Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

When the car arrived at Qingquan Town, it was still Mijiazhuang, and the degree of envy it received was no less than that of Wangjiazhuang.

Although Yu Qiutang didn't feel anything special in the car, his children had all had Mercedes-Benz cars in their previous lives, so it's not like he had never ridden in one before.

However, as he walked forward, he still felt a little embarrassed to be looked at as if he were a strange person.

Zhang Hao, however, disagreed.

Maybe he sees this kind of situation too much in his daily life.

When he possesses wealth beyond his time, even if it is just daily, he will attract attention.

Gradually, I got used to it.

You can also give yourself a good positioning. After all, you are rich, so it is normal to get some envy from others.

He was a little surprised at Yu Qiutang's calmness.

Logically speaking, someone like Yu Qiutang would never be able to afford a Mercedes-Benz in his entire life, and he had never ridden in a car before, let alone a Mercedes-Benz. So why was it that when he was sitting in the car at this moment, he felt as if he was in a taxi and didn't feel excited at all?

Something.

As the car entered Wangjia Village, the road ahead became narrower and narrower, and there were several key places where we were not sure whether we could pass through.

Someone has to watch.

But Yu Qiutang was a groom and it was not appropriate for him to get off the car at this moment, and Yu Qiujiang could only watch one car. Fortunately, a few enthusiastic villagers appeared and helped direct the cars to pass safely.

Yu Qiutang did not forget to give others a small red envelope.

The people who received the red envelopes were also very happy when they learned that it was a girl from Mi Youtang who was getting married.

To be honest, Miali is a good girl.

If Yu Qiutang could marry her, he would definitely live a prosperous life, but some people envy Mi Yali, who would be able to find a rich man like Yu Qiutang and live a life of luxury in the future.

Yu Qiutang was not particularly polite and expressed a few words of thanks.

Another compliment is that the child is very polite.

He is rich, polite, and handsome, which are basically all the conditions that the villagers look for in a partner.

Suddenly everyone became envious.

Zhang Hao sat in the car, watching Yu Qiutang's behavior silently, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

This man is not only simple, but also has a worldly side.

But he didn't make it clear.

As an adult, everyone has their own shrewdness. It is not easy for Yu Qiutang to have such a mature style at this age and coming from a rural background.

He gradually began to understand better why his cousin admired Yu Qiutang.

I also understand what my cousin said in private, that Yu Qiutang is a man who can obviously rise up with the wind, but he chose to take root and eventually he will grow into a towering tree, and everyone will see his luxuriant branches and leaves.

maybe.

When the car turned in front of Mi Youtang's house, the cheerful sound of suona could be heard from afar.

It is the very classic story of the phoenix seeking the hen.

It seems that all the famous suona songs are related to the phoenix, such as "Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix" and "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".

The scale of this place is naturally not as big as Yu Qiutang’s home.

In front of the courtyard gate, a several-meter-long platform was supported by wooden boards and covered with a bright red quilt, on which various gifts were placed.

There are various clothes and shoes for the bride and groom.

Children's shoes and clothes.

Various household items, etc.

Of course, the most common ones are quilt covers and bed sheets.

There is a custom here of giving quilt covers and bed sheets as gifts at weddings. Basically, each relative receives one. If there are many relatives, one may receive forty or fifty bed sheets at a wedding.

Therefore, many girls from other places who marry to Rongcheng would be very shocked. Faced with so many quilts, they can’t use them all, but they would be embarrassed to throw them away. After all, they all contain other people’s good wishes.

You can only find a place to store it.

Then when attending other people's weddings, I would pick up some of the bad ones and give them away.

But even so, there is always a part of it that has faded due to age and has to be treated as waste cloth.

On the south side of the platform, there is a huge apricot tree. At this moment, there are two tables under the tree, with two people sitting behind each table.

The older one held a brush in his hand with a gift book in front of him, recording the gifts brought by each person attending the wedding.

Sitting next to him was a young man who looked familiar. He was Mi Yali's cousin, but Yu Qiutang couldn't remember his name.

Although it was lively here, the order was still good.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Here comes the groom!!"

Everyone was in a mess. Not only did the people outside stop paying their respects temporarily, but many people also ran out of the yard.

Everyone gathered at the gate to look at the cars.

After the car stopped, Mi Wenzhong also came out, accompanied by some relatives from the area.

Under the command of the general manager, red cloth was quickly laid out here and extended all the way from the car to the gate.

Let Yu Qiutang, Yu Chuntao and Yu Qiujiang walk from the red cloth to the yard, while the three drivers including Zhang Hao do not need to do so and can just walk to the side.

The groom will have a simple toasting process here and will stay for about an hour at most. Then he will carry the bride on his back and walk back to the car along the red cloth.

Yu Qiutang and the other two were surrounded by the crowd and entered the yard.

There are corresponding arrangements here as well, but the scale is not as large as Yu Qiutang's, and there are far fewer people.

However, a buffet was still prepared.

There are two reasons for the small number of people.

On the one hand, it is a daughter's wedding, so the banquet will be held in a small circle, and some people with distant relations may not be invited.

People from the village will also be invited less frequently.

On the other hand, many people would not come even if they were invited, but would ask someone to bring gifts or something.

It is a commonly accepted belief that the highlight of a marriage lies with the man, and the woman does not need to make it particularly grand.

As soon as Yu Qiutang entered the courtyard, a group of children surrounded him and asked for wedding candy. Of course, he was prepared. He took out a handful of candy from his pocket and did not distribute it to everyone one by one. Instead, he sprinkled it directly on the ground like scattering beans.

The children rushed to grab it.

Many adults also joined in the fun, but after grabbing the food, they didn’t eat it right away. Instead, they kept it in their pockets and prepared to secretly give it to their greedy children later.

Yu Qiutang smiled on his face, but he became anxious the moment he stepped over the threshold, and couldn't wait to see Miali's appearance.

But there are some activities that require a lot of red tape and must be passed one by one.

Fortunately, he had already conquered his mother-in-law, father-in-law, and elder brother-in-law, who helped him to say a lot of good words and thus saved him from some trouble.

But when they arrived at the bride's door, no one else could help.

The door and windows were covered with brand new red silk, so one couldn't see what was going on inside. Mi Wenxiao and Mi Wenren stood on the left and right of the door, like two door gods, guarding the door tightly.

"It's good to have brothers. Look at his sister guarding the door tightly."

"That's what I mean. The groom is sad."

"Don't make things difficult for the child. This kid looks like an obedient one."

"Third Master, why are you so confused? This is not a difficult situation, this is a test. It's a rule, don't you understand?"

"I don't understand. When we got married, I rode a donkey and waited outside the gate. My father-in-law came out carrying my wife on his back. I just put her on the donkey and took her home."

"Are you getting married or buying something..."

Everyone laughed.

Yu Qiutang also heard it and wanted to ask his second sister for help, but when he turned around, he found that his second sister and Yu Qiujiang had been called to other places at some point, and he was the only one from the groom's family here.

Miyali's relatives were all around.

Fighting alone.

He looked at Mi Wenzhong, who had always been honest, and suddenly became cunning, quickly hiding behind others, shrinking his head without showing it. Helplessly, he had to pass the level.

"Wenxiao, Wenren, you two are my good brothers. We will be a family from now on. Can you let your brother-in-law in?"

Mi Wenren blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and looked at Mi Wenxiao.

Mi Wenxiao was an honest child and had never done anything to embarrass others. He deliberately said with a stern face, "No, whether you can be my brother-in-law depends on your performance."

"Oh, then tell me, how should I behave?"

"We don't know. It's not us who are marrying the wife."

Everyone laughed again.

Yu Qiutang thought for a moment, took out two red envelopes from his pocket, and gave one to each of them. "Look, my brother-in-law will definitely take your sister away today. If you let me in now, you can get this red envelope. But if you let me in later, my red envelopes will be given to other people. Aren't you at a disadvantage?"

Mi Wenren and Mi Wenxiao were both honest children. Looking at the red envelope in Yu Qiutang's hand, they didn't know what to do.

"Besides, have you forgotten how much delicious food my brother-in-law brought you when he came here before? I will continue to bring you more later. If you really scare my brother-in-law away now, won't you lose everything?"

"We didn't either..."

"Also, your sister is going to get married anyway. If you stop a good man like your brother-in-law, then if she meets a bad person, it will delay your sister's lifelong event. Do you really want this to happen?"

The two brothers-in-law shook their heads together.

"Then why don't you get out of the way? Come, each of you will get a red envelope. You have worked hard. From now on, you will work with your brother-in-law to protect your sister."

The two of them had been completely fooled.

He took the red envelope.

The crowd behind also laughed.

According to the rules, since the gatekeepers accepted the red envelopes, it proved that they accepted the groom, and they passed this hurdle.

With everyone's help, the satin covering the door was lifted.

But the door was locked from the inside with a small chain. Miaqin smiled coquettishly through the crack in the door: "Brother-in-law, you only passed the first level, and I haven't passed it yet?"

"So what do you want to do?"

"Simple. You have to choose a pair of shoes that belongs to my sister from these five new pairs. I'll give you two chances. If you don't choose the right one, hehe~ you know the consequences."

"This……"

Yu Qiutang looked embarrassed.

The crowd behind him also started to make a noise, "This is not easy. The groom is not familiar with our Lili. We can only rely on luck."

"Really? Anyway, I can't think of any good solution."

"Why, brother-in-law, are you scared now?" Miaqin said with a smile, "If you don't dare to face such a simple matter, how can we trust you to take care of my sister?"

Yu Qiutang said, "You mean, as long as I choose the right one, you'll let me in, right?"

"of course."

"OK then."

Yu Qiutang found it difficult to agree.

Soon, several pairs of shoes were handed out from the crack in the door, with exactly the same patterns.

These shoes have also been worn briefly and have slightly different shapes.

Yu Qiutang checked them one by one.

"How about it, brother-in-law, can you do it?"

Miaqin couldn't help but chuckle at his serious look.

Everyone later found it interesting and were waiting to see Yu Qiutang's performance.

Yu Qiutang checked all five pairs of ten shoes, then looked from the last one to the front and nodded.

Pointing at a few of them, he said, "This one, this one, this one, and this one. These two pairs are Lili's."

"what?!"

Miaqin exclaimed.

Her expression betrayed her, proving that Yu Qiutang was absolutely right.

She also deliberately buried a hook for Yu Qiutang. There were clearly two pairs, but she insisted on saying they were only one pair. However, what she didn't expect was that Yu Qiutang actually picked out all of them, without missing a single one.

The remaining three pairs were tried by her and her two cousins.

But the three people's foot sizes are exactly the same. I don't understand how Yu Qiutang could tell that.

"If you are right, then open the door, Yaqin."

Yu Qiutang smiled.

"Oh."

Miaqin opened the door unconvinced, but still blocked the door with her arm, "Tell me, how did you identify it?"

"So, I found the right one?"

"That's right. You won't tell me that it was just luck. Is this just your blind guess?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "Of course not. If you promise not to embarrass me later, I will tell you the reason."

"Just tell me, I won't make things difficult for you."

Miaqin was really curious.

"That's it, tell me, tell me!"

"Stop being so pretentious."

"This is because Lili's ankle bones are different from those of other people. Her ankles are larger than others, with two protruding bones. Therefore, the back of all the shoes she wears is a little wider. Take a look, is this right?"

"Is there any?"

Miaqin was skeptical, but after carefully examining the shoes, she discovered that it was indeed the case.

If you are not very careful, it is really difficult for ordinary people to find it.

This frustrates her.

She has been with her sister for so many years, but she has never carefully observed her sister's feet. How come her brother-in-law knows them so well after only meeting her a few times?

It was as if she didn't understand her sister as well as her brother-in-law did.

However, now that things have come to this, she has to fulfill her promise and let Yu Qiutang in.

Once you enter the new house, no one else can see it anymore, so you close the door. Seeing that there is nothing fun to watch, everyone else goes their separate ways.

When Yu Qiutang entered the room, the first thing he saw was Mi Yali sitting on the kang.

She was wearing a bright red satin cotton jacket with a golden phoenix pattern on it. Even the buttons on the jacket were in the shape of beautiful phoenixes.

She sat quietly with a hijab on her head.

Knowing that Yu Qiutang came in, he didn't say anything.

Miahong and another cousin were sitting next to her. When they saw Yu Qiutang come in, one of them handed him a plate covered with red silk, and the other handed him a Ruyi wrapped in red silk.

"Come on, our groom, lift the veil of your bride." Miaqin smiled coquettishly.

Miahong and her cousin got down from the kang and stood with Miaqin.

Yu Qiutang held a plate in one hand and Ruyi in the other as he stood in front of the kang, silently looking at his bride. His hands, which had always been steady, were trembling slightly.

"Hurry up, groom!"

Miaqin was urging again.

He then slowly stretched out his Ruyi, gently lifted the veil and slowly lifted it up. At the moment the veil was lifted up, he closed his eyes, and waited until the veil fell back into the plate before opening his eyes.

She saw her bride at first sight.

Miyali is smiling like a flower at this moment. (End of this chapter)