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Chapter 613: All the Xu people are too lazy to get married to Guan Lei
The next day, the sky was clear and blue. In the afternoon with light wind and light clouds, a jeep 212 slowly drove into the east entrance of Qingantun, followed by two cars. Sitting in the cars were the four families of Xu, Sun, Chai and Guan.

Although Chai Liangyu had already decided to go back to Wangxing directly from Sandaohe, he could not resist Sun Jiwei's persuasion and had to come with Chai Shao.

However, before this morning, he spoke to Chai Bing on the phone and told Chai Bing to quickly borrow a car to send Li Fuqiang and others back to Qing'an. Otherwise, if they didn't have a car, they would definitely miss Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang's wedding.

The three cars turned into the narrow road in Tunbei in an orderly manner and drove straight towards the bridge between the Xu and Wang families. After parking the cars in an open space, everyone got off one after another.

At this time, Yang Shuhua, Wu Qiuxia, Han Fengjiao and others who were preparing meals in the house heard the noise and hurried out.

After meeting each other, everyone greeted each other and went into the house to rest for a while. Then Xu Long got up and went to Nanxing Village to pick up Wang Shujuan. Since Old Wu's family had not arrived yet, they had to wait a while before they could set the table for dinner. Although they were already starving, they had to endure it. After all, they couldn't let Old Wu's family eat leftovers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Lizhen went into the cellar and took out all the mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, letting everyone have a bite and finish the mooncakes at the same time...

At around 3 o'clock, Xu Long and Wang Shujuan had just arrived at the door when they saw an old Liberation car driving towards them in the distance. It was the Wu family. Sitting in the car were Wu Zhouliang, Wu Zhouquan, Han Fang, Wu Hailong, Haiquan and Haitao.

After welcoming them in and just when they were about to set up the table, Chai Bing drove his car and stopped in front of the open space in front of the courtyard. Then Li Fuqiang, Liu Daming and Dalabao jumped out of the car. Chai Baotong also came with Chai Bing.

When Chai Hongyan saw Chai Baotong, she gritted her teeth and kicked him, saying, "Why do you only know how to play? Don't you know what is important?"

Chai Baotong was smart enough not to confront him, but instead glanced at Sun Lianjun with a bitter face. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "Yan'er, he is at the age where he likes to play, so let him play."

"You wait to go home!" Chai Hongyan glared at him.

Chai Baotong ran up to Xu Ning with his teeth bared, and said, "Uncle Xu, we captured two more wild boars yesterday! The blue wolf was really fierce, biting my crotch and not letting go, and the wild boar kept biting me and made me scream."

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Aren't you tired of running in the mountains? Why are you following the lead to hunt animals?"

"Oh, there's no point in keeping this at home, my uncle..."

The uncle he was talking about was Liu Daming. He continued, "My uncle said that we can't run around when hunting animals. Blue wolves and black wolves will hunt in groups. We can just stand there and wait. These two dogs will drive the animals right in front of us."

Li Fuqiang said: "Baotong was very ruthless. He used a spear to poke the wild boar's back door, just like you when you were a child."

"What kind of games should my brother play when he was a kid?" Sun Lianfang asked as she brought the dishes to the table.

Liu Daming said: "Your brother used to chase pigs and poke their buttocks with corn stalks a while ago..."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Ning covered his face and said, "Oh my god, it's been so many years, and these few glorious deeds have been revealed to me."

"What else is there to say? My brother has been a fucking jerk since he was a kid..."

“Hahaha!” Sun Lianfang laughed, tilted her head and said, “Brother, when winter comes this year, can you lead me to run in the mountains? I promise I won’t hold you back.”

"No, this is not negotiable."

Upon hearing this, all the Sun family members turned to look at Xu Ning, and when they heard his direct refusal, they smiled.

Obviously, they didn't want Sun Lianfang to run around. A girl should act like a girl. After getting married, how could she play around like a tomboy?

"Hey, brother..." Sun Lianfang twisted her body, as if she wanted to act coquettishly.

Xu Ning waved his hand: "There is really no room for negotiation on this matter. Once you and Shitou are married, just stay home and behave yourself."

Sun Lianfang pouted and looked a little unhappy. Guan Lei said, "Just listen to what my brother says. Hurry up and sit down to eat."

Sun Jishan said with a smile: "Erning is right. After getting married, you are the mother of the family. How can you do whatever you want like before?"

"Well, Lianfang, before you two get married, I have to warn you a few things. Leizi is an honest man and he will definitely not play tricks on you. Don't always bully him after marriage. Leizi, if you have any problems, just tell me and I will take care of it for you!"

Er Niang sat at the dining table and said with a very serious expression.

"Okay!" Guan Lei responded with a smile.

After the meal, Liu Lizhen and Guan Mei put aside the trivial matters of clearing the table and washing the dishes, and went to the west room with the eldest aunt, the second aunt, the third aunt, Han Fang, Guan Mei and others to discuss the procedures for tomorrow's wedding.

Although we had studied it several times yesterday, Han Fang was not present at the scene at that time, so we needed to talk to her about the specific arrangements.

The masters were sitting in the reception room drinking tea and smoking. Xu Ning asked Wang Biao why Ma Liu didn't come. Wang Biao said that he was repairing the beehives in Dongshan and probably wouldn't be able to come down the mountain before dark.

At this time, Yang Yusheng looked at Meng Ziyan who was busy in the north kitchen and said with a smile: "My niece-in-law is really hardworking, isn't she? Look how she has wiped the table clean!"

"Not so great, I think I'm better than some people!" Xu Laonian pursed his lips and agreed.

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Dad, don't find an opportunity to insult me. You have been at home for more than 20 years, and I have never seen you wash dishes once."

"Hey... this little bastard is trying to choke me. I didn't wash the dishes, so I didn't make any money?"

At this time, Liu Lizhen came out of the house after hearing the news and said, "Our two daughters-in-law are both very hardworking. You four surnamed Xu are the laziest. No one said anything to anyone else. Talking too much will hurt feelings."

"Hahaha, there's nothing wrong with what my sister-in-law said!" Sun Jiwei laughed.

"Why are you laughing? Isn't it the same for you at home?" Er Niang said as she stood beside the dining table.

Sun Jiwei was speechless immediately, turned his head and whispered: "Your second mother has been under a lot of pressure these past two days, and she found an excuse to scold me to relieve her fatigue."

"Haha...Second Uncle, you are even more capable of talking nonsense." Xu Ning couldn't help but covered his mouth and said.

Sun Jiwei's face turned red with embarrassment, and he asked, "Why hasn't Erli come back yet?"

"It's not time to get off work yet. He won't be home until 5:."

Time passed quickly. Less than two minutes after Wang Erli entered the door, another Yellow River car stopped at the gate of the courtyard. The people who came were Yan He and Xiao Du, and the two of them, Xu Feng, and Jin Yumantang walked in quickly.

Although the two of them had nothing to do with Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang, they came here with a mission. The first was to send Xu Feng and the other two away, the second was to send photos to Xu Ning, and the third was that Sun Jishan asked Xiao Du to bring a camera to take some wedding photos for his eldest niece.

"Du'er, please sit down for a while. I'll go prepare two dishes."

"Aunt, stop working, let's stop at the restaurant halfway."

Yan He nodded: "Yeah, we ate at a small restaurant on the street."

Xu Feng raised her hand and rushed to Liu Lizhen, saying, "Mom! My brother He and brother Du are good at eating. They went to a restaurant and ordered three dishes, all of which I have never eaten before..."

"When did you eat?"

"It's not long since we finished eating. Auntie, I asked Feng'er and the other two to take two days off, but the teacher might have some objections."

Liu Lizhen was slightly stunned, and Xu Ning quickly took over and said, "Let my brother arrange for him later. Are the teachers of the three of them male or female?"

"Male, mainly teaches mathematics."

Xu Long said, "I've seen him a few times. I'll talk to him when I get back to the city."

"Okay!" Since Xiao Du, Yan He and the other four had already finished eating, there was no need to prepare any dishes for Wang Erli. They let him sit on the wooden stool in the north kitchen and use the stove as a dining table for a simple meal. He was a family member and it was good enough for him to have something to eat. There was no need to cook two more dishes for him.

At around 6 o'clock, Old Wu's family, Guan Lei and others returned home, while Old Sun's family and Old Xu's family also started to get busy.

The window decorations and couplets with double happiness characters from Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan's wedding were taken down on the day they returned home, so Second Mother and Third Aunt were busy cutting window decorations while Xu Feng ground ink and Xu Laonian picked up the brush to write two couplets and a few double happiness characters. After they were finished, Sun Lianjun and Lian Xu pasted them on the wall.

"Who will sleep with Lianfang at night?"

Sun Jiwei said, "How about letting Feng'er sleep with you? Is that ok, Feng'er?"

"Okay! Just look for me. I sleep well and don't do tricks."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Ning sat on the sofa and said, "We have to go to Shitou tomorrow morning. Sister-in-law, you guys should wait until we get married before following us."

"Okay! I'll call you Chang Lihong then."

Xu Laonian sat on a stool holding a teacup and asked, "Then where should your mother and I go? Should we stay here or go to Lei Zi's place?"

Liu Lizhen said unhappily, "Do you even need to ask this? You must go to Lei Zi's place! How did you come up with this question?"

"Oh, I've been confused all day, and you didn't tell me in advance, so how would I know what to do?"

Afterwards, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.

Xu Ning closed the door of the second west room, looked at Meng Ziyan who was sitting on the bed checking money, and walked forward with a sly smile on his face.

He put his face close to her ear and said, "What do you mean tonight? Do you want to fight?"

Meng Ziyan's face flushed when she heard this, she lowered her head to put the money into the red envelope, and said, "A little bit, aren't you tired?"

"Why are you so tired? You are still young and energetic... Come, serve me first..."

Meng Ziyan glanced at the door and whispered, "Then keep your voice down."

Xu Ning was a little confused. Who should he ask to speak more quietly?
"Are you talking to yourself? Hey, why are you taking off my clothes? I asked you to rub my shoulders!"

Meng Ziyan was furious when she heard that. She raised her hand and hit him twice. Xu Ning grinned and said, "I won't tease you anymore. Go to bed quickly. You have to get up at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Then I'll turn off the lights. Why is the room so hot today? How much firewood did my sister-in-law put in the stove?"

The room was dark. Xu Ning hugged her and said, "Are you hot? I don't feel hot. Let me see where you are hot..."

The next day, before it was fully light outside the window, Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan got up, put on their clothes and went out. They saw Liu Lizhen adding firewood to the stove, while Second Mother and Third Aunt were pouring boiling water into the thermos with a gourd ladle.

"There's water in the basin, wash your face quickly."

"My dad hasn't gotten up yet?"

"He and your second uncle have both gone."

Xu Ning rubbed his face twice, then went into the house, took out the red envelope and put it in his pocket. At this moment, Meng Ziyan had just finished washing up. Then he said hello to Er Niang and others, then went out with Meng Ziyan and Liu Lizhen.

There was no Jeep 212 or Dongfeng car at the door, so I guess Xu Laonian and Xu Long drove them away.

When I arrived at Guan Lei's house, I ran into Meng Yinhe, who ran over and said, "Auntie!"

Liu Lizhen asked, "Are there many people in the room?"

"There are too many! My brother Qiang and the others are all in the house."

After entering the house, he saw Da Laba, Li Feng, Chen Hedong, Meng Quezi and others sitting on the edge of the kang, and in the outer room were Han Fengjiao, Han Fang, Guan Mei and others.

"Erning, do you want me to say a few words later?" Wu Zhouquan asked.

Xu Ning said, "No need to talk later. We will go to pick up the bride at nearly 8 o'clock. We can talk before lunch. Those who come here today are all genuine relatives and have nothing to do."

"Okay!"

"Have you prepared the bouquet and gift box for the bride?"

Why did Xu Ning worry about this? Because he was the witness today, and he originally wanted Yang Yusheng to do it for him, but Sun Jiwei, Sun Lianfang, Guan Lei and others all praised him, so he had no choice but to accept the job.

Anyway, he had memorized the wedding process by heart. Even though he had never done this before, Xu Ning was fully capable of doing it with his wit and willingness to take on the stage.

He saw Guan Lei wearing a Zhongshan suit and gold-rimmed glasses, and asked with a smile, "Did Lianfang buy you glasses?"

"Yeah, he said my face is smaller than hers, and asked me to wear glasses to look better in photos and to make her face look smaller."

"You look a bit like Sven with your glasses on..."

"Hahaha, I think so too!" Guan Lei laughed while looking in the mirror.

Breakfast included dumplings, noodles and eggs, which is the standard at a wedding. Everyone ate hurriedly and cleared the leftovers off the table.

Xu Ning took the menu to the west room and checked the ingredients. These ingredients were bought by Wu Zhouliang from Wanye City. There were roast chicken, donkey meat stew, pork elbow, pig intestines, etc.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he made arrangements to pick up the bride, just like when he got married, going in odd numbers and even numbers.

Pick up the bride, knock on the door, change the words, hang the curtains, hang the clock, fold the quilt, and recognize the relatives, after going through this whole process, Xu Ning's throat is almost smoking.

After finally taking Sun Lianfang home, Xu Ning asked her to light a cigarette and handed her two red envelopes, which were nominally for her and Guan Lei, but actually went into her hip pocket. The amounts in the red envelopes were the same, both 10 Big Unity Banknotes.

Others also gave red envelopes one after another. Xu Ning didn't know how much others gave, but Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao gave 100, and Li Fuqiang gave 50...

Around 10:40, Yang Shuhua was cooking at Lao Meng's house, while Zhang Guifang, Wang Shujuan, Meng Ziyan, Chang Juan, Chang Lihong and others were helping in the kitchen.

Xu Ning came over and took a look, then went to Guan Lei's house to continue arranging things. Yang Yusheng and Xu Laonian were the ones who kept the accounts for Guan Lei. Since not many people came, the gift account book only had three pages, with about 40 people in it.

The people from Qing'an Village included Lao Jiang, Yu Kaihe, Li Feng, Liu Guangmin, Aunt Bai, Aunt Zhao, Lao Wei, Du Shoucai, and others. The people from Taiping Village included Li Ye and Hu Zhiyong...

In addition, there is Yang Jun, the head of the 17th Lengchang, and several people whom Guan Lei knew when he worked in Lengchang.

"Brother Jun, you and Brother Dong will be at the same table. I will come over later."

"Okay! You didn't drink much on your wedding day, so why don't you drink more today?"

"Of course! Big brother, you stay with Jun and chat for a while. I'll go take a look outside."

"okay."

(End of this chapter)