Chapter 24 Before the Wedding
An Songyu was busy in Jiangcun for a whole day before returning to Rongdi's home.
At this time, the An family's home had been decorated with a festive atmosphere.
Because the couple did not buy a wedding house, their new home was decorated directly at home.
All the furniture in An Songlin's original room was replaced.
The furniture that was replaced was not wasted.
An Jianping had people take him back to the village.
Nowadays, the whole room is prosperous.
Instead, the newlyweds' wedding bed was still empty.
We have to wait for the eldest sister-in-law to come and perform the bed-making ceremony.
Before An Songyu came back, An Songxiang, who had just got off work, was helping to prepare things.
The wedding will be held in two days, and most of the wedding supplies have been prepared.
What we are preparing now is the materials for packing the book boxes.
After An Songyu washed her hands and changed her clothes, she followed her sister to carefully choose.
The lotus seeds, longans, red dates, etc. that are put into the book box have to be carefully selected.
Choose lotus seeds with full grains, longans should be intact with shells, and red dates should not only be rosy in color but also of uniform and moderate size.
The two sisters were carefully selected first, and then Bi Lizhu chose the best one.
After dinner, Bi Lizhu also cleaned herself up first and started working very seriously.
She first selected again the lotus seeds, longans, red dates, etc. that An Songyu and the others had carefully selected.
The main thing is to try to pick ones with a round and uniform shape.
Then he solemnly took out the book box and laid a layer of red silk cloth on the bottom.
This red silk cloth was originally included when I purchased the book box, and its size is just right.
The first things to be put on the red silk cloth are lotus seeds.
The white and round lotus seeds are spread out in a layer, symbolizing "continuous birth of sons".
Although it is the era of family planning nowadays, they have no say on how many children to have.
But this custom continues to be continued.
On top of the lotus seeds are longans.
Bi Lizhu carefully arranged them into a circle, which meant a happy reunion.
On top of the longan are red dates. Bi Lizhu tried for a long time before arranging them into a heart shape.
This represents early birth of a baby.
The written marriage certificate should also be placed on the top of the book box.
This was written by An Jianping himself.
The style of the wedding certificate is not cut at home, but bought together with the book box and then written on it.
It just so happens that it matches the size of the book box better.
Only after everything was put away did Bi Lizhu close the book box.
Then carefully stick the Double Happiness prepared nearby on the lid.
Then I used the red ribbon that I bought together with the book box to tie a beautiful bow on the book box.
As a result, the whole book box looks festive and beautiful.
Bi Lizhu picked up the book box that had been placed there and placed it solemnly in her son's new room.
This is one of the important items to bring when welcoming the bride.
An Songyu and the other man were watching carefully until they saw Bi Lizhu coming out of the new house, then they breathed a sigh of relief.
Hearing each other's long breaths, the two sisters couldn't help but look at each other.
Seeing each other's expressions, both of them couldn't help but laugh.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time for the two sisters to participate in a wedding at such a close distance.
The next two days were even busier for the An family.
Even the An Songyu sisters were directed around by their parents.
Until the last day of April, which happened to be Friday night.
Tomorrow is An Songlin and his wife’s wedding.
But tonight, there is an equally important ceremony to be held in the An family.
In the afternoon, Grandpa An and Grandma An arrived, accompanied by Uncle An.
As it was getting close to evening, all the other members of the An family who were able to make it arrived.
After dinner, An Songlin went to take a shower and change clothes first.
The other people in the house followed my instructions and rearranged the tables and chairs in the living room.
After An Songlin came out, under the guidance of the responsible aunt, An Songlin solemnly knelt on one knee in front of An Jianping.
Even though discussing and preparing for the wedding has been going on for quite some time.
But seeing his son's current appearance, An Jianping still has a feeling that his son has grown up.
An Songyu came over holding the top scholar's hat and red cloth. Amid the blessings from the aunt next to him, An Jianping carefully put the top scholar's hat and red cloth on his son.
The voice of the elder sister next to her sounded again at a very timely moment:
"Today is a good day, the young master is in high spirits!"
"Young Master has now established a family, and happiness will always be with you."
"May the love between the young master and young mistress be as sweet as honey, and their lives be sweeter than honey. Let us work together to create a better future, and may wealth and glory accompany us forever!"
The people around also followed suit and gave their blessings.
From today on, An Songlin is a real adult with a family and career.
It is no longer the same as before, with his parents protecting him from the wind and rain.
After the ceremony, there are dumplings to eat.
But the elders did not participate in this activity.
Sister An Songyu and her sister handed the freshly cooked dumplings to An Songlin.
Then he distributed it to his brothers and sisters one by one.
Today, almost all the An family members who could come have arrived.
Cousin of Uncle An and cousin of Aunt An.
Cousin from Uncle An’s family.
There is also Uncle An’s cousin who already lives in their house, and his cousin who came here with his parents today.
The youngest among them is my little cousin who is only fifteen years old this year.
She is from Aunt An’s family.
She took the glutinous rice balls handed over by An Songlin and thanked him happily:
"Thank you, cousin Songlin, and congratulations on becoming an adult today."
After hearing this, An Songlin's face turned a little stiff on such a beautiful day.
The other older cousins were all laughing silently.
My younger cousins don’t understand this.
But An Songyu, who was an experienced person, naturally understood the ambiguity of her cousin's words.
So I quickly pulled my little cousin to the other side to avoid being teased by her cousins.
In the other room, the brothers and sisters of the An family were taking advantage of this rare opportunity to chat.
Aunt An, who married to the next village, was the first to speak:
"Old Third, are you ready to go back to your hometown to develop?"
"I heard that you built four houses at home, and also generously leased several hundred acres of mulberry ponds, fish ponds and orchards?"
Aunt An, who had never heard of this, widened her eyes instantly.
She couldn't help but turn her head and look at her third brother.
No wonder when Songlin got married, his family dared to look at the house in Hongye Haoting. They really have some financial resources!
"It was only when your nephew was about to get married that you discovered that the family couldn't even raise enough money to buy a wedding house." An Jianping looked helpless.
Seeing that his second sister still looked a little unconvinced, he quickly called his eldest brother:
"If you don't believe me, ask my elder brother. At that time, I was desperate and wanted to ask my elder brother to help me give up the two residential plots in the village."
"Yeah, I was scared when the third brother called me." An Jianguo smiled naively.
There was no mention at all of the fact that An Jianping regretted his decision after just one day.
This caused Yuan Qionghua who was standing by to almost roll her eyes.
In other words, today is a good day for Songlin's kid, otherwise, it depends on whether she wants to talk to him.
"Then why did Third Brother decide to build a house in the village? And also contracted mulberry fields and orchards?" Aunt An asked curiously.
"It was I who suggested the orchard to my third brother." An Jianmin spoke first:
"It just so happens that everyone is here today, so I'll say it too."
"There's a new fruit wholesale market in Liangdi."
"I have already reserved a storefront inside, so the demand for fruit will increase a lot in the future."
"We are all brothers and sisters. If you are interested in cooperating with me, you can also contract an orchard like my third brother's family."
"When the time comes, as long as the fruit is good, I will definitely give priority to ordering the ones for my family."
(End of this chapter)
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