Chapter 436

Li Xiangqian and the others coming over made the originally noisy sound in the courtyard become slightly quiet. Fortunately, the ceremony here had ended. Li Xiangqian and the others stopped in front of the table for writing gifts and started taking out money.

At this time, the gift for getting married was basically one or two yuan. Those with poor conditions giving five jiao wouldn't be said anything. Those with good relationships and good conditions giving five yuan was very good. Watching people from the county seat take out gift money, many people stared at this side.

Li Xiangqian was the first. Next, Chen Hongjun and Zhong Guo Qiang were the same. Each took out two large unity notes: twenty!

This was already a very large gift!

Know that now, ordinary workers in the city, the monthly wage was only thirty or forty, right? Only high-level workers or special positions had wages above fifty yuan. When Li Jianguo worked in the fishery, the director spoke to let him stay and gave him a wage of fifty yuan a month. He didn't stay, so the director scolded him, because the director only opened fifty yuan a month at that time, and he could only open fifty yuan for Li Jianguo. If it was higher, it would be against the rules.

The big moves of the three people directly shocked the people in the village who were present. Lu Yingming, as the general manager, hurriedly led the people to the main table—Li Jianguo was here, so greeting these guests from the city was no problem.

"Looks like our timing is just right," Li Xiangqian said with a smile, looking at the table where the food hadn't been served yet. "Better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Today, we get to soak up some of Little Li's joy too."

"Yes." Chen Hongjun was considered to have watched Li Long start his family step by step from a rural boy. After sitting down, he took the cigarette handed by Li Jianguo and looked around.

This courtyard was clearly newly built. He only knew about Li Long having a tractor not long ago. Just these, in one year, thinking about it was quite magical. His own wage was only a few hundred yuan a year. Although there were some extra bonuses and the like, it was still much worse than Li Long.

This Little Li, really amazing!

Zhong Guo Qiang thought the simplest. Li Long had the ability to provide him with fresh and rare ingredients from time to time, which was enough to be friends. He was also thinking about finding time to talk to Li Long, it was spring now, should he go to the mountains to get something again? Some diners who came often had opinions, saying the roast suckling pig made from small wild boars in the mountains was absolutely delicious, and didn't know if it could be obtained.

To get this, it had to rely on Li Long.

Li Long's leaders and friends from the city drove cars to eat the banquet. Li Jianguo also felt he had face, greeting the three people and saying scene words, persuading them to eat and drink. As for fisting, forget it. Toasting was unavoidable. Li Jianguo had experience in this aspect, and Li Xiangqian was also an old hand. The two of them had a feeling of cherishing each other.

The stove fire was blazing, and dishes were served one by one according to the menu. Li Long and the others finished the ceremony, and then Tao Daqiang held a tray on the side, with a bottle of Kuitun Special Qu, a bottle of red wine, and four cups on the tray. The cups were not big, twenty grams each.

At this time, there was no such thing as dry red or dry white. People in the village had three names for wine. White wine was called spicy wine, red wine was called sweet wine, and the remaining Wusu one was beer.

Saying children couldn't drink spicy wine, that was for adults. Women drank sweet wine. Beer was still few at this time, and it would be more in two years.

Toasting also had rules. Unless there were special circumstances, otherwise, men drank spicy wine, women drank sweet wine, both were two cups. Li Long picked up and gave to Gu Xiaoxia, Gu Xiaoxia gave to the drinkers, spoke, and drank.

According to the previous words, Gu Xiaoxia was watched by Li Jianguo's generation, so drinking the wine she toasted, making a joke didn't count as anything. But now Gu Xiaoxia was a national cadre, a public person, eating commodity grain, managing the school, so although the courtyard started to be lively again, everyone basically still had some rules, didn't talk nonsense, came with two blessing words, drank the wine, and finished.

Some aunts and sisters-in-law felt that sweet wine was meaningless and wanted to drink spicy wine in bottles. That was naturally no problem.

The first toast was naturally the main table. Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang were not on this side. They were eating inside the room. The ceremony had been performed earlier, and now it was mainly aimed at the guests.

Li Jianguo was responsible for greeting Li Xiangqian and the others at the main table, so Li Long and the others also toasted these guests first.

"Little Long," Li Xiangqian said with emotion while holding the wine, "We have known each other for a year. This year, you really surprised me." He looked at Gu Xiaoxia and said with a smile:

"Xiaoxia, right? I tell you this, Li Long is a good young man. Although he is a temporary worker in our unit, that's because he doesn't want to do it. Otherwise, no matter what, I would let him be a formal one, and it would have to be a group leader level. But it's also quite good now. As long as you two live together happily, that's fine. Li Long is a good young man, capable and courageous. You are a good girl, beautiful, and your work is also good. Wish you two a hundred years of harmony and early birth of a noble son!"

Li Xiangqian's words were sincere, and Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia could both hear it.

Chen Hongjun took the wine glass and also said with a smile:

"Little Li, I still remember the situation when you first came to the acquisition station to sell deer antlers. To tell the truth, I really didn't see you had this ability at that time. Um, not bad. Not much to say about others. Just live your little life well! I drank the wine, and all the blessings are inside!"

Zhong Guo Qiang also said scene words, praised Li Long, which made people in the village feel they had face. Look, these guests from the city were all praising Li Long.

Next, Gu Xiaoxia took the initiative to pour wine and held it with both hands in front of Li Jianguo:

"Eldest brother, we toast you this wine!"

Li Long smiled. This was unexpected, but also in reason. Eldest brother and sister-in-law took care of himself for so long, which Gu Xiaoxia knew. Earlier, when performing the ceremony, she toasted parents. Now toasting eldest brother and sister-in-law was also normal. He saw sister-in-law was busy with several aunts on that side, so he hurriedly pulled her over.

"What are you doing? I'm still busy," Liang Yuemei complained while wiping her hands on her apron, "This work hasn't been finished yet..."

Li Long pulled sister-in-law to the main table, by Li Jianguo's side.

Actually, women were also sitting at the table, but today Liang Yuemei felt that as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, Li Long's sister-in-law, and the person who took care of Li Long growing up, and mother-in-law Du Chunfang was not familiar with these people, then she naturally had to manage the things that should be managed.

"Eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, thank you for cultivating Li Long so well." Gu Xiaoxia's words made Li Long want to laugh, but seeing Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei hear this, they had feelings, especially Liang Yuemei's eye sockets turned red all of a sudden, knowing Gu Xiaoxia was not saying scene words, but expressing true feelings.

"When I marry Li Long, I think the ones happiest besides us are you two," Gu Xiaoxia continued. "In the future, we will live our lives well and not let down your expectations. If there's anything we don't do right later on, keep an eye on us, just like before..."

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were both able to speak, but today they really didn't say anything in this scene. They drank the wine and didn't speak for a long time.

Then toast.

When Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia toasted, dishes were already being served one by one. Some people started to eat, and some people started to fist with dishes. This was considered the last banquet field that could be enjoyed before the busy farming season. Li Long and the others only toasted two tables, and some people started to talk nonsense, and then were taken away by young people.

If Li Xiangqian and the others were not here today, it might not be anything. At most, they would go crazy with alcohol, which was not something they hadn't seen.

But with outsiders here, Xu Chengjun, the master of ceremonies, had been staring at it for a long time. A few who couldn't control themselves slightly revealed a clue, and he gave a wink to let people take away the ones who were not sober. Can't ruin the reputation of the Fourth Team in front of outsiders, especially since he recognized that one of them was a leader in the supply and marketing cooperative, who assigned work and checked tasks for Li Long!

Can't ruin things!

So, in general, everything went smoothly. From time to time, there were children dismantling and setting off mute firecrackers outside the courtyard. In the courtyard, there were also lively sounds of fisting and chatting. Young men serving dishes shouted "excuse me". On the east side, there was a pile of aunts and sisters-in-law responsible for cleaning, pouring the things in the plates and bowls removed from the table into a large basin, then rubbing these utensils with bran, and then washing them clean with clear water, recycling them.

The things in the large basin would eventually be taken back by them and nearby neighbors to heat and eat. Although because of the land contracting to households last year, and the things Li Long gave, the life of each family became better. But it was still far from reaching the point of being able to eat these good things from time to time. So these mixed leftovers were still good things.

When Li Long and the others toasted to the fifth table, a man about thirty years old stood up, Hou Hou Simao.

Don't look at the name like that, he really had some relationship with Gu Ermao, considered a cousin. He was older than Gu Ermao and was already married. Today his wife and children were eating at the Gu family side, and he was on this side. One family divided into two sides was the universal situation of the whole team eating the banquet this time.

"Little Long, you and Xiaoxia are married, everyone is happy, I am also happy, it's just my brother..."

Hou Hou Simao drank some wine. Although he wasn't big-tongued, looking at the high-spirited Li Long and the beautiful Gu Xiaoxia, he didn't know why he thought of Gu Ermao who was still in prison, and said this out of ghost-like confusion.

But Tao Daqiang, who was prepared, held the tray in one hand and patted his shoulder with the other, interrupting his words:

"Si Mao, if you are drunk, drink this happy wine and go home to sleep. If you are not drunk, then speak well!"

The words he wanted to say were clear to everyone present, including Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia. The smiles on their faces also faded. Hou Hou Simao's stubborn temper came up, and he shook his body, wanting to shake off Tao Daqiang's hand. Unexpectedly, Liang Hu Hu Lao Er, who was following Li Long, stepped forward and directly pressed him onto the stool. Hou Hou Simao couldn't move at all!

"Since you don't want to drink, then don't drink." Liang Hu Hu Lao Er had been guarding against someone making trouble today. He turned his head and said to Li Long:

"Brother Long, you go and toast others. I will take him away."

After saying this, Liang Hu Hu Lao Er said to Hou Hou Simao:

"Little Hou's father, if you don't want to make it look bad, then go. The team leader is watching over there. Today, as long as there is a little unhappiness, the team leader can make you unhappy for a year later!"

Liang Hu Hu Lao Er's words made Li Long a bit surprised. He thought Hu Hu Lao Er would come hard, but didn't expect he would use his brain.

There was no need to be angry with Hou Hou Simao. Li Long nodded to Gu Xiaoxia and then toasted the next person.

Just a small episode, it passed quickly. Because the banquet was opened one after another, one table finished eating, and guests from far away lined up for another table, so toasting lasted for more than two hours.

Li Xiangqian and the others left early and didn't drink a few cups. After all, they had things to do when they went back, and they didn't persuade to drink much on this side.

Basically, those who came to eat the banquet came with expectations and returned satisfied. There were quite a few who stayed to help. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia, as well as Tao Daqiang and the others, finally opened a table and didn't eat until past four in the afternoon.

At this time, they couldn't care about any etiquette. Originally, they didn't have any thoughts about the things on the banquet, but at this time, they were basically wolfing down.

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Li Long occasionally picked up a chopstick of easy-to-digest dishes into Gu Xiaoxia's bowl and whispered:

"Eat more. They will definitely tease the bridal chamber this afternoon, so save some strength."

Gu Xiaoxia nodded slightly with a red face.

She only ate a small bowl of noodles in the morning. Only now did she understand how correct the neighbor's aunt said—if it wasn't for that bowl of noodles, she really wouldn't necessarily be able to persist until now.

This table finished eating, the table was cleaned up, and slowly the people who helped also completed the things they were responsible for and dispersed one after another.

The prepared materials still left quite a lot, enough to reward the east tomorrow. And these tables and benches were also collected by young men and placed on one side. There was a lot of garbage on the ground. These things didn't need to be sober today. Those aunts and sisters-in-law had already divided the leftovers and brought them home. The bowls and chopsticks had also been washed clean.

When it comes to working, people at this time are really sharp.

And for young people, the truly lively part has just begun.

After eating, Li Long and the young men entered the new house together. This place was well arranged. There were pull flowers, and even a few balloons. Festive quilt covers, brand new everything.

"We don't have to wait until the evening. The evening is the good time for Little Long and Xiaoxia. Let's not disturb people at that time." The first one to speak about teasing the bridal chamber was actually Liang eldest brother, who said with a smile, "I saw it in a book. Little Long and Xiaoxia are also city people. Come, give us a cup of cross-cupped wine, how about it?"

Anyway, it had to go through such a round, so Li Long didn't have any opinion. Seeing Gu Xiaoxia lowering her head, face red, and also not opposing, he took the cup poured with red wine, held one himself, and gave one to Gu Xiaoxia:

"Come, let's show them what happiness is! It's also to lead the way for those who haven't married. Xiaoxia, remember these few who haven't married today. When they get married, we will tease them even more fiercely!"

"Hahahaha." Li Long's proud words made others laugh loudly, and Gu Xiaoxia couldn't help but laugh. She took the cup handed by Li Long, looked up at Li Long, and when Li Long wrapped his hand around, she also followed suit.

The two crossed cups, didn't drink immediately, and looked at each other for a few seconds. That feeling was like being electrocuted, very wonderful.

"Drink quickly!" Someone couldn't help reminding. Only then did Li Long slowly bring the cup to his mouth. He had to take care of Gu Xiaoxia being able to drink, and adjusted his posture.

Slowly drank the cross-cupped wine, which drew a round of applause. Putting down the cup, Tao Daqiang had already handed over an apple tied with a thread, saying with a smile:

"This seems to be what Brother Long got for me. Come, Brother Long, you and Xiaoxia try it too. I don't need to say the rules, right?"

"Hahaha, that's good, that's good!" someone shouted, joining in the fun.

At this time, there were many rules for teasing the bridal chamber in some places, many strange activities in some places, and quite conservative in some places. Liang eldest brother, Tao Daqiang, and the others teased Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia, which couldn't be too excessive, and the local teasing of the bridal chamber itself wasn't very vulgar, just to join in the fun. This apple eating was considered an old program that could mobilize everyone's interest.

Tao Daqiang stood, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia sat facing each other, faces very close. According to Tao Daqiang, the requirement was not high, just eat the apple. Others watched and waited to see Li Long's joke—when this program was played in the past, a pair of newlyweds either kissed or bumped noses, which caused many jokes. Today, in their view, it should be the same.

The apple was between the two. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia looked at each other first. The two were very tacit. When they slowly approached, Li Long suddenly poked his head forward and bit the apple!

It was already too late when Tao Daqiang pulled hard. At this time, Gu Xiaoxia, who had a tacit understanding with Li Long, immediately leaned over and started gnawing on the exposed apple. The two finished the apple in three or two strokes. When Li Long loosened his mouth, only the handle of the apple was left!

"Da Qiang, did you release water?" Liang Hu Hu Lao Er said dissatisfiedly, "It's over before it starts?"

"That's because I'm amazing!" Li Long said with a proud smile, "I tell you, wanting to see our jokes is really not easy!"

"Then you watch, there are many tricks below. Next, Pig Bajie carrying the daughter-in-law!" Liang Hu Hu Lao Er was consistent with the outside world before. At this time, he felt the more teasing, the more lively!

In the west room of Li Jianguo's house, Li Juan and Li Qiang sat at the table by the window, excitedly, one counting his candy, and one counting the firecrackers in his pocket.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were both half-leaning on the bed for the first time, not doing anything.

"Think about why it's so fast!" Liang Yuemei opened her mouth, "When Old Father brought Little Long over, he was about as big as Juan, right? At that time, looking at a stubborn boy, why did he grow up to get married so fast!"

"That's what it says, seedlings don't worry about growing." Li Jianguo took the conversation, "At that time, we just had Juan, and didn't have Qiangqiang yet. Now Juan is going to junior high, and Qiangqiang is so big. In two years, Little Long should also have children."

"Little Long is really capable, Xiaoxia is also good. Hope they are well..." Liang Yuemei sighed.

"Don't worry, definitely well." Li Jianguo's tone was very firm, "Little Long has ability, Xiaoxia also has ability. Besides, aren't we watching? Later you watch, maybe you have to help them take care of the children, hehe..."

"Take care, just afraid they won't look at me to take care of the children. Their children have to live in the city, right?" Liang Yuemei didn't have this confidence. Although she felt she was almost the same as Gu Xia

"We'll talk about that later. I'm exhausted these past two days—finally, it's all done."

"Yeah, finally it's all done." Liang Yuemei was tired too, but she was happy to be tired.

A major event!

PS: One of our book friends is also getting married at the end of this month. I wish him and his beloved a happy marriage and a lifetime of togetherness! (End of chapter)