Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 502
After entering the room and putting away the porcelain jar, Cheng He went to fetch fireworks for Cheng Xinxin.

Cheng Xinxin said, "Dad, put it outside, put it outside."

There are a lot of little friends playing outside. They didn't set off fireworks today, so let them all watch together.

Cheng He randomly picked out a few items and held them in his hand, and let Cheng Xinxin take some by himself, then put on the lighter, and walked outside.

It can be placed by the pond, and the falling sparks will fall directly into the water without causing trouble.

It's autumn now, and the weather is dry, so it's better to be careful.

When the fireworks were set off, the children who were playing with the lanterns rushed over immediately, chirping and watching.

Cheng Xinxin was very excited, clapping her hands and screaming, thinking that the fireworks were so beautiful.

Setting off fireworks by the pond is actually pretty good. There are reflections in the water. It feels like the fireworks in the sky and the fireworks in the water are blooming at the same time, and the scene is much bigger in an instant.

Bai Qian watched the gorgeous fireworks bloom, and the children laughed excitedly. She felt that the children's laughter was the most beautiful thing.

It's Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are still frogs and crickets screaming loudly, which is very lively. The breeze gently swayed the water surface, breaking up the reflection of the fireworks on the water surface, shining a little bit of golden light.

The unknown floral and fruity scents not far away make this night charming.

After the fireworks were over, they played for a while before they walked back slowly.

The children naturally took the lanterns and ran away again.

After playing for a while, when she got home, Bai Qian really said, "Hey, I'm really hungry."

I feel like I ate quite a lot tonight.

Cheng He made fun of her: "You won't just say you're hungry when you see someone delivering something?"

Bai Qian was not afraid of his teasing, but she knew that the more she was afraid of him, the more aggressive she would be, so she simply said: "Someone sent something, it was specially for me, don't grab it from me."

"All right, it's for you, I'll rush for you!" Cheng He said.

Cheng Xinxin immediately yelled, "Father, I'm hungry too, and I want to eat too."

"All right, I won't miss you."

She is not hungry, her eyes are hungry, and when she sees that others have something to eat, she can't lag behind.

After the powder is ready, it actually looks like a paste, very sticky, very white in color, and very appetizing.

Bai Qian looked at the bowl in front of her, sniffed it lightly, and said, "It smells so good."

"Yeah, the glutinous rice I planted by myself, that aunt said just now that she specially added jujubes, saying that it can replenish blood and is suitable for you to drink more." Cheng He said while stirring for her.

Glutinous rice itself is also nourishing blood, steamed and dried together with red dates, and ground into powder together, the nutrition is all in it.

Speaking of which, the jujube trees in Cheng He's own yard can also be eaten, and he also plans to make some jujube cakes to eat.

Cheng Xinxin imitated her mother's movements and sniffed it, then said, "It smells so good."

Cheng He also stirred her a few more times, and said, "Be careful, drink slowly."

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The next day, Cheng Shi went to the city to rent a car early in the morning. In the afternoon, his relatives arrived one after another, and they had to rush back to prepare for the reception. They were very busy.

His parents were also so busy that they kept their feet on the ground, welcoming guests, arranging things, and so on.

However, Mr. Zhike arranges the banquet arrangements for relatives, etc., so they don't need to do everything by themselves.

At this time, the invited band was already playing, and the speakers were added, which could be heard from a mile away. It was very lively, and there were bursts of firecrackers from time to time.

In the past, suona and trumpets were used to play music when we got married. Later, we invited a clapper band, the kind of band with a few people playing foreign horns and foreign drums. At that time, the musicians were all wearing military uniforms and white gloves. They looked like decent.

Later, the band became richer, and real people were invited to sing, both men and women, and they sang popular songs.Such as love song duet, sweet love song and so on.

It's even more serious now, and a waist drum team has been added. When some people sing, there are backup dancers. Not to mention more than a dozen female band members dance with the songs, and change their costumes according to the content of the singing. After the whole wedding banquet, there are more than a dozen A change of clothes is available.

In short, the scene is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not comparable to the suona band back then.In fact, the suona band can't get enough of it even if they want to use it now. There are not many people who will meet, only some old people are left.

The old man's vital capacity is already unable to complete the entire wedding banquet.

Their time has passed, and now it is time to make room for these modern musicians.

However, some old people who are still old are always not interested in modern pop bands, nor can they understand the dances of modern people. They think that the suona they played in their era is better.

At night, there are more firecrackers, crackling and crackling, and the scale of the fireworks behind is not small, row after row, and the sound of spring thunder is loud.

In the evening, Cheng Shi got dressed up and went out with a team of marriage proposals.

The wedding cars invited from the city were waiting at the entrance of the village. There were ten of them. There were two Porsches in front, and the cars behind were not bad either.

It can be seen that Cheng Shi has spent money, these face-saving things are all spent on money.

Bai Qian watched a car drive away in the dark, and asked Cheng He, "Why did Cheng Shi go out at night? What's the rule?"

The ten cars went not only to Cheng Shi, but also to ten well-dressed young people who were uniformly dressed, and two elders who proposed to be married, which were Cheng Shi's uncles.

Cheng He told Bai Qian that these are the people who will propose marriage tomorrow.

The proposing team roughly means "best man". In Nanshan City, they are called "ten friends". They are ten unmarried young men who are cousins ​​of the same generation as the groom, or classmates and colleagues of the groom, etc. Well, they have a separate table at tomorrow's wedding banquet, and they are the guests of honor.

Cheng He is married, so such "ten friends" are not his turn.

In fact, this is also because the bride's home is far away, so they need to leave the night before.

If it is from a nearby village, they will leave at noon tomorrow to pick up the bride and have the wedding ceremony in the afternoon.This is the general process.

But precisely because of the distance, they had to leave one night earlier. The one-way journey was more than six hours. How could they catch up with the wedding ceremony tomorrow afternoon if they didn't make it earlier?

That's it, after Cheng Shi arrives there tomorrow morning, the bride will also go out in the morning.

For this matter, the two of them also had a small quarrel several times.The bride said that she had never seen someone going out early in the morning...

Because of the long distance, these things have to be coordinated, and I don't know how the banquet on the woman's side is arranged.

Bai Qian couldn't stop laughing when she heard that, and said, "I haven't heard of it. The bride has to leave the house very early in the morning. It seems that her long-distance marriage will cost a lot."

She didn't have one. Back then, Cheng He and her just invited colleagues casually and bought a silver ring without any ostentation.

It was the first time for her to visit Peach Blossom Village this year, and Cheng Xinxin was already this old.

Cheng He looked at her and said, "What? Are you envious too? Do you want to hold a wedding for you too?"

Bai Qian gently touched her stomach and said, "Oh, I'm envious, so I'm envious. My heart is so big, why bother?"

There is no regret in the tone.

She said: "Life is really like a play! I always feel that everything has been arranged in the dark."

Otherwise, how could she live in Taohua Village as a daughter of the Bai family?
The next day, Mid-Autumn Festival, at two o’clock in the afternoon, Cheng Shi’s wedding caravan came back, and a large set of firecrackers was set off at the entrance of the village, and every turn and every bridge, even if it was just a small bridge, had to stop. First set off a firecracker before passing, to show that evil spirits are warded off.

When the convoy just entered the village, the band went up to meet it. When the convoy stopped and waited, they played vigorously, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, making it lively.

Then some intellectuals came to arrange some etiquette. For example, when passing someone's house, when someone's house set off a string of firecrackers to congratulate each other, they should express their thanks on behalf of the family members.

At this time, all the people in the village came out to greet each other, either with the family members or with the newcomers, to watch the fun and snatch the wedding candies.

Wedding candies are sprinkled once in a while, and adults and children all go to grab them to rejoice.

Bai Qian also watched from the crowd, but she was too thin-skinned to snatch it, and she was afraid that someone would bump her into it, so she didn't go there.

At this time, she heard several older old ladies chatting:
"Marriage nowadays is all about ostentation. It costs a lot to rent so many cars. Oh, my grandson will also get this when he gets married. I don't know how much it will cost."

"Yes, but if you don't let him get it, you can't do it. Others have it, but he doesn't. Doesn't that mean you can't hold your head up?"

"By the way, Seventh Aunt, when you got married, did you sit in a sedan chair? Back then, you all sat in a sedan chair, right?"

"Yeah, we were sitting in sedan chairs at that time. At that time, I liked this. I was the last to marry in sedan chairs. Later, I didn't like sedan chairs anymore. Girls are lucky now, and they don't have to do anything. We married back then. In the first month, I have to make shoes and soles for my husband’s family, think about it, how many pairs of shoes do I have to make for a big family?”

"Hahaha... That's right, young people nowadays are lucky and don't need to do these things. If they dared not do it before, they would be punished by their mother-in-law. Now it's the other way around. It's the mother-in-law who is afraid of their daughter-in-law."

Bai Qian listened, looked over, and saw a few elderly people chatting lively about the past, she couldn't help but also smiled.

From their mouths, you can hear the great changes of the times, from getting married in a sedan chair to the wedding car team to pick up the bride now; after the women in the past got married, they had to do things at home and outside the house, and now women in the new era also have things to do , but it is no longer necessary to make shoes and insoles.

In just a few decades, such a big change has taken place, and it has also witnessed the changes of history.

The wedding car was still far away from Cheng Shi's house, but it was stopped by people who were "arguing about relatives", telling the groom not to be lazy, but to carry the bride back.

To be honest, the "marriage fight" is probably the most beautiful part of the whole wedding banquet.

Cheng Shi got out of the car first, ran over to open the car door for the bride, and then picked up the bride and got out of the car. At this time, according to the rules, the bride's feet should not touch the ground, and she had to be carried home and into the new house.

If you can't hold the bride, the "arguing relatives" still have tricks, and they will make Cheng Shi's uncle, uncle and other relatives carry the bride.

This is all a fun part. Cheng Shi's uncles and uncles are all over 50 years old.

Some brides are shy and have no choice but to give in when they are made such a fuss;No matter what it is, it can amuse people.

Bai Qian followed with a smile and said, "Fortunately, the bride is not heavy. If it is heavy, hug her and what if she falls?"

This kind of horizontal hug is a test of arm strength. If there is one that weighs more than 100 kilograms, it will be really difficult.

Cheng He said with a smile: "That can be changed to back."

Cheng Shi showed his hand and hugged the bride back without stopping the whole process, but the veins on his forehead burst out, and his face was flushed red.

It is not an easy matter to fight a person who is holding a hundred catties horizontally.

On the bustling wedding, the guests and hosts had a great time, and it happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the excitement this time was really not small.

The close relatives of the natal family who came with the bride to see off their relatives were all arranged to go to Cheng Shi's uncle's house. They sat at the table by themselves and did not meet the relatives here. They specially arranged for Cheng Shi's uncle to accompany them to toast.

That is the honored guest among the honored guests, very respectful.

This is also the custom in their area.

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　　It's Mid-Autumn Festival, smelling the smell of the neighbor's chicken soup, ah, it smells so good!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)