May 1, 1981, the twenty-seventh day of the third month in the lunar calendar, was a Friday. Finally, the day of great joy for the Hong family arrived.
At five o'clock in the morning, in the Hong family's old house, after Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin finished washing, the old couple opened the door, dressed in decent new clothes, and walked into the courtyard shrouded in the faint sky. This was very important to the Hong family.
The special day has officially begun.
In fact, strictly speaking, this day is a bit imperfect. Because this day is an odd number regardless of the lunar calendar or the solar calendar, which is somewhat inconsistent with the ideal even-numbered day of the people in the capital.
But there's nothing we can do about it, because the holidays are limited these days. If it's not Labor Day on May 1st, it will be on Sunday, May 3rd. It's all the same.
Of course it would be best to do it on May 2, but others don’t have the seven-day wedding leave for the bride and groom. In years with single holidays, everyone has to go to work this Saturday, so how can they let relatives and friends come to wish them happiness.
So I can only make do with it.
Fortunately, the Hong family are relatively open-minded, and no one is willing to take things seriously that they cannot control and try to make themselves uncomfortable. Therefore, the unhappiness caused by this little bit of superstition is easily ignored by everyone.
On the other hand, with such joy and happiness, no one can sleep peacefully. Therefore, except for the children, everyone in the Hong family, even Li Fu and the three "sea bumpers", all got up from bed at around five o'clock.
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Whether they are yawning or full of energy, each of them is consciously busy according to the tasks assigned yesterday.
For example, Li Fu is responsible for setting up the tea stove, kettle, and water storage. The three "Hai Bangzi" are organizing the dishes in the kitchen.
Hong Yanzheng, Xu Manli, Hong Yanwen, and Hong Yanru arranged the dried fruits, fresh fruits, wedding candies, wedding cigarettes, and tea snacks on the plates in sequence.
The Hong family also had to arrange the ceremony table and wrap cigarettes and candies in red paper as return gifts to the guests.
As for Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, they went to "Tianxingju" in "Xianyukou" to get breakfast.
Of course, "Tianxingju" was not open at this time. But they had already said hello before others. Just to do things for the Hong family, Master Si worked for half an hour this morning. This is called an acquaintance.
Easy to do.
So before six o'clock, two people brought back two steel pots of fried liver and twenty kilograms of steamed buns.
This is not much, because not only is it for the Hong family to eat, but the kitchen masters have to come to set up the stove at six o'clock sharp, and those who come to help agree to come at seven o'clock.
It was so early in the morning that no one had time to eat. It was outrageous for everyone to work hungry, it was a reasonable duty.
As expected, people from the kitchen and helpers arrived on time. When they saw a table full of fried liver buns, everyone was very happy and said that the Hong family had thought carefully.
And eating hot things can undoubtedly arouse people's emotions. After everyone has eaten and drank enough, they all settled down in their places. The Hong family immediately showed an atmosphere of joy and excitement.
Today's wedding car was theoretically financed by Hong Yanwu.
Why do you say it's a theory? Because in fact he is quite worry-free. Except for the "No. 40" bus that is responsible for picking up neighbors in Furuli, he uses all the other buses under the excuse of doing nothing but doing two things.
All were allocated to Yang Weifan in the form of unequal treaties.
So Yang Weifan was the real manager on this day. Yang Zi really lived up to his good friends. In addition to Yang Yaohua's own "Red Flag", the vehicles he got for the Hong family also included three other cars from the "Navy Yard" and the "Coastal Defense Song and Dance Troupe"
"A bus transporting actors.
They were all driven by army drivers and arrived in front of the Hong family's old house on time at eight o'clock.
So the residents of "Meishi Street" who got up early were shocked as soon as they went out today.
They have never seen so many cars on this street, and the road is almost closed.
No one knew what happened, and they thought some big leaders were coming to inspect. Finally, someone with sharp eyes saw two sets of red paper with the word "囍" written straight on both sides of the wall of the Hong family courtyard.
Come to understand.
Okay, no matter if you need to buy breakfast or go to the toilet, there is no need to rush. We gather together in front of Hong’s house and discuss while looking around. There is only one topic, which is to discuss why people have such great arrogance and can mobilize people.
There are so many cars coming.
The things in the world are so interesting.
An old resident said that this house belonged to the Hong family, one of the original "Eight Great Houses". It seemed that the street had vacated the house to them. The word "囍" should mean that their family is marrying a daughter-in-law. Otherwise, marrying a daughter should be
Shan was "happy".
But no one believes the real answer. On the contrary, there is a huge market for the rumors spouted by some young people.
Their basis is that it is so easy for the public to make room for private individuals, not to mention that even if you have money, you can't buy a car. It is unlikely that the capitalists are back.
And because in the first few days, they saw people moving tables, chairs, benches, and household items in and out here, and the things they brought in were all "old-fashioned". They felt that it didn't look like a living house. Or even a refrigerator and a color TV.
, there is no ash furniture?
Hmm, maybe this place has turned into a big restaurant? It will be specially used to receive national leaders and foreign guests from now on...
While these people were talking about it, another taxi drove to the door of Hong's house.
Hong Yanwen, who had been waiting outside the door, saw the people getting out of the car, and the first person to blurt out "Director Chang" actually provided "real" basis for those conjectural remarks.
I bet these first guests were none other than Chang Xianzhang and his family, who were brought there by Bian Jiangong in his car.
But it must be said that those people watching the excitement at the door went to grandma's house by mistake.
This is not only because they misunderstood just by calling each other, but also because among the five people, the one with the most distinguished status today is Gu Lingye. Waiting for her is what Hong Yanwen is anxious and looking forward to.
Because according to custom, there must be a marrying wife in the team going to the capital to pick up a bride. This role not only has a noble status, but also has the meaning of seeking good luck and blessing the couple. It must be a harmonious person with parents, spouse, and children.
Son.
Well, after much thought beforehand, the Hong family felt that only the dignified and decent Gu Lingye, a daughter-in-law of the Chang family, was the most suitable.
So when Wang Yunlin came to invite her in person, Gu Lingye couldn't refuse due to the close relationship between the two families, so she had to agree, so that the Chang family would arrive early to cooperate with her in carrying out important tasks today.
When the Chang family entered the courtyard, the first thing they did was to congratulate the Hong family. The family’s gift was a thermos with automatic water pressure and a gift of fifty yuan. This was a very heavy gift, and it revealed two things.
The irreversibility of family relationships.
Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin each accepted the gift and expressed their gratitude. They looked at the bright and stretched blue sky above their heads, at the red characters "囍" that could be seen everywhere in the yard, and at the five members of the Chang family who kept saying auspicious words.
There are a lot of emotions in my mouth and in my heart.
Especially Wang Yunlin, looking at her handsome son standing aside happily, her nose suddenly became sore and she burst into tears.
Mrs. Chang was the one who could best understand this feeling, and she accompanied Wang Yunlin with red eyes.
She was busy trying to persuade her that when she first saw her son getting married, she thought it was really not easy. But when she thought about it again, wasn’t this the day she wanted to be a parent? Fortunately, I only have a son, and I felt so sad for a moment.
That's enough. You, you have to do it again later.
When he said this, everyone laughed.
At the same time, the early morning sunlight also shone into the Hong family's house at this time. Not only did the environment become brighter and warmer, it seemed that even the hydrangeas on both sides of the hanging flower door and the red silk under the eaves became more gorgeous and dazzling.