Chapter 142 I Hate Him

The fork in the road was very close to Qinglong Village. Many adults and children in the village ran out of the village and came to the fork in the road to welcome Zhang Kang's wedding procession.

The adults and children of Qinglong Village also discovered the wedding procession coming out of Longwang Village. The nosy children came over, pointed at the bride, Chen Pingping, and said jokingly, "It turns out that she was going to marry Zhang Kang!"

"Alas, she is so unlucky. Look, Zhu Yan rode a bicycle to the groom's house without having to walk a single step."

"I heard that the man Chen Pingping is marrying now lives opposite their house. She has to walk outside the village by herself. I wonder if the bride's feet are hurt by walking, hahaha..."

A group of children laughed so hard in front of Chen Pingping.

I don’t know if it was intentional on the part of the Wang family’s wedding party, but I saw Wang Ziru and her cousin leading the team to turn around at a fork in the road.

Manager Lu suddenly turned around and said loudly, "Everyone is tired. Let's stop and take a rest."

"Hi!" The men who were following closely behind carrying the dowry shouted and put down the heavy dowry on their shoulders. They stood in the middle of the road with joy. Some even walked to the fork in the road to watch the soldier groom from Qinglong Village get married.

"Hey, hey! Is it because the Zhang family wants to be so stylish when getting married that they even use bicycles?"

"No matter what, the bride is happy when she can get to the groom's house without walking a step."

"From this perspective, the groom of the Zhang family is also a handsome man."

Wang Ziru and her cousin stood at the fork in the road, listening to the ridicule and sarcasm of the men with gritted teeth.

In this poor village, it was rare to see the groom go to the bride's house in person for a wedding. This time, Zhang Kang not only went to the bride's house in person to marry her, he also went to the county's armed forces department to borrow a bicycle.

At this moment, the groom was wearing a military uniform and pushing a large bicycle with eight bars. His bride was dressed up beautifully, holding the seat with both hands and looking shy.

Zhang Kang was like an alien. For the first time, he let the bride ride on a bicycle to her husband's house. The wedding procession attracted countless villagers to watch and have fun along the way.

"Let's take a break. We're all helping the Zhang family get married today. It's been tiring carrying the dowry along the way. Come, have a cigarette." The road manager hired by the Zhang family saw that the Wang family's wedding had stopped at a fork in the road, so he quickly asked everyone to stop and have a cigarette.

They would never give up such a good opportunity to slap the Wang family in the face.

Zhang Kang pushed the bride and followed the two sisters-in-law who were getting married according to the rules.

"Yan'er, are you thirsty? You must have worked hard after such a long journey. Come, let's have some hot tea!" Zhang Kang stopped his bicycle, took out the military water bottle he carried with him from the handlebar, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Zhu Yan.

Under the gaze of the two wedding sisters-in-law, Zhu Yan wanted to say that she was not thirsty, but she glanced at Chen Pingping who was standing in the wedding team not far away on the opposite side, smiled shyly, obediently took the kettle, took a small sip, and then returned the kettle to Zhang Kang.

Zhai Ximo looked at his wife and saw that the little woman's face was turning green.

He pretended not to see it, walked over, and asked in a low voice: "What time is it now? Are you getting married so late?"

Wang Ziru coughed deliberately and said unhappily, "It's still the Chen family."

The two sisters-in-law and a cousin of the Chen family standing behind her immediately curled their lips and said, "How can you blame the Chen family for this? It's your brother who went too far. Look at the Zhang family, they even used a bicycle to get married."

"Forget it! What's so great about a soldier? Zonghao even knows the bank's executives. Pingping will go to the county town to live a good life in the future..."

Before she could finish her words, someone patted her on the shoulder and signaled her to shut up.

Wang Ziru smiled, turned around, and looked at Chen Pingping's cousin's wife, "The Zhang family is so good, why did the Chen family cancel the engagement?"

"you…"

"Tsk! Why are you still arguing?"

Seeing this, Zhai Ximo patted his wife and whispered, "It's about time for you to set off."

Wang Ziru nodded and followed Zhai Ximo to the Zhang family's wedding procession. However, she did not walk to the middle of the welcoming procession. Instead, she stood on the side of the road and looked at Zhu Yan. "Zhang Kang, congratulations on finally marrying your beautiful wife."

"Hey, thank you, sister-in-law."

Zhang Kang also glared at Chen Pingping with hatred.

"It's like this. The two brides happened to meet each other. According to the rules, they have to exchange handkerchiefs." Wang Ziru smiled and looked at Zhang Kang and Zhu Yan. "Are you going to give the handkerchiefs to them, or should my sister-in-law come over?"

"Exchanging handkerchiefs? Who made this rule?" Zhang Kangnong frowned. If they had known about this, they should have passed the fork in the road quickly.

At this time, the villagers who came out from Qinglong Village to watch the wedding also echoed.

"Yes, what the girl from the Wang family said is correct. The two brides do exchange handkerchiefs. This is called a handkerchief friendship."

"It shows that these two brides are destined to be together, haha."

Zhang Kang didn't want to hear any feudal superstitions. "What would happen if we didn't exchange them?"

"No one knows this. I think once something like this happens, the handkerchiefs are exchanged, and the two families may even become relatives in the future."

"Fuck his relatives! We're not exchanging!"

"Zhang Kang," Zhu Yan called softly, "Push me over there. Whether Chen Pingping is willing or not, I can give her my handkerchief."

In this era, handkerchiefs are like tokens of love. They can be given to one’s significant other as a personal item or as an exchange of friendship in occasions like today.

Zhang Kang gritted his teeth and pushed his bicycle slowly to the fork in the road.

He looked at Wang Ziru and said, "Sister-in-law, we are willing to exchange handkerchiefs. Please ask the bride over there to come over."

Wang Ziru turned back to the team here and took Chen Pingping to the fork in the road. "Exchange handkerchiefs. This is the etiquette for us country girls to get married."

When the two brides met, they were extremely jealous.

Zhu Yan took the initiative to let Zhang Kang push the bicycle over, sat on the bicycle, and exchanged handkerchiefs with Chen Pingping.

Watching the two brides exchange handkerchiefs, Zhang Kang immediately pushed his bicycle straight into the road back to Qinglong Village, "Let's go, thank you brothers and uncles for driving."

The Zhang family's wedding procession set off immediately. The men shouted slogans and carried the heavy dowry, which was colorful, like a long dragon, and slowly walked towards Qinglong Village.

Chen Pingping couldn't help but look up at the Zhang family's wedding team...

I hate that man so much.

When he got married, he deliberately pushed his bicycle around the town to show off, as if no one knew he was married.

Little did they know that many villagers and children from Longwang Village also followed the wedding procession. Some nosy villagers quickly ran back to the village and told the Wang family groom that they had encountered the Zhang family's wedding procession.

"Fuck that Zhang guy. He's so proud of himself after getting married that he doesn't even know his own surname! Do you want to outdo me?" Wang Zonghao was so angry that he jumped up and cursed Zhang Kang.

I knew it early on, and he also went to the Armed Forces to get a Type 28 truck to show off.

Alas, Wang Zonghao is still too low-key.

At this moment, Wang Zonghao caught a glimpse of a military green jeep parked on the side of the road ahead, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey! Han Dixing, would you like to borrow your car?"

Han Dixing also heard Wang Zonghao scolding the groom who was getting married in the next village, but he didn't know why Zonghao was so ignorant.

But he vaguely guessed what the other party wanted to say next, "You want a jeep to drive out of the village to pick up your bride?"

"Uh, that's what I mean." Wang Zonghao scratched his head embarrassedly.

He had to express this tone that day.

Han Dixing chuckled and nodded, "Of course, no problem. But if you're getting married, do you need to decorate the car a little, like putting a big red double happiness character on it?"

Such a small matter would not be a problem for the smart second generation ancestor of the Wang family.

He immediately turned around and went back to the yard, where a square table for the banquet was set up. On the table happened to be the extra red "Double Happiness" patterns that they had cut last night.

The Wang family members worked busily for a while before they used paste to paste a big red "囍" character on the front of Han Dixing's jeep.

"Brother! Take out all the firecrackers you bought at home and prepare them. When I come back with the bride, you must set off the firecrackers as loud as possible so that everyone in Qinglong Village can hear them." Before getting in the car, Wang Zonghao gave it his all and his eyes turned red with anger.

Wang Zongming was too embarrassed to scold his brother in front of Han Dixing.

The driver drove the car and took Wang Zonghao out.

When the Chen family saw that Wang Zonghao borrowed such a fancy car to pick up the bride, their previous hatred towards the Wang family was slightly diluted.

Not far from the village entrance, the jeep encountered a wedding party turning back.

"He is going back to the county so soon?" Wang Ziru thought that it was Han Dixing in the car, and he was going back to the county without waiting for them to get married and go to the groom's house. While she was thinking about this, she saw the jeep slowly stop.

Wang Zonghao got out of the car in a handsome manner, leaving everyone staring at him in a daze.

"Pingping! I'm here to pick you up. This jeep looks very stylish, right? It can protect you from the wind and rain but not from the sun. Come with me and get in the car." Wang Zonghao strode over, took Chen Pingping's hand, and turned to walk towards the jeep.

Chen Pingping was feeling very depressed because of what happened to Zhang Kang and Zhu Yan at the fork in the road just now, and was afraid that she would be laughed at again when she entered the village.

But to her surprise, Chen Pingping's man had many ways to deal with things.

"No, Zong Hao, what are you doing? It's only a few steps into the village, and you still borrow a car. Who are you showing off to?" Wang Ziru asked unhappily.

"Sister," Wang Zonghao led Chen Pingping to the car, turned around, raised his eyebrows and said arrogantly, "You guys walk slowly, let's go to Qinglong Village for a run first. That bastard Zhang Kang thought he could beat me with a bicycle. Let's see who can beat who. Today I want to let him see what Grandpa is like."

Wang Ziru had three black lines on her forehead, and had no choice but to ask the road manager to rest on the spot and wait for them to come back after the "walk".

The jeep soon drove into a fork in the road and headed straight for Qinglong Village.

Soon, a military green jeep slowly drove into Qinglong Village.

Because the Zhang family was holding a wedding that day, the road in front of the Zhang family’s gate was filled with villagers.

Suddenly, everyone saw a jeep driving into the village. They all stretched their necks in surprise to see who was in the car, thinking that it was a distinguished guest from the county town invited by Zhang Kang.

Chen Pingping held the handkerchief tightly in her hand, her palms sweating from the tension.

"Zong Hao, let's go back. Zhu Yan and I just exchanged handkerchiefs at the intersection. What if Sister Zi Ru blames us for being ignorant when we go back..." Chen Pingping was a girl after all, and she also knew that Zhang Kang and Zhai Ximo were old comrades-in-arms.

She was worried that her man had gotten into trouble and brought trouble to her brother-in-law Zhai Ximo, and that Wang Ziru and her husband would not help them find jobs in the county.

Wang Zonghao was stunned when he heard this. "Who cares about her old handkerchief? Look at mine."

The young couple was still chattering in the back seat when the jeep had already driven into the middle of the road at the entrance of Zhangjiamen.

At this time, the Zhang family's wedding party had just arrived at the groom's house, and all the dowry was still placed outside on the road, waiting for the newlyweds to get married before it could be carried into the hall.

Someone rushed into the main room and called out to Zhang Kang, "Zhang Kang, go out and take a look. There are distinguished guests in your house."