Today is the wedding day of Yu Huanxiang and Yu Laonian, and the educated youths at the educated youth camp are also going to attend the wedding.
Although Chu Jingqiu and the others didn't want to go, Yu Fugui was the team leader after all, and they didn't confront him in person, so they still had to give him face.
"Sister Zishan, how much should we contribute?" Shi Aihong asked Lin Zishan.
"Yes, Sister Zishan, how much is the usual gift in this village?" Chu Jingqiu also wanted to know some of the customs in the village so that she could decide how much to give.
Lin Zishan thought for a moment and said, "The minimum amount of money given as a gift here is 20 cents, and the maximum is 2 yuan. In addition to the money given as a gift, there are also gifts for congratulations. The gifts for congratulations are mainly three major items: a washbasin, a thermos, and a towel or a quilt cover.
Some families only pay 50 cents when they go to eat; we go alone, so I think 20 cents is enough."
"No matter how much we give, he will still hate us. Let's just give 20 cents! I'm not giving this 20 cents to contribute to her contribution. I just want to make fun of Yu Huanxiang." Zhang Pingping said angrily.
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping shared the same idea and echoed, "I think so too. Let's go and see the happy marriage that Yu Huanxiang planned for herself, and see the consequences of evil being punished."
Chu Jingqiu put on her woolen coat and tied the silk scarf Zishan had given her: "Sisters, today is a good day, dress up beautifully and go bless Yu Huanxiang!"
At this time, Qin Yilan walked in. She looked at Chu Jingqiu evasively and said with a smile, "Jingqiu, you are so beautiful today. Come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
"If you have anything to say, just say it here. There are only sisters in this room, no one else." Chu Jingqiu said calmly.
Qin Yilan swallowed her saliva and said in a very low voice: "Aren't we attending a wedding today? Can you lend me some money and some clothes?"
"How much do you want to borrow? Which clothes do you want to wear?" Chu Jingqiu asked her with a raised eyebrow.
Shi Aihong became anxious when she heard this and immediately stood up from the kang.
Chu Jingqiu calmly pressed Shi Aihong's shoulder and asked her to continue sitting there.
"It's not much, just lend me 10 yuan. I remember you have a red checkered jacket, that one will do." After saying that, Qin Yilan looked at Shi Aihong proudly.
"When will you return it after borrowing it?" Chu Jingqiu looked at Qin Yilan with a sneer.
Qin Yilan opened her mouth and was silent for a while, but she didn’t wait for her to answer.
Chu Jingqiu continued, "I remember you took 20 yuan, 10 kilograms of national food coupons, and two sets of braids from me last time. I think you haven't returned them yet!
You guys are going to a wedding, and you need to borrow 10 dollars. Are you going to pay 10 dollars?"
"Hu Mingyue and I have agreed that we will both contribute 2 yuan. I'm short of money lately, and I want to take some time to go to town to buy some things." Qin Yilan didn't dare to look Chu Jingqiu in the eye and said with her head down.
Chu Jingqiu said sarcastically, "You should pay me back first. I'm a bit short on cash lately. I only paid 20 cents for the wedding, and you paid 2 yuan. You're richer than me!
Go get it, and return the last one first. I'm waiting, hurry up!"
"I don't have it. I don't have that much money now. Let me owe it to you first! I'll pay you back together when the time comes." Qin Yilan was anxious and stopped pretending. She raised her head and said righteously.
"Yilan, a few days ago you were bragging to me that your mother secretly gave you money when you went to the countryside, and you still had a hundred yuan in your hand. Did you spend it all in just a few days? I didn't see you buy anything?" Lin Zishan asked in pretended confusion.
"Don't say anything. Go and get the money, food coupons, and clothes you lent me last time, or I'll do it myself." Chu Jingqiu said with a cold face.
"Tsk! You have money but you always borrow it from others. I don't know who gives you the face to do that." Shi Aihong said sarcastically.
"Go ahead, take it!" Zhang Pingping urged her. "If you borrow and pay back, it won't be hard to borrow again. If you just borrow and don't pay back, you won't be able to borrow again. If you keep doing this, who will dare to lend you money in the future?"
Qin Yilan failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. She couldn't afford to offend Chu Jingqiu, so she went back to her room to get the money and clothes.
She threw her clothes and banknotes onto the kang, wiped her tears and ran out.
This little episode did not affect the good mood of several people who went to attend Yu Huanxiang's wedding. The educated youth came to Yu Laonian's house together.
There were quite a lot of people attending Yu Laonian's wedding. His yard was too small to accommodate a few tables, so several tables were set up on the street.
The brigade's accountant was sitting at the table at the door, holding a piece of red paper in his hand, registering the gifts one by one.
Jiang Qingzhou and several other male educated youth gave fifty cents each. Hu Mingyue and Qin Yilan looked at each other and also exchanged the two yuan in their hands for fifty cents.
Chu Jingqiu and the other three paid 20 cents as agreed.
Yu Fugui placed the table of the educated youth in the first row, not far from the host's table, which showed that he looked up to the educated youth.
Yu Laonian and Yu Huanxiang were both wearing blue uniforms with big red flowers on their chests.
Yu Laonian happily showed his yellow buck teeth and invited the guests to sit down. Yu Huanxiang stood there without saying a word, standing there like a wooden man.
When she saw Zhang Pingping coming in, her eyes suddenly lit up, her eyes turned red, and she stared at Zhang Pingping fiercely.
Zhang Pingping looked up and met her gaze, sizing her up with disdain.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Yu Fugui stood up and said a few polite words, and then the brigade's deputy secretary Du Zhan Sheng came to preside over the wedding.
The first step of the wedding was for the bride and groom to sing "The Helmsman is the Key to Sailing on the Sea" together, and then recite two passages of the leader's "highest instructions."
Yu Huanxiang lowered her head and said nothing. Yu Laonian sang the song herself and then recited two sections. He explained to everyone that Yu Huanxiang was shy.
The second step of the wedding is to bow three times to the leader’s portrait, first to the great leader, then to the revolutionary masses, and finally to each other as husband and wife.
Wang Fengqin was afraid that Yu Huanxiang might not behave properly, so she pinched her. However, Yu Huanxiang was numb and mechanically completed the steps of the wedding ceremony.
After the wedding was completed, the dishes were served on the table. The wedding banquet at Yu Laonian’s family was also quite ordinary.
There were several cold dishes: pork liver, peanuts, smoked fish cubes, and some shredded tofu.
Several hot dishes were served: braised pork, red croaker, a roast chicken, a bowl of stir-fried meat with celery, a few stir-fried vegetables, and a pig blood and tofu soup.
The educated youth at this table ate more politely, while the other tables ate all the food as soon as it was served, and some people even grabbed it with their hands.
By the time the bride and groom were toasting, almost all the dishes had been snatched up.
Yu Huanxiang and Yu Laonian held up their wine glasses and toasted at each table. When it was the turn of the educated youth table, Yu Huanxiang walked up to Zhang Pingping on purpose.
She held the wine glass, looked at Zhang Pingping provocatively, and drank the wine in the glass with her head tilted back.
Zhang Pingping wasn't to be outdone. She shook her wine glass in front of Yu Xiang and said with a smile, "I wish you find your ideal husband and have a baby soon!"
After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
Yu Laonian dragged Yu Huanxiang to the next table to toast. Yu Huanxiang took a few steps, turned around and gave Zhang Pingping a weird smile.
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