Chapter 28

In Weizhuang Commune, the people were more used to getting married in winter

There was an old saying, “If you have money or not, marry a daughter-in-law to celebrate the New Year”

The main reason for this is that winter is the idle season, when you don’t have to earn any work, but also because food doesn’t spoil easily in the cold weather, and the leftovers from the wedding banquet can be preserved and eaten until New Year’s Eve

There were only a handful of people in the commune who got married in August like Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen

Luckily, the work in the fields was not too busy recently, so the captains of the two production teams announced a one-day work stoppage to ensure that the wedding of Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man could go on normally

Xu Man started her make-up at four o’clock

In ’77, when materials were still scarce, cosmetics were even scarcer

Wei Zhuang Commune didn’t have any specialized make-up artists

Xu Man had to go to school, so she didn’t even perm her hair, and refused to look like a horrible stranded face

She wore her own hair and makeup

She tied her own hair in a fresh pill head and pinned two red flowers made of plastic and silk to her hair

Mostly, there was no other choice, as this is the trend for weddings nowadays

She used a few cosmetics she picked up at the county department store to put on a slightly thicker, lighter makeup

The two small rooms of Xu’s house were crowded with busy people coming in and out

Xu Man had been in the world for more than a year, and only when he got married did he realize that there were so many relatives in his family, most of whom he had never met before

Anyone who came would come to the inner room to take a look at her, saying that they wanted to get a taste of the bride’s good fortune

Although Xu Wen’s makeup was simple, she was a good-looking woman and wore a festive red dress, which made her generous enough to let people look at her

Although she was not used to it, she felt like a monkey in a zoo

Compared to everyone’s joyfulness, Xu Wen was too calm to be a new bride

Unconsciously, she looked at the old-fashioned wall clock over and over again

Compared to the bustling Xu family, the Lu family, which had lost its parents, was slightly cooler

Only slightly

The production team had also stopped working for the day, so everyone came to Lu Yuanzheng’s place to join in the fun, and the older girls and daughters-in-law all came to help with the washing and cleaning

Dongsheng played hide-and-seek with a group of children in the overcrowded yard

All the men did hard work, chopping wood, cooking, and setting tables and stools

Lu Yuanzheng, as the only person in charge of the family and the groom, was even busier than ever

All the men, women and children looked to him for advice

“Zhengzi, do you think the quilt will fit here?

“Zhengzi, we don’t have enough cigarettes”

“Not enough chopsticks”

“Where did you put the couplets?”

“Did you buy a whip?”

Lu Yuanzheng solved all these problems, changed into new clothes, and managed to organize his bicycle team to go out

When it was five o’clock, Lu Yuanzheng talked to the consul’s grandfather, “Grandpa, why don’t we go pick up the bride earlier?”

The consul looked at his watch and frowned: “It’s not time yet! We’re not far from the Taoyuan brigade, so seven o’clock isn’t too late”

Lu Yuanzheng blinked, “I can’t wait!”

Grandpa Consul frowned, but he couldn’t say anything about Lu Yuanzheng on the big day, and only teased, “Knowing that your daughter-in-law looks as good as a fairy in a painting, you’re not too far off for an hour or two, are you?”

“Not bad” Lu Yuanzheng sighed lightly and could only tell the truth to the officiating grandfather

Grandpa OC: “”

What could he say?

He could only lead Lu Yuanzheng, Lu Yuanzheng led the others, and everyone rode bicycles in a line to the Taoyuan Production Brigade to pick up the bride

At the end followed by two mule-drawn flatbed trucks

One sat on the playback and one was used to pull the bride’s dowry

Not really expect the bride to have how much dowry, after all, in this era gave the bride price generally girls will directly stay in the mother’s family, usually is to give a few bedding and so on

The main thing is to move the bride’s daily clothes and shoes, as well as other miscellaneous things

Xu family side heard closer and closer to the sound of the gongs and drums, probe a look, found that the welcoming team has arrived in front of them, but also quite puzzled, “Why come so early?”

However, after all the slander, they all still followed in unison to see what was going on

Only Xu Wen wasn’t considered surprised

More than an hour ago

Lu Yuanzheng came knocking on the window, and it was Xu Man who opened the door

“What’s going on?” Xu asked Lu Yuanzheng what he meant by not being able to marry her

The Taoyuan brigade wasn’t far from the Lu family brigade, and even at Xu Man’s house, he could still faintly hear the clamor of gongs and drums

The first time I saw him, I saw him in the back of my head, and I was so happy to see him

Lu Yuanzheng, with one hand on his hipbone and the other on the back of his head, was in a bit of a bind

Xu asked him to look at his expression and guessed: “Is the unit temporarily recruited you back?”

Lu Yuanzheng is not the kind of temporary intention to regret marriage, in addition to this Xu asked can not think of other reasons

Lu Yuanzheng smiled bitterly, “You are sometimes smart and scary” He sighed softly, picking up on the non-classified content and telling Xu Man, “The team sent me a telegram, telling me to return immediately We have to go on a mission”

Where to go, how long to go, what to do, none of it could be said

Xu Man couldn’t tell what he felt in his heart, his hands unconsciously pinching and kneading the hem of his shirt as he softly asked, “We have to go now, right?”

Xu asked, “I have to go now?” Xu asked, “I have to go now?” Xu asked, “I have to go now?” Xu asked, “I have to go now?” Xu asked, “I have to go now?

Silence for a while astringently said, “There is still a little time, tomorrow morning there will be a car to pick me up together” He lifted his wrist and looked at his watch, “About eight o’clock or so to”

Road expedition as well as the surrounding city has a few vacation together comrades, the local sent a car to pick up one by one to send them together

The local train frequency is too small, so the local armed forces department sent a car to send them directly to the provincial train station, so that faster

By now it was estimated that there were already comrades on the way

“There’s still almost four hours left?” Xu Wen frowned and calculated, “According to the plan, are you arriving at my house at six o’clock?”

Lu Yuanzheng nodded

At six o’clock he brought the welcoming party to the door, ate the banquet, made a mess for a while, and picked up Xu Man to join him at Lu’s house for the wedding

The preparation was to go out at eight, hold the ceremony at nine, and have the banquet at twelve

Almost every time to do what are arranged clearly, also not really whole eight o’clock to go out, open the banquet is not really twelve o’clock, generally is eleven fifty-eight

“Then, if you come slightly earlier, or if we do the ceremony earlier does it have a big impact?”

Lu Yuanzheng opened his eyes round, a bit unable to believe what he heard, “I am so you are still willing to marry me?”

Receiving the bride and doing the ceremony early, other than not conforming to the so-called Liangchen, other than the impact is not big

And there are several time slots for a good hour, so there is a lot of room for choice

“Why are you unwilling? It’s not like you’re intentionally repenting the marriage” Xu asked in disbelief

Lu Yuanzheng froze, he had already prepared for the wedding to be canceled before he came

But even if the wedding was canceled, he wouldn’t even have the time to make amends, and the mess would still have to be left to Xu Man

Xu Wen calmly said, ”Besides, there’s only one ceremony missing now The money that should have been spent has been spent, everything that should have been bought has been bought, even the guests have been invited, to be exact the local distant family and friends have all arrived”

“Sorry!” Lu Yuanzheng apologized

Not only could he not give her a perfect wedding, he was afraid that he would also have to drag her down to be laughed at

Xu Wen shook his head, “It’s not like it’s your fault! You ”

“Ask, who are you talking to?” Zhu Meizhen also woke up

“With Lu Yuanzheng, he said he came an hour early to pick up the bride”

Zhu Meizhen was anxious: “Didn’t you say you’d come at six and leave at eight? How come it’s still an hour early?”

Hearing that Zhu Meizhen was about to come out, Xu Man was busy saying, “I was in too much of a hurry to eat that day, and I was wrong about the good time Mom, Lu Yuanzheng has already left, you don’t need to come out,” Xu Wen lied without changing his face, pushing Lu Yuanzheng out, mouthing, “Hurry up! Leave this to me”

Lu Yuanzheng: “”

He didn’t move

Xu Man saw this and pulled him up hard to run outside, turned the corner of the house, looked back and saw that even if the family came out at this angle, they couldn’t see it, before he spoke, “You telling them the truth will only make them mess up now This point to cancel the wedding Ken Kai is not too late, but continue they are holding back for me

Although sooner or later have to face, but hope they happy a few more hours At least let them happy to send me to get married also Don’t worry, I’ll explain afterward”

Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a while and compromised, “I owe you a wedding Say sorry to mom and dad for me”

Xu Wen nodded

When Lu Yuanzheng left, the Xu family got up and asked Xu what was going on, why did Lu Yuanzheng come over so early in the morning?

Xu Man then lied and said that he welcomed the bride an hour earlier and left an hour earlier

The Xu family are not very happy to hear, how can you change the time on the wedding day on purpose?

If it wasn’t for Lu Yuanzheng’s career, the Xu family would have suspected that Lu Yuanzheng was deliberately trying to make things difficult for them

However, if they are not happy on the wedding day, they can only compromise

After all, Lu Yuanzheng is for the sake of Liangchen!

After a few minutes of unhappiness, he immediately began to tightly began to organize the wedding

Xu family people have a lot of strength, even if a little early, but also not panic

In order to save time, Lu Yuanzheng did not even eat the son-in-law seat

He was centralized to make a fuss for a while, and was going to take Xu asked to go

As soon as he entered the inner room, he was stunned by Xu Man, who was dressed in red, and his breathing was messed up for a moment

“You’re so beautiful!” Lu Yuanzheng blurted out

Of course, he was met with laughter

If you want to take the bride away, you have to find the hidden corsage and shoes first

Under normal circumstances, Lu Yuanzheng would have been in a hurry to find the corsage and shoes slowly for fun

Now in a hurry, even the corsage and shoes were found within three minutes

But he will come to the matter, should give the red packet a penny not less Even if everyone thought it was too fast, no one said anything

Lu Yuanzheng knelt on one knee by the side of the kang and put Xu Man’s shoes on, carrying her down from the kang

Before leaving, he had to thank his parents and elders

Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man first held hands and kowtowed to their grandmother Then he knelt down in front of Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen and kowtowed three times

Zhu Meizhen instantly red eyes, marrying a daughter is a happy event, but when the daughter goes out, when the mother is inevitably reluctant

Xu Wen smiled with tears and warned Lu Yuanzheng: “If you are not good to my sister, I will ” waved his fist

Lu Yuanzheng has not yet made a statement, Xu Wen was Zhu Meizhen slapped: “Your sister’s big day of marriage, what are you talking about?”

Xu Wen let out an ouch and rubbed his head in embarrassment

Wedding day are only happy to say words of blessing, no matter which link is not right, or what things are not ready, will immediately skip, determined not to say unlucky words

The last part of the ceremony was a photo shoot

After taking a family photo, and a few large family photos, the wedding party was about to depart

Lu Yuanzheng took the lead in carrying Xu Man, followed by a few young men on bicycles who carried Grandma, Xu Qiushi, Zhu Meizhen, and the new bride’s delivery girl

On Wei Zhuang’s side, there were two people needed to send a daughter, a sister-in-law and an aunt or matron

These two people are called “sending daughters”

They are considered to protect the bride, as well as help the bride get ideas at the groom’s home

Xu Wen borrowed his own bicycle to carry Sang Xiaoqing

Xu Che was too young to ride in the oxcart

There are other friends and relatives who want to go to the wedding, some took the oxcart, some also ride their own bicycles, in order to come back convenient

A group of people rushed back to Lu Jia Village

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t waste any time on the road, popularizing some of his family’s situation to Xu Man

“You just arrived, a lot of things in the house may not know where they are, most of the Dongshengs know, just ask him Objects you can familiarize yourself with slowly

I still have a few hundred dollars left in my hand, I’ll leave it all with you when I arrive later I now have almost fifty dollars a month allowance, will also be remitted to you and Dongsheng monthly

If I said if, if I really can’t come back, there will also be a pension, to support you to college graduation is not a problem

As for Dongsheng, in fact, he himself enjoys some of the treatment of martyrs’ orphans, including the parents’ pension However, now the incident suddenly I can not report to change the recipient’s information, for the time being you can not get

But don’t worry, I will immediately find someone to deal with these problems as soon as I return to my unit”

“I don’t want these, I just want you to come back safely” Xu Wen reached out and circled Lu Yuanzheng’s waist, her face pressed against his back

In front of respectively, shyness was all luxury

Lu Yuanzheng felt a warmth on his back, one hand raised and lowered, the veins bursting in the hand that gripped the bicycle handlebars

There was a moment of silence before he spoke, “I’ll try my best”

He wanted to promise her that he wouldn’t let her feel bad, but he really couldn’t guarantee it

Xu Wen could rationally understand it, but emotionally he couldn’t accept it

Silent again for a while, Lu Yuanzheng stabilized his emotions, and then said, “I want to leave the matter, and my uncles have greeted, they will all help make good aftermath”

Lu Yuanzheng has been pulling and rambling all the way

They had only reached the entrance of the village when a sharp horn sounded behind them

The receiving team turned back in unison

An army-green jeep blinked to the front

Xu Man couldn’t help but squeeze the corner of Lu Yuanzheng’s coat tightly

The car that had come to pick him up had arrived