Chapter 126 We're Getting Married Today
Lu Dongping wore a white cotton-linen shirt, navy blue trousers, and the Warrior shoes he'd bought in the county town on his last trip. He'd also done his hair up beforehand, and he looked incredibly energetic. Gao Xiulan's mother showered him with compliments.
"Dongping looks like a city dweller after all this dressing up. It's true that men and women need to dress up."
Lu Chunyan said, "Dongping has really made it. This wedding is truly a wedding, with a new house and new furniture. I went to take a look yesterday afternoon. The house was tidy, with mud walls and mud floors, but it just felt different. First I saw Dongcheng get married, and now I'm watching Dongping get married. I feel like we've lived our lives in vain. Getting married is like a fake marriage, just moving from our own home to someone else's and then working like a slave for them."
Gao Xiulan said, "Don't talk nonsense. The child is already that old. As long as people don't get lazy, life will get better and better. There's no comparison between when you got married and now."
"I just said that, and you took it seriously. Not to mention that we can't compare in age, I can't compare with Wen Wan either. I have to say, Dongping's vision is too high. If he hadn't met Wen Wan, who knows what kind of person he would have found."
Gao Xiulan smiled and said, "So, this is fate. A thousand miles apart, a thread connects us."
Zhang Hongying stood up from behind the stove and said, "Sister-in-law, please help me watch the fire. I have to go out and take a look."
Gao Xiulan responded, "Go ahead and do your thing. I don't need you to worry about the kitchen. I'll just take care of the people."
Zhang Hongying dusted herself off and got up to go outside. No one would come so early to help, as they would have eaten breakfast at home first. She had no one to greet, so she went straight to the new house.
Wen Wan changed into a red dress and was sitting there tying her hair.
Zhang Hongying came in and said, "Look at this. I'm also stupid and can't do it for you. Can you do it yourself?"
Wen Wan said, "Okay, okay. I won't make it complicated. Just tie it up and put a flower on it." The flower was made early in the morning. The hair was tied with a hairband, rolled back and fixed on the back of the head with a clip. A red cloth flower was placed in the middle. It was simple and beautiful.
After tidying herself up, Wen Wan had nothing to do. It was not a good time to go out and wander around, so she sat in the new house and dozed off.
Xu Qingming arrived early, having eaten breakfast at the educated youth center before arriving. No one had invited the educated youth at the educated youth center, but Lu Dongping was at least an official at the commune, a cadre. Even if he didn't know about something as big as a wedding, he would still come without being invited. After some discussion, since they were all free, they all came together, and the courtyard suddenly became lively.
Xu Qingming had already visited the new house, so it was not appropriate for him to go there again on the wedding day. However, Zhang Yun and Xu Wenfang, the two female educated youth, were visiting Lu Dongping's home for the first time, so they naturally wanted to take a closer look.
After all, Wen Wan was an educated youth just like them.
Fellow educated youth, Chen Xiuping and Hu Xiujuan, also married. Hu Xiujuan was fine, she was okay, but Chen Xiuping's life was truly miserable. Not to mention her current skinny appearance, working in the fields, everyone knew what kind of person Jian Zhaodi was. She could be heard cursing at everyone sooner or later, and she didn't treat her daughter-in-law as a human being at all.
Wen Wan, it was said that Lu Dongping treated her like a treasure, finding her a job and doing all sorts of other things for her. He even renovated a new house and furnished her with a complete set of furniture, a generosity that was a little hard to believe. Because of this hardship, the marriage was even more inevitable. Hearing is believing, seeing is not. Without seeing it with your own eyes, who knows what kind of family she really found? Is she the next Hu Xiujuan or the next Chen Xiuping?
The two men greeted Zhang Hongying and went straight to the new house.
The newly built tiled house looked different, completely different from the house at the educated youth camp. There were couplets written on red paper on both sides of the red door. Opposite the door was a wooden table with a glossy texture, accompanied by eight chairs with backrests of the same color. Next to it was the bedroom, with the same red door, which was now open. There was a desk by the window at the entrance. Wen Wan had already tidied up and was sitting on the chair in front of the desk, dozing off boredom.
Xu Wenfang greeted, "Wenwan, congratulations!"
Hearing the voice, Wen Wan suddenly looked up and woke up.
"You're here! Have you eaten yet?"
"I ate, I ate! I came here after dinner." She was wearing a bright red waist-length skirt, black leather shoes, and her hair was tied up at the back of her head, slightly loose, with a delicate red flower. She looked more lazy and charming than usual, which made Xu Wenfang slightly stunned.
While Xu Wenfang was talking to Wen Wan, Zhang Yun quickly swept the room. The bed was placed against the wall, with a sewing machine next to it. Connected to the sewing machine was a set of high and low cabinets, and on top of the cabinets was something else. A radio?
Did she buy not only a sewing machine but also a radio? Was Wen Wan that rich? Or was it Lu Dongping who bought it for her? Are the Lu family that wealthy? Zhang Yun suppressed her shock and confusion, her gaze once again fixed on the brand new bridal bed.
"Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun!"
"Ah?" Xu Wenfang's voice brought her back to her senses: "What's wrong?" She raised her eyes and saw Xu Wenfang and Wen Wan looking at her.
Xu Wenfang said, "We've seen it all, let's go outside!"
"Oh, okay." She didn't know what was going on, but when she met Wen Wan's scrutinizing eyes, she suddenly felt inexplicably guilty. She smiled dryly at Wen Wan and walked out of the new house with Xu Wenfang.
Wen Wan then withdrew her gaze and gently closed the bedroom door.
She hadn't spent much time with Xu Wenfang and Zhang Yun at the educated youth center. Overall, Xu Wenfang was okay, but Zhang Yun was too thoughtful and hard to like.
After leaving the house, Zhang Yun pulled Xu Wenfang and said, "Hey, I just saw a radio in the room. Do you think she bought it herself or did Lu Dongping buy it for her?"
Xu Wenfang said, "Whether she bought it or Lu Dongping bought it, it has nothing to do with us. It's all in their house."
Zhang Yun pursed her lips and turned her head to look towards the door of the new house. She just saw Lu Dongping, wearing a white shirt and navy blue pants, entering the new house.
She pulled Xu Wenfang again: "Hey, I saw that Lu Dongping."
Xu Wenfang was a little annoyed by her: "You should just talk properly. Why are you dragging me down? We're from the same team. It's not like you haven't seen Lu Dongping before."
"I've seen him before, but he's a little different today than usual."
Xu Wenfang said unhappily: "Of course it's different. Today they are getting married, and the groom must be different."
The groom Lu Dongping had just been stopped by a group of people in the commune. After entertaining the cadres from the commune and the team, he finally had time to see Wen Wan.
I was stunned as soon as I entered the door.
She was still the same delicate little girl, but the red dress and tied-up hair turned her into a charming little goblin.
"Wanwan!" Lu Dongping closed the door and called her.
Wen Wan sat there, climbing on the back of the chair and looking at him and sighing: "When can I go out?"
Lu Dongping reached out and grabbed her hand. His throat moved slightly, and he suppressed the restlessness in his heart and said, "It's okay now. Most people are here. I'll take you out. Well, let's go to my parents first and change your words. Then we can go and formally recognize you."
In the past, people would worship heaven and earth, but after the PSJ, no one did that anymore. Whether it was a big or small wedding, they would just recognize each other directly, then show their marriage certificate in front of the officiant and recite the oath of mutual progress. Of course, this is the wedding method for people in the city. In the countryside, it is not so complicated. It is just a matter of toasting a glass of wine.
Wen Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't understand this either. She just stayed in the new house. She didn't sleep well last night, and now it was almost noon and she couldn't hold on any longer. She wanted to lie down on the bed as soon as she saw it, but this was definitely not a good idea.
She followed Lu Dongping out of the new house. The eyes of the people gathered in groups under the eaves outside were immediately focused on the two of them.
At this moment, Lu Dongping was even more nervous than Wen Wan.
"Here she comes, here comes the bride."
"Dongping boy, what kind of luck do you have? How did you end up meeting such a pretty girl?"
This was a production team, a peer of similar age, who spoke without regard for the occasion or the doorman. Lu Dongping would not nitpick with him on such a good day. He smiled and said, "That must be the accumulation of good luck over several lifetimes. You can't envy it."
"We can't just praise the bride, we have to praise the groom too. Clothes make the man. Dongping's outfit today looks quite stylish! He looks like someone from the city, more like a cadre."
"You're saying that I'm not like that usually. I have a good foundation, and the clothes look even better. Otherwise, even if I were to wear a golden costume, he wouldn't be able to become a Buddha!"
"Tsk tsk, this face is thicker than the wall of your new house."
Lu Dongping laughed: "That's right, I'm thick-skinned and I'm going to eat as much as I can."
After talking nonsense for a while, he walked through the crowd and came to the main hall. At this moment, Zhang Hongying, Lu Mingjiang and others were all inside.
Zhao Ping'an and Lin Chenghai were also there. Their marriage certificate was placed on the table. They took an oath together, and then in front of everyone, Wen Wan changed her name and followed Lu Dongping in calling them dad and mom. Amidst the blessings, she started calling everyone else starting with Lu Donghai, the uncle.
It's hot to do things in this season. Even if the dinner starts at almost three in the afternoon, it won't work if the tables, chairs and benches are placed in the shade. You will sweat all over.
The advantage is that there are plenty of things now, so it is easy to entertain guests.
I took the bacon from home, sliced it, and added beans from the field and some dried vegetables from the winter sun to make two pots of stew. Although there was less meat and more vegetables, it was still a meat and vegetable dish. Then I made two large pots of chopped green peppers and cucumbers.
The early corn from the private plot is ground into pulp, cooked with a generous amount of pumpkin, and then baked into mixed flour pancakes. Eating the pancakes with spicy cucumber salad and fresh corn porridge is a unique and most appropriate meal for this season.
There were more than ten tables of people from the team and the commune, and the consumption was really incredible. After such a party, the little food in the private plots was almost gone.
That's it, there's not even a bit left.
After everyone outside has left, the family members will start working again.
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