Chapter 146: Engagement
The warmest lights must be on your way home.
After getting off the train, the car from the factory of the eldest brother-in-law Liu Bin directly sent Jiang Xun to the family home of the Qindao Peking Opera Troupe.
When the car slowly drove into the familiar road and looked up at the warm lights on the side of the road, Jiang Xun couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.
At the mouth of the alley, under the warm light, father Jiang Wenyuan, mother Zhao Liming, eldest sister Jiang Feng and second sister Jiang Di stood at the gate of the family courtyard and looked into the distance, and the fiery red scarf danced in the wind on the body of the eldest sister Jiang Feng.
Jiang Xun suddenly had some tears in his eyes, I don't know when, Jiang Wenyuan's back was already a little stiff, the autumn wind blew the corners of his clothes, and Zhao Liming complained while pulling the zipper for him.
After the thunderstorm, he had time, and he came back this time because of his eldest sister Jiang Feng.
In this late autumn season, the eldest sister finally got engaged to her eldest brother-in-law Liu Bin.
Although they have been calling their eldest brother-in-law for more than a year, the two of them have not yet received the certificate.
"Dad-Mom-Sister——。"
The car stopped, Jiang Xun pushed the car door, calculated that he hadn't been home for more than half a year, if it wasn't for the eldest sister's engagement, he really wouldn't be able to come back.
"Daxun—"
Jiang Di was slightly stunned when he saw the car, and then he ran over and hugged his younger brother's neck.
Jiang Feng took the leatherette bag in Jiang Xun's hand, held his mother's hand, and stood aside with a smile, she didn't speak, but her eyes were already smiling into crooked crescents.
was originally engaged in August, but her brother didn't come back from the rehearsal, so she gritted her teeth and changed the date, this is the big day of her life, she wants to reunite with her family, and she wants her brother to be by her side.
"Dad." Jiang Xun looked at his father, and his father's eyes were proud, kind, and kind...... This is the father's eyes, looking at a child who has not returned home for a long time.
In front of Lao Jiang's house, a warm orange lamp illuminated the mottled door, and the family pushed the door and walked in, the house was already full of incense, Jiang Xun knew that his parents and sister were busy for this dinner at night.
"Mom and Dad, this is a filial piety to you." Jiang Xun took out two Peking roast ducks from the package, as well as preserved fruit snacks.
"Brother-in-law, this is for you." Two Jinjian cigarettes, a brand that Peking people love to smoke.
"Daxun still remembers me ......" Liu Bin was very happy, and felt that he had a good face in front of his father-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Seeing that his lover was happy, Jiang Feng smiled and brought the noodles to the table, "Daxun, eat first." "Get off the horse dumplings and get off the horse noodles, the family still makes lo noodles, and with the peeled garlic cloves, Jiang Xun only ate one bowl, and his head sweated slightly.
The autumn dishes cooled down too quickly, and there were a few dishes that had not yet been cooked, but four cold dishes had already been put on the table.
"Daxun, I heard that you bought a house in Beiping?" Liu Bin poured liquor for Jiang Xun, but let Jiang Feng take it away again, and she didn't let her younger brother drink liquor.
"Well," Jiang Xun picked up a fried shrimp, "It's in Dongchang Hutong, west of Wangfujing, when you and my sister get married and travel, go to Beiping to have a look, and live there." ”
This is a big deal, the child bought the house quietly by himself, which made Jiang Wenyuan and Zhao Liming feel uncomfortable, but then they thought again, the child has the ability and money to spend, he will not be hungry in the future, he will spend money, and he will have a place to live in the future.
Jiang Xun didn't know what the old couple was thinking, he got up and took out the room book from his bag, Jiang Wenyuan and Zhao Liming immediately got up solemnly, Zhao Liming handed the spoon in his hand to Jiang Feng, wiped his hands on the apron, and then took the room book.
"The courtyard of the two entrances," Jiang Xun smiled and hugged his parents' shoulders, "It's very spacious, and you will live in the backyard when you come to Beiping." ”
"So, my brother has become a native of Beiping?" Jiang Di immediately laughed.
"What Beiping people, that is, Qindao people, we don't go anywhere, it's better to stay in Qindao than anywhere." Zhao Liming said this in her mouth, but she was happy in her heart, happy to be happy, she still thought that if you have money, why don't you buy a building, why buy a courtyard, you didn't live enough when you were a child!
"Sister, with a new home, are you reluctant to go back to our house?" Seeing the eldest sister scooping noodles for herself again, Jiang Xun made a joke about her sister.
Jiang Feng and Liu Bin both worked in the brewery, and the factory gave them a small room.
Jiang Feng is a little embarrassed, her personality is very quiet, and she is like this when she is a child.
"You, go see your sister's new house tomorrow and help ......clean it up," Zhao Liming instructed.
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Liu Bin is the chief of the supply and marketing section of the factory, and Jiang Feng works in the inspection department of the factory.
Two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, more than 50 square meters, although the area is a little smaller, it is also an old house, but it is really a genuine unit.
The family rushed to the family courtyard of the brewery, the original occupants had moved out, and an iron lock was symbolically hung on the door, but it was not locked.
"No, I have to buy a new lock tomorrow, this door doesn't look strong, I have to find a carpenter to repair it......" Jiang Wenyuan has already regarded this place as his daughter's home, and every grass, tree, and household is worth maintaining and worrying about his daughter.
"How?" Jiang Feng took a turn inside, his face was radiant, and he looked like a hostess.
"Not bad." Jiang Xun also sighed, okay, the eldest sister got married and had her own house, which is what many people dream of.
It is a very common situation in this era that there are many employees and few houses.
It is common for employees to be married for many years and have not been allocated housing, and it is common for them to repeatedly postpone marriage without housing, and once the unit is divided into houses, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, whose position, length of service, population, performance, etc., you know it yourself, and others know better.
A while ago, a female employee of the brewery was dissatisfied with the division of the room, and broke into the meeting site with a large bottle full of alcohol and a lighter......
Jiang Wenyuan and Zhao Liming stopped talking, the family lived in a tube building when they were young, and the neighbors quarreled over water, argued over a honeycomb coal, and almost choked out nephritis for the toilet...... It seems like it was yesterday.
"Well, Comrade Daxun, we will come often in the future, and the eldest sister will make food for us." Jiang Di smiled and patted his brother's face, and he giggled.
"I don't care who lives in it, it's our own house after all," Jiang Wenyuan loved more and more at this house, "Tomorrow, Daxun and I will go out to buy a few buckets ......of paint, brush the doors and windows, and then open the walls of the dining room and living room, and it will be much brighter."
"Dad, no, how can I let you work with Daxun, tomorrow, I will find a few people from the factory, that is, the morning's business......" Liu Bin patted his chest.
"Sister, what do you put here?" Jiang Xun pointed to the living room, the living room is very small, in fact, it is also a dining room, there is no way, the area of the house is too small.
"Sofa, TV," Liu Bin said with a smile, "Your sister loves to watch TV when she plays sweaters, and the two of us have been to see it, West Lake, Peacock, Changhong, Panda, Venus...... Your sister is optimistic, the panda's fourteen-inch color TV ......"
Oh, Jiang Xun nodded.
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There are several things in a person's life that are very sacred, and engagement is one of them.
In the hearts of the people of Qindao, engagement is the second biggest day after marriage.
Before getting engaged, the old Liu family has to prepare some things, what engagement rings, gift money (commonly known as engagement money) and small six things, and the mother-in-law also prepares two red envelopes, two red belts, and two sets of clothes according to the tradition of the elders.
"Mother-in-law's jacket is worn to the old", the cotton jacket is indispensable in the two sets of clothes, the cotton jacket is intimate and has a face, although at this time, young people have rarely worn cotton jackets, they all wear sweaters, and the cotton jackets can only be used to press the bottom of the box.
The red jacket and the golden silk, Jiang Feng held it in his hand, and laughed involuntarily.
Today, Liu Bin's family must be going to buy sugar, six catties of sorghum syrup, six catties of prawn crisp, six catties of pork, in Qindao, as long as it is said that it is one-size-fits-all, the meat seller must know that it is ready for engagement.
There are also six fish, it must be a fish with scales, it is basically a yellow croaker in Qindao, the yellow croaker represents the yellow flower girl, that must not use pomfret and saury, the homonym of "male thief and female prostitute" is not good.
Six catties of sugar, six packs of dim sum, six packs of vermicelli, six bottles of wine, plus six fish and a knife of meat, these little six things are all alive!
Putting down the padded jacket, Jiang Feng went out with Liu Bin, and the two of them had to go to the treasure gold building to pick up jewelry.
In Qindao, young men and women are betrothed as soon as they step into the "Treasure and Golden Building", and they have enough reason to announce to the world that they will be married in as little as three months or as long as half a year.