This day is Jiang Cheng's wedding day.
Uncle Jiang invited everyone from the East Village to the wedding banquet, and also invited Aunt Wu and her family from the West Village.
Aunt Wu didn't want to come at first, but her husband wanted to improve their relationship with the Jiang family, so he forced her to come to the banquet.
During the dinner, someone asked her, "Aunt Wu, did you really see a red birthmark on the wrist of the daughter born to Han?"
Aunt Wu nodded: "Of course, whoever tells a lie will have a miserable death."
Someone laughed and said, "Then why do you think our little fairy boy also has a birthmark on his wrist?"
Fourth Aunt Wu coughed and said awkwardly, "That's not what I think. It was the Han sisters who tricked me into testifying for them. Who would have thought that those two evildoers had bad intentions?"
Everyone laughed: "Then next time you can't say that our little fairy boy is from the Chen family, otherwise the oath will come true and even the ghosts will come to catch you."
"Haha, yes, yes, of course I know that." Aunt Wu smiled awkwardly and buried her head in her food.
In the evening, the bride's sedan chair entered the house, and also came to see her off were the bride's uncle, eldest brother Chu He, and two uncles.
The sedan chair was carried into the yard and landed. Two female matchmakers helped the bride out. She stepped over the fire basin, bowed to heaven and earth, bowed to her parents, and then entered the bridal chamber.
After completing the formalities, Uncle Jiang quickly welcomed his daughter-in-law's uncle and eldest brother into the house and sat down at the table, and also invited his second and third brothers and several peers from the village to join them.
After three rounds of drinks, Uncle Chu began to criticize Uncle Jiang in a very rude manner, "Father-in-law, we clearly agreed on a betrothal gift of 100 taels, but when we went to pick up the bride today, your family only brought 80 taels. If it weren't for the matchmaker's exaggerated words, I wouldn't have prepared for my niece to get into the bridal sedan."
Uncle Jiang smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.
In fact, he had only given Dacheng sixty taels, but he didn't expect that damn boy to put in twenty taels of his own money, making it eighty taels.
Even so, the Chu family is still not satisfied, alas.
Uncle Chu added, "Tomorrow when we go back, your family can use those golden ear mushrooms as compensation. We are all reasonable people, so we don't want too much, four hundred cans will be enough."
The matchmaker from the Chu family also smiled and said, "It's four hundred cans of fungus, not four hundred flowers. What do you think, dear relative? It should be okay, right?"
There was a moment of silence.
Four hundred jars of fungus? If the plants were divided, they could produce more than a thousand golden ears. The Chu family was really bold in making such a claim.
Jiang Sanlang put down his wine cup and said calmly, "Our Jiang family is just a farming family. It's too outrageous for the in-laws to ask for a hundred taels. Uncle in-laws, why don't you go and ask around. There are a few families in our area who can afford a hundred taels to marry a daughter-in-law. Even the wealthy families in town can't afford it."
He had no choice but to give a hundred taels of silver. Even twenty or thirty taels were rare for people to take out to marry a wife.
There are also four hundred jars of fungus. Even Jiang Sanlang may not be able to take out so many at once. The Chu family is really calculating.
Uncle Chu slammed the table and said, "What do you mean? Are you planning to shirk your debts as soon as you see your wife come in?"
The matchmaker from the Jiang family quickly comforted him: "Uncle-in-law, please stop saying that. We adults are discussing matters, how can we involve the child?"
Uncle Chu: "I don't want to involve my niece, but it was you, the Jiang family, who were unkind first, and then we were unjust."
The eighteen-year-old Chu He smashed the wine cup on the ground and shouted, "Do you Jiang family want to bully me because I have no one in the Chu family?"
Jiang Sanlang frowned and glanced at his elder brother.
He married a daughter-in-law, especially the eldest son's daughter-in-law, who would inherit the family business in the future, but he didn't even inquire about the situation of the Chu family in advance.
With this group of weird relatives causing trouble, Dacheng’s marriage probably won’t be happy in the future.
The matchmaker from the Jiang family quickly tried to smooth things over, "Calm down first, we are just discussing this."
Jiang Sanlang stood up and said coldly, "There is nothing to discuss. The golden ear fungus has always been provided by me, Jiang Sanlang. My eldest brother's family does not have so many kinds of fungus."
Even if there is, it will not be given to this family.
After saying that, he turned around and went outside.
Jiang Erlang also stood up and looked around at the relatives. "If you are not satisfied, just take the bride back. There is no wedding night anyway. We, the Jiang family, don't have to climb up the Chu family's high branch."
Having said that, he left the table.
Seeing that the two immediate relatives of the man had left, several guests also left the table.
As soon as he left the house, Jiang Erlang pulled him to sit at another table, and they continued drinking.
Now it was the Chu family's turn to be dumbfounded.
The two matchmakers looked at each other.
This was also the first time they encountered such a situation, but they couldn't run away, so they had to continue to chat with the Chu family and Jiang Dalang.
Seeing that the situation had reached a deadlock, another uncle of the Chu family scolded his nephew: "We adults are talking, how can you, a junior, interrupt? Why don't you apologize to your uncle Jiang?"
They were also shocked by the Jiang family's tough attitude and were really scared.
What if the Jiang family doesn't follow the rules? Do we really have to take our niece back home
Oh, the Chu family cannot allow such a shameful thing to happen.
Chu He was used to being arrogant at home. This was the first time he met someone who dared to confront him head-on, and that person was from the newly wealthy Jiang family. He was so angry that he raised his hand and overturned the wine table.
Crash! The table full of wine and food fell to the ground, almost hitting the matchmaker's feet.
"Let's not get married! I want to take my sister home!" After saying that, he ran to the bridal chamber in a hurry.
Jiang Dalang stood there without moving, allowing the two matchmakers to come forward and pull Chu He away.
Uncle Chu and his uncle were annoyed when they saw that the Jiang family remained indifferent.
In order to avoid making things awkward, Uncle Chu immediately stepped forward and slapped his nephew in the face: "What a shame! You act crazy when you drink too much. I'll tell your parents to punish you when we get home."
After beating his nephew, he clasped his fists towards Jiang Dalang and said, "My dear relative, I am so sorry. Children cannot drink much. They lose their sense of direction after drinking a little."
"Yes, that's right. Mr. Chu is young and has a low alcohol tolerance. What he said just now were all drunken talk. Father-in-law, please don't take it to heart." The matchmaker of the Chu family hurried over to smooth things over.
Jiang Dalang smiled faintly and said, "Since he is drunk, let him go and rest."
He was self-respecting and upright, and did not have the courage to just walk away like his third and second brothers.
Moreover, this was his own son's wedding, and he couldn't ignore these people who were accompanying the bride.
Several bridegrooms from the Chu family were taken to Jiang Erlang's new home.
Jiang Erlang rolled up the newly made bedding and carried it back to his room. He found a few old beddings and spread them on the bamboo bed in the main room for those people to rest.
As for his own bedroom, I'm sorry, he won't let the Chu family in.
In order to prevent guests from barging into the bamboo sheds and looking around randomly, Jiang Erlang sealed all the bamboo sheds, so that even a mouse could not get in without some effort.
After the banquet, Chunniang and several women from the village cleaned up the tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and distributed the leftovers to those who helped before going home.
In the bridal chamber, the matchmaker and another old lady fed the newlyweds raw dumplings, and then took two gourd ladles to scoop up wine and fed them to them.
After the newlyweds drank the wedding wine, Grandma Wufu said a lot of happy words, and then let the newlyweds rest.
The double happiness candles illuminated the bridal chamber brightly. Jiang Cheng felt a little embarrassed and asked his wife if she was hungry.
Of course Chu Man was hungry.
She hadn't eaten anything since early morning and was starving.
After putting on the wedding dress, her mother didn't even allow her to drink water because it was inconvenient to go to the toilet.
Even though Grandma Wufu had just picked up two raw dumplings to feed her, it was of no use.
At this moment, she was not only hungry, but also thirsty, and she wanted to go to the toilet.
In the Jiang family compound, a pair of big red double happiness lanterns are hung high under the eaves, making the yard festive and bright.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, a woman's scream suddenly came from the new room in the east house, and there was the sound of something breaking on the ground.