On December 28th, Chen Xia is finally getting married.
In the eyes of ordinary Chinese people, getting a marriage certificate is not considered a real marriage. Only a wedding banquet is considered a real marriage. If a family only gets a marriage certificate without a wedding banquet, the marriage will be regarded as a swindle and laughed at by others.
The family situations of Chen Xia and Gu Lin are rather special. Chen Xia's parents are both deceased, and all of Gu Lin's relatives are in the Northeast.
So this wedding is mainly based on the interpersonal relationships in the hospital.
The elder representatives of the Chen family are Chen Yigen, Ren Yuanfei, Chen Chun, and the entire staff of the Infectious Diseases Department and the General Affairs Department. These are considered relatives of Chen Xia.
The relatives from Qingfeng Village were also well prepared. In addition to Chen Yigen, Chen Guoqing, Chen Guolin, Chen Qiaogu and others came to Meiyuan today, and of course, "Uncle Chen Yize" was also present.
The plum garden has been newly decorated. Several female elders from Qingfeng Village who have rich experience as matchmakers are still busy. Chen Chun and Chen Qiaogu are also very busy.
Chen Chun asked anxiously, "Is the wedding car ready?"
Chen Qiaogu quickly said, "Everything is ready. Six cars. Chen Zhen and the others are tying red ropes on them right now."
"Where are Madai and Tangyuan?"
Mrs. Guolin poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "It's ready, don't worry, Ah Chun."
Chen Yigen led everyone to set up an incense table in the middle of the living room, on which were placed the tablets of ancestors. In fact, the tablets of Chen Bingkun and Yang Lijuan were also on the side. As the patriarch of the Chen family, he was responsible for the ceremony of ancestor worship.
The Yuezhou region attaches great importance to ancestor worship. Any major events that occur in the family must be reported to the ancestors, and it is also an indispensable part of the wedding. Failure to worship the ancestors is equivalent to not getting the recognition of the ancestors, which does not count.
Uncle Chen Yize was so happy today that he was lying in Chen Dong's room, lying on the bed and eating imported food to his heart's content.
Chen Xia dressed himself up with the help of his colleagues. Today he wore a suit and tie, polished his leather shoes, and put hairspray in his hair.
This dress was very common in later generations, but it caused a sensation in this era. Everyone looked at Chen Xia with shining eyes.
Especially the young colleagues in the Fourth Hospital, such as Wei Hongxing, Sheng Qingyun, Xie Liping, Guo Musen, Lu Fang, and Ren Jijun, the six groomsmen, they simply regarded Chen Xia as a movie star.
In the 1980s, those with better conditions would wear a Zhongshan suit, while those with less conditions would wear a tattered cotton jacket. Who has ever seen a suit and tie? This, this looks so Western, so stylish, so cool.
Chen Chun was obviously very satisfied with his brother's outfit today. He almost gave him a perfect score. He went up to him and straightened his collar. "Well, second brother, you look even more handsome today than Guo Kaimin in Lushan Love."
Chen Xia took a bunch of plastic flowers and said with a smile: "That's it, who am I? I'm the most handsome guy in the Fourth Hospital."
“Tsk~~~~~~~”
Hahaha.
In fact, Chen Xia was a little uneasy at this time. Why hadn't his father, mother, and grandmother from his previous life come yet? He had notified them long ago.
Just when he was extremely worried, the shadows of Chen Zhenwu and his group suddenly appeared at the gate.
The reason they were late was that the long-distance buses of this era were too unreliable. They broke down halfway and they had to wait for a long time before the bus was repaired.
When Chen Xia saw that his real "family" had arrived, he was so happy.
"Auntie, brother, sister-in-law, ah my, Chen Lan and Chen Zhu are here, haha, I've been waiting for a long time."
The old lady’s coming today was definitely an unexpected surprise for Chen Xia.
This grandmother in the previous life was very carsick and usually did not travel far unless necessary. She would rather walk back to her hometown in the countryside.
This time, the more than two-hour drive from Jiangzhou to Yuezhou was very difficult for her, so she didn't look very good when she arrived at the Plum Garden.
After spending so many times with Chen Xia, the old lady had an inexplicable sense of intimacy, as if he were one of her younger sons or grandsons.
She missed him terribly when she couldn't see him, but she just didn't say it.
But this time, when she heard that Chen Xia was getting married, the old lady, despite being carsick, insisted on going to Yuezhou together.
Chen Zhenwu and Yin Yue'e hurriedly offered their congratulations, while Chen Xia held onto the old lady's hand tightly and asked in a very conceited manner, "Auntie, am I handsome today? I'm getting married today, are you happy? Hehe."
The old lady in her previous life died before Chen Xia got married. This was the biggest regret the old lady said before she died, because Chen Lan and Chen Zhu were both married at that time, leaving only her most beloved grandson without a family, which was a concern for her.
The regrets of the previous life were made up in this life, so Chen Xia was happy, happy from the bottom of his heart. If everyone was not watching, he would have wanted to hug the old lady and spin around a few times.
Yin Yue'e looked at the huge courtyard and exclaimed repeatedly: "Xiao Xia, your house is so big."
Chen Xia led Jiangzhou and the others into the living room and introduced Chen Chun and the others:
"Fourth Grandfather, Sister, let me introduce you. These are our Chen family's relatives in Jiangzhou. I personally recognized my aunt, as well as my eldest brother, his wife, and two nephews."
Chen Yigen was completely bewildered. Although he had doubts in his heart, he would console himself by thinking that the Yuezhou Chen family had indeed split up several times, and even had a branch in Xiangjiang, not to mention Jiangzhou. So he just muddled through the confusion and acknowledged his relationship.
Seeing that his younger brother treated this family so politely, Chen Chun naturally followed suit and quickly called out "Auntie, Brother, and Sister-in-law."
The adults were greeting each other in the living room, while Chen Lan and Chen Zhu were taken to their rooms by Chen Dong, who showed them his picture books and snacks.
The Chen family from Jiangzhou arrived, and Chen Xia finally put his biggest worry aside. It was already 2 p.m.
It's time to pick up the bride.
Chen Yigen roared, the auspicious time had arrived, and he set out to pick up the bride.
As firecrackers rang out, six cars slowly set off from Meiyuan and headed towards the staff residential area of the Fourth Hospital, watched by Chen Yigen, Chen Chun, and Chen Zhenwu's family.
In the 1980s and 1990s, when people in Yuezhou got married, the main means of transportation for picking up the bride was by boat. The groom would play music all the way on the boat to the bride's house.
If the bride's family is well-off, they will arrange several boats, usually with several eight-immortal tables on them, which are filled with dowry, and then they will be paraded through the city to the groom's house.
Picking up the bride in a car is unprecedented in a rural area like Ke Town. Chen Xia has created another first.
There is another first. Chen Xia spent a lot of money to invite two cameramen from Zhijiang Provincial TV Station to help shoot the wedding video.
This was actually a private job. In addition to the videotapes that Chen Xia had to pay for himself, he also gave each reporter an additional 50 yuan, which was their monthly salary.
I came here happily because reporters also need to make a living.
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