The two of them walked out of the dormitory door at the same time, looked at each other, Chai Jianmin rolled his eyes and walked out quickly.
Ever since Xu Laidi accepted ten kilograms of cornmeal from Chen Dazhu, his face had been slapped loudly by Xu Laidi. He hated Cheng Qiao, but now he hated Xu Laidi even more.
"Hey, why are you dragging me? You're just a stingy guy, a piece of trash that can't be used to make a difference."
Xu Laidi also rolled his eyes and muttered angrily.
When Qian Longkun and others came back carrying firewood, the table at the educated youth point was already filled with food, including a large pot of pork dumplings with aged vinegar on the side.
There is also a large bowl of chicken stewed with mushrooms. The mushrooms were picked hard by Xiaoqin and Xiaoping and dried carefully, as well as cabbage braised in vinegar, fried tomatoes with eggs, and fried beans with peppers.
"Wow, today's dinner is so rich. I really want to drink two bottles of wine."
Zhao Xiaobao said exaggeratedly, Qian Longkun nodded with a smile, Cheng Qiao will get married tomorrow and there should be wine. Everyone was just about to use their chopsticks, but Cheng Qiao ran to the door of the educated youth spot, as if waiting for someone.
"Hey, is Li Huan coming?"
"No, they are getting married tomorrow, how can they still see each other?"
"Then who is Cheng Qiao waiting for?"
"Cheng Qiao~"
A cheerful female voice appeared, and Qian Longkun smiled. It turned out to be his sister. No wonder she mysteriously told him a secret when he met her last time.
"Sister Loncin, it's such a coincidence that you came earlier. We were ready to use chopsticks, and you came."
"That's great. I'm really hungry for meat these days. Don't tell me you didn't prepare any meat tonight."
"Haha, you'll know if you come in and take a look."
"Cheng Qiao, let me introduce you to Zhao Xiaobei, Zhao Xiaobao's younger sister. She was born in the same year, month and day as you."
"Cheng Qiao, I am Zhao Xiaobei, let me call you Qiaoqiao."
"Okay Zhao Xiaobei, then I'll call you Beibei."
Zhao Xiaobao shook his head, knowing that where there is Loncin, there must be Xiaobei, just like where there is Lonkun, there must be himself. He quietly went to prepare the share money, because there will be two more people to eat tomorrow.
But when Zhao Xiaobao saw Zhao Xiaobei's face, he felt a little nervous for no reason. His sister looked wrong today. What went wrong?
Qian Longxin winked at Qian Longkun and said, "If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it after dinner." Everyone was sitting together and getting ready to eat. It was important to have a big meal.
After dinner, two brothers and sisters, Zhao Xiaobao and Qian Longkun, went out for a walk. When they came back, the faces of the four of them were very ugly.
The sky was completely dark. Li Huan drove the bullock cart to the gate of the educated youth spot, and Shouhou and Shouhou transported Cheng Qiao's betrothal gifts and dowry back.
There are also various cages made by Uncle Niu on the oxcart. The cages are all painted with hot red paint. Of course, this paint was also obtained by Li Huan with great difficulty.
Everyone looked at the large and small packages piled up in the courtyard of the educated youth spot, and their eyes were full of surprise and envy. Zhang Yuefang kept touching each package with her hands, imagining that she would get married and have such a large dowry.
Already.
"Why are you just standing there stupidly and not helping to organize things?"
The eldest sister who is a close friend is a close friend. When she saw everyone standing stupidly, she quickly roared. Zhang Yuefang nodded repeatedly. She raised her hand and said that she would be a supervisor to prevent others from stealing things.
As soon as these words came out, Xu Laidi, who was ready to act, was so angry that he wanted to bite off a piece of Zhang Yuefang's body. Just now she went to the village chief to borrow food, but the village chief didn't even show his face. It seemed that he would have to build the reservoir the day after tomorrow.
With Zhang Yuefang as the supervisor, the girls felt relieved to help Cheng Qiao organize things and satisfy their curiosity as to how much dowry Cheng Qiao had.
Uncle Niu helped Cheng Qiao pack two big boxes. One box was filled with brand new bedding and clothes, and the other box was filled with betrothal gifts and rice, flour, oil and other rations that Cheng Qiao added himself.
Xiaofang touched the soft quilt with envy. With such a thick quilt, it would definitely not be cold in winter.
There are also two other small boxes, each containing some daily necessities, pots and pans, as well as some clothes and shoes that Cheng Qiao usually wears, all neatly stacked.
There are tubs and wooden basins for washing feet, washing faces, and taking a bath. Cheng Qiao also put some red dates, peanuts, melon seeds, and candies in several small wooden basins, which will be scattered for everyone to eat along the way tomorrow.
"Cheng Qiao, will such a large dowry make people gossip?"
Zhang Yuefang asked, and when she saw Cheng Qiao looking over and pouting at Xu Laidi's position, Han Chunmei smiled and shook her head:
"No, one box is a betrothal gift, the other is a dowry, and the small box is full of Cheng Qiao's personal belongings. There is nothing wrong with it."
Zhang Yuefang glanced proudly at Xu Laidi, who was still sulking, locked all the boxes, tied the keys together with a red-headed rope, and hung them around Cheng Qiao's neck.
Qianlong Xin and Zhao Xiaobei knew at a glance that this woman had nothing to do with Cheng Qiao, and they stayed away from Xu Laidi. However, there were two more girls sleeping tonight, and Xu Laidi had trouble turning over all night.
In October in the Northeast, the temperature has dropped to seven or eight degrees. Cheng Qiao walked out of the dormitory wearing a thin jacket, a bright red khaki blouse that Han Chunmei bought, a pair of black woolen trousers, and a pair of black leather shoes.
Door.
Jiang Guangrong placed the clean bicycle in the middle of the yard. Several male educated youths got strips of red cloth from nowhere and tied a dragonfly knot on the front of the bicycle.
Han Chunmei smiled and shook her head. While urging Chen Qiao to wash up, she took off the dragonfly knot and tied it into a fat bow. Jiang Guangrong nodded, it was pleasing to the eye.
There were crackling firecrackers outside. Needless to say, Li Huan came to welcome the bride. Xiaoqin quickly pressed Cheng Qiao on the stool after washing and took out a comb to help Cheng Qiao comb her hair.
Two red ribbons were tied to the ends of the thick black braids, which hung quietly beside her cheeks. A slight blush appeared on her fair face, her eyes were like apricots, her lips were red but not dotted, and her eyebrows were unpainted.
And green.
"Cheng Qiao, how can you be so beautiful? If you didn't marry me, I would have raised you to be fat and white."
Qianlong Xin joked glibly, and everyone burst into laughter. Cheng Qiao's face turned even redder. Even Chai Jianmin, who hated Cheng Qiao, lowered his head after seeing this, imagining that his future wife could be so pure and beautiful.
The door of the Educated Youth Point was completely pushed open. Aunt Wang and a group of old women came to carry the dowry. When they saw two small boxes and two large boxes, as well as a bathtub and a wooden basin, they were all stunned.
Aunt Wang walked over and tested the weight of the box, making sure that it was absolutely full. Then she boldly opened the lid of the box, and everyone gasped when they saw it.
