Chapter 170

Wang Dajun is a sensible man.

Xu Wen certainly wouldn't be confused.

But the rest of the Xu family became anxious.

They knew that without a letter of introduction, they would be unable to move forward.

The Xu family did not cook in the evening, and had the meal that they had entertained the three captains at in the afternoon but none of them had eaten.

Zhu Meizhen was worried, "Let me ask you, is our captain really not going to give us a letter of introduction?"

Xu Wen rushed to say, "Mom, don't worry. If the captain doesn't allow us to open a household registration, we still have the commune! If it really doesn't work, we can just move our household registration. I don't believe the commune will agree! When my sister and I come back next year, we will both be ten thousand yuan households. We will be well-known figures in the city! I don't believe our commune will let us go.

Besides, we didn’t do anything wrong! Isn’t it about the rich helping the poor? We made money ourselves and were willing to help our fellow villagers make money. How could we make mistakes? "

Xu Qiushi glared at Xu Wen and said, "Nonsense! This is where three generations of our family have lived. Your grandparents' graves are still there! You want to move the household registration just like that?!"

Sang Xiaoqing tried to smooth things over, "Dad, don't be angry! Xu Wen was just saying that out of anger. You said the team leaders are the same, why did they come to our house to ask about such a small matter? There are hundreds of people in our Taoyuan production team, and we can only take a few dozen people away. It won't hurt the roots of the team, right? As for my mother's production team and Wangjie's in-laws, there are not even as many people who signed up as in our team, why do you think they came to our door so eagerly?"

It's no wonder that Xu Wen and Xu Wen are angry because they always accuse us of leaving the team with the old, weak, sick and disabled.

Zhu Meizhen snorted, "Why else? The captain's authority has been challenged by us! In previous years, whoever had good food and drinks would send them to the captain's house, hoping that he would be given some easier work with high work points when the work is divided next year.

Although there are hundreds of households in a brigade, there are only a few dozen smart and capable ones. Most of them came to our house this year. It would be strange if the brigade leader was happy!"

"Women's opinions!" Xu Qiushi scolded, "He is a team leader after all. How can his awareness be as low as yours and only see these things in the dishes? The team leader is really afraid that we will leave behind the elderly, the weak, women and children, and take everyone in the team out.

It was fine for us to go alone. Now more and more people are going. Look, only a few came to visit us last year. This year, dozens of families came to ask us if they wanted to go south with us. Next year, there will be more than a hundred families coming back. It would be strange if the captain was happy about that!"

Xu Wen had never really thought that far ahead of what Xu Qiushi said.

This time she wanted to bring at most fifty or sixty people with her, as she was afraid she wouldn't be able to take care of more than that.

We are all from the same hometown. We are strict with each other at home, but we have to take care of each other when we go out.

The Taoyuan production team had to select twenty or thirty people, the Lu family team had to select about ten people, and the same went for Xu Wang's in-laws and Sang Xiaoqing's in-laws.

No one from the Lu family production team came today because the new team leader was not familiar with the Xu family. The old team leader was Lu Yuanzheng's uncle, and the uncle was a man of face and would not do such a thing to force others to do something.

"Dad, what you said makes sense. We really need to think about this matter carefully." Xu Wen spoke.

With the development of reform and opening up, more and more farmers will leave their homes and go to the city to work.

Young people in particular will gradually take root in the city.

In the team, no, it was later changed into a village. More and more young people left the village, and those left behind were slowly becoming the elderly, the weak, women and children.

However, this time should not be the early 1980s.

Could it be that it was because of her that changes took place in Wei Zhuang, a small place that should have remained poor until the 21st century?

If this is true, Xu Wen really needs to consider whether or not to take people out to work.

People are different.

Some people have great ambitions, they care about the country and the world, they always dream of changing the world.

Some people stay focused on the present, work hard, and keep working hard.

Xu Wen happens to be the type of person who loves his country but doesn't think about changing the world, who doesn't like eating and working but won't abandon his family in order to pursue his career.

Especially after dying once, I became less concerned about many things.

She had never worked in her life, but she had interned there, which happened to be during the 996 work week, and she was also very busy.

My biggest regret about my previous life is that I never spent enough time with my family and never slowed down to enjoy life.

A child starts kindergarten at the age of three, has to do homework until 10 o'clock in elementary school, has to go to boarding school in the third grade of elementary school, finishes school at 10 o'clock in the evening in high school and has to read at 5:30 in the morning, and later goes to college abroad. On weekends, he or she attends various interest cram schools. Where do you find time to spend with your family?

Not to mention my family, even soon after graduation, there are not many classmates I can remember by name.

Our motherland is so big, and I have never seen anywhere except school.

I don’t know if I have over-corrected myself, but Xu Wen has been particularly naive in this life. He doesn’t have any big ambitions. He just wants to enjoy life and is happy to do something to enjoy life.

In order to use electricity, she cheated and used new energy to generate electricity.

For bathing, she desalinated sea water.

…

Now, in order to take care of her daughter more conveniently, she also plans to do diaper-free.

She is really a salted fish.

I cannot afford the very realistic future described by Xu Qiushi.

Dozens of households have signed up this year. If the people she takes out earn more money than in the commune, then next year there may be hundreds of households coming to her.

Maybe this year, she and her family are doing better business in the South and employing more workers.

Would that really leave only the elderly, the weak, women and children in the commune?

None of the Xu family members enjoyed the dinner on New Year's Day.

Xu Wen was not unhappy, he was just modifying his original plan.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the daughter returns to her parents' home.

Xu Wang returned to Xu's home, and Xu Wen went to his father-in-law's home.

Fortunately, Xu Wang didn't say anything at the dinner table.

Instead, Xie Dechun kept making eyes at Xu Wang, but Xu Wang just ignored him.

Finally, Zhu Meizhen couldn't bear it any longer and glared at Xu Wang, "If you have something to say, just say it! If you don't tell me, Dechun will be very worried!"

Xu Wang glanced at her husband and curled her lips, "It's not a big deal! My father-in-law has been urging us to come and ask for help these past two days. He said that when choosing workers, we can't just take honest and capable people, and let's take Zhang Aiguo from our production team with us! Although the name is good, it's a pity that the child doesn't live up to his parents' high expectations! He has been a little bully in the village since he was young. He doesn't feel satisfied when fighting from one end of the village to the other, and often goes out of the village to fight. Now that he has grown up, he is even more reckless!

I won't talk about the bad things he did in the past. He has been even more lawless since his marriage. A few days ago, he went to his mother's house for dinner. There happened to be a wedding at home, and his mother made dumplings. Because his mother made extra dumplings and left a portion for his brother, he overturned the table because he felt that there was not enough left for his wife!

A whole bowl of dumplings! His wife is a pig, so she can’t eat all of them! You said he is so selfish and reckless, why do we take him out? Is he making things difficult for himself because he thinks his life is good enough? "

Gai Tian is the dialect of Wei Zhuang Commune, which is generally used to refer to steamed buns in a large iron pot. It is similar to a steamer, in that it is a large round shape strung together with bamboo. There is a thin seam in the middle but no raised edges, so it is a circular flat surface.

According to the pot commonly used by the people in the commune, one lid could make about four plates of dumplings.

She rolled her eyes at Xie Dechun again, "Father, can't you be too calculating? Zhang Lianguo is a scoundrel in the brigade, and it gives Father a headache. Is it appropriate for us to take him away? If he makes trouble, there is no one to control him. Who is responsible? You just listen to what Father says. I asked you to ask questions, but you are embarrassed to keep instigating me. Do you think I should ask?"

Xie Dechun said hurriedly, "That's not what I meant! I just wanted to tell you what happened so I can explain it when I get back. Anyway, they won't agree to it even if I ask them."

Xu Wen said, "I didn't say I disagree."

"Is there any need to ask about this? If you ask, it will definitely not be...eh?" Xu Wang turned back halfway through his words and glared at Xu Wen, "What did you just say?"

"I said I agree to take the person you just mentioned... Zhang Aiguo to Rainbow Island!"

Xu Wang: “…”

Looking at Xu Wen, his face was full of "Are you crazy or am I crazy?"

The other people at the table had similar reactions.

Zhu Meizhen dropped one of her chopsticks, which landed right on Xiao Xiachu's legs. Xiao Xiachu couldn't wait to pick it up and put it in his mouth.

Xu Wen saw it, snatched it away, and returned it to Zhu Meizhen.

Zhu Meizhen finally came to her senses and reached out to touch Xu Wen's head. "Wenwen, do you have a fever? What nonsense are you talking about? Are you bringing this kind of person out just to make things difficult for yourself?"

Xu Wen dodged Zhu Meizhen's hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, I'm fine! I'm serious. I'm not only taking Zhang Aiguo with me, I'm also planning to take those weirdos from our village with me. Oh, there are similar people in my sister-in-law's family brigade, I can take them with me, too."

After Xu Wen finished speaking, the Xu family’s dining table fell into an eerie silence.

Only the ignorant little Xia Chu was left, babbling at the dishes on Xu Wen's plate.

She has just started eating complementary food and wants to eat everything, but unfortunately what she can eat is limited.

So every time it was time for dinner, little Xiachu would babble and wave his hands.

After a long while, Xu Qiushi sighed and raised his glass first: "It's hard for you!"

But I didn't mean to stop it.

However, Xu Wang and Zhu Meizhen could not accept Xu Wen's choice and kept asking her why?

Xu Wen couldn't say, I can't let Wei Zhuang Commune enter the aging stage ahead of time, so I also want to cheat.

She organized her words and chose a statement that both Zhu Meizhen and Xu Wang could accept: "Think about it! Why do all these people from the production team come to our house and beg us to take them to the south?"

Xu Wanghui would answer this question, "Of course it's because they see our family members making money, and they are jealous!"

"That's it! Everyone in our family makes money, so what does it mean if they don't make money when they go there? Isn't it just like what they said, we are being secretive and don't really want to bring them along? But if we bring these scoundrels along, they are lazy and can't make money outside. Once we come back and tell them about it, people will know that not everyone can make money! Maybe they won't want to follow us out so much!"

Zhu Meizhen asked suspiciously, "Is that so?" It sounded reasonable, but something didn't seem right.

Xu Wang responded quickly, "That's true. But if these scoundrels can't make money, won't they come to your house to make trouble? No, they won't even wait until they come to your house. I'm afraid they will keep bothering you in Pengcheng."

"They can't go to Pengcheng, so they can only stay in Rainbow Island. Have you forgotten what kind of place Rainbow Island is? Do you really think that they are invincible in the production team, and everyone will get used to them when they go out?"

Zhu Meizhen's eyes lit up when she heard this. "That's right! Rainbow Island is where the troops are stationed. These people are usually bullies who only care about the weak and fear the strong. I'm afraid they won't be able to survive on Rainbow Island!"

When it comes to fighting, even if all those thugs in their production team were tied together, they would not be a match for her son-in-law!

By then, who knows who will deal with whom!

Thinking of this, Zhu Meizhen no longer objected.

She thought for a moment and sighed, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Your brother and sister-in-law don't know, and I'm afraid they are making things difficult for you at your father-in-law's house right now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Wen and his family of three pushed the door open and walked in.

Xu Wen looked very unhappy, and Sang Xiaoqing's eyes were red, as if she had been crying.

Only Chunsheng saw Zhu Meizhen holding little Xiachu and immediately became unhappy, "Grandma, hug me!"

Zhu Meizhen immediately ignored her son and daughter-in-law, handed Xia Chu to Xu Wen, and picked up Chunsheng, "Grandson, are you happy to go to grandma's house? Do you miss grandma?"

Chunsheng was obviously very happy at his grandmother's house, and he didn't seem to miss Zhu Meizhen. He just glanced at Xia Chu and said displeasedly, "It rang!"

Because I felt guilty, I shouted very loudly.

Zhu Meizhen was so amused that she couldn't help laughing, "You are almost three years old, aren't you ashamed to be jealous of a little sister?"

Xu Wang patted Xu Wen, who was sitting silently beside her, and said, "What's wrong with you? Aren't you going back to your father-in-law's house? Why are you back at dinner time? What? Didn't you bring the gift and your father-in-law didn't provide dinner?"

Xu Wen still said nothing, just shook his head.

Sang Xiaoqing said: "It's not that we didn't provide food, it's that we didn't eat."

When she opened her mouth, she was crying.

Zhu Meizhen asked hurriedly: "What happened? Why are you crying? Xu Wen, did you have a fight with Xiaoqing?"

Xu Wen said, "I don't think they had a quarrel. I think it was because of the recruitment issue, right?"

Sang Xiaoqing nodded, "I didn't expect our captain to be so excessive. He came to our house and put pressure on my parents. He forced them to persuade me to take our production team member Chen Youcai out to make some money. But Chen Youcai is an old bachelor, lazy and greedy. What can such a person do when he goes out?"

Xu Wen glanced at Sang Xiaoqing and asked Xu Wen, "Second brother, why are you so gloomy? If someone knows, it would seem that someone asked you for something and you refused. If someone doesn't know, they would think that you owed them money and are being chased for debt!"

Xu Wen: “…”

He finally spoke up and retorted to Xu: "It is only natural to pay back the debt you owe to others! Why should I put on a stern face? I am frowning not because I refused but because I agreed!"

Without waiting for Xu Wen to speak, he added, "Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble. I'll take care of Zhang Youcai myself! Just let him help out at my dumpling restaurant and keep him under my watch."

"It's not a big deal! After all, there's an old saying: 'Too many lice don't itch, and too many debts don't worry.' Anyway, I already brought three, so I don't need one more."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, my brother-in-law's production team has a Zhang Aiguo, and you have a Zhang Youcai. Don't we have two more of the same kind in our production team? I plan to take them with me."

Xu Wen: “…”

"Why do you bring them along? Are you looking for trouble because you think your life is too comfortable?"

As expected of brother and sister, they speak in much the same way.

Xu Wen was too lazy to explain again and again, so he rolled his eyes and said, "I'm in need of bodyguards, and they seem to be just right."

"Stop it! Zhang Youcai is almost sixty years old, and it's not certain who will protect whom between you two!"

"So what? It's okay to put it at the factory gate to watch over it, right?"

Xu Wen: “…”

That's a good hand.

The matter was settled at this point. The four captains were very satisfied with the result and they all cooperated with Xu Wen and lent her the loudspeakers of the troops to announce the names.

Originally Xu Wen was planning to pick some hardworking and capable people from those who registered, but now he decided not to pick and just drew lots.

There are ten spots in a production team, regardless of gender, and whoever gets the spot gets it.

In addition, we also brought along those four famous ruffians.

After announcing the list, Xu Wen also talked about some rules of working.

You can't run around randomly, you can't quit halfway, one year means one year.

For those who work hard but don't earn any money, for example, if the factory owes them wages, Xu Wen will compensate them out of his own pocket.

But I'm sorry that I can't make any money just because I'm lazy and eat delicious food! Even if I don't have the money to go home, I won't give a penny.

Those who can accept it will sign the contract, and those who cannot accept it will stay at home and find another person.

After selecting the people, we also had to give everyone a few days to prepare their luggage. The original plan to travel south on the sixth day of the New Year was changed to the ninth day.

Forty or fifty people went out together, it was quite lively.

In order to take care of the children, the Xu family still bought sleeper tickets.

Xu Wen and Xu Qiushi did not have a bed, and said they had to stay with the other team members to prevent them from getting lost.

Most of the villagers have never traveled far and have an instinctive fear of the outside world, so they are more obedient than those at home.

They did what Xu Wen said. They said they would be back in a few minutes if they were given a few minutes to go to the toilet, and they would only be back earlier, not later.

Including those who are almost notorious in the production team.

In fact, they are more well-behaved and will not say one thing or another when asked.

Xu Wen said that if he gave them ten minutes to go to the restroom, they would be back in five minutes, so they would only be earlier, not later.

Xu Wen was also puzzled by this particularly abnormal phenomenon at first, but he finally figured it out.

These people are illiterate and cannot read a single word.

They also knew that they were not a very good person and were afraid that Xu Wen would abandon them along the way and they would not be able to find their way back home.

Xu Wen was both angry and amused. When they were in the production team, they were aggressive. When they were young, they bullied other children. When they grew up, they bullied their teammates. When they were distributing food, they even climbed over the wall to steal from others.

They are all as timid as mice when they go out. They are really evil, but they are just difficult to deal with.

A true hero would not be so useless.

But this also means that it is relatively easy to train.

There were too many people and it was troublesome to buy tickets. I had to transfer twice, so it took me nearly eight days to get to Rainbow Island.

The players, who were so excited all the way and expected to make a lot of money, became discouraged once they got to the island.

It's so desolate!

Apart from a few wooden houses, the only things you can see on the island are two simple iron-sheet factories. Apart from that, there is nothing else!

This is worse than home!

As for the scenery? That's for the rich to enjoy. They just want to make money.

Everyone from the Taoyuan production team gathered around the Xu family.

"Let me ask you, we are all neighbors, you can't sell us out, right?"

"That's right, didn't you say you were here to help us make money? Why did you come to such a desolate place?"

"Excuse me, I want to go home now, can I?"

“…”

Amidst the flurry of questions, Xu Wen only picked one answer: "Who wants to go home? Sure, pay for your own travel expenses, I'll take you back!"

People instantly fell silent again.

It was agreed when we came that Xu Wen would pay for the travel expenses first and the money would be deducted from his salary.

If you want to come and go, you have to pay for your own travel expenses. It will cost about 200 to 300 yuan for a round trip, right? After all, it takes a boat, a long-distance bus, and a train.

The people Xu Wen brought to the island were all native people of Wei Zhuang Commune, so there would definitely be no problem with their political review.

Even those who are defined as gangsters have no record of committing crimes, but their character is annoying.

It is a matter of moral misconduct and is far from reaching the legal level.

To put it bluntly, it means making small mistakes all the time but never making big mistakes.

Before Xu Wen came to Rainbow Island, he sent a telegram to the island, saying that he would bring fifty or sixty people to the island and asked Shi Lei to help arrange accommodation.

Still living in the area where the female student lived before.

But the cabin can't accommodate so many people.

Finally, Xu suggested that married people live in cabins and single people live in tents.

Eight people per tent.

That night, Xu Wen and his companions boarded Xu Wen's passenger ship and returned to Pengcheng. They also picked two people from the production team who knew the company well to run errands in the store and help out.

Although Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing's dumpling restaurant still focuses on selling dumplings, the store has doubled in size and the name has been changed to Taste of the North.

It was originally called the taste of hometown, but the people who came to Pengcheng to work came from all over the place, and they couldn’t make the taste of other people’s hometowns.

For example, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine.

Pengcheng Speed ​​lives up to its reputation; new changes can be seen on this land every day.

Even if Xu Wen knew what it would look like in the future, he would still be shocked by Pengcheng at this moment.

To others, they are participants in the times, but they are like those in power who are confused and have not felt much yet.

Only Xu Wen, like an outsider, was shocked to see the small fishing village on the border gradually transform into the prosperous city in his memory.

She doesn't feel involved in this city, but Rainbow Island is still okay.

After seeing off the Xu family, Xu Wen started to work on the factory.

Otherwise, how to accommodate so many new "islanders"?

In fact, strictly speaking, they are not new islanders.

There is no doubt that the first islander was Mrs. Li.

Then the first real islanders were the veterans.

Around December every year, veterans retire and new recruits join the army.

Some veterans chose to stay on Rainbow Island as islanders after retiring.

These veterans are either in their thirties or forties and have not yet married, and have many brothers and sisters at home with no ties to rely on.

Or they were seriously injured in the war and became disabled. It would not affect their lives, but it would be difficult to earn work points, so it would be better for them to stay on the island and do odd jobs.

They all have disability benefits, but they just don't want to just eat and wait for death.

Speaking of which, there is another happy event. Mrs. Li has welcomed her second spring.

He is a veteran in his forties, and he also retired this year, no, last year.

Now I help Mrs. Li run her small shop.

The reason Xu Wen knew this was because Mrs. Li also wanted to attend the group wedding.

The wedding was originally scheduled for February 14th, but unfortunately Xu Wen had something and couldn't make it back.

The wedding can no longer be postponed, and it has been scheduled for February 22, the 18th day of the first lunar month. If it is later, college will have started soon.

In fact, it was time for school to start again, and everyone asked the school for a few days of wedding leave.

With so many things jammed together, Xu Wen was overwhelmed and could only hand the fellow villager she brought back from her hometown over to Luo Zemin, letting him work for a few days and then settle him down after the wedding.

Luo Zemin was particularly righteous and accepted these people without saying a word.

Except for Zhang Aiguo and Chen Youcai.

Xu Wen asked Shi Lei to settle them in the company first, and the reason he gave was that they would receive militarized training before they were posted to prepare for their future work as security guards.

In fact, she didn't want them to mess around while she was busy.

The official reasons have been given, and the instructed warriors will certainly take good care of the four of them.

We started preparing the dresses before the New Year and now they are all ready, the only thing left is to decorate the venue.

The flower girls are all ready-made, they are born in winter.

Dongsheng and his friends were also responsible for running errands.

For small tasks like picking flowers, Dongsheng and his friends would definitely be the ones to do the errands.

In just two days, the scene was arranged in a realistic manner and we also squeezed in time for rehearsal.

The wedding was held outdoors, and it was not cold in Rainbow Island in March.

Because there were so many people attending the wedding, it had to be a semi-buffet affair. The meals this time were more Western style, with a lot of cold dishes so that people could eat at any time.

Of the original ten couples, three were separated for various reasons, leaving seven pairs. Together with Mrs. Li's couple, and Li Mao and Jiang Yiyi, there are a total of nine pairs.

When it comes to feelings, Xu Wen still admires Jiang Yiyi very much. This girl is really bold in love and hate, and can take it or leave it.

But in the end, she was trapped by Li Mao. Of course, maybe it was Li Mao who trapped her.

After receiving the news, the Publicity Department of the Command rushed over to interview and report the situation.

Can you not come? There are not many happy events like this in the whole army.

What a great promotional material!

The wedding officially started at 9:09.

This was chosen by Xu Wen. He didn’t know whether it was an auspicious day, but it must have met the psychological needs of young people.

Ask for a long and lasting one.

The nine brides have different heights, weights and ages, so their dresses are also different.

For example, Mrs. Li also wore a white wedding dress, but hers was a modified version, with the upper part of the dress having buttons similar to those of a cheongsam.

For example, Jiang Yiyi, she is only in her early twenties, at the prime of her life, tall and thin, and she likes the mermaid dress design.

All the bridal dresses were made by Xu Wang. Xu Wen told him the ideas and Xu Wang drew the pictures.

When Xu Wang was a child, the Xu family was not rich. At that time, in order to repay the high-interest loans, the Xu family lived an even tighter life.

Little Xu Wang loved beauty, but couldn't afford to buy beautiful clothes, so she always drew the clothes she imagined.

She made her wedding dress herself, mainly because it saved money compared to buying ready-made clothes.

However, Xu Wang's craftsmanship is indeed good, but she doesn't know that the beautiful dresses she casually drew are not regular designs.

Now, following Xu Wen's suggestion, she has enrolled in night school to study fashion design.

Even though this bridal dress was her practice work, it wasn’t actually designed by her. Most of the ideas were proposed by Xu Wen, and she just made some slight changes.

The wedding dress was made before the New Year, and I just added another set of Mrs. Li's after I came back.

Of course she also came to the wedding in order to be prepared for any unexpected situations. Not only did she come by herself, she also brought a few sisters who knew how to put on makeup.

Nine brides with different styles appeared at one end of the catwalk at the same time.

At the other end stood the groom in uniform.

They were all wearing dresses similar to the one Lu Yuanzheng wore at his wedding.

A plain white suit.

This catwalk was built for a wedding and is wide enough to accommodate nine groups of people.

It was everyone's first time attending a group wedding, an outdoor wedding at that. It was very novel and lively, and actually made everyone less nervous.

Xu Wen teased and covered all the brides with opaque red veils, allowing the nine grooms to choose their own brides. Those who chose the right one would get married.

"As for those who picked the wrong one..." Xu Wen deliberately dragged out the last syllable, "They can definitely get married. But we don't know whether they can spend the wedding night together!"

There was a burst of laughter from below.

The oldest groom, Zhao Aimin, smiled shyly and said, "I am the oldest, so I will set an example for you guys first."

As he said this, he strode forward and without any hesitation chose Mrs. Li from among the nine brides.

Frankly speaking, this was no surprise.

After all, Mrs. Li is already in her 50s, and no matter how she puts on makeup, she is still different from a 20-year-old girl.

However, since they were the first pair after all, the people in the audience still gave them applause and cheered.

"Thank you. Our soldiers are all professionals. I'm curious. What if someone takes the wrong bride? How will you end up?"

None of the remaining eight grooms wanted to be the second one. After all, the fewer brides there were, the lower the chance of error.

This kind of uncertainty probably only happened in this simple era. Before marriage, let alone having a husband-and-wife relationship, couples rarely saw each other. When they occasionally met, they just held hands. They could only have a general impression of each other's height, weight, and body shape, but could not remember very detailed features.

That’s why the eight grooms were so nervous. What if they made a mistake and upset the bride? The most important thing is that they would be embarrassed in front of their comrades and would be laughed at later.

The best eight grooms chose to draw lots and arranged the order.

After they drew lots and selected one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight, Xu Wencai spoke slowly: "All grooms, please listen to the command. Please note that I am talking about all grooms. When I say one, two, three, everyone rushes to your bride! Whoever runs slower, everyone will go to his house tonight to make trouble in the bridal chamber! Anyway, the one who runs slower obviously doesn't want to get married and is not in a hurry to have a bridal chamber!"

Grooms: "..."

So why do we draw lots?

The people below burst into laughter and shouted to Xu Wen: "Sister-in-law, you did a great job!"

Xu Wen waved his hands to indicate that he received the signal, and started to shout: "One!"

"three!"

The eight grooms rushed out at almost the same time. Two of the slower ones accused Xu Wen as they rushed out, "Sister-in-law, you have no moral integrity!"

The little games at the wedding are just to add fun and to make things festive, not to cause conflicts between couples, so basically every bride and groom stands opposite each other. It is especially easy to divide.

For example, Li Mao and Jiang Yiyi had both been married for a period of time, so it was naturally easy to choose Jiang Yiyi. With the example of Mrs. Li and others, everyone understood the rule.

They all stood in front of their brides, waiting for Xu Wen to call out one, two, three, and then they lifted the red veil together.

"Now, please hold your bride and walk to my side. No, stand in front of me."

Nine pairs, eighteen people, stood in a long row.

"Because it's a group wedding, we won't be bowing to the heavens and the earth, but just to each other as husband and wife. But... Li Mao, don't be impatient!"

Li Mao, who had already turned sideways, turned back amid the laughter of the crowd.

"But before we bow, I want to learn from pastors in Western weddings and ask the bride and groom one question each."

Xu Wen said that he asked questions based on those asked by Western pastors, but they were not the two questions that have been circulated for many years.

"Let me ask all the grooms first, you only have two hands, and you can often hold a gun but not your lover's hand! Your profession means that you can protect your country but not your family. So, what kind of promise can you give to your lover to make her willing to spend the rest of her life with you?"

The question may sound like a challenge, but it is very to the point.

However, these questions are the finishing touches at a wedding, so the answers have already been discussed.

Most of the people on the stage were attending such a wedding for the first time and didn't know the ins and outs of it, so they were all worried for their comrades on the stage.

Some people even began to ask themselves how they would answer this question if they were asked this question.

The new reporter from the Propaganda Department sighed and said, "This host is really bold to ask such a question! Even I, a reporter, don't dare to ask such a question. He is not afraid of making the audience feel awkward and unable to recover."

Her teacher Ding Yufeng glanced at her and said, "Why don't you say you're a trainee reporter? This host is a military wife. You guys are probably the only ones who have heard of her name in the entire military! Since she dares to ask, she must be afraid of a dull moment."

The Propaganda Department had been thinking about Xu Wen's legend for a long time and always wanted to do an exclusive interview with Xu Wen. Unfortunately, Xu Wen refused to cooperate, saying that she didn't want to be in the spotlight.

Ding Yufeng was very depressed about this and said that Xu Wen didn't want to stand out! She had done a great job in the college entrance examination, had a great job in recruiting students in the newspapers, and her students' admission rate was so high that it was still a great success.

People say she wants to be in the spotlight, but what she really does is keep a low profile.

Others may not know, but even though she is a propaganda worker, she knows that she was involved in the departure of the Kaya. She contributed to the bright lights on Rainbow Island. She also played a big role in making Rainbow Island so lively.

The more Xu asked, the more curious Ding Yufeng became.

Curiosity is what a qualified journalist should have.

Unfortunately, no matter how or when she invited him, Xu Wen would always refuse with all kinds of perfect reasons.

Before Ding Yufeng finished expressing her feelings, the grooms had already started answering questions.

Mrs. Li’s husband was the first to answer: “I have already taken off this dress this year. For the rest of my life, I will accompany you in the daily necessities of life!”

Another followed up: "I'm very strong! I can hold the gun with one hand and pull your hand with the other!"

Li Mao said: "I don't have the strength, but I am thick-skinned and can run fast! You ran so far to go to school, but I still caught you back! I will depend on you for the rest of my life!"

"I'm not very strong, and I can't run fast! But I will work hard, try to get the qualification to accompany the army, so that you can come to my side! We can live together on Rainbow Island! I will cook for you and wash your clothes every day."

"I have nothing, I can only write you an IOU! What I owe you now, I will pay you back tenfold after I retire! You wait for me for five years, I will accompany you for fifty years! One hundred years!"

“…”

After the nine grooms finished speaking one by one, there was thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.

Although these answers were correct a long time ago, they were all their own ideas.

There are only a few that Xu Wen helped to paint.

The intern reporter was so moved that he cried.

Ding Yufeng patted her and said, "Why are you crying? Did you record it? We have to make a videotape to broadcast the front page of the newspaper and show it to the whole army! Don't let yourself get emotional!"

The soldier who was recording the video hurriedly said, "It's all being recorded!"

After the groom finished answering, most of the brides had tears in their eyes. It is hard not to be moved by such an occasion and such a scene.

"Brides, are you satisfied with the groom's answer?"

“Satisfied!”

"Oh! You are so easily satisfied! You really have the potential to be a good military wife. Now, beautiful and kind brides, it's your turn to answer the questions."