Chapter 50 Marriage
Liu Yueyue giggled and said: "No matter how good your luck is, it can't compare to your fate. It was given by God. Just wait and enjoy your happiness slowly. I just want to hold on to my dream and let him Read me the poems I like, let him fill in my own words, watch the small bridge and flowing water in his free time, and at night I will add fragrance to his red sleeves."
Liu Qian said: "Yueyue, in fact, love is sweet, and life is realistic. I have the same dream as you. Unfortunately, God arranged for me to be Zhang Xiaolong. I can only choose my life as a village woman. Different People have different lifestyles, and I hope we all have our own happy lives."
Liu Yueyue said: "Sister, I also believe that we will be happy. However, sister, you have really decided like this. I still want to ask you for the last time, you have decided to marry a big character in such a hurry. How many farmers do you know? Decades from now, when you look back on the past, won’t you regret today’s decision?”
After hearing this, Liu Qian pulled Liu Yueyue and said: "Yueyue, some things cannot be decided rationally. Although thousands of people have passed away, maybe today's decision will create a different life for me, maybe decades later I will regret today's decision, but I don't regret it at this moment. When you are timid and don't know how to advance or retreat, you lose the right to choose. Life is a combination of many choices. Different choices mean choosing different lives. If you and I both have the same choice, wouldn’t there be no joy in differences in life? Although Xiaolong is a farmer, he is not illiterate, nor is he incapable of being carved. I think the lives of the two of them also influence each other. , a process of mutual change. He may not be able to write lyrics and poems for me, but I can read to him and teach him to write. Without the small bridge and running water, we may have men farming and women weaving, although I can’t give him red sleeves. It smells good, but the boudoir is more than just thrush? You can ask him to polish the ink for me. In short, we will gradually change and make our lives happier."
Liu Yueyue also smiled and said: "Sister, your homework has been better than mine since you were a child, and you have read more books than me when you are older. I can't say anything about you, but I always feel that you will have a hard time marrying into the Zhang family. Why should you? Are you making yourself uncomfortable?"
Liu Qian said: "Yueyue, you are still a little persistent. The word happiness is the same for everyone. The happiness of poor people is no different from the happiness of rich people. It is definitely not because you are rich that your happiness will be worse than that of rich people." The happiness of others is good, so when I choose poverty or wealth, I am choosing happiness. There is happiness in suffering, and there is happiness in enjoyment. As long as you feel happy, why are you afraid of suffering? Even if it is suffering in the eyes of others, you How do you know the sweetness in it? As the saying goes: How can you know the joy of a fish if you are not a fish? There is only so much happiness in this world. The more happiness you have, the less happiness others will have. If you feel unhappy every day, then others will have less happiness. You will have more happiness every day. Instead of letting others share more of your happiness, why not spend every day happily yourself?"
After hearing this, Liu Yueyue frowned a little, and she had some understanding in her heart. However, she immediately let go and said: "Sister, I came here to persuade you, but you said that I was thoughtful. But even if you say You're right, I don't have the slightest affection for that Zhang Xiaohu."
Liu Qian said: "You girl, I just told you my thoughts, but I have no intention of forcing myself to be a matchmaker."
Not to mention the two sisters chatting in the room, the two prospective in-laws in the hall have already agreed on the specific details. It is getting late at this time, and if you rush back to Guozhuang, you will have to walk at night. Naturally, Mr. Liu would not let them leave like this. They had dinner at Mr. Liu's house. After the engagement, they were already a family. The meal was naturally hearty and the guests and hosts were happy.
Early the next morning, when it was still dark, Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei said goodbye to Mr. Liu and hurried back to Guozhuang. It was only a few days before the end of the month, and they still had to go back to arrange the wedding. The task was very arduous.
When the two old men rushed back to Guozhuang,
When the good news was told to Zhang Xiaolong who was anxiously waiting, Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua who were waiting next to them almost jumped up with joy. They had such a good impression of their future sister-in-law that they did not expect that they would be able to truly marry her in a few days. It was really unexpected to see this sister-in-law, and when grandma heard that Liu Qian had set the date for a few days in the future, she kept nagging: "What a good child, what a good wife." If there is a memorial tablet, She would have burned a few sticks of incense long ago to thank her ancestors for finding such a good grandson-in-law.
Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei's family have a good reputation in Guozhuang, and there have never been any major events in the family. This time, the people in the village naturally helped their eldest son get a wife, and many people have seen it. Liu Qian, although the Zhang family did not admit Liu Qian's relationship with the Zhang family before, everyone gossiped behind their backs. It was expected that Liu Qian would be married this time, but they did not expect the timing. It was so hurried that some people even thought about it in a different way, but as soon as the thoughtful people mentioned grandma, they suddenly realized it and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Liu Qian.
It is also simple for farmers to hold weddings. They set up a greenhouse in the small courtyard, put a table inside, find a chef, and prepare meat and vegetables. When the people in the village come to congratulate them, they will entertain them in the greenhouse. The new house is To make preparations, the house where the three brothers lived was used for the time being. Zhang Xiaohu was rushed to squeeze into a kang with Zhang Xiaohua. The house in the small courtyard also needed to be slightly repaired. Fortunately, everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. With the help of the villagers, Next, everything was completed within the scheduled time. On the wedding day, the entire Zhang family courtyard was brand new and the atmosphere was full of joy.
Before dawn, Zhang's courtyard began to be bustling with people. Many people came, each busy with their own business. Women from the village came over to help clear the tables, chairs, and vegetables. The chef also started a fire. Starting to prepare meals, Zhang Xiaolong was also called up early, packed up, and prepared to ride a big horse, bring a sedan chair and a band to Baligou to marry Liu Qian.
Naturally, the route they took to get married was not the one they usually take. It took longer than usual, and they had to come back before noon. Of course, they had to set off under the stars. Everyone had packed up and was about to leave. Only then did Guo Sufei realize that Zhang Xiaohua, who was the best man, was nowhere to be seen. She quickly asked Zhang Xiaohu that he was also very surprised. He heard someone in the yard in the middle of the night and got up early to help. At that time, his name was Zhang Xiaohua. It seems that he didn’t get up? Zhang Xiaohu hurried back to the house to take a look, and sure enough, Zhang Xiaohua was still sleeping soundly on the kang. No matter how loud Zhang Xiaohu shouted, he would not wake up. Finally, Zhang Xiaohu ruthlessly poured water on him, so that he turned over and went back to sleep, which made everyone Everyone was at a loss. However, the best man's affairs were all handed over to him yesterday, and no one else could be found at the moment. Fortunately, there was still a sedan chair, and grandma also knew that Zhang Xiaohua slept until the sun came up. Everyone She then carried Zhang Xiaohua into the sedan chair and let him sleep. This was good. She had not even sat in the sister-in-law's sedan chair yet, so she let her brother sleep first.
The wedding procession carried Zhang Xiaohua, who was sleeping in the sedan chair, to Baligou in the dark. When the procession had walked most of the way, the sky turned white. When the sun peeked out from the sky, the ray of sunlight passed over the sedan chair. Only then did Zhang Xiaohua open her eyes, rub her eyes and realize that she was sleeping in a strange environment. She lifted up the curtain of the sedan chair in surprise, and suddenly realized it. She quickly greeted the person carrying the sedan chair, stopped the sedan chair, and Zhang Xiaohua stepped out of the sedan chair. He came down, ran to Zhang Xiaolong’s horse, and hurriedly apologized to his elder brother. Zhang Xiaolong pulled him and asked him to ride on the horse. He hugged him and said, “Xiaohua, it’s okay. You are taking a long nap, so you didn’t delay things. , what are you apologizing for? However, this time my eyes have opened up. Why didn’t I know you could sleep so well and couldn’t wake up even with water? "
Zhang Xiaohua blushed and felt embarrassed, and said, "I don't know. Maybe I slept like this before, but I never got up so early."
Zhang Xiaolong thought about it and felt the same. He and his brother had always slept together. He had never noticed anything unusual before, and he had never gotten up so early. Maybe Xiaohua had always been such a sleepy person, and it wasn't anything wrong with him anyway. , I won’t have to get up so early in the future, so I didn’t ask any more questions.
The remaining distance was not very far, and with the two brothers' chatting and Zhang Xiaolong's excitement, it was quickly finished.
The village entrance of Baligou could be seen from a long way away. Zhang Xiaolong stopped his horse and let the wedding team rest for a while. Then a special master of ceremonies arranged for the firecrackers to be set off and the band played music. , knocking and walking towards the village, Zhang Xiaohua quickly jumped off the horse obediently, took the horse's reins from the hands of her elder brother, walked to the front, and led the horse forward slowly.
Naturally, the Liu family had been waiting at the entrance of the village early. When they saw the wedding procession, someone rushed back to report to Mr. Liu. The wedding band also broke the tranquility of the early morning. The villagers in Baligou were all attracted by this festive sound early. They shouted, and before the wedding team entered the village, many children and villagers stopped them and asked for candies and other items. Naturally, the Zhang family had been prepared. Someone took out all the prepared items and scattered them to the crowd, and everyone picked them up. The sweets were all dispersed in a hurry, and the wedding procession was allowed to move forward. In the short journey from the village entrance to Liu's house, the wedding procession was stopped several times, but everyone was very happy and not angry about it. It is a custom in the countryside that one family has one family. Everyone wants to be happy when there is a happy event. The more happy the family is, the greater the happy event will be for that family. The wedding procession hopes to be stopped as much as possible.
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