"Come in quickly. Have you had breakfast? If not, there's still food in the kitchen. Go grab a bite."
Jiang Manyue quickly shook her head to indicate that she had already eaten, and then gestured for Lu Lin to pick up the luggage bag in his hand.
"I brought some things back for everyone. Are you free now? I'll share some with everyone."
Miao Xianghua patted her and said, "Just come back. Why did you bring anything with you? What a waste of money."
Jiang Manyue smiled and said, "It's not a waste. What I brought are all out-of-season items, all shirts and pants. They're very cheap to buy in winter."
Miao Xianghua praised her cleverness as soon as he heard it, "My daughter is really smart. Buying summer clothes in winter is really cheap!"
Jiang Manyue quickly agreed with her and said, "Of course, don't you see whose daughter she is?"
Miao Xianghua was very happy to be coaxed, but since everyone was busy, Jiang Manyue simply gave the luggage bag to Miao Xianghua to keep and let her divide it when the time came.
The whole family was busy. Jiang Manyue asked Lu Lin to help with the men, and she went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes for tomorrow's wedding banquet with her sisters-in-law.
Life in the countryside is better now than before. The dishes at wedding banquets will not be particularly sloppy. There must be at least one fish and one meat dish. If it is all vegetarian, you will definitely be laughed at by the people who come to the banquet for a while.
The Jiang family prepared dry-fried fish fillets and meatballs. Both dishes can be prepared in advance and are relatively cheap and affordable.
The fish were caught from the brigade's fish pond. The Jiang family had informed the brigade early on and exchanged their work points for the fish, waiting to use them for the wedding banquet.
The meatballs are made with a lot of tofu and mushrooms, so less meat is used, but they are still fragrant when fried and taste great.
The sisters-in-law were busy chopping stuffing and frying meatballs. Li Guifen was there too. She was mainly responsible for cleaning the mushrooms. She and the eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Jiang family were chatting happily while washing.
Jiang Manyue joined the frying meatball team. She took on the task of squeezing the meatballs into the pot, mainly because she didn't want to wash the mushrooms and avoid meeting Li Guifen.
She was still a little embarrassed to face Li Guifen. After all, she had just witnessed the live follow-up process between her and Lu Lin last night.
Li Guifen didn't say much to her daughter-in-law. She knew that her daughter-in-law was shy and didn't call her mother when she came in. She was probably shy.
The two of them were busy with their own things in tacit understanding, but Jiang Manyue felt uncomfortable in her stomach while making meatballs. However, she didn't care about it, thinking that the breakfast was a little cold and made her stomach feel a little uncomfortable.
The meatballs were half fried and it was time for lunch. The Jiang family was busy with work, so they only made a big pot of noodles. Everyone ate a bowl of hot noodles together, which was quite delicious.
After Jiang Manyue ate a bowl of noodles, her stomach felt much better. She felt that her stomach was uncomfortable because they got up late in the morning and ate cold food.
After frying the meatballs in the afternoon, only some fish pieces were left. The sisters-in-law didn't let Jiang Manyue and Li Guifen continue working and pushed them to the main room to rest.
The two of them had no choice but to take a rest. When the man was almost done with his work, they went home together to prepare dinner.
The Lu family's dinner was also very simple. They fried meat with the pickled cabbage pickled by Li Guifen, fried some shredded potatoes, and simmered a pot of rice. It was just a meal, as they had to have a full day of banquet tomorrow.
Tomorrow is not just a banquet, Lu Lin has been booked by Jiang Jiantao. He will wear a military uniform and become his brother. He will go with him to pick up the bride early tomorrow morning.
It was also a very face-saving thing for Jiang Jiantao to have a brother-in-law who was a soldier to go with him to pick up the bride.
"My brother's wife lives in the same village as my mother's family. It takes at least half an hour to walk there. Plus, there's a small process to go through at the bride's house. You'll probably have to leave my mother's house at 7 a.m., and you'll have to go there at 6 a.m., so you'll have to get up very early."
Jiang Manyue calculated that Lu Lin had to get up before dawn, so she urged him to go to bed after dinner to avoid being tired the next day.
Lu Lin didn't dare to mess around with Jiang Manyue tonight. Tomorrow was her brother's big day, and he had to go to support Jiang Jiantao, so he couldn't be late.
The two went to bed early. Before dawn the next day, Jiang Manyue woke up when she heard the rooster crowing. She looked at her watch and it was half past five. Lu Lin had already gotten out of bed and was getting dressed.
"Wife, you sleep a little longer. I'll wash up and go to your mother's house. Your brother told me yesterday that I have to go there early in the morning and eat before going out to pick up the bride. This is the custom here."
Lu Lin didn't know about this rule. The day he and Jiang Manyue got married was very sloppy. He didn't bring any friends with him, let alone treat them to a meal. He just took Jiang Manyue home.
Thinking of this, Lu Lin felt that he owed Jiang Manyue again. He thought to himself that next time they went home together, he would hold a wedding for Jiang Manyue. This time, he would just hold the wedding on the occasion of his fifth brother's wedding so as not to let everyone else be busy with it.
"Okay, wife, I'm going to go out and wash up. You should get some sleep. It's not even daybreak yet."
In winter, the sun rises late and it is still dark outside. Lu Lin relies on his good eyesight to go out in the dark.
The moment he opened the door, cold wind blew in. Jiang Manyue couldn't help but wrap herself tightly in the quilt and fell asleep again.
After a simple wash, Lu Lin went out and walked into the Jiang family's yard in the dim morning light.
Jiang Jiantao is getting married today. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep last night, so he waited for Lu Lin in the yard early.
"Alright, that's really cool. I'm going to make up for it this time!"
Seeing his brother-in-law in military uniform and with outstanding temperament, Jiang Jiantao was happy for his sister from the bottom of his heart.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "You're not bad, groom. With this military coat on, you look like a soldier."
Jiang Jiantao touched the hat on his head narcissistically, "Of course, I am also a handsome man."
Miao Xianghua listened to him bragging to Lu Lin in the yard and shouted, "Hurry up and let Lu Lin come in! It's not cold in the yard!"
Jiang Jiantao quickly stopped his narcissistic behavior and brought Lu Lin into the main room.
Also accompanying Jiang Jiantao to pick up the bride today was a childhood friend of his named Zhu Zhengping. They were both young men, and although Lu Lin didn't know him, he quickly became familiar with him.
After eating the noodles prepared by Miao Xianghua, Jiang Jiantao pushed the bicycle with big red flowers hanging on it, and Lu Lin and Zhu Zhengping followed on both sides of him, heading towards the bride's house.
Jiang Jiantao borrowed the bicycle from the team leader. Whenever someone in the team got married, they would borrow a bicycle from the team leader to pick up the bride. Firstly, it was more prestigious, and secondly, the bride didn't have to walk to her husband's house. This was also a relatively auspicious custom in the village.
The three of them walked for more than half an hour and arrived at the bride's house as the sun rose.
There is also a wedding character posted on the gate of the bride's house. Many relatives and friends are already blocking the door. They will not open the door unless they are given some candies and snacks.
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