When we returned to Tuoshan Coal Mine, the sun had already set!
Zhou Yang first found his eldest brother and asked about the wedding room. After all, to pretend to be a wedding room, he first needed to know where the house was.
I learned that the wedding room has been decided, and that my eldest brother and a few friends also cleaned the house in the afternoon.
At that moment, Zhou Yang asked his eldest brother to take Master Zhao, drive the car to Fen's house, and then began to unload the goods into the house.
The house allocated to the eldest brother and sister-in-law at the mine is not bad. After all, the sister-in-law is also a mid-level cadre in the mine. Plus her family background is such that no one will deny her face.
Although the mine allotted them only two small houses with a total area of less than 40 square meters, they were both brick houses. In a place like Tuoshan Coal Mine, it was really extremely luxurious to live in a brick house.
Compared to the underground house where my eldest brother and the others live, the conditions are many times better.
At that moment, Zhou Yang, Fan Debiao, Uzhina, Qiqige and others immediately began to decorate the wedding room without taking any time to rest or eat.
After all, the wedding time has been set, it will be the day after tomorrow.
There are still many things to prepare during this period, and there is really not much time left for them.
Although it is a wedding room, it is actually not very troublesome to decorate. The house has been cleaned anyway.
All that's left is to lay out the new felt and kang cloth, stack the new quilt and mattress neatly, and put all other items away.
Then, stick the big red words "Happy" on the windows. All in all, it is necessary to achieve a clean and happy effect.
With the hard work of several people, the wedding room was decorated in less than an hour.
Later, Zhou Yang asked his eldest brother to put on new clothes, then took the things he bought and went to his sister-in-law to propose marriage and give the betrothal gift.
Zhou Yang specifically asked Qiqige that proposing marriage is an indispensable step in the Mongolian marriage event. Under normal circumstances, the procedure is very cumbersome and grand.
According to Qiqige, on the grasslands, when the girls or boys of the Mongolian family reach the age of seventeen or eighteen, the elders of the family begin to look for partners for them.
If a young man falls in love with a girl from a certain family, before getting engaged, he must ask a matchmaker to bring sugar, brick tea, hada and other items that symbolize harmony, sweetness, exuberance, respect, etc., wrapped in a white handkerchief to match him. If the girl accepts , the marriage can proceed.
Then the groom's parents and himself will propose to his wife with gifts such as hada, dairy products, and candies, which is what people often call asking for his wife.
Generally speaking, such gift-giving usually takes two to three years.
In the past two or three years, there are specific times when the man goes to the woman’s house to give gifts. For example, when the seasons change, he has to give away clothes for the season. On July 15th, he asks his wife to give gifts to everyone, and the woman looks at the craftsmanship of the man’s family. , is he an ingenious family?
On August 15th, ask your wife to send you mooncakes to see if the groom's family makes them sweet and delicious, and if you are willing to spend money, use this to measure whether the groom's family is generous or stingy.
In the twelfth lunar month, when making new year's goods, you have to send oil, kūlüè, etc. to the girl. During the busy farming season, you have to go to the girl's house to help. This goes back and forth for two or three years before getting engaged.
After the woman accepts the engagement, the man will send three wines to the woman. If the woman accepts and drinks all three wines, the marriage will be confirmed.
When the wedding day is approaching, the man will give the woman a gift, usually a whole sheep, wine, tea, and hada. The woman warmly entertains the gift-giver, and both parties toast, recite auspicious phrases, and sing songs to celebrate, so that the man and woman can agree on a wedding date.
But it is obviously impossible for my brother and sister-in-law to follow such steps again. Firstly, there is no time, and secondly, it is meaningless. After all, it has been more than five years since they received their marriage certificate.
Therefore, the province’s etiquette and procedures must be spared!
So Zhou Yang decided to propose marriage, get engaged, and pay the betrothal gift in one step, as long as there was a ceremony.
Of course, the procedure is saved, but the sincerity cannot be lost.
Therefore, Zhou Yang specially bought two whole sheep. One was used to entertain guests when he was getting married, and the other was used as a betrothal gift for his eldest brother.
In addition to a whole sheep, Zhou Yang also prepared a betrothal gift for his sister-in-law, as well as sugar, tea, milk wine, candy cubes, Hada and other items.
In the cadre dormitory, Tana and Su Rina had just returned from washing clothes!
The dormitory where Zhou Ping lived collapsed in the earthquake yesterday, and a lot of things were buried inside, including a lot of new clothes bought by his brother-in-law.
This afternoon Zhou Ping and his men dug out all those things from the pit. Although they were not damaged much, they were all very dirty.
Especially those new clothes that I usually don't want to wear, it's really a pity.
Thinking that she was getting married in a day or two, Tana took all the dirty clothes back and washed them.
Since there were so many things to clean, Tana's good friend Su Rina also helped her wash them.
As soon as I returned to the dormitory, before I could take a breath, there was a rapid knock on the door.
Su Rina was relatively close to the dormitory door and immediately stood up to open the door.
When she opened the door, she was stunned.
I saw Zhou Ping standing handsomely outside the door wearing clean and tidy clothes, holding a white towel in his hand.
Behind him were more than a dozen men and women, each carrying large and small bags, and even a whole slaughtered fat sheep.
"Surina, who is it?"
Tana's voice came from the house. She saw Suzina standing there stupidly without moving for a long time after opening the door, and immediately asked.
"Tana, you...your man is here!"
After hearing Suzina's words, Tana immediately stood up and came over.
At the same time, Zhou Ping had opened the door and walked in.
Seeing how Zhou Ping was dressed and seeing the things held by the people behind him, Tana immediately understood what Zhou Ping was going to do.
Suddenly, she was so excited that tears fell down!
As a Mongolian girl, she also hopes that like other girls, her beloved will come to propose marriage, get engaged, give betrothal gifts, and then get married with the blessings of her parents and relatives.
But she knew that it was not easy for her and Zhou Ping to get together, and she didn't dare to expect too much.
What's more, Zhou Ping is a Han Chinese, so he may not understand these things.
However, now he not only came unexpectedly, but also came with all the items needed to propose marriage according to their Mongolian customs, which moved her very much.
After entering the door, Zhou Ping looked at Tana with tearful eyes and said seriously: "Tana, I'm here to propose marriage to you!"
"Um..."
"Tana, although this day comes a little late and you have suffered so much, I promise that from now on I will use my life to love you and protect you. Are you willing to give me this chance? "
While speaking, Zhou Ping gave away the white towel in his hand.
In Mongolian tradition, a white towel represents purity, and holding a white towel means that a girl agrees to date a boy.
"I do!"
With that said, Tana took the towel from Zhou Ping's hand!
At this time, Zhou Yang also walked up to Tana, then took out a red cloth bag and handed it to her hand.
"Sister-in-law, this is the betrothal gift from our Zhou family to you. The betrothal gift is 666 yuan, including a whole sheep, two pounds of sugar, two pounds of honey, and a pair of brick tea... I wish my eldest brother and sister-in-law to be together forever, grow old together, and have a son soon. !”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present opened their mouths!
Betrothal gifts are available to both Mongolian and Han people. In comparison, most of the Mongolian people only give symbolic gifts, usually not too much.
On the contrary, the woman's dowry is usually not small, which is also traditional.
The betrothal gift for the Han people varies from person to person, but it will not exceed a hundred yuan at most, after all, where is everyone's income right now.
However, the Zhou family suddenly gave out a super high gift of 666 yuan. This size really shocked everyone, not to mention there were so many items.
It can be expected that the news of the Zhou family's re-employment to marry Tana will spread throughout the mining area in less than tomorrow!
For a moment, no matter whether they were inside or outside the house, whether they were gays or lesbians, their eyes were full of envy when they looked at Tana!
PS: Maybe I have a cold, or maybe I won the bid. My head has been dizzy and painful since yesterday. If the book is discontinued tomorrow, it may have been taken away, which is so sad!
