You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 72 Chen Yang Welcomes the Bride!

Their eyes met.

Yang Shuai didn't show anything. He said, "Come on, let's go in first... Quite a few people are here. They were just talking about you guys!"

Yang Shuai's yard is bigger than Zhou Qiang's uncle's.

Visually estimated, it is about two and a half acres (1500+ square meters).

Besides the three-story Western-style building facing south, there are three brick and tile houses to the west, which should be the old houses from before.

There is also a small orchard in the yard, with a fence around the edge. There are more than a dozen trees planted inside, and peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and eggplants planted under the trees.

At the corner of the orchard, there was a trellis made of tree branches, covered with string beans. The string beans hung down from the trellis, creating a charming pastoral scene.

There was also a tent set up in the yard, where many women wearing white hats were busy working.

Some were washing vegetables, others were chopping vegetables.

The tent was probably rented, as it was printed with "Yuzhen Xiaomazi Tent Rental" followed by a phone number.

When people in the countryside have a happy occasion, in addition to relatives and friends, people from the village come to offer their congratulations. There are at least several hundred people, and all the food has to be prepared in advance. Even the biggest kitchen in your own home is not enough.

As a result, many businesses offering "tent rentals" have sprung up in rural areas.

They not only rented tents, but also steamers for cooking rice and hot beef, large tea barrels for brewing tea, and pots and pans.

In addition, we will need a tent for entertaining guests tomorrow, which is usually delivered the afternoon before the wedding.

Inside the house on the west side of the courtyard, several men wearing white hats were cooking meat in a large pot. The aroma of the meat filled the entire courtyard, and children were chasing and playing in the yard, creating a festive and lively atmosphere!

"Auntie, my classmate is here. Please cook two dishes for me."

Yang Shuai shouted into the tent, then led Chen Yang, Gu Jinghui, and Zhou Qiang into the villa and up to the second floor.

There was also a small living room on the second floor, where quite a few people were sitting. There were also some people helping to decorate Yang Shuai's wedding room, including his relatives, friends, and classmates.

There were also many dried fruits, wedding candies, and a pack of cigarettes on the coffee table.

The cigarettes were Huazi brand; after opening them, they were taken out and placed on a plate.

"Mr. Zhou!"

"Gu Sir..."

"Oh, this is... Chen Yang, right?"

Chen Yang had never attended a class reunion before, which made his classmates a little hesitant to recognize him. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they chatted and laughed, reminiscing about their school days.

It's been seven years since we graduated from high school. These old classmates all have jobs now, and many of them have started families.

Some of those who are doing well are just bragging and spouting nonsense.

of course.

These classmates were all aware of Zhou Qiang's family's wealth, so they couldn't help but offer some compliments in their conversation.

In particular, a man named Zhang Xiaolong fawned over Zhou Qiang, saying, "Mr. Zhou, I've been working on construction sites for the past few years, mainly on exterior plastering and insulation... I wonder when we could collaborate?"

Zhou Qiang gave a perfunctory reply, but his eyes involuntarily drifted towards Yang Shuai.

Soon, Yang Shuai's second aunt brought over the rice noodle soup.

It's called a noodle soup dish, but it only has one layer on top. The bottom layer is sliced ​​beef. The beef was freshly slaughtered and cooked today, and it's incredibly fragrant when soaked in the soup!

In Yuzhen, Hui people usually eat three courses when celebrating a happy occasion. The first course is a variety of dried fruits and fresh fruits, as many as seventeen or eighteen kinds. The second course is a bowl of meat with a little bit of rice noodle soup on top. The third course is the main feast.

It usually starts at 8 a.m. Relatives, friends, and villagers who come to offer their congratulations eat and leave, then come back for more food. If there are many relatives and friends, it may not end until 4 p.m.

"It's so fragrant!"

Someone said, "Yang Shuai, your second aunt's cooking is really good!"

Someone joked, "Yang Shuai, how many aunts do you have? Are you looking for an uncle?"

Yang Shuai smiled and replied casually, then looked at Chen Yang and asked with a smile, "Chen Yang? Why aren't you eating?"

Chen Yang said, "I just ate at Zhou Qiang's uncle's house before coming to your house."

Zhou Qiang and Gu Jinghui had already taken a couple of bites when they heard this and realized that Chen Yang hadn't touched his chopsticks. They wondered if there was something "strange" about it, so they exchanged a glance and then silently put down their chopsticks and bowls: "Yes, yes, yes... we just ate."

"This dish smells so good, but unfortunately I can't eat any more after just a couple of bites."

"Yang Shuai, why aren't you eating?" Chen Yang looked at Yang Shuai with a smile and said, "You're going to be a groom tomorrow... Are you too excited to eat?"

Yang Shuai laughed and said, "I just ate too..."

Chen Yang then asked, "What happened to your neck?"

Yang Shuai had a clear ligature mark on his neck, which was purplish-blue... but apart from Chen Yang and Gu Jinghui, no one else seemed to notice it.

A strange look flashed in Yang Shuai's eyes, and he awkwardly pulled up his collar: "It's nothing, I just fell off my bike a few days ago."

Gu Jinghui's lips twitched slightly.

摔？
Can this kind of injury be caused by a fall?
Just then, someone outside shouted, "Whose Mercedes is that at the gate? Move it, the tent delivery guys are here!"

Chen Yang took out his keys: "Mine, mine..."

Gu Jinghui jumped up, grabbed the car keys, and said, "I'll move it!"

A group of classmates who were engrossed in their meals all looked over. Zhang Xiaolong couldn't help but say, "Wow, Chen Yang, you're really something! You're driving a Mercedes? What model is it?"

Chen Yang humbly replied, "How could I possibly have that kind of ability? It was a gift from a friend, a gift from a friend."

Zhang Xiaolong then laughed and said, "Does your friend need another friend? I also want an E300."

Chen Yang wasn't good at lying, so he told the truth: "My friend is dead."

After everyone finished eating, they played cards again. After a while, someone said, "By the way... I saw a billiards hall at the entrance of the village when I came in. How about we go and play a few rounds?"

"Let's go, let's go, we'll split up if we chase each other."

"Chen Yang, together?"

Chen Yang: "Ah...we're trying to catch up? I'm not very good at this game!"

Zhang Xiaolong grabbed Chen Yang's arm and said, "It's okay, let's just play for three or five yuan, just to have some fun."

Several female classmates did not go.

At night.

Yang Shuai called again and invited everyone to his house for dinner, so they all returned to Yang Shuai's house.

Another large tent was set up in front of his house, with 10 large round tables inside. Five of the tables were already full of relatives and friends. Yang Shuai invited everyone to sit down and began to serve the cooked beef bones and beef head meat, as well as several plates of sliced ​​beef, rice noodle soup, and rice.

"No wonder they slaughter two cows for their wedding... How can one cow be enough?"

Chen Yang sighed inwardly and picked up a beef bone to gnaw on.

Gu Jinghui and Zhou Qiang only dared to eat after seeing this.

Yang Shuai still didn't eat, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw this scene.

After dinner, everyone played cards at Yang Shuai's house for a while. Seeing that some of the female classmates were getting a little bored, Yang Shuai said, "There's a karaoke bar in town. It's rare for us to get together like this, why don't we go sing for a bit?"

Everyone happily went.

After they finished eating and singing, Yang Shuai booked a room for them in town.

Chen Yang and Gu Jinghui shared a room.

Once he was in bed, Gu Jinghui asked, "Old Chen... what's going on? Is Yang Shuai dead or not?"

"died."

Chen Yang said, "The current Yang Shuai is no longer the same Yang Shuai."

Gu Jinghui jumped out of bed in one swift motion: "So when are you planning to make your move?"

"No hurries?"

Chen Yang said, "Yang Shuai even asked me to help him with the wedding procession tomorrow and be the lead car... I told him I'd drive here, right? Look, even our Mercedes E300 can carry a bride one day!"

Gu Jinghui shivered.

Pulling the bride along?

The bride was stabbed to death by Yang Shuai a few days ago!
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PS: I've seen many people say that rural courtyards aren't this big. I don't know about other places, but in my hometown, every household has a very large courtyard. Take my own family for example, the courtyard is probably seven or eight acres. There are six rooms in the front yard, a basketball court in the yard, and a grain storage room, cowshed, and sheep pen in the back yard. In addition, my dad also raises a lot of rabbits, turkeys, ducks, a few peacocks, and a few ostriches, all in sheds built in the yard.

(End of this chapter)