Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 109 Newlyweds
The wedding rituals in the village are much simpler than those in the city, and the girl's wedding dress is not so cumbersome.

What Ningxiang needs to prepare is her own set of clothes, a red shirt and a red skirt on the outside, a red jacket of the same color in the middle, a red bellyband and red underwear inside, a pair of red socks and a pair of red embroidered shoes, and send She also had to make gifts for the female relatives of the Lu family. After all, she wanted to show the elders the new daughter-in-law's handiwork, and let Li take over the quilt and pillowcase.

It was the slack season, and before the weather cooled down, my fingers could move flexibly. My mother and I sat on a kang all day to work, which was full of fun.

"Sister, Brother Zhang is here!"

In the yard, Amu suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

Ningxiang raised her head in doubt, Li continued to do her sewing, looked at the three wooden benches on the ground, and said casually, "I must have borrowed the stools."

Big Brother Zhang Biao next door got married on the third day of September, that is, tomorrow, with so many guests, relatives and villagers, there must be not enough things for the family, and it is impossible to buy a bunch of things for such a big event that only happens once or twice in a lifetime. So I borrowed them from the neighbors. The benches, dishes and rice bowls are marked with a mark on the bottom of the bowl, and they will be sent back when the fun is over.

It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The Xu family and the Zhang family are next to each other. Although there are more or less gaps in normal times, they must help those who should help when they encounter problems.

Sure enough, Zhang Biao's voice came from the courtyard, standing on the side of the east courtyard.

Xu Shouliang was not at home, so Xu Huai went out to entertain Zhang Biao and help him move things together.

The west courtyard is full of girls, so Zhang Biao asked his younger brother Da Zhuang to borrow them.

There are meat and vegetables for family weddings, Da Zhuang is very happy, and children are naturally lively, especially willing to help with work, rushing into the Ningxiang room like a calf, looking at Li's mother , Go directly to move the bench.

"Are you dumb?" Mrs. Li put down her needle and thread, stared at the boy deliberately and said, "Did we agree to lend you?"

Standing in front of the bench, Da Zhuang pulled up his trousers, and replied unconvinced: "This is the bench of Sister Xiang'er's house, not yours."

The brat was arrogant and annoying, Li Shi grabbed the broom next to him and lifted it up, scaring him, "Say one more thing?"

Da Zhuang chuckled.

Ningxiang smiled and said: "Okay, Da Zhuang, take it quickly, don't take two, you can't hold them, take them one by one."

"I can move it!" Da Zhuang bravely supported a bench with one hand, which really made him lift it up.

"I can move it too!" Amu excitedly picked up another bench, and walked behind Da Zhuang with a smile, like a little follower.

After the children left, Xu Qiu'er asked her mother in a low voice, "Mother, how much should we give?"

Ningxiang and Guan Ping looked at Mrs. Li curiously. The little girl has become interested in these things at a certain age.And the girls have learned a lot in their natal families, and they will be able to be in charge of the family after they get married in the future, so they don't have no ideas about what to do and have to ask others.

Li raised a finger at the three of them.

Xu Qiu'er always lived in the village and knew a lot, so she asked in surprise, "One hundred copper coins?"

Li Shi sighed: "That's not true."

When the Zhuang family gets married, the relatives say that the villagers in the same village will give gift money, which is generally divided into three classes.Usually, one hundred copper coins are paid for good deals, mainly for the left and right neighbors who often deal with each other, fifty for the next order, and twenty for those who live far away and don't talk much.In the same way, those who pay more can go to the banquet with the whole family, the ones in the middle can bring less, and the ones who pay the least are usually the men who are in charge of the banquet. I don't like rice, but I definitely hate it in my heart, and other villagers will also look down on me.

"I really don't want to give it." Xu Qiu'er pouted, she must be stingy, and the cousin Liu Zhi Zhang Biao wants to marry is not a good one.

Mrs. Li didn't care, and smiled while doing needlework: "Next year your elder brother will almost marry a wife, and they will get the same money for our banquet, but it's just a transfer."

After hearing this, the sisters Ningxiang secretly smiled and aimed at Guan Ping.

Guan Ping was used to strong winds and waves, so he didn't pay attention to the sisters' jokes at all. He waved the embroidery frame in his hand and agreed with Li Shi: "In this way, my aunt is actually taking advantage, and there are only two big and strong brothers in their family. For the second happy event, in addition to marrying the daughter-in-law and nephew, the aunt will also marry the girl twice."

"Sister Guan!" Xu Qiuer refused, and went around her cousin to beat Guan Ping.

Ning Xiang lowered her head and smiled, her face was slightly red, as if she had been coated with peach pollen.

The little girls are prettier than the other, and it is the rarest thing to have a fight. Mrs. Li looked at Guan Ping and said with a smile: "How about I recognize you as a daughter? Then I can hold a banquet when you get married and take more of them." A cheap one!"

Guan Ping finally showed a strange expression, and his eyes drooped.

Xu Qiu'er immediately glared at her mother, "You think it's cheap, why don't you recognize all the girls in the village as daughters?"

Usually so shrewd, a good daughter-in-law candidate is in front of him, but he can't think of that level.

Mrs. Li really didn't think about that. It's not that she doesn't like Guan Ping, but that she doesn't look like an ordinary village girl. Judging by her demeanor, she must have been the daughter of a rich family in the past. Which is worthy.

"Okay, let's play, I'm going to cook."

Look, it's almost noon, Mrs. Li went to the east courtyard to get busy.

Xu Qiu'er stood up, leaned against the window to watch her mother go, then moved closer to Guan Ping, and asked her in a low voice, "Sister Guan, why don't you let us tell my mother? My mother likes you and knows that you are willing to be my mother." Sister-in-law, she must be very happy."

Guan Ping ignored her.

Xu Qiuer looked at Ningxiang questioningly.

Ning Xiang had thought about it a long time ago, and guessed: "Are you afraid to say that it is not easy to go to the east courtyard for dinner in the future?"

If she were asked to share a table with Lu Cheng's second and third aunts now, Ning Xiang would definitely be embarrassed.

Xu Qiuer continued to ask Guan Ping, but Guan Ping thought she was annoying, so he went to Westinghouse with his embroidery work.

Xu Qiuer blinked, and suddenly thought of an idea, and whispered to her cousin, "Sister, tell me, Sister Guan is already sixteen this year, and it's a good time to marry, or I will ask my elder brother to ask her, and I will get married this year." ? My mother said that next year, after selling the piglets, they will build a wing room, and let the couple live in the Westinghouse for half a year. I will move in with my sister. Sister Guan will not mind, right?"

Get married early, lest her brother worry about it every day, and obviously wants to but dare not come forward to speak, she looks anxious.

Ning Xiang thought about it, and suddenly felt that this idea was feasible.

Now that she is still at home, Guan Ping is married at this time, and word spread that she and her cousin have been in love for a long time.When she gets married, Guan Ping will stay in the West Courtyard. Some people outside may say that she has a thick skin. At that time, when her cousin proposed to marry her, I am afraid that the villagers will make wild guesses, or say that the cousin deliberately bullied others to force Guan Ping to marry her before continuing. To live in Xu's house, or to say that Guan Ping seduced his cousin in order to stay...

The rules of men and women in the country are looser, but it is also easy to spread gossip.

"Brother has to tell her about this matter, you go and persuade him." Ning Xiang whispered.

After getting approval, Xu Qiuer immediately went to find her brother.

Xu Huai's heart was full of fire when his sister said it.

Before, he was envious of Zhang Biao and Lu Cheng, but now he has the hope of marrying a wife before Lu Cheng?
It is not suitable for two marriages in a short period of time, but if one is before the year and the other is after the year, it seems that the interval is long.

It's just that he hasn't built a wing room yet, so if he rashly proposes at this time, will Guan Ping misunderstand him because she is an orphan and despise her in marriage?
Marrying a daughter-in-law, marrying a daughter-in-law, building a house and giving a generous dowry, that shows that the man values ​​the woman.

It is still not enough to prepare at home.

Obstructed by this worry, Xu Huai suppressed the anger in his heart, sneaked a few glances at Guan Ping during dinner at noon and evening, but didn't mention it.

The Zhang family got busy early the next day, and Mrs. Li also went to help.

There are too many guests, Zhang's yard can't accommodate, and more than a dozen tables are set up on the street, and people can be seen coming and going outside from Ningxiang's kitchen.There was a wedding next door, and they couldn't close the door, so Ning Xiang closed the door of the stove, and she, the betrothed girl, sat in the room and sewed the wedding dress obediently.Xu Qiuer was so lively, she took Amu out to play, and Guan Ping stayed beside Ningxiang to accompany her.

After blowing and blowing, Zhang Biao welcomed his wife back.

The dinner was ready, Mrs. Li brought over two plates of fried meat and two full bowls of rice, and said to Ningxiang Guanping: "Our family has spent money, and we don't want to eat for free. It's busy over there, so I'll go first." , put the bowls and chopsticks outside when you finish eating, and I'll get them later."

The footsteps are hurried, full of joy.

It's a good day after all.

Ning Xiang couldn't help being happy for the Zhang family, and had dinner with Guan Ping, and even cleaned the dishes.

There is still dinner at night, the outside is completely quiet, and it is dark.

Ning Xiang and Guan Ping were finally able to go out for some air, and strolled slowly in the yard.After walking around for half a circle, Ning Xiang suddenly caught a glimpse of someone poking his head at the door of the kitchen in the east courtyard, it was clearly her cousin.Ning Xiang couldn't help laughing, she always felt that after getting to know Guan Ping, her cousin was a different person, how steady she was before, but now...

Suppressing a smile, Ning Xiang grabbed Guan Ping and raised her chin towards the east, "I'll go in first, my elder brother is timid, don't bully him."

She knows Guan Ping's ability well, and she is not worried at all that her cousin will make Guan Ping suffer.

Guan Ping watched Ningxiang quickly walk into the kitchen, then looked at the man in the dark, and walked behind the persimmon tree.

This is what it means to acquiesce in his approach.

No matter how stupid Xu Huai was, she understood it. She took a look at her parents' room where the lights had already been turned on, and rushed over lightly.

Guan Ping leaned against the tree trunk, crossed his arms, and looked at the wall of the Zhang family six or seven steps away. When Xu Huai came to him, he didn't dare to walk around to face her. Without the courage of the day, Guan Ping was secretly amused, and said in a low voice. : "What's the matter?"

Xu Huai squinted at the Zhang family's east house, which was still lit, and knew that it was Zhang Biao and Liu Zhi's new house. Thinking about how Zhang Biao married a wife without building a new house, envy and longing surged up at the same time, he swallowed and stared at the house. Guan Ping said with a vague side face: "Yesterday, Qiu'er told me that marrying you after Xiang'er is married may cause gossip. I, I think it makes sense, so I want to ask, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the lights in Zhang's east room went dark, and without the light there, Guan Ping's figure became even more blurred.

Xu Huai's heart skipped a beat.

He glanced at Zhang's house, thinking about the situation inside, his voice became hoarse, and he said in a muffled voice, "Let's talk about it in another place?"

"What did you say?" Guan Ping said plainly, glanced at Zhang's house, deliberately pretending not to understand Xu Huai's reason for changing the place.She had heard about that kind of thing several times, and she had nothing but disgust, but she didn't know what Xu Huai would do.

Guan Ping likes to see Xu Huai acting stupid, and likes to play tricks on him.

Xu Huai was upset, and persuaded again: "Should we change places first?"

"Don't tell me I went in." Guan Ping made a gesture to leave.

Xu Huai instinctively stretched out his hand to stop him, and when he raised his hand, he remembered that Guan Ping almost took off his arm last time, so he quickly put it down again, and said in a hurry, "I want to marry you as soon as possible, you, don't you Misunderstood, I will build a new house next year, and I will never let you go, just ask for the dowry, and I will give you whatever you want.”

Guan Ping smiled, leaned against the tree again, and said lightly, "Are you anxious to see other people marrying wives?"

Xu Huai lowered his head, his palms were sweaty, and in his mind was the scene of Zhang Biao carrying his wife out of the sedan chair.

She is not used to it, she wants to go into the house.

"I'll think about it, and I'll answer you tomorrow." No matter how panicked she was, she was still rational. She neither agreed to him, but also gave him hope so that he would not be entangled.

As he said that, he was about to leave in front of Xu Huai.

Without Zhang Biao, she might not understand the difference, but just now she clearly understood, so she would look there.

Angry that he was useless, Xu Huai slammed down the wall bitterly.

I used to be sneaky, obviously it took a lot of effort, why didn't I stick to it tonight?
The family doesn't have much savings, Xu Huai has never looked down, but now...

Xu Huai wanted to die, so she secretly washed the dirty clothes, sat in the yard all night and sulked, got back into bed before dawn, pretended to be unwell at dawn and stayed indoors, no one wanted to see her .Mrs. Li went into the house to take a look, and saw that her son didn't seem to have a serious problem, but he seemed unhappy. Thinking about the trousers hanging in the backyard, he guessed funnyly: "Is he worried about marrying a wife?"

Xu Huai covered his head and didn't want to hear it.

Mrs. Li laughed more and more cheerfully, patted the quilt and said: "No hurry, my mother will pick a good wife for you next year, she will be prettier than Liu Zhi."

What is there to envy for a daughter-in-law of average appearance.

Xu Huai lay down and pretended to be dead.

As her son grew up with a thin skin, Mrs. Li smiled and left the house.

But Xu Qiuer misunderstood that her elder brother wanted to marry a wife earlier, but Guan Ping rejected her, so she also came in to comfort her. Promise to be with my elder brother, why don't you agree to get married early? You go and see my brother, he didn't eat breakfast, he just lay in the house and didn't want to do anything. "

Guan Ping is a cheerful person, he lowered his eyes and said: "Then you tell him and let him choose a date."

That kind of thing doesn't seem interesting, he just hurry up, she doesn't care, it's enough to be nice to her.

Xu Qiu'er didn't understand what was on her mind, after she was overjoyed, she hurried to tell her brother the good news.

Another day, Xu Huai would definitely jump up happily, but now he is very numb, still lying motionless under the covers.

"Brother, are you alright?"

Xu Qiuer pushed him puzzled.

Xu Huai stood up suddenly, his face sank like water, and he didn't say a word to his sister.Simply tidy up, knowing that his parents are not at home, he went straight to the west courtyard, stepped into the east room with a sullen face, and said to the shocked cousin: "I have something to ask her, Xiang'er took Qiu'er to our side, Don't come here until I leave."

Without giving the girls a chance to refuse, they dragged Guan Ping to the Westinghouse.

Guan Ping stared at his hand without refusing.

Ning Xiang was in a fog, and hurried down to the ground, when she went out, she saw Xu Huai scolding Xu Qiu'er for not allowing her to eavesdrop, and then closed the door of the west room.Xu Qiu'er still wanted to get closer, but Ning Xiang hurriedly dragged the little girl away, "Perhaps it's a marriage discussion, let's not get involved."

"But my sister has already agreed?" Xu Qiu'er was puzzled.

Ning Xiang didn't know about this, but she was an obedient younger sister, and her cousin was ordered, so she followed suit and dragged the little girl to the east courtyard.

In the room over there, Guan Ping frowned and stared at the man in front of the door, "You..."

"Help me one more time, not this time, I won't marry." Xu Huai blushed, but said firmly.

If he couldn't prove that he was a real man, how could he marry her?

When he said this in broad daylight, Guan Ping blushed for the first time, turned his head and scolded him, "Get lost!"

She showed timidity, Xu Huai's confidence was higher than the sky, he clenched his fists, walked towards her bravely, grabbed her wrist before Guan Ping dodged, pulled her forward with all his strength, turned around and pushed her against the door panel Going up, holding her hand and bringing it to him, "I wasn't ready last night, I'm sure I can do it this time."

"Do you want to die?" Guan Ping looked up at him, his eyes were cold, but his face was red.

Xu Huai stared at her without hesitation, determined to prove himself.

The man has grown courageous, staring at him won't work anymore, Guan Ping turned his eyes away, stared at the north window for a while, and said coldly: "Okay, I'll give you another chance, but remember, it won't work this time, You marry someone else."

She put it bluntly, Xu Huai was happier than her, and with a wave of her hand, she lost her belt.

Since you want to inspect the goods, do a thorough inspection.

(End of this chapter)