After the simple wedding ceremony was over, it was time to have dinner.
In order for Gao Haining and Tang Fengying to get married, the two families also spent a lot of money. They spent all the meat stamps, oil stamps, candy stamps and so on that they had saved for a long time.
In addition, I bought a lot of wild game from Sheng Xiping and others.
With so much meat, carefully prepared by the chef, today's banquet is certainly not bad.
Both Gao and Tang were employees of the forest farm. Together with relatives, friends and colleagues who were close to the forest farm, a total of about ten tables were set up.
The Tang family only has two rooms, and the Gao family has three, so naturally they can't be separated.
It's getting cold now, so we can't set up a table in the yard.
So I borrowed the space from my neighbor's house and set it up.
With so many tables, just serving food will take some time.
Sheng Xiping and others carried square plates and went back and forth to help serve the food. After they finished their work, they found a place to sit down and eat.
Good wine and good food are put on the table, relatives and friends gather together happily, everyone sits down, drinks and fists, it is extremely lively.
Nowadays, when weddings are held at this time, there is still some commotion, but it is not serious.
At most, they would just let the groom kiss the bride, or else they would make the groom drink alcohol, do some tricks while the bride offered cigarettes, etc. Anyway, it was just for fun.
Tang Fengying has a bit of a shrewd personality. The young people in the forest farm all know her personality and don't dare to cause too much trouble.
In addition, with the protection of Sheng Xiping and others, the most he could do was to let Gao Haining drink a few more glasses of wine, and that was it.
After the banquet, the guests dispersed and the wives who helped quickly cleaned up.
Anyway, there is almost no food left on the table, so just put away the dishes and wash them clean.
Sheng Xiping and the others waited until all the dishes were cleaned and sorted, and then sent back the borrowed tables, chairs, benches, dishes, cups and saucers.
If any household items are broken, you should remember them and buy new ones to replace them later.
Everyone was busy until about three o'clock in the afternoon, when everything was finally tidied up and the helpers dispersed.
Sheng Xiping and the others originally planned to return to the collective household, but Gao Haining's father called them back.
"You guys have been very tired these past few days. You are not allowed to leave at night. Let your aunt and the others pack a few dishes while we, the gentlemen, sit down and have a few drinks."
At the lunch banquet, everyone was so busy that we didn’t have the chance to chat.
Gao Daqiang felt that these young men had been busy for the past few days and even brought the old meat, so he had to keep them for another meal no matter what.
Sheng Xiping and others could not refuse, so they had no choice but to stay.
Originally, Gao Daqiang wanted to keep Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen and his wife.
But Zhang Shuzhen was thinking about moving tomorrow. She had to go back to clean up her house and prepare some food in advance, so she didn't stay.
In the evening, Sheng Xiping and others had another meal at Gao's house.
I also sat in Gao Haining's new house in the West House for a while, chatting with the newlyweds for a while, and then they left together until it was almost eight o'clock.
Another day later, the 21st was the day when the Sheng family moved to their new house.
The new and old houses are all in the forest farm, not too far away.
Nowadays, every household doesn’t have much to move, so those few things can be moved without much effort.
Therefore, the Sheng family did not intend to make any plans. They only asked Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang to take leave, plus Sheng Xiping's few buddies.
After breakfast, Sheng Liancheng took off the pot that was still hot and took it outside to cool down.
Zhang Shuzhen put dishes, chopsticks and other items into two buckets, planning to carry them to her new house on a pole later.
The place has just been tidied up, and the couple from the Chen family next door and Chen Weiguo arrived first.
Wang Jianshe, Pan Fusheng, Zhang Zhijun and others came with Sheng Xiping, and Gao Haining and Zhou Mingyuan's family also arrived later.
"Hey, brother Mingyuan, why are you two here?
Look, I was thinking that the new house and the old house are not far away, and there aren’t that many things to move at home, so I didn’t tell you yesterday.”
When Sheng Liancheng saw that so many people had come to help, even Zhou Mingyuan and his wife were here, he felt sorry and hurriedly said something.
"Brother, do you think you're out of sight now? If I hadn't heard Qinglan say it, I really wouldn't have known.
Congratulations on your new housewarming. I haven’t prepared anything for you, just my thoughts.”
Zhou Mingyuan smiled and handed over the things in his hand.
In addition to some things they brought from Songjiang River yesterday, there is also a couplet.
It was handwritten on red paper that Zhou Mingyuan bought specially this morning after he learned that the Sheng family had moved.
Originally, the Zhou family planned to visit the Sheng family, and they just happened to be moving, so they had to come.
No matter how much work you do, even if you stand here for a while, it's still the same thing.
"I wrote this couplet this morning. When I get to my new house later, I will put it on the door."
"Oh, Brother Zhou, you are too polite. Look, how bad is this?"
Sheng Liancheng was very embarrassed and a little embarrassed.
I want to say not to accept it, because they even wrote couplets specially for me, but I want to accept it, the Zhou family has brought a lot of things.
"Uncle, this is my father and mother's wishes, just accept it."
Over there, Zhou Qinglan saw Sheng Liancheng's hesitation and helped persuade him.
Sheng Liancheng and Zhou Mingyuan were about the same age. Zhou Qinglan didn't inquire carefully before and just called Sheng Liancheng and his wife uncle and aunt.
Yesterday, Zhou Mingyuan and Sheng Liancheng were drinking. They were chatting about their respective ages, only to realize that they were the same age.
It's just that Sheng Liancheng is at the beginning of the year, and Zhou Mingyuan is at the end of the year. If you think about it this way, Zhou Qinglan will have to call Sheng Liancheng uncle.
So Zhou Mingyuan told his daughter at night, and Zhou Qinglan changed his words when he came over today.
Zhou Qinglan spoke up, Sheng Liancheng had to give face to his future daughter-in-law and future in-laws.
So he collected his things and invited everyone to come in and sit down.
"Uncle, don't sit down, hurry up and pack up and move things.
Now that we’ve moved in, how about we chatting peacefully in the new house?”
On the other side, Gao Haining, who just got married yesterday, said with a proud look on his face.
"Haining, you just got married yesterday, how can you let the groom help you with the work?"
Sheng Liancheng saw Gao Haining just now, but didn't bother to talk to him.
"Uncle, how can you be so particular about it?
Xiping and I have been busy for several days after getting married, so today I have to come over and help."
Gao Haining laughed when he heard this. His friendship with Sheng Xiping was not about that.
So many people have come to help, so why waste time? Just pack up your things and move over there.
So everyone hurriedly carried out all the boxes, cabinets, kangqin, etc. from the house.
I plan to use a rope to hold it back a few times, then find a pole to put on and carry it over.
It happened that at this time, brothers Liu Yujiang, Liu Yuhe and Qi Changzhu drove two carriages to the door of Sheng's house.
"Uncle, aunt, why don't you say anything about such a big thing like moving? Fortunately, I heard someone say it.
It just so happens that the production team's carriage is idle. Hurry up and load everything heavy into the carriage so we don't have to lift it."
Liu Yujiang jumped off the carriage and entered the yard. He happened to see everyone tying ropes to the furniture and said hurriedly.