Chapter 237 Picking Up
April is the period between the end of winter production in the forest farm and the start of afforestation.
Elsewhere, as the weather gradually warms up, preparations for spring plowing might begin.
However, in Qianchuan Forest Farm, the temperature is still not high, and the snow on the hillside has not melted much yet, so there is nothing to do at this time.
Therefore, it is quite appropriate for the Sheng and Zhou families to hold their wedding at this time.
When it comes to weddings, the groom's side usually does most of the work, while the bride's side only needs to send her off and help her get married. They don't have as many other things to do.
These days, people don't ask for dowries or anything like that. As long as the woman has what she needs, that's fine.
However, the Zhou family still followed the rules and prepared two sets of bedding and two blankets for Zhou Qinglan, a pair of trunks with floral and willow-colored covers, as well as curtains, drapes, screens, washbasins, mirrors, and other items, which was quite sufficient.
Zhou Mingyuan's family is from Tonghua, and Wang Chunxiu's family is from Sanchazi, Hunjiang. They are close to each other. On the 5th and 6th, Zhou Qinglan's uncles, aunts, and maternal uncles all arrived.
On the 7th, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife, along with their son Zhou Qingyue and Zhou's relatives, boarded a small train with the prepared dowry and headed straight for Qianchuan Forest Farm.
Zhou Qingyang took leave to visit relatives during the Spring Festival and returned to his unit after the holiday. This time, he cannot take leave to come back.
In Qianchuan, they already knew the Zhou family was coming, so Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan arrived at the station early to pick them up.
Around nine o'clock, the little train pulled into the station, whistling and billowing black smoke. Zhou Qinglan craned her neck to look, wanting to go and greet her parents the moment they got off the train.
The train stopped, the carriage doors opened, and people got off one after another.
Zhou Qinglan spotted her family members immediately and quickly waved in their direction.
"Dad, Mom, over here." As she spoke, Zhou Qinglan quickly ran towards her parents.
When they got there, they found that not only their parents had come, but also their uncles, aunts, and maternal uncles and aunts.
Zhou Qinglan was overjoyed and quickly called out to Sheng Xiping, "Xiping, come here quickly, this is my second uncle and aunt, and also my eldest uncle and aunt."
Sheng Xiping was right behind Zhou Qinglan, so he quickly stepped forward to greet the elders.
"Hello, Second Uncle and Second Aunt, Hello, Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt." These are all the closest relatives of the daughter-in-law's family, so it's important to make a good impression on them.
Zhou Mingyuan's younger brother, Zhou Minghua, and Wang Chunxiu's older brother, Wang Zhongjing, both smiled and extended their hands to shake hands with Sheng Xiping.
"It's my first time meeting my niece's husband. He is indeed a handsome man. Well done, Qinglan has good taste and has found a good husband."
Zhou Minghua looked Sheng Xiping up and down, nodded, and said with considerable approval.
Just as Sheng Xiping was about to speak, someone nudged him from the side.
Sheng Xiping quickly turned his head to look, only to see a man in his forties looking at him with a friendly expression.
Sheng Xiping frowned slightly. Why did this person look so familiar?
“Uncle?” Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was his uncle, Zhang Shouzhi.
"Uncle, is that really you? When did you arrive? Why didn't you give me a heads-up? I would have picked you up at Songjiang River."
Sheng Xiping was overjoyed to see his uncle, Zhang Shouzhi, and hugged him tightly while shouting.
"Well, you haven't seen me in years, and you still recognize me?"
The person opposite was Zhang Shuzhen's elder brother, Zhang Shouzhi.
The uncle was overjoyed to see his nephew. He patted Sheng Xiping on the back and looked at his nephew, who had grown into a young man, with eyes full of satisfaction.
"Uncle, come here, let me introduce you. This is my father-in-law and mother-in-law, this is my wife, this is my second uncle and aunt, and this is my uncle and aunt."
Sheng Xiping was happy, but he didn't forget that the Zhou family was behind him, so he quickly let go of Zhang Shouzhi and turned around to introduce them to each other.
The Zhou family was also dumbfounded; they never expected that Sheng Xiping's uncle was also on this little train.
"Oh dear, look at the mess we've made! We've been traveling all this way and we didn't even know we were relatives." Zhou Mingyuan and the others hurried forward and shook hands with Zhang Shouzhi.
"Now we've met, haven't we?" Zhang Shouzhi smiled and extended his hand to shake hands with the people opposite him.
Actually, Zhang Shouzhi could roughly guess some of it while on the way.
Because when the Zhou family got on the bus that morning, the things they brought were so obvious; it was clear that they were part of their daughter's dowry.
However, Zhang Shouzhi didn't rush up to chat with them, afraid of making a mistake and getting embarrassed.
When relatives meet, they should chat for a while, but at this moment the train attendant is shouting, asking whose two suitcases are on the luggage car and telling them to take them away quickly.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping and the others hurriedly went to the luggage cart and unloaded the dowry chests.
"Dad, there's a carriage over there. Let's put the things in it." Sheng Xiping pointed to a horse-drawn carriage parked not far from the small train station.
He knew the Zhou family was coming with a lot of things, so he specially went to the Dajianchang to borrow a horse-drawn carriage, otherwise it would have been too much trouble to carry the things.
"Oh, my nephew-in-law is so thoughtful. This saves a lot of trouble."
When Zhou Minghua and the others saw this, they all laughed and quickly loaded the items onto the car.
Then, Sheng Xiping drove the carriage, with everyone following behind, and first went to the old house of the Sheng family to settle their belongings.
Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen were also at the old house. As soon as they saw the Zhou family's wedding party arrive, the couple hurriedly came out of the courtyard to greet them.
"Oh dear, in-laws, we've been waiting for you!" Zhang Shuzhen didn't notice Zhang Shouzhi behind the carriage; she was too busy greeting her in-laws.
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