Chapter 1640

The ceremony in the room was completed under the arrangement of a group of women. Ye Dasao also let the new bride rest in the room for a while and told her she would call her when it was time for the formal bowing ceremony; it was still early.

And they also had to go get busy with the preparations for the bowing ceremony later.

The dowry had already been brought over and placed in the house yesterday, but the valuable items hadn't been taken out yet. They would only be displayed during the bowing ceremony to avoid them getting lost with people coming and going.

Actually, there wasn't really this custom. In their rural area, there wasn't that much dowry for weddings; it was just some bedding and necessary items for the wedding sent to the groom's family.

It was just that the bride brought over a lot, and her family and her brothers also wanted to show off, which was why they were displaying them.

When the bride came over yesterday, everyone had already seen a whole cart full of things and thought that was all of it; they didn't expect there to be more.

Everyone surrounded the table in front of the red silk background wall, watching them set up the dragon and phoenix red candles and other items needed for the bowing ceremony, and then watched the bride's brothers display her gold jewelry dowry.

Then they unfolded the 1,800 in gift money brought over, which consisted of 18 one-hundred-yuan bills, along with some miscellaneous wedding items.

The whole group was in an uproar.

"Good heavens... so much..."

"Is all this dowry? They brought so much over?"

"Did Ahai marry a golden doll?"

"There are 18 of these 100-yuan bills, did they bring it all back?"

"Is this still marrying off a daughter? Giving so much?"

"This wife was found well; the family has money. Giving so much, Ahai really hit the jackpot."

"This is the first time in my life I've seen a new bride bring so much dowry..."

"My goodness, that gold must be worth several hundred yuan, and that washing machine next to it must be worth several hundred to a thousand, right?"

"Is the bride's family background that thick?"

"Her father is the director of a shipyard and has worked for decades, so of course he has money. I heard her siblings are all cadres or work in government units."

"Incredible... I didn't expect the money spent to come back, and even more than that. This wife was married well..."

The room was packed with people, and it exploded. Everyone was discussing it excitedly, and those who couldn't fit in were at the door trying to squeeze in for a look.

Ye Dasao was beaming; she had so much face, and the corners of her mouth were stretched to her ears.

Ye Yaopeng was the same, smiling broadly as he picked a few things to respond to everyone.

Ye Fu and Ye Mu also felt they had plenty of face.

"It's time for the bowing ceremony. After the bowing ceremony, we can go to the banquet..."

Ye Dasao also hurriedly went upstairs to call the bride down for the bowing ceremony.

It was called a bowing ceremony, but it was actually just the newlyweds serving tea to their parents and changing how they addressed them. Then Ye Yaopeng and his wife each gave them a red envelope, and the ceremony was considered complete.

After the bowing ceremony, the onlookers also went to the banquet one after another. The bride also put away the gift money, and as for the gold jewelry, she wore it directly on her body. Later, when eating at the banquet, the two of them would have to toast table by table, and then kneel to the elders one by one to receive red envelopes. Here, the bride served tea, and the groom knelt to the elders.

The bride serving tea was to recognize the people, and the groom kneeling to the elders was because the elders watched the groom grow up; the bride naturally didn't have to kneel along with him.

A table red envelope would be given at every seat at every table. When the bride toasted, most people would directly give the red envelope on the table to the bride as tea money.

Of course, there were also some stingy ones who would collect the red envelope from the table and then put a little less money inside as tea money, still managing to earn a little.

Then, the kneeling red envelope for the elders was given to the groom in addition to the tea money. The closer the person, the larger the red envelope given.

The current going rate was generally a few yuan for a red envelope, and close relatives would give ten or twenty, or twenty or thirty yuan. Naturally, the red envelopes prepared by Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing wouldn't be small; the red envelopes they gave to the groom and bride were both 200 yuan, which might be even larger than the red envelopes given by the newlyweds when kneeling to their parents.

However, they certainly wouldn't know how large the red envelopes were on the spot; after all, 200 yuan was just two one-hundred-yuan bills, which felt light when held.

But after the wedding ended, in the evening, the first thing the couple did when sitting on the bed was to open the red envelopes.

This was also the happiest thing. The bride received hundreds of red envelopes just from toasting, but generally speaking, the red envelopes for the groom kneeling to the elders would have a larger denomination.

The couple each poured out the red envelopes they had received onto the bed. The bright red envelope shells covered the whole bed, making the couple so happy they threw themselves onto them and hugged them in their arms.

"We're rich! Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha! Does this count as getting rich overnight?"

"This is the most red envelopes I've received in my life, hahaha... what a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

Ye Chenghai laughed, "It's a pity that you can only get married once and receive red envelopes once."

Bai Xiaoqin rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, "Then get married a few more times."

"How could that be? I've already fallen into a nest of fortune, don't even think about driving me out."

"Hurry up and open the red envelopes to see how much money we received."

"Open, open, open!"

"Do we need to give the red envelopes we received to your parents?"

"No need. My mom knows I'm poor and already said that I should keep the red envelopes I receive myself."

Bai Xiaoqin smiled happily, "That's great. I was worried that since the family bought a big boat before the New Year and the two brothers are getting married one after another after the New Year, the family burden would be heavy."

"It's fine. Ever since we stopped studying and went out to earn money, we've been earning and spending our own money. My younger brother earned a lot of money and didn't give it to my mom either; my mom doesn't even know how much money he earned. The red envelopes received were originally ours anyway."

"Sigh, good... ah! 200!!!"

She was opening the red envelopes as she spoke, and suddenly she opened one with 200 yuan, exclaiming in surprise. The ones she had opened just now were all 2 yuan; those were the denominations of the table red envelopes.

Ye Chenghai also stared, then put his heart back, "Is it the tea-serving red envelope given by my parents?"

"No, the tea-serving red envelopes from my parents were put away separately by me and placed in the drawer. One red envelope is 100 yuan, this one wasn't given by them."

"Then it must be from my third uncle. He has money. Such a large envelope wasn't given by my parents, so it must be from my third uncle. My grandfather and the others wouldn't give that much. My dad already paid money when he got the new boat, and since Chenghe and I are getting married one after another, they also gave a big red envelope to my parents."

"Open some more and see."

Before long, Ye Chenghai also opened a 200, and was instantly pleasantly surprised, "I have one too!"

"Another one, I opened another 200!"

The voices of the newlyweds were filled with surprise, one after another.

"That means Third Uncle and Third Aunt each gave 200! Your tea-serving red envelope over there is 200, and my kneeling red envelope is also 200. Open some more and see, I should be able to open another 200."

Ye Chenghai quickly opened the red envelopes. He had 2-yuan ones in his, as well as 5, 10, and 20-yuan ones, and he even opened a 50-yuan one, which he guessed was from his second uncle. Then, before long, he indeed opened another 200.

"I have two 200s, and you have two 200s, which adds up to 800 yuan. Damn, Third Uncle and Third Aunt are too rich and too generous. The red envelopes they gave are enough for me to marry another wife."

"Then go marry another one."

"Ahahaha, how could that be? I was just using a metaphor. When Chenghe's partner was negotiating the bride price two years ago, it was only 800. It was also because they saw you gave 1,800 over there, and they went to negotiate over there before the New Year, and gave the same amount."

"Ah? There's such a thing?"

"Of course. Mom was afraid that the two of you sisters-in-law would compare and have things to say, so she wanted to give the same amount to avoid any trouble after the wedding."

"That's true. Just entering the door one after another, with such a big difference, this would definitely be remembered for a lifetime and could be brought up at any time."

"That's why I said it's enough to marry another one."

"Third Uncle is really rich!"

"Of course. You probably can't find many people in the whole town richer than him. What you see now is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of his boats haven't even returned, and several shipyards still have his orders hanging there."

"Really amazing."

The couple continued to open red envelopes happily.

And Ye Yaodong and his wife were also chatting about the red envelopes while lying on the bed.

"We gave 800 yuan in total to Ahai and his wife. Chenghe is getting married in a few days, so we have to pack the same amount."

"Mm, just give the same amount."

"Dasao is thinking about borrowing the car again when Chenghe gets married in a few days. Is it convenient to borrow it again?"

"I already agreed. No problem. How can we favor one over the other? Either both have it, or neither has it."

"That's good. Ahai's wife also brought a lot of dowry. I wonder if Chenghe's wife will also give something similar."

Ye Yaodong was very tired, but he responded with his eyes closed before he finished speaking, "Impossible. Her maternal family's conditions aren't that good either. How could they give everything to a daughter getting married? It's already not bad if they can bring a little back."

"Then the villagers will have something to talk about, a ready-made comparison."

"Since they are far away, naturally they won't hear it. The big one can take his wife directly to the provincial capital, and the small one can take her to Zhoushan. They are going in opposite directions, so they won't be close enough to stink."

"This is actually good, there won't be any conflicts, and they only see each other a few times a year."

The couple chatted in low voices for a while and then fell asleep.

The next day, for the return visit, Ye Chenghai had to take his new wife back. Because it was far away, they stayed directly at their new home in the provincial capital after the return visit and didn't return to the village.

After all, it was too far. The newly bought house in the provincial capital was also their home. After the return visit, they had to return to their own home that day and return to the village on the third day to help arrange things for Ye Chenghe's wedding.

The brothers' weddings were only a week apart, so the rented items didn't need to be returned; they just needed to be cleaned and packed away in the other person's corner, and then reused when the day came.

When Ahai returned for the visit, those who were at home weren't idle either; they were all busy with the finishing work and then settling the wages.

And Ye Chenghe also took advantage of the fact that the day hadn't come yet to sneak a trip to the city and secretly bought a color TV. He was actually worried about being compared; the wedding was a big happy event, and he didn't want to be discussed and belittled by others.

The money to buy a color TV didn't count for much to him. Spending a little money could make his wedding more complete, and it wouldn't leave any room for people to point fingers later. He also wanted to achieve perfection.

PS: I really didn't want to write today, I really wanted to slack off, but I didn't dare to ask for leave for no reason. Sigh, I bit the bullet and wrote when it hit 12 o'clock. I think I should finish it. I'll make up a chapter tomorrow during the day; I almost fell asleep writing just now. (This part is free)