bridges, you have to set off firecrackers to blow suona...... As for what it means, Wang Manyin doesn't understand.

In short, he is now a tool man, let him do whatever he wants.

When they arrived at the entrance of Shuangshui Village, they saw from a distance that Sun Yuhou's house was full of people standing on the side, and they couldn't stop pointing at this side and whispering.

A group of children rushed over with a scream, stopping in front of them and asking for candy.

In this regard, Wang Lianshun had already prepared and immediately let people sprinkle sugar. And deliberately sprinkled into the distance, so that they don't have time to block again.

Taking advantage of this group of broken babies to pick up sugar, everyone hurriedly entered the courtyard of the Sun family.

Wang Manyin also vaguely heard the mothers-in-law and aunts in Shuangshui Village whispering about themselves:

"This is the man Orchid is looking for? It looks tall and big, and it doesn't look like a second-rate person. ”

"Orchids will be blessed in the future, and if people open a sales agency, they can't eat all the sugar at home."

"I heard that a new hole was dug in the house, and this time I also got two new quilts......

"How did I hear that their family is a donkey dung and eggs, and they owe a lot of debts for marriage......

Wang Manyin didn't pay attention to the discussions of outsiders, but just did things according to Wang Lianshun's instructions.

The Sun family invited Tian Futang, the village party secretary, to help entertain everyone. The other party has also seen the world, so naturally there will be no mistakes in etiquette.

After some conversation, the orchid with a red cloth on his head was carried on the cart by Sun Shaoan.

And firecrackers and suona sounded in the backyard, which is still the classic "sea sailing by the helmsman".

Blow and blow all the way back to Jar Village.

The team went up to the cliff, and the broken baby was already waiting on the side.

Without waiting for the other children to react, he took the cart first, tried to drive the donkey a few times, and then begged for a red envelope.

The mother-in-law and aunt of the mother's family were also prepared, and immediately took out a red paper bag from her pocket.

Then, another beggar jumped out to congratulate: "The sun comes out and the red flowers bloom, and the family has a gold bucket and a silver medal." The rich and noble people rejoiced in the opening of the door, and the happy people flashed up. I blocked the sedan chair when it entered the hospital, and sang a happy song to congratulate the ......"

Without waiting for the other party to finish singing, Wang Lianshun handed over the red paper bag.

In the booming era, everything was simple, and many customs and habits were omitted.

Otherwise, the ceremony will be several times more complicated. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Wang Manyin's family has no elders.

There was a brazier at the door of the cave, and Wang Manyin helped Sun Lanhua to step over from above. Two more small foreign whips, the newlyweds bow three times to the portrait, and the wedding ceremony is over.

Next, it's time to arrange a lunchtime banquet.

Because there were only three tables, I didn't invite many people from the village. As for the secretary of the brigade, the two production captains, and a few people who came to help from their own doors, as well as Liu Qingli, who came from the commune.

As for the children, Wang Manyin didn't let them leave empty-handed, two candies each.

The banquet was helped by the old man Wang Shou, who has been busy since yesterday afternoon.

Killed two chickens, plus seven or eight catties of pork, and home-grown eggs, as well as half a basket of snow red and potatoes and radish.

Each table has a bowl of red and white meat, a pot of potato vermicelli stewed chicken, fried red in the snow, fried eggs and soft ground, and a sieve of two noodles steamed buns.

Although the banquet is not sumptuous, it is quite okay in this era.