Riding the wind of rebirth

The next day was a chaotic day. Feng Xueshan and Yang He went to get their medical examination certificates, and Zhou Zhi went to the group's logistics department to help Yang He settle down. However, before he showed up, Jiang Wu called and said that Miss Feng Xueshan had officially become a citizen of Shudu.

Many procedures in Zhouzhi originally required Yang He's personal presence to handle, but now they had to be handled on special terms, and finally the household registration was settled at noon.

Once the two people's household registration is entered into the Shudu local system, it will be easy to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau. They only need to take the temporary household registration certificate issued by the police station to get a marriage certificate.

Things were urgent, so there was no need to worry about whether it was an auspicious day or not. Yang He originally had some concerns, but this led to Zhou Zhi's vicious sarcasm: If this day is not good, then find another one and count the day of sowing as the wedding day. Even if it is not an auspicious day for the whole world, for you, God will give you an order on that day!

What he said made sense, so they got their marriage certificate that afternoon. They then went to find Liu Lu to buy clothes for Yang He, while Zhou Zhi called Manzhou and Jiachuan and asked them to be prepared.

My mother was shocked when she received the call: "Heshang and Xueshan are getting married? They'll be back tomorrow, and have a wedding banquet the day after tomorrow? How come you kids didn't tell them anything before?"

When she heard that Zhou Zhi was going to bring Mai Xiaomiao back with him, her mother immediately put aside her gossiping thoughts and asked, "Really? Xiaomiao is coming back with you too?"

"Ah, Xueshan was afraid that I would make fun of her, so she didn't let me host the wedding. She only let Xiao Miao and I be the best man and bridesmaid."

"Hello, best man and bridesmaid! Great!" Zhou Zhi could imagine the smile on his mother's face on the other end of the phone: "I'll go back to Jiachuan now to help arrange the banquet and so on."

"I feel relieved when my mother comes." Zhou Zhi praised: "When the time comes, we will bring a team from the wedding company to be the commander, mainly responsible for organization, management, and wedding hosting; the rest of the equipment, stage, souvenirs, and banquet customization will be entrusted to Xiaoliujie and Liu Laosan."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, Mom will definitely help you to do everything clearly and be a good host! This is also good, you can also familiarize yourself with the process in advance."

"What?! Why should I familiarize myself with the process in advance?!"

"Beep beep..."

In the past, in rural areas, there was an important person in charge of coordinating and arranging weddings and funerals, called the chef. My mother has a wide network of contacts in Jiachuan and is very familiar with the procedures of various things. I think she can be of great help to Yang He's parents and Feng Xueshan's parents.

Zhou Zhi asked his mother to step in, also to let her act as a lubricant between parents.

It was already afternoon when we finished arranging things. We suddenly had some free time and felt a little nervous.

"It's boring to stay here, how about we drive back at night?" Zhou Zhi asked, "Arriving a day earlier will give us one more day to make arrangements."

"Well, I can't sleep even if you tell me to." Yang He agreed. The kid had his hair done today and now he looks quite energetic. If it weren't for a few premature forehead wrinkles, he would have seemed a lot more handsome.

"Okay, let's go now." Feng Xueshan also resumed her demeanor as the eldest daughter: "Elbow and Monk, you two take turns driving, it doesn't matter if you drive slowly."

"It's just that the other students weren't notified, including Tingting and the others..." Yang He felt quite regretful.

"This time we are going back mainly to deal with my parents. Let's invite them individually when we return to Shudu. It will be more comfortable for everyone." Zhou Zhi urged everyone to leave: "Let's go. We still need to discuss the procedures for picking up the bride on the way."

This was indeed a problem. Yang He's family lived in Baimi Township, which was across the Yangtze River, and the relatives, neighbors and friends of the old Yang family were also across the river. To hold a good banquet, Wang Laoyao's Baimi Township Old Chicken Soup Restaurant alone might not be able to support it. Feng Xueshan's relatives were all in Jiachuan County or even Manzhou, so it must be held in Jiachuan County, where the hotel conditions were better.

If the traditional bride-picking model was followed, Yang He would have to go back to Baimi Township first, and Feng Xueshan would go back to her parents' dormitory at the Water Conservancy Bureau. Early in the morning, Yang He would lead the bride-picking team from Baimi Township, take the ferry to pick up the bride, and then bring her back to the old house in Baimi Township, step over the threshold, sit inside, serve tea to the daughter-in-law, and then set off again, taking the Yang family's relatives and friends back to the big hotel in Jiachuan County for a banquet.

It would take a lot of time to go around these circles.

"Why don't we do it in a new way?" Zhou Zhi held the steering wheel. "Book the guesthouse first and bring the important relatives from Baimi Township, including you and your family, to the county town first. The wedding procession will start from the guesthouse, pick up Xueshan, and then go around the county town and then go to the hotel."

"The villagers have informed them to come to the city for the banquet. They can take the boat here in the morning and just visit the county. As for whether to hold a separate banquet in Baimi Township, it depends on what Mama Yang and Old Yang think. What do you think?"

"It seems that this is the only way." Feng Xueshan nodded: "By the way, the gift lists for both sides will be written separately when the time comes."

Zhou Zhi gave Feng Xueshan a thumbs up and said, "Monk, you are so lucky to have found such a considerate wife!"

"Why do we have to write separate gift lists? Do the gifts sent by the groom's relatives and the bride's relatives need to be registered separately?" Mai Xiaomiao asked curiously.

Anyone with a little experience can think of the answer to this question. Feng Xueshan can think of it even though she has not experienced this. That is her usual style and she likes to think for others. However, it is a bit difficult to explain it carefully to Mai Xiaomiao because Mai Xiaomiao's cultural accumulation in this area is almost blank.

"This matter needs to start from the fact that Chinese society is a huge society of human relationships..." Zhou Zhi gave Mai Xiaomiao some scientific knowledge while driving.

In different communities, the standards for gift money for weddings and funerals are different. It is obvious that the amount of gift money for social interactions in cities is higher than that in rural areas.

If the gift lists from both sides are mixed together, it will not look good when the final statistics are taken.

Now write them into two copies and give them to Feng Xueshan's parents and Yang He's parents respectively. In the future, everyone can repay their favors and not interfere with each other, which will save face for everyone.

The earliest origin of interpersonal relationships is actually related to mutual help in the community, which is another subject.

“It’s so complicated.” Mai Xiaomiao felt that his brain, which was used to writing mathematical models, was about to burn out for the first time. “But it sounds interesting.”

"By the way, about the betrothal gift..." Zhou Zhi glanced at the rearview mirror and carefully reminded the two of them.

"You don't need the betrothal gift, right?" Feng Xueshan was quite generous: "I'll tell my parents when the time comes..."

Zhou Zhi was about to give Feng Xueshan another thumbs up, but Feng Xueshan continued: "...Anyway, the monk's salary card has always been in my hands." (End of this chapter)