Soon it was the sixth day of the first lunar month, the day my eldest cousin was getting married.
Early in the morning, the Su family got up and started preparing.
Friends and relatives from the village also came to help.
After getting ready, my eldest cousin changed into new clothes, looked neat and tidy, and rode a bicycle borrowed from the village branch to the next village to pick up his bride.
About an hour later, a bride wearing a new blue dress was brought over.
Su He looked closely and saw that the bride was dressed no differently than usual, except that there were red ribbons tied to her two braids.
Following behind were several people carrying the bride's dowry, which included two chests containing two quilts and two pillows covered with bright red pillowcases. These were the same pair that Su He had bought, which her cousin had delivered during the New Year's greetings.
Such a thing actually earned the envy of the villagers, who all praised the Huang family for treating their daughter well.
The subsequent ceremony was very simple. The custom of bowing to the ancestors to get married was abolished a few years ago. Instead, the village chief organized the newlyweds to read Chairman Mao's quotations together, and after taking an oath, they became revolutionary partners.
Of course, wedding banquets were forbidden in those days, but the villagers had helped out so much that they couldn't leave hungry.
So the Su family prepared a bowl of noodles for each of them. It wasn't wheat flour, but elm flour, which is also a coarse grain, but everyone ate it happily.
The last person grabbed a handful of wedding candy and left.
The wedding ended just like that, and even Su He thought it was too simple.
But Grandma Su said that their family's celebration was already quite grand; many families, in order to save money, simply don't hold any special events and just bring the guests over.
Even the Huang family was very satisfied when they heard about their preparations, feeling that the Su family valued their daughter.
Su He then understood.
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The new cousin-in-law didn't stay in the new house the whole time. As soon as the guests left, she came out to help tidy up the house. She was very efficient, and my aunt seemed very satisfied.
But they didn't ask her to do any work on her wedding day, and they were afraid she would feel embarrassed, so they asked Su He to accompany her inside to sit for a while.
This gave Su He the opportunity to observe her cousin-in-law.
My cousin's wife's name is Huang Shuyun. She has a round face, which is the kind of face that people like in this era. She has a lucky face, but her skin is a bit dark, probably from working. That's how it is for girls from the countryside.
She seems like a nice person, and she's quite efficient in both speaking and working, but for some reason, I feel a bit reserved around her.
Su He didn't pay much attention. She briefly introduced her family to her, and then her eldest cousin came in after finishing his work.
Seeing this, Su He smiled and, not wanting to be a third wheel, joked, "Then I won't bother my cousin and his wife any longer."
He then left.
The young couple looked at each other, then both blushed.
Finally, my cousin asked somewhat awkwardly, "Um, Heya is a bit blunt, so don't be shy."
My cousin's wife shook her head. "No, it's just that my cousin looks a little different from what I imagined."
"Huh? What's different?"
"Well... I thought she wouldn't be easy to get along with,"
My cousin's wife was a little embarrassed when she said this. Actually, she had heard of the Su family's golden phoenix before, and later she learned that Su had found a job in the city and become a police officer. She admired her very much.
It was because of this family that they were willing to marry her into the family. Of course, it wasn't to take advantage of this cousin, but because they felt that the Su family didn't discriminate against girls and treated their granddaughter so well, they figured they would treat their granddaughter-in-law well too.
She was even more satisfied after marrying into the family.
Although they had just met, she could tell that her mother-in-law and grandmother treated her very well, and her successful cousin wasn't arrogant at all. The Su family seemed easy to get along with.
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