After he and Li Xiuxiu confirmed their relationship last year, he took out 1,000 yuan of the money to buy a new house in the county, but he still chose to hold the wedding in the village. His parents also built three new adobe houses for him to marry, so that they would not have no place to live when they returned to the village in the future. Many families in Liujiaopo were like this. They bought houses in the county and built houses in Liujiaopo. However, outsiders certainly didn’t know that they had houses in the county. Instead, more and more adobe houses were built in the village, so they thought that the people here had no future. Even if they left the countryside to work, they would eventually have to return to the village to settle down.
Because no matter how poor the people in Liujiaopo are, most of the children who are willing to study will graduate from high school, so when the city recruits workers, they will take the exam. Now there are at least 20 people working outside. After working for a few years, they will choose to buy a house in the county or city, but they never talk about it outside to keep a low profile and make a fortune quietly. Now that reform and opening up have come and the landlords are no longer severely punished, the Liu family talents have gradually let go of their constraints and started to show their talents.
Two of them are doing business in the city and are now thriving. There are also a few who followed the path of Liu Guoqiang and Liu Guodong and are now serving in the military. In addition to Liu Guoxing and Liu Yanran, there are also seven or eight people who did not get into Peking University or Tsinghua University. There are also more than a dozen preparing for the exam this year. Liu Yanran gave each of them a college entrance examination refueling station.
Liu Jiakang also has his own small treasury. He has his own ideas. After making old-fashioned furniture step by step for two years, he started to design by himself. In the beginning, he used scraps to make his own designs. Later, after being recognized by his master, he tried to buy some materials and make them himself. Later, the finished product was discovered by his leader, who was impressed and recommended it to the boss. The boss asked him to draw up the design drawings. Finally, he worked part-time as a designer in the factory and received commissions. After a few years, he had saved more than 10,000 yuan.
This time, he gave Xiuxiu a betrothal gift of 1,000 plus three turns and one ring. Everyone thought that he had emptied his family's savings to marry Xiuxiu. Only he and his master knew that his family was very wealthy and he could definitely give Xiuxiu a good life.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the wedding day. The weather was clear and sunny, as if it was a sign of a good start.
The Liu family sent a wedding procession consisting of eighteen bicycles, each of which was decorated with festive ribbons and flowers.
Liu Jiakang was riding his usual bicycle, with a bright red flower tied to the front. He was wearing a brand new black Mao suit and a half-new army green overcoat.
This coat was sent back home by Liu Guodong to Liu Chunping, and later passed around before finally ending up in the hands of Liu Jiakang. This outfit is both solemn and festive.
As the wedding procession set off, the house suddenly became busy. The last time Liu Guoxing came back to get the wine, many people were not at home, so only about ten tables of banquet were prepared.
But this time, as the Spring Festival was approaching, everyone went home to celebrate the New Year, and the number of banquets suddenly increased to thirty or forty tables.
However, for rural people, they value the liveliness and reunion more than the abundance of food and wine. Moreover, the current prices are relatively low, so this grand wedding will not cost too much money.
After discussing yesterday, Liu Yanran and Gu Shijing took out some vegetables and meat, which could be regarded as making up for their banquet. Today was a rare good day. Although it was winter, the sun was shining brightly, so even if they were eating in the courtyard, they would not feel cold.
The originally planned wedding banquet menu included several hearty meat dishes such as braised pork, braised lion's head, duck pot, steamed fish, etc., but Liu Yanran and the others felt that it was not perfect enough, so they added fried crispy pork, braised lamb, potato beef, taro roast chicken, glutinous rice spareribs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin and other delicious dishes to make a perfect banquet.
The vegetarian dishes included mushrooms, green vegetables, and green beans. Liu Yanran and her friends also added onions, pork liver, and cabbage and pork scraps. As for the soups, they prepared white fungus, red dates, and lotus seed soup, as well as vegetable and shredded pork soup.
In addition, Liu Yanran and her team also carefully prepared two special snacks: brown sugar steamed cake and fried rice cake, and paired them with sweet and delicious syrup.
This wedding banquet was an eye-opener for Li Xiuxiu's relatives and friends who came to see her off. Everyone couldn't help but sigh in admiration. In the past, people said that rural areas were very poor, but now seeing such a luxurious and sumptuous banquet, it was even more elaborate than the weddings held by people in the city!
Some even asserted that it would be difficult for any other wedding to surpass this one in the next ten years. Many began to question whether they had been misled into believing that rural areas were not truly poor. Young people who had not yet married secretly contemplated finding a partner in the countryside and enjoying this wonderful life.
Because Liu Jiakang was a brilliant student, yet his family was not well off, many people in the surrounding area bullied him, both openly and covertly. The one who disliked Liu Jiakang the most was Chen Erhe from the village next door. The reason was simple: Liu Jiakang always outperformed him in school, and later the two even competed for a spot in carpentry. Ultimately, Liu Jiakang won, and Chen Erhe returned to Chenjiazhuang to farm.
However, Chen Erhe had one advantage over Liu Jiakang: he married early. His wife was Mu Qingqing, an educated youth who had been sent to the countryside. She was fair and delicate, and had a strong belly. Within three years, she gave birth to two big boys for him.
However, after hearing the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, Mu Qingqing was determined to pass the exam and return to the city. Chen Erhe was of course unwilling to do so. After all, it was because of her poor family background that her family had sent her to the countryside. She was unaware of the suffering of the world and was tricked into returning home by him.
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