Chapter 117 Zhang's thank-you gift for matchmaking
The next morning.
After the banquet, Deng Changmei got married under the escort of her relatives and the matchmaker Deng Shirong.
Deng Changmei also shed tears when saying goodbye to her parents.
As parents, Mr. and Mrs. Deng Yunjin also had tears in their eyes.
It takes nearly an hour and a half to walk from Naye Village to Changtian Village. Deng Changmei, escorted by the matchmaker and the wedding guests, stopped at the fork in the road between Changtian Village and Darongshu Village.
The "scouts" sent by the man's family had been keeping an eye on the woman's itinerary. When they saw that the woman had stopped, they rushed back to report to the man's family.
Then, the groom Zhang Kangmei set out with the wedding party, and in less than ten minutes they saw the bride and her party.
After the two sides greeted each other, Zhang Kangmei took out the red envelope he had prepared in advance and gave it to Deng Changmei.
Deng Changmei had no intention of making things difficult for the other party. She took the red envelope according to the rules and continued on her journey under the escort of the wedding party without even looking at how much money was in the red envelope.
The marriage process is basically the same, so I won’t repeat it here.
After returning from offering sacrifices to the great-grandfather, the relatives and friends of the Zhang family gathered around the bride and asked her with a smile to open the dowry box to see how many good things were inside the box and how much dowry her parents had given her.
Deng Changmei was quite confident about this, so she opened the dowry box openly and showed the contents to Zhang's relatives and friends one by one.
"Oh my god, there are so many Dacron fabrics."
"Oh my, this woman's dowry is really quite a lot!"
"Not bad, not bad. There is actually two hundred and eighty yuan in dowry. It seems that the bride is quite favored when she is at her parents' home!"
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After seeing the bride's dowry and dowry, Zhang's relatives and friends all praised her, making Deng Changmei's face full of smiles.
After completing the wedding process, the Zhang family started the banquet on time before twelve o'clock.
As a matchmaker, Deng Shirong sat at the same table with the wedding guests.
In this era, the bridegroom and the matchmaker are the most honorable guests at a wedding banquet.
Unlike later generations, leaders or prominent figures are the most honorable guests at a wedding banquet, while wedding guests and matchmakers have to stand aside.
Three generations of the Zhang family are carpenters, and their economic conditions are among the best in the countryside. A total of eight tables were set up, and the dishes on the banquet were considered rich. In addition to the three essential dishes of meat balls, egg rolls, and braised pork, there were also boiled chicken, pork with celery and garlic, bamboo shoots, sweet lotus root, peanut candy, sauerkraut and pickled garlic sprouts, stir-fried fire vegetables, stir-fried sweet potatoes, and a lotus root soup stewed with pork bones.
This is certainly incomparable to the banquet at the wedding of Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping, but in this era, it is already a very impressive feast.
Therefore, Zhang's relatives and friends all praised the dish while eating.
Around one o'clock in the afternoon, except for a few guests who were drinking, the other guests, after having eaten and drunk their fill, began to say goodbye to the host.
When most of the other guests had left, the wedding guest came over to say goodbye to Deng Changmei.
"Amei, it's getting late, we have to go back!"
"Amei, live well here, we will come back to pick you up in three days."
"Amei, from today on, you are someone else's daughter-in-law. You can't do things as casually as you did at your parents' home. You have to learn how to get along with your father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law..."
"Amei..."
As her relatives from her mother's family gave her advice, Deng Changmei's eyes slowly turned red.
In this era, a bride usually sheds tears three times when she gets married:
The first time was the night before my wedding. When I was talking to my relatives about getting married the next day, we were so emotional that we all burst into tears.
The second time is when saying goodbye to parents before getting married. Most brides will cry at that moment.
The third time was when the bride and groom left...
Deng Shirong was not only a matchmaker, but also a member of the bride's family. He waited until Deng Changmei's relatives had finished speaking before stepping forward and saying, "Amei, this is your home from now on. Live a good life with your husband. If you are wronged, come back and tell Jiugong, and he will make the decision for you."
Deng Changmei wiped her eyes and smiled, "I understand, Jiugong."
Afterwards, Deng Shirong and others went to greet the Zhang family one by one, and then walked away under Deng Changmei's reluctant gaze.
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It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Deng Shirong returned home. About half an hour later, the man's family sent someone to deliver a thank-you gift.
Excluding his own son and daughter-in-law, among the three couples matched by Deng Shirong, Zhang Kangmei's family undoubtedly has the best financial conditions.
When Deng Shirong was making furniture before, he specially invited three generations of the Zhang family to help, and paid them enough wages. Because of this friendship, and the fact that the Zhang family was very satisfied with this marriage, the thank-you gift they gave was naturally generous.
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The red envelope alone amounted to 38 yuan.
Then, a pork butt weighed about twelve pounds, and the braised pork weighed a full twenty pounds, a box of five-flavor dish weighing about two pounds, two packs of cigarettes, two bottles of wine, two packs of tea, sandworms, candy cakes, glutinous rice, sticky rice, wheat, noodles, sesame seeds, peanuts, black beans, soybeans, red beans, and mung beans weighed two pounds each.
Zhang Xiuping was stunned when she saw so many gifts.
She did a rough calculation and found that the pork butt and five spices would cost about fourteen yuan, the braised pork would cost more than twenty yuan, the sandworms would cost about seven yuan, and cigarettes, alcohol and tea would cost a few yuan. Although the rest of the things were not very valuable, they would still cost about ten or eight yuan in total.
Calculated in this way, plus the thirty-eight yuan in cash in the red envelope, that would be more than ninety yuan. Even if her calculated price was wrong, it should not be less than ninety yuan.
Giving such a large gift as a thank-you gift to a matchmaker seemed incredible to her.
After the gift-givers left, Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but ask, "Dad, does the man's family have to give so many gifts as a thank-you gift?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Of course not. According to the current matchmaking market, a thank-you gift of half of this amount is already very good. I think there are several reasons why the Zhang family gave such a high thank-you gift."
Deng Yunzhen interrupted and asked, "Dad, what are the reasons?"
Deng Shirong guessed: "First of all, the Zhang family's financial conditions are relatively good.
Secondly, when I invited the three generations of the Zhang family to come and help build furniture, I paid them enough wages, so the large gift they gave as a thank-you gift should also be a way of returning the favor.
Besides, the Zhang family must be very satisfied with this marriage.
Besides, our family is not doing badly now, and the Zhang family probably did this to strengthen their relationship with our family.
These factors combined led to the Zhang family giving such a heavy thank-you gift.
Of course, these are just my personal guesses. Only the Zhang family will know whether this is true or not."
Zhang Xiuping agreed and said, "Dad, I think your guess makes sense. I guess the Zhang family really thinks so."
Deng Yunzhen agreed, "I also think what you said makes sense, Dad."
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "No matter what the reason is, since they have sent us a thank you gift, let's accept it!"
(End of this chapter)