Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Wedding Night
"Then let's have lunch." The eldest brother of the Ma family looked at his watch. "We still have time to leave after lunch."
"I still have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy you a quilt cover and sew a quilt. I also have to buy a lot of other things." The eldest sister-in-law's eyes were already filled with tears. She hurriedly pulled the eldest brother up and said, "Hurry up and drive the tractor."
"Sister-in-law, no need." Liang Xin held her sister-in-law and handed her a White Rabbit candy. "I have to take a bus to the provincial capital, so I can't take it with me even if I buy it."
"If you can't take it all away, then take it in several trips. How can you just leave like this?"
The second sister-in-law, who wanted Liang Xin to get married the most, was also frightened and at a loss. "Sister-in-law, wait for me. I will go shopping with you. I also want to buy a dowry for my younger sister."
The speed at which Liang Xin got married was beyond everyone's expectations.
Except for Liang Xin, everyone in the Liang family was busy.
Dig the cellar, dig out radishes, wash vegetables and rice, kill chickens, stew meat, set the table, and borrow chairs.
All the skillful women in the production team came to the door with needles to help spread mats and sew quilts.
The brigade tailor came to Liangxin's house with a tape measure to tailor a dress for her to wear on her wedding day.
Although Liang Tiezhu thought he had already spent a lot of money and paid 600 yuan, he still hurried to find a carpenter from the commune's engineering team and ordered two camphorwood boxes.
The dowry box is an old custom for marrying off a daughter in Linhuai.
Even if you don't have time to take it away today, you have to do it.
I'll send it over when it's done.
The two sisters-in-law borrowed cotton coupons from all over the brigade and finally managed to collect two quilts.
A quilt cover with red satin and green brocade, embroidered with peonies and mandarin ducks playing in the water; a quilt cover with green satin and red brocade, embroidered with dragons and phoenixes dancing and double happiness characters. Red dates, peanuts, longans, lotus seeds and walnuts were stuffed inside before sewing.
In addition, a twill peony printed bed sheet and two pairs of red Double Happiness pillowcases were prepared.
After buying these, almost all the cloth coupons in the brigade had been borrowed by the two sisters-in-law.
The aunt of Uncle Liangxin's family bought a towel blanket, and the aunt of Uncle Liangxin's family bought a flower mat. They each gave Liangxin ten yuan as a dowry.
The wedding banquet was very sumptuous, with a bowl of chicken, a bowl of carp, a bowl of pork, and a bowl of pig's trotters. In all these years, it was the first time that the members had seen meat dishes without vegetable vermicelli.
In addition to the meat, there was a bowl of cabbage, a bowl of chili peppers, a bowl of tofu, a bowl of radishes, and a bowl of peanuts on the table.
The Liang family did not give any gifts, but only invited relatives within the five degrees of mourning to gather together for a reunion dinner before Liang Xin got married.
Liang Xin also invited Lu Wei.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was not very warm at the beginning.
After a few drinks, the men started chatting and talking nonsense, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
The female comrades, especially the eldest sister-in-law, were still wiping away tears and couldn't even eat.
The second sister-in-law stopped making noise and felt her heart was empty.
"I'm sorry, Mom." Chen Ying wiped her tears with a handkerchief. "When the disaster struck, my grandfather and I went to the Huaihua Brigade to beg for food. My grandfather starved to death, and Mom saved me before I almost starved to death. Later, Mom not only helped me bury my grandfather, but also gave me a basket of dried taro and asked Liang Ming and Lao San to escort me home. Later, before Mom died, the only thing she said was to ask me to take good care of Liang Xin. I was incapable of doing so..."
"Sister-in-law, stop crying."
Liang Xin looked out the window and said, "After this year is over, things will get better."
The wedding dress made by the brigade's tailors was a red tweed two-purpose shirt with a lapel and pockets.
Liang Xin was not wearing anything when she left. She was still wearing a thin blue cotton jacket and a red triangular tassel scarf wrapped around her head. She took a tractor to the commune bus station.
Lu Wei was waiting at the station with a pair of Double Happiness enamel basins in her hands.
Liang Xin had seen her a long time ago, "You ran away after dinner, why are you here?"
"Wedding gift." Lu Wei handed the basin to Liang Xin and five yuan to her, "Dowry money."
"The gift is accepted, but the money is taken back."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "The dowry is given by the elders. You and I are of the same generation."
Lu Wei didn't know the specific rules of this etiquette, so he added, "The money from selling the chicken."
"There are six chickens, four for you and two for me." Liang Xin pushed back, "Don't row a boat to dredge sand in the winter. Going down to the river every day is bad for your health."
Lu Wei stuffed the money into Liang Xin's pocket and ran away.
After running far away, I looked back and stood in the cold wind.
"With a roar of spring thunder in October, our party crushed the Gang of Four. Ten years ago, the revolution started with education. Ten years later, the restoration of order in the country will also start with education. I firmly believe that the wave of knowledge will soon sweep back. I will not give up studying. You must also firmly believe that I will definitely save you!!!"
The lingering sound was carried to my ears by the cold wind.
Liang Xin was silent for a long time, watching Lu Wei's back slowly turn into a small dot, and smiled gently.
I went to the commune to get the marriage report. Before getting on the bus, I handed five yuan to my sister-in-law and asked her to pass it on to Lu Wei.
The Lu family’s two-story building has a small reception room up the spiral staircase, which runs through the east and west sides.
The simple sofa, windows, and doors on the east and west sides of the small living room are all pasted with wedding characters.
The door of the master bedroom on the east side is different from other doors in that it has double happiness characters pasted on it.
In the master bedroom, there is a set of large wardrobes with dressing mirrors and a three-door cabinet with two magpies painted on it placed side by side against the wall.
There were two leather-clasped boxes next to the cabinet, with several colorful satin quilts stacked on top of the boxes.
On the desk covered with plexiglass, there was a brand new 12-inch black-and-white Panda TV, and on the tray next to it were a pair of red tin kettles and a pair of enamel teacups.
Under the desk, there are two enameled spittoons with tall legs, one depicting a rich peony, and the other depicting mandarin ducks playing in the water.
A row of floor-to-ceiling windows with wedding characters pasted on them, and the curtains are lightly drawn.
Sitting on the sofa in the corner of the window, the groom Lu Zewei, dressed in a green military uniform, had a face as white as snow and gloomy black eyes, without a trace of joy on his face.
The bride lowered her head and huddled in the corner of the bed, not making a sound for a long time.
Lu Zewei suddenly raised his hand and turned off the hanging incandescent lamp.
The room did not fall into darkness.
On the top shelf of the bookshelf stood a kerosene lamp with a glass cover, emitting a flickering light.
The person on the bed still made no sound.
She was holding the book, and must not be able to see clearly, but she dared not say a word. She still buried her head, her slender neck as smooth as jade.
The most vulnerable parts are easily exposed to the enemy's view.
It's clearly an attempt to lure the enemy.
Lu Zewei snorted and stared at the bride's fair and petite profile. After looking for a long time, he thought of the clusters of white locust petals hanging on the branches, which were delicate, fragrant and soft to the touch.
His fingertips itched slightly.
There was a slight sound coming from the sofa in the corner, and Liang Xin saw out of the corner of her eye an elongated figure slowly approaching on the re-oiled floor.
Lu Zewei found that the closer he got, the more frightened the bride seemed, and she almost buried her head in the book.
It was obvious that he was not reading, he was just holding a book as a cover.
Knowing that the enemy was a timid and harmless person who was easily frightened by him, Lu Zewei raised the corners of his lips and nonchalantly unbuttoned his dress code. "What book are you reading?"
Liang Xin slowly raised her head and held up the book cover: "A Complete List of More Than 1,000 Food Incompatibilities."
Lu Zewei: “….”
Looking at the bride's raised face, there was not a trace of fear in her face. Instead, her eyes were shining and she looked very interested.
His expression gradually cracked.
Liang Xin found that he had unbuttoned his dress code and his face did not look very healthy. She got out of bed, put the book on the bookshelf, and turned on the light. "Why did you turn off the light?"
Without waiting for his answer, he picked up the glass cover of the kerosene lamp and blew out the wick.
From head to toe, there was not a trace of fear, nor a trace of nervousness.
Even more leisurely than him, who has been the first to occupy the position for more than 20 years.
Lu Zewei's nostrils kept twitching, and it was unclear whether it was because of physical discomfort or some kind of emotion.
He didn't care what the reason was.
Tonight at the family position, the enemy used the beauty trap to break through the first line of defense at the forefront of the position, occupied the position, and hoisted a red flag.
He smelled the gunpowder and had to come up with a solution immediately to defend his position.
He has a lot of tactics in his mind.
"The Art of War", "On War", "The Art of War by Wu Qi", "The Art of War by Sun Bin", "Six Secret Teachings", "American Military Strategy", "Wei Liaozi", "Soviet Military Encyclopedia", "Zhuge Liang's Heart Book"... the brain reflects all the stored information in an orderly manner.
Maybe it was too much, the bride in front of the enemy, a little girl.
He needed to think about it a little longer.
Lu Zewei felt that the key was to regain the right to speak in the position and to make the other party understand who was the commander of this family position.
Moreover, the commander can only be one person.
It's him.
Lu Zewei couldn't find the best tactics from military books, so he decided to start with daily life, "fetch water, wash feet, and go to sleep."
When Liang Xin saw the man finish speaking, she sat down beside the bed.
He was wearing cotton slippers and smelled of fresh soap, probably because he had taken a shower.
Is this for her to wash?
Liang Xin actually took a bath.
She just arrived at the station tonight and saw the leader's family waiting for her in a military vehicle. As soon as she got in the car, she kept apologizing for being rude and kept talking about the military compound.
Entering the two-story detached building, the doors and windows are covered with wedding characters written on red paper with a brush.
The leader's family took her into the new house on the second floor, pointed out all the new furniture and electrical appliances, and introduced them one by one.
This sincerity can be said to be for her, or for her son.
This is the sincerity that the leader and his family will most likely prepare when marrying any daughter-in-law.
After going downstairs, the leader’s family took out another envelope.
There was one thousand yuan in the envelope, along with food coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons, and a bunch of coupons for non-staple food and daily necessities.
This sincerity is given to her alone.
The leader's family explained the reason and said they were very grateful that she came so quickly. They wanted to thank her for her cooperation and they also needed her to cooperate with one more thing.
We will move into the new house tonight and go to the local Civil Affairs Bureau to get the marriage certificate tomorrow morning.
The leader’s family produced their son’s marriage report to prove that the organization had approved it.
He went back to the old customs and said that in his hometown, the wedding banquet is more important, while the marriage certificate is secondary.
Soon he added, of course the marriage certificate is crucial now, and we must go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register early tomorrow morning.
Liang Xin was surprised.
The chief's family members quickly stuffed the envelope into her hands, held her hands tightly, and said that from today on they would only recognize her as their daughter-in-law, and would give her 60 yuan a month for living expenses regardless of whether their son could get up or not.
The working class that millions of poor and lower-middle peasants yearn for, two months' salary.
Liang Xin walked back to the room with the foot washing water.
She had taken a shower, but couldn't say it.
Not only could she not say anything, but seeing that he looked unhealthy, she was prepared to nag him a little longer, preferably until he fell asleep.
Although you are ready to get married, you should do as little of that as possible, and it is best not to do it if possible.
Liang Xin placed the foot basin beside the bed, stood up and opened the drawer of the wardrobe. Brand new double happiness, striped, peony, and white towels were neatly arranged.
I had just chosen a white towel to wipe my feet when I suddenly heard a long hiss behind the sound!
Lu Zewei's face was flushed, his green military pants were piled up on his calves, his feet were trembling, and the soles of his feet were red from being burned. "You didn't add any cold water to this foot washing water?"
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