AWB Chapter 229 Li Zian Gets Married 2
Chapter 229 Li Zian Gets Married 2
Li Zi'an is the eldest grandson of the Li family. His wedding was exceptionally lively, which opened Lin Xiaoman's eyes.
Li Taohua got up early and dressed Lin Lidong in a bright red jacket and red tiger-head shoes. She also put a red dot on his forehead. In short, his whole body was dressed in festive red.
Then he stayed in the bridal chamber, together with a three-year-old girl from Li Shan's wife's family, and let them sit on the bridal bed.
The two rolling dolls looked very festive, just like the New Year picture dolls that Lin Xiaoman had seen at the beginning.
The groom was also dressed in red and sitting in the carriage.
The carriage was hung with festive red satin, and even around the neck of Xiao Hei's horse was a large red silk flower.
It was the first time that Xiao Hei wore the flower, and he ran with great energy, running forward with high spirits and in high spirits, which made the wedding procession that followed behind with drums and gongs very tired.
The matchmaker who was talking to the young couple was panting halfway along the way, holding her waist as she ran, "Oh, oh, why is the groom so impatient? I, an old woman, can't keep up!"
The wedding procession circled Shadi Village six times, from the beginning to the end of the village, and arrived at the bride's home with banging and hammering along the way.
Lin Xiaoman, Lin Jingzhe and others of similar age also joined in the wedding procession.
When the girl's relatives and friends tried to block the door, the Li family had more men than the others and they were outnumbered and were easily defeated.
The bride was wearing a veil and a red dress, sitting dignifiedly.
After that, there were various rules to follow, and Li Zian took great pains to place the other side of the big red silk flower in his hand safely in the woman's hand.
"The bride is leaving!"
Lin Xiaoman took out a bag of peanuts and longans that her aunt had given her earlier and scattered them around where there were many children, shouting, "May you have a happy marriage and a son soon~"
The baby thinks whoever gives him milk is his mother, and he thinks he will get something if he shouts, so he shouts at the top of his voice.
The sounds of gongs and drums and the clear blessings of children made the whole Shadi Village lively.
The wedding banquet was a buffet and the Li family set up ten tables, implying perfection.
When one group is full, the food is served quickly, and they finish eating quickly before the next group's turn.
The women who came to help were very skillful. The ones in charge of cooking were Li Taohua and Li Qiao's wife. They had been working together in the breakfast shop for so long that they had developed a certain tacit understanding.
Later on, there were not enough people to serve the dishes, so Lin Xiaoman stepped in to help.
At this wedding banquet, the table was turned over four times.
There aren't that many plates, so every time the table is turned over, the plates are washed on the spot.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, people who have been working outside return home.
It can be seen that almost everyone, young and old, men, women, and children from every household came to the wedding.
Throughout the entire wedding banquet, the most comfortable person was Lin Lidong, who was rolling around on the bed. He rolled around comfortably, and Li Xiaohe kept feeding them cakes and candies to prevent them from making noise.
After the bride entered the bridal chamber, Lin Lidong completed his last mission of rolling on the bed and was carried out by Li Xiaohe.
Not long after, Li Zian was pushed into the bridal chamber by a group of brothers.
A group of gossiping men and women from the village gathered outside the bridal chamber, peeking inside through the crack in the door with a smile on their faces.
Lin Xiaoman felt a chill in his heart. Fortunately, his four uncles had built new houses, otherwise with so many people lying at the door of the old house, the door would have collapsed long ago.
Seeing that everyone had almost finished making a fuss, Li Shan's wife and Li Qiao's wife came to chase them away, "Fellow villagers, drink some sugar water!"
"You two are so shy. What are you doing standing at the door? That's enough..."
When most people had left, Li Zian, who was sitting on the wedding bed, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Baozhu, the person finally left. It's been a tiring day. Are you hungry?"
The bride under the red veil nodded slightly, and Li Zian remembered that he had not chosen the red veil yet.
"I... Baozhu, I picked the red veil."
Li Zian, who was already nervous, suddenly had his heart beating like a drum.
The hand holding the scale rod began to shake.
Li Zian thought that the scale bar was not that heavy, so why did he feel it was heavier than a thousand gold?
Carefully lifting the red veil, Baozhu's rosy face came into view, and Li Zian's face turned red again.
The two red-faced men looked at each other and lowered their heads shyly.
Li Zian thought that he was a man and he couldn't let his wife take the initiative, so he mustered up the courage to hold Baozhu's hand and said, "Baozhu, these are the meatballs that mother just sent. Fill your stomach first."
"Ah."
The bridal chamber was quiet, but outside it was extremely lively.
Several villagers who had good relations with the Li family were still sitting in the main hall, as well as Li Shan's wife's family, Lin Dajiang's family, who filled the main hall.
The man in Shadi Village was smiling and saying to Li Zhong, "Is it possible that Zifeng from Lao Er's family will have a happy wedding soon?"
Li Zifeng, who was originally laughing and joking with his brothers, blushed instantly and sat up straight.
Li Zhong drank his tea and nodded with a smile, "Yes, Zi'an's wedding is done, and it's time to discuss Quan Feng's wedding."
Speaking of Li Zifeng's marriage, Li Qiao's wife, who was sitting next to Li Taohua, looked unhappy.
Seeing this, Li Taohua leaned in and asked in a very low voice, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Why are you still unhappy when talking about Zifeng's marriage?"
"Hey, I'm afraid Zifeng's marriage won't be as smooth as Zian's."
"Haven't we already given five taels of silver as a betrothal gift? The gift has been accepted. Could there be any changes?"
"The kidnapper did receive the betrothal gift, and the girl was also engaged to Zifeng, but the kidnapper is greedy for money, and there's no guarantee that he will come up with all kinds of blatant ways to ask for more money later."
"This... Isn't this because you can't bear to see your daughter doing well? This would make anyone feel uncomfortable. How can your daughter live a good life after getting married?"
"Peach Blossom, that's why I'm worried! According to Dad, Zifeng's wedding date should be set after the New Year, and it would be best if the wedding is done before the busy farming season."
"Sister-in-law, things have come to this point. There is no point in worrying. You can only think carefully. Zifeng's love is more important than anything else. In the future, the couple will live a beautiful life."
Li Qiao's wife could only comfort herself, "That's the truth."
Seeing that her second sister-in-law was still unhappy, Li Taohua didn't say anything more.
The two younger ones are engaged. No matter how many problems there are or how difficult they are, we have to overcome them. Good things take time. We can't cancel the engagement.
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The next morning, Lin Dajiang took his wife and daughter back to Shanglin Village.
As soon as he got home, and before he had time to sit down and drink some tea, Lin Dajiang hurried to the workshop.
Lin Dajiang was worried about the workshop even though he was away for two days.
Fortunately, everything in the workshop is going in an orderly manner.
"Boss, are you back from the wedding?"
"Boss, why are you back so soon?"
"Boss, why don't you play for a few days?"
When the villagers who were working saw Lin Dajiang coming, they all greeted him with a smile.
Lin Dajiang smiled and said, "Ah, I am destined to be a hard worker. Besides, the year is coming to an end and the workshop is the busiest. How can I be away for too long?"
"Boss, are we still going to work until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?"
Lin Dajiang nodded, "That's about right! There's less pork this year, so let's finish it early so everyone can go back and buy New Year's goods and have a good New Year!"
After hearing this, the villagers who were working immediately began to count the days on their fingers. Throughout the year, they looked forward to having something good to eat during the New Year and buying some cloth to make new clothes for their children.
Thinking about the New Year gift that the Lin family gave to the soap workshop this year, my heart was filled with joy.
At noon on the 28th day of the lunar year, the last pot of meat was stuffed into sausage casings and the last basket of duck eggs was coated with mud, announcing that the Lin family sausage and preserved egg workshop had ended its busy year.
More than 30 people lined up in two teams in the sausage workshop.
Everyone was grinning from ear to ear when they received the wages for stringing the copper coins together with red thread, and they couldn't wait to start counting them.
Lin Dajiang waited for everyone to finish ordering with a smile, then distributed red envelopes and New Year gifts to everyone, and agreed with everyone to continue working in the workshop after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The same scene once again caused a stir in Shanglin Village.
The villagers who were working put the red envelopes and their wages in their pockets, and they jingled as they walked.
A bamboo basket is hung in the crook of the arm, filled with meat, lard, brown sugar and other New Year gifts.
When I saw the villagers from the soap workshop receiving their New Year gifts, I knew that their New Year gifts would probably be these too, and I was so excited.
But the excitement of knowing that you can get these New Year gifts is different from the excitement of actually getting them in your hands.
Excited and thrilled, the group of men were so happy that they wanted to cry.
About thirty people swarmed out of the workshop.
"Oh, the workshop is giving out New Year gifts again? My God, this can of lard can last for several months, right?"
"Ten sausages, how many dishes can we make for the New Year?"
"With such a big bag of brown sugar, I don't have to buy sugar next year~"
"The Lin family must have spent a lot of money on the annual gift. There are 40 to 50 people in the three workshops! Each person has a bamboo basket and a red envelope. It is said that many people have 200 to 300 coins in the red envelope."
"It must cost a lot of money, right? Five taels of silver?"
"Of course we have to. The red envelope is worth 100 coins. Fifty people would cost 5 taels of silver. I think with so many things, it would cost about 10 taels of silver!"
The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener took it to heart. When he learned that Lin Jiaguang had spent ten taels of silver to give holiday gifts to the villagers who worked for him, he immediately became jealous.
Ten taels of silver!
It would take their family several years to save up that much money!
However, they were just purely envious. Compared to the fact that the Lin family could earn so much money, they did not care so much. Instead, they envied the villagers who worked for the Lin family because they could get paid and live close to home so that they could take care of their families. They also received red envelopes and New Year gifts during festivals. Their treatment was even better than that of farmhands in towns and counties.
How can one not be envious of this!
In particular, last year's New Year gift was just a piece of meat and a few pieces of Chinese sausage, but this year there is meat, sugar, lard, and Chinese sausage. It is really getting richer every year.
The villagers began to move around again, trying to find out whether the three Lin family workshops would still be hiring next year.
Since Lin Dajiang's family kept the door closed, the villagers turned their attention to Lin Gui, Lin Dahai and Lin Dahe, and asked them to help inquire.
After what happened to Lin Dahe, Lin Gui became even more taciturn. The villagers talked to him for a long time, but he didn't say a word.
His current mentality is to live his own life well. His children are all debts, so don't worry too much about them. Excessive care may create enemies.
Lin Dahe wanted to agree, but when he thought about how his elder brother would ask him questions like chanting a sutra if he got close to him, he couldn't resist at all.
So only Lin Dahai was left. He was an honest man and would only respond with "hmm-hmm" to whatever others said. When someone asked him at the end if he remembered it, he replied with "ah", leaving the villager who asked the question speechless.
But Lin Dahai really didn't mean it, that's just his personality.
However, Zhou Mei heard that the wages in the workshop were high, so she openly and secretly encouraged Lin Dahe to go work in the workshop.
When Lin Dahe sees Lin Dajiang now, he is like a mouse seeing a cat. He dares not to work in the workshop run by other people. He is simply tired of living.
So when faced with Zhou Mei's instigation, Lin Dahe hesitated and fooled her.
A day later, Zhou Mei saw that Lin Dahe didn't mention it and thought that her elder brother didn't agree. She indirectly scolded Lin Dahe in the old house, saying that he was incompetent and even his own elder brother was unwilling to help him.
Lin Dahe is like a dove. He used to only hide from Lin Dajiang, but now he has to hide from Zhou Mei too.
Later, he simply followed Lin Gui to the fields.
Zhou Mei had no place to vent her anger, so she took it out on Lixia, calling her a money-loser and saying that she couldn't even wash clothes cleanly.
In order to attract attention, beating and scolding Lixia became the norm.
Old Mrs. Lin couldn't stand it and started arguing with Zhou Mei in the yard.
"You lazy, conscienceless woman, you let such a young child wash clothes, cook and serve you. Your conscience has been eaten by dogs and taken away by wolves. Be careful that God will not be able to bear this and let a thunderbolt strike you to death."
"You keep calling me a money-loser, but aren't you a money-loser yourself?"
Zhou Mei smiled, but her eyes were filled with disdain. "Mom, I learned all these words from you."
Old Mrs. Lin was furious and said sarcastically, "Oh, are you dissatisfied with an old woman like me now? Why did you call me mother-in-law so affectionately when there was no water to drink due to the drought? You are a two-faced person who says one thing and means another. The third brother must have been blind to fall in love with such a wicked and lazy woman like you."
Zhou Mei refused to give in. "Mom, do you still think Dahe is a treasure? Hahaha, he's just such a wimp, not even as good as my uncle. Go ask anyone in the village, who still speaks highly of Lin Dahe? His reputation is ruined, and it's all in vain that he studied for so many years, now he's just farming in a poor mountain village. If I knew he was so useless and cowardly, I would never have married him."
Old Mrs. Lin can say that the third son is not good, but she will never allow others to say bad things about him.
Zhou Mei's words almost made Old Lady Lin on the verge of a rage.
"Lin Dahe is a loser. The eldest brother's family runs a workshop, the second brother's Lichun makes bamboo tubes for them, and the second brother collects rice straw everywhere. They are all helping the eldest brother, but why does the third brother have nothing? Isn't it because the eldest brother looks down on Lin Dahe, a loser?"
Old Mrs. Lin was furious.
He picked up the broom by the door and hit Zhou Mei.
"Old Third's family, how can a woman say that the head of the family is not good? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? What kind of good thing are you?"
Zhou Mei didn't expect that Old Lady Lin would take action, and she hid aside in fear.
He hid and howled: "Mom, why are you still hitting me? Dahe is so useless, I think you taught him that..."
When Lixia saw her mother and grandmother fighting, she went to the fields crying to find Lin Dahe and Lin Gui.
Lin Gui hurried back and saw the old woman and the third wife fighting each other. He became so angry that his face turned black.
There was chaos in the Lin family's old house.
Lin Dajiang's side was full of joy. Li Taohua stayed in the kitchen for the whole day, cooking various foods and feeding them to the two children at home as she cooked.
During Guyu and Lidong, my belly was so full of food that my mouth was greasy.