Han Liwei carried Xu Shiqin out and got into the car. Here, everyone in the Xu family began to load the dowry into the car.
The Xu family accompanied them with four bunks and four covers of luggage, two blankets, a pair of ash willow boxes, a pair of suitcases, a color TV, a washing machine, and a tape recorder.
In addition, there are clothes from the four seasons, as well as various door curtains, curtains, curtains, pillow skins, etc. that Xu Shiqin embroidered at home, etc. packed in the box.
Zhou Guilan also pressed a lot of money into the four corners of the box, all wrapped in red paper.
The Han family brought double portions of Li Niang meat, vermicelli, Mingzi, and green onions to welcome the bride.
The Xu family kept half of it, and put the rest in a red enamel basin with pictures of double happiness and mandarin ducks playing in the water, and took them back.
The small dowry items were all carried by the Xu family, while the larger items were put directly on the light truck at the back, which was later called the half truck.
Several young men jumped on the car and held on to the box to prevent the road from being too bumpy and knocking things over.
The number of people from the Han family who came to welcome the bride was not large, but there were quite a few people from the Xu family who came to see the bride off.
It was agreed that the two families would entertain guests together, so it was not good to divide them into two groups.
The relatives from the mother's family who were sending off the bride were in the jeep, and the neighbors who were coming to collect the gifts were behind.
If you can squeeze into the cab, squeeze in. If you can't squeeze in, you can only stand in the back compartment.
Guo Shouye and Chen Jianzhang both drove here, and they could fit several people in their cars. Anyway, it was enough to squeeze in at the end.
The car in front honked, and the cars behind honked their horns one after another. When the last car came, it honked for a long time to indicate that arrangements had been made.
So the driver in front started the car and drove south, and the cars behind him followed suit.
My daughter is leaving home, and her parents cannot go to see her off.
Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan stood at the door of their home, watching the motorcade slowly drive away.
At this moment, Zhou Guilan couldn't bear it any longer, and her tears kept falling.
"Hey, look at you, it's a good thing that your daughter is getting married, why are you crying?"
Xu Chenghou felt uncomfortable when he saw his old wife like this.
But he was a grown man, how could he shed tears? Not only could he not cry, he had to persuade Zhou Guilan.
"Liwei is good, do you see what's going on today? I feel like he should have made a meritorious deed this time, and his merit may be quite considerable.
If he said that, he wouldn't be able to change his job and come back. He would definitely stay in the army and probably be promoted.
I remember he was at the deputy battalion level before, but I don’t know how many levels he can be promoted to this time? Doesn’t the minimum have to be the full battalion level?”
Men are always more rational, and what Xu Chenghou cares most about is his daughter's life after she gets married.
"Then if we are in the main camp, even if we change jobs and come back, we will be on the same level as Secretary Chen, right?
Hey, that’s pretty good, I’m sure I’ll have a good job.
If we had put this aside a few years ago, when we were still living in a big house, would we dare to think about it?
Who would have thought that our daughter could be cured of her illness and find a good uncle like Li Wei."
Xu Chenghou also felt empty and uncomfortable. He said this to comfort Zhou Guilan, but how could it not be to comfort himself?
The old couple stood outside and watched until the motorcade had gone far away and even the shadows could no longer be seen. Then they turned around and went back to the house.
When the Han family came to pick up the bride, they took the east-west road behind the Xu family's house.
After picking up the newcomers, we walked back to the south, turned east when we reached the village headquarters of Donggang Village, and then turned north when we reached the village headquarters of Dongcan Village. It was like the motorcade was going around Donggang.
This is not intentional to show off, the main reason is to be particular about welcoming the bride, not to look back, and to go around every village and town where possible.
Most of these large cars have big red flowers tied on the front, which makes them look like they are for weddings.
No matter who saw this running on the road, their eyes widened in surprise.
"Oh my god, who is getting married here? Are they all cars?"
"Look at the back, oh, how much dowry is there? Oh my God, what's in the cardboard box above?"
Many people happened to meet him when they were out and stopped to watch.
I don’t know who it is that got married in such a big way? I don’t know which girl it is that got married with such a large dowry.
"You don't know this yet? It's the old Xu family in front of the martyrs' tomb. His daughter is going out today, and she is marrying someone who is attending."
Anyone who knows the details will explain it to others.
"Oh, Lao Xu's family, when you talk about his family, who doesn't know about it? Their family is now very powerful and rich.
The third son of Lao Xu's family was very capable. Even if he went to work in the field by himself, he made his two sisters-in-law work in the field and found a partner in the field.
I didn’t expect that a girl from the old Xu family would also join the wedding party? Oh my, this is really good.
Otherwise, you don't need to have many promising children, just one can bring up the whole family.
You see, isn’t this the case with Lao Xu’s family? Everyone in their family has benefited from their third son.”
Everyone who saw the convoy along the road talked about it, but as for the people in the car, they didn't care at all.
Others can say whatever they like, they can just live their lives.
Cars are much faster than horse-drawn carriages and bicycles. After a large circle, we headed east and went straight to the Han family at the eastern end of the field.
The Han family is also very lively here.
Han Wenzhong is an old man in Canchang. Both the Han family and his son work in Canchang, and they are very generous people.
Most of the workers in the field have dealings with the Han family, so of course they have to come over to help at this time, as a courtesy.
The Han family is located at the east end of the venue, which is considered the outermost area. The space here is spacious.
The winter before last, Han Liwei and Xu Shiqin got engaged and received a marriage certificate. Last summer, the Han family bought three more houses in the east.
At that time, I was thinking that Han Liwei had been in the organization for several years. If he couldn't get married, he would have to change his career and return to the local area. Then he would definitely go back to the field.
There are six houses in the house, and there will be no place for Han Liwei to get married when he comes back, so he will take over three more houses and reserve them for Han Liwei to get married.
Last autumn and winter, the house was tidied up and all the necessary furniture was done, and we were just waiting for the wedding this spring.
Unexpectedly, Han Liwei was suddenly transferred to the southwest border, and the marriage never took place.
Now that I finally came back in one piece, I quickly got married, and my family felt relieved.
For the houses that follow, we don't care about the old ones. It just happens that the new houses are occupied by new people.
The house here is neatly tidied up, with white gray walls, cement floors, cement window sills, and double-glazed windows, clean and bright.
The house is also fully furnished with all kinds of furniture, and there is no shortage of anything.
On the windows, on the door, and on the wall above the kang in the east room, there are large words of joy, with pictures of dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness cut out around the words.
Even the roof of the shed is decorated with bright red flowers with the word "happy" on it. The decoration of the whole house makes it even more festive.
The motorcade stopped outside the Han family's gate. Before the bride could get out of the car, the firecrackers at the gate were lit first.
There was a burst of crackling firecrackers, red confetti flying all over the sky, and the smell of gunpowder filling the air, adding a bit of joy and excitement to today's wedding.
There were people inside and outside the courtyard, and everyone had a smile on their face. Everyone was looking at the first car.
"The bride has come out, the bride has come out, look, she's so beautiful."