Chapter 74

Su Qianqian, Su Chen, and Su Yuan just happened to squeeze to the gate; she didn't even figure out what was going on before she blocked in front of Su Qianyue, acting righteously, "Officer Liu, is there some misunderstanding? Qingyue wouldn't commit a crime; you should wait until..."

"Su Qianqian!"

Pei Huaiye interrupted her coldly, "What are you talking about?!" If it weren't for the fact that it was a happy day and not the time to move hands, he really wanted to kick this disaster away!

After the cornfield incident, Officer Liu had no good impression of this Su Qianqian, but given her powerful backing, he just smiled awkwardly, "You really misunderstood; our leader was entrusted by two friends from the Capital to send a dowry to Comrade Su Qianyue!"

Su Qianyue's eyes were full of gratitude, "Thank you, Comrade Liu; please have a cup of wedding wine later."

Liu Qiang didn't even dare to look directly at Su Qianyue, afraid he would blush; he had never seen such a beautiful bride.

"That's a must; congratulations to you two; call a few people to help carry the things."

Pei Huaiye called Yuan Guang and the others over, and they lifted a mahogany cabinet half a person high from the trunk; it was mortise-and-tenon structured with rounded corners and two drawers below.

Although the onlookers didn't know what kind of cabinet it was, they could tell it was high-quality furniture.

Pei Huaiye and the others moved a square box out of the trunk.

Liu Qiang announced loudly, "Comrade Su, inside this is a nine-inch black-and-white television; take a look and see if there's any damage?"

"Whoa! It's a television?"

"Oh! So that cabinet was for the television!"

"None of the villages around here have a television; I heard watching TV is like watching a movie, just the screen is a bit small!"

"The Capital Su family still has money; they really have nothing to say about Su Qianyue!"

Su Qianqian clenched her palms, squeezing out a forced smile, "The dowry Mom added for you is really valuable; Su Qianyue, you're really too happy!"

Su Chen was a bit confused; logically, his mother wouldn't do this.

Liu Qiang glanced at Su Qianqian blandly and looked at the note in his hand again, "This is the dowry added by the Yan family."

Su Qianyue smiled and said to Pei Huaiye, "It's the Yan Laotaitai I mentioned before."

Qiu Zhiyang wasn't surprised at all and said with a smile, "I met Yan Laotaitai at the Beijing Hospital that day; she was very happy to hear you were getting married; take a look, there should also be a box of jewelry."

The jewelry box was very small, and Pei Huaiye opened it; it shone with a golden light, containing a gold bracelet and a pair of gold earrings, looking incomparably valuable.

"Oh my! Su Qianyue has such noble friends in the Capital? What a big deal!"

"Indeed, tsk tsk, how much money must this have cost?"

The Su family knew about Su Qianyue saving people, and Su Yuan explained with a smile, "Qingyue saved the life of Yan Laotaitai's great-grandson; Yan Laotaitai is remembering the kindness of saving a life."

The smile on Su Qianqian's face completely collapsed.

Su Qianyue's luck was really too good; if she had been the one to save the Yan family child when she encountered human traffickers, how great it would have been to get the Yan family's favor.

Liu Qiang opened the back door of the car and lifted a Phoenix-brand bicycle out, handing over a red envelope.

"Comrade Su, verify it; the dowry added by the Yan family is one mahogany TV cabinet, one black-and-white television, one box of pure gold jewelry; the dowry added by the Shen family is one Phoenix-brand bicycle, and there are five hundred yuan in the envelope."

"Yo! My god, who is this Shen family again?"

Su Chen and Su Yuan knew the situation; when the two of them went to the Shen family to swap marriages, Shen Chongzhi had said that Shen Xunbao had failed Qingyue and that they would add a dowry when Su Qianyue got married.

Shen Xunbao also knew, so when Su Qianqian twisted his waist fiercely, he remained motionless, his eyes filled with condemnation; if it weren't for Su Qianqian and Qiao Wang messing around, he wouldn't have been a failure in Shen Chongzhi's eyes.

Su Qianyue smiled lightly, verified the dowry, and had everyone lift it into the side room.

Su Qianyue's wedding dress made her figure look exquisite, and as she walked, the skirt swayed slowly like a flower, and a few small pendants made a pleasant jingling sound; how cheerful it was.

The people in the courtyard widened their eyes and opened their mouths, looking at Su Qianyue for a while, then at the valuable dowry, whispering to each other, all of them incredibly excited.

Li Gousheng leaned over to Chen Erdan and said, "We have to be nice to Su Zhuangzhuang in the future!"

"Why?"

Li Gousheng slapped him, "You're stupid; this way we have a chance to come over and watch TV!"

Chen Erdan suddenly realized and nodded.

Su Qianqian returned to her seat, looking like a dead person, and Jiang Meng raised an eyebrow, "Qianqian, let's eat; I know that what happened before wasn't your fault."

Su Qianqian smiled innocently, "How can I compare to her? She graduated from high school, and I didn't even graduate from elementary school..."

"You just had bad luck; sometimes kind people are used without even realizing it, unlike her, who is full of bad ideas; she dresses up brightly at the supply and marketing cooperative and flirts with the male comrades in line; it's simply unbearable to look at..."

Jiang Meng successfully diverted the topic, and the younger girls, who were at the age of loving beauty, hated Su Qianyue even more.

The wedding banquet was handled by Li Zilan, with several sisters and aunts who had a good relationship helping out.

Two plates of dried fruit, melon seeds, and peanuts; four cold dishes, cucumber salad, sugar-marinated tomatoes, cowpea with wood ear mushrooms, and spicy cold noodles.

Ten hot dishes, chili stir-fried meat, braised eggplant, green beans with potatoes, spicy tofu, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, scrambled eggs with chives, chili stir-fried meat, fried yellow croaker, and wild mushroom stewed chicken.

The rich and delicious dishes were filled to the brim on each plate and were snatched up as soon as they were served.

The villagers originally felt that they had given high gifts this time; five yuan was not a small amount.

They had all brought their whole families to eat the banquet, and now that they had eaten such a rich banquet, they sighed in their hearts that it was worth it!

Eating at a restaurant in the county would cost seven or eight yuan for four or five meat dishes.

"Dongmei, go home and get an enamel basin; let's take some leftovers back later."

Zhang Dongmei was gnawing on a chicken leg, her mouth full of oil, "Mom, I'm not in a convenient state; Huaigang, you go home and get it."

Pei Huaigang didn't find Pei Huaimei's figure, stuffed two chopsticks of scrambled eggs into his mouth, and stuffed a handful of peanuts into his pocket before reluctantly putting down his chopsticks.

He took an enamel basin and an enamel bowl from home, and everyone who saw it pointed and whispered.

"Not helping when Big Brother gets married, but wanting to eat and take, it's ridiculous."

"I heard Pei Huaiye's five hundred yuan dowry was paid by his benefactor Qiu Zhiyang; the Pei Fugui family are just iron roosters!"

Pei Huaigang said righteously, "My Big Brother is getting married; we can do whatever we want; is it any of your business?"

Pei Huaiye was greeting guests and heard the argument, walked over, glanced coldly at Pei Huaigang, and roared in a low voice, "There are distinguished guests today, behave yourself!"

Pei Huaigang didn't dare to make a sound when he met Pei Huaiye's eyes filled with anger.

The banquet ended, and there wasn't even a leaf of vegetable left on the table; the sauce had been wiped clean with steamed buns, so there were no leftovers.

Pei Fugui wiped his mouth, "Let's go, go to the kitchen and see; it's so big inside, there must be quite a few good things."

As they spoke, they walked against the crowd toward the kitchen.