sbdcsierra Chapter 1620 The groom is here!
Chapter 1620 The groom is here!
Chapter 1620 The groom is here!
When Zhao Jun called Chu Anmin yesterday, Chu Anmin proposed to be the master of ceremonies for Zhao Jun, and said that he was the master of ceremonies for all the Forestry Bureau employees' weddings.
Zhao Jun certainly couldn't directly offend Chu Anmin, so he only told Chu Anmin that he would hold a four-party banquet on his wedding day, with the first party starting at eight in the morning.
As the host of the wedding, he had to say a few words before each banquet. Zhao Jun's meaning was: It's so early, can you come?
Chu Anmin was silent for two seconds when he heard the news. He didn't expect Zhao Jun's wedding to be so grand.
He had never seen such a fuss in the city. But in just two seconds, Chu Anmin firmly believed that he had to be there for such a big event.
So Chu Anmin told Zhao Jun that he would be the master of ceremonies.
Since Chu Anmin said so, what else could Zhao Jun say? He could only express his gratitude to Director Chu out of flattery.
Zhou Jianjun didn't come yesterday, so Zhao Jun didn't mention it. He thought that when he drove his sister and brother-in-law home tonight, he would tell Zhou Chunming about it and ask Zhou Chunming to change from the host to the witness. Zhao Jun believed that Zhou Chunming would not have any objection.
What Zhao Jun didn't expect was that Li Dazhi and the other three would start competing with each other.
Zhao Guofeng knew that he had no hope. After briefly saying a few words of concern to Zhao Youcai, he said goodbye and left.
Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and Zhou Jianjun went out to see Zhao Guofeng off. Zhao Guofeng walked eastward and bumped head-on into the five people who were coming over.
"Ah!" At this time, Zhao Jun and the other two also saw those people. Zhao Jun said in surprise: "Mom, my brother Jie and the others are here."
Besides the old lady, Xie Sun and Xie Chen, Xie Zhong and Liu Lanying were also walking towards the Zhao family.
Liu Lanying stayed at the Zhao family for a while last year. Although it was not for long, Liu Lanying was gentle and virtuous, and everyone liked her very much.
"Hey, Yingzi!" When Zhao Jun, Zhou Jianjun and Jie Zhong greeted her, Wang Meilan grabbed Liu Lanying's hand, shook it and said with a smile: "You are here!"
"The kid came back last Saturday and left yesterday." Liu Lanying smiled bitterly, "Otherwise we would have come earlier."
"It's okay as long as you're here, it's okay as long as you're here." Wang Meilan held Liu Lanying's hand with one hand and supported the old lady with the other hand and walked into the yard. Xie Sunshi followed quickly, leaving Zhao Jun, Xie Zhong and Xie Chen behind.
Wang Meilan was very happy when Xie Zhong and his wife came, and she immediately announced that she would have a big banquet tonight and have a good meal.
Then, Wang Meilan took people to the shaded area under the eaves of the backyard, uncovered the torn quilt covering the large jar, and then opened the lid before taking out the meat.
While Wang Meilan was preparing the food, Zhao Youcai in the house urged Zhou Jianjun, "Jianjun, you and Chun'er, go to your uncle Ma's house and have a look."
"Okay, Dad." Zhou Jianjun stood up and was about to call Zhao Chun. But at this moment, Zhao Jun stopped Zhou Jianjun and said, "Brother-in-law, go after lunch. There's nothing to do there. Just take a look."
The Ma family will host a banquet tomorrow, and the Zhao family went today to show their concern and to demonstrate the harmonious relationship between the two families. In fact, it was just a formality, and as long as they didn't go at the time of meal, it didn't matter when they went.
"That's fine." After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhou Jianjun responded, "Then let's finish lunch."
Having said that, Zhou Jianjun sat down.
Zhao Youcai, who saw this scene, was stunned for a moment, then glared at Zhao Jun fiercely.
Zhao Youcai found that his position in this family was getting worse and worse.
At lunch time, all the guests of the Zhao family were present. After a relatively simple lunch, Wang Qiang and Zhou Jianjun went to take a look at the Ma family.
The two did not stay at the Ma family for too long, and came out after about fifteen or sixteen minutes. They went home and talked about the current situation of the Ma family, saying that many of the Ma family's relatives had moved in, and now the Ma family's house was almost full.
These people will not leave at night, and the Ma family will arrange for them to stay at the homes of relatives, friends, and neighbors. But no matter what, they will not be arranged to stay at the Zhao family, so the Zhao family does not need to worry about this.
As for the banquet held by the Ma family tomorrow, most of the people in the house will go. Although there is no such thing as a guest from the mother-in-law's family, they are relatives of the Ma family, so they have to go as normal.
As for Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan, they will have some simple roles tomorrow.
At this time, Wang Meilan was a little nervous. She laid out her two sets of woolen clothes and the gold bracelets that Zhao Jun bought for her, and asked everyone to help her decide which set to wear and which jewelry to wear.
Two sets of woolen clothes, one set was light gray, which was made by Zhao Chun before she got married. Wang Meilan had worn it once when she ran for village chief.
The other blue set was made for her by Zhao Jun. When Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Chun came the day before yesterday, they went to the tailor's house to ask about it. The tailor said that there were only two buttons left to sew, so he asked Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Chun to wait for him for a while.
But the Zhao family was going to install a telephone that day, so Zhou Jianjun had to come over to help Wang Meilan entertain the technicians from the village. So the couple didn't wait.
Then the night before yesterday, when Zhao Jun sent Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Chun back to Yongsheng, he stopped by the tailor's house to pick up the clothes.
Nowadays, these two colors are the only woolen clothes suitable for Wang Meilan's age.
Wang Meilan tried on the two tops in turn. The women in the room said the gray one was better, while others said the blue one was better.
Just when Wang Meilan was struggling, Li Tongyun suddenly spoke up and gave her some advice, saying, "Aunt, if it were you, you should wear the gray one tomorrow. After two days, when we have a banquet, you can wear the blue one."
"Hey? This works!" Wang Meilan's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this. She felt that this was a good idea and it would also make her look like she had more clothes.
Thinking about going to the Ma family tomorrow, Wang Meilan took off her blue coat and put on the gray one.
After putting it on, Wang Meilan picked up the gold bracelet and put it on her wrist. Then, Wang Meilan picked up the gold chain.
"Hey?" Zhao Ling saw this and hurriedly stopped Wang Meilan and asked, "What are you doing, sister?"
Wang Meilan was startled, then she heard Zhao Ling say with a smile: "Tomorrow we have to go to the Ma family to do some work, you are wearing these old clothes, who are you going to go with?"
"That's right." The old lady also said, "You just wear one."
"Okay then." Wang Meilan took off the gold bracelet and picked out a big gold ring and put it on.
When wearing a necklace, you have to put it inside your clothes. When wearing a bracelet, it is easy to be blocked by the sleeves. The only things that are more conspicuous when wearing it are gold earrings and gold rings.
Comparing the two, Wang Meilan prefers the gold ring.
Since Zhao Youcai was resting on the kang, the men gathered in the east room for the past two days.
At this time in the east room, Zhao Jun was also trying on two sets of woolen clothes made for him by the Ma family.
After trying them on, Zhao Jun felt that all of them looked good on him. Finally, based on everyone's advice, he chose the dark gray one.
"Brother." Li Baoyu asked Zhao Jun as he clumsily helped him hang up his clothes, "Will you not shiver when we get there tomorrow?"
The trembling that Li Baoyu mentioned means nervousness.
"Why are you trembling?" Zhao Jun asked. Li Baoyu sighed and said, "I'm fine. I'm still nervous when I think about what might happen on my wedding day."
Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this, and Wang Qiang laughed beside him and said, "Baoyu, what are you afraid of as a young man?"
"That's right, Baoyu." Zhang Yuanmin joked with Li Baoyu, "You said that. You've grown so tall for nothing."
"Brother Li." Xie Chen also smiled and said, "When we do the work for you, don't act like our brother Jun did that day and get hung up on us."
What Xie Chen was talking about was the embarrassing incident when Zhao Jun made a fool of himself on stage during the Spring Hunting Mobilization Meeting.
"Get out of the way!" Zhao Jun heard this and slapped Xie Chen on the back of his neck. There was a crisp sound, and the slap didn't hurt, but Xie Chen subconsciously shrank his neck.
Everyone laughed when they saw this.
The laughter lasted for a few seconds before it died down. At this time, Zhao Jun put clothes into the kang cabinet, and Zhao Youcai took out Shilin cigarettes and distributed them to everyone.
"Haha." Suddenly, Li Ruhai laughed, and then he said, "My brother dreamed of getting married today, and he was still scared after it was over."
The topic just now had passed, and he suddenly said this, which seemed a bit abrupt. Moreover, the punchline did not work, and everyone had no reaction after hearing it.
Only Li Baoyu glared at Li Ruhai and said, "They said you were distracted the other day, right?"
"Hahaha..." Li Baoyu's words made everyone laugh.
But then the laughter was interrupted by the barking of dogs.
Hearing the barking of a dog outside the house, Zhao Jun, who was standing on the kang collecting clothes, looked outside and saw a Liberation truck parked at the door.
At this time, Mr. Ma came back from buying groceries and returned the car.
Zhao Jun hurriedly got down from the ground and called Jie Chen to go out with him to meet him.
When the two men came out of the house, Ma Sheng and driver Sun Haizhong had already gotten out of the car.
They went down the mountain to purchase things, and after coming back they first went to Ma's house to unload the things, and then came to return the car.
Seeing Jie Chen coming out, Ma Sheng thanked Jie Chen again and took out a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes and stuffed it into Jie Chen's hand.
At this time, Zhao Jun invited Ma Sheng and the other man into the house, but Ma Sheng declined on the grounds that he had a lot of things to do at home.
Then Ma Sheng was about to leave, but when he saw Zhao Jun winking at him, Ma Sheng followed Zhao Jun's gaze and looked at Jie Chen. After reacting for two seconds, Ma Sheng invited Jie Chen and said, "Brother, if you have time tomorrow, come over to my house for a drink."
When Xie Chen heard this, he instantly showed joy on his face and immediately responded, "Okay, Brother Ma, I will definitely go tomorrow."
"Okay." Ma Sheng was also a straightforward person, and said with a smile: "Bring your aunt with you tomorrow."
If Zhao Jun hadn't winked at him, Ma Sheng wouldn't have invited Jie Chen. Because if Jie Chen went, he would have to bring a gift. The two families didn't know each other before, and there was no exchange of gifts. It would be bad to ask someone to bring a gift out of the blue, as if the Ma family wanted his gift money.
But the problem is that Xie Chen and Xie Sun both really want to join in the fun, and the mother and daughter have been nagging about it hundreds of times in the past few days.
After seeing Ma Sheng off, Zhao Jun and Xie Chen returned to their rooms. Xie Chen was very happy and went to the west room to say to Xie Sun: "Mom, let's go to my brother Jun's father-in-law's house for a feast tomorrow!"
"Oh my!" Xie Sun slapped her thigh happily when she heard that and asked, "You invited me?"
As the saying goes, no one can come to a happy event without an invitation, and no one can go to the host's house without an invitation.
"Yes!" Xie Chen nodded heavily and said, "Brother Ma invited me just now."
"That's great!" Xie Sun was rubbing her hands happily, happy that she could join in the fun tomorrow.
In the east room, Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui were a little unhappy when they heard Xie Chen's words. They also wanted to go, but no one invited them.
Xie Zhong also had the same idea, so he asked Zhao Jun: "Brother, do you think it's okay for me to go with you tomorrow?"
After saying this, Xie Zhong immediately added: "I will write a separate gift after that."
These people are not short of money and are not afraid to give gifts. They just want to join in the fun.
"Brother, you'd better not go." Zhao Jun found an excuse and said, "You can stay at home with my sister-in-law tomorrow. Come over early after you finish your work and cook lunch for Uncle Zhao, Grandma Jiang, and Third Uncle."
The Ma family is not familiar with Xing San and Zhao Weipeng, and will not invite them to the wedding, but the Ma family will invite the old lady.
But the Ma family did that just to go through the motions and save face. And because the old lady has no children, she will not go to that banquet. It is the Zhao family's business if they don't mind her, but the Ma family cannot.
When Jiang Hua was alive, the old couple was like this. At that time, when people in the village had something to do, they would give gifts. But they would not go to happy events, only to funerals.
After Jiang Hua passed away, the old lady stopped giving gifts. No matter who in the village invited her to a wedding or funeral, the old lady would not say a word and would not give any gifts.
The old lady was very open-minded. She was very generous with her gifts now, but after she passed away, even if Zhao Jun arranged something for her, few people would give gifts.
The old lady had seen this reality once before when Jiang Hua passed away. When she was still alive, many families in the village did not come when she held a funeral banquet for Jiang Hua.
The old couple had no children, and they had only given gifts to others over the years, but had never done anything good. Therefore, every household in the village owed them gifts. But the people who returned the gifts to her that time did not even give half of them.
The old lady knew what those people were thinking, and she couldn't help feeling upset. But since she started following the Zhao family, the old lady no longer thought about that. She had completely let it go, and instead of giving the money out as a gift and not being able to get it back, it would be better to leave it all to Zhao Jun.
But when the Ma family does something, the old lady must give gifts. For no other reason, one is to save Zhao Jun's face, and the other is to get along well with Ma Ling in the future.
But the old lady still wouldn't go to the banquet. She didn't know that Xie Sun and Xie Chen would go, so she gave the gift money to Zhao Ling and asked Zhao Ling to write two gifts for her when she went tomorrow. Each gift was ten yuan, one in the name of Ma Dafu and the other in the name of Ma Sheng.
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The Ma family was busy today, while the Zhao family went about their daily lives. They had hotpot in the evening, with venison and beef.
After eating and drinking, the guests went back to their homes and Zhao Jun went to bed early. Although tomorrow was not a wedding day, it was still a happy day.
The next morning, when Zhao Jun got up as usual, Xing San, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu were already outside putting out dog food.
Wang Meilan boiled a large pot of water as the three members of her family needed to wash their hair.
No matter how many times you scrub the cooking pot, there will always be a little oil when boiling water. There is nothing you can do about it.
While pouring shampoo water for Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan said, "We can wait until we move to the new house. We can just use the stove to boil water."
Zhao Jun didn't say anything. He washed his hair with shampoo and wrapped it with a towel. Then he carried the basin to serve Zhao Youcai.
Wang Meilan took relatively longer to wash her hair. When she was done, Jin Xiaomei from next door brought Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai over with food.
Wang Meilan didn't need to cook today. She ate a ready-made meal and then started to dress up.
Before eight o'clock, all five members of the Zhou family arrived. Zhao Jun sent Li Baoyu to pick them up by car.
Soon after, the Zhao family's diners came as a family unit. Today, the Ma family was busy, so the Zhao family would be busy for a while.
At nine o'clock, the sound of drums floating in the wind is the signal!
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun helped Zhao Youcai up from the kang. Together with Li Dayong, Wang Qiang and Li Baoyu, the five of them worked together to change Zhao Youcai's clothes.
The children didn't go to school today, and Zhao Hong and Zhao Na were already impatient waiting. The two little girls said that after today they could openly call Ma Ling "sister-in-law".
Everything was ready. The others walked to the Ma family first, leaving only the eight members of the Zhao family, including Zhao Chun, Zhou Jianjun and Xiao Zhoutao.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Zhao Jun was still not anxious, so Zhao Weipeng urged: "Brother, sister-in-law, let's go."
"Let's go." Wang Meilan and Zhao Chun helped Zhao Youcai walk out. After they left the house and the yard, the eight members of the Zhao family got into two jeeps. Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui acted as drivers, driving the two jeeps one after the other to the Ma family.
There was no need for such a big scene. It was Zhao Weipeng who proposed and insisted on it. He said it was for Zhao Jun's face, but actually it was so that he could join in the fun.
Although he and his father are not familiar with the Ma family, and the Ma family did not invite them, their current identity is the Zhao family's driver. There is nothing wrong with the driver following the Ma family wherever they go and having a free meal, right?
The sound of drums and music was getting closer and closer. There was a crowd of people in front, and the sound of shouting and laughter was loud.
When he saw two jeeps approaching, Li Baoyu, who was standing at the gate of the Ma family, shouted into the courtyard, "The groom is here!"
(End of this chapter)