It rained for several days, and the day before the wedding finally cleared up. My uncle bought the ingredients for the wedding banquet in advance. Zhang Daying was busy sewing quilts and cutting double happiness with the aunts in the team. The usually quiet courtyard suddenly became lively When I got up, there were still many children playing in front of the door. Qiu Xiaochan was generous and grabbed a lot of snacks for them to eat.
After the children ate the snacks, each of them called "Aunt Xiao Chan" and their mouths became sweeter.
"Auntie Xiaochan, look, there are many people carrying things over there, and they are still tied with red silk scarves. Are they looking for you?"
Qiu Xiaochan looked in the direction of the child's finger. A group of young people from the village came here carrying poles, and Gu Wenqian walked in the front.
Children love to be lively, so they ran over to watch it, and then quickly came back to tell Qiu Xiaochan, "Auntie Xiaochan, I saw a lot of furniture, all of which were made by Uncle Gu."
The people in the yard came out of the house when they heard the movement, and they were very surprised to see the battle.
"Ah, so much furniture, where did it come from? Didn't you buy it?"
"Comrade Gu knows carpentry, maybe he did it himself."
"Whether you buy it or make it yourself, you always have a heart."
Qiu Xiaochan never thought that he would secretly give herself such a surprise, and kept it from her for a few months. When Gu Wenqian led the crowd to the gate of the courtyard, he smiled and looked at Xiaochan amidst the booing of the crowd. Someone pushed her from behind, Xiaochan couldn't stand still and fell forward, Gu Wenqian immediately reached out to support her.
The children immediately clapped their hands and jumped up, circling around them, shouting, "Oh oh oh, the bride and groom are hugging each other."
After Gu Wenqian helped him, he let go of his hands. The two of them had shame on their faces. Zhang Daying stood up and asked everyone to carry the furniture into the yard.
A knowledgeable person knocked on the wooden board of the furniture and asked, "Is this the best beech wood? It's a good thing. It will last for decades without any problem."
"It's not just decades, it's enough to be a family heirloom."
Although it was a joke, the wood is indeed good wood. Although it is not as good as mahogany and ebony, it is enough for ordinary use.
"The style is good too, Comrade Gu, did you really make these yourself?"
The young man who helped carry the furniture said with a smile, "Let's testify to Comrade Gu that he really did it himself. He even bought the palm oil and brushed it himself."
Qiu Xiaochan squinted at Gu Wenqian, who stood aside and kept a low profile, feeling very satisfied in her heart. As she said before, no matter how good or bad the current conditions are, what she likes is this man's sincerity to her, and he can In such an environment, it takes a lot of time and effort to prepare a few large pieces of furniture in only three months. This kind of intention is much more precious than a rich person buying a diamond ring and a yacht.
She walked over and whispered in his ear, "Thank you, I like this surprise so much."
He raised the corners of his lips and nodded, and replied in a deep voice that only she could hear, "That's all I can give now, and I'll buy you better furniture when the conditions are better."
Regarding the furniture, Gu Wenqian has a memory. When the eldest brother got married, his cousin’s request was to order a set of French furniture, which was more expensive than sixty wedding tables. The most troublesome thing was to ship it back to China from France, out of respect for his cousin , the eldest brother tried his best to satisfy the wish of the cousin.
Of course, later this set of furniture became evidence of the "hedonism" of the cousin and sister-in-law. For this reason, they suffered a lot and the furniture was all removed.
Gu Wenqian thought that he had never cared about the things in the past, but after a long time, he realized that they were clearly engraved in his mind, such as the furniture for his cousin's wedding, the pure white wedding dress for his cousin, and the gift from his cousin's husband. Swiss watches, pearl necklaces, these objects that symbolize love, he can't give his lover now, so he can only create these simple objects that can make her smile with clumsy hands.
Qiu Xiaochan smiled sweetly at him, even the corners of her eyes were full of joy, "Okay, as long as you give it to me, I like it."
At this moment, Gu Wenqian really wanted to hold her tightly in his arms, but the time and occasion were wrong, so he could only keep the throbbing in his heart, looking forward to the arrival of tomorrow.
Since then, the villagers have known that Gu Wenqian can make large pieces of furniture. In the past, everyone knew that he could carpentry, but they only asked him to make small household items, such as small benches and chairs.
Large pieces of furniture require a lot of consumables and high labor costs. Anyone who wants to make a carpenter must find a trustworthy old carpenter. What he showed today directly proves his ability, which is more powerful than just saying it.
"Oh, this Comrade Gu is so thoughtful, he spent a lot of money on the wood alone, right?"
"It's really carefully done, and the palm oil brush is also good. I've decided that next year my Hua'er gets married and I'll ask him to do it."
Zhang Daying cheerfully greeted the folks who kept coming to the house, and when everyone had finished watching, he hurriedly asked people to carry the furniture into the house.
I didn't expect this to happen before, and the new house naturally had to be re-planned.
"There is almost no room for all these, so move this old table out, put the chest of drawers here, put the dressing table by the window, and put the two chairs in front of the table..."
The two parties who were about to get married became the most idle in the audience.
Not to mention how many people praised Gu Wenqian to heaven on this day, nor how many young girls envied Qiu Xiaochan's good luck. When this night passed, they were destined to be the bride and groom who attracted the most attention.
On the eighteenth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, Zhang Daying woke up just after dawn. She didn't sleep well last night. She kept thinking about today's happy event and couldn't fall asleep because she was so happy.
It was still early, and Zhang Daying was not in a hurry to wake up his daughter. He went to the kitchen to make breakfast, and knocked on the door of his daughter's room after the rooster crowed.
"Xiao Chan, are you up yet? It's getting late, and someone is coming at home soon, so get ready quickly."
"Okay, I'll get up right away."
After Qiu Xiaochan responded, feeling her "thumping" heart was a little nervous. Whether it was in reality or on a mission, this was the first wedding in her life.
"Do you think I lost money by getting married in the mission?"
Without waiting for the system to answer, she denied herself again, "Although this is the first marriage, he is a good marriage partner. If I can find such a man in the real world, I will immediately go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with him to obtain a certificate."
After a "ding dong", the system said slowly, "From today, I will be in a semi-dormant state, and I will not appear again unless the traveler needs it."
This news is a bit sudden, but it is in line with common sense. After all, her mission is to get married. The mission will be considered a success once the wedding is over, but she cannot leave this time and space for the time being. The system chooses to hang up and sleep because of the protection of resources. Does not affect space usage.
But people have feelings, and they are used to fighting each other, but Qiu Xiaochan just couldn't accept it for a while.
"Don't worry, I will always bother you."
Now the system has rolled its eyes. The reason why it chooses to sleep is because human beings and men and women will have a lot of embarrassing behaviors after marriage. Is it necessary to let it watch online every day? It was frightened when it heard that there was a host circle chacha because the system suddenly went online.
After waking up, Qiu Xiaochan dressed herself up, with simple light makeup, her long hair tied up in a bun, and exchanged for a beautiful log hairpin from the space.
Zhang Daying came to the room with a bowl of brown sugar eggs and saw that her daughter had already dressed up.
"Yeah, it's so pretty."
At first she didn't believe that her daughter could comb her hair by herself.
Qiu Xiaochan asked proudly, "Not bad?"
Zhang Daying watched with a look of relief, reached out and stroked his daughter's hair with emotion, "That's right, my daughter has grown up and is going to get married today."
"Mom, although I'm married, I still stay at home with you and take care of you. How nice it is."
"Yeah, that's great. Now that I think about it, if you really get married, I'll definitely feel very uncomfortable."
At the head of the village, Gu Wenqian had already put on new clothes, and Mrs. He came to help as a matchmaker early in the morning. He is alone in Shangyao Village, without his parents or relatives around him. Aunt He is a caring person and is willing to take care of him more.
"Xiao Gu, I pushed the bicycle over for you, washed it clean, and when the auspicious time comes, you can ride the bicycle to pick up Xiaochan, and take a tour around the team. Your situation here is special, so let's keep everything simple. "
A piece of red silk was specially tied on the clean bicycle handlebar.
"Thank you, ma'am, for asking you to follow me today."
"Hey, we will be our own family from now on, why are you being so polite?"
She saw Gu Wenqian's handsome and upright appearance after putting on the new clothes, and she kept boasting, "What a handsome guy, I'm a matchmaker, so he couldn't be more suitable."
At 9:08, firecrackers sounded, and Gu Wenqian set off for Qiu’s house on his bicycle. The villagers all came out of the house when they heard the noise. The children ran behind the groom’s bicycle, and the wedding party distributed wedding candy along the way.
Many people outside Qiu's house stood on the side of the road and saw Gu Wenqian's figure from a distance, and hurriedly shouted into the house, "Here we come, the groom is here on a bicycle to pick him up."
The sound of "cracking" firecrackers sounded, and my cousin Zhang Xiutian was accompanying Qiu Xiaochan in the room, and laughed when she heard the shouts outside, "The bridegroom officer is here, I haven't seen it before, I have to take a closer look later. "
The eldest daughter of the cousin was waiting for the matchmaker to distribute wedding candies with other children in the yard, and the youngest son, who had just started to walk, was leaning against the cousin to eat the cake.
"My aunt also asked me to tell you about the relationship between husband and wife. In fact, there is nothing to talk about. I got married without knowing anything at the time. When it comes to that, I will naturally understand everything."
Qiu Xiaochan still understood what the cousin said, her cheeks were pink, she didn't know whether it was the rouge or the blushing from hearing these jokes.
Outside the courtyard gate, Gu Wenqian was stopped as soon as he got off his bicycle. The members of the wedding reception team sprinkled sugar cubes like snowflakes, distributed a dozen packs of cigarettes, and prepared red paper packets in advance, ten cents each. It was all exhausted before the bridegroom was escorted out of the crowd.
"These people are all like bandits. Fortunately, Xiao Gu is fully prepared."
"That's right, don't look at how much money it costs, don't look at how quiet he usually is, the conditions are really not bad."
Those candies, cigarettes, and red paper packets add up to about ten yuan, and they also have extra benefits for helping to welcome the relatives.
Gu Wenqian went to the main room and called his mother-in-law Zhang Daying, "Mom, today is my wedding with Xiaochan. From now on, I will take good care of Xiaochan and treat you like my own son."
With tears in Zhang Daying's eyes, he shook Gu Wenqian's hand and nodded, "Okay, from the first time I saw you, I knew you were a good boy. I'm very relieved that Xiao Chan will leave it to you. From now on, we will be a family." I'm happy as long as you two are sweet."