Chapter 183 Your parents have already dressed up as chickens

The Gu family only has a few relatives, so they spent three days from the first to the third day of the New Year visiting them and stayed at home on the fourth day.

We will be leaving for the capital tomorrow. Gu's mother is packing the things we should take with us, including a few frozen old hens, a whole lamb spine, and some fried fish.

"You can eat the fish in the car. It's not much. I won't pack it in your bag."

Su He: "Okay, Mom."

Mother Gu sighed, "Oh, you won't be able to stay for a few days this time."

"I'm leaving after just a few days back."

Su He and Gu Jianhua were also helpless about this.

Mother Gu asked, "Will you come back in the summer?"

Su He smiled and said, "Of course I will come back, Mom."

Hearing this, Gu's mother said, "Okay, it's only a few months away from summer."

This sounds very sad.

In fact, the elderly are like children. Children are reluctant to leave their parents, and parents are also reluctant to let their children go.

the next day.

Gu's mother got up in the dark and cooked for them so that they could have breakfast before leaving to avoid being hungry on the road.

But when we set out, a little surprise happened.

"Changyi and Changan, why haven't you packed your luggage yet?"

Gu's mother went into the east room to get the luggage for her eldest granddaughter and grandson, and found that they had not packed their luggage. Gu's mother was so anxious. What should she do if she couldn't catch the car?

Chang Yi said, "Grandma, we won't be back until the end of February, why are we packing?"

Changan, "Yes, grandma, we won't go with mom and dad."

"What? You two won't leave?"

The surprise came so suddenly that Gu's mother was unable to react for a while.

Chang Yi Chang An, "Yes, my parents are anxious to go back because my dad has to go to work. We don't start school until the end of February, so there's no rush."

Mother Gu's face was filled with joy. She patted Chang'an and said, "Why didn't you two leave and didn't tell grandma in advance?"

"All the chickens we killed were packed by your parents."

The eldest granddaughter and grandson passed away half a month later, so the parents didn’t feel that sad anymore. No, it can be said that they were not sad at all.

Compared with Gu Jianhua's son, the two grandsons are more rare.

Changyi and Changan stayed behind, while Changjun and Changhuan went with their parents. As they were still young, they were more attached to their parents.

After seeing off Su He and his friends, Gu's mother asked Gu's father to go to the brigade to get some mutton. "We have no meat left at home. We packed up the chickens and mutton we killed and let Xiao He and his friends take them away."

"I thought your two grandchildren were going with you, but they won't leave. Go buy some mutton or we'll have nothing to eat."

"OK."

Father Gu walked out with brisk steps.

When Su He and his companions arrived at the county, they said goodbye to Su's father and mother as usual and then went to Gu's third sister's house, along with red stars Han Jiajia and Xiaomei.

Han Jiajia whispered to Su He, "Do you know what Hongxing's parents prepared for me?"

Su He shook his head, "I don't know, what is it?"

Han Jiajia, "He prepared half a lamb and a few old hens for me to take back to the capital."

"Aren't you people from Meng Province all so generous?"

Su He, "So that's what's going on. It's normal. We don't have anything to offer, so we can only send you this beef and mutton."

"This is not impressive enough. This is too impressive." Han Jiajia felt that Su He was being modest.

Is it too embarrassing to give away beef or mutton?

It's really impressive.

Su He said, "That's how it is here. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, every girl would get married and her dowry would be cattle and sheep."

However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these things became collective property instead of private property, and ordinary people were restricted from raising children, so the dowry was changed to something else.

Han Jiajia: "I think it's very good and practical. The dowry of cattle and sheep can also give birth to lambs, and when the lambs grow up, they can give birth to more lambs, and it will continue like this."

Su He nodded, "Yes, this is also the property given by the girl's parents to their daughter and son-in-law."

"That's great." Han Jiajia quite likes this kind of dowry.

It's time to say goodbye again, and Xiaomei and Zhang Chen are reluctant to leave each other.

Su He felt that Zhang Chen was about to cry, his eyes were red.

Xiaomei also looked very sad.

"Wife, I'll wait for you to come back during the summer vacation." Zhang Chen waved at Xiaomei's back.

Xiaomei turned around and said, "Okay."

Alas, this young couple.

Xiaomei was in a bad mood all the way and didn't say much. She felt better only when she arrived in the city.

Changjun and Changhuan didn't eat much for breakfast, so they were hungry now and were clamoring for food.

The group went to the state-owned hotel and ordered some buns.

Xiaomei was eating buns when she suddenly asked Su He, "Aunt, do you think it's okay for me to let Zhang Chen go to the capital to sell buns?"

Her son Zhang Chen is a good cook. He used to cook at home.

Su He, "You mean being a self-employed person?"

Xiaomei responded, "Yes." She didn't care about whether it was decent or not, as long as she could make money.

"It's not impossible. Let's go and observe the market first."

"Um."

Xiaomei's depressed mood suddenly improved. If she could make money by selling buns, she could let Zhang Chen come over this summer vacation.

They don't have to be separated.

Xiaomei wanted to get to the capital as soon as possible, and then she wrote a letter to Zhang Chen to share the news with him.

Three days later, the group arrived in the capital.

After Su He and Gu Jianhua arrived home, they first sorted out the meat that Gu's mother had brought for them and placed it by the window to freeze.

I cleaned the house again. I was too lazy to make lunch, so my family of four went out to eat. After lunch, we came back to sleep. I didn’t sleep well on the train for these three days.

The next day, Gu Jianhua went to work, and Su He took the two children to visit Lu's parents' home to wish them a happy new year.

"Happy New Year, Uncle and Aunt."

"Okay, okay."

Su He smiled and said, "I prayed late this year."

Father and Mother Lu said, "It's not too late, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month hasn't even arrived yet!"

Mother Lu asked, "When did you get here? Where are Changyi and Changan?"

Su He, "My aunt came yesterday. She will come again when school starts. She said she wants to stay at home with her grandparents for a while."

When Lu's mother heard this, she said, "These two children are very filial."

After chatting for a while, Su He left Lu's house and went to Han Jiajia's house.

Her brother was not around, and she was chopping chicken alone.

"Su He, you are here. I am going to prepare stewed chicken. Hong Xing can come over to eat at noon." Han Jiajia looked sweet.

Su He teased her, "Oh, are we having dinner together now?"

Han Jiajia, "Yes, we have both obtained the marriage certificate."

"What?"

Su He was shocked. "When did you get the marriage certificate? Didn't we just come back yesterday?"

Han Jiajia smiled and said, "Yes, we went to get the certificate yesterday afternoon."

"I told him I'd get the marriage certificate when I got back."

Su He, "It's too fast. When are you going to hold the banquet?"

"Let's discuss it with him this afternoon."

"Actually, I don't want to hold a wedding banquet. I don't have any relatives here except my brother, and Hongxing's parents can't come. If we have to hold a wedding banquet, it should be you guys who come and eat." Han Jiajia shrugged.

Su He, "It's OK for a few of us to come. We can give you gifts and decorate your room, that's fine too."

This girl was so quick. She got the marriage certificate right away without any hesitation.

Han Jiajia thought so too. The wedding banquet is a wedding ceremony and cannot be omitted. It has to be held. So she said, "Okay, when Hongxing comes back at noon, I will discuss it with him."

"Pick a good day."

Su He: "Okay, okay, you said there are no elders, you forgot about me"

"According to your generation, you have to call me aunt."

Han Jiajia, "...Aunt, no, I'm still not used to it, and I feel that you are on my side, not Hongxing's side."

"You are my friend first, and Red Star's aunt second."

"You're right, right? We knew each other first, not that I got to know you as my aunt after I started dating Hong Xing."

Su He nodded, "You are right, I am from your mother's family."

After discussion, Han Jiajia and Hong Xing decided to hold their wedding banquet on the 18th day of the first lunar month, which is February 14th in the solar calendar. I heard that this day is also Valentine's Day in the West.

All in all it was a good day.

The guests invited were all acquaintances of both parties, such as Su He, Gu Jianhua, Mingyue, Xueer, Xiaomei, and Su He's third brother and sister-in-law, Su Che and Feng Shuning...

There were quite a lot of people, and even one table wasn't occupied, so two tables were set up.

One table for adults and one table for children.

After getting married, Han Jiajia moved to Hongxing. The main reason was that the house was allocated by the work unit, so it would be a waste if she didn't live there.

Changyi Changan arrived in the capital on February 25th, but unfortunately missed the wedding of Han Jiajia and Hong Xing.

However, the two of them gave them gifts to express their congratulations.

School started at the end of February and Su He became busy again. If nothing goes wrong, she will be able to graduate at the end of this year and start working next year.

Two months passed in a flash.

The time came to May.

Su He received a shocking news that Gu Li and Zhou Ying Huai were getting married!

When Gu Li came to inform her that she could attend her banquet, Su He was really shocked, very shocked!

You have to know that in the book, these two people got married four years after graduating from college.

The talks lasted for eight years.

How come they are getting married after just over a year of dating? Could it be that without her concubine to get in the way, their relationship is developing very fast and they are getting married in just one year?

Gu Li not only informed Su He but also Ming Yue. Although Su He was shocked when she received the news, she did not show surprise.

Mingyue was different. She stared at Gu Li with wide eyes and asked,

"No, Gu Li, you haven't even graduated from college yet? Do your parents and grandparents know about this?"

Gu Li smiled, "Sister Mingyue, I wrote a letter to tell my parents, and they know that they will come to the capital in a few days."

Logically speaking, Gu Li's boyfriend Zhou Yinghuai is also a student at Peking University, and they are a good match, but Mingyue still thinks this is too hasty.

After Gu Li left, Ming Yue said to Su He, "Aunt, why is Gu Li like this? He has not even brought his partner home to show his parents, but he has already decided to get married."

"Besides, she's only a sophomore. Why is she in such a hurry? Shouldn't she study hard in college? It's not too late to get married after graduating from college."

“I just don’t understand.”

Su He, "People have their own ideas."

Mingyue snorted, "She's been thinking about men all the time since she was in college. She didn't even go home for the New Year, but went back to her boyfriend's house. I guess she was cheated on by that guy."

Su He, "Zhou Yinghuai."

Mingyue said, "Yes, Zhou Yinghuai. I was fooled by Zhou Yinghuai's mother and wanted to get married."

Mingyue didn't get the script, so she didn't know what Gu Li did in the book. Although Gu Li had had verbal friction with her before, Mingyue was as open-minded as Gu's second sister.

I forgot about it after I got angry.

Although the relationship between the two families is not that close, the child is still a relative, and she couldn't help but ask more about such things.

Su He, "No matter what the reason is, it has nothing to do with us. We are just ordinary relatives who cannot be more ordinary."

"If there is something wrong, my parents will take care of it."

Mingyue: "That's right, I'm just complaining."

To express her incomprehension.

After Su He returned, she told Gu Jianhua about this. In terms of relationship, Gu Jianhua, the uncle, was closer to her than her aunt.

But Gu Jianhua didn't react much, not even as much as Mingyue.

Originally, he was not close to the people in the second wife's family. When the daughter of the second wife got married, she would get married. When the time came to hold the wedding banquet, they would just have to give a gift according to the procedure.

It doesn't have to be too expensive, a soap box, a towel or something will be enough.

Speaking of this matter, Gu Li wrote a letter back to her parents saying that it was impossible for Gu Yinzhu and Wu Sanfeng not to be angry.

No matter whether the other person is a Peking University student or a rich second-generation, as a daughter who is about to get married, you should bring your partner home in advance to let your parents see him or her.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, at least let them take a look first so that they can get a preliminary understanding of each other.

Now, the marriage notice is given directly.

"My sister-in-law is really capable. She didn't come back during the summer vacation and winter vacation when she was in college. Now she wrote to me and said she was getting married!"

"We don't know who the other party is..." Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law said sarcastically.

However, Wu Sanfeng could not lecture his daughter-in-law in this situation because what she said was entirely true.

Not to mention Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu Zhang Xiuying, they were so angry that they didn't want to say a word. This granddaughter has really become too independent after going to college.

They didn't even discuss such a big thing as marriage with them and just decided on it.

This shows that she doesn't respect her grandparents!

But no matter how angry I am, I still have to go to the capital, at least to see what my son-in-law looks like.

The only consolation is that my son-in-law is also a college student, which means he will not have a bad future, so it is not a loss to get married.

So Wu Sanfeng and Gu Yinzhu asked the brigade for a few days' leave and set off for the capital.

Uncle Gu and his uncle Zhang Xiuying were old and had difficulty walking, so it was inconvenient for them to travel, so they did not go. Of course, Zhang Xiuying was angry and did not want to go either.

This matter could not be kept secret and was soon known by Gu's father and mother. Gu's father only grumbled about it in his heart but would not say it openly.

Besides, it's spring now and the weather is hot. He is busy fishing and has no time to think about other people's affairs.

It’s different for Gu’s mother. Her grandchildren have grown up and she no longer works in the fields. She just raises a few chickens at home and takes care of the vegetable garden in the backyard.

Every day I just chat and stroll with people, it's very leisurely.

Ever since Su's father fell in love with fishing, he followed Gu's father out every day, and the two were inseparable. Su's mother also followed Su's father to Xiangyang Village to chat and stroll with Gu's mother.

Then Gu's mother told Su's mother about this matter. Now the two of them are good sisters who share gossips and have a very good relationship.

Mother Gu said, "I don't know what that child is thinking."

Su's mother guessed, "Sister, you said she went to live with her boyfriend during the Chinese New Year. She can't be... pregnant? That's why she's in a hurry to get married."

Otherwise why are you so anxious? We are both relatively young and it won’t be long before we graduate from university!

Mother Gu said, "Why didn't I think of that? It's hard to say!"