Chapter 81: Casting a Net Along the Way (Fourth Update)
"My dear relatives, this is a little gift from us. The two children are destined to be together, and we are also trying to add some luck to this marriage and bring more happiness!"
It was obvious that Liang's father had practiced this several times at home, and he was not like his usual self when he said this.
"Two hundred and eighty-eight, the two of you will live in love and harmony from now on, and your days will get better and better!"
Lu Hongyu pointed out the amount of the bride price at the right time.
Just as Liang's father stood up, Chen Dagang also stood up quickly and stretched out his hands to take the red envelope handed over by Liang's father.
When he heard the amount, his expression was slightly surprised. He also knew that the Liang family had recently bought a new boat, which must have been a huge expense, so he did not have high expectations for the amount of the betrothal gift.
These days, every family in the countryside is not well off. In their area, the bride price is basically only 188 yuan. Even with this, many families have to borrow money from relatives to make up the difference.
In Chen Dagang's opinion, 288 is already a lot.
Seeing that Liang's father changed his words to "relatives", he also changed his words and said:
"My in-laws are so polite. The two children are indeed a match made in heaven. They will surely live a happy life in the future!"
Liang Ziqiang quietly raised his eyes to look at Chen Xiangbei, and saw that Chen Xiangbei's face was flushed the whole time, and she was glancing at him from time to time.
The two families sat down again and began to discuss the details of the wedding.
Regarding the date, Liang's father listed the three possible auspicious dates and revealed that the Liang family preferred the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, twelve days later.
Lao Chen thought about it and seemed to feel that ten days was a little tight, but after thinking it over, he decided to choose the eighth day of the eighth lunar month.
The next very important topic is the wedding process of "water wedding".
In this regard, matchmaker Lu Hongyu is the most experienced. She married from Huagu Village to Pomwang Village in accordance with the custom of "marriage on water".
"I remember that although our Huagu Village does not go out to sea, there are two boats in the river, right?" Lu Hongyu said.
"Yes, we usually help the village transport fruits and vegetables. We have two buses, one is old, and the other is new and has been opened for less than two or three years." Chen Dagang answered immediately.
"It would be best if we could borrow the new one. On the auspicious morning of the eighth day of the eighth month, Miss Xiangbei, accompanied by her sisters from Huagu Village, boarded the riverboat and sailed from the river to the sea.
When they reached the sea, Aqiang's family's brand new boat was decorated festively and was parked on the sea waiting for her as a wedding boat.
The sisters from Huagu Village will help Xiangbei hold an umbrella to cover her head, and accompany her from the river boat to Aqiang's wedding boat. At the same time, there will be a "lucky mother" on the wedding boat to say good things, and some villagers from Pomfret Village who have good relations will also drive their fishing boats to come over and sing fishing songs together, making it lively!
Ah Qiang accompanied Xiang Bei and rode the gondola back to Pomwang Village. That’s all I need to say about the whole process. I will help with all other matters!”
After Lu Hongyu finished speaking, the Chen family said that they would negotiate with the owner of the river boat to borrow the boat in the next ten days. At the same time, because Chen Xiangbei did not have a younger sister, the family would invite other young girls from the same village to be sisters to accompany her on her wedding day.
The parents of both sides continued to chat for a while. On the day of the marriage proposal, the man's family must stay here for lunch. At this time, Chen Xiangbei's sisters-in-law were preparing lunch, so Lao Chen and Xiangbei accompanied the Liang family to walk around and take a look.
Gradually, the elders walked to the front, leaving Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei behind, talking to each other alone.
As Liang Ziqiang walked and talked, he looked up and saw that in the morning sunlight, a mile or two away from here, there was a waterway slightly smaller than a normal river, which was reflecting the sunlight into golden waves.
Unlike the sea that Liang Ziqiang had been accustomed to seeing since he was a child, this waterway did not have the slightest sense of grandeur, but was more like a delicate golden belt, embellishing the valleys and plains.
"When Aunt Yu got married, she boarded the ship from this waterway and headed for the sea, right?" Liang Ziqiang stopped and asked.
"You mean Huagu River? Yes, my father told me that back then, Yugu wore a new red dress and stood on the bow of the boat, attracting the villagers to stop and watch!"
Liang Ziqiang listened to this and turned his head to look at her.
Unlike the generally dark faces of the girls from fishing families, Chen Xiangbei, who grew up in the orchard, was naturally very fair. Her skin, as white as tofu, was illuminated by the morning sun, revealing extremely soft hairs. This tender face would definitely look special with a bridal hairstyle, right? His mind was floating, and he said with a smile:
"Twelve days later, you will be the one standing on the bow of the boat being chased and stared at. When the time comes, people along the coast will start asking, 'The most beautiful girl in Huagu Village, where are you going to marry?' Then you will say, 'Of course I'm going to marry the most handsome boy in Pomfret Village, Aqiang!' Well, when the boat sails over, you will say this all the way..."
“Puff.”
Chen Xiangbei was so amused by him that she couldn't help laughing. She covered her mouth and rolled her eyes at him: "How can you be so shameless as to say that you are the most handsome guy. Why didn't I know you were so shameless before?"
"It's not bad, it basically conforms to the facts!" Liang Ziqiang chuckled twice.
On the way, Liang Ziqiang agreed with Chen Xiangbei that there were some things that needed to be done quickly before the wedding, such as going to the tailor shop in town to order the bride's dress, inviting good girls in the village to accompany him to the wedding, notifying relatives near and far, etc.
As for the jewelry to be worn at the wedding, Liang Ziqiang had thought about it.
He specifically asked Du Ziteng about this that day, and only then did he find out that the price of gold was not cheap these days. Gold cost more than 40 yuan per gram, and this was just the standard gold price, not the price of jewelry.
Some wealthy families in Yanghai City buy gold jewellery by asking someone to buy it from the old-fashioned gold jewellery shops in Hong Kong Island, and the price is as high as eighty or ninety yuan.
If Liang Ziqiang wanted to buy the "three golds" for Chen Xiangbei, it would cost more than a thousand yuan, which is obviously not something he can afford now.
It seems that I can only wait until after I get married and continue to work hard to earn more money. Once I have enough money, I can consider buying her beautiful gold jewelry.
As for the "three turns and one ring", it is mainly popular among young workers in the city. Their village has not yet paid attention to it.
The two talked for a while and started walking back.
At this time, he saw Da Huang also leading a group of pups strolling along the roadside. For some reason, Da Huang did not wag his tail to greet him this time, as if they were strangers.
In the middle, she even looked up at him twice, with a look that was full of suspicion but without much evidence.
It seemed that it had counted the cubs and found that one was missing. It highly suspected that Liang Ziqiang was the culprit and was holding a grudge against him.
After lunch, the three members of the Liang family, together with Lu Hongyu, said goodbye to the Chen family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen brought some things out and Liang Ziqiang found that they gave back oranges, longans, sweet meat buns and wedding cakes.
Chen Xiangbei leaned close to his ear and whispered to him that the sweet meat buns were made by her personally with pork specially bought by her family, and she also made the wedding cake herself.
As they were walking towards the path, Chen Xiangbei called him again, "Wait a minute!"
Liang Ziqiang stopped and saw Chen Xiangbei take out a bright red small object from her arms. It turned out to be a peace knot made of red rope.
"I heard that if you bring a peace knot like this when you go fishing, you will be safer and more auspicious, and everything will go smoothly!"
Chen Xiangbei pursed her lips, glanced at him, and stuffed the peace knot into his hand: "You must take good care of it!"
"You knitted it yourself, didn't you?"
"What do you think?!"
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"Do I need you to remind me of this? I will definitely bring it with me on the boat. You have such good luck when you go fishing. This is for my husband, right?!"
Liang Ziqiang put her peace knot in his pocket, squeezed her hand, and then caught up with his parents.
When I arrived, I heard my mother thanking the matchmaker Lu Hongyu and stuffing a small red envelope into Aunt Yu's pocket.
To be honest, Aunt Yu is a matchmaker, she is really dedicated...
When he got home, Liang Ziqiang never expected that the first thing to greet him was a furry little ball. It rolled to his feet as if it had rolled all the way from the ground, and then raised its front paws to hug his calves.
Behind Xiaomaotuan were Lizhi and Xiaohai. They didn't even look at anyone, but looked directly into the baskets in their hands.
When they saw the wedding cakes and sweet meat buns, they both let out happy shouts, as if they were infected by the little fur ball.
Liang's father and mother had returned from successfully proposing marriage, and they were very happy at the moment. They didn't bother to say anything to the two people and just let them eat.
At this time, Liang's father looked at the sky, called Liang Ziqiang over and said:
"Aqiang, there are still many things to plan for your wedding, such as preparing the banquet and notifying relatives.
In the next ten days or so, there might not be much time to go out to sea. While it's still early, take the boat out to the sea for a while, don't go too far, maybe you can still catch a few fish and shrimps.
I think the 300 yuan at home might not be enough for your wedding. If I can catch a few fish this afternoon, I can give you more money for your wedding!"
Liang Ziqiang could tell from his words that his father had been worrying about his marriage these days.
He said yes and hurried to get the fishing nets, baskets, buckets and so on.
After some preparation, the father and his two sons immediately set off for the beach.
On the way, Liang Ziqiang had an idea and suggested to his father:
"Dad, aren't we going to take this boat to pick up the bride in ten days or so? Why don't we take this waterway today? We can cast nets and catch some fish along the way, and also arrange the itinerary for the bride's wedding, killing two birds with one stone?"
When Liang's father heard this, he immediately agreed: "Alright! But that area is close to Dayu Village. If we encounter fishermen from Dayu Village later, it's better to avoid them!"
Pomwang Village and Huagu Village are not adjacent to each other, there is Dayu Village in between.
Huagu Village only has a river and is not adjacent to the sea, but Dayu Village is adjacent to the sea.
Generally speaking, the coastal area of each fishing village is definitely the village's private land, and fishermen from other villages will not set foot there.
But the waters a little further offshore are basically public waters, and fishermen from every fishing village can go there.
At this moment, the father and his sons got on the boat, started the diesel engine, and headed towards Dayu Village, but they did not stay close to the coastline of Dayu Village, but kept a certain distance from the shore.
Along the way, whenever they saw fish appearing, they would cast a few nets from time to time. They only caught a few scattered fish, each net containing only a few pounds.
Liang Zifeng couldn't help, so he looked at the scenery along the way and poked Liang Ziqiang, saying, "Brother, there are mountains and seas in this area, the scenery is very beautiful. When the time comes, you and your sister-in-law will sit on the wedding boat. It will be so wonderful that you can ride on the boat and sail through thousands of mountains. It will be great!"
Liang Ziqiang could tell that his younger brother was saying some nice words of congratulations, but he was a little confused. Was the first half of the sentence "The light boat has passed through thousands of mountains" like this? As the two were talking, they heard the voice of Liang's father:
"Stop talking nonsense, there's a large school of fish coming, use two nets to catch them at the same time!"
Liang Ziqiang quickly turned his head to look at the sea, and saw a silver tide of fish rippling not far away.
Those fish were all very delicate and exquisite, and there were many of them, like countless pieces of silver, creating thousands of points of silver light in the waves!
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