Border Cook

Chapter 692 Getting married
Li Shuisheng hesitated for a moment and knocked on the half-open courtyard door.

"Who is it?" Liu Caisheng stopped cleaning the door panels and window frames and walked to the gate. Seeing that the person was a young man he didn't know, he asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Are you Brother Liu Caisheng?" Li Shuisheng asked.

"I am." Liu Caisheng smiled, "What's the matter?"

"If you need to find someone to do the work, I'm sorry. My family is going to have a wedding in the next few days, so I won't be taking any work these days. If you're not in a hurry, you'll have to wait for half a month."

"I'm not looking for you to do a job." Li Shuisheng introduced himself, "My name is Li Shuisheng, and Madam Song is my sister-in-law."

"It's Shuisheng." Liu Caisheng was surprised and happy. He quickly put the rag back into the basin and moved a stool over. "Hurry up and sit down."

He hurried into the kitchen, brought Li Shuisheng a bowl of tea and some fruit, and said embarrassedly, "The house is being cleaned up, it's a bit messy..."

"it's okay no problem."

Li Shuisheng took the opportunity to look at Liu Caisheng again.

Judging from his appearance and actions, he is indeed a simple and honest person as my sister-in-law said. The yard is tidy and clean, so he must be a quick and hardworking person.

However, Liu Caisheng felt quite embarrassed and even a little flustered when facing him.

Li Shuisheng is Song's brother-in-law and the current head of the Li family. Song is a remarried wife of the Li family, and Li Shuisheng has the right to decide whether Song can remarry.

Furthermore, Li Shuisheng can be considered as Song’s maternal family member, so Liu Caisheng dare not neglect him in the slightest.

Such expressions and actions fully demonstrate how much he values ​​the Song family.

"Brother Liu." Li Shuisheng exhaled and said, "You and my sister-in-law will get married in a few days. I should have accompanied my sister-in-law to the wedding, but I work for the master's family and I don't have much freedom. I can't take leave that day, so I can't accompany my sister-in-law to the wedding and drink at Brother Liu and his wife's wedding. I have to apologize to Brother Liu first."

Seeing Li Shuisheng being so polite, Liu Caisheng was flattered and hurriedly supported Li Shuisheng who was about to bow, "Shuisheng, what you said is really too polite. From now on, we are a family. When Shuisheng is free, come to my house and have a drink."

"That's right." Li Shuisheng grinned, "We're a family from now on, so we have to sit together often."

"But I have to say this in advance. Sister-in-law is my relative. Since she is going to marry Brother Liu in the future, Brother Liu must treat her sincerely. If my sister-in-law is wronged and sheds tears, I will not allow it."

"Sister-in-law has no family members anymore. From now on, I will be her family member. I will support her and will not allow anyone to look down on her or bully her!"

Li Shuisheng is much younger than Liu Caisheng and has just passed the voice change period. His face is still very childish. In order to sound more powerful when speaking, he almost shouts at the top of his lungs, which makes him look like a serious child pretending to be an adult.

But this look was a little funny, which made Liu Caisheng couldn't help laughing.

Li Shuisheng was a little dissatisfied when he saw this. "Brother Liu, do you not believe me, or do you think I shouldn't say these things?"

"No, no, no!" Liu Caisheng hurriedly waved his hands to explain, "I just want to say that no matter Shuisheng said these words or not, I will be good to Madam Song. If Madam Song tells me to go east, I will never go west. If she tells me to kill a pig, I will never chase away a chicken. Even if she tells me to die right now, I will definitely not say a word after I have settled my mother at home. So, brother Shuisheng, you can rest assured about this matter!"

"As for why I wanted to laugh just now..."

Liu Caisheng scratched his ear a little embarrassedly, "I just feel that we have the same idea, and there is someone who can protect Madam Song, which can be regarded as a reminder for me all the time, so that I won't be blinded by greed and make mistakes one day. I feel much more at ease in my heart. I think it is a very good thing, and I can't help but laugh."

It turned out to be the case.

Li Shuisheng suddenly realized and felt that Liu Caisheng was a good person.

"It's best that Brother Liu thinks so." Li Shuisheng breathed a sigh of relief again, took out the purse that he had prepared long ago, and stuffed it into Liu Caisheng's hand.

"What is this for?" Liu Caisheng repeatedly declined.

"Brother Liu, take it. This is not for you, but for my sister-in-law." Li Shuisheng said, "I know my sister-in-law is still planning to save money for me to buy a house and get married. I can't persuade my sister-in-law, so I can only give it to you, Brother Liu."

"This money is for my sister-in-law's dowry. Brother Liu, don't say it was given by me. Just find a suitable excuse to give it to my sister-in-law so that she can have more pocket money. My sister-in-law is a strong-willed person. With money in her hands, she will feel more at ease."

"But..." Without Song's order, Liu Caisheng didn't dare to accept the money.

Seeing that Liu Caisheng didn't want to live or die, Li Shuisheng simply picked up the purse and threw it far away into the corner at the foot of the wall. While Liu Caisheng tried to pick it up, he walked out.

"Brother Liu, don't tell my sister-in-law that I was here..."

When Liu Caisheng picked up the purse and hurried out the door to return it to Li Shuisheng, he could no longer see any trace of Li Shuisheng.

Liu Caisheng was unwilling to give up, so he walked around outside for several more rounds. When he still couldn't find Li Shuisheng, he sighed and could only go back with his purse.

Along the way, Liu Caisheng kept holding his purse, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

Li Shuisheng gave the money secretly with good intentions, to be good to Madam Song. It was also human nature not to let him tell Madam Song.

However, Madam Song will be his wife in the future, and he will be Madam Song's husband. Wouldn't it be bad if there were things hidden between husband and wife?
He had previously expressed his feelings to Madam Song, and had promised her when he proposed to her that he would never hide anything from her at any time, so that she could be completely at ease.

just now……

Liu Caisheng thought for a long time. After entering the house, he said a few words to his mother who was lying in the house, and then hurried out.

Head towards the Feng family’s house.

Mrs. Song was a little surprised to see Liu Caisheng coming over at this time, and said with a smile, "Didn't you say that we couldn't meet a few days before the wedding? Why are you here now?"

"Shuisheng came to me just now and said that he was busy on the day of our wedding and couldn't attend the wedding." Liu Caisheng didn't beat around the bush and showed the purse in his hand to Song. "Shuisheng also gave me this and said it was your dowry. He also asked me not to tell you about it, but after thinking about it, I feel that I shouldn't hide this from you. It's better to tell you clearly."

When Song first heard that Li Shuisheng was going to look for Liu Caisheng, her heart was immediately lifted, but after listening to Liu Caisheng's whole story, she immediately felt relieved.

I feel relieved that Li Shuisheng has completely walked out of the dead end, and I am also pleased that Liu Caisheng has stuck to his original promise and intention.

I will definitely do what I promised her.

This is Liu Caisheng.

Her vision was not wrong. Song smiled, but looking at the purse, she started to worry again. "Since Shuisheng told you not to tell me, if I return the money to him, it will make it difficult for you to live. I will be embarrassed when we meet again in the future. But if I don't give it to him, I will not feel at ease with the money..."

"How about this?" Liu Caisheng suggested, "Just pretend you know nothing and take the money first. When you come back to give Shuisheng money to buy a house, give it to him together. This way, both the inside and the outside are preserved, and both of you will not be in vain."

"Let's do it this way." Song approved of Liu Caisheng's idea, but looking at Liu Caisheng's honest face, Song felt a little guilty. "Before my parents-in-law passed away, they were most worried about Shuisheng. They held my hand and told me many things. I also swore in front of them that I would take good care of Shuisheng and help him get married so that they could rest assured."

"So, my monthly salary from now on..."

"Why are you talking about this again?" Liu Caisheng frowned slightly. "Didn't I tell you that this is all right? I know your situation and your thoughts. I want to marry you home, not because you can get a salary every month, but because I want to marry you home so that I can see you every day..."

As long as he could see Song every day, he felt happy.

Inexplicably happy.

"Don't worry, I have skills. Even if you don't work in the future, I can support our whole family!" Liu Caisheng patted his chest confidently.

Liu Caisheng's craftsmanship is well-known. Now, inspired by the previous experience of building a house for Xia Mingyue's family, he set up a house-building team with a few people. They are able to take on jobs no matter big or small. Now it can be said that business is constant, and he is making more and more money. In addition to household expenses, there is a lot of surplus.

Liu Caisheng had a simple and honest look on his face, and his serious words seemed a bit funny, which made Song couldn't help laughing.

Seeing his future wife smiling so knowingly, Liu Caisheng smiled naively again.

The two talked for a while before going back to prepare for their wedding.

A few days passed in a flash, and soon it was Song and Liu Caisheng's wedding day.

Early in the morning, the alley became lively.

Hang red silk, prepare a banquet, set off firecrackers, count the dowry, and the bride will dress up and put on her wedding dress...

Xia Mingyue brought the entire central kitchen staff and Fan Jinglan to send Song off for her wedding. The large number of people made Feng's courtyard look even more lively and festive.

Feng hadn't seen such a lively scene for a long time. She smiled from ear to ear and helped to greet the people who came to see her off to get married.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu joked, "Those who know this know that it is Madam Song who is getting married. Those who don't know would think that you, Madam Feng, are marrying off your daughter. You are so happy."

"Madam Song has lived with me for so long, and we get along so well, aren't we just like mother and daughter?"

Feng raised her chin, and her wrinkled face turned into a golden chrysanthemum when she smiled, "I won't hide it from you. Today I am marrying off my daughter!"

This remark caused the already happy crowd to laugh again.

Taking advantage of the lively moment, Feng unceremoniously distributed wedding candies and money to bring good luck to Song.

This is the children’s favorite part, and they immediately gathered together to scramble for the food.

Xia Mingyue and others went into the house to talk to Song and see if there was anything they could help with.

At this time, Song had already put on her wedding dress and done her makeup. Her face was filled with a happy smile, and she was talking affectionately with Xia Mingyue and the others.

After a while, the loud sound of firecrackers was heard outside.

Obviously, it was Liu Caisheng who brought people to pick up the bride.

The people who were originally in the house rushed out in a hurry, trying to block the door, stop the bride and ask for wedding money.

"He is not good at talking, so you have to go easy on him." Song warned with a smile.

"He hasn't even entered the door yet, but he's already guarding it." Zhou joked, "Just because of this, I'll have to block the door more tightly later and make things difficult for the groom for a while!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.

Song also laughed, but she stretched her neck anxiously to see what was going on outside.

Outside, many people were stopping the relatives to ask for red envelopes, which posed a problem for Liu Caisheng.

Guess riddles, say tongue twisters, play blind man's groping...

It was not until Liu Caisheng had scattered most of the small red envelopes he had on him and the sun was setting that those who were trying to stop him gave up.

Xia Mingyue and others escorted Song to the bridal sedan, while Liu Caisheng got on a horse led by someone. They set off another round of firecrackers, and suonas led the way. Gongs and drums sounded, and the people who escorted the bride carried the dowry and followed the newlyweds to Liu Caisheng's home in the north of the city.

After seeing the bride off, her family held a banquet.

There were four simple tables prepared for the banquet, all of which were occupied by people working in the central kitchen and neighbors. They sat together without any restraints and had a lively meal.

The person who cooked the dishes was Old Man Sun, who often prepared banquets for people on the street. He brought two apprentices with him and did not need any help from others. He served the dishes to the table one by one.

The rules of the banquet are eight cold dishes, four vegetarian dishes and four meat dishes. When people have almost finished eating, the plates are removed and replaced with six hot dishes, and then the dishes are served one by one.

The dishes are very particular, with a whole, colorful, fragrant and delicious braised fish, soft and boneless pork elbows that melt in your mouth, a light and delicious whole stewed chicken, steamed eight-treasure rice with peanuts, candied dates, lotus seeds, rock sugar and glutinous rice, sweet and sour apple soup, and a meat soup with a strong peppery taste but not spicy...

After all this process, the meal lasted until it was completely dark.

Most of Xia Mingyue's relatives were women. They didn't drink much during the banquet, but only ate the delicious food. After they finished eating, they dispersed in groups of three or two.

The banquet was lively, the dishes were rich in flavor, and cooked in a big pot, they had a wonderful taste that you could never taste no matter how cooked they were on ordinary days, so everyone couldn't help but eat a little more.

The greedy Fan Jinglan burped repeatedly after eating so much. When she was walking back with Xia Mingyue, she unconsciously pushed her stomach forward a little so that she could walk more comfortably.

During this time, he kept smacking his lips, "Don't mention it, getting married is quite fun."

Xia Mingyue couldn't help laughing, "Your description is really unique, but I'll talk about this after you get married."

Let’s see if you still think it’s fun then?
Fan Jinglan's cheeks suddenly turned red after being teased by Xia Mingyue, but she also became interested immediately, "Wait until I get married..."