Chapter 987 The Big Wedding Day

The incident that the old man is talking about next happened in a village in Changping, north of Sijiucheng.

In any era, it is a very common phenomenon for the woman to ask for a gift. Families with good financial conditions and open-mindedness will turn the gift into their daughter's dowry.

However, there are not many families with good financial conditions and open-mindedness in this era. First of all, there is a lack of entertainment. After dark, they can have children as much as they want, which also leads to a large population in the family.

The large population also causes family difficulties, especially for families with many sons. They will ask for a gift when marrying their daughters, and this money will become the gift when their sons get married.

However, there are rules for this gift in many places. For example, Dawangzhuang wants 180 yuan this year, Lijiazhuang wants 190 yuan this year, and so on. Everyone will abide by this rule.

Some very difficult families are embarrassed to break the village's rules of asking for a gift when they marry their daughters.

But it is very difficult. If they don't ask for more money, it will be difficult for their sons to marry a wife.

So these people added a "milk money" to the betrothal gift. This money can be food, cash, watches, bicycles, sewing machines, etc. In short, this "milk money" cannot be less.

The reason is that the daughter of their family cannot be raised in vain, and cannot be a "money-losing commodity", which can be regarded as a disguised way of circumventing the local rules.

The people in the village will not say anything after knowing this, after all, their family is really in difficulty.

The next thing the old man said happened in a village in Changping, north of Sijiu City.

There is a pair of strange parents in this village. His family has four daughters, each of them is very beautiful, so there are many people who come to ask for marriage.

However, the conditions set by these strange parents are very high. Three turns and one ring must be available, and the man must also provide corresponding things according to different seasons and different situations.

For example: Employees of Sijiu City units will be given hairtail every winter. If you marry their daughter at this time, then the door must have extra hairtail. No job? Then you can go to the black market to exchange.

If the man comes to the house during the autumn harvest, he must bring extra soybeans, peanuts and other items.

If it is summer or autumn, the man must bring the corresponding things and compensate their daughter for the work points she has earned less this year.

These are not the main points. The most important thing is that this strange couple of parents implements "pricing according to quality" and "pricing according to time" according to the conditions of their four daughters. The better the appearance and the better the figure, the higher the bride price.

At first, the couple was still proud of this, but a few days ago, the second daughter and her boyfriend broke the ice of the Thirteen Tombs Reservoir and jumped in hand in hand because the parents had never reached an agreement on the bride price.

Han Li and his friends felt uncomfortable when they heard this. Tomorrow is the day of their brother's wedding, and you, an old guy, are here talking nonsense. A group of people squeezed and scolded him back.

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Han Li and his friends did not sleep when they went back that night. A group of people lit the stove in the tent and put the tables together to play poker.

Year of Wuwu, Month of Yichou, Day of Xinsi, January 14, 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sunday.

Today is the day of Han Li's wedding. At around 4:00 in the morning, Han's father and his family came back from Houhaizi.

A little after 5:00, the team of Chef Liang came and started to work.

Before 6:00, most of the helpers had come to Mianhua Hutong in the dark, and the area near Han Li's house became lively again.

Around 6:30, ten cars sent by the elders, a three-span car specially used for setting off firecrackers, and Zhang Hailin and other half-grown children came.

Around 7:00, Han Li had breakfast with everyone, a bowl of rich and varied folded vegetables and two steamed buns.

Then Han Li changed into a brand new set of clothes with the help of the three sisters of the Han family, He Mi and others.

Around 8:30, Han Li got on the car to welcome the bride amid the noise, blessings, instructions and firecrackers of the crowd.

The general manager of the male party of the Han family's wedding reception is the director of the street office and the manager of the bus company, and the wife of the wedding reception is the director of the Women's Federation of the street office, who has both sons and daughters.

However, the Han family and the Yun family had already discussed it. They followed them to show courtesy and consideration, and basically would not play any role.

Accompanying Han Li to the wedding reception were his childhood friend Yu Daqiang, the oldest of his junior brothers Shu Yongjie and Mai Zhijun, Zhang Yaozu who came from afar, and Zhang Linhai, Hou Huidong, Song Guanghui and Liu Zhongcheng.

The girls included He Mi, Ding Yulan, Liu Zhongxin, Zhang Ling, Hou Liru, and the daughters of several colleagues of Han's father and mother.

The wedding reception team must have an even number of men and women, and the same applies to the vehicles.

Ten cars, a three-passenger car for setting off firecrackers, and the jeep that Han Li had driven back a long time ago, the convoy of twelve motor vehicles slowly left Mianhua Hutong.

The Han family's wedding caravan arrived at the Yun family. After some polite conversation, Han Li, the steward, and the bride's wife were pulled into the house and warmly entertained with wine and food.

The girls all rushed into Yun Yingying's room where she was waiting to get married. There were melon seeds, peanuts, and candies inside for them to eat while chatting.

The other boys who followed were setting off firecrackers outside, and the people who helped from the Yun family were scattering cigarettes nearby.

Although the relatives and friends of the Yun family did not make any requests, Yun Yingying's female classmates did come to harass Han Li, but most of them just asked some small questions, which made everyone laugh and then passed.

In addition, the saying that a big girl takes her time to get on the sedan chair is really true.

Han Li and his group arrived at the Yun family at nine o'clock. When everything was ready to leave, it was already after ten thirty.

The rest of the things were simple. There were no tricks these days, and no one dared to do anything.

After Han Li brought the bride back, he first sent her to the house to clean her face. The men from the Yun family who came to send the bride were led to the wedding tent to rest for a while, and the women were led to the warmer tent built by Hou Huidong.

However, no matter which table in the two wedding tents, when the steward arranged the relatives to sit, they all arranged it according to seven people per table, and the other empty seat was reserved for special service and drinking companions.

After Yun Yingying had simply cleaned up, the two of them bowed to the two great men under everyone's gaze, and then turned around and bowed to their parents, which basically completed the wedding process.

The next step is to serve the dishes and wine, so that relatives and friends can eat, drink, drink and eat well.

At this time, there are rules for the dishes at the wedding banquet in Sijiu City. First of all, the cold dishes are five meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. Of course, these five meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes are not designated dishes, as long as they are five meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes.

Secondly, when these cold dishes are placed on the table, the best meat dish should be placed in the middle, the four cold dishes should be placed in the four corners, and the other cold dishes should be evenly filled in the gaps between the five dishes, and finally they should be placed in a three-vertical and three-horizontal shape.

When the cold dishes start to be served, the wine companions on each table will also come on stage.

They have to help with the arrangement of the plates and the distribution of chopsticks. After the cold dishes are served, they will start to persuade people to drink when the host table speaks.

When the feast started in the wedding tent, both the Han family and the people who came to help basically relaxed, and only the chefs began to prepare the hot dishes to be served.

There are also rules for serving hot dishes in Sijiu City.