Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 159: Marriage, Happy Event

The next day.

Had breakfast.

Chen Weidong drove the donkey cart to Bingzi's house and stood at the door and shouted, "Aunt San! Is Bingzi awake?"

"Weidong is here! Come in and sit down! Bingzi drank too much yesterday and hasn't gotten up yet. Come in and wait for me to call him."

Liu Guifang said with a smile.

"Don't bother, Aunt San. Just let him sleep a little longer if he's drunk."

Chen Weidong waved his hand.

"Aren't you going to the city to sell wild boars? You can't let Bingzi delay your work. I'd better go and call him."

"Aunt San is really not a problem. I can go by myself."

"Okay, Auntie San will help you get the wild boar onto the sled." Liu Guifang kept laughing.

"Well!"

Chen Weidong didn't hesitate. After all, the wild boar was too big and it was difficult for him to get it on the sled by himself.

"Aunt San, you are smiling from ear to ear. Something good must have happened to you. You are so happy."

Chen Weidong asked curiously while dragging the wild boar.

"Weidong, you are so accurate. Your third aunt is going to have a happy event!"

"Uh... Third Aunt, isn't Third Uncle... okay now?!" Chen Weidong looked at Third Aunt's belly.

"Go away! What are you thinking, you stupid kid? Besides, your uncle only has a leg injury... Why am I telling you this? Is it about Bingzi's wedding? The date was set yesterday. The wedding will be held in six days. The bride is Zheng Xiaofang from Liushu Village!"

Li Guifang scolded with a smile.

"So soon? Bingzi is getting married in six days, that's great! But Aunt Bingzi is getting married in such a hurry!"

Chen Weidong joked with a smile.

Zheng Xiaofang is the black girl that Bingzi mentioned! This guy really listened to her, and he didn't expect that they would get married in the blink of an eye.

"How can I not be anxious? Bingzi is so old now. When you were his age, you already had five children! Old Wang's Shitou also has two children! Only my Bingzi hasn't found a wife yet.

Your Third Aunt, I can't eat well or sleep well every day! I'll feel at ease if I can get this done sooner. Weidong, you must come and help me when the time comes!"

"Don't worry! Aunt San, how can I not come to help with Bingzi's wedding?" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

When Bingzi gets married, it is impossible for Chen Weidong to just attend the wedding and have a meal. You have to know that Chen Guangkun is the younger brother of his father Chen Guangtian. Chen Weidong not only has to attend Bingzi's wedding, but also has to go along to pick up the bride, serve dishes, do some work, etc.!

Not only him, but even his wife had to help sew new bedding and curtains, and help clean the house. Of course, the same went for his eldest brother Chen Weihai, and his father and mother.

It was the same when Chen Weidong got married! Working at the groom's house is a job that many people want to do to bring good luck. People who are not close to the groom usually don't have the chance, and those who help don't have to pay a small amount. Of course, these days, paying a small amount doesn't cost much!
"By the way, Weidong asked Si Ni to come to my house more often, and I made her brown sugar eggs!"

Just as Chen Weidong was driving the donkey cart away, he heard his third aunt yelling from behind.

"Uh... Why is Auntie San so nice to Si Ni?"

Chen Weidong drove a donkey cart to Shitou's house. Shitou had already eaten, so he got on the donkey cart and the two went to the county town together. Along the way, they talked about Bingzi's marriage and soon arrived at the Hongqi State-owned Hotel.

When the wild boar was weighed, it weighed a total of 490 kilograms, and was sold for 0.41 yuan per kilogram, for a total of 196 yuan. Chen Weidong did not intend to take more than the money from the sale of the wild boar, and planned to give 45 yuan to each person.

After selling the wild boar, Chen Weidong came to the "People's Photo Studio" with his orientation ticket.

I was busy preparing to go into the mountains a while ago, so I didn't come to pick up the photos.

Last night, Liu Xueting and the little girl reminded him to take the photos home.

After receiving the photos, Chen Weidong looked at the photo of the family of eight and couldn't help but smile. These little girls are so cute.

The more Chen Weidong looked at it, the more he liked it! After getting the photo, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative again.

I bought some stationery and stamps, which my wife asked me to do before I left. She wanted to send a letter to her family in the south, and also send a family photo to tell her parents that she was doing well!
Chen Weidong knew that Liu Xueting had no means to write to his family because his family was too poor before, and they had lost contact for many years.

Although she didn't know whether she could get in touch with them, Liu Xueting was always thinking about her parents and younger brothers and sisters.

back home.

Liu Xueting was washing clothes in the yard. Da Ni and Er Ni were also helping. San Ni brought two little girls, Liu Ni, Si Ni and Wu Ni, who were sticking their butts out and also helped Liu Xueting to show how diligent they were.
As soon as they saw Chen Weidong driving the donkey cart back, the little girls ran to Chen Weidong panting. They were all thinking about the photos. After all, taking photos was a rare thing in those days.

"Dad is back!"

"Dad, did you bring the photos back?"

"I want to see the pictures, the pictures!"

"..."

"I brought it! I can show it to you, but don't snatch it away." Chen Weidong took out the photo from his arms and handed it to Dani.

"Take your sister to see it!"

"it is good."

Dani ran to the east room with the photo. When the little girls saw this, they followed her panting.

"Sister, show me first!"

"Show me first!"

"..."

Chen Weidong ignored the little girls. Seeing Liu Xueting's big black and white eyes staring at him, he smiled and walked straight to Liu Xueting:

"Don't wash it yet, take a look too."

Liu Xueting wiped her hands.

"This is a photo of our family of eight. This is an envelope and stamps! We have paper and pens at home. Please write the letter first and I will take you to mail it tomorrow."

"OK!"

Liu Xueting nodded.

Chen Weidong did not disturb Liu Xueting. He knew that Liu Xueting must have a lot to write to her family over the years.

When they came into the house, the six little guys formed a circle on the kang.

"This is dad, this is mom, this is the eldest sister! This is the second sister! This is the third sister!"

Xiaoliu pointed at the photo with her little hand and said in a baby voice.

"No, Sixth sister, you are so stupid. This is Fourth sister! Fourth sister is fat!" said Wu Ni.

"Si Ni, you are so fat! There is a fat kid in our family! You must have been picked up."

"You are the one who was picked up! Grandpa said I'm not fat!"

After a while, the twins Sanni and Sini were bickering as usual. Sini saw Chen Weidong coming and ran over to complain: "Third sister, you said I was picked up!"

"Don't listen to your sister's nonsense, she is just trying to scare you!" "..."

After the noise, the little girls continued to look at the photos with relish. Chen Weidong played with the little ones for a while and then went to the main room.

As soon as Chen Weidong arrived at the main hall, he saw that Liu Xueting's eyes were red, as if she had been crying.

When Liu Xueting saw Chen Weidong coming out, she quickly wiped her eyes.

"Why are you walking without making any sound?"

Before Chen Weidong could speak, Liu Xueting took the initiative to speak.

"You are too devoted to writing! My wife..." Seeing the pitiful appearance of his wife, Chen Weidong felt very distressed. Before marrying him, Liu Xueting went back to visit her relatives. Since marrying him, Liu Xueting has never gone back again!

It has been seven or eight years since we last met.

Especially Liu Xueting, who could still receive letters from home at the beginning, but because she did not reply for a long time, gradually she stopped receiving letters until they lost contact!

Hey!
"Xueting, I'm sorry that you didn't even want to send a letter before. Now we have the conditions. When the weather gets warmer, I will take you and the children to visit your home and let the children meet their grandpa and grandma."

Chen Weidong said solemnly.

Seeing Chen Weidong's serious expression, Liu Xueting burst into laughter and said:

"And the little girls' uncle and aunt, I don't know if they are married now. I haven't seen them in all these years. They were only a little older than Dani back then. I guess they would be scared if they saw six little ones!"

"Well, Xueting, our family now has some money on hand. I plan to use the land in front of our house to build a new house next year."

Chen Weidong looked at Liu Xueting seriously and said that he had already thought about building a new house, and now he would discuss it with Liu Xueting. After all, they are husband and wife, and building a house is a big deal.

Chen Weidong planned to rebuild the house in the vacant lot in front of the yard. These days, it was not as troublesome as in later times when building a house required various approvals.
For example, in front of Chen Weidong’s home is the threshing ground, which is just right for building a house. Moreover, to build a new house, there is no need to demolish the homestead and rebuild it.

"Ah! Build a house!"

Chen Weidong's sudden words startled Liu Xueting.
"Weidong, our house is pretty good too. We don't need to spend money to build a new one."

Liu Xueting was a little hesitant. Building a house would cost a lot of money. Besides, the house they lived in now was fine except that it was a little small and some places leaked when it rained.

"This house is still too small. I plan to build a large courtyard in the style of a courtyard house."

"Build five north rooms, three east and west wing rooms, build a Guangliang gate, build three more inverted rooms, and build a big yard behind..."

Chen Weidong told Liu Xueting about his idea.

"How much would such a big house cost? We can't live in it, and building such a big yard would be too conspicuous."

Liu Xueting put down the pen in her hand and said seriously that she had also lived through that era.

Now that the country has reformed and opened up, it is different from before. There is no need to worry about being too conspicuous and causing trouble. Besides, even if it is a little ostentatious, so what? With a gun in hand, who dares to come and make trouble? Chen Weidong is not a kind man.
And this is actually not too eye-catching, it's just that the people here are poor, and in many wealthy places, it's popular to build small Western-style buildings. It's also that reinforced concrete is strictly controlled now, otherwise Chen Weidong might not consider building a courtyard house.

"Daughter-in-law~"

Seeing that Liu Xueting was undecided, Chen Weidong quietly came to Liu Xueting's side, suddenly put his hand on her fair face, and moved his mouth close to Liu Xueting's ear.

"What are you doing? The children are still playing on the kang! You, as a father..."

Liu Xueting said coquettishly.

"Daughter-in-law, do you agree? If you don't agree, I will pick you up. I won't put you down until you agree."

Chen Weidong laughed and looked like he had Liu Xueting in his grasp.

"Uh... I really can't do anything to you, why are you acting like a child, listening to you, listening to you, take your hands off quickly."

Liu Xueting rolled her eyes at Chen Weidong.

"A man stays a boy until he dies!" Chen Weidong muttered with a smile. Of course, this is also a little interest between husband and wife.

"The house must be built bigger. After all, we have six little girls. When my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law come over, there will be a place for them to live!"

"Just say whatever you want! Isn't it still early?" Liu Xueting said unhappily.

"By the way, wife, Bingzi is getting married soon."

"Aunt San has already told me about this this morning. You go take care of the child. I'd better finish writing the letter first!"

"Wife, can you let me see your handwriting? It's really beautiful."

"As good looking as yours."

Chen Weidong added.

"Slippery mouth, don't show it."

"Uh……"

After Liu Xueting finished writing the letter, she saw that Chen Weidong and the little ones were fine, so she arranged for the family to start cleaning the house inside and out.

Although the house is small,

But it is still very difficult to clean, especially now that the house is no longer as bare as before, so Chen Weidong asked a carpenter to order some cabinets.

In addition to the few old and shabby cabinets, even though Liu Xueting loved cleanliness, some corners that she had never taken care of had turned black.

"Dad, that place is so dark! Should I crawl in and clean it?" Si Ni pointed to the dead corner behind the cupboard.

"Forget it, we can't see that place anyway..." Chen Weidong waved his hand.

"No, it has to be clean." Erni likes this kind of activity the most. She works the most diligently and meticulously, and has the most stringent requirements. "Si Ni, you are small, crawl in and clean it."

"Okay, Second Sister."

Si Ni was very happy and quickly grabbed the rag and crawled in.

She felt like she was playing rather than doing something.

After crawling under the cupboard, she started scrubbing left and right, and the more she scrubbed, the dirtier it got!

"Si Ni, what are you doing! Forget it, come out! I'll wipe it!" Er Ni shouted angrily.

"Second sister, don't worry, I can do it! It will be fine soon!"

Erni said, "I don't believe you. Look at what you have done. It's unbearable to look at! Come out now! If you don't come out, I will beat you up."

Si Ni immediately retreated obediently.

His whole body was dirty, but he was still grinning. He wiped his face with his little hands and immediately turned into a big tabby cat.

Erni looked at it and didn't want to say anything.

On the other side, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu also made themselves dirty, but they laughed even happier than Si Ni.

It took a while for the whole family to clean the whole house. The effect was very good, and it felt much brighter than before.

The days passed one by one. Because Bingzi was getting married, Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting were very busy these days. You know, the weather is cold now, and Bingzi naturally would not eat in the yard after getting married, but the family did not have so many rooms, so in addition to borrowing a few houses from other people, they also built a warm shed.

In addition, they have to buy a lot of melon seeds, peanuts, cigarettes, candies, wine, tea and other things to entertain the guests, and hire a gong and drum team in advance to go to the bride's house to pick up the bride.

(End of this chapter)