When classmate Le went to the hospital to shine, Grandma Zhou and Grandma Zhou Man were not idle either. They prepared all the necessary food for the banquet.
Arrange the ceremony and send-off date on one day.
Brother Zhou and Ms. Li still worked in the morning, went home for lunch at noon, and continued working in the afternoon.
The Zhou and Cao families performed a wedding ceremony for Zhou Xialong and Li Chunxiu. Only then did the Cao family members receive the news. Everyone was confused. Li Chunxiu was actually going to marry Zhou Xialong?
They used to be very disdainful of the daughter that Granny Cao picked up. They basically believed that the girl just wanted a place to live, and she would abandon Granny Cao when Granny Cao handed over the family property to her.
As a result, the day they thought had not arrived yet, instead Li Chunxiu was going to marry the uncle of the Lejia girl’s brother?
People surnamed Cao, who had not thought highly of Li Chunxiu, mother and daughter, were more shocked than being struck by lightning.
The Cao family, who had been struck by thunder in the clear sky, digested the shocking news. No matter whether it was suspicion or jealousy, it was no longer important. What was important was the attitude.
Li Chunxiu is nominally the daughter of Granny Cao, but she is still married to the Zhou family of Meicun, which means that the Cao and Zhou families marry Qin and Jin. Therefore, the Cao family is Li Chunxiu's natal family, and the dignity that should be given to Li Chunxiu must be given.
For this reason, the Cao family held an emergency family meeting to draw up an agenda for the wedding.
The Cao family is also a native surname in Jiudao. There are people with the surname Cao in several villages in the entire township. Generally speaking, they are two branches with different ancestors.
Grandma Cao's Cao family is not bad in Jiudao. There are more than 600 people with the surname Cao who have compiled family trees together, and there are also more than 100 family members who are related to Grandma Cao's husband and are in Jiudao.
Number person.
Granny Cao and the Zhou family agreed that it would be a small affair, that is, the family members would set up a few tables for fun, and the Cao family would not invite outsiders, but the Cao family that shares the same genealogy still had to be notified.
As soon as the notice was announced, everyone with the surname Cao said that they would do something about it. It was estimated that the Cao family would have more than thirty tables.
Of the 30 family members sitting at the same table, about four to six people at the same table will send the married girl to the groom's house. Those who send the bride are basically the prominent elders or young people in the family, and they also give big red envelopes to the married girl.<
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The Cao family wanted to prepare a banquet, so Granny Cao had to discuss it with the Zhou family. Village chief Zhou agreed and promised that the Zhou family would send a gift the day before the wedding.
True to his word, Village Chief Zhou went to the village to order two more pigs. He also notified Zhou's family and Zhou Xialong's buddies, and arranged work for them.
The elders of the Cao family and the Zhou family got busy because Li Chunxiu got married on the seventh day of the lunar month. The groom's family set up the banquet on the seventh day of the lunar month, while the bride's family formally set up the banquet on the night of the first day, which was the evening of the sixth lunar month.
On the early morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the Cao family rushed to the streets from all directions and delivered the dowry of the married girl to Granny Cao's house. They then put happy words on it and packed baskets while the men prepared breakfast.
Granny Cao's family had people coming and going, and happy words were posted on the door wall. The neighbors ran to inquire about the reason and found out that Granny Cao's girl was getting married. They were extremely surprised, and asked who her son-in-law was, and hurriedly went to the street to buy gifts for her.
The woman adds makeup.
The Zhou family did not hesitate. Village chief Zhou personally took charge of the arrangements. At around four o'clock in the morning on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he took the younger generation to kill the pigs and tidied them up. At dawn, he led the gift-giving team, carrying meat, rice, and wine.
And send the wedding dress for the bride to wear when she gets married tomorrow to the Cao family.
Brother Zhou also went. He went to Cao's house to pick up Li Chunxiu and went to the county town to get a marriage certificate.
The bride-to-be and the groom went to apply for the certificate, and the Cao family entertained the Zhou family who gave them gifts to have breakfast. They then returned a gift and picked it back to send the Zhou family off. The Cao family prepared the main course for the evening banquet.
The Cao and Zhou families were having a lively wedding, but Grandma Li's family had no idea.
Sister-in-law Meng knew that Director Wu was the father of Xiaoyan's best classmate in her freshman year of high school. She learned from Director Wu that Xiaoyan had stolen things from the Wu family, so she felt ashamed to work on the construction site and took the initiative to pay her wages.
When she returned home, she wanted to torture her daughter about how many classmates she had stolen, but when she saw that Xiaoyan was punished by the Le family for stealing Le Jiayu, she was so frightened that she was not willing to blame her and make her daughter worse.<
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Unable to bear to scold her child harshly, Mrs. Meng asked her daughter to go to school on time during make-up classes the next day, and she went to the county town to find work.
She is not well-educated and older, so she does not meet the requirements for a good job. There are no ordinary workers available, so it is not easy to find a job.
Mrs. Meng ran around during the day, looking for opportunities. In order to save money, she went to the station waiting hall or the hospital at night. After running for three days, she couldn't find a suitable job, so she had to stay in a store to wash clothes.
She also tried visiting construction sites. There are several construction sites in Fang County. When building a private house, you either have to have your own help or your own team to contract. Outsiders are not accepted, and the larger construction sites do not require female workers.
After running around the county town for six consecutive days, her legs almost broke, and the job was still unavailable. Mrs. Meng bravely went to the construction site of No. 3 Middle School.
She felt that it would take some time for the primary school construction site to be completed, and it would take several months for those who knew her and Zhou Xialong in Jiudao to come to No. 3 Middle School. She would work for a while first, and then leave after the Jiudao Primary School project was completed.
You should never meet people from Plum Village.
The construction company that contracted the construction project of No. 3 Middle School was the company where Director Wu worked. Director Wu exchanged information with the company and his colleagues in No. 3 Middle School. Several heads in charge of affairs in No. 3 Middle School also knew about the divorce between Mrs. Meng and Zhou Xialong and
Reasons for divorce.
When the supervisors and supervisors learned that Mrs. Meng had come to the construction site to sign up as a temporary worker again, they did not say they would not accept her. They only said that accommodation would not be included. If she wanted to be a temporary worker, she would have to solve the accommodation problem herself.
Every extra day of delay meant one less day of earning. Mrs. Meng didn't want to waste any more time, so she had no choice but to rent a house and rented a suite at a monthly rent of 300 yuan a month.
After renting a house and solving the accommodation problem, she officially went to work at the No. 3 Middle School construction site on the morning of the 13th.
Also because Mrs. Meng was busy looking for work in the county town and had no time to inquire about any rumors about Jiudao and Meicun, she naturally did not hear any news about Zhou Xialong's blind date.
The school officially started make-up classes on August 9th. The junior high school students and senior high school students will return to school on the 8th. Li Xiaoyan is afraid that the news of her mother's divorce will spread and be known to the second middle school students. She will be ridiculed when she returns to school, so she is extremely reluctant to make up classes.<
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However, she has to go and make up classes, otherwise she may not be able to keep up with the progress. If her academic performance is not good, the teachers will give up on her. She will lose the teacher's protection for good students, and other students will be more likely to bully her.
No matter how reluctant she was, Li Xiaoyan still returned to school. After returning to school for several days, she didn't hear any rumors about her, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Brother Zhou got the news from his co-workers the day after Meng's wife checked out. He didn't care about Meng's whereabouts, so naturally he wouldn't inquire about her whereabouts.
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, he followed his cousin to Granny Cao's house to pick up Li Chunxiu and go to the county town to get married. He was quite shy along the way.
Ms. Li was also a little shy, so neither of them said anything.
The two failed to catch the early bus, so they chartered a privately operated van to go to the county seat. The van did not stop on the way and arrived at the county seat before 11 o'clock.
Brother Zhou and Ms. Li arrived with their certificates, took photos and filled out the forms, and then took them to the certificate application window.
There was also a pair of young people in front of them who were applying for a marriage certificate. After the people in front got their certificates and left, they sat down at the window and handed in the documents.
The staff took a look and said, oh mom, the man is Jiudao Meizijing Zhou Xialong?
That person has been divorced twice, less than half a month after the last divorce, and is getting married again? What speed is this?
The staff was... stunned and surprised, but marriage is voluntary for both men and women, and no one else can interfere. No matter whether someone is married three or four times, as long as they meet the conditions, the staff have no right to refuse or interfere.
The staff adhered to their job responsibilities and consulted the opinions of both men and women in a formulaic manner according to regulations, reviewed and approved the matter, and then sent it to the leader for stamping.
The leader took a look and said, what? Isn’t this so and so? He just got divorced and got married?
Are you asking if this chapter will be stamped?
The conditions are met, both parties are willing, and if you don’t give a stamp, isn’t it because you are living too leisurely and want to cause trouble for yourself and get someone to blame you?
The leader followed the regulations, pressed down the big seal, and stamped the official seal on the information and red notebook.
The marriage procedure is simple, you only need to pay 9.9 yuan, and you will get two red books.
After getting the marriage certificate and leaving, Brother Zhou held Li Chunxiu's hand.
Being held by Brother Zhou, Ms. Li was too embarrassed to raise her head and walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, her face still red.
When they got outside, Brother Zhou was also afraid of being laughed at, so he let go of Li Chunxiu's hand, took out a sun umbrella, opened it and held it over Li Chunxiu's head, and discussed with her what to eat.
Ms. Li didn't have any objections to eating. Since she had to go home in a hurry, Brother Zhou didn't put much thought into food. The two went to a fast food restaurant for a simple lunch before going to the station.
On the way to the station, we passed through the main street and reached a gold store. Brother Zhou took Ms. Li in and picked out a gold ring for her as a wedding gift.
Ms. Li didn't want to waste money and wanted to take Brother Zhou away, but Brother Zhou refused and insisted on buying it before going to the station.
The two of them arrived at the station and waited for half an hour before taking the 1:30 bus back to Jiudao.
Because Mr. Le Xiao was busy saving lives and healing the wounded in the hospital, which consumed a lot of mental energy every day, he did not call home. He did not know that Uncle Zhou and Ms. Li received their certificates on Friday. If they knew the news, they would definitely contact Uncle Zhou and wait for her to return.
Take it by the way.
Little Loli didn't know that Uncle Zhou and Ms. Li were on their way home after receiving their certificates, but she knew that Mrs. Meng was at the No. 3 Middle School construction site because she smelled Mrs. Meng's personal scent in the air as soon as she got out of the helicopter.
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In fact, even if she hadn’t seen anyone yet, Mrs. Meng knew that Miss Lejia had come to No. 3 Middle School when she saw the helicopter appearing over No. 3 Middle School. Now in the entire E Province, the only person who travels by helicopter is Le Yun from Meicun, and she can fly a helicopter.
The only person who comes to No. 3 Middle School is Le Yun.
The library of No. 3 Middle School was built with a donation from Miss Le. Sooner or later, Miss Lejia would come to No. 3 Middle School to inspect the quality. Mrs. Meng had already realized it. However, when she found out that Miss Lejia was really here, she couldn’t help but feel sour in her heart. p>
More than ten days ago, she was the mother-in-law of the uncle of the Le family's little boy. She had the closest relationship with the Le family in name. The villagers in Meicun and the construction site would smile at each other when they saw her.
But now, she has nothing to do with the Meicun Zhou family, and certainly has nothing to do with the Le family. She can't even stay at the construction site of Jiudao Elementary School and has to avoid acquaintances.
The contrast between before and after can make people feel disappointed.
Because the helicopter came to the No. 3 Middle School, the workers were excitedly speculating whether the Lejia girl would come to the construction site. Mrs. Meng listened to everyone's enthusiastic discussions and only hoped in her heart that the Lejia girl would not come to her place of work.
