The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 169 The Day of the Bride

Around five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Xingcai's girlfriend and her family came over.

When he saw the son-in-law of the Zhou family, who was also the brother-in-law of his daughter's boyfriend, he was quite polite.

Even if Zhou Xingcai's uncle is the section chief of the Cultural Bureau, he is not as good as Zhou Xingcai's brother-in-law Jiang Cheng. One reason is that the brother-in-law is closer than the uncle, and the other is that in life, the driver is more helpful than the section chief of the Cultural Bureau.

This time, when they saw the gifts Jiang Cheng brought to the Zhou family, they were so jealous. Xie Xiuyun's parents thought it would be great if their daughter's boyfriend was Jiang Cheng.

Moreover, he is talking about his brother-in-law, but the two brothers of the Zhou family have different temperaments and conversation styles compared to his brother-in-law.

The tone, attitude and demeanor of this brother-in-law when speaking to people of Zhou Dongming's generation was such that even though he treated him as a junior, he treated him with special respect.

And on the Zhou family's side, it seemed that no matter what Jiang Cheng said, these two uncles would obey.

The two exquisitely carved chairs are now placed against the wall at the front of the room. Anyone who enters the room can see them at first sight.

Jiang Ben originally thought that Zhou Xingcai's girlfriend's family wanted two stools in his room, so it wouldn't be a big deal if he got two chairs.

But when the father-in-law and mother-in-law saw that Jiang Cheng had brought two chairs with carvings, they felt that it would be too much to give them both to Zhou Xingcai.

To be honest, Jiang Cheng's father-in-law and his family actually prefer the eldest son Zhou Fanyi. After all, they plan to rely on the eldest son for their retirement, but they also try to treat them equally.

It can't be said that they are too partial. Zhou Dongming and Liu Xiaofang want to give the second child as much as possible because the eldest child has it. But the premise of this idea is that the eldest child has priority. And now Zhou Xingcai's wedding scene is much more grand than the eldest child's wedding scene in the past two years.

Take the wedding clothes for example. Although I bought new clothes for my wedding, they were better than the ones Jiang Cheng bought at the military service community, and there was also a pair of leather shoes.

As for furniture, Hu Xuan's family didn't ask for anything. The main reason was that the family didn't split up at that time. It was just that Hu Xuan's father was the director of the street office, and he helped her get a house in the workplace, and then split up the family.

But after Zhou Fanyi moved out, he only gave some old furniture. In addition, due to the outbreak of special circumstances in the past two years, he was able to get some things from the house confiscation, but they were all ordinary and shabby.

Therefore, Zhou Dongming planned to put the two chairs that Jiang Cheng brought in the living room before Zhou Xingcai moved out. If he and his wife had to move out after dividing the house, the eldest and the second son would each get a chair.

As for Zhou Xingcai's request for two stools in his room, Zhou Dongming had already obtained a stool ticket. There were already two chairs in the living room, so he just had to move another stool in.

Now Zhou Xingcai is wearing a set of clothes and leather shoes given by Jiang Cheng. He straightens his back and looks more confident than before. This set of clothes makes the man look better. He looks different in spirit and energy. In addition, the Zhou family has good genes and looks good.

At this time, Zhou Xingcai was a handsome young man, and the coat that Jiang Cheng gave to Xie Xiuyun was considered fashionable in Shanghai.

Even though it was a second-hand coat, Jiang Cheng spent almost thirty yuan on it.

This coat is much better than a new set of clothes for the wedding. The reason why Xie Xiuyun and her family came here today is to discuss the early wedding. If the date can be set for the day after tomorrow, Jiang Cheng can use a car to pick up the bride, and both families will be proud.

But it was different from the last time when they were discussing marriage. Last time, the two families were really discussing it. But this time, Zhou Dongming's conversation with them was a bit like a notification.

Zhou Xingcai and Xie Xiuyun have already informed their relatives on both sides that they are going to get married. If they don't get married, they will lose face.

Now, due to special circumstances, Xie Xiuyun's parents have to prepare for their daughter's marriage in advance. If her parents cannot distinguish the importance of each other, then they may have to consider whether this marriage is suitable.

In fact, no matter what era it is, unless one is really poor, everyone likes to show off. Many people even suffer for the sake of face.

As for Zhou Xingcai's marriage, because of the intervention of his son-in-law Jiang Cheng, Zhou Dongming, the father-in-law, had to pay a lot more money. This afternoon, Jiang Cheng asked for a hundred yuan as soon as he opened his mouth, and he felt a little painful.

But now it’s not just about his son’s wedding, but also for the occasion, Zhou Dongming is putting himself on the fire.

Getting married means the man has to prepare a lot of things, and the woman has to bring a dowry, which is very simple. Xie Xiuyun's parents naturally didn't have much objection, but tonight they would notify some relatives to attend their daughter's wedding the day after tomorrow.

Moreover, this time the Zhou family's banquet was expanded from four tables to six tables, and the dishes were increased from six to eight. In fact, the Xie family could invite more relatives to attend. How could they not agree to this? There was no reason not to agree to it.

So after the discussion, we had a meal and then parted.

After eating, Jiang Cheng went directly to a nearby guesthouse. Because the expenses were reimbursed, his father-in-law and his family did not let Jiang Cheng and Zhou Xingcai stay in the same room.

The next day, Jiang Cheng came to his father-in-law's house early in the morning. He was busy with some trivial matters related to the wedding, helping to post the "囍" character, driving his father-in-law to his uncle's house, and then looking for a photographer and asking a local chef with good cooking skills to help cook for tomorrow.

When we hire a chef to prepare a family banquet or wedding banquet, he will always bring at least one or two apprentices or helpers, and they all have to be paid.

In later generations, rural people would outsource wedding banquets to people who specialize in cooking big pots to save trouble. But in this era, when holding a banquet, many people would rather hire a chef, and find someone to help with other tasks such as serving dishes and doing odd jobs. The more money they can save, the better.

In the afternoon, Jiang Cheng found a free time and took out a pig head, and then took out more than 30 kilograms of pork belly and ordinary fat and lean meat. Once the meat was taken out, it would be enough to justify the 100 yuan he asked his father-in-law for.

Once the pig head and pork were produced, the meat coupons borrowed from my father-in-law's family and my own meat coupons were saved. Then I admired Jiang Cheng's ability even more. Drivers from other supply and marketing cooperatives were well-off in Nanjing, and they were able to get a pig head and so much meat.

The day passed quickly and Zhou Xingcai's wedding day arrived.

Jiang Cheng also had a "囍" character pasted on the front of his Liberation car. He was waiting at Zhou's house at dawn. This time, Zhou Lingying's uncle represented the bride, as a sign of respect for the bride's side.

Zhou Fanyi, the older brother, would definitely go too, and Zhou Xingcai also asked two of his good friends to come and help. Together with Jiang Cheng, five people would be enough.

(End of this chapter)