As the Chinese New Year gets closer and closer, more and more people are getting married. It seems that later generations will squeeze in a few days to hold collective weddings at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. Originally, Yang Dongxu thought that the ceremony was only given on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month in Yinshan, and the marriage would not happen until early next year at the earliest. Who knew that they would get married on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.
From the introduction in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, to the consent of both parties, the parents of both parties agreed, and then the matchmaker communicated about the ceremony, to the marriage, it took just ten days for the whole life to be decided.
Although Yang Dongxu has experienced such things all his life, he is no longer surprised. He has even seen people get married after knowing each other for only ten minutes. But he was still stunned by the speed.
"Xu Zi, go up and mess with the bride." After the ceremony was completed and Xi Niang was sent to the new house, the women in the village, little kids, and young people like Xiao Wu all crowded upstairs excitedly.
Chaosing the bride is a custom in rural marriages, but compared with the vulgar customs of later generations, the current practice is not bad. The main purpose is to tease the bride and groom and join in the fun.
"Go ahead, I still have something to do here." Yang Dongxu waved his hand and said.
In fact, he also wanted to join in the fun, after all, it was actually quite interesting to join in on such a thing. It's just that he was arranged by the third grandfather's family to receive the bride's family, so he obviously couldn't run over and join in the fun.
There is something special about hosting your mother's family in Yangjiacun, because this time it is Xi's mother's brother who is not an elder, but in terms of seniority, it is actually the uncle who succeeds and it has nothing to do with him. Because this companion is naturally the best of his generation, so whether he is drinking or dining with someone of his generation, he has no scruples, and at the same time, he can be relaxed even if he is a young person.
But the bride's brother's table of dishes was arranged in the main room of his house. My father was called to help greet other guests, and my mother and sisters all ran to see the bride and join in the fun. Even old man Xuan felt that getting married like this was much more interesting than in the city, so he and his grandfather ran to nowhere. We chatted while watching the excitement.
Although the guests are accompanied by someone at home, what is it like if you don't leave one of them here to serve tea and water, and only leave your uncle and the other party to sit here and chat alone? So Yang Dongxu could only stay.
Of course, there must be more than one brother from my mother's family, but the brother is the host and guest, so he sits at the same table. Then the relatives who were accompanying her, as well as those who helped with the dowry and so on, sat on the other side to eat.
The bride's brother is already married and is 27 years old this year. In front of my uncle Shengli, a truck driver who has been running for half a year, he can't help but seem a little reserved.
However, after the uncle showed off for a while, he felt that it was not interesting, so the two of them talked about the heavy snowfall this year, the heavy snowfall in the past, the pork now, the pork that cost a few cents a pound in the past, and the thick noodle buns they used to eat. Steamed buns, and when you only have one pair of pants in the winter when you are poor.
Then we talked about how the other party had gone out to work in the past two years, the income from the vegetable greenhouses in Yangjiacun, and running a large truck. All in all, one was able to talk and the other was able to listen patiently. It was a good conversation between the two of them. Yang Dongxu, who was acting as a foil next to him, yawned repeatedly and wanted to go back to the house and take a nap.
In Yangjiacun, the pick-up time is very early, and the groom usually leaves at four or five o'clock in the night. If we set off at four or five o'clock, almost everyone will be up around three o'clock. I rarely get up so early all year long, and since I am not as excited as my peers like Daliang, I naturally want to go back to the house and take a nap.
The wedding was very lively, and everyone in the village went out together, helping those who should accompany the guests, and those who should help carry the dishes. In addition, Third Grandpa prefers to eat hard food, so everyone naturally eats and drinks very happily.
The wedding was lively and trouble-free. This was the perfect answer for a wedding. With the efforts of the whole village, the new daughter-in-law's family was escorted away, and everyone was relieved that the wedding was basically over.
The next morning, Yang Dongxu patted his head and climbed out of bed. Yesterday, due to the difference in seniority and the fact that there was a friend in Yangjia Village who was accompanying the bride's brother, Yang Dongxu naturally ran to another table to eat after serving tea and water.
As a result, there were several little sisters of the bride sitting on the table, and more importantly, none of them were married. There are no groomsmen or bridesmaids at this time, but I can't stand the fact that there are so many unmarried young men in Yangjiacun among my peers. So Xiao Wu and others coaxed him together, and Yang Dongxu was poured a lot of wine.
From beginning to end until now, Yang Dongxu has never thought about it. If you guys see that this girl is good, just forget it. If Xiaowu and the others want to join in the fun, they can go up and talk to each other to get close to each other. Why are they trying to trick me? I am a man, okay? Is it because Zhuo Qing'er is sitting next to him? But, I told you that she was my sister’s friend, not my girlfriend?
"I want you to drink less, drink less. See how you drank yesterday?" Yang's mother glared at her son angrily.
"Isn't this being tricked by Xiaowu and the others?" Yang Dongxu got himself a cup of hot water. His throat was dry and he didn't want to brush his teeth. He drank some water first before talking.
However, although he didn't understand why several villagers from the same village, and later the bride's family, poured wine on him yesterday, he clearly remembered the booing by Xiao Wu and others.
As for drinking, he had never experienced it either in this life or in the previous life. In short, no matter how much he drinks, no matter how much he vomits, or falls asleep or something, his body, mouth, and mind are always sober.
At most, I just need to be bolder by drinking, or I can just make a short film and let myself go. To be honest, Yang Dongxu has never experienced it. So although he drank a lot yesterday, he was definitely not drunk.
"Be nice to Miss Zhuo. She took good care of you yesterday." Yang's mother glanced at the door, then looked at her son hopefully.
"Mom, what's that look in your eyes? That's my friend's business partnership. Don't think about it." Yang Dongxu's scalp instantly became numb when he saw the ambiguous look in his mother's eyes.
He was really more confused about marriage than later generations. In later generations, it was because he had no money and no one liked him, or because he had no confidence and felt that he was not worthy of other girls, so things ended like this. Once delayed, delayed.
In this life, he has the conditions. It can be said that there are a lot of girls for him to choose from, and they are the kind who will definitely live a good life, will not cheat on him and cuckold him, and can support their husbands, teach their children, and run the house virtuously.
But he was still confused about getting married, even though he had fantasized countless times in his previous life about finding a girl he loved and who loved him, starting a family, having children, and living a happy life. But these fantasies suddenly flamed out as soon as they got married...
"Then you can't work hard yourself? I think this girl treats you..."
"Hang bang bang... what about mom, I'm going to brush my teeth. By the way, I cooked porridge in the morning. I'll just finish the porridge in a while. I don't want to eat the rest." Yang Dongxu didn't wait for mom to finish. He ran upstairs as if he was running away. If he couldn't afford to offend him, why couldn't he hide?
"This damn kid." Seeing that Yang Dongxu didn't answer the question at all, Yang's mother glared at her son angrily.
Yang Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief when his mother didn't follow him, but when he saw Zhuo Qing'er coming out of the room, the atmosphere felt a little awkward for some reason.
"What are you looking at?" Zhuo Qing'er felt something was wrong with the way Yang Dongxu looked at her.
"Nothing, I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face." Yang Dongxu replied and ran into the bathroom.
Nowadays, there is usually no bathroom on the second floor of a building in rural areas, let alone a toilet or something like that. Everyone in the family goes to the hut in front of and behind the house to solve the problem.
However, Yang Dongxu specifically said this when the Yang family was building a house, and also bought the toilet directly from outside, so that the builder of the house could prepare the sewers, circuits, and water pipes in advance.
It's just a pity that there is no solar energy now, and Yang's mother refuses to turn on the air conditioner because it consumes electricity. In addition, there is no running water in the town, let alone a rural area. So it was impossible to take a bath at home in the middle of winter. Even for brushing teeth, washing up, urinating at night, etc., it was water that slipped up from below in a bucket.
As for the problem of being able to go to the bathroom and go to the bathroom to solve the problem of the queen size when you turn on the air conditioner in the middle of the night, you can only solve the problem by putting on your clothes and going to the cold latrine below where you will freeze even after peeing. Yang Dongxu's balls hurt more than once, but there was nothing he could do, unless after helping the village build roads, he would pay to build a tap water tower for the village.
But this thing is obviously unreliable. Nowadays, every household in rural areas has a well, and the water quality is not polluted. You can eat it as much as you want and it doesn’t cost any money. If you build a tap water tower and charge money, no one will use it. You won’t charge money. If so, you will definitely lose money. To enjoy a few days at the end of the year and then lose money all year round? If he dared to do such a fucking thing, Yang's father and mother would definitely beat him to death.
"Hey, mom, what kind of meat is this? Who gave it to me?" Yang Dongxu asked curiously when he came down from upstairs and saw a piece of meat he had never seen before on the table in the main room. It didn't look like pork.
"Your second uncle's family sent it to him. He said that his relative's donkey broke its leg and couldn't work, so he had to kill it. He shared some of it and his family couldn't finish it and sent some over."
"Donkey meat, it's a good thing." Yang Dongxu's eyes suddenly brightened up when he heard it was donkey meat.
It is said that dragon meat is in the sky and donkey meat is in the earth. Although he can eat whatever he wants now that he has money, he has never eaten donkey meat. And in addition to the donkey meat lover, there are also two plump wild rabbits and pheasants tied at the door, which is simply wonderful.
Because my family borrowed a lot of money to buy big cars for the people in the village, I think for those who don't pay back the money, the quality of the people in Yangjia Village is pretty good. Although I can't pay back the money in a short period of time, I will give some worthless little things during the holidays to express my gratitude and tell the host that I have not forgotten the money I owe.
And these rabbits and pheasants look like someone got up early and went out into the fields to catch them. They will definitely taste better if they are properly treated. Especially the pheasant is a rooster with a big enough body and the drumsticks are definitely exciting. The reason why it is definitely a rooster is because the hens among pheasants are not as beautiful as the old hens at home. Only roosters can have such beautiful feathers to attract the opposite sex.
Therefore, in nature, it is completely the other way around that the one who is looking for a mate is good-looking. Generally, the males are either strong or beautiful, while the females usually want nothing, and many are even a bit earthy...
