Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

That night, Yu Qiutang and Yu Chunmei talked a lot.

More than all the words they had said in their previous lives combined.

With Yu Qiutang's constant conciliation, Yu Chunmei's heart knot was untied a lot, and she was finally willing to give it a try with Mi Wenzhong.

Yu Qiutang then seized the last bit of time to go to sleep.

He just closed his eyes on the kang when he suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers in the yard. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was already dawn.

The children were woken up early to set off firecrackers in the yard to welcome the beginning of the new year.

He also mustered up his energy and got up.

On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, it is customary to eat dumplings.

It's the same reason why we eat red noodles on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The dumplings were all wrapped yesterday, and some side dishes have also been prepared because we can’t use a knife today.

Just mix the side dishes, put the dumplings into the pot and cook them.

Of course, before eating the dumplings, it is customary to take some out and sprinkle them as a contribution to the ancestors.

The pot at home is very big, unlike the small pots in the city. One pot at home can cook a lot of dumplings, almost enough for everyone to have a bowl.

Before eating the dumplings, Yu Chunxing smiled and said, who knows who will get a few coins and will be the lucky person in the new year, so everyone waited and saw.

Surprisingly, all three dumplings were in Yu Chunmei's bowl, which made everyone suspect that there was something fishy going on.

Although Yu Chunmei didn't say anything, the smile on her face had already revealed her inner joy.

Even though she knew that this didn't mean anything, it was still a blessing after all. How could she not be happy that she was the only one who won the top three places?

After eating dumplings, it was just past eight in the morning and the whole village was immersed in the sound of firecrackers.

“I wonder where you’re going to travel this year?”

Yu Chunxing asked while cleaning up the dishes.

"Traveling" is also an important step in celebrating the New Year in Rongcheng.

On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, people from the production team would gather in an open space in the team, each bringing their own firecrackers and setting them off together.

As the name suggests, this ceremony is intended to bless everyone's safe travels across the country this year.

The location of this place is different every year, so you need to check the lunar calendar.

You can't get the east, south, west and north wrong.

But as a new generation of young people emerged in the village, many people were unwilling to gather together, and instead set off fireworks around their own farms, which actually had a similar effect.

When Yu Qiujiang heard Yu Chunxing's question, he went out for a walk and came back saying that he would travel to the south this year.

Yu Qiutang found a few long sticks, tied the firecrackers to the sticks, and asked the children to carry one each. When the time came, he took the whole family to the southern slope.

Just after 10 o'clock, someone suddenly released a huge thunder bomb at the right time, followed by the sound of firecrackers from everywhere, crackling and blasting together.

Yu Qiutang also used the daylily stalks that he had prepared long ago to quickly light three strings of firecrackers, watching the firecrackers quickly turn into red fragments in the smoke and fall all over the fields.

As the long string is set off, what remains are some scattered large firecrackers that need to be set off one by one.

Yu Qiutang gave the task to Yu Xiaowei, asking him to take the two children with him but to be careful.

When Yu Qiutang was a child, he set off firecrackers. He imitated the adults and lit them in his hands. As a result, one of the firecrackers left his hand too slowly and exploded directly on the entrance, almost blowing off his thumb.

From then on, he had a psychological trauma about setting off firecrackers. If it weren't for his children, he would definitely not be willing to set them off.

After the trip, the sense of ritual of the New Year is basically over.

The rest of the ceremonies are relatively simple. For example, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Liao Gan Festival on the 23rd day, etc., are not particularly grand here.

People can take a short break on the 1st, and starting from the 2nd, they need to visit their uncle's, aunt's, mother-in-law's and other homes to pay New Year's greetings.

Yu Qiutang's aunt had passed away many years ago, and only a few uncles and grandmother were left. However, he had already met them when the meat was delivered, so he planned to go later.

As for my mother-in-law, she is not married yet, so there is no need to visit her for the time being.

So he spent the first few days of the first lunar month doing all kinds of fun.

With my siblings at home, and also with friends like Wang Haofeng.

Unfortunately, one of his childhood friends did not return home this year, which is very regrettable.

He had recovered a long time ago, but it was said that he had started dating someone and went with that person during the New Year and did not come back in time.

This made his father yell in the village for a long time, saying that his son was unfilial and that he would punish him when he returned.

Yu Qiutang couldn't help but feel sorry for his childhood friend.

According to the developments in the previous life, the childhood friend's final partner was a girl from the next village, not someone he met in the army.

I guess the relationship with another girl will end in vain.

Thinking about it this way, he really lost both the wife and the army, and suffered a huge loss.

Yu Qiutang had wanted to have his childhood friend come back to go into the mountains with him a long time ago, but now it seems a bit difficult, so he can only postpone it indefinitely and wait for his childhood friend to come back.

The most urgent matter is still his wedding.

We are getting married on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and there are many things that need to be planned in advance.

Although he had been married once in his previous life, the conditions at that time were very tight, so everything was kept simple. Even the wedding dinner was quite shabby. Thinking about it now, Mia Li felt aggrieved.

Naturally, you have to manage your life well.

Of course, facing such a major event, Second Aunt, Third Aunt, and the sisters were also very concerned. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Second Sister came all the way from Sichuan to help with the preliminary preparations.

Second Aunt also asked Yu Qiushan to come back in advance to take the lead, saying that she would be back in a few days.

Everyone knew that Yu Qiutang had no mother, so they didn't worry about their nephew and ignored him.

Seems very enthusiastic.

Yu Qiutang was moved by everyone's enthusiasm, but he was also very emotional. The fact that he could get so much attention was due to everyone's family enthusiasm, but it was also related to his improved abilities today.

Relatives naturally have this attribute.

They need to provide resources to each other. If a poor relative and a rich relative force themselves to get close to each other, both will feel uncomfortable.

Among relatives, the most capable one will often be popular among them and even gradually become the leader of relatives' activities.

For example, Yu Dejin was originally the boss of the Yu family, but Yu Demu always took the lead when discussing things. This is the reason.

The same is true for Yu Qiutang.

With the burial of Yu Dehuo last time, everyone's awareness of and impression of his abilities reached an unprecedented level, so naturally, they would take his marriage very seriously.

If Yu Qiushi were to get married in the future, it would be difficult for him to receive such treatment.

Yu Qiutang was originally worried about how to get all the red tape in place, but fortunately with the guidance of Gao Meilan, after a few days of investigation, he finally finalized every link.

Some preliminary preparations have been carried out.

For example, quilts and pillows sewn for the bride, insoles made for the bride, tiger-head shoes and clothes for the children, curtains, window papers, etc.

All of them have to be made here. Then the woman's side will also have a batch of dowry, so that they can be a couple.

In addition, a variety of colorful food needs to be prepared and placed for special ceremonies on the day.

All of this requires effort in advance.

Yu Qiutang didn't know so much. At first, when his third aunt and sisters asked him questions, he thought about it for a while. But later, he realized that it didn't make any sense for him to give any opinions, as he didn't know what opinions to give anyway, so he might as well let them express themselves freely.

As long as it's glorious and makes Miali proud, that'll be enough.

Originally, the specific details of the wedding still needed to be communicated and arranged by the middlemen on both sides, but Yu Qiutang had already established connections with the Mi family, so all the problems were solved at once.

Anyway, he just did everything as he was told, no matter what his mother-in-law and father-in-law asked of him, he had no problem with it.

If you can do it, do it. If you can’t, find a way.

The main goal is to be satisfied and not disappointed.

Of course, Mi Youtang and Tuo Runxiu were both very honest people. They did not make excessive demands and even took the initiative to lower their demands in many aspects, but were rejected by Yu Qiutang.

His seriousness and willingness to give a lot for Miali not only touched the two elders, but also Miali.

Even Miaqin, who always liked to find fault, couldn't help but sigh that her brother-in-law was so good to her sister, as if he was repaying a favor. Where could such a man be found in the world?

Look at other men, when they get married, they basically talk about it little by little, like buying vegetables in the market.

But Yu Qiutang was the kind of person who would buy up all the vegetables on the stall after just one look, and without even lowering the price.

It’s so hard to find even with a lantern.

Some of Miaqin's uncles, aunts, and relatives also had the same idea as Miaqin.

Everyone who knew about this situation indirectly was in disbelief.

Some people even suggested that Tuo Runxiu ask someone to find out whether Yu Qiutang had any hidden illness and was in a hurry to trick a wife home. Otherwise, why would he be so easy to talk to.

Tuo Runxiu and Mi Youtang are honest people, but not stupid. They have lived for most of their lives and feel that they can judge people very accurately.

I didn't take these alarmist words to heart.

As for some people, they are envious, jealous and hateful, and say sourly that if a girl marries a rich man, she will definitely suffer. If things go wrong, the man will become a bad person and the girl will end up with a tragic ending.

Before Tuo Runxiu could say anything, Miaqin would hit back. She had a straightforward personality, but she was not afraid of anyone. She hated people who gossiped about others the most.

By the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, several aunts and some cousins ​​also came back.

It suddenly became very lively.

Yu Qiutang hardly recognized some of the expressions.

For example, he had only seen the children from his aunt's family a few times, but he didn't expect that they all came back this time.

Fortunately, there are many people here, so we can arrange it.

In the end, my eldest aunt and her family were arranged to live in my third uncle's house. My second aunt didn't come back for the time being, so my youngest aunt lived with Yu Qiutang.

So, there were a few more people in the yard.

Yu Qiutang has three sisters, plus him, Yu Qiujiang’s siblings, Xiaowei, Xiaoyun and others.

Fortunately, there are many houses, otherwise we might not have enough space to live in.

Even cooking requires almost twice as much as before.

But the yard was really lively, the children were having fun, and even Yu Chunju was a lot more cheerful.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, we start decorating the yard.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we start building the stove, setting up the banquet tent, hiring people to do the work, and borrowing tables, pots, pans, etc.

By the evening of the 15th, the yard had completely changed, with a festive atmosphere inside and out. Even the trees outside were wrapped in red paper.

In this busy period, Yu Dejin was also very active and told Yu Qiutang several times almost every day that the wedding should be held in a grand manner and not to worry about the money.

Yu Qiutang initially thought he was just talking, but he actually prepared 500 yuan for Yu Qiutang.

Yu Qiutang knew his father's income. It would probably take a long time to save up so much money.

Deep down, he didn't want to accept it, for fear of affecting the relationship between his father and Chen Meidi.

He doesn't expect too much from his father, but he also doesn't want his father to have a hard time in his later years.

It's still the same meaning. He may not like Chen Meidi, but as long as Chen Meidi can take good care of his father and the two of them can live a good life, he can accept it.

The better his father's life, the less he will worry.

After all, he is a person who values ​​affection very much and can be very nice to others, not to mention his father.

But when his father saw that he refused, he was very unhappy and said that this was originally saved for him. There were three sons in the family, and each of them had the same amount. He had never lost anything to anyone, and he would not give more to anyone.

Hearing this, Yu Qiutang felt slightly moved.

My father is a man who, apart from other things, is very determined to carry out his words.

The three sons he mentioned naturally include his brother Yu Chunsheng.

However, his brother is not his biological son.

And when my brother got married, my mother had already passed away.

My father was able to find a good partner for my brother and make the wedding worthy of his appearance. He was indeed very responsible.

Perhaps this is why the father had such complicated emotions when his brother's life or death was in danger and his sister-in-law passed away, leaving two children at home.

He probably felt let down.

Yu Qiutang finally accepted the money.

According to local customs, when a son gets married, his parents are required to provide some support. Only by giving money can the father feel that he has fulfilled his responsibility. Otherwise, he will definitely feel resentful.

On the 15th, Chen Meidi and Yu Qiushi also came.

Chen Meidi is helping in the kitchen. She works very efficiently and gets along well with her third aunt Zhang Qiaoqiao, who is also helping in the kitchen.

Yu Qiutang also overheard the two people talking and found that they were evenly matched and there were many hidden intentions between the lines.

You meet your opponent in chess.

On the evening of the 15th, Yu Qiutang went to see Wu Meifen. She had said before that she would prepare three cars for Yu Qiutang when he got married, so Yu Qiutang did not refuse.

Having gone through a lot of things, he and Wu Meifen have a relationship as close as siblings, more intimate than that of ordinary friends.

He remembered all the kindness Wu Meifen had shown him, and similarly, no matter what Wu Meifen asked him to do, he would find ways to get it done.

Frankly speaking, he also knew that he could never repay Wu Meifen for all her kindness to him.

After all, he has a big boss behind him. Even if he makes a lot of money in his life, he will not be short of money.

He first went to the store to find Wu Meifen, and when he heard that she had already returned home, he went back home.

What shocked him was that Wu Meifen not only prepared two Santanas for him, but also a brand new Mercedes-Benz. (End of this chapter)