Chapter 49: Getting Married
Something was going on at home, so the Lu family got up very early. Lu Dongping got up, washed his face, and ran out. Zhang Hongying followed him and called out, "Where are you going when it's still dark?"
"Let's go to the educated youth site. Wen Wan asked me to go over early today to call her. She wants to help Sheng Xia with her hair and dress up."
"It's quite particular, but isn't it too early?"
"It's getting late. Aren't you all up? It's going to take time. You can't be here in the middle of summer and still not clean up, right?" As he said that, he walked out of the yard.
It was six o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still dark. The cold wind was blowing on my face.
Lu Dongping ran to the educated youth center in one breath, knocked on Wen Wan's door, and stood outside calling her: "Wen Wan, Wan Wan!"
"Get up, it's time to get up!"
Wen Wan was half asleep when she heard someone calling her. She raised her eyelids, turned over, curled up and fell asleep again.
Wen Wan didn't wake him up, but she did wake up Zhu Feng next door.
The hot-blooded young man was woken up early in the morning before dawn, and he was really furious.
He got up and groped for the door, but didn't go out. He kicked it and yelled through it, "What the hell are you doing so early in the morning? Are you annoying?"
Lu Dongping sneered: "I really don't feel annoyed. What's the point of talking through the door? Come on, come out and talk!"
Zhu Feng really didn't have the courage to go out. It was not like he didn't see the fight between Lu Dongping and Liu Changqing last time. He was there at that time. Liu Changqing didn't even have a chance to fight back. He and Wang Jianmao couldn't get the upper hand even if they held Liu Changqing down, not to mention that he was alone now.
He cursed under his breath and rolled back into bed.
Lu Dongping continued to knock on the door unscrupulously. After a long time, there was some movement in the room.
Wen Wan finally regained consciousness a little, remembering that she had something else to do today. She put on her coat and went to open the door for Lu Dongping, still a little dazed: "I'm awake, I'm awake. You go back and do your work. I'll pack up and come back."
Lu Dongping couldn't help but reached out and rubbed her messy hair: "It's okay, the house is not busy now, I'll wait for you to go over together."
Wen Wan immediately gave up the idea of crawling back into bed to warm herself up. She quickly put on her sweater and dressed neatly. She brushed her teeth and washed her face with the help of a flashlight, applied some cold cream, and then put the big red scarf and small clip she had prepared the day before into her pocket and went out.
It was just getting light outside, and a rooster from somewhere was crowing at the top of its lungs. The resounding sound could be heard from far away.
The road was covered with white frost, and it made a crackling sound when you stepped on it.
Even when breathing coldly, you can see the hot air coming out of his mouth.
When they arrived at the Lu family, Wen Wan went to Lu Dongping's house first. There was a fire in the kitchen, which was much warmer than outside.
As soon as she reached the door, Zhang Hongying called out to her, "Hurry up! It's freezing cold, why are you getting up so early? Come in and warm yourself up."
Wen Wan rubbed her hands and sat down on the small bench beside the fire pit.
Lu Dongping poured her half a teacup of hot water and said, "I'm going to go over to the next room first. You can bake for a while. I'll come and call you when it's ready."
After saying that, she turned and left the kitchen. A moment later, Lu Chun'e also came and called out to Wen Wan, "Sister, you're here so early!"
Wen Wan said, "It's not early yet. I promised Shengxia that I would help her comb her hair today, so I can't get up too late."
Lu Chun'e sat down beside her with a wooden comb and said, "Combing your hair, do you want something complicated and troublesome?"
"Not really. I just put it up in a simple bun and tied a flower. A bride must look beautiful."
Lu Chun'e combed her hair, straightened it, and re-braided it, then tied it with a hair tie. As she was tidying up, she said, "Sister Wenwan, you are really skillful. You made Brother Dongcheng's new house look so beautiful."
Wen Wan smiled and said, "I just used to like playing around at home."
As he was speaking, Lu Donglin came in from outside, sniffing. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, his voice came over: "Mom, it's a good day today. It should be a sunny day. I saw the frost outside, it's like snow, a layer of white."
After saying that, he squeezed his eyes and tried to sneeze for a long time but couldn't.
He rubbed his nose with his hand and moved closer to Wen Wan to sit down. "Sister, you're here so early today? It's freezing outside. Why are you here so early?"
"Come and warm yourself by the fire. It won't be cold anymore."
After combing her hair, Lu Chun'e put the wooden comb back into the house, and brought in a basin from outside. The towel in her hand was frozen into a hard stick.
"My brother just used it this morning, and it froze again in just a short while."
Zhang Hongying went out for a while and came back with a wooden bucket of pig feed. She called Lu Chun'e, "Put some more water in the pot and add some firewood to make the fire burn brighter. When the water boils, use it to scald the pig feed. The feed has frozen overnight and the pigs can't eat it."
Lu Chun'e used a wooden ladle to scoop two scoops of hot water from the cauldron into the wash basin, then added more water, covered the black pot lid, squatted back, and asked her while twisting the towel, "Mom, how do you cook breakfast?"
"No, go eat at your aunt's place. I'll be there to help right now. Lu Donglin, wash your face and come here quickly. Chun'e, feed the pigs and come with your sister Wenwan later."
Only after everything was explained did Zhang Hongying leave.
Lu Donglin sloppily wiped his face with water over the basin, causing Lu Chun'e to yell at him, "Lu Donglin, are you drinking water on your face? Is it wet?"
"Lu Donglin, do you know how to wash your face? Is that disgusting? Where do you wipe your snot?"
In response to her, Lu Donglin sneezed, which had been brewing for a long time, and spit sprayed all over her face.
Lu Chun'e was so angry that she picked up a stick and was about to beat him.
Lu Donglin threw the towel in his hand into the basin and ran away.
Lu Chun'e was so angry that she turned around and squatted down to wash the towel while yelling.
"It's so annoying. The bigger it gets, the more annoying it gets."
After pouring the water in the basin, she went to the fire to warm herself up. Wen Wan looked at her hands. The backs of her hands and fingers were frozen and swollen.
"Why are your hands so frozen?"
Her hands were also frozen some time ago, and they itched terribly when she slept at night, but now they are fine. Lu Chun'e's hands were frozen, her fingers were stiff, and the backs of her hands were frozen like buns. How uncomfortable must that be.
Lu Chun'e glanced at it nonchalantly and said, "That's how it is. It started freezing when I was in elementary school, and then my roots froze. Every year, it starts freezing as soon as the weather gets cold, and it won't get better until spring. I'm used to it."
"Does it itch?"
"Itchy, of course it's itchy, but I rolled a roasted carrot on it before going to bed at night, and it's much better."
It was the first time Wen Wan heard: "Roasted radish can relieve itching?"
Lu Chun'e poked the fire: "It's hot. How can I feel itchy when it's hot?"
"It's still useless! I still have to be more careful." She was thinking, since she had bought the wool yarn, should she knit a pair of gloves for Lu Chun'e later?
The little girl is not even as old as me, but she is busy all day long, doing a lot of work and is very capable.
After roasting for a while, Lu Chun'e boiled the pig grass and fed the pigs. The fire in the fire pit was dimmed a little, leaving only a lump of wood burning there alone, with the meat on it. The smoke must be there for the next few days.
Breakfast would take a while. Shengxia had already packed up and changed into a military uniform. Wen Wan sewed the red flower she had prepared the day before onto her chest with a needle.
Then I loosened her hair, braided it into small braids, and then put it up and fixed it with small clips.
She took out a silk scarf from her pocket, and with her deft hands she quickly turned it into a flower, which she fastened to the back of her head with a clip.
Shengxia was chosen to join the art troupe because she had a good foundation. Once she tidied her hair and put on her jersey, she suddenly looked brighter.
She brought a box of rouge, which she used for her performances. She lightly applied a little on her lips, which made her lips red and teeth white, looking very beautiful.
After she was cleaned up, the sun came out outside and breakfast was ready. Lu Chun'e came over and called Wen Wan to have breakfast.
Looking at Shengxia, the little girl exclaimed, "Wow!" "Sister-in-law, you are so beautiful!"
Shengxia sat there properly, pursed her lips and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Wenwan is very skillful."
"Sister Wenwan is skillful, but you are also good-looking, cousin-in-law!"
Wen Wan also agreed: "Yes, Shengxia is good-looking, otherwise it would be useless even if I am skillful."
"Cousin, it's time for dinner. My mother asked me to come over and call Sister Wen Wan to eat. Do you want to go out and join us or should I bring it to you?"
Shengxia didn't understand: "Is there anything special about this?"
"No, right? We don't have any particular customs here. My mother said that the people here today are all from the same family, and there are also some people from the team who move around more frequently, so we just want to get to know them. It seems that we don't have any particular customs here."
"Then, let's go to the kitchen and eat together."
Breakfast is for the whole family.
I ordered some water for tofu and cooked a pot of corn paste.
Pickled chili peppers with coriander and garlic sprouts, and stir-fried pickles, are no different from usual.
There was a large table in the kitchen near the fire pit. As soon as Shengxia entered, she attracted everyone's attention.
When she met Lu Dongcheng's gaze, her face became hot. The rouge was useless, and her face was now as red as if it had been used.
Gao Xiulan couldn't close her mouth with laughter: "Oh! Is it done? It looks really beautiful. Wen Wan is such a skillful little girl. There is no one else like her."
Lu Chunmei also joined in the fun: "Mom, are you happy? You married such a beautiful daughter-in-law."
The wrinkles on Gao Xiulan's face deepened because she laughed so hard. "I'm so happy. Your second brother is married. Your eldest brother is also married today. The only one left is Dongfu. When he gets married, your father and I will have completed our mission in this life."
The mothers were chatting and laughing, making the place very lively. Li Laiying pursed her lips, tied an apron around her neck, and scooped out bowls of rice from the pot. Lu Chunmei and Lu Chunyan helped to bring them to the table.
A table was set up with dishes on it. There was not enough space for so many people to sit around, so everyone took their own food and played with it, shaving some vegetables on it, and sitting anywhere by the fire or behind the stove.
"The sun is out now. Young men, if you don't mind the cold, go eat outside."
Outside in the yard, Lu Dongping had built a small fire early in the morning. Although it was not sheltered from the wind, it wasn't too cold.
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