Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 435 Xu Xiaoya gets married

Xu Qing was not surprised at all by Sha Zhu and Xu Damao's reactions.

Giving your sister something big as a dowry is really rare in these days.

People living in the city can barely afford to eat and clothe themselves.

People in rural areas only solve the problem of food and clothing.

As for Xu Qing, Aiguo and Feng Ming, the three of them gave their sister Xiaoya three large dowries.

In terms of the compound, there are still many people who haven't been able to get it together at the moment.

Apart from bicycles, there are no other sewing machines or TV sets in Silly Pillar's house.

Xu Damao's house does have one more sewing machine than Shazhu's, but it doesn't have a TV either.

At this moment, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao looked at Xu Qing and sighed in unison:

"Qingzi, Xiaoya is so lucky to have you three as brothers!"

Xu Qing smiled and said nothing.

My sister is getting married and will no longer be living in the compound or around her. How can I not arrange a good dowry for her?

After all, there is only one sister.

No matter how painful it is, if you get married and become a member of someone else's family, you may not have the chance to be hurt even if you want to.

After finalizing the matters at the wedding banquet, Silly Zhu picked up the teapot, drank tea to calm down, and asked Xu Qing:

"Qingzi, where is Xiaoya? Why didn't I see her this morning?"

Xu Qing spread the smoke to Shazhu and Xu Damao: "She went to take wedding photos with Jianjun."

Silly Zhu said oh and continued to drink the tea in the enamel tea jar without asking any more questions.

With the end of the changes in previous years, last year's changes have begun.

Newlyweds in Sijiucheng got married, and Du Xing went to a photo studio to take wedding photos.

It's a trendy thing.

It has become commonplace.

Xu Damao smoked a cigarette and didn't continue talking. He had no interest in taking wedding photos.

However, Qin Jingru had wanted to drag him to the photo studio to take some more photos and try out what it would feel like to wear that white wedding dress.

But maybe Damao didn't want to waste his money and didn't think it was necessary.

He and Qin Jingru have lived together for many years, so why are they filming that thing?

It's not cheap to go to a photo studio to take a group of photos, and together with renting clothes, it's almost a big picture.

How could Xu Damao be willing to do so?

Therefore, no matter how much Qin Jingru begged, Xu Damao would not go.

In the end, Qin Jingru’s wish failed to come true.

Because of this incident, Xu Damao was embarrassed for several days.

However, he never dared to mention it to Xu Damao again.

The matter is settled.

At almost noon, Xu Aiguo, his wife Ai Qian, his sister-in-law Jinghong, and his sister-in-law Tang Xiujuan returned to the compound.

At the same time, the TV sets, bicycles, and sewing machines they bought attracted everyone in the compound to follow them and flock to the backyard to watch.

Yan Bugui and his bangs were clasped behind his back, looking at the TV, the bicycle, and then the sewing machine.

I heard from Sha Zhu and Xu Damao that these three big items were the dowry items prepared by the Xu Qing brothers for Xu Xiaoya.

Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong, and Yi Zhonghai who were standing next to Aunt Ma, the three stewards all stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

But they soon thought that the three Xu Qing brothers were all promising now, and these three major items were valuable.But the three brothers could afford one piece each.

Moreover, Xu Xiaoya is their only sister. The three Xu Qing brothers are rich and can afford a dowry, but they don't have much.

It's just that Yan Bugui is worried. If only his three sons could be more filial to him and his third aunt like the Xu Qing brothers.

Why did he have to spend his own money to buy his TV set?

Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai on the side have not yet bought a TV in their house.

The two of them also had their own thoughts in mind.

Liu Haizhong looked at the brand new domestic Beijing brand color TV with jealousy and envy.

This is the first batch of color TV sets produced by the [-] Factory in China this year.

Xu Qing will give Xu Xiaoya one as a dowry.

How can I not be jealous in my bangs?

Among the three uncles in the courtyard, Yan Bugui from the front courtyard took the lead and bought a TV first, leaving only him and Lao Yi.

Liu Haizhong reached out and touched the color TV that Aiguo had just brought back. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Yi Zhonghai didn't touch it, but he never took his eyes away from the color TV.

However, Yi Zhonghai, a man with no children, had no intention of buying it.

He likes to watch it and would like to have one in his house, but he doesn't dare to buy one.

He has money and industrial vouchers, but he is worried about buying a TV in the future. After retirement, who will he and his aunt rely on for their pension?

Stupid?
Although the two of them have always regarded Sha Zhu as the best candidate since more than ten years ago, they have always been indifferent to Sha Zhu, and they have also instilled in Sha Zhu overtly and secretly the idea of ​​​​helping them provide for them in their old age.

But Silly Zhu did not give them a clear answer.

This made Yi Zhonghai and Yi Ma murmur in their hearts.

Afraid of not being able to count on Fuzhu, they had to scrimp on food and clothing and save money so that they would be prepared and use money to hire people to serve them.

As for the three Xu Qing brothers, Yi Zhonghai had long given up thinking about them.

He and Da Ma didn't take the initiative to help when Xu Qing was pulling Aiguo, Fengming and Xiaoya on their own.

In recent years, the couple had tried every means to get closer to Xu Qing and his family in the compound.

But the problem is that the three Xu Qing brothers have always been polite to them.

Yi Zhonghai was not a fool. Knowing that there was no hope, he could only give up his unrealistic fantasies.

Everyone in the courtyard left one after another after watching in the backyard for a while.

It’s not that there were no TV sets in the courtyard before. Xu Qing bought the first color TV set.

Bicycles and sewing machines are available in several stores in the courtyard.

It's not a rare thing.

That is, today, Xu Aiguo and Ai Qian bought three large items, which shocked everyone.

I also heard that it was Xu Qinghe, a patriotic man, and Feng Ming, who was dowrying Xu Xiaoya.

Everyone stood in the backyard and watched for a while.

Plus, it’s almost lunch time.

Everyone was embarrassed to stay in Xu Qing's house.

When Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu took Xiaodang and Sophora japonica out of Xu Qing's house, Xiaodang shouted:

"Mom, when I get married, our family will also have to give me a TV set as a gift. I don't ask for a color TV set, just black and white."

Qin Huairu nodded and said nothing.

Jia Zhang turned her head and glanced at Xiao Dangbai, and said in a stern voice:
"Damn girl, your brother is not married yet, but you are thinking about getting a TV show when you get married. Wait until your brother gets married."

Xiaodang curled his lips and snorted at his grandma. He turned around and pulled his sister Huaihua. The two sisters left first.

Xu Qing and his second brother were patriotic. After sending everyone away, they stood outside the door for a while before turning back to the house.

The weather in the afternoon was crisp and clear.

The sky was blue and the wind was blowing so that not a single cloud could be seen.

Xu Qing is not busy at the moment, smoking a cigarette and waiting in the courtyard for his third brother Feng Ming to take his grandparents back to the city from the countryside.

However, until night fell, he did not wait for his third brother to come back.

The next afternoon, I saw Feng Ming taking his grandparents, second father, third aunt, and fourth aunt into the city.It turns out that yesterday, my second father and two aunts were busy with the autumn harvest, and they have only had time to do it now.

Xu Qing didn't say anything about this. The countryside was indeed very busy at this time.

It is not easy for the second father and the others to leave their unfinished farm work and go to the city to attend their sister's wedding.

However, although Xu Guangjin, Xu Xuemei and Xu Xuehong were still thinking about the work in the fields, they had smiles on their faces.

The niece is getting married, which is a happy event for them.

No matter how busy the fields are, it’s not like there’s no one at home doing it.

At most, there are fewer people and the work is slower.

In the evening, Xu Qing had dinner with his grandparents, brothers, sisters, daughter-in-law, second father, and two aunts, and sat in the room chatting.

Xu Guangjin rarely changed from the dullness of previous years. He smoked a cannon rolled in newspaper and said proactively:

"Last year our country reformed, and our commune also changed its land. Every household was allocated land, and everyone got it according to their heads."

Xu Qing nodded after listening to his second father's words.

He knew about this, it was mentioned in newspapers, TV and radio.

In early August, he went to the countryside to collect grain and heard from the commune secretary.

But at that time, he was busy collecting grain and had no time to go back to the village to visit them. After finishing his work in his own commune, he went to the next-door commune with Er Mazi.

At this moment, Xu Qing was smoking a cigarette and asked Xu Guangjin:

"Second dad, how many acres of land is your family allocated?"

Xu Guangjin's sunken eye sockets burst out with light, and his face that was haggard from hard work showed a joyful expression:
"Six acres and three cents, your grandfather and your grandma also have two acres and two cents."

Xu Qing hummed, and after thinking about it in his mind, he felt that it was not too little.

Then he asked the third aunt and the fourth aunt how much the family had divided.

Xu Xuehong and Xu Xuemei also had smiles on their faces.

"My home has seven acres and six acres."

"I have a big family, nine acres."

Xu Qing said with a smile: "Second dad, third aunt, fourth aunt, from now on the land you grow belongs to your family. Except for the wheat and corn you grow, the rest is yours. "

Xu Guangjin nodded and said: "Yes, in the past, people in the commune planted crops together, and the production team arranged it. In the future, each family will plant their own crops."

When Xu Qing saw his second father finished speaking, he said:
"Second dad, third aunt, and fourth aunt, I opened a grain station this year. I wrote a letter back in March. From now on, I will go back to the hometown to harvest the grain you planted. Don't go to the countryside to pick up the grain." Leave all the flour grinding to me, I'll bring it back to the city, grind it with the big machine in my warehouse, and then send the white flour and stick flour back to you directly."

Xu Guangjin, Xu Xuehong, and Xu Xuemei looked at Xu Qing at the same time and said in surprise:

"Xiaoqing, can your grain station grind your own flour?"

Xu Qing smiled and nodded: "Well, it's all done. Tomorrow I will take you to my grain station and warehouse to visit both sides."

Xu Guangjin smoked a cigarette and nodded vigorously.

Xu Xuehong and Xu Xuemei were overjoyed and indescribably happy.

Early the next morning.

Xu Qing took his grandfather, grandmother, second father, third aunt, fourth aunt, second brother, third brother and daughter-in-law Jinghong, sister Xiaoya, together with Aiqian and Xiujuan, and left the compound to go to Dongdan Vegetable Market. After walking around the grain station, they went to the warehouse in the suburbs together.

Xu Guangjin, brother and sister, were surprised when they saw Xu Qing's business.

They never thought that their nephew Xu Qing could not only be an official, but also make a living in this kind of business.

And it's well run.

For those who came from the countryside, they were completely shocked.

When I returned to the compound, I had not yet recovered.

Grandpa and grandma, besides saying good things about their eldest grandson Xu Qing's achievements, didn't know how to describe their inner excitement.

The Mid-Autumn Festival arrives in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qing and his family were busy baking mooncakes in the courtyard to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Another day, Xu Xiaoya got married.

Many relatives, friends and guests came to the courtyard, making it even more lively.

Several branch directors of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill were all present.

Xu Qing and his second brother were patriotic and had both been directors of the fifth factory. How could they not give him face?

Many people also came to Xu Fengming Hardware Factory, all of whom were section chiefs.

Hui Lihua, Zhao Ailing and others who had changed careers in the Jinghong Group also went to the compound to congratulate Xiaoya.

Many of Xu Xiaoya’s former piano factory colleagues and classmates from university and high school came.

Before ten o'clock in the morning, Sanjin's courtyard was overcrowded.

Shazhu took his apprentice Ma Hua, master and apprentice, with the help of Xu Qing's two aunts, as well as Qin Jingru, Qin Huairu, Yu Li, the third aunt, Jia Zhang, Xiao Dang and others in the courtyard, started to The food for the wedding banquet.

Because Xu Qing bought a lot of meat.

Within ten minutes, the whole courtyard was filled with the smell of meat.

Xu Damao had already brought the wedding wine back to the compound and handed it over to Xu Qing.

At this moment, he, Yi Zhonghai, Yan Jiecheng, and Xu Qing were helping to receive the guests.

There were too many people, and the voices and noises in the courtyard were endless.

Xu Xiaoya was sitting on the kang in her eldest brother Xu Qing's room, while Jinghong, Aiqian and Xiujuan were putting makeup on her.

Today is her wedding day. Wearing a wedding dress, she looks shy and nervous.

Around 11:30, Liu Jianjun brought someone to pick up the bride.

Xu Hongzhi, his sister Qiaoxin and his cousin Hongfu squatted at the main entrance of the compound early in the morning, waiting to ask for the red envelope from his uncle.

And Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng's daughter Niuniu are naturally together.

Four children, each of whom received a red envelope, allowed Liu Jianjun and his party to enter the compound.

And this is the first level.

No one stopped him in the middle courtyard, but in Xu Qing's room in the backyard, Xu Xiaoya's female classmates and colleagues saw the groom arriving and hurriedly blocked the door.

They all asked for red envelopes.

Although Liu Jianjun is a soldier, his best man is also a soldier.

But today, the group of them, no matter how fierce they were, still handed over the red envelope obediently and successfully took Xu Xiaoya out of the house.

Liu Jianjun hugged Xu Xiaoya and stepped over the threshold. The firecrackers in the courtyard instantly crackled.

Silly Zhu and Ma Hua cooked the food and stood in the middle courtyard, looking at Xu Xiaoya who was about to leave the courtyard, with joy on their faces but a little sour in their hearts.

He remembered the scene of Yu Yu's wedding and couldn't help but feel sad.

As for Xu Qinghe, Patriot, and Feng Ming, although they were happy, they actually felt very uncomfortable.

Although my sister's marriage can still be seen in Sijiu City, it will be difficult in the compound.

Despite all the reluctance, this day has come.

Xu Xiaoya's eyes were moist and red. She didn't want to leave her eldest brother, second brother, and third brother just like that.

But she couldn't stay in the courtyard all her life and not get married.

A pair of beautiful eyes slowly moved away from the faces of the eldest brother Xu Qing, the second brother Patriot, and the third brother Feng Ming, biting the corners of their lips, full of reluctance.

Before leaving the compound, Xu Xiaoya turned to look at her eldest brother, second brother, and third brother who were following her affectionately, and tears burst out of her eyes.

Xu Qing stretched out his hand to help his sister wipe it off gently, and said with a smile:
"Whenever you want to come back, come with Jianjun at any time."

Xu Xiaoya hummed, but the tears in her eyes sparkled again.

Xu Aiguo said: "You are already a grown-up girl. If you cry any more, your makeup will be wasted."

Xu Fengming said nothing, blinked and looked at his sister, lowered his head, and still didn't say a word.

It wasn't until Liu Jianjun carried Xu Xiaoya out of the alley and got into a car that Xu Fengming suddenly jumped up from the crowd, bared his teeth, waved his hands, and shouted:
"Xiaoya, in a few days, third brother, I will buy the apples you like to eat and go to your house to see you."

(End of this chapter)