Chapter 524

Chen Xiaomeng said, "You are really amazing!"

Hearing this, Min Tong immediately puffed out his chest.

On this day, Su Xinghui and Min Tong accompanied the two girls to play in Hujiaao for a day. Of course, there weren't many fun places in Hujiaao. They mainly accompanied the two girls to climb mountains. In the process of climbing mountains, Min Tong naturally often held Chen Xiaomeng's little hand logically, the reason being that he wanted to protect Chen Xiaomeng's safety.

Of course, Su Xinghui also held Lu Xiaoya's little hand for the same reason. Now he felt very natural about such actions.

It wasn't until dark that they returned to the township government to rest.

Early the next morning, Min Tong drove the car to send the two girls back to Jiangcheng. He also took the opportunity to go to Jiangcheng to discuss a business deal.

Watching Min Tong's car drive away, Su Xinghui laughed. It seemed that Min Tong really had good news coming soon.

September 30th was the day the Shangmeng Highway was fully completed and opened to traffic. The county government specially held a completion and opening ceremony in Meng Hu Ling. The opening ceremony was very grand. All the leaders of the county came to Meng Hu Ling, and almost all the common people of Meng Hu Ling also came to participate in this opening ceremony. Several enterprises in Meng Hu Ling specially stopped work for half a day for this opening ceremony.

At nine o'clock in the morning, County Party Secretary Comrade Ji Tao and County Head Zhang Kaishan each held a pair of scissors and cut a long piece of red silk cloth. This action represented that the Shangmeng Highway was officially opened to traffic.

The enthusiastic sound of firecrackers rang out, and the common people of Meng Hu Ling also applauded vigorously. They applauded so hard that their palms turned red. Some older common people were so excited that their eyes were filled with hot tears.

How could they not be excited? For so many years, the road out of Meng Hu Ling had always been bumpy and narrow, and two trucks couldn't even pass each other. Now Meng Hu Ling had built such a spacious and flat road, where four cars could drive side by side. What a great joy this was!

After the ten-thousand-shot firecrackers were set off, it was Comrade Ji Tao's turn to speak.

Comrade Ji Tao's speech was very brief, "Fellow folks of Meng Hu Ling, today is the day the Shangmeng Highway is officially opened to traffic. I believe everyone knows how significant this highway is to Meng Hu Ling. I hope everyone can rely on this road to work and get rich in the future."

"The biggest contributors to the completion of this road are the cadres of the Shangjun County Government, the Transportation Bureau, and the Meng Hu Ling Township Government. They have paid huge efforts for this road. There is also the contractor, Shangjun County Haimin Construction Company. It was their day-and-night hard work that allowed this highway to be completed on schedule with quality and quantity. Let us thank them with warm applause!"

Warm applause rang out again at the scene. After the applause subsided, Comrade Ji Tao said excitedly and loudly, "I announce that the Shangmeng Highway is officially opened to traffic!"

Accompanied by the warm applause of the common people, one truck after another drove towards Shangjun County. These trucks were fully loaded with goods. These were not just goods, but also the hope of the common people of Meng Hu Ling!

Su Xinghui was, of course, also at the scene. He stood in the crowd, also applauding vigorously with an excited expression. In his eyes, this wide and flat road was the wings for Meng Hu Ling to take off!

After attending the opening ceremony, Su Xinghui returned to the county with Xu Xiaoguang. He was going to attend the wedding of Wu Yuansheng and Luo Xiaomei. This was the first couple to get married among their classmates. Wu Yuansheng and Luo Xiaomei had invited him early on, and he had to go back. Xu Xiaoguang, of course, also had to attend the wedding.

When Su Xinghui returned to the county, it was just past ten o'clock. After the Shangmeng Highway was opened, it only took half an hour to drive from Meng Hu Ling to the county, which was much more convenient than before.

Xu Xiaoguang drove to Luo Xiaomei's house. Here, their classmates were all waiting for Su Xinghui and Xu Xiaoguang.

Seeing Su Xinghui and Xu Xiaoguang arrive, everyone shouted happily, "Alright, they are here, the 'patrolling the river' can begin."

Next, everyone was busy. They moved many things out of the Luo family and put them on a truck. After moving, a large truck drove out of the Luo family's dormitory courtyard, fully loaded with various electrical appliances, bedding, and some household living utensils, etc. This was the Luo family's dowry.

According to the customs of Shangjun County, when getting married, the bride's dowry must be transported to the new house by car one day in advance, and the truck must drive around Shangjun County for a full circle so that everyone can see it, to show off the richness of the bride's dowry. This ceremony is called "patrolling the river."

The reason it got this name is because Shangjun County is near the river and has many rivers. In ancient times, there were no trucks, so the dowry for weddings was loaded on open boats and transported from the river. Every time the dowry was rich, people would chase and watch along the river, and the crowd would be bustling, making the whole city very lively.

Modern transportation tools have changed, but the name of the thousand-year-old custom has not changed; it is still called patrolling the river.

National Day is a big day, and many people get married. Therefore, when they were patrolling the river, they also met several trucks on the road, all dragging various dowry items, and it looked like they were all patrolling the river for weddings.

Su Xinghui and others stood in the truck bed, beating gongs and drums, showing off the richness of the Luo family's dowry to their heart's content. This is also a necessary ceremony for patrolling the river. In Shangjun, no family wants to be called stingy when marrying off a daughter, so of course, they have to show off desperately when patrolling the river.

Zhang Cheng also stood in the truck bed, scattering wedding candies to the crowd below the truck handful by handful. The children on both sides of the road cheered and grabbed the wedding candies.

After a while, the truck drove to Chengguan Middle School. Wu Yuansheng and Luo Xiaomei's new house was here. Since they were both teachers at Chengguan Middle School, Chengguan Middle School specially allocated them a house. Although the house was not big, only two bedrooms and one living room, about sixty square meters, in this era, this was already considered a quite good treatment.

It was also because they both studied here and were both graduates of the normal school that the school valued them, which was why they could be allocated such a house. Ordinary single employees might not necessarily be allocated a house when getting married.

The truck drove directly to the downstairs of a teacher's dormitory building. Wu Yuansheng stood downstairs, and many teachers and students of Chengguan Middle School surrounded them to congratulate Wu Yuansheng.