Chapter 547: Discussing Marriage

"Come sit in Third Grandpa's room." Seeing Third Grandpa coming, Yang Dongxu stood up and handed over a cigarette.

"No, where's your dad?"

"He should be at the pig farm. He was worried about the insulation done at the pig farm before the snow, and he just said he was going to check it again. Is there anything?"

"I want to ask your dad to go with me to Yinshan's wedding." Third Grandpa took the cigarette and lit it and said.

In rural areas, relatives from the same village are usually asked to go together. If someone has a good relationship and has prestige in the village, they can also be asked to go to save face. Yang's dad naturally belongs to the latter.

And young people like Yinshan naturally want to ask college students like Yang Dongxu to save face for themselves, but people of the older generation like Third Grandpa obviously still feel that people like Yang's dad who are prestigious and not young are stable.

"My dad will definitely go there tomorrow, but forget about driving in such a heavy snow. If he slips into the ditch by accident, it will be uncomfortable to hold this wedding. If it's not far, find a few more people to carry the betrothal gifts and other things over." Yang Dongxu said.

"That's right." Looking at the heavy snow falling behind him, the third grandfather nodded.

"It's so embarrassing not to drive."

"It's your father who is embarrassed, not you. How old are you?" The third grandfather glanced at his son.

Yinshan shrank his head and dared not speak.

"We are all from the same village. No one knows each other. Even if we walk, no one will look down on the people of Yangjia Village. The scene is not enough because God sent heavy snow and didn't give face. What can we do?

If you think that the gift is not face enough, then choose a good day when you welcome the bride, drive a car to find it soon? Now it's the end of the year and the New Year is coming soon, so it's better to be safe." Seeing Yinshan a little indignant, Yang Dongxu persuaded him.

"That's right, it's good to have face for a happy event, and it's better to be safe and not have any accidents, especially at the end of the year. You are so big, but you don't know as much as your nephew. You should have been beaten to go to school when you were a child." Just halfway through his words, the third grandfather's anger shifted to his son.

"Third Grandfather, is there anything you need? I have a lot of things at home. I'll help you with some." Seeing Yinshan shrinking his head and not saying anything, Yang Dongxu was a little amused, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Nothing is missing. The three golds are sufficient, six packs of good cigarettes, six boxes of good wine, and two big fish weighing 20 kilograms. In addition to asking your father to give gifts, I also need to pick a big pig from your pig farm to slaughter. My pig is too thin and lacks fat. No one can pick out half a fan of pork when I carry it over." When talking about the betrothal gifts prepared by his family, the third grandfather couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Nowadays, when giving gifts in rural areas, those who can give cigarettes and wine in packs and boxes, let alone three golds, are considered to be very impressive. Twenty kilograms of pork is considered a big deal, and half a fan of pork is not necessarily so generous even if it is a gift in the city.

"This betrothal gift is substantial." Yang Dongxu praised with a thumbs up: "Don't say that you can't drive there because of the snow. Even if you go there naked, they will treat you with good food and wine."

"That's a must." Yinshan raised his neck, and felt that with such a family background, the other party would enjoy the blessing of marrying in. It was natural for the other party to be beautiful. How could she be worthy of him if she was not beautiful?

"You must." The third grandfather slapped his son's head again in a bad mood: "Or you can go naked tomorrow?"

After teaching his son a lesson, the third grandfather said to Yang Dongxu: "You are busy first. I will go to the pig farm to find your father to pick pigs. The snow is really not at the right time. It will be better to snow two days later."

Obviously, although no one would think that his old Yang family was dirty if he walked there, he was indeed a little disappointed that he could not drive a car to show off. After all, face is like money. How can you have too much?

"I don't know yet. Who is your wife from?" Seeing the third grandfather leave, Yang Dongxu asked Yinshan.

"Lao Zhou Village."

"That's a bit far. If there are too many things and not enough people tomorrow, call me."

"That's for sure." Yinshan nodded, and said a few more words before wrapping up his coat and leaving.

The next day, Yang Dongxu did not follow to give gifts.

The snow on the road was too thick and it was hard to tell which was which between the trench and the road. Cars could not drive, but carts could be pulled. Several male laborers of Yang's father's generation pulled a cart full of gifts, which was still a great scene. No one looked down on them.

"If you get married in the future, you must choose a day without snow, otherwise it will be too troublesome if you can't drive the car." Watching Yang's father and several people leave the village, Yang's mother and other women who were watching the excitement turned around and walked back.

This sentence was not only said by Yang's mother, but many families also thought so. Although Yinshan's family had enough betrothal gifts, they still felt that something was missing without a car.

"I'm still young, and it's still too early to get married." Yang Dongxu didn't expect his mother to think so early, and now she started to give gifts to him when he got married.

"You're already 20, what do you mean young? If you weren't in school, you would have gone on a blind date this year. Daliang's marriage is already arranged, and he's two years younger than you."

"It's too early for me, still too early." Yang Dongxu quickly changed the subject: "What are you going to do about my sister's wedding?"

As the saying goes, a friend in need is better off dead than alive. He had helped his sister so much, and now it was time for them to take the blame for him.

"Your father and I haven't decided on this yet. Leehom is a nice guy, but why is he from Sichuan? It would be great if he was from our neighborhood." Yang's mother had a headache when she thought about her eldest daughter's marriage. The distance was too far and many things were inconvenient.

"Why don't I let my brother-in-law call and ask his parents what they think. If they want to do it, according to our customs, the girl will go back to her parents' home three days after getting married to hold the wedding banquet. Anyway, they are held separately and it doesn't affect anything. If it's inconvenient for people from both sides to go back and forth at that time, I'll contact the airline to charter a plane."

Although Yang Dongxu doesn't care about the occasion, he can eat at high-end Western restaurants and eat skewers at roadside stalls. But it's okay to be high-profile for his sister's once-in-a-lifetime event.

"Charging a plane, why don't you charter a rocket to go to the sky? You're so extravagant after only having money for a few years?" Yang's mother glared at her son.

Although she has gradually accepted the fact that her son has made a lot of money while going to school and doing business outside, she doesn't know how much money he has made, she just knows that her son is rich.

So for someone like Yang's mother who has only taken the train, chartering a plane is not cheap, and the cost of chartering a plane is simply an astronomical figure.

"No, no. If they have a wedding banquet, we can go there in advance and find a hotel to stay in, right?" Yang Dongxu said with a wry smile.

Although it costs a lot to charter a plane, it is really not a big deal for him. However, if the price is not mentioned, his mother will not agree after thinking about it. If Yang's mother asks about the price, it would be strange if she agrees, so this show-off died before it even started.

"Let Leehom call back and ask later. Since the matter has been settled, it's better to choose a wedding date as soon as possible." She has seen her daughter's stubbornness in the past two days. She will not marry anyone other than Leehom.

In this case, the wedding should be done as soon as possible. She was a little upset about marrying to another place. If the two children can't control themselves and get pregnant before marriage, then her face will really be lost. So since she has recognized this son-in-law, it is safer to get things done as soon as possible.

"I'll talk to my brother-in-law later. If possible, we can schedule the wedding at the beginning of the year. There are many good days at the beginning of the year anyway. After visiting relatives, there's basically nothing to do. Plus, people who have gone out haven't left yet, so it's lively to hold a wedding."

"The beginning of the year is good." Yang's mother nodded: "But you should talk to Leehom about this, don't let him think that our family is in a hurry to marry off their daughter."

"They are so happy to marry such a good daughter-in-law like my sister, how could they have so many messy ideas." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

He still knows about his sister's parents-in-law. He was a bit dishonest in his previous life and went to his sister's place to find a job. The parents-in-law treated him well for several months and never said a bad word.

There's nothing to say about his sister, but what's a bit similar to the Yang family is that Liu Leehom's grandparents are basically the same as his grandparents before the Yang family became rich. They are partial to their youngest son to the ankles.

But Liu Leehom's parents are also decisive, and it's popular to go out to work in recent years. They simply gave up their land and went out to find work. He doted on his sister and never indulged his son. The family lived happily together.

As the Spring Festival was getting closer, the countryside became more and more lively. People slaughtered pigs and sheep to send New Year gifts. Basically, there was no sound of firecrackers in the village. After all, the boys in the village went to other villages to send New Year gifts to their parents-in-law. There were also many girls in Yangjia Village, and naturally, the engaged sons-in-law came to Yangjia Village to send New Year gifts. In addition, Yangjia Village was a market, so it was lively every day.

In the morning, there were several jars of clean pickled kimchi in the yard of the Yang family. Liu Lihong was busy in the kitchen with an apron, and Yang's mother and sister Hongying helped him.

In rural areas, pickled vegetables were not missing even when people ate vegetables casually in winter in later generations, but because of regional differences, the pickled vegetables in different places were different.

For example, Chengwang City is located in the north of the Huaihe River Basin. The pickled vegetables that Yang Dongxu ate since he was a child were basically lumpy vegetables, salted garlic cloves, salted duck eggs, and fermented beans. As for pickled vegetables, they were not available until after 2000 when materials were widely circulated across the country.

But with a brother-in-law from Sichuan, a mother who is also interested in pickled vegetables, and old man Xuan who can also cook and eat, there are naturally more pickled vegetables and sausages at home this year.

After pouring water on the lid, Yang's mother asked curiously: "It's sealed, how long can it be eaten?"

"For pickled vegetables, it will take more than 20 days, because it's winter, it may take longer, you wait a few more days. Pickled beans can be eaten in seven days, and radish strips can be made tonight and eaten tomorrow, but if you want to have more flavor, you can pickle it for a few more days to make it more chewy." Liu Lihong said while helping to move the jars filled with vegetables into the house.

"It takes so long." Yang Ma was a little disappointed when she heard that it would take so long. It was not because she was greedy, but mainly because it was her first time to follow the cooking, and she couldn't wait to see how she did.

"Hey, brother-in-law, I bought the butter and spices, so how do we stir-fry?" With a brother-in-law who can pickle vegetables, Sichuan hot pot is also indispensable.

Although everyone in Sichuan eats hot pot, not everyone in Sichuan can make hot pot. But with a brother-in-law who has learned cooking skills for several years in his hometown, basic operations such as hot pot are naturally no problem.