"Congratulations, congratulations, the bride looks so beautiful today."
Zhao Yuanyuan didn't wait for her to finish and immediately rushed over to her, "Why are you going there just now? Didn't you say you were going to be there yesterday? Jiaojiao, I'm so scared."
As soon as these words were spoken, the girls in the room burst into laughter.
"Okay, I won't get married."
"What are you afraid of? When Yun Tao came over yesterday, weren't you grinning from ear to ear?"
"Isn't this just taking advantage of others?"
"Jiaojiao, come and sit down. You can get the red envelope later."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao saw two female high school classmates in the crowd and smiled and nodded at them.
Zhao Yuanyuan didn't care about their jokes and turned to look at the door. "Where are your three sons? A few of us old classmates are planning to see if the children will follow Xiaowu or you."
"My mother-in-law and the others took them outside."
Just as he finished speaking, Xiao Ping'an slid in. "Aunt Yuan, are you really getting married? When will you give birth to your little brother?"
Everyone laughed again.
"Little thing, why didn't you come to accompany me last night?"
"I'm already in elementary school, and I'm still a little thing?" Ping An rolled his round black eyes and said, "Aunt Yuan, can I sleep with you tonight?"
Seeing everyone laughing so hard, Zhou Jiao quickly changed the subject, "Where are the brothers?"
"My grandma is with the great-grandmothers here."
After saying that, Xiao Ping'an bowed to Zhao Yuanyuan and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Aunt Yuan and Uncle Tao, on getting married. I wish you a happy baby soon and a happy life."
“No red envelope!”
"It's okay, I'll owe it to you first." Ping An waved his hand generously.
"Hey, little friend, come here quickly. I once held you in my arms when you were little."
Ping An smiled at the other person and said, "Hello, Auntie."
"Jiaojiao, your son is really good. He's not afraid of strangers at all."
"Jiaojiao, your son is really good looking. He looks even more handsome now than when he was a child."
Ping An rolled his eyes secretly. Enough is enough. He smiled and said, "The groom will be here in half an hour. My dad asked you to get ready."
"Mom, Grandma Cheng asked you to go to her place to help first."
Zhou Jiao nodded, took his little hand, said goodbye to everyone and left. When she got out of the door, she saw him squeeze her hand, smiled and squatted down to pick him up.
"Mom, the groom will be here with his groomsmen soon, and everyone here will go to the commune for the banquet. Do you think we should go first?"
What a hassle! Zhou Jiao frowned, "Let's go ask your dad and see what he has to say."
Zhang Guoqing had also heard the news. Besides close relatives, many of the Zhao family's guests had already gone to the commune. Seeing his wife and son, he smiled helplessly.
"We'll leave after Taozi takes his wife away. We definitely can't leave without going, so let's leave later. Tomorrow morning, we'll kowtow at Grandpa's grave, and after lunch, we'll set off directly to the provincial capital to meet up with my parents."
"Dad, can we go back to the village and stay for one night?"
Zhang Guoqing understood his son's thoughts clearly. "If the village is not cleaned up, we will have to heat the kang when we get home. You should stay in the courtyard of the county town with your grandparents tonight. Tomorrow, I will take you for a walk in the mountains during the day."
As long as we can go up the mountain, Xiao Ping'an nodded happily.
Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, Zhao Yuanyuan, wearing a red cashmere coat, was pulled away by Zhang Yuntao, whose face was beaming, in a carriage decorated with red ribbons and big red flowers.
On this day, the two enemies finally became a formal couple.
In Li Qinglin's words, this pair of turtles and green beans finally fell in love and got married.
The Zhang family gave four gifts. Except for Zhang Guoqing, Zhang's father and his other two sons each gave five yuan, which together amounted to a pair of thermoses.
But there are even more for Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao.
Following the example of Zhao Dashan's family giving generous gifts to the three Ping'an brothers on their first birthdays, Zhou Xiaozheng and the other four people, Zhao Chuangguang, gave 20 yuan to each of them on the surface, and privately gave Zhao Yuanyuan a pair of heavy gold bracelets with dragons and phoenixes.
Zhou Jiao gave Zhao Yuanyuan 9.99 yuan as a gift according to what Li Qinglin asked them to bring, and also gave her two pieces of cloth.
Zhang Guoqing once joked that after their wedding, Zhang Yuntao and his wife could live a life of idleness for three to five years, and Zhou Jiao agreed.
Zhang Yuntao's family gave 300 yuan as a betrothal gift. Zhao Dashan and his wife felt sorry for their only daughter, so they added another 200 yuan, making a total of 500 yuan for Zhao Yuanyuan as a down payment.
In addition to the gifts from relatives and friends, most of them were given to Zhao Yuanyuan. It must be said that in this world, besides Zhou Xiaozheng, who is a good father, Zhao Dashan also loves his daughter as his life.
You have to know that Zhao Yuanyuan has two older brothers who are about to get married.
Before Zhang Guoqing could retreat with his wife and son, Zhao Dashan ordered him to take Xiao Ping'an and Zhao Hongbing, the brothers, with him as the bride's family members and go out with the bride and groom.
Seeing this, Zhou Jiao smiled and urged him and his son to go quickly. She drove the car to take Zhao Dashan and his wife, and the twins Zhang's father and mother to the commune first.
In the car, Zhao Dashan said with a smug smile, "Jiaojiao, let's go over and see how Secretary Zhang's family is doing. If it's not satisfactory, we can take Yuanyuan with us and come back."
Cheng Hongli slapped him, feeling both amused and helpless. She smiled at Zhang's mother and said, "He's still reluctant to let his daughter go out. Even in this new society, how could two families run a joint business before?"
"The new society is great, with so many people and everything is festive. When my two daughters got married, the wedding banquets were over and everyone left, and I felt empty inside. It's not like now, when people can often go back to their parents' home after getting married."
Cheng Hongli smiled and nodded, "That's true. I hope Taozi's mother won't be difficult to get along with. My Yuanyuan is still like a child. I'm still a little uneasy."
Zhou Jiao pursed her lips and held back her smile.
"What are you worried about? If the young couple goes to work every day and isn't around, how can a mother-in-law run all the way to the provincial capital? Besides, our Yuanyuan is so good. His family should be so happy to have such a good daughter-in-law. How can they not like Yuanyuan? I watched Taozi grow up. He's a good boy and can protect his wife."
Zhou Jiao couldn't hold back her laughter any longer. Her mother-in-law's continued persuasion probably only made Cheng Hongli even more worried.
"Jiaojiao, tell Yuanyuan a few more words later. She will listen to you. Tell her to control her temper and get along well with her mother-in-law."
Zhao Dashan was not happy when he heard his wife say that. "Why should I endure this? If Zhang Zhifeng can't control his wife, I'll definitely join him."
"Look, look, Yuanyuan just does what you want."
Zhou Jiao quickly interrupted, "Uncle Dashan, don't worry. Yuntao's mother is very gentle and easy to get along with. Yuntao even complained to us, saying that his mother was so happy to see Yuanyuan that he felt like an outsider."
"Really? That's great."
Zhao Dashan looked at his wife with contempt and said, "You are worrying about nothing. Have you ever checked whether I would agree to let my daughter marry into his family?" After saying that, he ignored his wife and turned to chat with Zhang's father.
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