My village can't be like this

Chapter 237
When Zhang An was drinking the rice soup, Su Ying knocked him with her hand.

"Look, Zhang An, a monkey has come to the house."

As soon as Su Ying looked up, she found a monkey coming towards the house unscrupulously.

She thought to herself, this monkey is too brave, he is not afraid of so many big dogs in the yard.

Unexpectedly, Xiaohu, who was lying at the door, just took a look at the monkey and continued to close his eyes to rest.

And the other big dogs didn't care about it at all, and let it come and go freely.

Zhang An took a look and found that the Great Sage who hadn't been home for several days had returned.

"Yo, this old man still knows how to come back."

I haven't seen this splashing monkey for a few days, Zhang An will not give it a good face.

Since a few days ago, this monkey has not appeared at home, Zhang An thought that someone caught it and took it back.

But when asked about it later, Wang Baosheng and his children said that they saw the Great Sage running into the mountain a few days ago.

Zhang An thought that this guy had been down the mountain for too long, so he was homesick.

Since it wasn't taken away by someone, Zhang An didn't bother to care about it.

Anyway, the mountains are its home, since it is going home, it must not be hungry.

I didn't expect this guy to come back after a few days, just like visiting relatives.

"This monkey is called the Great Sage. It used to follow me back with a shameless face, and lived at home for a long time, so it is quite familiar with these animals at home."

Seeing that Su Ying was puzzled, Zhang An told Su Ying about the monkey's origin.

"It turned out that it was also raised at home. I was still thinking, why Xiaohu and the others didn't care about this monkey."

Knowing that Zhang An likes to raise some animals, Su Ying didn't make too much fuss.

After all, Zhang An's house now has the most animals of all kinds.

Seeing that Zhang An didn't want to talk to it, the monkey ran to the counter to pick up the cattail fan.

He moved to Zhang An's side and began to flirt, trying to please Zhang An with a fan.

You must know that Zhang An usually asks him to fan him, and he has to give him a peach as a reward.

It was rare to see this guy show his hospitality once, so Zhang An took it as forgiveness.

Then let him wash his hands and bring his own bowl to eat.

Then the Great Sage washed his hands and came over with his own wooden bowl.

The rice soup was finished, but there were still two scallion pancakes left, so Wang Fang gave it all.

This guy probably hasn't had enough food for the past few days, so he grabbed the scallion pancake and started to eat it in big mouthfuls.

At this time, Su Ying actually thought that this monkey was quite cute.

It's not that she has never seen a monkey, after all, she has been in the provincial university for four years.

Qianling Mountain in the provincial capital can be said to be another Huaguo Mountain, because there are not many monkeys and grandchildren in it.

During such a long time, she has been there with Wang Min's roommates more or less several times.

It's just that the monkeys there are really unlikable.

Because they are very vicious and like to snatch things from people's hands, everyone hates them.

Compared with those, Zhang An's one seems to be a good baby.

In fact, Su Ying didn't know, if Zhang An hadn't tamed it, this monkey would not be much worse than those wild monkeys.

As soon as Zhang An's family cleaned up the dishes, Mrs. Zhou's sister-in-law came to look for something.

It turned out that their family was going to get engaged to Zhou Yang in a few days, and they were going to start looking for someone to help with things in the next two days.

Mrs. Zhou came here today because she wanted to invite Wang Fang to go shopping in the street with them.

Because Wang Fang had only gone through these things when Zhang An went to get engaged not long ago, so she must have more experience than them.

Zhou Yang's family prepared for three days in a row, and finally the day came.

Except for Su Ying, all Zhang An's family were invited to help.

And Zhang An, like everyone else in the village, will help pick the baskets today.

Because the two villages of Maomaoqing and Changqing are not very far away, there is no need to take a car there.

After everyone gathered at Zhou Yang's house in the morning, they started to set off with the wedding basket.

Zhang An was lucky, Xi Luo didn't have his share.

Because the people who are invited to choose the wedding basket are generally married people, and those who are not married do not need to choose.

If it was more than a month later, Zhang An would be indispensable to Zhou Yang's family's load of weddings.

Whether as a good friend who grew up together or as Zhou Yang's cousin, he couldn't escape.

But even so, Zhang An was called by Zhou Yang to go there together.

Although he had met all of Chen Wenwen's family members, he still felt very nervous at this moment.

So he thought, and called Zhang An over to embolden him together.

Another reason is that the uncles and brothers in Chen Wenwen's family are all drunk.

Zhou Yang went to her house before, and suffered losses at their hands several times, but every time he was forced to do so.

Today's day, the other party will definitely not let it go easily.

So this time, Zhou Yang learned his lesson and got Zhang An, the big killer, out of the way.

Originally, Zhang An didn't think about going there together, after all, many people in the village had already gone.

But seeing Zhou Yang's pitiful words, he immediately agreed.

Although today is not a day for a new wife to get married, it is equally important to Zhou Yang.

So as Fa Xiao who grew up together, plus Zhou Yang has been called uncle for so many years.

Today's face, he will earn it back for Zhou Yang no matter what.

And Su Ying was very curious about the local customs, seeing that Zhang An was going too, so she followed them to have a look.

Just like that, a long team set off from the village carrying things and headed towards Maomaoqing.

After walking for more than 40 minutes, we arrived at the entrance of Maomaoqing Village.

Hearing the noise outside, all members of Chen Wenwen's family came out to greet him.

But from now on, Zhang An knew that the main event was coming.

Looking at this posture, the situation is not quite the same as the day when Zhang An went to Su Ying's house.

There were several benches at the door of their house, and three well-dressed ladies stopped at the door.

Looking at their attire, Zhang An knew that Chen Wenwen's family was from the Miao nationality.

No wonder sister-in-law Zhou invited her aunt who is a good folk singer in the village, and her lover is waiting here.

As a string of firecrackers sounded, the relatives of Chen Wenwen's family who blocked the door raised their voices.

And the team of Changqing Village was not in vain, those ladies who had been prepared for a long time walked forward with a smile.

After taking the rice wine handed over by the other party and drinking it, they began to meet the folk song of blocking the door.

Most of these lyrics are in Miao language. After listening to them for a long time, Zhang An didn't quite understand them, but he just thought the melody was pretty nice.

But even if she didn't understand, Su Ying who was next to her listened with great interest.

After a folk song was sung, the host family removed the bench blocking the door and welcomed them in.

When we got to the house, there were five square tables in the main room of Chen Wenwen's family.

This table is actually specially used to display the betrothal gifts picked by Zhou Yang's family.

Only at this moment, there are several large bowls of rice wine on each table.

It means that at Zhou Yang's house, a table of things can only be placed after drinking a table of wine.

Zhang An originally thought it was time for him to make a move, but when he was about to step forward, Zhou Yang stopped him.

"Don't go, this is just rice wine, not the main course yet."

While Zhou Yang was talking, he saw several uncles and aunts from the village coming forward.

One bowl per person, just straighten out the wine on these tables.

It seems that it is really their own homemade rice wine, and it really doesn't have any strength.

Only then did Chen Wenwen's relatives come over and start placing dowry gifts.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yang's grandfather began to press the salute and sang opening and closing words for a long time.

Afterwards, Mr. Chen Wenwen's family found a gift-bearer who came out to return the gift, and then began to order the gift.

After finishing counting, Zhou Yang went forward and kowtowed three times to the memorial tablet in Chen Wenwen's main room.

Then he took the things Mr. Li handed over, which meant that the two of them were engaged.

If it were elsewhere, the engagement would be considered complete.

But here, it's only half the battle.

A series of processes went down, and it was already eleven o'clock.

At this time, Chen Wenwen's family began to set up a banquet to entertain them, the relatives of the man.

Later, when the seats were divided, they saw that Zhang An was young, so the relatives of Chen Wenwen's family arranged Zhang to be at the young man's table.

After Zhou Yang saw it, he hurried to tell his future father-in-law about Zhang An's seniority.

Zhang An was originally the weapon he found to deal with those Jiumengzi. If he didn't take the lead, it wouldn't be in vain.

Upon hearing this, Chen Wenwen's father came over to apologize to Zhang An, and then invited Zhang An to the main table.

That can't be helped, Zhang An looks young, but his seniority is the same as him, so he should sit at the main table logically.

After the banquet, the show started, and the wine was about to start drinking before the food was served.

Under Zhang An's table, there was a [-]-jin white plastic jug, which was filled with white wine.

In fact, it is impossible to drink all the wine, but it is only used to express the generosity of the host.

Because in the past, it was said that a family was going to be engaged.

When the woman's house is at the banquet, a small bottle of two or three catties of wine is placed.

So after the incident, the man's family didn't say anything.

On the contrary, it was the villagers from the woman's house who said that their house did not treat guests well.

So from then on, it doesn't matter whether the dinner is good or not, but the wine can only be justified if there is enough wine.

With a plate of peanuts on the table, an uncle at Chen Wenwen's house brought a wine bowl.

Starting from Mr. Zhou, toast one by one.

Everyone has to drink the first bowl of wine, this is the rule, otherwise the main table would not be so easy to sit on.

From the second tour, the uncles of Chen Wenwen's family started to toast in turn.

This time the wine, I didn't say who it was for, as long as someone got up and took the trouble.

Of course, if the man's side receives a bowl, the woman's side will accompany a bowl.

If the capacity for alcohol is not good enough, this is a way of hurting the enemy a thousand and hurting yourself eight hundred.

At this time Zhou Yang glanced at Zhang An, meaning that it was time for him to act.

Zhang An signaled, stood up with the bowl in hand, and said a few auspicious words to the elders of Chen Wenwen's family.

Pass the wine bowl forward with both hands, this is to show everyone that our bowl is full.

Then he brought it back and drank it all in one gulp.

Such a bowl of wine is not half a catty, but at least three or two.

They all thought that Zhang An would have to rest for at least half a day before continuing with this bowl.

After all, the people who accompanied them just now had some difficulty drinking, and they were eating food on the table at the moment.

Unexpectedly, after a different person stood up, it was still Zhang An who came to accompany the drink.

In the meantime, Zhang An was not the only one who came forward, otherwise he would not be able to speak.

But most of the time, as long as it is a toast, Zhang An will not refuse anyone.

After several bowls in a row, Chen Wenwen and those elders were drunk.

So after a few rounds of drinking, the main table was already quiet, and they just kept trying to persuade them to eat.

They didn't expect that Zhang An, a young man, would be so wicked when drinking.

Several bowls of wine went down, at least a catty, Zhang An was like a normal person.

Just when they thought the matter was over, Zhang An stood up with a bowl in his hand and began to toast them.

Zhang An is very particular about coming and going, if you respect me, then I will definitely respect you back, otherwise you are so ignorant.

So Zhang An forced them to continue for another round, and it was not over until they gave in.

It's not that Zhang An is bullying, because Zhou Yang is only engaged this time, and he will come over to greet him next time.

If they don't scare them this time, they will have to continue when they come to welcome their relatives next time.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhang An was already almost done. If he continued to come, he would have to use up his space.

However, the relatives of Chen Wenwen's family were all stunned by him, and no one mentioned a word about drinking at the moment.

It’s like this in the mountains, if you drink them straight up, they will all admire you from then on.

If you don't enjoy pushing and shoving at all, then people will really look down on you in the future.

So after Zhang An drank them all, everyone admired them.

Especially the uncles of Chen Wenwen, who have already started chatting with Zhang An's brothers.

Don't think they are easy to talk at the moment, but if Zhang An didn't come today, it might be a different situation.

Although it is not likely to lose face, at least Zhou Yang's family must be crushed by others when they come today.

At the other table, Su Ying saw Zhang An drinking like drinking water from bowl to bowl, and was a little worried for Zhang An.

She originally thought it was just normal eating and drinking.

But after the wine scene, she was frightened, the people in the mountains were too scary to drink.

Because Zhang An sat at the main table, she sat with Zhang An's second aunt behind her.

There were several women toasting her with wine just now, but luckily the second aunt stopped them all.

Because Su Ying herself doesn't know how to drink, as long as a little, she starts to put on her face.

On the way back from Chen Wenwen's house in the afternoon, even though Zhang An said that he was not drunk, Su Ying still supported him every step of the way.

It was as if he was afraid that he would fall into the road while walking.

Back home in the afternoon, because the sun is relatively strong, and because I just drank a lot.

At this moment, Zhang An was already a little drunk and felt very uncomfortable.

After returning home and taking a cold shower, Zhang An lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Su Ying was worried that he would be overheated, so she brought the fan to blow on him, and wiped him with a towel from time to time.

Zhang An slept soundly this time, and Su Ying woke him up at four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)