Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 226 Wedding
Speaking of which, Yi Weidong picked up the pig into the water in a large net bag and handed it to Wang Zhiguo,

Wang Zhiguo said politely: "Weidong, why are you so polite! Please come to have a wedding wine and you will bring me some meat."

The main table was all stewed with pig offal, and Yi Weidong sent this to add more meat to it.

Yi Weidong said: "If you didn't get the pig to send it, I wouldn't have the pig in the water, isn't it just right!"

Wang Zhiguo said, "Thank you Weidong."

"Why are you polite, brother Xiaomin is here?"

"It's all in the Westinghouse."

Wang Zhiguo picked up the quilt that Yi Weidong brought, only to find that there were still some snack paper wrapped in the net pocket.

"Weidong, why did you bring snacks?"

"Can I buy it and eat it myself?"

Wang Zhiguo was so blocked that he had nothing to say, so he could only walk towards the main room with Yi Weidong, who was carrying a snack bag, in his arms.

After entering the main room, Yi Weidong first asked Wang Zhiguo's father, who was smoking dry tobacco:

"Uncle Wang, hello! Congratulations to you."

When you meet someone you haven't met a few times, don't ask if you still remember me. Most of them have already forgotten. Uncle Wang only remembered who Yi Weidong was under Wang Zhiguo's explanation.

If it weren't for Yi Weidong to help get the sewing machine, the intermediary fees for collecting pigs and donkeys would be high, and I don't know when this marriage can be done.

Uncle Wang smiled and said, "It's you, if you hadn't helped Wang Zhiguo, our family's life would have been much harder!"

"Master, you are welcome, brother Zhiguo also helped me a lot." Yi Weidong put the net bag on the table and said:
"Here are some snacks I brought to my younger siblings, and the uncle will share them with them later."

"Look at you, you traveled all the way, and you still want to bring food for a few of their brats."

"Master, you're leaving me now. When I come to you, it's like going back to my own home. They are also my younger brothers and sisters. It's also right to buy them some snacks."

Yi Weidong chatted with Uncle Wang and went into the West Room with Wang Zhiguo,

In the room, Wei Xiaomin and two young people of similar age were chatting. When Wei Xiaomin saw Yi Weidong coming over, he said with a smile:
"Weidong, come and sit down quickly. I was thinking why you didn't come, so you came in."

"Brother Xiaomin, it was too cold on the road and I warmed up for a while. Is it not too late?"

"It's really you, too. You're still warming up on the fire halfway. It's not too late. I can catch up with dinner."

After Wei Xiaomin finished speaking, he introduced: "These two are our comrades-in-arms. The tall and thin one is Xu Jianzhang, and the one wearing glasses is Geng Lecheng."

They introduced Yi Weidong again and said hello to each other.

Wang Zhiguo said: "You guys are chatting, I'll go out first."

Wei Xiaomin waved his hand: "Go do your work, I'll greet Weidong for you."

After Wang Zhiguo went out, Wei Xiaomin asked, "Weidong, if you don't leave tomorrow, how about we go hunting wild boars?"

The last time Yi Weidong and Wang Zhiguo walked around the periphery, the mountains and forests were not too deep, and he thought about harvesting wild boars by himself, but later on there was no shortage of pork to eat, so he didn't sneak over to hunt wild boars.

I just took this opportunity to go into the mountains with Wei Xiaomin, and there will be no accidents if I have space in hand.

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "Okay, it's safe and secure to go into the mountains with brother Xiaomin."

Wei Xiaomin smiled and said, "Then it's settled, the four of us will go into the mountain together."

Yi Weidong chatted with the three of them, mostly telling interesting stories about his time as a soldier. From time to time, a friend or a comrade-in-arms for the motherland would come, and the West Room was soon full of people.

In the evening, two tables were opened, one for my family and relatives, one for comrades in arms and friends, each with a bowl of noodles, each with a poached egg, some offal cut into thin shreds and sprinkled on top, and two servings of stewed cabbage Vegetable dish with radishes.

At this time, life was difficult, and it was not easy for Wang Zhiguo to get this meal for him. Those with poor families would just stir fry some cabbage and spicy radish with stick noodles.

White noodles are already a delicacy for entertaining guests, not to mention eggs and shredded pork.

After dinner, Wei Dong, Wei Xiaomin and other comrades-in-arms went into the west yard together. This is Wang Zhiguo's new house. The houses in the mountainous area are all built of stones. superior.

Wei Xiaomin saw Yi Weidong coming in and said with a quilt smile, "It's still Weidong who is thoughtful enough to bring his own quilt."

Yi Weidong spread the quilt on the end of the kang, and said, "Who can have a few more quilts now, anyway, I came here on a three-wheeler, so it's not a troublesome thing to bring a quilt."

Wang Zhiguo looked at his comrades-in-arms and said with a smile: "My family really doesn't have enough bedding, the brothers can only sleep with their clothes on."

Fortunately, several of them were wearing military overcoats, and there was still a kang burning in the room, so it would not be cold to sleep directly on the kang.

Several comrades-in-arms all smiled and said it was all right, everyone was used to hard times, and they could make ends meet no matter what.

Marriage is always a dowry quilt for the woman, and now they are still at the partner's house. Wang Zhiguo has no choice but to borrow the quilt.

Wang Zhiguo went out to bring poker and chess, and they played in pairs.

After playing in the middle of the night, they lay on the kang in a mess, covered with military overcoats, and fell asleep like this.

After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, Wang Zhiguo set off with his new bicycle, accompanied by his family elders, four-color gifts, and two donkeys.

People from Wang Zhiguo Village have already come to hand over gift money one after another. Yi Weidong saw that most of them gave gifts, some with a washbasin, some with a thermos bottle, some with a dozen eggs, and some with a pair of benches. .

Yi Weidong remembered that he hadn't paid the gift money yet, and asked Wei Xiaomin, "Brother Xiaomin, how much did you pay?"

Wei Xiaomin said, "It's all up to you. You've already sent a pair to the water, so you don't have to hand it over."

Their comrades-in-arms seem to be unified, and whoever gets married gets the same gift money, so it doesn't matter if they get more or less, and the money will come back when it's their turn to get married.

A pair of boots can be sold for several dollars, which is already very high if converted into gift money, but how could Yi Weidong just be so vague.

Think about Wang Zhiguo and the others just getting married, let’s give some food stamps. At this time, food stamps are more useful than money. You can’t buy food without food stamps at restaurants, but if you only have food stamps, you can use food stamps to exchange for money. So food stamps are better than money.

Yi Weidong walked to the reception table, took out fifty catties of fine food stamps and handed them to the recipient, saying:
"Order Yi Weidong's name, fifty catties of fine food stamps."

The old gentleman who wrote the account was just about to write his name, and asked suspiciously: "It seems that Zhiguo has confessed before that there is another Yi Weidong who handed over a pair of pigs."

It turned out that Wang Zhiguo also thought that Yi Weidong's entry into the water was a gift money.

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "You just keep writing."

Seeing that the writing was correct, Yi Weidong warned: "Please don't tell Brother Zhiguo about me."

The two old gentlemen nodded with a smile, and then Yi Weidong turned and left the reception table.

At around ten o'clock, Wang Zhiguo pushed the bride into the yard with a smile on his face. The bride's dowry was carried on the back of the two donkeys. The most conspicuous thing was the sewing machine.

Having bicycles and sewing machines is still the first part of Wangyugou's brigade, and the neighbors watching the excitement cast envious eyes.

Both the bride and groom were dressed in green military uniforms, with the leader's badge and big red flowers on their chests, and the bride didn't have a red hijab either, smiling naturally and generously.

If it wasn't for Wang Zhiguo's service in the army, he might have obtained a green military uniform. Ordinary people can get married in ordinary clean clothes.One year's cloth ticket is not enough for a set of cotton clothes, how can one afford to buy new clothes.

It was the first time Yi Weidong met Wang Zhiguo, and it could be said that he was a flower in eight villages. No wonder Wang Zhiguo was full of happiness when he talked about his bride.

The secretary of the brigade was the Fifth Uncle Wang Zhiguo whom Yi Weidong had met before to preside over the wedding.

Only Uncle Wu shouted loudly:
"I announce that the revolutionary wedding between Wang Zhiguo and He Xuemei has officially begun."

"First, three bows to our leader."

Uncle Wu turned sideways, Wang Zhiguo and He Xuemei bowed three times to the plaster statue of the leader on the square table.

Yi Weidong had heard before that it was better to get married now than before. The old society was different, and it was completely different from the later generations. This is the first time to participate in a wedding ceremony, and it looks really interesting.

(End of this chapter)