Wang Shan arrived the next morning, although he was in free love with Yinhua, but in the relatively closed Loess Plateau, Lao Li was still unavoidable, so he used a carriage to pull his village chief father, and also brought a respected elder in Wangshawan Village as a matchmaker to Zhao Machuan. They went to Yinhua's house first, and the matchmaker discussed the matter of him and Yinhua's marriage on behalf of Wang Shan's family, although the village chief Zhao was also full of words, and the in-laws were also in charge in Wang Shawan, but they still invited the old man in the village who sold horses to negotiate the engagement with the matchmaker according to the rules. The four elders also settled down together and asked Mr. Mi, the most capable yin and yang gentleman in Han Wangchuan, to choose an auspicious day.

After the discussion, of course, the matchmaker and Wang Shan's father were left to eat. In this way, Wang Shan has more than half a day's free time, because he wants to take the two old men who drank at noon back, and the second brother-in-law is more experienced than him, so after Wang Shan asked the elders, he came directly to the carpentry courtyard of Yangliufang, and asked the second brother-in-law to pick up his father and the matchmaker when he went back in the afternoon to send him back to Wang Shawan, and he himself pulled Li Tongfu to bring the goods, and the two went to the countryside.

After eating, the four elders came to the woodworking courtyard of Yangliufang together to visit. Yang Liufang and Shi Village Chief also stopped their work to welcome the inspection of the old people, and the attentive Yang Liufang also poured four bowls of water for them. The four of them were full of praise when they saw the Eight Immortals table that had not yet been painted and the half-assembled warped case.

"Xiao Yang, I came with you to marry San'er, your furniture won't delay things, right?"

"Don't worry, Suo (uncle), your old brother and the third brother's affairs will not be delayed by hand, not to mention that we have a machine now." Yang Liufang showed them the efficiency of the machine saw, and several people were relieved.

"Xiao Yang, Emeng won't delay your work, let the stone send Emeng back, it won't affect it, right?"

"Suo (uncle), it doesn't matter, the things that need to be done yesterday were done, and Brother Shi was going back to pull water today."

"That's good."

"Big, when will you come back, you tell me, I'll catch the car."

"Then, in-laws, let's just say so, Emeng (we) will go back and prepare, find Mi Yin and Yang to set a good day, and let your son-in-law tell you."

"Good Ni, good Ni." The four shook hands with each other and said goodbye.

The head of the stone village went to the village to drive the donkey cart that was fostered there and pulled the two old men away. Sending off the guests, Yang Liufang buried his head and continued to do his own joinery.

Li Tongfu and Wang Shan came back very late, and as soon as the two entered the house, they shouted cold, indeed "Hutian is snowing in August", not to mention the northwest in October of the lunar calendar. The two went indoors to warm themselves around the stove, and Yang Liufang steamed rice and boiled egg soup for the two.

After the meal, Li Tongfu took out his notebook, listed the details of the goods sold and the account list, and handed it to Yang Liufang to see, and Yang Liufang took a general look. He saw that the two of them went to the countryside for the first time, and the sales were not bad, there were more than 120 yuan, and he remembered that when he first came here to do business, he only sold a few yuan for the first time, and he felt extremely gratified. Because I thought that the two of them would have to go to the countryside to sell goods tomorrow morning, they washed and slept early.

The village chief of Shi returned the next day after dark, and Yang Liufang was a little strange, so he asked, "Brother Shi, why did you come back so early this time?" ”

"Oh, let me discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Before the stone village chief could answer, he heard Li Tongfu and Wang Shan talking excitedly outside the door: "Oops, it's so smooth!" It really made my brother right. ”

"yes, I didn't expect it to sell so quickly." Then I heard a knock at the door.

The village chief opened the door and asked, "What makes you so excited?" ”

"Hey! The needlework was sold out early in the afternoon. You're really good at pinching! Wang Shan excitedly patted Yang Liufang's shoulder and said.

"Third brother, I also think of this layer, winter is coming soon, and people here have to make new or sew new clothes, cotton pants, cotton shoes, quilts, etc., so there will be a great demand for needlework and thread."

"Oh, it's true, we used to sell one by one, but now everyone has to pack it one by one."

"Oh, Brother Shi, what did you just say?"

"Oh, it just so happens that San'er is also here, and it has something to do with you, our big Buddha (said) wants Xiao Yang to contact the friend who has a truck and drive to give you a wedding gift."

"What time?"

"I looked for Mi Yinyang in the morning, and said that it was set for October 19th, which is a suitable day for marriage and marriage."

"Today is... October 12th, how many days is it left? Li Tongfu was wearing a sheepskin vest given to Yang Liufang by Wang Shan on his father's order, with a white towel wrapped around his head, like a farmer in the northwest. Although Yang Liufang listens to the radio every day, he only knows that today is November 13 in the solar calendar.

"Really. These days are busy every day, and the days are forgotten. The stone village chief also said.

"That's right, tomorrow I will go to the city and tell Zhang Feng that on the day of the 19th, let him drive to Wang Shan's house."

"Brother, tell him to charter a one-day car, and we will pay for the car."

"Oh, brother, how can I let you out! Emon (our) family out. ”

"Hey, third brother, you've been out of the car to help Emeng (us) do business, how can you let you out!"

"You can't say that, brother, both the second brother-in-law and the second brother-in-law are making money here for you (you), how embarrassed are you to be (you)!"

"One yard is one yard, since they are brothers, let's help each other! It's decided, don't fight, let's get dinner, and then see how we live tonight. ”

"Go burn the kang, from today on, our kang will burn, it's too cold." The head of Stone Village volunteered.

Because it is not yet winter, and the temperature of the charcoal fire is high, the kang burns casually, and the room is as warm as spring. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu slept on the kang for the first time, and they felt hot skin and pain, so they got up at night and drank water several times. In the end, I simply lifted the quilt and put it underneath before falling asleep.

Yang Liufang and Shi Village Chief got up to work as usual when the alarm clock rang at 5:30, and Li Tongfu also got up to make breakfast for everyone, only Wang Shan slept a little longer. But as soon as the saw sounded, he couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and watched them open the wooden square, and when he couldn't get busy, he reached out to help them stack the wooden square, and then pressed it with a rope.

After breakfast, Wang Shan sent Li Tongfu to the village headquarters, explained the situation to his father-in-law, and asked his father-in-law to send someone to find a car pulling sand and take Li Tongfu back to Xizhoucheng, while he drove the carriage back to Wang Shawan to help the family prepare a marriage ceremony.

In the 80s, the Xizhou marriage ceremony was more grand, since the men and women had already found Mi Yin and Yang to choose the auspicious day of October 19, the man's family should prepare for the engagement, and the necessary gifts for the general family are: two bottles of wine, two cigarettes, "Fangzi", "Lidang" fabrics, and pairs of clothes. The rest such as flower buns, melon seeds, and candy should also be prepared. Although it was already the late 80s, it was still relatively difficult to prepare these materials in the northwest, not to mention that people like Wang Shan and Yinhuajia were village cadres with heads and faces in the local area, and the gifts were more abundant than ordinary people.

When Li Tongfu returned to Xizhou to run errands, he brought a military coat and a pair of woolen toe shoes to Yang Liufang and himself, saying that Zhang Feng took him to the old chief's store in the army compound to buy them. In the following days, Li Tongfu went out to sell goods while helping Wang Shan and his father prepare for the wedding ceremony. Li Tongfu gave full play to his businessman's mind and prepared the gifts richly and beautifully.

After obtaining Yinhuada's consent, he asked Zhang Feng to drive to pick them up and went to the supply and marketing cooperatives where his classmate Wang Yanhua worked to buy "Lidang" fabrics and pairs of clothes, and invited Yanhua to attend their wedding by the way. In addition to blessing them, Wang Yanhua also promised to participate and give Yinhua a wedding.

In a blink of an eye, it was October 19, 1987, which was a very important day in Wang Shan and Zhao Yinhua's lives. Early in the morning, the people of Wangshawan Village began to prepare, and began to sprinkle water from the loess road at the entrance of the village, ready to welcome the arrival of Wang Shan and them.