Changping Village, Lao Wang's house.
Although it was a simple matter of setting up two tables of meals and inviting relatives and friends to sit at home, in the end, under Dabai's clever words, Yang Huamei not only spent 500 yuan to buy the meals, but also decorated Dabai Hongmei's house. .
There were two sets of brand new bedding on the bed, a bright red satin quilt, and a complete set of teacups, teapots, wash basins, footbaths, and toilets.
In addition, they also spent money to buy two new clothes for Dabai and Hongmei. After all, they originally planned to spend 500 yuan to buy a complete set, but ended up spending nearly three taels of silver.
Yang Huamei felt distressed.
But seeing the joy inside and outside the house, and the son and daughter-in-law dressed in a festive style, the previous depression caused by Wang Shuanzi's death seemed to be gone. After the new atmosphere emerged, Yang Huamei felt that these three taels of money were wasted. value!
On the day of the banquet, Lao Yang's family sent Tan and Yang Huazhong as representatives, and no one from the other houses went to the banquet.
However, the fifth roommate, Bao Suyun, and Liao Meiying and Cao Bamei sent money to Yang Huazhong and asked him to transfer his feelings to Yang Huamei.
Over at Lao Wang's family, Wang Hongtao and his two sons came over to join in the fun. Dabai's aunt and uncle also didn't come over. In addition, there was Wang Hongquan.
The original plan was to have two tables of meals, but one table was already occupied, including seats for Da Bai and Xiao Hei.
Xiao Heike was excited about this. He remembered his mother Yang Huamei's previous warning that if there were too many guests to seat, he would have to stay in the kitchen and eat the leftovers.
There are few guests at the moment, so if we can sit down, he can sit down at the table and eat the first wave, which is great!
However, the smile on Yang Huamei's face was not so bright, and there were waves of bitterness in her heart.
In the village, even if someone with poorer conditions than her family held a wedding banquet, the relatives and friends who came to congratulate would still have to have two or three tables.
I only have one table at home, it’s really... ugh!
Because today is the wedding of Dabai and Hongmei, Hongmei and Yang Huamei did not cook the food, but asked Wang Hongtao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to help.
Before the banquet started for a group of people, Wang Hongquan took a bunch of firecrackers and set them off at the entrance of the courtyard.
Seeing the villagers peeping in at the entrance to the courtyard, Wang Hongquan changed his usual temper and asked Dabai to go back to the house and grab two handfuls of candies to share with the villagers.
When someone eats your candy, they should praise you and say a few words of good luck.
At the dinner table, Hongmei, also dressed in festive clothes, came with Dabai to toast, and formally served Yang Huamei tea in front of everyone and called her mother.
Although Yang Huamei still didn't feel good in her heart, she still smiled and agreed, and took out a wallet containing 68 yuan and gave it to Hongmei as a change fee.
Hongmei called her "Ga Po" to Mrs. Tan again.
Mrs. Tan is sitting here not because of Dabai and Hongmei, but because of Yang Huamei.
Therefore, Mrs. Tan even snorted in her nostrils, recognizing her nephew-in-law. At the same time, she did not forget to warn Hongmei:
"It's your mother-in-law's kindness and your blessing that you can marry into the family in a red and green dress. You should cherish your blessings, don't commit suicide, and live a good life with Dabai in the future. You should also be filial to your mother-in-law, do you understand?"
Hongmei naturally smiled and said, "I know, please rest assured." '
Then there is Aunt Dabai. After all, Aunt Dabai is still grateful for her dead brother Shuanzi. She happily holds Hongmei's hand and gives her a lip-correction red envelope.
Although the number of red envelopes is not as large as that given by Yang Huamei's mother-in-law, it is still enough for an aunt, at least in line with the standards of eight villages in ten miles.
After toasting with wine, Dabai sent red plums back to the wedding room with the red word "Happy" on it.
As soon as she walked in, the smile on Hongmei's face disappeared without a trace.
"I have never seen such a shameful wedding. I had to smile apologetically throughout the whole process. It was really frustrating."
Dabai also felt guilty. He had grown up eating wedding wine in the village, and this scene was indeed at the bottom of the list.
"I see you received two red envelopes. Take them out and see how much you get."
He then used this incident to change the subject.
It's okay if it doesn't move, but once it does, Hongmei's face becomes even more ugly.
She shook the coins in the two red envelopes on the bed and pulled them out casually, "It's amazing, I actually got nearly a hundred coins. We have made a fortune!"
Dabai came over to take a look, and his face turned dark.
"Please be patient for now and give me some time. I will make sure you enjoy the meal." He gritted his teeth and said.
Hongmei sat sideways on the edge of the bed, twitching her lips and sneering.
Now she was really regretful that she shouldn't have been hasty with Dabai, let alone get obsessed with shopkeeper Zhang.
Shopkeeper Zhang is such a good man, he loves her so much, does everything by her, and makes a lot of money.
The only drawback is that he is a little older, several years older than her, and a little fat.
Because she had been taking care of her livelihood in the shop for many years, she had forgotten about things under the covers. She was really obsessed with it. Why did she think that a pretty boy like Dabai was good in the first place?
Just for Dabai's pretty face?
Or was it directed at his honey-smeared mouth?
She can't make any money, and she's so cowardly, she won't even care if I give her a panan!
"Today is our special day, don't pout, I'll show you something to make sure you're happy."
Dabai came over, put his arm around Hongmei's shoulders and said again.
"what's that?"
Dabai then took out a box of rouge from his arms and stuffed it into Hongmei's hand.
"Now, your favorite."
Hongmei took the rouge, and the corners of her mouth were raised slightly, and her face was no longer as dark as before.
"When did you buy it? Why did you take it out now?" she asked.
Her fingers gently stroked the pattern on the rouge box. It was such a long-lost thing. She used to go to the county town to buy it two or three times a month.
There are also some gouache, charcoal, spices...
Now I really can’t even think about it.
"My mother gave me money to buy something this time. I bought it for you secretly, just to give you a surprise."
"do you like it?"
"Of course I do. I used to like these the most."
"Haha, I also remember that you used to put on rouge, you were beautiful and bright, and then I decided that I don't want you to be my mistress, and I want you to be my wife."
"Even though I'm nearly ten years younger than you, it doesn't matter to me at all. I just like you like this, really."
Well, Hongmei admitted that she really couldn't resist Dabai's words.
Saying this is like pouring honey, it can make people faint.
"Okay, okay, I'm not angry anymore. As long as you have the heart to treat me, I'm willing to give you time, but you must make a living!"
Hongmei accepted Rouge, held Dabai's face in her hands and spoke sincerely.
