Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi's marriage was settled, without any grand ceremony or banquet.
It’s not that the Zeng family can’t afford it, but it’s not cost-effective.
A table of food, excluding cigarettes and alcohol, usually costs about ten yuan. It is more expensive if cigarettes and alcohol are included. Moreover, supplies are scarce now, so ten yuan is definitely not enough.
Another thing is that a family will not only have one person come to a banquet, usually the whole family will come, but the gift is only fifty cents or one yuan, and giving two yuan is considered the best.
In this way, you invest more than ten or twenty yuan for a table, but get back no more than five yuan, and you will lose so much money that you won't even have anything to wear.
The most important thing is that Zeng Wangcai doesn't want to invite these people from Siheyuan to drink.
The family had a meal at home. Grandma stayed there overnight and talked with Zhang Xiuzhi all night. I don’t know what they talked about, but when grandma left the next day, Zhang Xiuzhi did not follow her.
Grandma said that Zhang Xiuzhi will live here from now on.
Zeng Wangcai naturally wished for this. With Zhang Xiuzhi around, if anyone in his family was bullied, he could fight back...
The money and the bill were divided into three equal parts, but Xiaohu and Xiaobao didn't want them. They returned half and only took the other half, saying that they would keep it for their mother.
Zeng Wangcai took out part of the remaining money and gave it to Lin Huyang who had helped him.
In the end, Lin Huyang didn't want it either. He heard that his brother was going to join the army, so he took Zeng Wangcai and Huang Liang with him to drink.
This time, it was the first time that Zeng Wangcai drank freely since coming here, and he drank too much.
Of the remaining money, part of it was given to my mother, and the bulk was given to Zhang Xiuzhi, a total of twelve thousand.
All these arrangements were made, and three days later, the notice about the departure of new recruits was finally issued on the street.
On the day of departure, the autumn wind was chilly, but the streets and alleys were very hot.
Everywhere there were new recruits wearing brand new uniforms and military caps, and everyone had a big red flower on their chest.
There were gongs and drums in the streets to see them off, but in those families where someone was going to join the army, the fathers put on a forced smile and the mothers wiped away their tears and were reluctant to let them go.
Zeng Wangcai was dressed the same as all the other recruits, wearing a big red flower and standing at the gate of the courtyard.
"Wangcai, you must be fine..." Chen Yumei started to speak but couldn't continue. She covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zeng Youqian's expression was very unnatural. He wanted to smile to comfort her, but he couldn't.
Zeng Xiaoqiang held the crying third son Lai Fu with one hand, and subconsciously touched the paint on the door with the other hand. The two were too young to bear the separation.
Only Zhang Xiuzhi was the calmest. She seemed to have accepted her new identity. She stood quietly and watched Zeng Wangcai and his family say goodbye one by one.
Finally, it was her turn...
"Don't worry, I'm at home!" Zhang Xiuzhi didn't say much, just six words, but each one was powerful.
Zeng Wangcai didn't say anything. He walked forward and hugged Zhang Xiuzhi tightly, resting her head on his shoulder, smelling the scent of her hair and feeling her tense body.
The sudden hug made Zhang Xiuzhi at a loss. She reflexively wanted to push it away and fight back... but in the end, she did nothing.
“Oh~~~”
The teenage kids in the yard started to make a noise, but were quickly suppressed by the adults in the family.
We all know that farewell at this time is very heavy, and even the most stupid person would not deliberately make trouble at this time.
Zeng Wangcai suddenly remembered the moment when Xu Sanduo went to the army, when his father and Chengcai's father fought with gangsters together.
This scene did not happen. The courtyard was extremely harmonious today and no one disturbed the arrival of the new recruits.
Zeng Wangcai waved goodbye for the last time and got on the truck as his family watched him. Finally, his family disappeared from sight.
In a blink of an eye, more than two months have passed. I have just adapted to the environment and am facing new challenges.
"It's too troublesome..." Zeng Wangcai complained in his heart as he held onto the car railing.
He absolutely could not have imagined at this time that being a soldier was not really a change of environment at all, because his destination was just over 200 kilometers away from the old city - Chengde!
Siheyuan.
After Zeng Wangcai left, some families were happy while others were sad.
For most families in the courtyard, they were happy to see Zeng Wangcai joining the army. Only the third uncle Yan Bugui sighed secretly. Without Zeng Wangcai, where would they go fishing?
The last time Zeng Wangcai went fishing, Yan Bugui again took a ride and, with Zeng Wangcai's help, he had a good harvest, even more than the last time, catching nearly 100 kilograms of fish.
Yan Bugui was so happy at that time.
Without Zeng Wangcai, Yan Bugui had no choice but to focus on Zhang Xiuzhi. He waited for Zhang Xiuzhi to come back at the door of his house and took the initiative to talk to her: "Xiuzhi, I heard that you will live in the courtyard from now on. Are you going to sleep in Wangcai's old house?"
"Yes, just tell me if you have something to say." Zhang Xiuzhi smiled gently and integrated into the new role.
"Nothing else, just remember to call me when you go fishing on Sunday." Yan Bugui's attitude was very polite, without the airs of an uncle.
In the entire courtyard, only Yan Bugui knew Zhang Xiuzhi better, because he had heard Zeng Wangcai and others talk about her a lot during two fishing trips.
But it was not the case for others. Some people vaguely heard that Zhang Xiuzhi's subordinates were powerful, but they had never seen them, so they had no idea.
The two of them had not spoken a few words when they heard Lai Fu's cries from outside the Chuihua Gate, from the back seat that was currently occupied by Zhang Xiuzhi.
Zhang Xiuzhi's face changed immediately, and she hurried over without even bothering to say hello to Yan Bugui.
"Alas, the peaceful days are gone..." Yan Bugui sighed and followed.
As the neighbor next door to the Zeng family and also the lord of the compound, Yan Bugui could probably guess that someone would cause trouble for the Zeng family as soon as Zeng Wangcai left. Sure enough, within a day, the trouble came.
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