Chapter three hundred and ninety seventh guests are full of guests
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before Xu Shiqin got married, relatives from the Xu family arrived one after another.
Over at Daying, Su Anying's natal family, Zhou Guilan's natal family, and Wu Qiuyan's natal family all came by train.
On the other side of the big house, several people who had a good relationship with the Xu family came to visit.
When a group of relatives and friends meet, they are naturally very happy, and it is very lively to talk and laugh together.
Everyone was filled with emotion when they saw the Xu family's current prosperity, especially those with big houses, who were very envious.
Wang Zhijun and Li Erniu both had a good relationship with Xu Shiyan, so they asked Xu Shiyan whether they could move here if they wanted to.
“It’s okay to move here, maybe it’s just the trouble here.
Now that the fields have been divided into households, if you move here, you can’t move the land because all the land here has been divided.”
Nowadays, it is not troublesome to move, and it is easy to change your household registration, but it is difficult to find the land.
“Anyway, if you really want to move, you can just not change your registered residence and go back to farming in the first few years.
If it develops in a few years, it’s okay if the land is not cultivated and farmed out to others." Xu Shiyan had no other choice, it was difficult to have both ends of the world.
When Li Erniu and the others thought about it, they realized that it was indeed the case, and they immediately shook their heads.
There was a lot of land next to the big house, and they really couldn't bear to part with it.
If we move here and have no land to plant and no capital to plant sticks, we might as well stay in a big house.
Xu Shiyan could only give some advice on whether others wanted to move or not, so he didn't say anything else.
Whether it is a red event or a white event, it must be crowded to make it lively.
Although I don’t have much money for gifts these days, the fact that so many people came to my family to congratulate me proves my popularity.
Relatives and friends are all here to celebrate, so they must be entertained with good meals and good food.
If my wife is hosting a banquet at home, it will be a very lively day, and the yard will be filled with helpers alone.
But this is a wedding for a girl, and there are no banquets at home. They all go to the Han family. In comparison, it is not that lively, and only a few tables are arranged at home.
According to local rules, when a girl gets married, she must make many dumplings on the night before her wedding.
The next morning, before the groom came to pick up the bride, he cooked the dumplings and let his relatives and friends eat them. He couldn't send the bride off on an empty stomach.
So on this night, the lights in Xu's house were brightly lit, and there was laughter and laughter in the house.
The women all gathered together to make dumplings, while the men played poker, drank tea, and chatted.
Everyone in the neighborhood knew that the Xu family was having a happy event, but no one came to watch TV that night.
Everyone made dumplings until nine o'clock. All the dumplings covered with seven or eight curtains were finished, covered with white cloth, and placed in the yard.
With the temperature at this time, the dumplings would be frozen and hard even if they were left out overnight.
Everyone else was busy making dumplings, so Xu Shiqin was asked to take a rest early.
Su Anhua, Zhou Lirong, the daughter of Zhou Anping's family, and Zhang Fengyun, the daughter of Zhou Guizhi's family, three homeless girls accompanied Xu Shiqin. They went to bed early and had enough energy to go out tomorrow morning.
Before six o'clock in the morning on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Shiqin was called up to freshen up.
Most weddings these days are not very particular, and there is no special place for makeup for buns.
During those days when Xu Shiqin was in the capital, he did find some cosmetics.
So I got up in the morning, washed my face and rinsed my mouth, and with the help of some little sisters, I braided my long hair and tied it behind my head, and put on some red satin flowers.
Then apply some cream, powder, some blush, draw eyebrows, and apply lipstick.
This is very remarkable. Most people don’t even have these things when they get married.
After putting away my makeup, I put on a set of red satin cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers. The cotton-padded jacket was specially made to be thinner. I put on a red woolen dress and paired it with a red woolen skirt.
This outfit costs a lot of money just for the materials.
We originally planned to get married in the spring, and all the clothes we made were spring clothes, but they didn't work out.
Later, Su Anying bought the materials from the provincial capital and Xu Shiqin made them by himself.
When getting married these days, it would be pretty good for a woman to wear a set of satin red cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers.
Xu Shiqin's woolen clothes are rare, let alone in Donggang, even in the county town.
Xu Shiqin's skills are good, the tailoring is well-fitted, and the workmanship is exquisite. The clothes and skirts are also embroidered with patterns of peonies and colorful phoenixes with colorful silk threads.
Xu Shiqin's craftsmanship is truly outstanding, and the colorful phoenix is so lifelike that it really looks like it is about to fly.
"Sister Qin, you look so good dressed up like this."
Xu Shiqin was already handsome, and when he dressed up like this, he really looked radiant.
It is said that the bride is the most beautiful, and it is true for Xu Shiqin.
It was already past seven o'clock when everything was packed up.
At this time, relatives and friends who live in Songjianghe and Donggang also arrived one after another.
Xu Shiqin's master, his close apprentice partners, Wei Mingrong, Xue Xiulin, and Chen Chunling's natal family members all arrived.
Neighbors, neighbors, anyone who had a good relationship with the Xu family and had friendly relations with them all came over.
In the kitchen, two pots were boiling water together, the dumplings were cooked, fished out, and brought to the east room.
All guests who come to see off the bride, whether they have eaten at home or not, must eat as much as they want, and cannot go on an empty stomach.
The house was busy when suddenly I heard the sound of a car stopping outside. Then, Xu Haibo and several other children ran back to the house.
"Third uncle, hurry up, a jeep is coming from outside and says it's here to find you."
Xu Shiyan was eating in the house. When he heard this, he quickly put down his kuaizi and ran out. When he looked outside, it turned out that Guo Shouye was leading his wife.
"Young, brother Guo, sister-in-law, I didn't expect you to come here. Come on, come inside.
Have you had breakfast? There are dumplings just cooked in the house, come in and have some."
"Brother, there's no need to be busy. Your sister-in-law and I have eaten at home." Guo Shouye helped his wife walk into the courtyard and said with a smile.
"Today is our sixth sister's wedding. As the big brother, I have to come and escort my sister out of the palace."
Based on the friendship between Guo Shouye and Xu Shiyan, Guo Shouye would definitely come over to congratulate Xu Shiyan's sister when she found out that she was getting married.
Xu Shiyan accompanied Guo Shouye and his wife through the door and went straight to the east room.
"Dad, Mom, these are the Brother Guo I often call, and the Guo family's sister-in-law. They knew that the sixth sister was going out today, so they came here to congratulate her."
"Hey, you, it's Director Guo. It's amazing. How come you are also alerted? Come on, get on the kang and sit down."
Xu Chenghou and his wife were originally sitting at the edge of the kang. When they heard it was Guo Shouye, they hurriedly moved to the edge of the kang and planned to put on their shoes and go to the ground.
"Uncle, nothing else, you are the elder.
Shiyan and I are just like real brothers, but we can't let my uncle go down to the ground to greet me, that would be outrageous."
Guo Shouye took two steps forward and supported Xu Chenghou.
"Uncle, aunt, the relationship between our two families should be kept private. Just call me Xiao Guo, or just keep the business, but I can't do anything else."
With a smile on his face, Guo Shouye helped Xu Chenghou return to the kang.
Over there, Peng Yucui also stepped forward and supported Zhou Guilan.
"Auntie, our old brother Guo and brother Xu have a life-long friendship. Today we are here to see the sixth sister out, so we don't want to be too outspoken.
From now on, we often come and go, and during the Chinese New Year, I brought my children to pay New Year greetings to my two elders."