The story of a cook

Chapter 278 Marriage Memory
On the 22nd, when I got up in the morning, my mother had already prepared breakfast.

Seeing my mother who is almost 70 years old and still getting up early to cook for us feels uncomfortable.

Lin Yan got up early and was busy with her mother. The eldest sister didn't come home and was cleaning the house.

After dinner, I went to visit my father's grave.

It stands to reason that if you get married in rural areas, you have to go to the family’s old grave and the graves of your grandparents. My mother didn’t ask me to go to the old grave, nor did I ask me to go to Shuangmiao’s grave, but only to my father’s grave.

When I came to my father's grave, I pressed pink paper on the head of the grave to prove that there were descendants of this family who got married and held a happy event.

After pressing the paper on the grave head, I knelt down in front of the grave, lit the burning paper, watched the burning paper, and chatted with my father.

"Dad, I'm here to visit your grave. This time I'm going to tell you a good thing. It's also a happy event. I'm getting married the day after tomorrow, October [-]th.

You are happy that your old son is getting married, and you are probably happy too.

I am 28 and just got married. I am not in a hurry to go out to work in the past few years. If I were at home, I would have gotten married long ago. Maybe your grandson is quite old.Hey, responding to the call of the country, getting married and having a late pregnancy.

Dad, my mother is also getting old. I want to take my mother to the city. My mother said that she is too old to be used to staying in the city, so she won't go.If I can still move now, I will cook my own food first, and when I can’t move, I will go to my fifth sister’s house and let my fifth sister take care of her—you say, I’m a big boy who can’t take care of my mother. It's always not a good taste--
The daughter-in-law mentioned is not from our area, she is far away from our home, she is from Fuzhong, and she is also working in the provincial capital.It's fine if I come back, our family is having a better life now, but if my daughter-in-law doesn't come back with me, it will be troublesome at that time——
It’s okay to be outside, and it’s also a family, but I always feel sorry for my mother——it’s the same for girls and boys, and anyone can take care of them. If you say that, why raise a kid?Raising a child to guard against old age, raising a child to guard against old age, I didn't expect that this kid not only didn't have a pension, but also ran far away.

Dad, everything is fine at home, you don't have to worry about it, my mother is also in good health, but she is tough.

I'm also married this time, so you should rest assured.My sister and the others are in a good family, and they are living a good life, so you don't have to worry about it.I'll burn some paper and give you some money, and you'll take it.

After reading it, you still have to register. Time is tight and tasks are heavy, so I won’t chat with you anymore. I will come and see you when I come back. "

Kowtow three times to my father and go home.

When they got home, they went to the town government to register with Lin Yan.The registration went very smoothly. I knew Accountant Qi before and had already greeted me before I came.When he arrived, he was tinkering with the stove in the office. It seemed that the stove had just come on not long after he arrived, and the room was just getting hot.Handed over two packs of cigarettes, a pack of wedding candy, chatted a few words, finished the registration, and then came out with Lin Yan holding the marriage certificate.

Lin Yan looked at the marriage certificate and asked in disbelief, "Old Tan, are we married?"

I said, "Yes, from now on we are a legal couple."

Lin Yan said leisurely: "I don't feel free all of a sudden, I'm your wife, ha ha."

I said, "What's wrong? You don't want to? It's too late to regret it now, so just be my daughter-in-law."

She felt a little unreal, and I felt a little unreal, too.He took the marriage certificate in his hand and looked at it. The red marriage certificate was very festive, heralding the birth of a new family.

I'm a family man.

The two of us went to the store to buy all the cigarettes, wine, tea, drinks, and sugar, and then went to the vegetable place to buy all the vegetables, and then took a tricycle to go home. When I came back, I bought a lot of things and bought me a red sweater at the same time.

The elder sister and elder brother-in-law also arrived, and the elder brother-in-law brought a plate of tofu and a pig's hump, fearing that there would not be enough meat.

After a while, the third sister and the third brother-in-law came in a tricycle, and brought over a large bucket of loose baijiu, saying that now everyone drinks loose baijiu, and no one likes to drink a bottle of wine.

The second sister and second brother-in-law also arrived shortly after, bringing over a lot of eggs.

The second sister said to Lin Yan: "I have a lot of eggs, and I don't need them to do things. I will take them to the provincial capital for you."

"Thank you, Second Sister." Lin Yan said happily.

Fifth Sister said, "Second Sister, isn't it too early for you to get the eggs now?"

The second sister said: "What's the time? If you are pregnant now, don't eat more eggs."

After the second sister finished speaking, everyone laughed, and Lin Yan blushed.

The third sister said to the second sister: "You are the only one who is in a hurry. You will start to have a baby as soon as you are about to get married, and you will have to wait ten months later."

The second sister said: "What time is it now, people call it that now-what are you offering?"

"Marry with a son!" Fifth Sister said.

"Yes, get married with a son." The second sister said: "It's not always like this now. They get married first after having a child. If they come back to get married in such a hurry, then they are guaranteed to be pregnant. Otherwise, they won't be so anxious. Yes. No Lin Yan? It’s been a few months now? Have you been to the hospital for an examination? Little girl?”

Lin Yan blushed when the second sister asked, and Lin Yan whispered: "I'm not pregnant. Old Tan said he was going to get married. When we both figured out that our old lady is getting older, we should get married too, so we came back to get married. Really. Not pregnant."

The second sister was a little disappointed and said: "Why aren't you pregnant yet? You two are really screwed. Get pregnant this time after you get married. I'm anxious to hug my eldest nephew."

The eldest sister said: "You are anxious and our mother is also anxious. Our mother is not in a hurry yet. Why are you so anxious? Prepare the money. When your eldest nephew is born, I will ask you to hug him. You can hug him. You can't hug him for nothing. You will be charged. "

The second sister said: "I hug the fee, and I am happy to charge it. My own nephew is not happy."

The family was very lively that day, after lunch the eldest sister took the lead to check to see if there was anything missing, the third sister and the second sister said that they should send a letter to the three cousins ​​of the third aunt's house.The eldest sister said no, because the third sister lived in the same camp with them, and they lived in the front and back yards of the eldest cousin's house. They couldn't possibly not know, if they were in the mood, they would come, if they weren't in the mood, they wouldn't come, and they didn't need to tell.

In the first few years my family was poor, and the cousins ​​of the third aunt's family did not walk around with my family for fear of getting their bags.After their father passed away, they hardly ever visited their mother, who was their dear old concubine.In the past few years, although the family's mother who had run the business didn't go, she asked Fifth Sister to bring the gift money.

Hey, life is like this, if you have anyone, they will curry favor with you, and when you are poor, they will stay away from you, I am afraid that you will get attached to them.Therefore, people must have a long-term heart and live a good life, otherwise they will be looked down upon.

In the morning of the next day, there were more people in the family. Five sisters, five brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, nephews-in-law, and nephews-in-law all came. With enough hands, there is everything you can do, and you don’t need to arrange what you should do, which saves a lot of trouble.

In the afternoon, the second child, Lin Yan's classmate, and Lin Yan's eldest brother Zhihao came. In the evening, there were many people in the family and they sat at three tables.

Lin Yan's eldest brother, Zhihao, belongs to her natal family and is a new relative, so she must be accompanied by a good person.The eldest brother-in-law took the lead, and the five brothers-in-law accompanied Lin Yan.

Zhihao drank too much that day, and I told him not to compete with his elder brother-in-law and the others. He thought he should be fine when he was young, but he drank too much because he had never been a battle-tested veteran.

Because tomorrow is the wedding day, the family is very busy the night before, although there are many guests, so I have to prepare everything in advance to save time.

The second child is a master chef. The night before, my sister and the others started preparing the dishes for the next day. The sisters picked and washed vegetables, and the eldest niece and daughter-in-law also came to help chop the vegetables. Just a little more.

Lin Yan and I were at five o'clock in the morning. Since Zhihao was the only one in Lin Yan's family who came to see off the relatives, the work of making dumplings for the children and grandchildren fell to the elder sister and the fifth sister. They prepared the dumpling fillings in advance, saving the trouble of getting up in the morning .

There are many people in the family, and the place to live is a little tight. The second child, Zhihao and Lin Yan went to live with the second sister-in-law in the backyard. Our own family lived in the house crowded together, and Westinghouse also lived in people.

Everyone was busy until almost twelve o'clock, and each found a place to sleep.

No matter how calm and calm a person is, he will be dazzled when encountering troubles.

I feel that I am already very calm and calm, but when I get married, I am a little confused, and I don't know what I should do.It seems that I have done everything, and it seems that I have not done anything. I didn't realize that I was tired until I lay down on the kang.Tired is tired, but can't sleep, my head is buzzing.Thinking that I just got married like this, started a family, will be someone else's husband from tomorrow, and will be the head of the family from now on, I feel both excited and heavy.

I thought about it for a while, and I didn't know when I fell asleep. When the fifth sister called me, my head was still a little heavy. I looked at my watch and it was already 04:30 in the morning. I quickly got up, washed my face, and dressed myself.

Lin Yan had finished tidying herself up and was wearing her wedding red dress.

The second sister-in-law in the backyard and the old sister-in-law in the east courtyard have spread out the new quilt, and they will be blessed soon.

At five o'clock, Lin Yan and I sat face to face on the new quilt, and began the oldest blessing ceremony for rural marriages.

Looking at Lin Yan opposite, she was wearing a red wedding dress and a red head flower, with a happy expression on her face.

This woman will become my wife from today, and I will go through the ups and downs of life with her, live together, live together, and walk through the future together——
The second sister-in-law brought out the descendants' dumplings, and Lin Yan and I each had a bowl, I looked at her, she looked at me, and we ate together.

May the two of us have many children and grandchildren, and be blessed and honored.

After eating the descendants dumplings, the blessing is over.

When her mother came over, Lin Yan put a flower on her head and called her:
"mom!"

"Hey--"

mother happily agrees

I saw tears in my mother's eyes——
The five older sisters standing aside also had tears in their eyes——
Lin Yan, there are tears flowing——
My mother, my son is married, and his son has brought his wife home, so don't worry——

I love my sisters, the old brothers have married, and they will live a good life in the future, it will not be bad——

The day of the wedding was very lively. Although there was nothing to do, there were a lot of people. It took a total of three sittings and fifteen tables. When the work was over, the second child was so tired that he didn't want to drink anymore.

I can’t remember too many things, but I know that Lin Yan and I light cigarettes and toast at the table, and everyone knows that I can drink, and every table has a drink, and I drank the wine that day very happily, without getting drunk .

Lin Yan kept whispering to me: "Drink less, drink less."

I agreed and didn't drink less.

Marriage is a happy event, a big happy event, you are happy, others are happy, and you rarely get drunk when you are happy.

I remember that I drank a lot of wine and said a lot that day, and I have forgotten what I said until now.

After sending all my relatives and friends away, I started drinking with my family again. The brothers-in-law were very happy and advised me to drink less, and I did not drink less.

It was my bridal chamber festivities that day, and it was a romantic affair with Lin Yanqing at night.

Over the years, if you ask me what impresses me the most on my wedding day, what impresses me the most is the joyful tears of my mother and sisters.

Marriage is unforgettable for everyone.Although my wedding was simple, it was very lively; although it was a little shabby, my memory is still fresh.

That day, I saw my mother's gratified smile.

Every relative and friend who came here sent blessings to my mother, saying that my mother has begun to enjoy the blessings.Mother's life was not easy, and it was not easy to bring the six of us, the six of us, into adulthood.My mother has suffered all my life, and the six of us, together, cannot eat as much as my mother alone.

It was such a thin old lady who raised her six children one by one like little birds, and then let them fly. Now they have all flown out, and the mother is also old.

my mother—

Now that I have a child, it is very difficult to raise a child. As for my mother, my mother has raised six children. None of them were hungry or thrown away. My mother cared for us like an old hen, feeding us little by little. raised up.

my great mother.

(End of this chapter)