Early in the morning on the 22nd, just as it was daybreak, all the people at the educated youth site got up. Today was Wen Nuan's wedding day, and everyone took a day off to prepare for her wedding.
Xie Sufang and Liu Xiaoling helped Wen Nuan pack her dowry and luggage, while Lin Yiman went to the kitchen early to prepare breakfast.
There were not many warm things. She had secretly put the valuable things into the space long ago. The only things left were quilts and clothes.
Xie Sufang has remade the quilt. The bright red flowers are in full bloom, and it looks so joyful!
After breakfast, the male educated youth began to clean up the yard. Although it had been cleaned yesterday, everyone cleaned the yard even more thoroughly!
Xie Sufang, Lin Yiman and Liu Xiaoling gathered in the female educated youth's room, helping Wen Nuan to dress up.
Wen Nuan's wedding dress today was a red long skirt that reached her ankles. She wore a pair of black square-heeled leather shoes with white socks inside. The leather shoes were brought back by Wang Jianshe.
Her hair was braided into a long braid at the back of her head, with a small red velvet flower on it. The small velvet flower was made by Xie Sufang out of a scrap of cloth.
What is surprising is that Lin Yiman actually has a collection of a bright red lipstick, which she took as a souvenir when she went to the countryside. Because she has been using beauty cream until now, her warm skin has become several shades whiter, and using this bright red lipstick makes her skin look even whiter.
After everything was packed, Wen Nuan sat quietly on the kang waiting for Wang Jianshe to come and pick her up. At this moment, Xie Sufang came to Wen Nuan with a small cloth bag.
"Xiao Nuan, take this money. It's the bottom line money that everyone in our educated youth center has prepared for you. It's not much, just 30 yuan, but it's a token of our love!"
"Sister, I can't accept it, sister!" Wen Nuan didn't expect that everyone at the educated youth center would actually prepare some money for her as a dowry.
"Xiao Nuan, be obedient and keep it. In the second half of last year, we all ate so many of your chickens and rabbits. If we exchange them all for money, this is far from enough. Be obedient and keep it!"
"Sister, I am willing to give you those. You are always so kind to me and take care of me. As your younger sister, should I charge you for giving you some meat?"
"Be it money for meat or something else, it's our gift, you must accept it!" Seeing that Wen Nuan was still refusing to accept it, Xie Sufang became a little tougher in her attitude.
"Xiao Nuan, please accept it. Each of us contributed three yuan, and Sister Sufang gave an extra six yuan, so we have thirty yuan for you as a deposit. Your family is not around, so we are your family. You must prepare some money for a deposit, so please accept it!" Lin Yiman also persuaded.
"Yes, Xiao Nuan, please accept it quickly. This is the love from us as your sister and brother!"
Helplessly, Wen Nuan had to accept it, thinking that she would return it to everyone when she had the chance.
"I understand everyone's kindness, so I'll accept it!" Wen Nuan took the cloth bag with red eyes.
"That's right. Come, let's check again to see if there's anything that's not right!" Xie Sufang's eyes were a little red, but it was not a good time to cry on such a happy day, so she clapped her hands and spoke loudly.
Soon the bride's reception arrived. The male educated youth stopped the door politely and let Wang Jianshe in.
Wang Jianshe looked at the pretty little person sitting on the kang, and was so amazed that he couldn't move his feet for a moment.
"Look, look, our groom is staring with his eyes wide open!" Liu Xiaoling and Li Qiang cheered on the side.
Wen Nuan's cheeks, which were already covered with a thin layer of blush, became even redder and more beautiful than a peach. She glared at Wang Jianshe shyly, and this glance made Wang Jianshe's body numb.
Wang Jianshe walked quickly to Wen Nuan and stretched out his big hand, "Nuan Nuan, I'm here to pick you up!"
Wen Nuan placed her tender white little hands into the rough but safe big hands.
Wang Jianshe held the little hands tightly and pulled their owners out of the house.
"Eat candy, eat candy!" Wang Xiaomei, as one of the people welcoming the bride, was holding a cloth bag filled with fruit candies. She generously grabbed two handfuls and threw them into the air. The onlookers were immediately excited and swarmed forward to grab the candies.
"Wang Fugui's family is so generous. Other people give out their wedding candies one by one, but his family, on the other hand, throws handfuls of them into the air!" said the villagers who were watching the fun as they scrambled for the wedding candies.
"He is a promising young man, a high-ranking officer in the army with a high salary. How could such a promising boy be kidnapped by an educated youth?"
"Who said it wasn't? It was so quiet, and you got married just like that!"
Wang Jianshe was returning to the village to get married this time, but no news was leaked in advance until the day before yesterday when he was preparing the things for the wedding and borrowing tables, chairs, pots and pans.
Several families with daughters in the village were optimistic about Wang Jianshe and had also inquired about Aunt Yang's opinion in advance, but Aunt Yang was always tight-lipped and kept making excuses, saying that it depended on her son's wishes. These families even fought over her in private, but unexpectedly no one got the girl in the end, and instead, a young educated youth like Wen Nuan was abducted away.
Wen Nuan was unaware of all these discussions. She was currently happily sitting on the back of a bicycle, being pulled around the village by her man.
"Oh, I never noticed, this Wen Zhiqing is so beautiful!"
"How could she seduce the best young man in our village if she wasn't pretty?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Today is someone's big day, so watch your mouth!"
"You know what, they're a perfect match!"
"Oh, this young educated youth has a lot of dowry!"
Wang Jianshe was riding a bicycle with Wen Nuan on his back, and behind him were the people from the educated youth camp, who were following closely with Wen Nuan's dowry. The children from the village were also running and jumping along with them.
After circling the village twice, Wang Jianshe finally returned home with warmth.
After the educated youth delivered all the dowries to the bridal chamber, they gathered in the yard waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Getting married these days is very simple. All you have to do is stand in front of the statue of a great man and take an oath.
With the crowd watching, the newlyweds stood in front of the statue of the great man, swore an oath and recited a passage from the Little Red Book, and the wedding was completed.
Wang Jianshe brought Wen Nuan to the bridal chamber, but before he had time to get intimate with his girlfriend, he was called out by the young men in the village.
After Wang Jianshe left, the banquet officially began.
The Wang family was very considerate. They knew how the villagers had banquets, so they arranged a separate table for the educated youths. This made the educated youths feel more at ease. Since the Wang family members valued them, they would naturally value warmth even more!
The dishes prepared by the Wang family today are particularly rich. There are four meat dishes, a fish, a chicken, a big pot of sauerkraut pork stewed with vermicelli, and a big pot of potatoes stewed with meat. This is a big deal. Many people cannot eat such good dishes during the Chinese New Year at home!
Such delicious dishes made some families with daughters beat their chests and stamp their feet in regret, but it was too late to say anything now, because the daughters were already married!
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