Chapter 411: You Try Snatching One

(Two-in-one)

"It's here, it's here, the welcoming team is back, prepare to set off the firecrackers."

Yang Yumin had just returned to Zhongguancun with Li's family's wedding team. Sun Xianjin, who was responsible for keeping watch at the street corner, ran all the way to the entrance of Yang's house and directed several classmates from the Lonely Army Literature Society to lift up the firecrackers that had been prepared long ago.

At this time, firecrackers weren't popular to be spread out on the ground to make a mess; they were all tied to a pole and carried by people to move and ignite, which was much more exciting than spreading them on the ground for "automatic" firing.

So setting off firecrackers was a popular job now. Sun Xianjin relied on the name of the Lonely Army Literature Society to snatch the job of setting off firecrackers!

Hearing that the welcoming team was back, there was a commotion in the Yang family's courtyard. Many people ran to the door, among whom three people—two men and one woman—were particularly conspicuous.

The two men were both about thirty years old, both wearing ill-fitting suits, and brand-new cloth shoes on their feet, matching the unique characteristics of the early 1980s.

Although suits in this era did have this "loose and baggy" characteristic, with the sudden appearance of the Fenghua brand, fashionable suits were increasingly leaning toward "slim-fit," so the suits of these two men looked awkward no matter how you looked at them.

The other woman was dressed ordinarily, but she was blocking the door at this moment, moving left and right to block Yang Yujiao, who wanted to come out.

"Go back and wait. Why are you, a sister who isn't related by blood, coming out today? Let people laugh at you."

Yang Yujiao's personality was originally softer. Being scolded by this middle-aged woman, she was immediately tearful and lost her confidence.

Sun Xianjin knew Yang Yujiao. Seeing her shrinking inside the door, wanting to come out but not daring to, he really couldn't understand.

It was his girlfriend, Bian Jingjing, who was good at capturing gossip information, who whispered to Sun Xianjin: "Those three people seem to be wrong. After they came last night, they talked for a long time with Yang's mother and Yang Yumin in the room. When the mother came out, she had obviously cried."

"Here to cause trouble?"

Sun Xianjin, this person from the Heilongjiang province, had a straightforward temper. He immediately found those three people unpleasant to the eye.

But Bian Jingjing quietly poked her boyfriend and whispered: "Old Yang's leader is present today! We are outsiders, so it's not good to take the initiative to do anything. Let's see how Yang Yumin deals with it later."

Sun Xianjin glanced at those three people and suddenly said: "They had better not cause trouble, otherwise someone will let them know what is truly causing trouble!"

Bian Jingjing nodded in deep agreement.

After all, Li Ye, as the brother-in-law, was definitely coming to send the bride today, and he wasn't a person who would swallow his pride.

Whoever made him uncomfortable, he guaranteed to make others twice as uncomfortable.

It's just that although Bian Jingjing was quick-witted, she absolutely couldn't have expected that it wouldn't be Li Ye's turn to stand out today, because he wasn't even in the queue.

"Pitter-patter, pitter-patter."

Accompanied by the loud and dense sound of firecrackers, a long line of cars lined up at the entrance of Yang's house, attracting many people's attention and winning a burst of surprised "Ooh" sounds.

"So many small cars, this Yang family that just moved here has a big background."

"Maybe the new bride is capable! I often see that new daughter-in-law drive a small sedan over. It seems to be the manager of that Fenghua brand, the one that is on TV all day long."

"Whoa, so young and already a manager. It's not that she is capable, it's that her father is capable."

"Look at what you're saying. If you were capable, wouldn't your son benefit? It's just that you're not capable, right?"

It's no wonder the neighbors pointed fingers. Small sedans in 1984 were still relatively scarce. Even in the big capital, they were far from "everywhere."

If someone could borrow a unit leader's sedan for a wedding, it was definitely a huge face-saver.

But the small sedans in Li's family's wedding team were not just one or two.

The one at the front tied with a red flower was Watching Watching Watching Jin Peng's new car, followed by Pei Wenhui's small BMW, and several Santana cars from the Pengcheng Seventh Factory.

And the Volga that had just been assigned to Wang Jianqiang, as well as Chen Donggou's Lada Niva, and a Beijing 130 truck, could only be ranked at the end.

The two men in suits licked their lips, looking at the line of small cars with great envy.

One of them whispered: "Big brother, when can we sit in this small car?"

The other said affirmatively: "We can sit in it today. I'll talk to the sister-in-law later. Her new daughter-in-law just entered the door, so she won't dare to disregard my face."

"But... I see that our younger brother doesn't seem to look up to us."

"He dares? There is still an organization. If he dares not look up to us, I will report him to his unit and let him eat until he can't walk."

The firecrackers prepared by the Yang family were very long, and the fuses of this era weren't that urgent. They crackled for a long time before stopping.

After the firecrackers stopped, the sulfur smell in the air hadn't dissipated yet. The big brother at the door looked at the woman beside him, and the woman rushed to the back door of the lead car in one step, reaching out to pull the car door.

"Welcome the bride!"

But she pulled twice in a row, and the car door wouldn't open. The car window glass was rolled down instead.

Little sister Li Ying blinked her big eyes and said in a cute and crisp voice: "Who are you? Don't pull anymore. If you pull it, it will break, and my family will have to pay for it."

The woman was stunned. Only then did she discover that besides the bride Li Yue and the groom Yang Yumin in the back row of the sedan, there was also this annoying little girl.

"How could it break? Hehe, I am Yumin's sister-in-law. I'm in a hurry to pick up the bride. It's time to arrive, so we can't miss the auspicious hour, right?"

"You're here to pick up the bride?" Li Ying tilted her head strangely, suddenly reached out and pointed to Yang Yujiao inside the door, and shouted loudly: "Yujiao, why don't you come to pick up your sister-in-law? Are you shrinking in the back like a little ghost?"

Li Ying had only met Yang Yujiao once when the two families met, and their relationship was just so-so.

But when she learned about the relationship between Yang Yumin and Yang Yujiao this morning, this relationship suddenly pulled closer by several times.

Because the relationship between Yang Yujiao and Yang Yumin, isn't it the same as the relationship between her, Li Ying, and Li Ye?

Not biological siblings, but better than biological siblings!

Yang Yujiao, who was blocked inside the door, heard Li Ying's call and immediately had the courage. She squeezed away the two "big brothers" standing at the door, took small steps, ran to the wedding car, and opened the car door.

Yang Yumin's "sister-in-law" immediately pulled down her face.

She, the "authentic sister-in-law," pulled twice and it wouldn't open, but Yang Yujiao, the sister across the wall, pulled it open at once. Are you giving me a hard time?

But before she could think about how to vent, Li Ying in the back seat and Li Juan in the passenger seat both got out of the car, squeezed to both sides of the car door, and together with Yang Yujiao, squeezed that sister-in-law to one side.

At this time, Yang Yumin drilled out of the car and reached out to support the bride Li Yue as she got out of the car.

"Hey, look at this bride. I said it right, didn't I? She's prettier than that movie star, hey..."

"Hiss, what's going on with the clothes she's wearing? But it's really beautiful."

"Don't you know? This is a women's wedding dress that became popular from Hong Kong. There is an import shop on Xiushui Street that specializes in selling this. It's our ancestors' tradition..."

"Her clothes are not completely the ancestors' tradition. I saw my aunt's wedding clothes when I was a child, and they weren't like this. But this one is very needle-and-thread intensive, and it doesn't look cheap at all."

"It's a pity, if there was a red veil, it would really be like filming a movie..."

"You don't look at what unit the groom is in. Even a red veil, wearing it like this is bold enough..."

"What's bold or not bold? People only get married once in their lives. Does heaven and earth manage what people wear? Can you just wear that foreigner's suit?"

The entrance was chaotic and chattering, which was really lively.

But the two "big brothers" blocking the door had very bad expressions.

The bride hasn't entered the door yet, and she's putting on such a big show. Can she still serve her parents-in-law obediently in the future?

So when the three little girls escorted the groom and bride to enter the door, the two "brothers" wearing suits and cloth shoes wouldn't let them in.

"Sister-in-law has finally arrived! Why didn't you let your sister-in-law pick you up just now? Hahaha, if you have any opinions about your sister-in-law, tell me, I'll fix her when I go back. A woman, is she rebelling?"

"This matter is Old Third's fault. Getting married secretly without telling the family early, so it's no wonder people are unfamiliar. Let us introduce ourselves. I am your second brother, this is your big brother, that is your big sister-in-law... and your big nephew..."

To talk about the weddings in the Central Plains, there has always been a habit of making trouble for joy. In some places, there is a custom of blocking the bride outside the door and making a fuss, asking for some pocket money. But it is not appropriate for the brother-in-law to block the door.

Yang Yumin gritted his teeth, wishing he could go up and beat these two guys.

He understood very clearly that these two brothers by blood just wanted to make Li Yue call them big brother and big sister-in-law in front of so many people.

Yang Yumin understood very clearly that everything has a beginning. If he recognized this big brother and big sister-in-law today, there would be many things about climbing up the pole in the future.

His mother, Yang Huaihua, was considered a strong person on weekdays, but today she was at a loss in this matter. It was hateful that he, a "junior," was actually restrained by some bullshit morality.

This kind of moral suppression is very disgusting. If rumors spread in the unit that someone raised their fists against their biological parents and biological brothers, would that not affect the higher-ups' view of you? It is absolutely impossible.

Yang Yumin suddenly had an impulse.

I'll risk not doing this job anymore. At worst, I'll sell clothes with my wife.

But just at this moment, Yang Yumin felt his arm tighten. It was Li Yue pinching his arm to remind him not to be impulsive.

Then, Yang Yumin saw the youngest sister, Li Ying, bury her head and walk into the door.

But the two big men were blocking the door! Didn't she bump into them?

"Aowah!"

Li Ying suddenly cried loudly, and while crying, she asked aggrievedly: "What are you doing? Why don't you let us in? We have to hurry to worship heaven, what are you doing?"

Although Li Ying was the kind of person who thundered without rain, she immediately disrupted the big brother and second brother's footing.

Li Ye, who was following behind, was very surprised.

He was surprised because of his grandmother Wu Juying's vision.

Wu Juying had instructed the two younger sisters, Li Juan and Li Ying, in advance, telling them to cry if someone blocked them, but this crying also had to have technical content! Unexpectedly, the little sister Li Ying actually had this "technique."

"Cough."

A steady cough came from behind the crowd.

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Li Zhongfa walked to the front with his hands behind his back and a stern face, passing through the crowd.

"Two, the auspicious hour is almost here. Shall we go in and talk? Look, we sent the daughter here, we can't be disliked to the point of not being allowed to enter the door, right?"

"You old comrade, how could we not let the bride enter the door? We just have that custom... But old comrade, who are you? How should we address you?"

Li Zhongfa smiled slightly and pointed to Li Yue at the door.

"This is my biological granddaughter, and I am her biological grandfather."

Well, grandfather has arrived, how do you address me?

Of course, you have to call him grandfather.

Big brother and second brother were a bit silly, because this was not according to the rules.

Generally speaking, the wedding team does not have the direct elders of the bride. Generally, it is mainly uncles.

But Li Kaian only had one brother, Li Yue had no uncles, and Fu Guiru had no biological brothers. A cousin of the uncle was still in Malaysia!

So today, it was originally scheduled to be mainly two brothers-in-law, Zhao Yuanchao and Cui Zhixian, and Li Dayong's father, Li Zhanjun, and the woman was mainly aunt Li Mingxiang.

It's just that things have changed, so the grandfather had to go into battle himself, "screening out" the big brother-in-law Cui Zhixian.

The two big brothers and second brother didn't know how to receive Li Zhongfa when they saw him. They could only call him grandfather!

"Eh, grandfather, why did you come yourself? Yumin didn't say hello... The hospitality was not good, the hospitality was not good..."

Yang Yumin's big brother had to receive Li Zhongfa with a full face of smiles, and then was brought into the courtyard by Zhao Yuanchao and Li Zhanjun who followed behind.

No power to parry at all!

Today, the Li family's main theme is "the guest usurping the host's role."

Li Yue pulled Yang Yumin's arm and whispered: "Let's go! Don't say anything today. If you don't say anything, there will be no mistakes. Leave everything to grandfather."

Yang Yumin's nose was sore, and he couldn't help but say: "Thank you, it's thanks to you today."

Li Yue gave Yang Yumin a roll of her eyes and said unhappily: "If you say this kind of two-family talk again, I won't enter the door!"

"You two, don't dawdle. There are two old ones inside! Hurry up and take me in to see what kind of way they have."

Li Ye pushed Yang Yumin from behind, and then pushed the two newcomers into the courtyard.

After entering the courtyard, Li Ye saw that the guests in the courtyard were clearly divided into two parts. One part was Yang Yumin's classmates, and the other part was naturally the colleagues and leaders of the unit.

As for Yang Yumin's biological big brother and second brother, they were the third part with the two old people sitting in the main room.

Those two old people had already moved chairs and sat in the most conspicuous place in the main room, unmoved, feeling like two masters, waiting for the newcomers to pay their respects.

But after the big brother whispered a few words to him, they couldn't remain unmoved. This was a generation gap! People were standing in the courtyard, and you were still sitting in the room. Is your butt stuck with superglue?

The old man hurriedly got up and greeted them in the courtyard, and said to Li Zhongfa: "Eh, grandfather of the child, how can I trouble you to come here? This is too much trouble for you."

Li Zhongfa smiled and said: "The daughter is married thousands of miles away, the family is definitely not at ease. As a result, Yang Yumin told me something today, then his father was even more uneasy. But his father has a soft temper and can't bear to see his daughter get married, so he sent me here to send her off."

"There is nothing to be uneasy about. Grandfather, don't worry. We are all kind people, and we will definitely not treat Li Yue badly."

The old man patted his chest and made a guarantee. Li Zhongfa nodded with a smile and didn't say much to them, but turned to walk toward Yang Yumin's colleagues.

Li Zhongfa didn't come today to deal with Yang Yumin's two biological parents. These two people were not worth his trip.

Li Zhongfa hadn't walked to Yang Yumin's colleagues yet, and they also greeted him with a smile.

"Old comrade, you've worked hard... When did you arrive in the capital... How long did you take the train on the road?"

After Li Zhongfa answered one by one, he pointed to a person wearing glasses and asked: "Is this Director Yang?"

Director Yang was slightly surprised and asked: "Why? Does the old comrade know me?"

I don't need to know you. Looking at their attitude toward you, I guessed who you are.

The system has the hidden rules of the system. Li Zhongfa can naturally see at a glance who is the boss on the scene.

"Hey, I've only heard the name but haven't seen the person," Li Zhongfa smiled and said: "I read the newspaper every day. I saw Director Yang's article in the newspaper on the 16th of the month before last. Later, when I heard Yumin mention it, I knew it was his leader!"

Director Yang smiled.

"The old gentleman reads the newspaper every day. I don't know what work you do?"

"I'm just a small factory director in the countryside. It's the factory director of that Qingshuihe brand instant noodles..."

Li Zhongfa introduced himself to Director Yang while pointing to the door.

Li Dayong, Watching Watching Watching Jin Peng, and others at the door were moving instant noodles into the courtyard, stacking them very high box by box.

"Small unit in the countryside, nothing good. Recently, there was a market research activity in the factory. Everyone will take a box back to help taste it later. Just treat it as wedding candy."

"Of course, if there is any taste that is not suitable, you must tell us. If it is helpful to the improvement of our products, our factory will have formal thanks."

"Qingshuihe instant noodles? Isn't that the one advertised on TV?"

"Qingshuihe instant noodles? Isn't that the one advertised on TV?"

Director Yang is very rigorous. Although he said it was to act as wedding candy, he must ask.

So Li Zhongfa explained to Director Yang how Qingshuihe brand instant noodles were launched to the market after dozens of taste improvements, and how they would continue to adjust to the best taste according to customer feedback in the future.

In the process of this explanation, Director Yang knew that Li Zhongfa was only half a level lower than him. Although Director Yang's status as a regular department head was much higher, Li Zhongfa's freedom was greater. The two could be considered to be able to talk together.

The system has the hidden rules of the system. If Zhao Yuanchao came, he could only laugh twice.

"Today, I shouldn't have come, but the child is young, and she is indecisive when she encounters things, and she is afraid that our family will dislike her."

Li Zhongfa said helplessly: "But how can we dislike her? Yumin, this child, has had a hard life. It's really not easy to get to where he is today. I came here, no matter what, I have to let them finish the wedding smoothly, right?"

Director Yang nodded slowly and smiled gently: "Indeed, Xiao Yang is a good child. He only told me a few words this morning, and it was unclear."

"I am an outsider, and I don't quite understand the inside story, so it's not convenient to help him come up with ideas. I was still worried just now. Now that the old gentleman is here, I can rest assured."

"Okay, then Director Yang, please take care of him."

Li Zhongfa didn't say much, arched his hands at Director Yang, and turned to walk toward Yang Yumin.

He had already made it clear that the thing to be done later was caused by him, Li Zhongfa. Please take care of him.

"Where is your mother? Why didn't I see her?"

Li Zhongfa asked Yang Yumin in a deep voice.

Yang Yumin pointed to the west wing and whispered: "My mother said, if not, she won't come out today. I didn't want to, so she cried... Li Ye just took my aunt in to persuade her, I don't know how it is."

Just as he was talking, Li Ye and Aunt Li Mingxiang came out of the west wing and nodded at Li Zhongfa.

Then Li Ye went to whisper a few words to Li Huaisheng and the Youth League Committee member Li.

Both were stunned and then nodded repeatedly.

"Dear guests, thank you all for coming to the wedding of this pair of newcomers. Now all units require everything to be simple, so let's invite the elders of both sides to say a few words, and then worship heaven and earth..."

Li Zhongfa, as the elder of the woman's side, and the highest generation, naturally spoke first.

"Parents have pulled the children for more than ten years. Today, the task is considered completed. In the future, the children's own path naturally needs them to walk by themselves, but you must thank and be grateful for the parents' upbringing..."

"There is also a small episode today, which is that the groom's biological parents also rushed to the scene to congratulate the two newcomers."

"I... I will be old and sell old to arrange it. Birth has the grace of birth, and raising has the grace of raising. This worship of parents cannot lack anyone..."

Li Zhongfa called Yang Yumin and Li Yue over, and then said loudly: "Today is a happy event, some things are not very festive, but I must mention it today..."

"That is, the foster father of Yumin, this child, sacrificed in that war in 1962. He didn't see the child's today. This is his regret, but the two children must never forget those who sacrificed for us."

"Mother-in-law, you should come out, right?"

The door of the west wing opened, and Yang Huaihua walked out with red eyes, holding a colorful photo frame.

In the photo frame was a colorful photo. The man in green military uniform above was in his prime, tough and upright.

Yang Huaihua held the photo frame and sat silently on the chair in the main room.

Originally, the two old men and old ladies who occupied this place were still reluctant to leave, but when they looked up, they were startled.

The eyes of everyone looking over were so unkind, as if they were saying to them: "Come, you try snatching one with the green military uniform in this photo!"

"You try snatching one with the August 1st red star on his hat!"

"First worship heaven and earth, second worship the high hall..."

A pair of newcomers with red eyes knelt heavily to Yang Huaihua, who also had red eyes, which was considered to have completed the most important step of today's ceremony.

And those two old people suddenly didn't want to accept their kneeling for the second time.

Can't compare, too shameful.

And kneeling after Yang Huaihua, what kind of thing is that?

(End of chapter)

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