Chapter 48 Wanling gets married (Part 1)
January 27, 2001, the fourth day of the first lunar month, is a good time for marriage and engagement.
That day Kang Qirui got up before dawn. After a brief wash, he went to wake up the boss Guang, "Boss, don't sleep. There are a lot of things to do today."
< br>Big Brother Guang has woken up a long time ago. Today is a big event for his younger brother. He will not sleep in late. As soon as Kang Qirui called him, he opened the door, "Come on, come on, let's go, Ari."
So the two of them went out and rushed to the vegetable market. When they entered the vegetable market, they aimed Very clearly, I bought a pair of chickens, five pounds of pork, and a pair of dace and went home. It was not even half past seven when I got home. The boss just took the things to the patio, and Kang Qirui knocked on the door of the second boss and second sister-in-law's room again, "Second guy and second sister-in-law, get up." After the second sister-in-law inside responded, Kang Qirui continued to knock on the door in other rooms. .
We kept working until 8 o'clock, when everyone got up, washed up, and were having breakfast. "Everyone eat quickly, and check again to see if everything is complete after eating. Don't miss the right time." the old lady urged.
"It's all my brothers and sisters-in-law's hard work today. Let's go out for a big dinner tonight." Kang Qirui promised. If the old lady urges everyone, then Kang Qirui will give everyone a sweetheart. And today is indeed a hard day. Today is a day for Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling to celebrate. According to the previous agreement, the second sister-in-law is the lucky mother-in-law, and the four brothers Guangzong Yaozu are responsible for the moving and lifting.
Originally, the woman should invite the lucky woman, but many of the Zhu family and the Bai family have immigrated, and Master Zhu has no special relatives in Guangfu, so she asked the second sister-in-law to come. The second sister-in-law is a blessed person. She has parents and children, a loving husband and wife, and brothers and sisters living in harmony. It is very suitable for her to be the lucky mother-in-law.
After breakfast, the gifts were counted. When it was almost 9 o'clock, the professional sister Da Jin invited by Kang Qirui also came. "Sister Eight, let me introduce it to you." Introducing the Kang family to this Da Jin sister, she is a very famous figure in Guangfu. She has been a Da Jin sister professionally for many years and was also named the inheritor of intangible heritage.
After the auspicious time arrived, the second sister-in-law led the way, followed by the eighth aunt, and everyone from the Kang family followed with their things. The group of people deliberately walked around Changsheng Street before arriving at the Zhu family. Of course, the wedding event must be publicized Go out, the more people congratulate you, the better.
Master Zhu let everyone in. The eighth aunt first directed everyone to put things in place, and then asked the second sister-in-law to ask Zhu Wanling to come out. This is because the excessive gift stipulates that the bride can receive the gift in person at the bride's house, but she cannot watch the gift come in to avoid conflict. The bride should retreat to the room first, wait until the gifts are placed, and then come out to accompany her parents to receive the gifts.
After Zhu Wanling came out and sat down, the eighth aunt followed the procedure and introduced everyone in the Kang family, including the big brother and sister-in-law, the second brother and second sister-in-law, and Ayao's lucky son Azu. Well, yes, Kang Qirui is not included in this list, because the groom does not enter the bride's house to participate in the ceremony. The groom personally delivers the gifts and carries them into the bride's house, which means that he will have a hard life.
After a brief introduction, Sister Eight handed over the letter of gift and said loudly: "With great virtue, I wish my relatives and relatives a good time. Look at the peach blossoms blooming today, and it will be a good home for you. I am offering you a small gift to express my respect for the occasion. I hope you’ll accept it.”
“Gift money, 60,000,800,000,000,000,000,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, and and 2008,800,000,000,000,000,000,0,0,000,000,0 and 200,000,000,000-8,000,000,00000,000 or 10,000000ss or 10,000,000.
"Four pairs of pure gold dragon and phoenix bracelets, each pair worth three or two cents."
"Diamond earrings, one pair."
"Eight types of seafood: four packages each of scallops, mushrooms, dried shrimps, nostoc, abalone, fish maw, shark's fin, and oysters,"
"Chicken A pair, five pounds of Shuangfei pork, and a pair of dace fish.”
Over there, the eighth aunt was singing loudly, and everyone in the Kang family was also talking quietly. Xingzi said to Xianglan with some jealousy: "Arui is so generous. The ostentation and gifts are really different for each daughter-in-law of the Kang family." Just now they deliberately went around in a circle before entering Zhu's house, and now Sister Dajin is here again The whole Zhu family was very lively as they sang loudly, and there were many neighbors watching, young and old. The gifts and money were absolutely generous these days. The neighbors who were watching all said that they wished Wanling good luck.
Xianglan doesn’t care about comparing with others, but there is something she doesn’t understand. “Why are they always one-to-one? I heard that it shouldn’t be an even number?”
The second sister-in-law had nothing to do now, so she explained, "That's because Dou Wanling is no longer here, so a pair is enough. It's not easy to buy too much chicken, fish, and pork, so just buy a pair." "After explaining to Xianglan, the second sister-in-law said to Xingzi: "We can't envy you. You are from other provinces. I won't tell you. Uncle Yao and Wanling are both locals."
When the third sister-in-law of the Kang family was talking, the eighth aunt over there had already finished talking about candies and tea. She only heard the eighth aunt continue to say: "Sixty-four wedding cakes, two boxes of supplies, and a parcel One portion, all-inclusive.”
Master Zhu took the gift letter with a smile. The second sister-in-law quickly opened a bag of tea leaves from the gift, made a pot of tea, and poured two cups to Master Zhu. and Zhu Wanling. The two of them took it and drank it with a smile. This was the tea ceremony. It means that the woman has drunk the man's tea ceremony, agreed to the marriage, and will no longer regret it.
After the tea ceremony, the next step is for the woman to return the gift. Zhu Shinai returned a gift of 10,001 yuan, which means choosing one in a million. Then he took half of the gifts sent by the Kang family, plus the gifts he had prepared, such as tea, lotus roots, etc., as well as a pair of trousers and a pair of shoes, and sent them back to the Kang family. Because the Zhu family was sending the Kang family off this time, the brothers from the Kang family could not move it. Instead, Master Zhu asked a few distant relatives to be responsible for the move.
After the things were moved into the Kang family, the eighth aunt sang the ceremony loudly at the Kang family. After singing the ceremony, she blessed: "I wish Mr. Kang Qirui and Miss Zhu Wanling a happy marriage and a long life together." It's done after a big gift.
"Book of Rites·Shihunli" Kong Yingda Shu: "Those who accept the levy also accept the betrothal wealth. The levy is successful. The betrothal wealth is received first and then the marriage is completed." After this ceremony, the marriage contract was completely established. From this moment on, Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling can call each other their fiancee (husband).
It can be said that people are in high spirits during happy events. Even after the Spring Festival holiday and he went back to school to prepare for the new semester, Kang Qirui was smiling all day long. He felt that the days passed so fast and he was off work in the blink of an eye. . When I came back from get off work and was about to go back to my room to put things away, I saw Ah Yao in the kitchen. I couldn't help but walked to the kitchen curiously and said, "Wow, the rooster is laying eggs today and the sun is rising from the west. Third Young Master is going to the kitchen?"
"Hahahahaha" the old woman who was also working in the kitchen laughed endlessly. After laughing, she explained: "Sachiko's relatives are coming."
"Sister-in-law's relatives?" Kang Qirui was surprised, could it be that Is it him?
Ayao fiddled with chicken feathers and said, "It seems to be a representative of a foreign company from Shanghai stationed in Guangfu. This is not the first month of the year, so they came to visit Sachiko."
"Ah Yao, the chicken needs to be cooked well, people from other provinces are afraid of seeing blood." The old lady ordered when she saw Ah Yao finished making the chicken feathers. Kang Qirui was about to tell Ayao more words when Sachiko's voice came from outside, "Ayao, the guests are here. Come out soon." Ayao put the chicken aside and went out to greet him. Guests.
Kang Qirui also came to the living room, and others also came to the living room. Sachiko pointed at the man she had just brought in and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is my cousin Hu Huaixi." Then she introduced everyone in the Kang family to Hu Huaixi, and after greeting them one by one, everyone sat down.
“This is my first time coming home, and I don’t know what to bring. This is a small gift I brought back from a business trip abroad.” Hu Huaixi opened a gift box he brought, “This Putting shoes in the living room for decoration is very artistic.”
Hu Huaixi took out Dutch wooden shoes, which look like a small boat. They can be used as decorations and vases. , is the most national handicraft in the Netherlands. However, everyone in the Kang family did not appreciate it. They just thought it was strange to give shoes. The second sister-in-law even laughed and said: "Third uncle, remember to put them on the bedside."
The old woman was afraid that the second sister-in-law would say something rude again, so she asked the second sister-in-law to go into the kitchen with her to cook. At this time, Kang Qirui, on behalf of everyone, asked a question that had been curious for a long time, "Third sister-in-law, Mr. Hu. Your surname is Hu, how can you be cousins?"
"That's it, Ala's side There is an alley called Hujia Alley, and all of them are named Hu. My mother and Huaixi’s cousin’s mother are biological sisters, and they both married into Hujia Alley. Although my father and his father are both surnamed Hu, they are both married. "Fifth service, naturally speaking of relatives from our mother's side, they are cousins," Sachiko explained.
So that’s it, everyone nodded in realization. Lao Dou looked at Hu Huaixi and asked, "Is Mr. Hu married?"
"Ara doesn't have a girlfriend yet." Hu Huaixi said sheepishly.
"This is the way of a man, start a family first, then start a career." Lao Dou obviously didn't want to embarrass the guests and said nonsense. Kang Qirui was stunned when he heard this. This was not disrespectful. Turn it up? So he kept making eye contact with Lao Dou. Only when Lao Dou saw Kang Qirui's eyes did he remember that he had said something wrong, and quickly added: "No, no, no, it's about establishing a career first and then a family. Establish a career first, haha."
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Hu Huaixi didn't mind at all, "No, no, no, I'm ashamed to say, I can't find you."
"Mr. Hu, you are humble. You are so handsome, and girls who like you line up at the gate. Let's go out." Old Dou's words made everyone laugh, but Kang Qirui rolled his eyes and thought, why didn't you say we were scheduled to go to Paris?
After dinner, Hu Huaixi planned to leave. Ah Yao proposed to exchange business cards to facilitate contact in the future. When Hu Huaixi took the business card, he dropped a photo on the ground. The second sister-in-law quickly picked it up with quick eyes and hands, "It's a photo of a woman, and she said she doesn't have a girlfriend?"
Hu Huaixi didn't pick it up. When the sister-in-law handed back the photo, she pointed at the woman in the photo and asked, "You don't even know her?"
The second sister-in-law was curious, "Why are there photos of the woman I know here with you?" Ah?” The second sister-in-law looked at it carefully again, “But it does look familiar. Is it the TV station broadcasting the weather forecast?”
"This is Ruan Lingyu, a famous actress in the 1930s." Ayao walked over and looked at the photo and recognized who it was.
"Is this Ruan Lingyu a relative of yours? It should be your grandma, right?" The second sister-in-law's spirit of gossip was burning.
“I wish she was my grandma.” Hu Huaixi sighed, “What a pity, she is just my idol.”
“Idol?” Ayao said in surprise: "Are you so old? She is so old, and she is not very beautiful."
"That's not what I said. Look at her eyes. They are so melancholy and kind. Where can you find such a woman now?" Hu Huaixi spoke of his idol, full of praise, "It has been sixty-five years since she left us, and I will never forget March 8, 1935. This day.”
"Uncle Yao, did you have him in 35 years ago?" The second sister-in-law was sitting next to Kang Qirui. When she heard Hu Huaixi's words, she whispered to Kang Qirui doubtfully, and the big boss Guang Guang also came over. A look of curiosity.
"On March 8, 2035, our old Dou was not there yet, let alone him." Kang Qirui rolled his eyes, not understanding what the second sister-in-law and the boss Guang were thinking.
"Ruan Lingyu finally couldn't bear the oppression of the world and committed suicide by taking poison. She was only 25 years old. She left behind the four words 'people's words are fearful' and three exclamation points" Hu Huaixi said He also held his stomach, looking in pain.
"Are you going to be so exaggerated?" The second sister-in-law thought that Hu Huaixi was suffering because of the thought of his idol's death, but Hu Huaixi said: "Oh, I can't do it anymore, my stomach hurts so much. Oops" said He fell to the ground and started twitching.
“Are you not used to eating plain-cut chicken here? I’ve already told people from other provinces not to eat raw.” The old lady looked at Sachiko and said, “Sachiko, hurry up and call Wanling over. Take a look.”
"Wait a minute." Kang Qirui quickly stopped Sachiko and joked, would this allow Wanling and Hu Huaixi to meet? Although Kang Qirui is very confident that Zhu Wanling will not fall in love with Hu Huaixi in this life, but it can be less troublesome, right?
"Mom, according to the rules, Wanling can't come to our house now." Kang Qirui moved out of the traditional customs. During the period before marriage, the woman is indeed not allowed to enter the man's house. Then he added: "Besides, Wanling is a nurse. It may not be useful if she comes. Why don't we send her to the hospital? Third sister-in-law?"
No one can find fault with Kang Qirui's words. I don’t know what happened to Hu Huaixi, let alone whether nurse Zhu Wanling can cure it. Sachiko thought about it and thought it made sense, so she asked everyone to help Hu Huaixi go out and hail a taxi to the hospital. Kang's home is not far from the hospital, so calling 120 is not as fast as taking a car.
Through the previous contact and later understanding, Kang Qirui still insisted that Hu Huaixi was by no means a good match. He just fell in love with Wan Ling because she looked like his idol. Later, I discovered that she had a good temper, so I gradually fell in love with Wan Ling. In addition, Hu Huaixi is a mama's boy, so it was not easy for Wan Ling to marry Shen Cheng. Regarding the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he still always turned to his mother, which eventually ended in divorce.
If you are not a good match, then don’t meet. Kang Qirui is not afraid of trouble, he just avoids it if he can, so why bother himself.
(End of this chapter)