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Chapter 614: We must drink the wedding wine, we are millionaires

The sky is blue, the sun is high in the sky, the wind is gentle and the clouds are light, and the mountains in the distance are beautiful.

At noon, Guan Lei's house was filled with relatives and friends. There were three tables in the east room, two tables in the west room, and a single table in the outer room.

Since Guan Lei had only been in Qing'antun for a short time, he didn't know many people, so it was already very good that six tables were filled. Moreover, people in the information and intelligence circle, such as Aunt Zhao and Aunt Bai, came entirely because of Sun Lianfang's reputation. After all, they had only met Guan Lei a few times and were not very familiar with each other.

The banquet was prepared according to the standards of Xu Ning's wedding, except that there was one more dish of donkey meat and one less dish of stir-fried lamb with green onions.

Although there were fewer people, the party was no less lively. In the heated atmosphere, Xu Ning started by shouting, asking Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang to drink from the same cup of wine and kiss each other after drinking. Guan Lei's face turned red on the spot, but Sun Lianfang was quite generous. She held the back of Guan Lei's head with one hand and gently pushed it forward for a kiss.

This action made everyone in the room burst into laughter. The nagging Xu Feng yelled, "Second brother! Give my second sister-in-law a kiss too!"

Guan Lei got excited after hearing that, and quickly poured wine into Xu Ning's glass, shouting, "Brother! You must kiss me! I didn't even see you before you got married."

Xu Ning raised his head and smiled: "You are wearing tinted glasses, so you didn't see it. If you want to kiss, then kiss me. But don't you let my parents set an example first?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian glared and waved his hands, saying, "Come on, forget it! You are really good at talking nonsense. Your mother and I are an old married couple. Stop making trouble..."

Liu Lizhen squinted and said, "I won't kiss him. I get nauseous when I see his big face."

"Hahaha……"

After Sun Lianfang finished laughing, she immediately urged: "Brother, hurry up, my sister-in-law can't wait."

Meng Ziyan felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, and she covered her face and shook her head frantically: "No, no..."

In the warm atmosphere, it was really hard to refuse the kindness. Xu Ning turned around with the wine glass in hand, pulled Meng Ziyan's arm and raised it up. After the two looked at each other, they crossed their arms and drank the wedding wine. Then Meng Ziyan waited there, playing hard to get. Xu Ning leaned forward slightly, and he felt Meng Ziyan tiptoeing.

"Hey mom!"

"Ha ha……"

"This guy kissed me so hard, so sweet! I could hear the sound from the outer room."

The crowd roared with laughter.

Today was truly a happy day, and Xu Ning felt happier than when he got married. Why? Because he was busy with the formalities at that time and had no time to think about other things. But now that he was suddenly free, he quickly immersed himself in the festive atmosphere, and his happiness level increased by more than ten times.

Meng Ziyan also felt something different. She and Xu Ning had the same idea that marriage is a complicated matter and what really matters is the married life.

Now, she feels quite content. Not only did she marry the man she had always dreamed of, but she was also treated sincerely by her in-laws. It can be said that she married into a good family.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Li Baoquan, Li Feng, Aunt Zhao and others all left. When they left, Liu Lizhen and Han Fang specially took out a few dishes from the vegetable bowl in the outer room and asked them to take them back for the children. These dishes were not leftovers, but were overcooked.

Besides, even if it is leftovers, I believe they will not dislike it. After all, meat dishes are rare these days. If most families can afford to eat meat, it will take 20 years. However, 20 years later, some families will still not be able to afford it...

It was past 3 o'clock and Xu Ning was a little drunk. Guan Lei sat next to him, holding his hands and rubbing them hard, with snot and tears running down his face, expressing his inner feelings with tears in his eyes.

"Brother, I never thought about getting married. I just wanted to make more money in the future so that my younger sister could marry into a good family. Now that I have met Lianfang, I am so blessed..."

Normally, you wouldn't believe a gentleman crying in public. However, with Xu Ning's character, he could quickly determine that Guan Lei was expressing his true feelings, so he had to believe those two lines of tears. He whispered a few words of comfort.

Chen Hedong, Yang Jun and others were sitting at the table watching silently, while Wu Zhouquan, Sun Jiwei and others were at another table. When they heard him crying, they all fell silent.

Guan Lei has been a miserable person since childhood. Both his parents passed away when he was still a young adult. He was in poor health when he was a child and could not do physical work, but fortunately, he was taken care of by Wu Zhouquan and his wife, so he was considered to have a good life and had many noble people around him in life.

No one in the room tried to persuade Guan Lei to stop crying, because he had to vent. He needed to speak out what he had been holding back for years, otherwise it would easily damage his health...

Finally, Guan Lei took two sips of white wine and fell onto Xu Ning's shoulder. Li Fuqiang and Wang Biao hurriedly supported him to steady him, so he did not fall under the table.

Xu Ning dazedly asked them to help Guan Lei lie down on the kang in the west room for a while. Sun Lianfang sat on the edge of the kang, looking at him with eyes full of pity, and touching his little face from time to time.

Sun Jiwei, Wu Zhouquan, Xu Laonian and others talked about the interesting things that happened to Guan Lei when he was a child, while Xu Ning and Yang Jun talked about the Lengchang incident.

"Brother Jun, Shitou has never worked in a factory. In a couple of days, you can take him around and show him how to do it. It would be best if my uncle could go with him as well."

"Okay! Although I haven't been working in the field for a long time, I earned back the contract fee for the field I contracted last year. I will definitely not lose money. Don't worry, brother."

"Okay, come back tomorrow and we'll sign the contract. Aren't the formalities for the 28th floor completed?"

"It's done. I saw you were too busy these days, so I didn't feel like looking for you."

"Hey, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. When we go home next time, if I'm not home, just tell my mom. We are relatives, so you can call my mom aunt, right?"

"Hahaha, of course! Wait for Lei Zi to accompany his sister-in-law back home, and then I will lead them to the scene."

"Well, there are a lot of things piled up in my house, all of which can be used in the field, such as plastic sheets and chain saws. Think about taking them to the mountain someday."

Chen Hedong asked: "Erning, when will Lengchang open?"

"We have to wait until the leaves fall before we can open the mountain, which is estimated to be mid-October."

"Ah, are you still going to the provincial capital? I want you to help me research something."

"What's the matter? Just tell me now."

"Didn't you discuss with Brother Liu about opening a repair shop in the provincial capital last time? I was thinking of asking you to help me with some advice to see if this is feasible."

"There's definitely a way! Car repair will definitely be popular in the future, but the initial investment is a bit large, and the market has not been very good in recent years. If you want to do it, you'd better wait another year or two."

"Yes, I'm not in a hurry. Isn't it seasonal to collect ginseng? I'm thinking of finding something else to do."

"This job is great. If you have this idea, talk to Brother Liu again and go to the provincial capital to open a small shop specializing in donkey riding."

"Why don't you join us? Brother Liu and I don't have a very deep relationship. If you were to act as a middleman, wouldn't our partnership be more stable?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "We'll study it later. There's no rush now."

Wang Erli at the next table asked Lao Jiang how things were going between him and the eldest daughter of the Zhou family in Yongping Village.

When Lao Jiang heard this, his face turned red, and he said with a grumble, "We are still getting along, she doesn't dislike me."

"Hey, it's only been a few days and Uncle Jiang has already settled down? Does Xiaoqiu know that you're dating?"

Having not touched the alcohol for half an hour, Xu Ning had recovered a little, so he asked with a smile.

"I know. She quite agrees with it."

Xu Laonian said: "Then you have to hurry up and make it happen as soon as possible."

"Hey, well...Brother, let's just have a drink."

"Hahaha, look at you guys, you're making Uncle Jiang feel embarrassed!" Wang Biao grinned as he sat at the end of the kang.

"You're everywhere. Go to the outer room to get some tea. Can't you see that the old man has almost finished drinking it? You have no tact at all."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, Wang Biao didn't dare to say anything. He got up and ran to the outer room and said to Wang Shujuan, "Sister-in-law, please prepare some tea. The men in the house are thirsty." Wang Shujuan was indeed a hardworking person. She did all the work at home. Her younger brothers and sisters were also close to her, so they were willing to give her orders on anything.

But today Meng Ziyan said, "Why are you always telling my sister-in-law what to do? Can't you see my second sister-in-law is here? Why don't you tell me to do something?"

"Oh, second sister-in-law, you are still picking on this matter. Well...then I'll do it myself." Wang Biao rubbed his hands. He didn't expect Meng Ziyan to be able to speak.

"Hahaha, Yan, your two sentences sound like Erning. Look how scared Biao is."

Meng Ziyan blushed slightly and said, "I didn't scare him. I just wanted to do more work."

"I know, but you have to know that Biao and Tian En are afraid of their second brother, so they definitely don't dare to order you around, understand?"

Meng Ziyan nodded as if she understood, but Wang Biao said, "I'm not afraid of him, I respect him!"

"Come on, just forget it. Tell this to your future wife."

"Hey, from now on, I will definitely have the final say at home, and my wife will stand at attention if I glare at her."

Wang Hu stood at the door and muttered, "What a boaster."

Wang Biao turned his head and glared, "Who is bragging? Do you dare to glare at my sister-in-law?"

"I dare not, I am not like you..."

These words made Wang Biao lose his temper. He curled his lips, took the tea tray and brought it into the house.

Sun Lianfang held up the curtain of the west room and asked, "Huzi, you will marry Hua in a few days. How is it? Are you looking forward to it?"

"What are you looking forward to? I'm already tired of the novelty."

All the young women in the outer room burst into laughter when they heard this. Guan Hua glared at him fiercely, and he immediately stood at attention, not daring to rest.

"You say Biao is good at bragging, but I think you are even better at bragging than Biao!" Sun Lianfang teased.

"Ha ha……"

In the evening, after Guan Lei woke up, everyone went to Old Xu's house and left him and Sun Lianfang at home.

They had to leave some private space for the newlyweds, and when they left, the two of them sat on the kang in the east room with a pile of money in front of them.

There were eight stacks of Da Tuanjie alone, of which five were from Sun Lianfang's dowry, which included 3000 yuan, another 2000 yuan was converted from home appliances, and the remaining three stacks were from Guan Lei's earnings from following Xu Ning in the mountains, hunting livestock and carrying ginseng. At first, it was also 5000 yuan, but didn't he use 2000 yuan to invest in the Lengchang?

Today, the two of them only received 126 yuan in gifts for their wedding. Yang Jun and Chen Hedong each gave 5 yuan, Aunt Zhao and Chang Juan gave 10 yuan, and Guan Lei, who worked in the field, gave 1 yuan. The 5 cents came from Guan Lei's three neighbors next door...

The gift money was not small, and most of it was red envelopes. Xu Ning alone gave 200 yuan, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, Wu Zhouquan, Guan Mei, Chen Hedong, and Sun Jiwei's three brothers all gave 100 yuan, and Xu Long and Li Fuqiang gave 50 yuan, so in the end the money in the red envelopes reached 1200 yuan!

"We were almost going to become millionaires!" Sun Lianfang raised her hands and cried out twice.

Guan Lei leaned against the windowsill and grinned, "Now we are a wealthy family too."

"Oh, that's not right! We still have 800 yuan left for the betrothal gift! Just enough to make us a millionaire, hahahaha... our family is a millionaire now!"

Sun Lianfang rushed forward to Guan Lei, hugged him and shouted excitedly.

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, just keep it to yourself how much money you have, don't let others hear it."

"You are the smartest!"

After Sun Lianfang finished speaking, she suddenly slurped it up and mixed it with Guan Lei's.

Although there are no household appliances in the house they live in now, there are many necessary furnitures. Moreover, there is a tractor parked in the yard as a facade. It is certain that the couple has become one of the wealthy families in the entire Qing'an area as soon as they got married.

At Old Xu's house, everyone sat on the sofa, benches or stools in the living room, smoking and chatting while holding teacups.

Sun Jiwei said, "Then wait for them to come back, and then you can go to the city and stay there for four or five days. Doesn't Third Brother have an empty house in the city?"

Yang Yusheng nodded: "My apartment has three bedrooms, which is perfect for you to stay in. Let's just book it. Does Dalin agree?"

Xu Laonian raised his hands and said, "I agree with both hands! Since your sister-in-law married me, the farthest place she has been to in the past twenty years is the Nanbeitun Market. Ah, she also borrowed the little guy to go to Sandaohe and Wangxing."

"Hahaha, look at Dalin's awareness!" Sun Jishan said with a smile.

Chai Liangyu said: "All the old men with the surname Xu love their wives very much."

Xu Laonian covered his face and said, "Hey, isn't this Suigen?"

"Ha ha……"

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "I am afraid that after we all leave, they won't know how to cook at home."

Chai Liangyu waved his hands: "It's unnecessary! How can they starve to death with their hands and feet? They can't find a meal anywhere they go."

Sun Jiwei took a puff of his cigarette and nodded: "Not bad, can a living person be suffocated to death by urine?"

Second Mother laughed and said, "You almost suffocated to death, didn't you? Last time, my third daughter-in-law and I went to the city and left him alone at home. He didn't even know to heat the kang! He woke up in the middle of the night from the cold..."

"Oh my god, what happened next? Where did you go to eat?"

"I was afraid that he wouldn't know how to cook, so I asked the eldest son of Brother Shi to bring him food and keep him warm for a few days. Oh, don't mention how lazy he is."

"All the old men are like this. They don't even know how to fold the quilt when they get up in the morning. They just put their socks under the pillow..."

Third Aunt looked at Sun Jiye while she spoke. Of course he knew that she was talking about him, so he wisely kept silent.

Tonight's conversation turned into a heated debate. After everyone got sleepy, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, Liu Lizhen and Han Fang went to Guan Lei's house, scattered the gifts they had received yesterday on the floor, knocked on the door and called Sun Lianfang to go out and sweep the floor.

Sun Lianfang had been waiting for a long time. She was quite curious when she saw Meng Ziyan sweeping the floor. Although the money was not much, the feeling was very special.

After sweeping the floor, the sky gradually brightened and the four of them returned to Old Xu's house again. Han Fengjiao, Wu Qiuxia, Yang Shuhua and Wang Shujuan were already making dumplings in the north kitchen. Meng Ziyan was washing up, and then the others made dumplings, steamed rice and heated up the dishes.

The dumplings were made with celery and pork. After breakfast, the Chai, Sun and Wu families drove away. Li Fuqiang and Da Laba also went with them. Why didn't Liu Daming go to Wangxing this time?
The reason was that today he had to go with Guan Lei and Yang Jun to take care of the affairs at Lengchang. Since Ma Liu did not come down the mountain yesterday, Xu Ning was a little angry. It was obviously a happy event, and he also left money for Guan Lei as a gift, so why didn't he come down the mountain to drink?
So when Yang Jun came to Lao Xu's house, the two signed the contract and paid the partnership money in person, then Xu Ning went to the 28leng field with Yang Jun and others.

After walking around the 28th floor, Xu Ning went straight to the East Mountain. When he saw the cellar, he frowned slightly.

"Uncle? Uncle..."

Xu Ning shouted three times, but there was no response from Ma Liu, so he hurried to the door of the cellar and pulled it open with force, only to see Ma Liu lying on the kang.

At this moment, Ma Liu was lying on the kang wrapped in bear skin, and the fire in the stove had gone out.

When Xu Ning saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "Sir!"

(End of this chapter)