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Chapter 605 Dad, I'll call Mom first. Mom and Dad, please have some tea.

Du Shoucai shouted twice, meaning that those who were going to pick up the bride should prepare their tasks, and those who stayed at home should not be idle and should do what was necessary.

There were people sitting in the passenger seat of the jeep, but the back seat was empty to reserve space for my mother's family. The rest of the people got on the Dongfeng bus.

He asked the driver of the first car, Chai Bing, to slow down and try to arrive at the bride's house on time at 8:08, and then everyone set off.

After they left, Xu Laonian, Liu Lizhen and others were not idle. They put everything in the room on the table, filled the table with melon seeds, peanuts, wedding candies, and wedding cigarettes scattered on the tray.

There are teapots and teacups on each table. Tea leaves are already in the pots, and the thermos is placed on the table. When the bride's family arrives, just fill it with water and let it soak for a while before drinking.

There was also a table on the platform to the left of the door. Yang Yusheng picked up a pen and wrote down Wan Faqun, Liu Aimin, and his own name on the gift account book.

Then he put 30 yuan into the money box. Chai Liangyu, Xu Pao, Chang Danian and other middle-aged and elderly people did the same.

Although Chai Shao, Chai Feng and Chai Bing did not separate from Chai Liangyu, they were already married, so four gifts had to be written.

For example, Sun Jiwei's family of four only needs to write one gift because Sun Lianjun and Lianfang are not married.

These people seemed to have discussed it beforehand. No one followed too much and they were all united, even Chen Hedong, Xu He and others.

But Ma Liu was the only one who was different. He did not follow the great unity, but took out a stack of loose bills, which was the money he had saved himself.

Dazhi and Scarface were in a dilemma, because if they both took 10 yuan, it would basically empty their family savings.

But they did not pretend to be embarrassed. They naturally took out two yuan from their pockets and handed it to Sun Jishan who was counting money next to them.

After Sun Jishan counted the money and explained the amount to Yang Yusheng, he picked up a pen and wrote down their names. No one around him had any doubts or looked down on them. After all, every family situation was different, and not everyone Xu Ning knew was wealthy. Families like Chai, Sun and Wu were already considered middle-class families with a worry-free life.

In these days, poverty is the norm and the current situation of most families. For example, families that live a little further away from the village can afford two yuan as a gift, but that is something they have saved up with great effort. For some families with five people coming for a meal, it is normal to give 5 cents as a gift.

If everyone gave gifts like Chai Liangyu and others, then they would have to give three or four gifts every year. Who has so much spare money?
More and more people gathered at Old Xu's house. Some distant relatives were eating melon seeds and chatting in the courtyard. Children were stuffing wedding candies into their pockets. When their parents saw this, they glared at them and told them to empty their pockets. They scolded them, "You are such a loser! If you stuff all the candies into your pockets, will others still eat them?"
The bride-picking group drove slowly and took six minutes to arrive at the door of Old Meng's house. The time was exactly 8:08. Before the car stopped, Zhang Jinbao and the young man set off two firecrackers and two gongs.

After the car stopped, Du Shoucai got out first and shouted twice, and then Xu Ning pushed open the door and got out holding the bouquet.

Inside the house, Meng Ziyan was wearing a red skirt and a small suit with a white pleated shirt underneath. She had a flower on her hair and lipstick on her lips, making her skin look whiter. She was wearing thin red tights on her legs.

She did not sit on the red quilt, but lay on the windowsill, looking forward to it. She sat back in her original position nervously when she heard the firecrackers. Her sister-in-law, Li Fengxia and others in the room all smiled secretly.

Meng Ziyan's face was rosy. Although she had her back to the window, her ears were not idle. She was listening to the situation in the hospital.

At this moment, Xu Ning and the wedding party had already entered the courtyard and stopped at the door of the house because it was closed. Zhang Jinbao, Meng Yinhe, Xiao Ge and others were blocking the door outside.

Du Shoucai said with a smile: "Now your wife's family is picking on you and won't open the door for you. What are you going to do?"

Xu Ning raised his hand and knocked on the door and shouted, "Mom and Dad! Shutter!"

"Oh my god, don't worry, it's not time to change your tune yet."

"Haha, my brother is anxious to take my sister-in-law home!"

Everyone inside and outside the room had smiles on their faces, and couldn't stop laughing when they heard each other's words.

This step did not waste too much time. After all, if the door was blocked for any longer, the bride would probably be unhappy.

In the end, Guan Lei, Xu Feng and others stuffed a few red envelopes into the crack of the door. After the door opened, Xu Ning and the wedding party entered the outer room.

Du Shoucai shouted a few more times, telling them what the next step was. Xu Ning walked into the east room and saw Meng Ziyan. Her dress caught Xu Ning's eyes. It was a very beautiful dress, especially the little red socks.

"Is the bride beautiful?"

"Beautiful! How can my wife be bad? She is quite pretty!"

"Hahaha……"

Li Fengxia clapped her hands in the crowd and shouted, "Why don't you give one a kiss?"

"Oh my god, I'm a little embarrassed."

Xu Ning covered his face with one hand, but saw Meng Ziyan's red face through his fingers. She wanted to kiss her, but seemed a little embarrassed.

The people in the room, whether they were the bride's reception group or the bride's family, were all clapping and shouting, "Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss!..."

Xu Ning couldn't refuse his kindness, so he could only move closer to the edge of the kang. However, Meng Ziyan couldn't stand his procrastination, so she put her hands on the edge of the kang and stretched her head forward, making a fool of herself again.

Chen Hedong said, "Hey, hurry up and move closer, my sister-in-law is getting anxious."

"Hahaha……"

Meng Ziyan was about to lower her head when Xu Ning raised his hand and hooked her chin. Then Xu Ning leaned his face forward and kissed her.

Xiao Du raised his camera and pressed the shutter twice. The noise from the people in the room became louder, and they started to shout and make a fuss.

Meng Ziyan's face was flushed. She felt a little excited when she heard everyone's jokes and laughter. Xu Ning said with a thick face, "Wife, will you come home with me?"

"go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't wait to kick her legs and move to the edge of the kang, causing everyone to laugh again.

My sister-in-law laughed and said, "Oh my god, this is so urgent."

"Hahaha……"

After laughing, Du Shoucai organized various customs and rituals, which took more than 20 minutes, and then began to recognize relatives.

Recognizing relatives means offering tea and changing one's words. Meng Quezi and Liu Fenfang sat on stools, while Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan knelt on mats. After Li Fengxia brought the tea bowl over, Xu Ning turned around and took it...

Du Shoucai asked with a smile: "Erning, do you want to call dad first or mom first?"

Xu Ning turned his head and bared his teeth at Meng Quezi, "Dad, I called mom first."

"Hahaha……"

"Erning still has a trick!"

"Nothing wrong!"

Meng Quezi and Liu Fenfang were quite satisfied. The corners of their mouths could not help but rise. They did not have any sad expressions at all about marrying off their daughter. Although their daughter was married off, she was not marrying far away. It was only a few minutes away, so she could go back home anytime she wanted.

What's the point of crying on a happy day? In addition, there is no custom of crying when a girl gets married in Qing'an. The older generation thinks that a girl is married, but the relationship is not severed, so what's the point of crying? It's too unlucky.

"Mom, have some tea!"

Liu Fenfang took the tea bowl with a smile and took a sip.

Du Shoucai said, "As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. Is the tea offered by this half son good to drink?"

"It tastes good! Haha..."

"Then you have to show your appreciation."

Liu Fenfang took out a red envelope from her hip pocket and handed it to Xu Ning, who took it immediately without any courtesy.

"thanks Mom!"

"Oh my god, hahahaha, this little movement... is quite shy."

"Haha, I didn't expect my brother to be so spoiled." "Otherwise, why is he so popular..."

When it was Meng Quezi's turn, he also took out a red envelope, and Xu Ning turned around with two red envelopes in his hand and stuffed them into Meng Ziyan's hands.

At this time, her grandmother was sitting on a stool. Xu Ning took the tea bowl and offered tea again. Her grandmother also gave a big red envelope, followed by her three uncles and uncles. Finally, Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan stood up and offered tea to Meng Ziyan's brother, sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law.

After the recognition, everyone took a family photo, and also took photos of each family, mainly as a souvenir. Also, it was not easy to take photos these days, so individual photos were taken of her grandmother, three uncles and others. These photos would be kept for future use.

Seeing that it was almost 9 o'clock, Du Shoucai started to make arrangements to pick up the bride and take her home.

Xu Ning looked at Meng Ziyan's sparkling almond eyes and asked her to put her hands on his neck. Then he bent down and carried her like a princess with his arms. Amidst the cheers, Xu Ning carried Meng Ziyan out of the house...

As soon as he went out, Xiao Du took a photo with his camera in the courtyard. In the picture, Xu Ning was smiling, Meng Ziyan was grinning happily, and behind him were Xu Long, Wang Erli, Meng Yinhe, Xu Feng and others.

Meng Ziyan had some flesh on her body, and Xu Ning pinched it while holding her, which felt quite good. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, Chen Hedong, Xu He and others had already turned the car around.

The person who opened the car door was Meng Yinhe. As the brother-in-law, he had to sit in the passenger seat of the lead car. At the same time Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan got into the back seat, firecrackers popped in the street.

Du Shoucai arranged for his mother's family to get in the car. There was a stool prepared by Liu Daming in the back of the Dongfeng car. After everyone was seated, the car slowly drove towards Old Xu's house.

There were many villagers standing on both sides of the street watching the fun. Xu Ning greeted the acquaintances he met, and the villagers followed the car towards the direction of Old Xu's home.

Xu Ning turned his head to look at Meng Ziyan's makeup, then leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Wear this tonight."

Meng Ziyan licked her lips and nodded, and glanced calmly at Chai Bing who was driving in front of her and Meng Yinhe who was sitting in the passenger seat...

She was both excited and nervous. She had been looking forward to marrying Xu Ning for a long time, but today it finally came true. Thinking back on the past, she felt that something had suddenly changed between her and Xu Ning since the winter solstice last year. It was as if the fast-forward button had been pressed, and time had passed by so quickly that their relationship was getting better and better.

When they were about to reach the bridge, Xu Ning took out the prepared red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Meng Yinhe.

Meng Yinhe had no idea there was such a rule, so she quickly waved her hands and said, "Brother-in-law, I don't want it!"

"What do you want? This is a red envelope for opening the door and pressing the car, hurry up and take it."

"Ah, thank you, brother-in-law."

"You're still being polite to me, why don't you thank your sister?"

Meng Yinhe said very realistically: "She didn't give any money."

"Hey! Should I cut you?"

Meng Ziyan raised her hand to strangle him, and Meng Yinhe was so scared that he jumped forward and almost hit his head on the car window.

"Don't make trouble on this happy day."

Meng Ziyan took her hand back and leaned back on the chair. Meng Yinhe turned around and said, "Brother-in-law, have you seen my sister's true appearance? She is a complete shrew."

"Get lost! You wait for me to come home."

Chai Bing smiled and said, "My sister-in-law is a true character, just like your third sister-in-law."

Meng Ziyan blushed and said, "Oh, Third Brother, he is always annoying..."

"Third brother, it's only my third sister-in-law who didn't put it here. If she did, you would be ruined."

"It's definitely useless. You can't be angry with me in front of you. I'll definitely bring up the past when we get home!"

More than 50 people gathered in front of Lao Xu's courtyard, forming three layers of defense.

After the car stopped, Du Shoucai jumped out and arranged the next custom. One of the customs was that the bride had to step over a fire basin, which meant that the newlyweds would have a prosperous life after entering the house, and it had no other meaning.

Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan got out of the car and first took out red envelopes to give to Chai Bing, Chen Hedong, Xu He and Sun Lianjun. Da Laba, who stayed at home, took out an unopened pack of cigarettes and handed them over.

After Xu Ning took Meng Ziyan's hand and stepped over the fire basin, the wedding party and the bride's family followed them into the courtyard.

Du Shoucai walked all the way to the door and stopped, saying, "Oh my god, the new bride is here, why is the door closed? Is it because the bride didn't say anything?"

Meng Ziyan's face was red, but she shouted loudly and diligently: "Mom and Dad! Open the door!"

After just one shout, Liu Lizhen in the house opened the door herself. With a smile on her face, she said, "Hahaha...Okay! Come in quickly..."

"Wow! These old man and old woman are so open-minded. They opened the door as soon as the new bride called out. They will definitely live in harmony from now on!"

Everyone responded: "We must live in harmony, a harmonious family brings prosperity!"

Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan went to the second west room first, where Xu Laonian and Liu Lizhen greeted the bride's family and invited them to drink tea, eat melon seeds, and eat wedding candy.

Du Shoucai said: "Don't sit idle with your hands and mouths empty for the bride's family. Eat and drink as you should, and put some wedding candies in your pockets so that we can also share in the joy!"

"Okay..."

"Where is Yinhe? You can put the clock later... Which sister-in-law did Ziyan fold the quilt for?"

The uncle said, "Let her sister-in-law fold the quilt."

"Okay, Juan'er! You hang the curtains, and we'll do it step by step..."

After all these things were done, it was Meng Ziyan's turn to serve tea to Xu Laonian and Liu Lizhen. She and Xu Ning still knelt on the mat. This time Du Shoucai did not make things difficult for her. She served the tea properly, and the two of them took out the prepared red envelopes and handed them over.

Then came Wang Erli and Han Fengjiao, Liu Daming and Wu Qiuxia, Xu Long and Wang Shujuan. In fact, the tea-serving session ended here, because the Xu family really had no relatives.

At this time, Du Shoucai, Chai Liangyu and other middle-aged and elderly people looked at each other and said with a smile: "It's my turn now. As an uncle, I won't let my niece's wife serve me tea. Please light a cigarette for me."

Liu Lizhen and Xu Laonian looked at each other in confusion, because this segment was not included in their chat last night.

Du Shoucai sat on a stool, and Sun Lianfang handed him a tea tray with a pile of loose cigarettes on it.

"Stand up, no need to kneel, Erning, help your wife up, her legs may be numb."

"Okay, hurry up and light a cigarette for me. There are several other uncles waiting behind us. This job is profitable!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this: "Hahaha..."

Meng Ziyan held the cigarette in both hands and handed it over. Du Shoucai took it and put it in his mouth. She struck a match to light it.

Du Shoucai took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it over, saying with a smile: "This is from my uncle, take it."

Meng Ziyan was a little embarrassed, Xu Ning took it and grinned, "Thank you for the reward, sir. I'll keep it for her, otherwise she wouldn't have spent it."

"Hahaha, just forget it, it's not for you, give it to your wife quickly, don't let me kick you."

Xu Ning handed over the red envelope, and Meng Ziyan took it and said, "Thank you, uncle."

"Hey, it's just a small matter!"

Chai Liangyu stepped forward and said, "Why don't we just sit down somewhere together instead of lining up one by one?"

"Okay, I'll listen to my brother and save my niece's wife some energy."

"..."

(End of this chapter)